Eric thought that only two Boeing 747s would fly to Long Island, but he didn't expect them to be three. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing the eye-catching FOX logo on the second plane, Eric remembered that Elizabeth and Julia had also ordered one.

Moreover, before the girl's last plane landed, Elizabeth's complaint phone called, and she and Julia rushed to Ventura to see their new plane, but the girl drove all three planes directly to the east coast.

As Eric spoke to Elizabeth on the phone as he watched the last plane whizz down the runway, he noticed something else.

Eric remembers that the girl said that she would paint her plane a beautiful pink, but at this time, she found that all three planes had the same blue and white fuselage, except for the 'FIREFLY', 'FOX' and 'MGM' icons on the three planes, there was not much difference from ordinary civil airliners.

The last plane stopped, and the girl and the group got off the gangway with a group of people, first threw herself into Eric's arms and coquettishly, then hugged Joanna and the others respectively, and also focused on kneading Hawaiian faces, before introducing Eric to several guests who got off the plane with her.

"Eric, this is Ronald Keoggh, president of Boeing Utilities Group, and his assistants. ”

With the girl's introduction, the middle-aged man with glasses and politeness standing next to her shook Eric's hand, took the initiative to hand over a business card, and said, "Hello, Mr. Williams, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Eric smiled and shook his hand, took the business card and politely put it away.

Ronald Keogh offered to introduce Eric to the basic conditions of the three planes, and Eric sent the girl to her plane with the woman and children, while he and Ronald Keogh walked to the plane that landed first.

Entering the cabin along the gangway, and turning a short hallway, you enter a modernist living room with a simple design, pure white walls, furniture that blends in completely with the whole room, a flat-screen TV hanging from the wall, and a mini bar in the corner.

Eric walked slowly into the small living room, appreciating the surroundings with satisfaction.

Ronald Keogh and his assistant stood in the doorway with a smile and waited for Eric to look at it for a moment before he spoke: "Perfectly Bauhaus-style design, simple and sophisticated, of course, we don't dare to take credit for this, thanks to Miss Barrymore and the team of designers she hired." ”

Eric nodded slightly, walked out of the room, and continued to walk towards the interior of the airport, while saying, "I know all the basic parameters, tell me what is special about this plane?"

"Of course, I have to say that each of these three planes is unique," Ronald Keogh said as he followed Eric, "but I think the best feature of these three planes is that they can connect any two cities on the planet." ”

Eric leisurely admired the design of the cabin, waiting for Ronald Keogh to continue.

Ronald Keogh followed Eric and said: "The universal Boeing 747-400 has a full load weight of 390 tons, a full load range of 13,000 kilometers, and the range can be increased by 30% when no load is unloaded, and we have completed the 17,000 kilometers from London to Heaney many times during the testing of the Boeing 747-400 in the eighties. However, because it is your own custom aircraft, the Boeing 747-400 has a lot of unnecessary utilities inside, and even at a 10-ton cargo weight, it will not take off more than 320 tons. At the same time, the aircraft also uses the latest generation of Pratt & Whitney 4056 energy-saving engines, which has a more powerful endurance. According to the calculations of our company's engineers, the aircraft can reach a range of 20,000 kilometers in extreme cases. However, we do not test this without your permission, although this can be done at any time if you feel the need for it. ”

Eric also knows that the most important factor affecting the endurance of an aircraft is the load load.

A commercial Boeing 747-400, not counting the fuselage itself and the weight of the fuel, can carry up to 60 tons of people and cargo when saturated, and this alone makes this private jet a huge advantage. After all, even the 10-ton cargo capacity that Ronald Keogh is talking about, this aircraft is probably rarely able to reach it. According to Eric's personal travel scale, a team of 20 people, including luggage, can have two tons of good.

However, as long as he can complete the long journey from London to Heaney, Eric is very satisfied. In fact, the transpacific and transatlantic flights, the journey is basically about 10,000 kilometers, and the flight in North America will not exceed 4,000 kilometers, and the performance of this aircraft is more than enough most of the time.

