I’m in Hollywood Chapter 1121: Disruption
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Eric thought that only two Boeing 747s would fly to Long Island, but unexpectedly it was three.
After seeing the eye-catching FOX logo on the second plane, Eric remembered it, and Elizabeth and Julia also ordered one.
Moreover, the last plane that the girl took was not on the ground. The Elizabeth complaint phone came over. She and Julia happily ran to Ventura to see her new plane. The planes all drove to the east coast.
The Eric was on the phone with Elizabeth while watching the last aircraft whistling into the airport runway, while noticing another thing.
Eric remembered that the girl said that she was going to paint her plane beautiful pink, but at this time, she found that the three planes are all the same blue and white fuselage, except for the respective 'FIREFLY' on the three planes. FOX 'and' MGM 'icons are not much different from ordinary civil airliners.
The last plane stopped, and the girl came down from the gangway car with a group of people, first flung into the arms of Eric, hugged with Joanna and others, and focused on the Hawaii. Face, only to introduce to Eric a few guests who got off the plane with her.
"Eric, this is Mr. Chairman Ronald · Kio of Boeing Public Service Group, and his assistant."
With the introduction of the girl, the polite middle-aged man standing next to her shook hands with Eric, and offered to hand over a business card, saying: "Hello, Mr. Williams, very happy See you. "
Eric smiled and shook hands with the other party, took the business card and put it away politely.
Ronald · Kio offered to help Eric to introduce the basic situation of the three planes. Eric sent a girl to take the woman and the children to her plane. He and Ronald · Kio went to the first plane. Landing plane.
Enter the engine room along the gangway, turn a short corridor, and enter a modernist living room with a simple design, pure white walls, furniture that is completely integrated with the entire room, and a wall hanging Flat screen TV, there is a mini bar in the corner.
Eric walked slowly into this small living room, enjoying the surrounding arrangement with satisfaction.
Ronald Keo and his assistant just stood at the door with a smile and waited for Eric to look at it for a moment before they said: "Perfect Bauhaus style design, simple and exquisite, of course, we dare not Credit, this is the credit for Miss Barrymore and the designer team she hired. "
Eric nodded slightly, walked out of the room, and continued to walk towards the interior of the airport. At the same time: "I have understood the basic parameters. Tell me what is special about this plane?"
"Of course, I have to say that each of these three aircraft is unique," Ronald Keo followed Eric and said, "However, I think the best features of these three aircraft, It should be that she can connect any two cities on the planet. "
Eric enjoys the design in the cabin leisurely, waiting for Ronald · Kio to continue.
Ronald · Kio gradually followed Eric and said: "The universal Boeing 747-400 model has a full load of 390 tons and a full load of 13,000 kilometers. Under no-load conditions, the range can be increased by 30%. During the test of the Boeing 747-400 in the 1980s, the long journey from London to Shini 17,000 kilometers was completed many times. However, because it is your personal private custom aircraft, the interior of this Boeing 747-400 is reduced. A large number of unnecessary public equipment, even according to the weight of 10 tons of manned cargo, her take-off weight will not exceed 320 tons. At the same time, this aircraft also uses the latest generation of Pratt & Whitney 4056 energy-saving engine, battery life is more powerful According to the calculations of our company ’s engineers, the endurance of this aircraft can reach 20,000 kilometers under extreme conditions. However, we did not test this without your permission. Of course, if you think it is necessary, this test is always available. It can be done. "
Eric also clearly understands that the most important factor that affects the life of the aircraft is the load.
A commercial Boeing 747-400, excluding the body itself and the weight of fuel, the manned cargo capacity at saturation can reach 60 tons, just this, this private jet has a huge advantage. After all, even with Ronald · Kio's 10 ton manned cargo capacity, this aircraft may rarely reach it. According to the travel scale of the Eric individual, a 20-person team, counting the luggage, is good for two tons.
However, as long as they can complete the long endurance journey from London to Shini, Eric is already very satisfied. In fact, the trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic flights basically have a journey of about 10,000 kilometers, and the domestic flight of North America will not exceed 4,000 kilometers. The performance of this aircraft is more than enough for most of the time.
