IAIH :: Volume #3

#278: Messengers

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Eric in the telephone will have for serveral days said in various matter and own guess that New York that side Jeffrey had also realized the gravity of matter, expressed tomorrow morning will return to Los Angeles. 艾瑞克在电话里将这些天来发生的各种事情和自己的猜测说了一遍,纽约那边的杰弗里也意识到了事情的严重性,表示明天上午就会返回洛杉矶。 Made the telephone call, a Eric person sat before the window continues to be in a daze, sank to the sea level along with the setting sun thoroughly, living room that has not turned on the light along with it gloomy. small girl does not know where went to insanely, has not been told, the servants in manor will not enter here on own initiative, therefore in entire villa, only then a Eric person, appears silent and empty. 挂了电话,艾瑞克一个人坐在落地窗前继续发呆,随着夕阳彻底沉入海平面,没有开灯的客厅随之暗淡了下来。小妮子也不知道疯去了哪里,没有得到吩咐,庄园的佣人们不会主动进入这里,因此整栋别墅里只有艾瑞克一个人,显得寂静而空荡。 Has not known how long, the intercom drop drop of living room has made a sound, after Eric sets out to press down the talking key, broadcasts the sound of manor security: „Mr. Williams, there is a Nown. Carpenter's person visits.” 不知道过了多久,客厅的对讲机滴滴地响了起来,在艾瑞克起身按下通话键之后,传来庄园保安的声音:“威廉姆斯先生,有一位名叫阿诺恩.卡朋特的人来拜访。” The Eric doubts said: „I did not know that this kind of person, the opposite party did say own purpose in coming?” 艾瑞克疑惑道:“我并不认识这样一个人,对方说自己的来意了吗？” The security said: „No, but he said that he is ‚messenger’.” 保安道:“没有,不过他说自己是‘传话人’。” „Messenger,” Eric has duplicated one in a low voice, has thought of anything quickly, said to the security: „Makes him come.” “传话人,”艾瑞克低声重复了一句,很快想到了些什么,对保安道:“让他进来吧。” „Good, Mr. Williams,” opposite said that has terminated the telephone conversation. “好的,威廉姆斯先生,”对面说完,终止了通话。 All lights of Eric in the living room opens completely, the dim living room shone like the daytime quickly, afterward, Eric walks toward the study room. 艾瑞克将客厅里所有的灯光全部打开,原本昏暗的客厅很快亮如白昼,随后,艾瑞克向书房走去。 After several minutes, leads the eyeglasses gentle white man to carry a black handbag to pass through the gate, is observing the situation the mansion magnificent decoration in the bright light, sends out several low acclaiming, although knows one for a lifetime are perhaps impossible to have such mansion, but thinks the matter that own today must handle, has several points of abnormal contented feeling at heart unavoidably. 几分钟后,一位带着眼镜文质彬彬的白人男子拎着一个黑色皮包进了门,在明亮的灯光中环视着豪宅内部的华丽装潢,发出几声低低的赞叹,虽然知道自己或许一辈子也不可能拥有这样的豪宅,但想到自己今天要办的事情,心里难免生出几分畸形的自得感。 The men see in the living room not to have the Eric form, does not have the polite meaning, arrived at the window on the sofa to sit, looked at the out of the window wave light clear sea level to wait for the appearance of master patiently. 男人见客厅里没有艾瑞克的身影,一点也没有客气的意思,自顾自地走到落地窗边沙发上坐了下来,望着窗外波光粼粼的海面耐心地等待着主人的出现。 After a while. Eric walked from the study room, sees sat on the strange man to sofa, wrinkled under the eyebrow slightly. But quickly returns to normal, walked toward the strange man. 过了一会儿。艾瑞克从书房里走了出来,看到已经坐到沙发上的陌生男人,微微皱了下眉。但很快就恢复平静,朝陌生男人走了过去。 Hears the sound of footsteps. The men stand up, has not actually moved footsteps, stands same place approached and other Eric, puts out a hand to introduce oneself: „Hello, Mr. Williams, my name was Nown. Carpenter.” 听到脚步声。男人站起身,却没有挪动脚步,站在原地等艾瑞克走近,才伸出手自我介绍道:“你好,威廉姆斯先生,我叫阿诺恩.