I’m in Hollywood

When Eric came to London this time, in addition to having a face-to-face with the management of Virgin Records, which had just completed the acquisition, he mainly attended the celebration party for the Spice Girls' first album spice.

After half a year's warm-up of several popular singles, the Spice Girls' first album spice was released at the same time as the second generation of fireflyer in April, and adopted the strategy of releasing physical records and digital records at the same time.

Some executives of the company were originally worried that the simultaneous release of digital records would affect the sales of physical records, but this did not happen. Since its launch, spice has swept the album sales charts in Europe and the United States with a devastating trend.

It is already the 11th week of the album's release, but in the ninth week of its release, spice has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, which has attracted the attention of the entire record industry.

Among them, spice sold 2 million records in the UK in eight weeks, breaking the record set by the Beatles in the UK for the fastest record sales of 2 million records decades ago.

In the United States, the world's largest music market, sales of spice also easily exceeded 10 million, reaching 13.5 million as of last week. In other countries and regions such as France, Germany, Spain, and even Japan, South Korea, and Singapore in the Far East, even if more than two months have passed, the sales of spice are still high on their album sales charts.

As the driving force behind the creation of the Spice Girls, Eric not only produced the music mv for the Spice Girls' first single wannabe, but also provided half of the songs on the Spice Girls' debut album by Eric. At this time, the Spice Girls group has achieved such a dazzling achievement, whether it is the various media or the executives of Firefly Records, there is no dispute that all the credit is attributed to him. This celebration banquet was originally supposed to be held last week, but in order to match Eric's schedule, it was moved to this weekend.

Eric went to the headquarters of Virgin Records in the afternoon and met with all the management of the company under the recommendation of Simon Fuller, who had been promoted to the president of Virgin Records. The group's record subsidiary does not have a ceo. Barry Weiss, as the president of Firefly Records, is in charge of all record-related businesses under Firefly, and Simon Fuller is the head of Virgin Records. The group does not intend to give up the Virgin Records brand, but plans to integrate all overseas music business resources into this company. In the future, Virgin Records will be mainly responsible for the business of Firefly Records outside North America, including Europe, the Far East and even Latin America. The Firefly Records headquarters will be mainly responsible for the North American market.

The summer sky in London is very long, and the evening party is determined to start at eight o'clock, and the location is also selected at the Albert Hotel near Kensington Garden Street. This is not to accommodate Eric, but many high-end hotels in London. are concentrated around here.

Because the party started late, Eric had dinner with Simon Fuller in the evening and went back to the mansion on Garden Street first.

It was not until the party was about to start that Eric and Mayer rushed to the nearby Albert Hotel.

Simon Fuller made the party very grand. In addition to the executives of Virgin Records and its artists, he also invited a large number of celebrities from all walks of life in the British entertainment industry. Outside the hotel, a red carpet was specially laid out, crowded on both sides. Full of journalists from the UK and abroad.

The Spice Girls, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz and a host of other stars will also be star-studded on the red carpet.

Erica Mayer in a white evening dress got off the car at the end of the red carpet, and the spotlights on both sides immediately flickered wildly.

Although they were instructed in advance, when they saw Mayer, the reporters on both sides quickly pressed the shutter, and some people couldn't help but ask loudly.

Mr. Williams, is this lady your new girlfriend?

Mr. Williams, can you introduce this lady?

Mr Williams,

Have you watched The Matrix 2 yet?

Mr. Williams, how is Firefly going to handle the dispute with AOL's management?

Mr. Williams, it is said that Bond 19 is still in the casting stage. Can this film still catch up with next year's summer season?

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Eric ignored the questions on both sides, just waved to the surrounding crowd with a smile, and walked quickly into the hotel with Mayer.

Walking into the party hall with Simon Fuller, who had come out, and seeing the guests at the party surrounded by iron nails attracted by magnets, Mayer couldn't help but feel a little guilty, if he was really Eric's girlfriend Well, even, even if it's just tonight.

However, she knew that she was just a decorative vase beside Eric tonight.

This fact is really frustrating, Mayer even wanted to flee, and at the same time, he could not help but feel a little resentment towards Eric. This guy, who is so enthusiastic about other women, even entangled with his own cousin, looks completely uninterested in himself, which is really annoying.

Eric didn't have time to pay attention to the female assistant's careful thoughts. He took the lead in hugging and congratulating the five girls of the Spice Girls, the protagonist of tonight's party, and then greeted the other guests who came by. After a while, he was free. .

At the buffet table, Simon Fuller and Eric each took a glass of champagne and raised a glass to Eric, Simon Fuller said: Eric, I have carefully considered the selection of the singer you mentioned in the afternoon. The show is very feasible. However, if it is only held in the UK, the scale is too small, why don’t we directly produce it in North America?”

I will definitely bring this reality show to North America, but now, whether it's ABC's Survivor or Fox's Who Will Be a Millionaire, the ratings are not bad. In recent years, the two TV networks Some other reality shows have also been introduced, so there is no shortage of this type of shows for the time being. Eric took a sip of champagne and said with a smile: Also, I don't want to give this reality show to nbc. Or cbs, so I plan to do it here in the UK. You can also get enough time to polish the format of the show.”

Simon Fuller nodded and added: However, to be honest, this type of music reality show should not be able to create a singer that is too popular, because if we want to take into account the ratings, it is unlikely to maintain Absolute impartiality, some outstanding players are likely to be eliminated early, these people have secured the title of 'losers', and it is not so easy to package them.

