Made in Hollywood

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His chest was as heavy as a stone, and he seemed a little sleepy to breathe. Duke, who was lying on his side, slowly opened his eyes, his head seemed to burst after a hangover, and he couldn't help but struggle a few times. He pulled out a hand from the entanglement and gently rubbed his forehead. Since the high school graduation party, he has never indulged himself like this.

Charlize Theron, who was lying on his chest, was still sleeping soundly. His scattered blonde hair and flushed face were all testimony to the madness last night.

But Duke felt something was wrong. There was still a person close to his back, and the soft touch clearly showed that it was a woman...

He turned his head, his long blond hair was scattered like a bird's nest, as if he had just suffered a brutal ravage; there were still several rows of tooth marks on the smooth chest skin, which should be his own masterpiece in terms of shape; skinny and slender On his thigh, several bright red slap prints were particularly eye-catching, as if the white jade was stained with chicken blood.

Even without looking at the face clinging to his back, Duke recognized who the woman behind him was. It was clearly the owner of this house—Cameron Diaz.

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Shaking his head lightly, Duke recalled attentively, and some vague fragments of drunkenness came back to his mind.

He went to the villa with Charlize Theron to find a guest room, and when he was about to drink a few more drinks, Cameron Diaz suddenly broke in, and brought the new goods she just got, he Of course she refused, and Charlize Theron and herself ignited one each, and soon became hyperactive...

Duke remembers the clearest scene when he and Charlize kissed wildly. Cameron Diaz took the initiative to come up to him, the kiss rained down on his chest, and he released his hand and pressed it down forcibly.

It seems that he has been rough with Cameron Diaz last night, as evidenced by the teeth and palm prints on her body.

"Hi, morning."

Suddenly, a greeting came from his arms, Duke's eyes fell, and he smiled when he looked into Charlize's eyes, "Morning, dear."

"Morning, Sally."

From Duke's shoulder, a confused face stretched out, "Morning, Duke."

"Cami!"

"Duke!"

The two women realized something at the same time, and sat up quickly, then looked at Duke, then looked at each other, blinked, probably recalling some fragments, and couldn't help covering their foreheads.

"Oh, God." The two seemed in disbelief.

Duke jumped out of bed, his eyes swept across the faces of Charlize Theron and Cameron Diaz. Although the two were a little surprised, they were not shocked. According to his calculations, they had not slept together before. Yes, I am afraid I have seen other people in the circle do this.

"Damn, Duke!"

Cameron Diaz jumped down directly and stood in front of him so naked, "Why don't you refuse?"

"Why should I say no?" Duke took a step back and looked at her. "Do you think a man who is both physically and psychologically normal, under the circumstances of last night, would be able to refuse you and Sally?"

"Damn it!"

Cursing in a low voice, Cameron Diaz inserted his hands into his long messy blond hair, walked back and forth, and said, "I actually slept with the man I met for the first time, or with other women! "

Spreading his hands, Duke made an expression like this, "Calm down, Kami!"

This woman seems a little crazy, but unfortunately, she just turned out of the modeling circle, and her acting skills are really poor.

Charlize Theron on the other side doesn't know what he's thinking, maybe it's too common in the modeling world, and he's seen it a lot at parties in the past. He looks very calm, walks to the window, opens a window, and blows The gusts of sea breeze took away the smell of smoke and alcohol in the bedroom, and it also made people sober a lot.

There is no better way to deal with what happened after this kind of crazy play. Cameron Diaz glanced at Duke angrily, wrapped a towel casually, and walked out of the bedroom.

"Sorry, Sally."

Looking at Charlize Theron standing beside the bed, Duke sighed, "I didn't expect it would end up like this. I drank too much last night."

"You wait here for a while."

Charlize pulled a blanket, wrapped it around her, and walked out the door, "I'll go get my clothes."

They came back yesterday in their swimsuits, still in the changing room by the beach.

Half an hour later, Duke and Charlize walked out of Cameron Diaz's villa. After the initial embarrassment, the two sides returned to the state they met yesterday. For these female models, this book It's not a big deal. I will work hard in Hollywood in the future. In this circle, it is said that it is not too small, and it is not too big. Those who have one leg or even a few legs still get along normally when they meet, which is the norm.

Moreover, for Cameron Diaz, this is also a relationship with Duke, a director who is rapidly rising. If there is a suitable role, under the same conditions, he will definitely give priority to her.