As for testing the plane's flight limits, Eric was not interested. Due to the ultra-high energy consumption, private jets have always been one of the main targets of many people in the West to criticize the luxurious life of the rich.

Continuing to look at the layout of the various cabins, Eric asked, "What about the network and communication equipment?"

"Our Boeing Connections company has a full suite of Internet, TV and telephone communications equipment customized for you, so you can connect to the Internet, make phone calls or video conferencing anytime, anywhere, Mr. Williams, Mr. Philip Condit, the CEO of our company, is currently in his office, and he said that if you have time, I would like to be able to talk. ”

In addition to its own performance, Eric's most important thing is the aircraft's communication network capabilities, which is what he is most dissatisfied with in the previous years with the Boeing 767 he often flies. Hearing that the CEO of Boeing was online, Eric did not refuse, just to see the effect of the video call, so he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

"Then, please come with me. ”

Ronald Keogh made a gesture of please and led Eric to a conference room in the middle of the plane.

At the signal, Ronald Keogh's assistant expertly turned on the video call device, and a moment later, a tall middle-aged man appeared on the 32-inch video call screen on the wall, none other than Boeing CEO Philip Condit, who was far away in Seattle.

Eric had greeted Philip Condit and were chatting casually when he heard a faint whistling sound outside the cabin.

Looking through the porthole, the girl's plane was slowly crossing the runway.

A bodyguard walked in and knocked on the door.

Eric looked over and casually pointed out the window with an inquiring expression.

The bodyguard nodded in response, "Miss Barrymore said they were going to Orlando and would be back tomorrow." ”

"Madame and children are gone?"

"Yes. ”

Eric helplessly spread his hands to Philip Condit, who was listening to the movement on the screen, and said to the bodyguard: "They should go to Disneyland to play, you ask Carter to call over there and let them arrange it." ”

"Yes, Mr. Williams. ”

Eric was just about to let the bodyguard leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called out to the other party: "By the way, who flew the plane?"

"Miss Sokolov. ”

Eric was a little puzzled, after the first two planes landed, the pilot took the initiative to come and meet him, but on the girl's plane, there were only her, the twins, and Ronald Keogh and his party.

The twins have personally experienced it in a helicopter, and they are quite relieved, but flying such a large Boeing airliner, this is a bit of a nonsense, right?

Thinking to himself, Eric instructed Ronald Keogh's aides: "Connect me to that plane and let them come back." ”

Ronald Keogh's assistant was somewhat confused and explained: "Mr. Williams, the need to maintain absolute contact with the ground command center during take-off and landing is not suitable for communication. However, if you feel the need to do so, you can ask the navigator to contact the pilot. ”

Eric was about to say something when Ronald Keoh said, "Eric, are you worried about the driving skills of those two Miss Sokolov? Miss Sokolov was heavily involved in the testing of these three aircraft, and I think that their piloting skills are not inferior to any experienced professional pilot. ”

"The Russian twins?" On the video, which was still open, Philippe Condit also interjected with a smile: "Those are indeed two very good girls, I happen to have seen them, Eric, no problem." ”

All right.

Eric smiled wryly and nodded.

I couldn't help but complain in my heart, how can these two goblins who are usually quiet know anything, they can't really be black widows, it seems that they have to take the time to interrogate them.

After this episode, Eric didn't have much of an eye to continue admiring the layout of the cabin, chatted with Philip Condit for a few more words, hung up the video, and Eric exited the cabin.

Elizabeth and Julia were still waiting in Ventura, anyway, they could see the layout inside, and Eric didn't get on the two women's planes again, and sent the pilot to take off directly back to California, and only this Boeing was left at the airport on Long Island in a blink of an eye.

More than two hours later, the girl called from Orlando International Airport to say that the group had arrived without incident, and Eric was relieved.

The women were gone, and Eric was left alone in East Hampton, and after saying goodbye to Ronald Keogh and his party, Eric returned to Manhattan.

