Chapter 992: Adjustment of ABC

Manhattan.

Gisele Bundchen and Alexander Ambro got off the cab, walked arm in arm into the apartment building where they lived, went to the mansion on the top floor with a smile, only to find that Miranda Kerr had returned and was happily in the kitchen ready for something.

Putting on her high heels, she glanced at the figure in the kitchen, and Gisele couldn't help but pouted, which was really rare. Alexander even complained faintly: "Is what she cooks edible?"

"Hey, you're back," Miranda turned her head and greeted the two girls warmly when she heard the movement in the living room.

The two women responded indifferently, and Miranda didn't mind, turning her head and continuing to work.

Eric is coming over today, she made up her mind to show it well, and try to impress Eric and let her go back to Los Angeles.

When Eric came to New York in March, Miranda was full of small emotions. She neither wanted to live with Gisele and Alexander, nor did she want to be like a child by Cindy Crawford, who was entrusted by Eric. look.

However, then, even though she knew it might be Cindy or Eric on purpose, she was still frightened.

Miranda was reluctant to live with Gisele and Alexander, so Cindy temporarily let her live in her apartment and took good care of her.

However, since you want to be a model, you can't talk about it.

So Cindy took her to the elite modeling agency for an interview, along with dozens of girls picked up by elite scouts from all over North America.

Since it was Cindy who took her there personally, at the interview site, she noticed that the dozens of girls looked at Cindy like a queen, and she felt quite proud, and she would definitely be able to easily achieve Cindy's status in the future.

It may be because of Cindy. During the waiting process, many girls deliberately approached her. Some people even recognized her as one of the four tennis girls in "007 Casino Royale", and she was also shown in the Disney Channel TV series. So I asked her why she came to the elite model interview.

Miranda naturally couldn't say that she was driven to New York because she annoyed Eric, so she arrogantly said that she was not interested in acting and wanted to try the profession of modeling.

Then she felt that some girls looked at her like idiots, and one girl said, half-jokingly, 'I've only heard of models who are trying to become actors'.

Of course Miranda knew the reason, but she couldn't show it on her face, and she was naturally depressed in her heart.

Taking pictures with a group of girls, walking on the stage and posing for a long time, she finally got some 'special' treatment. The manager of elite who participated in the interview personally explained to her the interview results: she was low in height, and her face was not three-dimensional. The steps are ordinary, have not experienced vocational training, and the overall qualifications do not have the potential of high-fashion models at all, so they can only follow the line of pure commercial models.

Before the appearance of the Victoria's Secret show, a model, if you want to reach the level of a supermodel, you must first be recognized by high street fashion brands such as Prada, Tiffany, and Chanel. Only by reaching cooperation with these brands can improve yourself. With the style, you can be further recognized by the fashion circle and step by step to the status of a sought-after supermodel.

However, Miranda's appearance and height are basically unrelated to high street fashion.

This means that without any background opportunities, Miranda will never become a supermodel and supermodel in her life. She can only be an ordinary commercial model, which is actually the kind of clothing display, print advertisement, auto show business performance, etc. The kind that can do anything but basically have no chance of getting ahead. Of course, it's not impossible for commercial models to be the best, even Cindy is one. Moreover, in the original time and space, although there was a gap of twenty years, the trajectory of Cindy and Miranda was almost exactly the same.

In view of Miranda's situation, Elite can only give her a training contract similar to an intern. The company provides accommodation and a fixed salary of $1,000 per month. After signing the contract, Miranda must receive regular training from Elite and complete the work provided by the company.

Miranda was even more angry at that time, realizing that it might be Cindy or Eric's intention, and the girl also had a rebellious mentality.

Okay, what do you say, so be it.

He happily signed the contract, and then Cindy and one of Elite's agents took her around the place where she might work in the future. Ten sets of clothes were tossed into tears at the fitting scene, and the live props that were placed like dolls in the new season of "Project Runway" being recorded...

In the evening, when Cindy and Elite's agent took Miranda to Manhattan's West Village, they saw that they would live in an old building less than 60 square meters with seven other girls who didn't look much worse than her. Miranda finally broke down in the old small apartment.

He was brought home to sleep by Cindy, and when he woke up the next day, Miranda didn't mention the elite's work, and Cindy didn't mention it again, as if nothing happened yesterday.

After breakfast, Cindy took Miranda to her img modeling agency, took out the contract that had been prepared, and signed the girl to the same agent as her. Then helped her move into Giselle and Alexander's apartment.

Due to the age limit, Miranda can't get much work now. In the past few months, Cindy has not treated her as a child at all, and often takes her by her side. The more and more she felt, in the waiting room waiting for the interview, the eyes of those girls looking at her were so right, if possible, she wanted to look at herself with the eyes of an idiot.

Therefore, after hearing from Cindy that Eric would be coming over today, the girl immediately rushed back to the apartment, wanting to please Eric, so that she could return to Los Angeles. Anyway, she has no interest in being a model anymore.

After taking a week off in East Hampton and coming to Manhattan, the first thing Eric faced was the internal personnel problem of the abc group.

This time the problem has nothing to do with infighting, layoffs, etc., but it is also quite difficult. As the abc group has become stronger and stronger in recent years, some companies have naturally begun to show interest in the management of the abc group. After all, even if Eric can come up with countless wonderful ideas, if there is no excellent management team to execute, It is impossible for the Firefly Group to develop so rapidly.

