Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 51 A trio of bankrupt sisters?
The eight "Harry Potter" movies in the previous life had a total box office of US$77 billion. Putting aside the cost of filming and publicity, Warner's book income may only be around US$10 billion.

JK Rowling has amassed a net worth of nearly US$7 million just by writing novels.

Although the account cannot be calculated exactly like this.

The bulk of Warner's revenue is still increasing its stock price, peripheral products and film and television copyright income. As long as the movie box office does not lose money, it will make money.

However, the huge addition of movie sales to novel sales is obvious.

There are many similar examples of success in Hollywood, and of course there are even more examples of failure.

If Weststar Films is really lucky and can make "Percy Jackson" into a popular movie series, it will be of great benefit to Jamie.

The most direct thing is to drive the sales of novels to skyrocket.

Moreover, what Jamie transferred to Vestar Pictures was only the authorization for the five main novels of "Percy Jackson", and only gave the other party the right to negotiate for derivative works.

The advantage is mine. In the future, there will be no ridiculous incident where Jamie was expelled from the "authorship" just because he said "I don't like" or "I don't agree".

Of course, JK Rowling was not unfair at all in her previous life.

After she publicly stated that "Hermione was never said to be white in the novels," she herself had been expelled as the "author."

Otherwise, JK Rowling knows a lot about Harry Potter.

Although the heroine of "Percy Jackson" in her previous life was "blackened" after it was made into a TV series, in this life Jamie has become the author, so this kind of thing will never happen again.

There is no "Harry Potter" in this world, and the youth fantasy movie market is still blank so far. If Weststar Films really puts some thought into making "Percy Jackson", it might really be a hit. The money comes out.

Anyway, Jamie explained it to Serena this way.

As soon as the two of them finished discussing this topic, the doorbell rang.

Jamie stood up and went to open the door, and then unexpectedly found that it was Max standing outside the door.

After entering the house, Max took the coffee Serena poured for her, held the cup in both hands and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"I'm here to confess something to you. In fact, I already knew your identities before we met in the elevator last time."

Serena and Jamie looked at each other, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes.

Max continued:
"I came up to say hello to you later that day. Actually, I wanted to tell you the truth, but I hesitated later."

"After this period of contact, I am sure that you are all very good people, so I don't want to hide it anymore."

"About a week ago, the owner of the restaurant where I worked hired a new person. You may not be able to imagine that she wore Chanel when she first came to work at the restaurant. I didn't know at the time that it was the only thing she had left. A set of valuable clothes.”

"I could tell at a glance that she was a rich girl in trouble. After learning that she was homeless, I decided to take her in. Now she lives with me and we have a good relationship."

Hearing this, Serena couldn't help but interrupt.

"Wait a minute, the rich girl in distress you're talking about isn't called Caroline Channing, is she?"

Max nodded.

Oh God!

Serena held her forehead with one hand, finding it difficult to accept it for a moment.

Jamie, who had known the truth for a long time, took over from his girlfriend and continued to ask:
"Max, I don't quite understand why you're telling us this? Caroline must have told you that things weren't going well between her and Serena, and you could have kept it all hidden."

Max tightened his grip on the coffee cup.

In fact, she decided to reveal the truth about Jamie and Serena after a fierce battle between heaven and man.

"I only took Caroline in out of sympathy at the beginning. Of course, I also felt a little bit gloating about seeing a rich girl like her in trouble."

"But after a period of contact, I found that she is really very business-savvy. It was also her idea to give cupcakes to my employer's family for free tasting."

"In other words, if it weren't for Caroline, you wouldn't have invited me to make cupcakes at the wedding, and you wouldn't have decided to invest in me to open a cake shop."

At this moment Jamie suddenly interjected.

"Then do you know that after you tell us this, we will most likely stop investing in you."

Max nodded without hesitation.

Impressed by Max's frankness, Serena immediately stated her attitude that her and Jamie's idea of ​​investing in Max's store would not change just because Max knew Caroline.

But Max shook his head and asked Caroline to hear what she had to say first.

"It has always been my dream to open a cake shop, but I was only good at making cakes and didn't have much business acumen. Caroline was very good at it, and it was she who made me realize that I could make a lot of money making cupcakes. .”