As for testing the flight limit of this aircraft, Eric is not very interested. Due to the high energy consumption, private jets have always been one of the most important goals for many people to criticize the luxury life of the rich. If they accidentally broke any records during the test and accidentally broke out by the media, then he will Don't want to stop.
Continuing to visit the layout of the various cabins, Eric asked again: "What about the network and communication equipment?"
"Our Boeing Connectivity company has customized a full set of Internet, TV and telephone communication equipment for you. You can connect to the Internet, make calls or conduct video conferences anytime, anywhere. Speaking of which, Mr. Williams, the CEO of our company Mr. Philip Condit is currently in his office. He said that if you have time, I hope to chat. "
In addition to its own performance, the most important thing for Eric is the communication network function of this aircraft. This is where he was most dissatisfied with the Boeing 767 he used to ride a few years ago. Hearing that the CEO of the Boeing Group is online, Eric did not refuse, just to see the effect of the video call, then nodded and said: "Okay."
"So, please follow me."
Ronald Keo made a please gesture and took Eric to a meeting room in the middle of the plane.
Get the signal. Ronald Keo ’s assistant skillfully turned on the video call device. A moment later, a tall middle-aged man appeared on the 32-inch video call screen on the wall. It was the chief of the Boeing Group in Seattle. Executive Officer Philip Condit.
Eric greeted Philip Condit, chatting casually, and heard the faint roar outside the cabin.
Looking through the porthole, the girl ’s plane is slowly rowing across the runway.
A bodyguard walked in and knocked at the door.
Eric looked over and pointed at the window with his finger, showing an inquiring expression.
The bodyguard nodded and replied: "Miss Barrymore said they went to Orlando and will come back tomorrow."
"Is the wife and children gone?"
"Yes."
Eric reluctantly listened to the moving Philip Condit on the screen and spread his hand to the bodyguard: "They should go to Disneyland to play, you let Carter make a call over there and let them Make arrangements. "
"Okay, Mr. Williams."
The Eric was just about to let the bodyguard leave. Suddenly remembering something, he quickly shouted at the other party: "Oh, who is the plane?"
"Miss Sokurov."
Eric had some doubts. After the first two planes landed, the pilot took the initiative to meet him, but on the girl's plane, only she and the twins, and Ronald · Kio.
The twins have piloted the helicopter Eric and have personally experienced it. It ’s fairly safe, but driving this large Boeing airliner is a bit foolish, right?
Thinking in my heart, Eric directly instructed Ronald Keo ’s assistant: "Connect me to that plane and let them come back."
Ronald Keo ’s assistant is somewhat unclear, so explained: "Mr. Williams, the aircraft must absolutely maintain contact with the ground command center during takeoff and landing, and is not suitable for communication. However, if you feel it is necessary, you can let the navigation Contact the pilot over there. "
What Eric is about to say, Ronald · Kio said: "Eric, are you worried about the driving skills of the two Miss Sokurov? I don't think it's necessary at all. Miss Sokurov will conduct the test of these three aircrafts. A lot of participation, I think their driving skills are not inferior to any experienced professional pilots. "
"Is that the Russia twins?" In the still open video, Philip Condit also smiled and said: "That is indeed two very good girls, I happened to have seen, Eric, no Questionable. "
Okay.
Eric nodded bitterly.
In my heart, I can't help but vomit, these two fair-haired fairies can do anything, it's not really Black Widow, it seems to take the time to interrogate it.
This episode happened, Eric didn't have much thought to continue to appreciate the layout in the cabin, and chatted with Philip Condit a few words, hung up the video, Eric exited the cabin.
Elizabeth and Julia are still waiting in Ventura, anyway, the layout inside can be seen sooner or later, Eric also did not board the two women ’s planes, sent the pilot to take off and return directly to California, Long Island ’s airport is only left This Boeing.
More than two hours later, the girl called from Orlando International Airport, saying that the group had arrived successfully, and Eric was relieved.