卡朋特。” Eric put out a hand to grasp with the opposite party, has not spoken, saw Nown. Carpenter to own desolate does not care muddily. Will continue to sit down in the home position, Eric opens the mouth saying: „Sorry, Mr. Carpenter, here is the position that I most like, please sit to that side goes.” 艾瑞克伸手与对方握了一下,却没有说话,见阿诺恩.卡朋特对自己的冷淡浑不在意。正要继续在原位上坐下,艾瑞克才开口道:“对不起,卡朋特先生,这里是我最喜欢的位置,请你坐到那边去。” Nown. Carpenter look changed, but on the face quick hung up has wiped to sneer, did intentionally stands up to say natural: „If you hope, Mr. Williams.” 阿诺恩.卡朋特神色变了变,但脸上很快就挂起了一抹冷笑,故作潇洒地站起身道:“如你所愿,威廉姆斯先生。” In position that Eric in Nown resigns sits down, looks is sitting in opposite Nown. Caput said: „Heard that you are ‚messenger’, that said your purpose in coming.” 艾瑞克在阿诺恩让出的位置上坐下,才望着坐在对面的阿诺恩.卡普特道:“听说你是‘传话人’,那就说说你的来意吧。” Nown. Carpenter does not have the first start to talk. But pulls open the handbag that oneself have carried along, took out one pack of pictures from inside, advances in front of Eric: „Mr. Williams. You can have a look at these first.” 阿诺恩.卡朋特并没有第一时间开口。而是拉开了自己随身携带的皮包,从里面取出了一叠照片,推到艾瑞克面前:“威廉姆斯先生。你可以先看看这些。” Eric thick one pack of pictures will bring, sees first is curling up of Drew looks like only small kitty in his arms picture, shoots was several weeks ago Malibu manor entrances, small girl shouts to knock knee that time. 艾瑞克将厚厚的一叠照片拿过来,看到第一张就是德鲁像只小猫咪似的蜷在他怀里的照片,拍摄地是几个星期以前的马里布庄园门口,小妮子嚷嚷着自己磕到了膝盖那次。 In the Eric heart lightens wipes to understand clearly, originally on that day their feeling right, truly some people photographed surreptitiously themselves in the track. Since then, perhaps he recently other feelings also not wrong. 艾瑞克心中闪出一抹了然,原来那天自己的感觉没错,确实是有人在跟踪偷拍自己。那么,或许他这些日子以来的其他感觉也都没有错。 Although is extremely at heart shocking, but Eric calmly glances through the following picture, except for him and Drew ‚intimate photo’ beside. Has woman one of the contact not to let off with him, time span entire one year. Even many picture Eric has not thought that needs to recall carefully. Can recall to mind time place that has probably. Moreover these picture shoots quite ingenious, making the person watch in the just knows picture the relational dim daylight of men and women | dark. 虽然心里非常震惊,不过艾瑞克还是不动声色地翻阅接下来的照片,除了他和德鲁的‘亲密照’之外。与他有过接触的女人一个都没有放过,时间跨度整整一年时间。甚至不少照片艾瑞克一眼都没有想起来,需要仔细回忆。才能大概记起发生的时间地点。而且这些照片都拍摄的相当巧妙,让人一看就知道照片中男女的关系暧丨昧。 Watches the picture, Eric determined immediately this matter cannot cut off the relations with Fox, because Murdoch once own horn mouthpiece submission, the «New York Post» reporter of News Corp once tracked to photograph surreptitiously his several months. Moreover, in this pack of pictures links him and Nicole group photo has, only not he and Elizabeth. If these are the writing skill of other influences, famous Director and that do the media tycoon daughter's relations then, recently rose, expose to cause the stir? 看完照片,艾瑞克立刻就确定这件事跟福克斯脱不了关系,因为默多克曾经亲口承认过,新闻集团旗下的《纽约邮报》一个记者曾经跟踪偷拍了他好几个月。而且,这叠照片中连他和妮可的合照都有,唯独没有他和伊丽莎白的。如果这些是其他势力的手笔,那么,新近崛起的著名导演和传媒大亨女儿的关系,曝光出来岂不是更加能够引起轰动？ However, although can see the Fox form from the picture, but Eric can affirm that the matter so will not be by far simple. If only News Corp one wants to use these tricks to force him to obey, that result can only push to other influences him, Murdoch or Barry Diller, are impossible to be so stupid. 