The party who wants to pry the corner is Comcast, and the object is espn TV's CEO Steve Bernstein.

After signing a huge $9 billion broadcast rights contract with the American Football League, ESPN's business situation has not been dragged down at all, but it has become more and more popular. The entire group provides a net profit of more than $500 million.

In the more than ten years of control of ESPN TV, Steve Bernstein can say that he has single-handedly turned this small TV station with less than 300,000 users into the largest basic cable station in North America with more than 90 million users.

In any company, to achieve such excellent results, getting a promotion is a must. Eric will not let the company's talent drain like this.

However, the current situation of Firefly Group is that the entire management system is very stable.

Under Eric, Katzenberg and Frank Wells are in charge of the entire Firefly Group and are mainly responsible for the group's film and television entertainment business. In terms of TV business, after Tom Murphy retired, Robert Iger and Stephen Burke, a veteran of Metropolitan abc, served as the ceo and president of the abc group respectively, responsible for the firefly group's TV business. Further down, there are specific branch directors, such as Kenneth Horn of New Line Pictures, Robert Thompson of Buffalo Publishing, Stan Winston of Digital Domain, and Anne Sway of AE Network. Ni, Steve Bernstein of espn, Barry Weiss of Firefly Records and more.

The various departments and subsidiaries managed by the top executives of these companies together form the Firefly Group with more than 120,000 employees worldwide.

Others aside, according to Steve Bernstein's achievements and his current level, if he goes up, he must at least reach the position of president of abc. However, none of the people above him are mediocre people who can be replaced, and it is impossible for these people to leave and retire in the short term, which is more embarrassing.

Eric is not a king, so it's impossible to give you an appointment, so he will give you a nobility. Simply raising pay is not very attractive to managers like Steve Bernstein who want more room to play.

On the other hand, Comcast also offers a very attractive position for Steve Bernstein, COO.

Control of Comcast remains in the hands of founder Ralph Roberts and his son Ralph Roberts, who serve as the company's chairman and CEO, respectively.

Steve Bernstein's position as chief operating officer is equivalent to that of the president of the Comcast Group. He is directly responsible to CEO Roberts and his son, and controls the operation of the entire Comcast cable network, although it cannot be regarded as a monopoly. , but Comcast, which is in a period of rapid growth, has a lot more room to play than espn TV, which has almost developed to the extreme.

Firefly does not have the position of chief operating officer. According to the management authority, the functions of the chief operating officer are respectively in charge of Katzenberg and Frank Wells.

It is also impossible for Eric to suddenly create such a similar position in order to retain Steve Bernstein. The stability of the Firefly Group's management system also means that the distribution of power is in a very harmonious balance. Depriving the original manager of power and giving it to a new manager will only cause the original management system to be unbalanced.

However, zooming in to the entire Firefly system, there just so happens to be an upcoming vacancy for Steve Bernstein, and that's AOL. With the management skills shown by Steve Bernstein, it is sufficient to be the CEO of AOL. The two companies also have many similarities, and there is no such thing as separate lines.

In fact, most of the managers of giant companies in the United States cannot be regarded as "professional counterparts". When the scale of the company reaches a certain level, the requirements for managers are no longer professional skills, but a person's management philosophy.

Of course, it's not clear yet whether it will be able to take control of AOL back from the Steve Case team. But in order to avoid Steve Bernstein being poached, Eric still had to stabilize the other party in advance.

At the ABC headquarters in the Upper West Side, it was almost time for get off work. Eric and Steve Bernstein, who came from the espn headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, had been chatting for an afternoon.

Steve Bernstein is excited about the Comcast job offer, but at the same time has some desire to take control of AOL, a new Internet technology company that is rising more rapidly. Therefore, the two discussed in great detail, and Eric's setting of the future direction of AOL was also recognized by Steve Bernstein.

Finally, Steve Bernstein said: "Eric, in that case, I can wait a month to get back to Comcast. But if you can't gain control of AOL, I'm afraid I will I have officially submitted my resignation letter."

Eric nodded, everything he could say had been said, and if he couldn't keep it, there was nothing he could do. But he couldn't help but said: "Actually, Steve, even if it fails this time, if you are willing to wait another two years, I can guarantee that Firefly is destined to acquire a telecommunications operator, and I can still give it to you. You manage it."

Steve Bernstein smiled and shook his head gently, and said: "Eric, I am very grateful for your trust in me, and I also know that you will be successful in the future. However, it is impossible for me to do this now. A promise without any clue, giving up the opportunity at hand."

Eric can only regret, in fact, with the departure of Yoma Ollila from Nokia, there is still a Nokia president who can be handed over to Steve Bernstein.

It's just that the two industries of media and telecommunications are a little too big. Eric didn't take the risk of bringing up the lesson that Apple once hired John Sculley from a beverage company as CEO, which led to the decline of the company. What's more, Nokia's headquarters is in northern Europe, and Steve Bernstein is unlikely to accept the position.

After agreeing on this, Eric got up and stretched out his hand to Steve Bernstein again: "Then, let's have dinner together, I have already reserved a seat."

"Sure," Steve Bernstein reached out and gave Eric a tight squeeze.

The two greeted several other senior executives at the headquarters, left the abc headquarters together, and rushed to a top restaurant in the Rockefeller Center in midtown for dinner.

After dinner, Eric personally asked the driver to take Steve Bernstein to the Plaza Hotel where he was staying, and then rushed back to the three girls' penthouse on Madison Avenue with a little drunkenness.