Chapter 715

The two cars shuttled one after the other on the narrow asphalt road of East Hampton until they stopped outside a manor house on the seafront south of East Hampton, where Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivan Gorinstad got out of the two cars, walked outside the gate of the manor, rang the doorbell, and waited patiently for a moment before a woman's inquiring voice was heard.

The names were announced, the door opened automatically to the left and right, and the two of them returned to the car and drove the car into the manor.

Bypass the S-shaped concrete walkway and stop in front of a European-style luxury villa.

A middle-aged maid came over, waited for the two of them to get out of the car, and said politely, "Miss Crawford, Miss Ivan Gorinstadt, please come with me." ”

The two girls followed the maid with their satchels, and Cindy Crawford asked the maid, "Where's Eric?"

"Mr. Williams is painting Easter eggs with Mrs. and the children," replied the maid, leading the two girls into the living room of the villa, and instructing another younger maid to make coffee for them and walk towards the backyard.

Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivan Golinsta heard the maid's words, their expressions moved slightly, and they glanced at each other, but they dodged away at the same time.

From the moment Eric informed them that they would come to New York, the two realized that the position of the host of "America's Top Model Contest" was likely to be between the two of them, although there were three fewer competitors, and the secret smell of gunpowder between the two was stronger, and at this time they only maintained a superficial politeness.

However, the maid's undisguised words made the distance between the two women inexplicably narrow in again.

Looking at the little maid who was making coffee not far away, Cindy Crawford leaned over and whispered, "How much do you think this manor will cost?"

"Twenty million. Who knows. We can't afford it anyway. Linda Ivangolinsta seemed to be nonchalant, but remembered what she had seen when she drove into the manor, which was five or six acres in size in the front yard alone, and I don't know what happened in the back, according to the seafront, there should be a private beach, which is definitely more than 20 acres. This is equivalent to an area of eight hectares.

Although the two of them are considered high-income classes, even if they grit their teeth and buy such a manor, they will definitely not be able to afford it. What's more, the estate in East Hampton is not something you can buy if you want to, the United States has a unique system of neighborhood autonomy, and when a property changes hands, not only must the buyer and seller negotiate the price, but the buyer also needs the approval of other residents of the neighborhood where the property is located. The residents of East Hampton are either wealthy businessmen or politicians and celebrities, and it is not so easy for the two of them to squeeze into this circle.

The maid served coffee to the two of them. Politely asked if they had any other invitations, and saw the two shake their heads. Then he walked away.

There was a brief silence in the living room, and Cindy Crawford took a sip of her coffee, turned her head to look at the glass door leading to the backyard, thought for a moment, glanced at Linda Ivan Golinsta, stood up and walked lightly over there.

Linda Ivan Golinsta felt that Cindy Crawford's actions were inappropriate, but after a little hesitation, she could not contain the strong curiosity in her heart, and walked over.

The two stood side by side behind the glass door and looked out into the backyard.

The first thing that catches your eye is a swimming pool, which is standard in many American gardens, and continuing to look into the distance, the white cement road, on one side is a pocket children's playground, and on the other is the lawn, on which there is a table, on which are stacked with all kinds of colorful small objects, six or seven large and small figures around the table, the maid who just greeted them is standing next to them, and Eric, who is wearing casual sportswear, is poking over the table, kissing the woman and child opposite.

The fact that Eric already has a child is no secret to many people, but it is the first time they have seen both of them.

Historically, Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivangolinsta have felt that Eric would be secretive about illegitimate children, and even like many billionaires, they would not even admit to being illegitimate children. But the scene in front of them completely subverted their perceptions, and even from a distance, they could realize from the intimate interaction between Eric and the child that he was really a competent father.

After a moment of trance, Cindy Crawford retracted her gaze, swept her gaze over the luxurious European-style villa beside her, and sighed softly: "It's really frustrating, we work hard all our lives, we might as well have a child." ”

As soon as the words fell, Cindy Crawford suddenly came to her senses, and looked at Linda Ivan Golinsta, the two pairs of beautiful eyes had just collided, and Cindy Crawford noticed that Linda Ivangolinsta's eyes flickered away, and suddenly realized that she must have the same idea in her heart, which made her suddenly relieved and no longer so empty-hearted.

Not daring to peep any further, the two returned to the sofa and sat down together in silence.

……

On the lawn in the backyard, Eric was drawing eggs with Hawaii in his arms, and when he heard the maid's report, Virginia, who was sitting opposite, immediately rolled her eyes: "You're so busy, you haven't finished painting a basket of eggs, so you ran out several times." ”

"I don't want to be at home with you a little longer before I put my work here, but I promise, this is the last time, and no one will bother me tomorrow Easter," Eric smiled and let Hawaii go, looking at Virginia's still sullen appearance, and got up and leaned over the table with his hands: "Come on, baby, let Daddy kiss you." ”

As she said that, Eric leaned over Virginia's face.

"You bad guy, you're taking advantage of me again," Virginia said, turning her face sideways for Eric to kiss her, and then holding Kevin in her arms.

Eric also kissed his son's tender face, retracted his body, and Emma next to him jumped over: "Daddy, Dad, I want to kiss too." ”

"Okay," Eric kissed Emma on the cheek as well, and leaned over to Joanna, intending to be impartial.

When it was Hawaii's turn, the little girl blinked her eyes a few times, as if this was a good opportunity to get rid of the boring act of drawing eggs in front of her.