不过,虽然从照片中可以看出福克斯的身影,但艾瑞克可以肯定事情远远不会这么简单。如果只是新闻集团一家想要使用这些伎俩逼迫他就范,那结果只能把他推向其他势力,无论是默多克还是巴里.迪勒,都不可能这么蠢。 Throws the picture in hand to front tea table on at will, Eric gains ground coldly is staring at opposite Nown. Carpenter: „What is this?” 将手里的照片随意丢到面前的茶几上,艾瑞克抬起头冷冷地盯着对面的阿诺恩.卡朋特:“这是什么意思？” Nown. Carpenter dodged under Eric to arrive at the threatening vision of freezing point slightly indifferently, said: „Mr. Williams, this was you asks something already known.” 阿诺恩.卡朋特微微躲闪了下艾瑞克冷漠到冰点的逼人目光,说道:“威廉姆斯先生,这就是你明知故问了。” The Eric sound does not bring mighty waves saying: „You think that by these small tricks, can have the influence to me?” 艾瑞克声音不带一丝波澜地说道:“你们以为凭借这些小伎俩,就能对我造成影响吗？” Nown. Carpenter said: „Can with unable, to think that my Boss did want. Mr. Williams, you are clear, in Hollywood history famous character like you, perhaps is because such 1-2 common scandals are similar to the meteor dodged pass, needs me to help to enumerate several?” 阿诺恩.卡朋特道:“能与不能,要看我的老板愿不愿意了。威廉姆斯先生,你要明白,好莱坞历史上很多像你这样大名鼎鼎的人物,或许就是因为那么一两件原本不太起眼的丑闻而如同流星般一闪即逝,需要我帮忙列举几个吗？” Eric sinking sound track: „I and picture these women on are your sentiment I hope, exposes, I most was treated as playboy by the public, Hollywood playboy are many.” 艾瑞克沉声道:“我和照片上的这些女人都是你情我愿的,曝光出来,我最多被公众当做花花公子而已,好莱坞的花花公子并不少。” Nown. Carpenter sneers is sitting the straight body, said: „Mr. Williams, in your mouth ‚the public’ is most ignorant community, what person you they will treat as, the key must look that what person controls media wish of public opinion to make them treat as you. But lets person who I convey a message, is just controlling North America a large part of public opinion media. Therefore, these pictures make you discredited sufficiently. Moreover, this is also only a start, after small trouble, will also have a bigger trouble to wait for you.” 阿诺恩.卡朋特冷笑着坐直身体,说道:“威廉姆斯先生,你口中的‘公众’是最愚昧的一个群体,他们会把你当做什么样的人,关键还要看控制着舆论的媒体想要让他们把你当做什么样的人。而让我传话的人,刚好就控制着北美很大一部分舆论媒体。所以,这些照片足以让你声名狼藉。而且,这还只是一个开始而已,小麻烦之后,还会有更大的麻烦等着你。” Hears Nown. Carpenter said such a few words, in the Eric eye flashes through heterochrosis, but he wiped the mood to cover this quickly, said with the angry expression: „Mr. Carpenter, can tell me your back Boss, or who are Boss?” 听到阿诺恩.卡朋特说出这样一段话,艾瑞克眼中闪过一丝异色,不过他很快就将这抹情绪掩盖了下去,用略带愤怒的语气说道:“卡朋特先生,可以告诉我你背后的老板,或者老板们到底是谁吗？” Saw with own eyes that Eric was enraged by oneself finally, Nown. Carpenter happily said: „Mr. Williams, you are so intelligent, how possibly to guess correctly?” 眼见艾瑞克终于被自己激怒,阿诺恩.卡朋特得意地说道:“威廉姆斯先生,你这么聪明,怎么可能猜不到？” „Good,” Eric then said: „, Said that what condition they do have?” “好吧,”艾瑞克接着道:“那么,说说他们都有什么条件吧？” „40% Firefly Film Studio stocks,” Nown. Carpenter was similar to endorses said these words equally smoothly, then said: „You look, Mr. Williams, sending Boss that I convey a message not to be greedy, resigns 40% Firefly stocks, then you as before are the Firefly biggest shareholder. But if you did not agree that waits for to start, wants to make my Boss receive the hand again, the price of paying was much more these many.” “40的萤火虫电影公司股份,”阿诺恩.卡朋特如同背书一样顺溜地说出了这句话,接着道:“你看,威廉姆斯先生,派我来传话的老板一点都不贪心,让出40%的萤火虫股份,那么你依旧是萤火虫的最大股东。但如果你不同意,等一切发动起来,再想让我的老板收手,付出的代价就远远不止这么多了。” Eric coldly snorted, 40% stocks, look like are not truly greedy, but, lost this 40% stocks, subtracted again some time ago just gave to Jeffrey that 3% stock, in his hand only remaining 42%, although as before was the Firefly biggest shareholder, but actually could not achieve the absolute holding. 