Made in Hollywood

As night fell, the black Bentley drove into Malibu. The driver did not enter the city, but drove north along the road towards a famous private club.

"Two consecutive films have exceeded 100 million at the North American box office, and Duke Rosenberg has created a miracle..."

In the back seat, Nancy Josephson was clearly in a good mood, flipping through a few newspapers and reading in a low voice, "In the field of dazzling action movies, no one can do better than a young director Rosenberg. better."

She suddenly raised her head and looked at Duke next to her, "Do you want to see it? It's full of compliments to you."

"No need." Duke shook his head directly. He had no plans to seek psychological pleasure through the media at all. "A lot of praise, and a lot of criticism, right?"

In fact, without Nancy answering, Duke can also guess that the media such as 'saboteur among directors', 'set and theater noise maker', 'popcorn director who only plays with explosions and technology' and so on belittle and attack Certainly not less.

Bentley quickly arrived at the door of the clubhouse. Duke and Nancy Josephson got out of the car and walked in directly. Fox's people were waiting here, leading them through the tree-lined road to a grassy area near the swimming pool. The lights are bright and the voices are full of people, and a luxurious and lively party has already kicked off.

This was a party convened by Twentieth Century Fox CEO Townsend Rothman in his own name. The other party talked with Nancy several times and sent out an invitation to the party after confirming the time for Duke to return to Los Angeles.

Duke has no intention of refusing. His relationship with Twentieth Century Fox and Townsend Rothman stems from commercial conflicts of interest, and there is no personal grudge. Business conflicts are also gradually diminishing, and there is also the possibility of continued cooperation in the future.

"Hi Duke!"

Just as he walked to the edge of the lawn, Townsend Rothman came up to meet him and stretched out his hand, "Long time no see."

"It's been a long time indeed!" Duke squeezed his hand tightly.

The eyes of many people at the party fell on this side. Duke didn't realize it. While chatting with Townsend Rothman, he walked towards the center of the party. Whether it was him or Rothman, they were extremely tacit. The disputes before the release of "Brave Island" are as if those things never happened.

"This is Jon Landau..."

"This is John Stanley..."

Walking into a group of people in formal dress, Townsend Rothman enthusiastically introduced them to Duke, who were either Fox executives, or famous directors or producers in the circle. Duke also used a bright smile to talk to Duke. They say hello.

"This is Director James Cameron..."

On the opposite side was a burly, middle-aged man with a mustache on his face, who Duke could easily recognize at any stage of his adulthood.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Cameron!"

Although the other party can be called the idol of his previous life and the goal he wants to achieve in this life, Duke still has the same expression just now, without any special expression.

"Nice to meet you too!" Cameron nodded to him.

The two sides simply said hello, and Duke's attention quickly returned to the Fox executives headed by Townsend Rothman. He was not a fool and knew that the other party invited him to the party. The second is his relationship with a commercial director who is clearly on the rise. The second is to test whether there is any possibility of cooperation in the near future.

"Congratulations, Duke."

It was Tim Fisher who came over. He looked very enthusiastic and sincere. "Another film has grossed more than 100 million yuan at the box office!"

"Thank you!" Duke said slightly modestly, "Just luck."

"Luck, a success may be luck."

Townsend Rothman, who was with Duke, walked towards the pool with a few people, "In Hollywood, there is no good luck to appear twice in a row!"

Squinting to Nancy Josephson's side, Duke didn't say anything, just followed, around the pool, there were dozens of white round tables, obviously the resting place for the party, many tables Next to them sat many men and women, especially some young women, who often shuttled back and forth between the tables, as if looking for something.

Like all Hollywood private parties, there are always beautiful women on this occasion. Some are specially hired by the party company from professional companies, and more are hired by friends to take or take away the relationship between the agent and the party company, and bite the bullet. Incoming actor or model.

Their purpose is very clear, that is, the executives, directors, producers and big-name movie stars present, as long as they can climb the relationship, although they can't get heavyweight roles, they have the hope of appearing in some films. If they are lucky enough, That's the chance to get on the road to stardom.

This can be said to be the most common situation in Hollywood, not only actresses and female models, but also many male actors and male models of the same type.