"Before you decided to invest in me to open a store, Caroline and I had an agreement. If one day I really save enough money to open a cake shop, she will be my first store manager."

Not surprisingly, Serena was very resistant to this.

It's not because she still cares about the holidays with Caroline at school, but because the Ponzi scheme run by Caroline's father Martin has deceived many people.

In addition to Nate, Serena also knew many victims.

It ranges from losing money in minor cases to bankruptcies in serious cases, and even people jumping off buildings.

In this case, Serena really had no way to convince herself to invest in the daughter of a liar.

Max had expected this outcome, so he nodded silently, put down the coffee he had never drank, and stood up to leave.Jamie walked Max to the door. Max once again expressed his apology and asked Jamie to tell Serena that she really didn't mean to hide it.

After closing the door and returning to the living room, Serena was still struggling with this matter.

Max had a very good impression on Serena before.

This confession made Serena see the many valuable qualities in Max, but she still couldn't pass her own test.

In desperation, Serena had to ask Jamie for help.

How can we help Max realize his dream of opening a cake shop without suffering the inner torture he is experiencing now?

Jamie shrugged.

Serena doesn't invest, and it's not convenient for him to continue investing.

At least not on the surface.

The only way is to find another person to invest in Max, and Jamie secretly holds the shares and operates behind the scenes.

As for the candidates——

"What do you think of Rebecca?"

Serena suddenly spoke.

Jamie looked at his girlfriend in surprise, but the other party said:
"What, you thought the first thing I would think of was Blair? In fact, Blair hates Caroline more than I do, especially during the year I left."

But this time Serena guessed wrong.

Jamie was surprised that Rebecca was a really good fit.

Rebecca's father established a charitable foundation after Rebecca's mother passed away. However, this fund was suspected of defrauding money in the name of charity.

This incident was not a big deal, but Rebecca's father would later be sentenced to jail due to some tax issues.

To say that Rebecca's father is really floating.

In the land of the United States, you can challenge any rule, but never challenge the IRS at your own risk.

Anyway, after that incident, Rebecca's family was considered bankrupt.

This is really similar to Caroline.

Ask Rebecca to invest in Max's cake shop. The name of this cake shop might as well be called Broke Sisters.

After getting Jamie's support, Serena immediately called Rebecca.

After listening to Serena's explanation, Rebecca was not very interested at first.

It wasn't until she heard that Jamie would secretly hold shares and assume most of the investment share that Rebecca changed her mind.

Jamie’s business acumen and vision have been well proven in WeHouse.

Being an agent seems like a good idea.

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In the afternoon, Jimmy arrived at the Williamsburg restaurant ten minutes earlier than the agreed time.

He came here by taxi.

When I looked up and saw the restaurant sign, I felt it looked strangely familiar.

When he entered the door and saw the boss Li Han who was chattering after two beautiful waiters complaining about the customers and their poor service attitude, Jimmy finally remembered.

Isn't this the Asian who was fooled by him last time?

"If you think these complaints will affect the restaurant's income, you can fire both of us." Max, who was busy cleaning the table, replied without any shame.

Caroline, who was walking back after clearing away the leftover plates from the previous customer, seriously agreed.

Li Han quit.

"You must have misunderstood. The reason why customers complained to you is because they think there is a big problem with the uniforms of the restaurant waiters. Max's neckline should be lower and Caroline's skirt should be shorter. You think I should adopt them?" Any suggestions?"

The wretched chef Oleg stuck his head out of the dish window and was the first to agree.

Max turned around, and was about to sarcastically mock Li Han for his whims, when he looked up and saw Jimmy standing at the door.

The two froze at the same time.

At the wedding yesterday, Jimmy tried to strike up a conversation with Max.

Max knows that Jimmy is Jamie's personal lawyer, but Jimmy doesn't know that Max is just a restaurant waiter.

Jimmy, who came from a lower class background, didn't have any contempt for Max, he was just a little surprised.

Instead, Max was confused.

Jamie and Serena are no longer prepared to invest in opening a cake shop for her, so why does Jimmy still appear here?

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