Helena Christensen walked up to Eric with a glass of red wine and sat down, snuggled up to her naturally, and asked coquettishly, "Eric, how am I doing?" ”

Feeling the fragrance of a woman beside him who was completely different from the girl, Eric smiled and nodded: "Well, it's not bad." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"It's just good," Helena Christensen seemed to be a little dissatisfied with this evaluation, and wanted to say something, but her eyes inadvertently noticed the evil smile on the white and tender doll face of the girl on the other side, as if she thought of something, and suddenly restrained her coquettish posture, and obviously said to the girl in a somewhat flattering tone: "Drew, when will you come to New York next time and play together?" ”

"Okay," the girl smiled and nodded, looking harmless to humans and animals, and in a blink of an eye, she yawned a little, rubbed on Eric's body and stretched her waist, and said, "Eric, I'm so sleepy, I'll go back to sleep first." ”

Eric could feel that Helena Christensen was a little frightened by the girl, although she was a little curious, she didn't care, and dotingly supported the girl's soft waist to get up, and said, "I can't leave now, many people haven't said hello yet, you go back first." ”

"Uh-huh," the girl leaned over and pecked at the corner of Eric's mouth affectionately, glanced at Helena Christensen, and smiled, "I'm going back to Strausdale Manor, I don't care if you want to come over or not." ”

"Oh, go ahead, I'll be over later," Eric patted the girl on the waist to see her leave with the twins, before smiling and asking Helena Christensen, "Drew cleaned you up?" ”

When the girl left, Helena Christensen immediately relaxed again, heard Eric's question, remembered what happened at the Metball charity ball at the beginning of the month, but shook her head and said, "No, we little women, don't dare to provoke Drew." ”

"Looks like it's still cleaned up," Eric said with a smile, but didn't ask much, he believed that the girl still knew how to be measured, of course, even if something was out of proportion, it didn't matter. Glancing around, Eric changed the subject and asked, "Gone?" ”

Helena Christensen nodded helplessly and said, "Yes, I'm angry, just coax tomorrow." ”

Eric shook his head and said, "Don't coax, break up with him." ”

"What?" Helena Christensen subconsciously asked rhetorically, and in a blink of an eye, her expression became a little aggrieved and resentful: "Eric, I think, this should be my private matter?" ”

Eric has always felt very strange, why most of the goblins of the Victoria's Secret Legion will show this grudge in front of him, is it a good discussion?

I think this kind of thinking is a bit exaggerated, maybe beautiful women are like this.

Putting this thought aside, Eric said, "Of course it's your personal matter, it's just my personal advice. Also, since you happen to be here today, help me pass it out in the Angel Legion. ”

Helena Christensen couldn't keep up with Eric's sudden turn of events and wondered, "Rumors, what?" ”

"Oh, it's said that this is the case, in the future, all supermodels who associate with Leon will be kicked out of the Victoria's Secret Army, even if it is the five spokespersons."

Helena Christensen's eyes widened as green as opal, and she stammered a little, "This, is this, a rumor?" ”

Eric nodded, "yes, if you don't believe me, you can give it a try." ”

"But," Helena Christensen paused, and suddenly deflated, her expression returned to resentment, and she glared at him like an angry kitten, "Alright, well, Eric, I'll break up with him tomorrow, and, help you spread the rumors, well, rumors." But you should always tell me why, right? ”

Eric said, "Just do what I say, and women don't ask so much why." ”

"What a machismo," said Helena Christensen, leaning up again, her expression recovering to a more feminine expression, "Eric, you don't want us all to be like the saints of the church, do you?" That's too much, you're not God. ”

Eric felt the girl's soft body almost attached to herself, and unceremoniously reached over, caressing her delicate face, and said: "You are wrong, I am your God, I have never forced the faith of others, but if you give up this faith, you will be reduced to mortal dust, and you will no longer be an angel." ”

"Oh, Eric, you're not God, you're the devil," Eric felt an electric current from his fingertips, Helena Christensen felt a little weak in her body, and reluctantly muttered, cheered up and tilted her head sideways, opened her small mouth and took one of Eric's fingers, showing her small white teeth, and looked at her threateningly.