Let Eric kiss him on the cheek. The little girl then stretched out her little hand and pulled Eric's sleeve: "Daddy." Can I go with you to meet the guests?"

Eric hadn't answered. Joanna rubbed her little Hawaiian head and smiled, "That's not going to work, baby, Daddy has something very important to talk about." ”

Hawaii recalled Emma's coquettish appearance, pulled Eric's sleeve and shook it again, his voice was soft, and his eyes flickered: "Dad, I'm just a child." I don't understand anything, and I won't bother you to talk about things. ”

"Uh......" Eric said Hawaii's words, and his expression was speechless.

There was silence for half a second, and Virginia, Joanna, and Eva laughed almost at the same time.

Eva slapped twice on the table in joy, reached over and hugged Hawaii, and rubbed the little girl's face for a while: "Haha, hahaha, don't you think that sentence just exposed you, little goblin." ”

"Oops, Aunt Eva is so annoying. Don't rub someone's face, or I'll dislike you with my mother. Hawaii grabbed her aunt's arm and threatened in a coquettish voice.

"Wow, this threat is so ruthless, let Aunt Eva rub it again. ”

"Ah, let go, or I'll bite you." ”

"Okay, okay, don't make trouble, Xia Xia, come to Mom, don't disturb Dad. ”

After laughing for a while, Joanna came out to play the round, blasted away her sister, took her daughter in her arms, and waved at Eric to get him busy.

After drawing the eggs for a while, Eric got some dye on his body, hurriedly changed his clothes, washed his hands, and then came to the living room.

"Cindy, Linda, I'm sorry I had to let you come by in person. Eric hugged the two girls and said.

"It's okay, we're not too busy anyway," Cindy Crawford replied with a smile.

Eric nodded and said, "Come with me to the study, let's talk there." ”

Coming to the study, Eric took out two prepared documents from the shelf, sat down at the desk, looked at the two women sitting opposite with a slightly apprehensive expression, and said with a smile: "Don't worry now, there was originally only a production plan for the show "American Supermodel Contest", but I recently came up with another idea, so you can both get jobs." ”

Cindy Crawford put away some of the messy thoughts that had just arisen, and cheered up, "Eric, you mean that Firefly is going to make two fashion reality shows?"

"Yes," Eric nodded, "Of the five of you, I think only the two of you are more suitable, and now there is only one question left, which job will you two accept." ”

Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivan Golinsta looked at each other, neither spoke, waiting for Eric to continue.

"You already know the project of "American Supermodel Competition", so I will talk about another idea first, this is also a talent show, but the object of the competition is no longer a model, but a fashion designer, so the initial name of this show is "Flyover Pride". ”

Linda Ivangorinsta said, "Eric, 'America's Top Model Contest' is better, but the fashion design is too professional, will anyone like it?"

Instead of answering, Eric asked, "Have you two ever thought about creating a personal brand that bears your name?"

"Well, yes, it's just been too busy. Cindy Crawford replied.

"I thought about making a perfume brand," Linda Ivan Gorinsta shrugged, apparently not a pleasant experience.

Eric said: "That's right, the current entertainment industry, just like you, people who are a little famous, like to launch their own personal brands. Well, for more ordinary people, they must have had such an idea, this is the audience base of our show, of course, the other part of the audience base, is still urban women who are very sensitive to fashion, because "The Pride of the Bridge" will be broadcast on the lifetime TV station under the AE TV network, and the main target audience of this TV station is young women. ”

"Well, I'...... Can we take a look first?" asked Cindy Crawford, pointing to the document in Eric's hand, tentatively.

Eric pressed the two documents and said: "These have nothing to do with the program, just some rough budget plans for the project, and the specific program form, you still need to figure it out by yourself." ”

Cindy Crawford and Linda Ivan Gorinsta wondered again, didn't Eric have them as hosts, how did they sound more like producers?

"That's right," Eric continued, "I had some ideas for America's Top Model, but now I've changed my mind and I'm going to leave these two projects entirely to the two of you, and I'm just going to do the big picture." ”

"I don't quite understand, Eric," said Cindy Crawford, not unconvinced, but disbelieving.

"You know for sure, I mean that the two of you will be the host and producer of "America's Top Model" and "Flyover" respectively. ”

Although Linda Ivangorinsta is very enthusiastic about the title of producer, she knows what she is capable of, and says, "Eric, I ...... I don't even know what to do. ”

"So, let's talk about your remuneration first," Eric smiled and said, "As the producer of the two shows, you will receive 10% of the net profit of "America's Top Model Competition" and "Flyover", as for how much this 10% will end up with, it depends on whether you produce the show well enough." ”

"Eric, do we need to be part of the investment?" asked Cindy Crawford, her eyes lit up.

"Of course not, Firefly will provide a production budget of $20 million per project, and you don't have to invest in it. ”

"Then what do we need to do," Linda Ivan Gorinsta also raised his mind because of the 10% net profit share, although Eric said that he would completely leave the two projects to them to do, but as long as he personally checked, Linda Ivan Gorinsta knew that the risk of these two shows would definitely be very low, even if it could not reach the terrifying ratings and profits of "Survivor", but the commercial returns were definitely very objective.

"That's the point," Eric smiled and said, "Don't think that this 10% profit share will be easy, the reason why I handed over these two projects to you is mainly because I don't know much about the fashion industry, and you two have been in this circle for so many years, you are familiar with all the rules, and you have enough vision and experience, so although Firefly will provide some staff, you need to build the main creative team in terms of professionalism." (To be continued.) )