The distance between the tables was not far enough. Duke first helped Nancy open the chair, looked at the distance behind, and made sure that it would not interfere with the blond woman sitting with her back to this side, and then sat down.

"Duke, Tim and others have read your new script."

The waiter brought the champagne, and Townsend Rothman raised his glass to Duke, without going around in circles, he said directly, "Presumably Nancy conveyed Fox's intention to cooperate, right?"

"Yes."

Putting down the glass, Duke laughed, "We have had a very pleasant cooperation, and I hope to continue to cooperate."

"Fox is currently pushing for project review..."

The script itself has no special value. Like "Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "Brave Island", the creativity and structure can only be regarded as a medium level, but Fox attaches great importance to the director himself, and successively produced two scripts of average level into one. A big-selling movie can always explain a lot of questions!

What's more, it's not just a city that was blown up inside! That's Duke Rosenberg's best explosion!

"Townsend, there are some things I have to say up front." Duke put away all his smiles, very serious and serious, "What am I best at, it must not be a secret, in the next film, I will not only destroy One city, one island, I'm going to blow up all the iconic buildings in the United States, and there's going to be a lot of explosions in the film, a continuous explosion."

He looked at each other and said, "My habit is to explode all live-action shooting! There are also special effects to make sci-fi elements, which will be a huge expense!"

"Can you tell me a specific number?" Townsend Rothman asked.

Duke slowly stretched out his right index finger, "One hundred million dollars!"

Behind what he couldn't see, the blond woman sitting next to the table suddenly raised her head.

On the opposite side, Townsend Rothman and Tim Fisher looked at each other and fell silent for a while. Don't look at Fox's "True Lies" costing as much as $130 million, but most of it was funded through Financing is resolved, even if it loses money, it will be more money from investors and overseas issuers.

With such a large-scale investment and financing, Fox definitely needs to be carefully measured.

After a few more polite words, Townsend Rothman and Tim Fisher left at the same time, and Fox would definitely be cautious whether to continue investing in this project, which currently only has the code name "DAY".

"From an anti-risk point of view,"

There's only Nancy left, Duke said, nodding lightly on the table. "No company would have invested so much in a movie alone."

"That's why you agreed to talk to Fox?" Nancy immediately understood what Duke meant. "I want Warners and Fox..."

"I didn't say anything." Duke shook his finger at her.

"This number..." Nancy frowned, "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"Sorry, I forgot!" Duke spread his hands apologetically.

This is not a perfunctory word. Previously, Duke's energy was almost all on "Brave Island". He was a normal person, and it was inevitable to ignore some things.

"Can't lower?" Nancy asked.

"I'm thinking about it." Duke thought for a while, then said slowly, "The biggest selling point of the film is the visual effects, which can't save money! The audience is like a man watching these young girls..."

The hand he put on the table pointed to several women with long legs and slender waists who kept spinning nearby, "Everyone wants to see the most beautiful, sexy and hormone-stimulating women, and the visual effects movies are like them. In the same way, if you want to attract attention, you need to dress up with expensive clothing, jewelry and makeup."

"Okay, I will try my best, not only Warner Bros., I will also contact other companies." Nancy stood up and teased deliberately, as revenge, "As long as you don't mess with my other female clients. Together, even if you seduce the girls here, I won't interfere."

With his arms crossed, Duke stared at Nancy, not expecting such a joke from an always serious female agent.

"I'll introduce you to some people."

Nancy stretched out her hand, Duke stood up, and followed her towards the crowd. During this period, he met several girls who seemed to want to strike up a conversation, but all of them were repelled by Nancy's eyes.

Just by the pool just now, the blond woman sitting with her back to Duke stood up. She slowly stroked her short and medium blond hair and looked at the backs of the two who were walking away. After thinking about it, she followed him not far or near. past.

"Duke, I won't interfere in your private life, but I want to warn you one thing, you must remember."

When walking to a place with fewer people, Nancy's tone was very serious, "You are now a very successful director, and the works you directed have made a lot of people popular. This is a realistic circle, and you will be affected a lot in the future. The temptation of you, women and even men will chase you with all kinds of purposes."

"You can mess around as much as you want, and no one will criticize it."

Hearing Nancy's words, Duke couldn't help rolling his eyes, but the female agent said solemnly, "But there is a restricted area that you must not touch!"

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