Made in Hollywood

"Sorry, Pat." Duke stretched out his hands and made a helpless gesture, "I don't quite understand what you mean, I'm just a director."

Pat Kinsley certainly understood that Duke was acting stupid, but he explained, "You and Leonardo DiCaprio are good friends, why don't you persuade him to join Nancy's im?"

Hearing this, Duke shook his head, "You should talk to Nancy about this, not me."

Although he is not afraid of anyone, including aa, he will not open the ridicule halo to attract all the hatred in the industry.

With Tom Hanks gradually fading out of the actor industry and transforming behind the scenes, Leonardo DiCaprio has become the current AA controller, Ino Martin’s most important customer, everyone. Everyone knows that one of the biggest barriers for Eno Martin to stand firm in a brokerage company under the partnership system is the heavyweight customers in his hands.

Obviously, Pat Kingsley, who once teamed up with Ino Martin to drive off Martin Bob, has begun to plot the front chair of aa.

With the departure of Michael Ovitz and Martin Bob, the fight between Duke and AA has come to an end. Although his relationship with Inno Martin is very ordinary, he will not accept AA’s packing policy. It doesn't mean to put yourself on the opposite of aa again.

One less enemy is better than one more enemy.

There is bound to be no monolith in any company, and internal struggles are also normal. This is an internal struggle of aa, and Duke does not want to participate in it.

To be precise, it does not benefit him much.

If Pat Kinsley finds Nancy Josephson to dig Leonardo, Duke will not intervene. Although several agencies are jointly dealing with Michael Ovitz’s artist management company, they are like the Big Six in Hollywood. Companies are both cooperating and competing, so it's common to dig out the corner of each other.

Seeing that Duke didn't mean to nod, Pat Kingsley didn't say much, and quickly left here.

"What did you talk to Pat?"

Another person came over. She sat directly across from Duke. "She doesn't seem to be very happy."

"Nothing," Duke took the glass from Cate Blanchett and took a sip together. Said, "It's just trivia."

Cate Blanchett put down his glass and suddenly said, "I have a news, I think you will be a little interested."

Duke made a please gesture.

"I heard someone talk about it some time ago." Cate Blanchett stopped selling off and said, "Pat wants to bring Mel Gibson back to Hollywood."

"Really?" Duke couldn't help but shook his head and smiled. "Your Australian gang is going to grow again."

He didn't care at all, in fact he didn't care at all. Even if Mel Gibson returned to Hollywood, what could he do? This is a forgetful circle. He has disappeared from Hollywood for almost fifteen years. Even when he comes back, he can only make soy sauce in some small b-level films. It is basically impossible to return to the mainstream film scene.

Once supported by Sylvester Stallone and Jr. Rotter Downey, Mel Gibson disappeared in Hollywood for a shorter period of time, and neither can change his fate, let alone now.

The two have not been in contact since the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The relationship in the past few years can only be said to be very ordinary. Duke can't guess the purpose of Cate Blanchett's words, but he also understands that the other party is more than just. It's that simple to talk about.

Like most people in Hollywood, Duke and Cate Blanchett then talked about the situation of The Hobbit, only they knew what they thought.

That's right. The "The Hobbit" trilogy directed by Peter Jackson is about to start filming, and like Duke, the New Zealand fat man will also adopt a one-time shooting strategy. The success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has created a large number of The Lord of the Rings fans. Warner Bros. also gave Peter Jackson a certain degree of trust and support.

In fact, Duke also knows that as long as the special effects of the trilogy are guaranteed, the story is not particularly bad, and the box office and commercial revenue are not a problem at all.

The day after the party, Duke went to Peter Jackson's office in Los Angeles and met him. The whole crew is about to go to New Zealand, just like before, the other party still chose the film's location in their home country.

Of course, the New Zealand government has given the crew the greatest assistance from taxation to human support.

Duke stayed for a short time, then returned to his office, Tina Fei was already waiting here.

"Our competitors are starting to exert strength."

After taking the coffee pot and pouring herself a cup, Tina Fei sat across from Duke’s desk and said, “David Ellison’s Sky Film Studio is actively contacting several film funds. , He himself met with Michael Eisner and Ryan Cavalaug from The Theory of Relativity."