Eric teased the soft little tongue a few times, then easily withdrew his fingers, patted the girl's waist, and said, "Let's go, come with me to entertain the guests, and then we will go dancing together." ”

The premiere of "Prison in the Sky" took place on May 28, and the next day, "The Lion King 2" held a grand premiere in the same theater in a-for-tat manner.

In this way, on May 30, "Air Prison" and "The Lion King 2" were officially released in major theaters in North America.

Since the major media in North America are closely following the showdown between the two films, many newspapers began to give evaluations of the two films on the day of the film's release.

This time, though, the situation seems to be very unfavorable for the fireflies.

According to preliminary statistics, the comprehensive evaluation score of "Prison in the Air" in newspapers and the Internet is only barely reaching the passing line of 6 points, and Paramount Animation's Roger Alleys has sharpened his sword for three years "The Lion King 2", which really did not disappoint many people, and the initial film score was close to 9 points, which can be said to be rave reviews. Moreover, the story of "The Lion King 2" is focused on Simba's adult story experience, which is obviously more suitable for the appetite of slightly older audiences.

After a long day, on the evening of May 30, although it was Friday, there were still many senior executives gathered at Paramount's headquarters in Hollywood, although Viacom's chairman Sommer Leishidong remained calm, but Paramount CEO Shirley Lansing, who was sitting next to him, and "The Lion King 2" director Roger Alleys on the other side were obviously not so calm.

Everyone is casually discussing some recent trivial matters, the film has been released, at this time, it is useless to dwell on anything, all they can wait for is the final box office result of "The Lion King 2". Although the reviews of "The Lion King 2" in the Internet media and today's evening newspaper are almost one-sided, Paramount is still full of doubts about the box office prospects of "The Lion King 2" due to the difficulties of the pre-release marketing work by Firefly and Fox.

Lei Shidong is 74 years old this year, although his body is still very healthy, but he rarely stays up late like today, and his energy is inevitably a little weak, he finished drinking a cup of coffee in front of him, and motioned to the secretary to pour coffee for himself again, Lei Shidong raised his wrist and looked at his watch, the time happened to pass 12 o'clock, and now it should be June 1.

Although he already had a general idea, Lei Shidong couldn't help but ask Shirley Lansing next to him again: "Shirley, when will the preliminary box office statistics come out?" ”

"The last screening of the day in most theaters is around 11 a.m., and at that time, some theaters have already begun to count the box office. However, if you want to get the results, you will have to wait until at least one o'clock in the morning," Shirley Lansing explained, "Or, Summer, you go back and rest first, and I'll call you when the results come out." ”

"No, it's okay, I'm not old enough to walk," Lei Shidong stubbornly shook his head and refused, remembering what happened recently, a touch of anger flashed in his expression again, and he said to the assistant who was sitting not far away: "Jack, is there a reply from Larry Tish?" ”

"Mr. Lei Shidong, I called this afternoon, and they said that Mr. Tish is currently in Europe and will be back in about a week."

"Hmph, it's not to sell for the sake of waiting for the price," Lei Shidong muttered.

Larry Tish is the largest shareholder of the CBS television network, and over the years, CBS has been in a very bad situation, and Larry Tish has always wanted to sell the network.

Two years ago, Larry Tish also negotiated the acquisition of QVC, which is controlled by Barry Diller, and the deal was almost negotiated, but because Comcast behind Barry Diller was not optimistic about the deal and cut off financial support for Barry Diller, the deal was almost successful again.

Although in recent years, Blockbuster has successively annexed companies such as the Blockbuster chain, Paramount Pictures and Disney's hand-drawn animation studios, many shareholders of Viacom hope that Lei Shidong can slow down the pace of expansion, but stimulated by the joint ban of Firefly and Fox in the marketing of "The Lion King 2", Lei Shidong finally made up his mind to launch another acquisition of CBS TV to make up for Viacom's shortcomings in media marketing channels.

