After the premiere, Drew and Eric flew back to Los Angeles after a weekend in London, and MGM and Warner's stake in e! Entertainment TV was about to hold a signing ceremony on Wednesday that would require the girl to attend in person. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the second day of the premiere, Eric secretly asked the head of Firefly's UK branch to contact J.K. Rowling for the film and television rights of the "Harry Potter" series, and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Eric did not rush to leave. Casino Royale was an unexpected success at the box office, and after a busy month in Los Angeles, there was no need for him to be in person for the time being, so Eric planned to take the opportunity to take a break in London.

While "Casino Royale" broke a series of box office records in North America, the monetary systems of Southeast Asian countries also entered hell time.

On July 2, after two weeks of counterattacks against the national currency, the Thai government ran out of ammunition and was forced to announce that the Thai baht would abandon the fixed exchange rate system and adopt a free floating exchange rate.

On the day the news was released, the exchange rate of the Thai baht against the US dollar fell by 17%, implicated by the loss of the Thai baht, and Southeast Asian currencies such as the Singapore dollar, Philippine peso, Indonesian rupiah, and Malaysian gitter began to fluctuate violently, and Southeast Asian countries will become the 'hunting' places for international currency speculators in the coming months.

According to Chris's message from Tokyo, as of the close of trading on Friday, July 4, Firefly Investment's secret establishment of a large number of short positions in Thai baht has achieved a book profit of more than $30 million in just three days, and this is just the beginning of everything.

London.

Early Saturday morning, not long after Eric woke up, Peter Ritchie arrived in a hurry and brought the good news that Firefly UK had successfully won the rights to the film adaptation of the Harry Potter series.

"Eric, we've signed a contract with Ms. Rowling for the Harry Potter series, and the documents contain a synopsis of the story she created for the entire series. Ms. Rowling will be in London at two o'clock in the afternoon, and I will personally send her over to talk to you in detail. ”

Putting several documents in Eric's hands, Peter Ritchie continued: "Also, the news from San Francisco that the first batch of products from the new Fireflyer player factory has rolled off the production line, and Mr. Victor McNelly wants to cancel Amazon's flash sale early on July 10 to open for purchase, and release the product in Europe at the same time. ”

Eric read the Harry Potter copyright contract in his hand and said with two minds: "North America can be purchased in advance." The two factories have a total monthly production capacity of only 450,000 units, and the North American market is still in short supply, so they will start selling in Europe now, and they can only be out of stock on both sides. Moreover, the online music store here is also a big problem. Let them wait until the second generation of the product is released next year before thinking about it, forget it, I'll call there today to talk about it. ”

Peter Richie nodded, and briefly reported the contents of several other documents, and when Eric put down the contract in his hand, Peter Richie took out an invitation letter from his briefcase and handed it over: "This is handed over from Kensington Palace, Princess Diana will hold a charity reception tonight to raise funds for refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I hope you can attend." ”

Eric took the invitation, looked at it with a playful smile, and said casually, "I remember reading in the newspaper two days ago that she seems to be planning to get engaged recently?"

Peter Richie doesn't know why Eric suddenly brought this up, and Peter Richie doesn't usually pay attention to the gossip unless Eric specifically asks for the information gathered.

However, after Princess Diana and Prince Charles officially divorced last year, many wealthy people began to blatantly pursue her. Obviously, for these people, being able to soak a former British princess is definitely very satisfying to some dark vanity.

Moreover, after secretly looking at Eric, Peter Rich couldn't help but think that according to his boss's temperament, he would probably also pursue Princess Diana.

Seeing that Peter Ritchie was silent, Eric raised his head, just noticed the strange look on his face, and couldn't help but laugh: "You think I'm interested in Diana?"

"Ah, this," Peter Ritchie shook his head quickly, his face embarrassed, and he didn't know what to answer for a moment.

Eric tossed the invitation on the coffee table and said, "I'm not interested in her, a poor stupid woman, who doesn't know how to give others or herself any room." ”

Eric's clueless words made Peter Rich a little puzzled, but after today's work was reported, the girl named Christina Aguilera in the villa restaurant was obviously still waiting for Eric to have breakfast together, so he took the initiative to leave.

However, after driving out of Kensington Garden Street, Eric's words just now still kept echoing in his mind, and after walking some distance on Kensington Street, Peter Rich finally stopped the car with curiosity, walked to a newsstand on the side of the road and bought a few newspapers, and returned to the car to rummage through the recent news about Princess Diana.

It turned out that recently Diana and Dodi Fayd, the son of Mohammed Al Fayd, the owner of the famous Harold high-end department store in London, have reached the point of talking about marriage, and some newspapers have even speculated that Princess Diana is now pregnant.

After reading the relevant news and pondering Eric's sentence repeatedly, Peter Ritchie suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Just from the name, it is not difficult to see Dodi Fayd's family beliefs.

However, Britain has been a devout Catholic country since ancient times, and the other fifteen countries in the world that still have the Queen of England as their head of state are basically Catholic countries. As the mother of Prince William, the second-in-line heir to the British throne, Diana found a stepfather for the future [by God's grace, the supreme head of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and overseas territories, the guardian of the faith, and His Majesty the King of the British Empire].

Recalling the tone of Eric's tone when he said that, Peter Ritchie couldn't help but shudder again, rolled up the newspapers in front of him and tossed them aside, deciding to forget all about what he had heard today. Although he himself has a good impression of Concubine Dian, this kind of thing is definitely not something that a small person like him can interfere with.

Kensington Garden Villa, after Peter Ritchie left, Christina came out of the dining room, the girl was wrapped in a small apron, and the whole person inexplicably had a different sense of surname.

