v2 Chapter 318： Duke and Cruise

"You can't deny that it has been passed down to the present and is still recognized as a classic. Most of them are tragedies."

In the hotel’s western restaurant, Kate Beckinsale put down his knife and fork early and drank a glass of clear water, "For example, the four tragedies of Shakespeare, and the "Anne Frank's Diary" you mentioned."

"Tragedy really resonates more easily."

How to communicate with a beautiful woman who once majored in literature at Oxford University and find common topics? It is not difficult for someone like Duke who has sufficient director and artistic accomplishment. He just rightly asked, "Why can tragedy become a classic?"

"Tragedy has a long tradition and a deep and systematic inheritance." Kate Beckinsale put down the cup and said with interest, "Tragedy is the focus of aesthetic research, and tragedy is profound, Aristotle He believes that tragedy is the art of art, Schopenhauer also believes that tragedy is the highest peak of art. Tragedy has always been a difficult point in aesthetic research. Tragedies have been produced since ancient Greek mythology, and they have been brought into philosophical colors. King Si’s killing of his father and his mother was because he wanted to get rid of the tragedy of fate that he could not get rid of.

"Let's put it to Hollywood." She added, "If "Titanic" hadn't had the tragedy of Jack and Ruth, it would have been impossible to create such a brilliant classic."

5∧,

"I admit it."

Putting down the knife and fork, Duke took up his napkin and wiped his mouth, and said, "The ending with a flaw is better than a happy ending. What is not gained and lost is a kind of regret, but it is unforgettable."

"Yes, it is like that."

It seems that I haven't met such a speculative chat partner for a long time. Kate Beckinsale said enthusiastically, "Incompleteness is a special kind of beauty, which can make people think and remember."

She smiled suddenly. Ask Duke, "What do you think of tragedy and comedy as a great director?"

Duke frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Tragedy is to destroy the valuable things of life for people to see, and comedy is to destroy the worthless things of life for people to see."

"Very targeted view..." Kate Beckinsale asked curiously, "This is your own view."

"Of course not." Duke shook his head.

Kate Beckinsale seemed to be aroused by curiosity. "Who made this opinion? Why have I never seen it?"

"A writer in the East." Duke said a country and name, and Kate Beckinsale said with a dazed look, "You probably haven't heard of it."

"If I have time, I will look for his writings."

Hearing Kate Beckinsale say this, Duke asked, "Do you read often?"

She nodded, "This is my biggest hobby."

"Reading can make people smarter." Duke pointed to his forehead. "It's a pity that I have been busy with work all these years. I rarely have time for reading."

"In fact, there have been no outstanding literary works in recent years."

Drinking the water in the glass, Kate Beckinsale pointed to a Harry Potter poster on the wall of the restaurant, "Nowadays, commercial literature is prosperous, and the living space of real literary works is shrinking."

Without waiting for Duke to say anything, she looked at her watch and said, "Thank you for the dinner. It is a pleasure to chat with you. It's getting late, I should leave."

"So early?" Duke invited. "Why don't we go to the bar next to us for a drink."

"Another day." Kate Beckinsale tactfully refused, "I have to go back to study the script and the characters..."

She curled her lips at Duke and joked, "I don't want you to regret choosing me to play this role when you start shooting."

"You won't let me down, will you?"

While speaking, Duke stood up and walked around behind her. Help her take the coat hanging on the hanger of the deck, "I will take you back to the room."

After sending Kate Beckinsale back, Duke returned to his room and received a call from North America. The caller was Tina Fey. She returned to North America some time ago to handle some investment matters on behalf of Duke.

Some time ago, when Duke’s investment agent David attended Yahoo’s shareholders meeting on his behalf, he heard that two Stanford University students were investing in Yahoo. It seemed to be related to online searches. After Duke learned of this, he immediately Let Tina Fei return to North America to find the two students with the lawyer and David.

He was not sure whether the search engine in the hands of the two students was the Google in his memory. He only knew what the founder of the company seemed to be Page or Sergey. In short, it was not too clear, so he just let his own People come in touch.

"One is called Larry Page and the other is called Sergey Brin..." Tina Fei introduced the information of these two individuals in detail on the phone, and then said, "They are looking for investment and plan to set up a company. Private joint-stock company to design and manage an Internet search engine."

"Tina, you stay in North America and negotiate with them with David."

The first sum of money doesn’t cost much. Although Duke is not sure, he plans to take the risk and try, "Find an investment plan that is acceptable to all three parties."