It's just that, due to the rise of new technology in recent years, together with the TV industry, the initiative of this acquisition has faintly fallen to CBS. After Viacom expressed his intention to buy, Larry Tish, who had been eager to get rid of CBS, took it this time.

The time of the night always seems a little long, and the time slowly moves by minute by second, as if a long time has passed, and finally it is one o'clock in the morning.

The fax machine placed next to the meeting suddenly clicked, and everyone was shocked, looking at it expectantly and apprehensively.

Brian Buckley, president of Paramount's distribution department, sat next to the fax machine, and seeing that Lei Shidong and the three of them didn't move, he got up, pulled out the data form he had just faxed, and looked at the paper.

Not surprisingly, the box office of "The Lion King 2" appeared in the first position on the list.

$12.8 million.

When Brian Buckley saw this number, his mind began to calculate quickly.

According to the box office trend of the three days of the weekend under normal circumstances, the box office will be 12.8 million on the first day, and the box office will rise once on Saturday, and it will fall again on Sunday. Taken together, according to the box office data on the first day, the box office of "The Lion King 2" should be able to reach about $40 million in the first three days of the first weekend.

Before he could think further, Bryan Buckley heard a light cough from Lei Shidong's ear: "Hey, Brian, how did it turn out?" ”

Brian Buckley suddenly came to his senses, saw that the people in the whole meeting were looking at him, and quickly smiled, and said, "Very good, $12.8 million on the first day, and according to this trend, the box office should be close to $40 million on the first weekend." ”

Brian Buckley said, handing the box office data to the three of Lei Shidong.

Lei Shidong couldn't wait to look at the fax paper, and Shirley Lansing and Roger Ellers on both sides also came over.

Now that they had heard Brian Barek's numbers, the three of them looked down almost together, looking for the first-day box office figures for "Prison in the Sky," and noticed the result at a glance, $7.7 million.

Shirley Lansing muttered, "7.7 million on the first day, up to $25 million on the first weekend, and we won." ”

The other company executives present were unable to see the data, but they apparently knew that Shirley Lansing's second set of numbers was referring to the movie, and they all whispered excitedly.

Roger Elles didn't care too much about the box office of "Prison in the Sky", in fact, many people know that there is not much comparison between the two films with completely different themes. Roger Elles is more concerned about the box office comparison between "The Lion King 2" and the first part of "The Lion King".

The box office expectation of 40 million in the first three days of the first weekend is a full decrease of $10 million compared to the box office of more than $49 million in the first three days of the first weekend, which is obviously very disappointing.

Lei Shidong listened to Shirley Lansing's whispered explanation of the various possible box office trends in the future of "The Lion King 2" according to the situation on the first day, and his expression was very satisfied, noticing Roger Elles's disappointed expression, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Roger, don't do this, you have done a great job." Everyone knows that the reason why "The Lion King 2" is lower than the first box office is not that the film you made is not good enough. If we can have enough publicity and distribution resources, the box office of "The Lion King 2" will definitely be able to meet or even exceed the results of the first part. ”

"Yes, Roger," Shirley Lansing also said, "Moreover, according to the reputation of "The Lion King 2", it is not impossible to achieve a reversal in the second week of the film, and no one stipulates that only Fireflies can make a film like "Titanic". ”

Shirley Lansing's words spoke, although many people immediately thought of the upcoming release of "Godzilla" next week, and under the high-density marketing bombardment of Sony Pictures, almost no one would doubt that "Godzilla" would become a box office "monster". But obviously, no one will say anything disappointing at this time.

Looking at the box office of $7.7 million on the first day of "Prison in the Air", many people feel that, at least, if it is hit next week, "Prison in the Air", whose audience is similar to "Godzilla", will obviously be even more miserable. (To be continued.) )