Before Drew returned to Los Angeles, he specially picked up Christina, who had come to London to attend the premiere of "Casino Royale", and the girl did not hide her 'selfishness' at all, claiming that instead of letting Eric mess around, it was better to put a familiar woman by his side.

Because she grew up in a rough single-parent family, Christina's mind is much more precocious than that of girls of the same age, so she also knows more about the world, which can be seen from the fact that she can get Drew's approval, although the girl always looks like she can be familiar in front of anyone, but her mind is actually more picky than Eric's, and there are not many people who can really walk around her.

Although she occasionally thinks about it, the girl has always been a well-behaved and lovely little appearance in front of Eric, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Seeing that Eric was still reading the document, Christina walked over and sat down next to him and said, "Eric, let's eat first, breakfast is going to be cold." ”

Eric nodded, and was about to take a few folders on the coffee table to the restaurant to look at and eat, but Christina had already taken the initiative to come over, help Eric pick up the stack of folders, and said, "I'll come." ”

"Okay," Eric smiled, getting up and walking towards the restaurant.

Christina was about to get up and follow, when she noticed the invitation on the coffee table and took it up curiously. When Eric and Peter Richie talk about business, the girl always avoids it very interestingly, but she didn't hear the conversation between the two just now, and when she saw that it was Princess Diana's invitation to a charity reception, Christina immediately became interested, and when it came to the British royal family, it was still quite attractive to her.

Coming to the restaurant together and placing the folder next to Eric, Christina pointed to the invitation letter that was deliberately placed on the top, with a look of hope: "Eric, are we going to this cocktail party in the evening?"

Eric asked, "Do you want to go?"

Christina nodded unabashedly: "Uh-huh. ”

"Let's go and join in the fun that night," Eric nodded, although he wouldn't interfere in certain things, but there was no need to deliberately avoid it, "However, you have to donate money to participate in this kind of drinking party, and if they ask for too much, I will have to donate you at that time." ”

Christina graciously brought the breakfast over and said with a smile: "Hehe, you can't." ”

……

Joanne Rowling feels like she's been in a dream lately.

Since graduating from college ten years ago, her life has been very unsatisfactory, and her only marriage has also brought her a lot of trauma, and even once had suicidal thoughts due to depression. After the divorce, they settled in Edinburgh, Scotland with their daughter Jessica, and the mother and daughter lived on less than £100 a month.

Joanne Rowling, who lived in poverty but barely settled down, finally decided to concentrate on becoming a novelist, but the first novel, which took two years to complete, had been rejected six times in the past few months, and just when she had lost her expectations, a week ago, people from HarperCollins and the British branch of the Firefly Group suddenly came to the door and offered to arrange the publication of her novel, and at the same time hoped to buy the film and television adaptation rights of the novel.

Due to the constraints of life, Joanne Rowling naturally could not afford to hire a professional agent, and in the face of representatives of HarperCollins Publishing House and the Firefly Group, she could only negotiate with the other party with the only little caution she had, but in fact, she did not dare to have any extravagant hopes in her heart, and she was already very satisfied if the novel could be published. What's more, the price offered by the Firefly Group for the copyright of the novel even made her feel unreal, 1 million pounds each, she had never thought that she could have so much money before, not to mention, in the preliminary outline of the story, she planned to write five.

In this case, Joanne Rowling also realized that the other party was a little eager to get the copyright of the book, but she was never a strong woman, and she did not dare to wait for the price to sell, the only condition put forward was that Firefly must pay her full copyright fee immediately after the contract was signed, Jessica will be four years old soon, she hopes that her daughter can get a good preschool education, but these are definitely not possible without money. As a result, the two parties signed all the contracts in just one week. It was thought that this was the end of the matter, but after the contract was signed, the representative of the Firefly Group wanted her to come to London again, claiming that Eric Williams wanted to talk to her.

Eric Williams.

The black Mercedes sedan stopped for a moment at an entrance where the driver showed his pass, and the doorman seemed to have spoken to someone on the phone before they were let in.

Looking at the luxurious castle-style villas on both sides of the tree-lined street, Joanne Rowling nervously pinched the handbag that had been on her lap, and felt even more worried. The experience of being rejected by several publishers has already hit her self-confidence hard, and now she has received a cheque for £1 million from the Firefly Group, but the psychological burden is even greater, what if the novel is not popular and does not sell well after publication in the future?

The car went a short distance and drove into the courtyard of a villa, through the car window, Joanne Rowling had already seen a man and a woman waiting in the yard, although they were casual, but the man was obviously Eric Williams, as for the girl next to him, Joanne Rowling couldn't recognize it, the other party didn't seem to be Drew Barrymore, the girl who was rumored to be very close to Eric Williams.

When the car stopped, Joanne Rowling reached out and wanted to push the door to get out of the car, but when she saw the driver turn around after getting out of the car, she immediately understood something, and withdrew her hand in embarrassment, sat patiently, and waited for the driver to open the door before she carefully walked out.

As soon as she stood still, Joanne Rowling felt Eric reach out to her, "Lady Rowling, it's a pleasure for you to come." ”

"Hello, Mr. Williams," Joanne Rowling hurriedly reached out to shake the other's hand, and at the same time carefully looked up at the other party's young and handsome face, and then hung her head slightly red, feeling that it was not appropriate to do so, and raised her head again.

"This is Christina, you can call her Chrissy or Tina," Eric said, introducing the girl next to her.

Christina could sense Joanne Rowling's nervousness, and took the initiative to reach over and say, "Ms. Rowling, I've read your novel, it's wonderful." ”

Joanne Rowling shook Christina's hand and said, "Oh, thank you." (To be continued.) )