Chapter 85： Because i can ride

"I feel like flying in the sky!"

In the back seat of the Bentley, Charlize Theron was obviously a little excited. She leaned close to Duke, her mouth was full of alcohol, "This feeling is great! It makes people forget all the pressure and upset."

Turning her head slightly, avoiding the alcohol, Duke pushed her back. The current Charlize Theron is not only drinking but also taking drugs, although she only inhaled very little coca alkali, but was still drinking alcohol. With the help of, I was a little too excited.

Nowadays, the model circle is far more chaotic than the entertainment circle, especially in the European model circle. People who have been there can hardly find anyone who doesn't take drugs. Big hemp and cocaine are basically social models in the model circle. Necessities.

Of course, Hollywood is not much better. There are countless drug addicts like Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp.

Driving all the way from Malibu to downtown Los Angeles, Charlize Theron seemed to be a lot awake. When entering the city, under her guidance, the Bentley eventually stopped in front of an old-fashioned apartment building in the middle-production area.

"Mr. Rosenberg, here we are," the driver whispered.

"Don't go and sit with me for a while?" Charlize Theron looked at Duke. "I think we still have some topics to discuss."

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Looking at the red and beautiful face and the smooth wheaten skin under the goose yellow skirt, Duke turned his head forcibly, "I'll see you another day."

He is not a gentleman. He is alone in a room with a seductive beauty. It is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen. Although Charlize Theron looks delicious, but he is in the Hollywood whirlpool and has strong competitors. That said, it is best not to touch it lightly.

Duke will never underestimate the utilitarianism of Hollywood actresses and the attraction of fame and fortune to them.

The next day, Duke let Nancy Josephson know about it vaguely. He couldn't help but be grateful that he was not driven by his lower body. Charlize Theron was only eighteen years old in August. Legally speaking, he is still a child. Category!

Although there are not a few people in the circle who target younger women, there are some things that he can do not others can do. Duke is very sober. Some people may have been staring at him, just waiting for him to make a mistake. .

For example, Sean Connery, whose image is ruined and notorious, his son and wife have formally filed a lawsuit regarding domestic violence in the California District Court, although there is no evidence that everything that happened now and before is related to Du Ke is related, but just like Duke and Warner approached him, some things don't need evidence at all, just knowing who their enemy is is enough.

Although Sean Connery is in a vortex of trouble, Duke will not take it lightly. Since some things have been done, he must be prepared for revenge. He will not underestimate Sean Connery’s rich net worth. In this country, money can often play a role beyond imagination.

There is also caa. There are continuous conflicts of interests between him and caa. If Caa doesn't want him to be unlucky, it would be too much of an overestimation of the conscience of vampires.

Especially "Interview with the Vampire", although it is sure to generate profits, it has been crushed by "Courage to Death Island" from the beginning to the end. To a certain extent, it proves that caa's packaging policy may not be suitable for commercial production. And after Spielberg was forced to take over by Universal and did not implement the caa package service, "Jurassic Park" was super-sale, and even circulated in the circle that Walt Disney and Twentieth Century Fox successively put aside the downloading of caa A packaged cooperation project.

After the release of "Jurassic Park", all the films were affected. The number of theaters of "Break in Death Island" fell to 1,859. The box office of the weekend plummeted below 10 million U.S. dollars, and only got 7.88 million U.S. dollars. Adding the previous four working days, North America's box office for the entire week was only $12.03 million.

With the passage of time and more and more films released, the North American box office of "Courage to Death Island" has dropped significantly, and the main target of the film has also turned to overseas markets. In the following week, the film was launched in Europe and Latin America. , West Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia have been released successively in many countries and regions, all of which have achieved fairly good box office results.

When Duke was on vacation in New Zealand in mid-June, the North American box office of "Risk to Death Island" had reached 134.75 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office had exceeded 220 million U.S. dollars, becoming a veritable big seller.

"Congratulations, if the next film can have such box office results..."

Riding on horseback, Sophia drove the horse around Duke in a circle, "You will become the best commercial film director in Hollywood."

"Sophia, can you be quiet for a while?"

Controlling the horses carefully, Duke glared at Sofia Coppola with a bit of dissatisfaction, "It's easy to scare my horse like you, I don't have your riding skills!"