The women all left, and Eric did n’t leave anyone alone in Eath Hampton, bid farewell to Ronald · Kio, and Eric returned to Manhattan.
The following week is the lively Easter and the children ’s birthdays that follow.
While accompanying women and children, Eric ’s private time was basically spent discussing with Carter · Moen about the establishment of a security team dedicated to the Williams family.
At the same time, there are plans to expand the two private airports on the east and west coasts. Instead of continuing to build runways or the like, Eric intends to eat the surrounding plots and reserve for the construction of aircraft warehouses that may be needed. In order to prevent outsiders from prying as much as possible, a whole piece of private territory covered by forest trees is formed around it.
After all, as three large Boeing 747 private jets appeared at the airport in the same way as on the day, it was still too conspicuous. Eric can even imagine that some environmental organizations will probably hold a sign outside his airport to protest after hearing the news. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the West.
But if the airport is completely closed and all the territory is private, there will be less trouble.
Later, the girl explained that she did n’t paint her plane with an eye-catching pink color, but also to keep it as low-key as possible. Although the interior decoration of this Nizi aircraft airport is not at all low-key, Eric is still very satisfied with the girl ’s approach.
When the Eric people were in Eath Hampton, the Easter period of Hollywood was still lively.
The three new films released in the first week of March 26, only "Run Lola Run" was barely able to stand out. The first week of Box Office11117 million USD was almost close to the Warner buyout price, and it would be very good to think of profit.
Universal Pictures's "Ed Private Channel" hit the street without any suspense. In the first week, Box Office only had 8250,000 USD. Compared with the investment of 80 million USD, the Box Office data is simply unbearable.
As for Paramount's "Sweeping Trio", it is even more silent. In the first week, Box Office was only 5.57 million USD.
In comparison, the fourth week of "The Blair Witch Project", with a narrowing decline of 39%, still won the Box Office championship of the single-week period from March 26 to April 1 with 17.62 million USD Box Office. 100 million29300,000 USD, continue to guide the envy and envy of countless people.
Then, on April 2, Firefly Pictures's blockbuster movie "Enemy of the State" was released with several other films, and finally drove "The Blair Witch Project" off the throne of the weekly Box Office champion.
However, in the first week of "Enemy of the State", Box Office was only 46300,000 USD. Compared with last year's Box Office dark horse "Austin Powers" and just past "The Blair Witch Project", this score can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, although North America Box Office broke 100 million. Suspense, but performance is definitely not excellent.
Since the investment of "Enemy of the State" is as high as 90 million USD, the company can only expect the cost recovery of subsequent overseas issuance.
Probably because of the continuous Box Office dark horse raising in recent years, the management of Firefly is not very satisfied with the performance of Box Office of "Enemy of the State", but Eric has no such idea.
Although the two films "American Pie" and "Never Been Kissed" of Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Fox started very well in the following week, they achieved very good Box Office results. Compared with the production cost of the two films, the performance is only excellent. Described, but Eric did not regret to put "Enemy of the State" in the Easter period.
After all, the main purpose of Eric is to use "Enemy of the State" to cultivate the market. If the Easter period has always been a low-cost horror movie and comedy movie, then the audience will gradually form a habit. The first few years are okay, but in the long run, if there is no blockbuster to stimulate the market, just some low-cost movies that get together, once the quality of these films collectively declines, and there is no bombshell to stimulate the market, the entire Easter period will also be quiet.
Also, through overseas distribution, "Enemy of the State" has no problem getting global Box Office of about 300 million USD, which has also reached the original line.
After the birthday of the two little guys, Eric should have devoted themselves to the publicity process of the upcoming "Iron Man".
However, news came suddenly from Firefly Electronics. Due to the collective pressure from Seagram creditors, Universal Records, which had always maintained negotiations 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 worried that Universal records will shift to digital music sales, which will further crack down on the physical record sales that have already fallen into a downturn, and affect the overall revenue of Seagram Group, threatening the interests of creditors.
Eric soon understood that this disruption was obviously a test of Firefly electronics or the entire Firefly system made by Wall Street after the last words of Goldman SachsCEO Henry Paulson at the Hearst home party.