Apple, Microsoft, and Google, these are the three companies that Duke remembers most clearly. After all, people who used to only need to surf the Internet did not know that there were not many people in these three companies. The memory of these large-scale goods is actually his few investment opportunities.

Microsoft need not go into details, he just holds some scattered stocks, the biggest function is asset preservation.

Apple is now the biggest investment target. In the past few years, Apple was in a quagmire. Many people wanted to get out of it. Duke’s remuneration and dividends for the first few films have been invested in Apple. Steve Jobs Back to Apple, he once raised funds from outsiders. The first thing he accepted was the investment of Bill Gates, and he also took $25 million from Duke.

Steve Jobs is an absolute human spirit, except for himself, he obviously doesn't want anyone to grow up at Apple.

The situation of Yahoo is similar to that of Microsoft. Duke entered the market too late. Yahoo was already listed at that time, and the stocks clearly showed an upward trend. Except for the bulk stocks bought in the market, he only got the remaining large investment institutions. Of soup.

As for Google, it must find several ways to reach a compromise. Otherwise, even if he knows it is Google, what's the use?

In fact, as far as Duke knows, there are a lot of people in Hollywood investing in the IT industry, and not all Hollywood stars are money fools like Nicholas Cage. Many Hollywood stars and even directors have net worth far more than the annual income announced by the media. The rankings are rich.

Now this era is a little far away. Duke has forgotten some of his less profound memories, but in the later Internet age, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher were big winners in the IT industry, and even the latter invested in websites to make money. The net worth is ten times the income of actors.

In North America for so many years, even if Duke is not proficient in business, he can see that traditional industries, especially General Electric, various petroleum, insurance, media and financial industries, have long been divided up. If you want to invest in these industries, have a chance to talk.

Can more experience change the rules of a society? Really think the whole world is all alone?

In contrast, there are still some opportunities for emerging products that have not received enough attention, especially the network industry, which is an industry with far more freedom than any circle.

Although Duke does not have much proficiency and understanding of the Internet, he also knows that it is an industry that can change the world in the future, even the most conservative traditional group. All have to actively or passively make changes to adapt to this industry, and even if they do not change, they will die.

He doesn't have the kind of unrealistic idea of ​​controlling an Internet group. I just want to use my relatively rich net worth in this craze in exchange for a little cake to increase my assets.

From the day he set his goals, Duke knew what he was good at, and the film industry was his biggest hobby. This is where his future lies.

With the end of September 1998, "Titanic", which set a double box office record in North America and the world, bid farewell to North American theaters and officially dropped. The North American box office of this maritime epic finally stopped at $675.22 million. It's because of Duke's appearance. The announcement of the film was even stronger. The North American box office was higher than before, but it did not break through the number of re-screening in the 3d version.

However, future films can also be converted to 3d and continue to be shown to defraud money. As long as the film can generate revenue, Duke Studio can enjoy a quarter of the share.

Earlier than "Titanic", another Duke-invested film was also off the shelf in North America. "Mission Impossible" starring Tom Cruise won US$181.59 million from the North American market, the second only Yu Duke’s "The Matrix"'s $327.58 million and Michael Bay's "Peerless Tribulation" of $189.22 million, temporarily ranked third in the North American annual box office chart.

Since the film’s production cost alone is as high as 80 million U.S. dollars, the North American box office is not enough to allow investors to recover the cost, but the film’s overseas box office has also risen all the way. Now it has received more than 232.5 million U.S. dollars, and it will definitely be profitable through the box office. The various peripheral copyrights that follow the film will also bring a large amount of money to the account.

More importantly, Duke firmly holds part of the copyright, and "Mission Impossible", one of the most successful films in the series, has become his long-term meal ticket.

And if Tom Cruise wants to make a sequel, he must nod his head in agreement.

Just entering October, Tom Cruise called. The success of "Mission Impossible" made him eager to make a sequel. After even making a phone call, in order to win the full support of Duke, he And Nicole Kidman specially chose to come to New Zealand for vacation.

After the collision of "Brave to Death Island", the smearing of "Interview with the Vampires", the light and dark competition of "Independence Day", Mel Gibson's mischief was eliminated, the relationship of "Chicago" was eased, and the "Mission Impossible" After working closely together, even if Tom Cruise was arrogant and confused, he realized the great value Duke could bring, and he obviously wanted to push the relationship between the two to a new stage. (To be continued...)

ps: ask for monthly ticket~~ ask for recommended ticket~~ the weather is sultry, ask for motivation to work hard~~