"So..." Duke tapped his fingers lightly on the arm of the chair. "Did he fall into a Disney project?"

"To be precise, it is four super big projects." Tina Fei put down the coffee cup, "Agenda, Robin Hood, Super Battleship and Alien Battlefield."

She shrugged, "If it weren't for the limited funds in his hands, I'm afraid other projects would also get mixed up."

Duke nodded slightly, "It is impossible for David Ellison to have more than $300 million in liquidity."

Larry Ellison does have tens of billions of dollars in assets, but it is different from David Ellison, and assets and liquidity are also different.

What the film foundations in Hollywood and Wall Street lack are not assets, but liquidity.

In this respect, Duke, who has been prepared for a long time and has sufficient cash in hand, is the object of a transaction they simply cannot refuse.

Tina Fei said at this time, “There is also good news. We have already discussed with the Theory of Relativity on Twentieth Century Fox’s "Avatar" and "X-Men: First Class", and DreamWorks Animation Studio’s "Crazy The four projects of Primitive Man and How to Tame Your Dragon have basically reached an agreement. The Foundation will acquire their shares in these film projects at 40% of the initial investment by the Relativity Company."

"Sign the agreement as soon as possible."

This is really good news. Duke gave Tina Fei a thumbs up, "Good job, Tina."

"Thank you." Tina Fei laughed, and then joked, "I'm also helping myself to make money. Don't forget that the foundation also has part of my own investment."

There is a harvest when you give. This is the most basic business law. There has never been a willingness to serve others in this world without receiving compensation.

Duke knows this very well. The core members of his team are the highest-paid people in the same position in the circle. For example, people like Tina Fei will get some shares in some of his investment funds in return.

Is it possible in this society to want people to do their best for you without real gold and platinum?

Tina Fei has served him for more than ten years, and the trust relationship between the two is really extraordinary. In addition to the improvement of the position, Duke has never neglected monetary compensation.

"Other negotiations continue." Duke exhorted again, "especially a few Disney projects."

Those few are really very special projects. Duke can't figure out what Michael Eisner was thinking about, and he started so many big productions.

In addition to these four, there are "Alice in Wonderland" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 4". If it were not supported by the previous film fund platter plan, Disney would never take huge risks to start these projects alone.

Hollywood has always liked someone to pay for their production costs, even if the funds came from Wall Street.

Today's Wall Street is swaying, these film funds are not those big companies with a long history and strong strength, and their own anti-risk ability is average.

Two days later, Duke made an appointment with Ryan Kawarauge of the Theory of Relativity in a club in Burbank.

"Let's put it this way, Mr. Cavalaug."

After a brief greeting between the two, Duke went straight to the subject, "How long has the headquarters of The Theory of Relativity Company in New York been besieged by investors? How long have you not been in public?"

Like all investment funds, the funds invested by the theory of relativity in films do not come from its own company or a few individuals.

"The relativity company invests in high-quality projects!" Ryan Kavalaug also did not give in. "If it weren't, it would be impossible to look at them in the eyes of Director Rosenberg, would it?"

"Indeed, I think these projects may be profitable."

After changing to a more comfortable sitting posture, Duke shook his finger at him, “Don’t forget, now the economic situation is bad, and few companies are willing to invest in the film industry. Now Hollywood is making money and major companies are shrinking. Money saves money. The Big Six companies have postponed and cut many projects this year..."

After a short pause, Duke said again, "North America’s economy may recover in the next two years, and Hollywood will return to its former prosperity, but can the Theory of Relativity company wait until then? I believe it will not be long before you and your company will After receiving the subpoena from the court, those angry investors will tear you up."

This is a business negotiation, and Duke does not need to be polite, "As far as I know, many of your investors are big names."

Ryan Kavalaug opened his mouth, but said nothing.

"The Theory of Relativity Company needs a large sum of money to break the current predicament," Duke nodded his chest, "I have enough cash to get you out of the predicament!"

"Forty percent is too low!" Ryan Cavalaug shook his head.

Duke stood up, "This is a fair price. If you think about it, you can call Miss Tina Fei directly."

Leaving Burbank, Duke drove to the Hollywood area, and there is an awards ceremony waiting for him tonight. (~^~)

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