The following week is a lively Easter and the children's birthdays.

While spending time with the woman and the children, Eric spends most of his private time discussing with Carter Moen the establishment of a security team dedicated to the Williams family.

At the same time, there was also a plan to expand the two private airports on the east and west coasts, not to continue the construction of runways or anything like, but Eric planned to eat the surrounding plots, reserve the necessary aircraft warehouses for the construction of the aircraft warehouse, and form a whole private territory surrounded by trees to prevent outsiders from prying eyes as much as possible.

After all, three large Boeing 747 private jets appeared at the airport in a row like the one that day, which was still too conspicuous in the end. Eric could even imagine that some environmental groups would be able to protest outside his airport with signs when they heard the news, which is not unusual in the West.

But if the airport is completely sealed off and all around is private territory, there will be much less trouble.

Later, the girl explained that she did not paint her plane with a striking pink color, but also to keep it as low-key as possible, although the interior decoration of the Nizi airplane airport was not low-key at all, Eric was still very satisfied with the girl's approach.

Eric's in East Hampton, Hollywood's Easter schedule continues to be lively.

Of the three new films released in the first week of March 26, only "Lola Run" barely stood out, with a box office of $11.17 million in the first week, almost close to Warner's buyout price, and it will definitely be very profitable.

Universal's "Ed Private Channel" hit the streets without any suspense, and the box office in the first week was only $8.25 million, which is a miserable box office figure compared to the $80 million investment.

As for Paramount's "Sweeping Trio", it was even more silent, with a box office of only $5.57 million in the first week.

In comparison, "Blair the Witch", which was released in the fourth week of release, still won the box office championship in a single week from March 26 to April 1 with a box office of $17.62 million, with a cumulative box office of $129.3 million, which continues to guide the envy and jealousy of countless people.

Subsequently, on April 2, Firefly Pictures' blockbuster film "Public Enemy" was released along with several other films, and finally drove "Blair the Witch" off the throne of the weekly box office.

However, the box office of "Public Enemy" in the first week was only $46.3 million, compared with last year's box office dark horse "Ace Spy" and the past "Witch Blair", this result can only be regarded as decent, although there is no suspense at all at the North American box office breaking 100 million, but the performance is definitely not outstanding.

With an investment of $90 million in Enemy of the Nation, the company can only hope that subsequent overseas releases will recoup its costs.

Perhaps distracted by the continuous box office dark horses in recent years, the management of Firefly is not very satisfied with the box office performance of "Public Enemy of the Nation", but Eric has no such thoughts.

Although MGM and Fox's two films "American Pie" and "A Kiss" both achieved very good box office results in the following week, and the performance can only be described as excellent compared to the production cost of the two films, Eric did not regret putting "Enemy of the Nation" on the Easter schedule.

After all, Eric's main purpose is to use "Public Enemy" to cultivate the market, and if the Easter schedule has always been low-cost horror and comedy films, then the audience will gradually form a habit. The first few years were fine, but in the long run, if there are no blockbusters to stimulate the market, just a few low-budget films, once the quality of these films collectively declines, and there are no blockbusters to stimulate the market, the entire Easter schedule will also be silent.

Moreover, through overseas distribution, it is no problem for "Public Enemy" to get a global box office of about 300 million US dollars, so it has also reached the return line.

After the birthdays of the two little ones, Eric should have devoted himself to the promotion of the upcoming "Iron Man".

However, Firefly Electronics suddenly came with the news that due to the collective pressure of Seagram's creditors, Universal Music, which had always maintained a negotiation posture with Firefly Electronics, suddenly refused to cooperate with Firefly Electronics in the digital music store.

The reason given by the other party is that creditors are concerned that Universal Music's shift to digital music sales will further hit physical record sales, which have already begun to fall into a slump, and affect the overall earnings of the Seagram Group, threatening the interests of creditors.

Eric quickly understood that this disruption was obviously a test made by Wall Street on Firefly Electronics or the entire Firefly system after the remarks of Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson at the last Hearst family party.