艾瑞克冷哼一声,40的股份,看起来确实不贪心,不过,失去了这40的股份,再减去不久前刚刚转让给杰弗里那3的股份,他手中就只剩下42,虽然依旧是萤火虫的最大股东,但却达不到绝对的控股。 But Robert Shay can be mediocre, is actually an authority * very intense person. If after these people obtain 40% stocks, promised that to the thing that Robert Shay he wants, Eric can affirm, Robert Shay will reverse to the opposite party absolutely, at that time, Eric will also lose the Firefly domination. 而罗伯特.谢伊虽然才能平庸,却一直是一个权力*非常强烈的人。如果那些人获得40%的股份之后,许诺给罗伯特.谢伊他想要的东西,艾瑞克可以肯定,罗伯特.谢伊绝对会倒向对方,那时候,艾瑞克也将失去萤火虫的控制权。 After the new line merges, had Firefly of movie distribution circuit, although the scale could not have been the degrees of seven big giants, but also initially had to develop the film giants embryonic form. Once loses the Firefly domination, Eric can affirm that he will be very difficult under the joint suppressions of seven big Film Studio, develops one to improve Film Studio of distribution circuit again, in addition in the 90's approaches, Film Studio and media group will welcome the big tidal current of conformity, at that time, facing with film giants of media group synthesis, Eric more will only be thrown is farther. Even if he can keep shoots leaving as before sells the movie greatly, is impossible to have the strength to go to bargain back and forth with these Film Studio again, will degenerate finally only into the board game piece of big group, but cannot control the player of chessgame. 与新线合并之后,拥有了电影发行渠道的萤火虫虽然规模还达不到七大巨头的程度,不过却也初步拥有了发展成电影巨头的雏形。一旦失去萤火虫的控制权,艾瑞克可以肯定,他将很难在七大电影公司的联合打压下,再发展出一家拥有完善发行渠道的电影公司,再加上九十年代来临,电影公司和传媒集团将迎来整合的大潮流,那个时候,面对与传媒集团合体的电影巨头,艾瑞克只会被越抛越远。即使他依旧能不停地拍摄出大卖电影,也不可能再有实力去跟那些电影公司讨价还价,最终只会沦为大集团的棋子,而不是可以左右棋局的玩家。 Thinks clear these, Eric does not think that empty is getting down by the winding with opposite party stranger, pointed to the door directly: „Mr. Carpenter, goes back to tell your Boss, wants Firefly, takes, gives a try to take.” 想清楚这些,艾瑞克丝毫不想在跟对方这个陌生人虚以委蛇下去,直接下了逐客令:“卡朋特先生是吧,回去告诉你的老板,想要萤火虫,就来拿吧,试试看能不能拿到手。” Nown. Carpenter expression was self-satisfied, then said: „Mr. Williams, my Boss had guessed correctly beforehand you will be young and impetuous reject this suggestion directly, therefore he makes me pass on to you, you day of consideration time, slightly will be calm to think tomorrow well. You looked that this villa so is magnificent and luxurious, wants to maintain here all, won't every year disbursement perhaps be less than 1 million USD?” 阿诺恩.卡朋特表情更加得意了,接着说道:“威廉姆斯先生,我的老板事先就已经猜到你会年轻气盛直接拒绝这个建议,所以他让我转告你,你明天还有一天的考虑时间,稍微冷静一下好好想想。你看,这座别墅是如此的华丽和奢侈,想要维持住这里的一切,每年的支出恐怕不会少于一百万美元吧？” Eric has not heard Nown probably. Carpenter these words, has referred to the big way: „Mr. Carpenter, your this kind of stranger appears actually makes me very uncomfortable here, therefore please immediately leave, I feared that I will unable to control, making the security throw into the into the sea|nautical mile you, you must know that here is the personal territory, I have the authority such to do.” ( to be continued ) 艾瑞克好像没听到阿诺恩.卡朋特这段话似的,指了指大门道:“卡朋特先生,其实你这样一个陌生人出现在这里让我非常不舒服,所以请立刻离开吧,我怕我会控制不住,让保安把你丢进海里,你要知道,这里是私人领地,我有权力这么做。”(未完待续)
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