This is a racetrack on the outskirts of Wellington. It is built between the green grass at the foot of the mountain. Sitting on horseback and looking into the distance, you can see the connected peaks with clear white snow on the peaks.

New Zealand is full of natural gardens, with beautiful scenery throughout the seasons. In it, you can see the green forests, the blue sky and white clouds, and the vast beaches and lakes, the towering jungles, the green fields, the deep valleys and the mountains, and the beautiful scenery. It is like a series of natural landscape paintings without pretending to be modified.

During the time in New Zealand, Duke and Sofia visited the famous scenic areas of the South Island and North Island together. This is a country full of blue sky, green grass and strange rocks, which will bring people incomparable enthusiasm and vitality.

When you are in it, you can reach out to the towering giant sequoia, and you feel like touching the power of the virgin forest; swimming in the bay area, there are often dolphins jumping out of the sea and shuttled by the side; setting up a tent on a sparsely populated wilderness, there is more Feeling completely deep into nature.

This country maintains a lot of pure natural features.

Although he had taken riding lessons at a boarding school before, Duke’s riding skills were not very good. At best, he was a beginner at the beginning. Unlike Sophia, who was arrogantly galloping, he rode a horse almost all the way. Go, this kind of technique that requires time-consuming practice does not mean that you can be proficient with proficiency.

After another trot around the racecourse, Sophia simply slowed down the horse and kept pace with Duke.

"The scenery here is pretty good, right." Duke held the reins in both hands with a serious expression.

"If you can learn to ride a horse like a woman..."

Without answering Duke's words, Sophia deliberately satirized, "You will soon become a master of riding!"

"Miss Sophia Coppola!" Duke almost got his nose crooked, and immediately retorted, "Can I understand this as jealousy?"

"Jealous?" Sophia turned around and asked puzzledly, "Why should I be jealous?"

That is, in front of a few friends such as Sofia Coppola, Duke will say some jokes unscrupulously, "Because I can ride a woman, but you can't!"

"Damn! I'm not Lace Edge!"

Sophia looked here bitterly, Duke still looked serious, as if he didn't feel the knife-like gaze at all.

Women have a natural disadvantage on this topic. Sophia retracted his angry gaze and simply changed the subject, "Why do you have to take me to New Zealand? I originally planned to go skiing in Europe."

"Because I heard about the beautiful scenery in New Zealand a long time ago, but I have never seen it." Duke casually said the reason, "This kind of almost primitive scenery is also the favorite of the director. If they can Place in the lens..."

"Is it necessary to discuss movies and work?" Sophia pulled the reins and walked towards the stables first. After Duke followed up, he said, "In this case, why not discuss my salary increase?"

"Hey, dear, I'm going bankrupt soon." Duke said dissatisfiedly. "Are you going to step on it?"

"It won't take long for "Risk to Death Island" to be released in North America."

Before reaching the stable, Sophia got off his horse and threw the reins to the staff. "You will at least be a millionaire by then?"

"That's after!" Duke also jumped off his horse.

Some time ago, Rock Studio paid him the last sum of the $3.5 million in salary for the screenwriter, director, and producer. This $1.5 million in income has completely improved Duke’s financial situation, but it did not imagine. China is so good, because the expenditure is also a lot.

Personal income tax is a topic that can never be circumvented. Duke’s accountant David first withheld $1.5 million in advance tax payments. Even with reasonable tax avoidance measures, California’s tax rate is still crazy.

Duke also paid off the bank’s 500,000 U.S. dollar loan in one lump sum with interest; as a broker, Nancy Josephson has the power to commission 10%, and the broker commission is not an after-tax commission, of which 350,000 The U.S. dollar belongs to Nancy; similarly, lawyers and accountants who deal with related matters need to be paid, and they take $50,000.

Add in the messy expenses such as rent, cars, clothing, and Sofia Coppola's assistant salary, and the remaining $2 million after deducting the prepayment of taxes, $1 million has disappeared.

Fortunately, he is only a director. He currently does not hire a professional public relations person. Costs in clothing and travel can be reduced as much as possible, and there is no need to buy the media to engage in so-called "street shooting" and news reports. If you change to a star that is quickly becoming popular, The same income may even make ends meet.

The last $1 million was temporarily placed by Duke in his account, waiting for the share of "Break into the Dead Island" to arrive before considering specific uses.

Of course, holding cash is the most stupid way, and now the dollar has been depreciating rapidly.

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