There are various ways to draw people into relationships, which can be said to be the most common one in Hollywood.

"What do you think?"

Getting into the Bentley, Duke looked at Charlize Theron in a trance as the co-pilot, "Need some water?"

"Do you have a girlfriend?" she asked suddenly.

"No." Duke shook his head.

"Then..." Charlize's eyes showed a look of hope, "I can..."

"We should go back, Sally!" Duke interrupted her directly, started the car, waited for the car to turn into the street, thought about it, and said, "I will let Nancy...Nancy is my agent , let her introduce you to an excellent acting training school, if your agent is willing to join her economic company, ICM will provide potential actors with training in acting, etiquette, body and accent."

He has never been a person who only knows how to get, but does not know how to give. Of course, giving will definitely be limited to a certain range.

"I'll discuss it with John when I go back." John is Charlize's agent.

"What you need most now is to learn, not to take chances everywhere." Duke frowned, and finally said, "It's better to get rid of your drug addiction. No crew will rashly use actors who are addicted to drugs."

Having said that, Duke would not interfere in other people's private lives, and the phone in his pocket rang before the car had driven far. He temporarily parked the car on the side of the road and pressed the answer button.

"where did you go?"

The questioning voice belonged to Sofia Coppola, "Since yesterday afternoon, I have called you five times, and I have also hung up with your apartment and Aunt Leah. What are you doing?"

"Sorry, I didn't see it."

Sophia must be in a hurry to find herself, Duke understands this, "I'm going to the party."

"The beauties at the party make you unable to move your legs?"

After a sarcastic sentence, Sophia changed her tone of work, "The North American and some overseas shares of "Brave Island" have been credited to the account. The Duke Studio and your accountant need you to confirm and sign, otherwise it will not be credited to the account!"

"Okay, I'll go back right away."

Hanging up the phone, Duke increased his speed and headed straight for Los Angeles.

He did not expect that the day when Warner Bros. had a conscience discovered, it was only October, and there were still two months before the end of the agreement. They not only paid the North American share to the account, but also remitted part of the overseas income.

However, it only took five seconds for Duke to figure out that he is now leading the billion-dollar project jointly invested by Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox. This share belongs to him, stimulates more enthusiasm for his work, and creates more benefits for Warner.

After sending off Charlize Theron, Duke rushed back to the Duke studio in North Hollywood to work with Sophia and the accountant on the financial aspects.

In addition to the North American revenue share of up to $12 million, Warner Bros. paid part of the overseas box office revenue in advance.

Today, the overseas box office of "Breaking the Dead Island" is as high as 222.11 million US dollars. Although the end of the film's overseas screening may be delayed until next year, it has already dropped in most major overseas markets. The small and medium-sized countries and regions that are screened basically buy out the screening rights directly, and the box office produced has almost no direct revenue relationship with Warner Bros. and Duke Studios.

This time, the total box office settlement between Warner Bros. and overseas distributors is as high as 200 million US dollars, which seems to exceed the North American box office. The deducted publicity expenses are different, etc., the proportion of Warner Bros.’s settlement is far lower than that of the North American box office.

The calculation of overseas box office share is very troublesome. Some countries and regions need to pay taxes on the share paid to Warner Bros., while others are the net income share after deducting taxes and fees...

If you don’t count the taxes and other fees paid, on average, Warner Bros.’s overseas box office share can account for about 30% of the overseas box office, but after layers of benefit sharing, the actual amount obtained is four A little more than one part.

Warner Bros. received more than US$54 million from the first overseas distribution, including deducting various expenses such as back taxes, labor costs, capital recovery fees, and marketing expenses, and shared it with investors such as Duke Studio. The amount is $40 million.

Duke Studio got one-fifth of that -- $8 million.

The team of lawyers and accountants hired by Duke also confirmed that this figure is basically true.

Compared with the huge overseas box office figures, this part of the money is not much. Of course, this is not all the overseas revenue sharing. Apart from the fact that there is still a part of the box office that has to wait until the next settlement, the overseas video tape and TV copyright transfer fees are also paid by Duke Studio. Within the range, it will take a long time to wait for the results of the negotiations between Warner Bros. and local marketers.

This is a rare time for Warner Bros. to pay after Duke has shown its value. A big Hollywood commercial film is by no means a quick and effective short-term income investment. The tediousness and waiting in it often make many investors suffer.

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