Eric said: If you are careful, you should be able to pick out a few good seedlings in the previous sessions. By the way, this time you'd better pay attention to the songwriting ability of the players themselves. I forgot to remind you of this, a few of them have good singing and dancing skills, but their creative ability is not satisfactory, fortunately, they can now find enough good producers to write songs for them.

Simon Fuller nodded in approval.

Whether in the past or in the future, all singers or groups that have become famous in the music industry basically have a good ability to create music.

However, with the decline of the entire record industry in the future, singers with outstanding creative ability will become more and more prominent, because the decline of the industry will definitely lead to the shrinking of resources, and record companies will rarely organize a team to package those who only have one pair. A singer with a good voice or good skin but no creative ability at all.

Eric chatted with Simon Fuller, glanced around casually, and happened to notice Barbara Bullocky, the 007 series female producer not far away, looking at him, opposite Barbara Bullockley Standing there was a tall woman wearing a lavender halter evening dress. Eric didn't recognize who the other party was, but felt that Barbara Bullock looked at him with a hint of help, so he and Simon? Fuller greeted and Eric walked over.

Barbara Bullocky is a standard singleton. Eric originally thought that she was being entangled by female lily, but when he walked in, he found that the woman standing opposite her was Demi Moore.

Demi Moore noticed the change in Barbara Bullockley's expression, turned around and saw Eric, with a surprised expression on her face, and reached out: Oh, Eric, I just said that I want to talk to Eric. You said hello, just saw you chatting with Mr. Fuller.

Seeing Demi Moore stretch out his hands to him, Eric had no choice but to smile and hug him. He felt that the woman's whole body was sticking to him without concealment, and he couldn't help feeling distressed for Bruce Willis for three seconds. Zhong, the poor old cloth stall has such a daughter-in-law, her head has been green a few times, but the two should be playing each other now.

So, Demi, why are you in London? Although the two didn't know each other well, they met a few times at some parties. Although Eric didn't like each other, he didn't act too unfamiliar. , Eric asked politely.

I'm shooting a movie in London, called 'Notting Hill', Demi Moore pointed to Hugh Grant not far away, and continued: The male protagonist is Hugh, telling a story that happened in Notting Hill. love story.

Eric immediately remembered that Julia had given up the distribution rights of Notting Hill because of Seagram's acquisition of Polygold, so she gave up the script, but she didn't expect it to end up on Demi Moore.

Notting Hill, I happen to know the script, it's a very good story, Eric praised politely.

With the success of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hugh Grant has been promoted to a box office star. In addition, due to the change of history, he has successfully avoided the scandal that should have happened. Hugh Grant can be said to be very popular in recent years. Welcome to the British hot man.

After Julia's withdrawal, Polygram seems to have contacted Meg Ryan, a veteran Hollywood sweetheart, but Meg Ryan took over the filming of Warner's Electronic Love Letter. In the end, Demi Moore, who was far less popular than Julia, was chosen as the heroine, probably out of confidence in Hugh Grant's popularity.

Thinking of Electronic Love Letter, Eric couldn't help but feel a little helpless. Electronic Love Letter is a product of the cooperation between Warner and AOL. It is obvious that the two sides have already begun to tug at each other. Because of the disagreement with Firefly on the development route, AOL has not even mentioned the matter of Electronic Love Letter with Firefly. This incident has also become one of the evidences of the recent media dispute over the investment between AOL and the major shareholder Firefly.

I didn't expect it, this is really surprising, Demi Moore was really surprised to hear that Eric knew the script of Notting Hill, which was only a production cost of less than 30 million US dollars. It was just an ordinary romance, but she quickly thought of who she had taken this opportunity from, and she was relieved, but she was a little envious of the close relationship between Julia Roberts and Eric, and looked at Eric There was a little more eagerness in his eyes: Eric, can I ask you to dance? Having said that, Demi Moore smiled at Mayer who consciously installed a small vase beside Eric. , said: This lady will definitely not mind if I borrow Eric for a while, right?

Mayer nodded politely, secretly complaining, would I mind being useful?

Eric just smiled and refused: Sorry, Demi, I have something to talk to Barbara about.

Oh, it's okay, I can wait for a while, Demi Moore didn't show any loss or give up, raised her hand and said, Then let's talk first.

When Demi Moore walked away, Eric asked Barbara, What happened just now?

It's nothing, Barbara Brockley shook her head and smiled, Isn't it casting for Bond 19 recently, and she also participated.

Eric nodded, understood something roughly, and said: Speaking of this, a reporter asked me just now, looking at the current situation, Bond 19 may not be able to start this year, right?

Barbara Brockley said with a little grumbling on her face, Yeah, you guys took the box office of the last movie so high, and now you don't care anymore, we're under a lot of pressure.

Eric retorted with a smile: I don't care. I have carefully read every version of the script you handed over.

Bond 19 was originally planned to be released in the summer of next year, but after the global explosion of Casino Royale, in the face of the great situation of the secret agent movie universe, everyone at MGM cherished and cautious, but Bond 19 The script, MGM has been polishing for a whole year. In addition, because the protagonists of the three series of Bond 19 will all be assembled, the contracts of the relevant actors have also taken a lot of effort to be finalized.

Judging from the current situation, the release of Bond 19 may be postponed for a full year. However, for a blockbuster of the size of 007, the production interval is three years, which is not a big deal. No one will screw up the reputation that the entire spy movie universe has just established in order to catch up with the schedule.