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Entertainment gossip and other things have always been popular among the public.

"Keanu Reeves is sunny and handsome, Uma Thurman is beautiful and charming. The two are screen couples in "Life and Death" and are also a perfect match outside the movie..."

"Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman are really doing a fake role because of "The Speed ​​of Life and Death", and there is another pair of golden boys and jade girls in Hollywood..."

With the efforts of 20th Century Fox, a lot of news about the 'couple' and their new movies appeared in the media, especially the tabloids under News Corp., which almost made this gossip news come true.

All of these purposes are clear, attracting audiences to the theater!

So, when the new North American box office rankings were released, Duke and Twentieth Century Fox both laughed.

With 500 theaters, "Life and Death" won $7.55 million in three days on the weekend, not only successfully entered the top ten box office list, but also won the best single-camera box office result last weekend with a single-camera box office of more than $15,000.

Even if God comes at this time, 20th Century Fox cannot prevent it from expanding its publicity and screenings again to gain more benefits.

On April 27, "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" was launched in North American theaters for the third week. On the last Monday of April, 20th Century Fox finally expanded the number of theaters for "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" to 2,385, and invested heavily in bombardment to promote the film. The name of the film spread throughout North America.

Duke also joined the crew and began to conduct announcements among major cities in North America. No matter where he went, Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman, the golden boy and jade girl, were the focus of movie fans and media. As time went by, Duke naturally had been paid attention to by many media. Director "Young Rosenberg" also appeared on some media entertainment pages from time to time.

However, Duke is not enthusiastic about promoting himself. Directors have to rely on their works to speak. Now no one will focus too much on the director. Only after another era of more open information arrives will the director completely come.

After a long period of accumulation of trial, preview, small-scale screening, and with the full support of 20th Century Fox, "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" finally ushered in a complete explosion, just like a young talent with a deep background and a deep accumulation.

When Duke and the crew walked through cities such as San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and traveled eastward, "Life and Death Hour" won $22.5 million in the first four working days of the new week! After they completed their weekend promotion in Pittsburgh, the video won $34.75 million in the three days of this weekend!

This weekend's box office also made "Life and Death" beat Mel Gibson's new work "Fatal Weapon 3" in the North American box office rankings with an advantage of less than 1 million US dollars, and firmly sat at the box office championship!

This is the first box office champion of "Life and Death" and Duke's first box office champion!

The total box office of the film in North America also exceeded US$66 million, and the potential that had been accumulated for a long time finally exploded completely!

Although this number is not enough to make the film recover the cost, it is no exaggeration to say that the film has been successful and he has enough capital. Even if the box office is booming, the second work will not be ignored.

"Have you heard of it, Duke."

As soon as he entered the hotel, Naomi Watts took the initiative to come over.

In the new week, the crew arrived in New York, the last and most important stop of the East Coast publicity. Due to the complete box office of the film, Twentieth Century Fox summoned more actors to participate in the New York publicity. Those who wanted to take advantage of the film's east wind also came to New York in the battle of their respective agents, while some could only watch.

Naomi Watts is obviously the one who got the ticket. "I heard from Nancy that Mel Gibson was very dissatisfied with "The Deadly Weapon 3" losing to "Life and Death Speed". You should know that, right? He has an extremely irritable temper and has a serious alcohol addiction. Not only did he beat his assistant after getting drunk, he also fired his agent and was preparing to switch to CAA."

"Then CAA will have multiple first-tier stars."

Duke was somewhat wary of these women who were in Hollywood. He simply answered Naomi Watts's words, and walked into the elevator, got on the floor where he checked in, and went straight into his room.

Close the door and put down the luggage, the calmness on Duke's face finally disappeared. He clenched his right fist and waved it twice. The huge pressure he had been under over the past year was thrown to the ground by him!

"Well done, Duke!"

Standing in front of the dressing mirror on the side of the door, Duke pointed at the tall and handsome young man in the mirror, "But don't relax! Remember, this is just the beginning!"

Taking off his coat and tidying his luggage. Duke just wanted to sit down and rest when someone knocked on the door.

"who?"

Duke opened the door, and Naomi Watts, who was wearing a light-colored dress, smiled and waved to him, "Hi, Duke."

"Is there something wrong?" Duke asked.

"nothing……"

Perhaps seeing Duke's frown, Naomi put away her smile and said seriously, "I just want to apologize to you, what happened last time..."

She pointed to the door, "Can you go in and say it?"

Walking back to the room, Duke made a casual gesture to Naomi who was following him and asked, "Water, or coffee?"

"Ah, no need."

The blonde shook his hand quickly and said, "I really have no good idea, I'm sorry."

She was not stupid at all. The two of them were talking and laughing last time. Duke was obviously much unfamiliar with her attitude when they met. Just a little thought, she roughly understood what was going on.

"if you can."

His eyes drifted over Duke's face. Seeing that Duke seemed to care about this, Naomi Watts asked tentatively, "As an apology, can I invite you to have dinner together?"

"I apologize for accepting it, and forget about dinner."

No matter what, Duke's family education does not allow him to be too polite in front of a lady. "The recent publicity is very tiring, and I need a rest."

"Then... I won't disturb you."

Standing up, Naomi Watts walked towards the door, heard Duke's footsteps behind him, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Duke, do you have no agent yet?"

"That's right."

Nodding casually, Duke sent the petite blonde away.

Just as Duke was taking a shower and preparing to fall asleep, Naomi Watts was on the phone in a room diagonally opposite him.

"Nancy, I've confirmed that he doesn't have an agent."

"Get a good relationship with him, Nami." A professional voice came from the phone, "I'm optimistic about his potential..."

Hearing this sentence, Naomi Watts couldn't help but roll his eyes. The box office and reputation of "Life and Death" are all here. In Hollywood, where everything is said with results, no one knows what this means. And when Nancy met Duke last time, she didn't see that he had potential at all.

"This is good for you and me." The agent's words continued, "I think you should know that it is necessary to get along with a director who is rising rapidly, right? As long as he is not a meteor..."

"I understand." Naomi Watts closed his rolled eyes.

In terms of acting skills and appearance, she is not inferior to her classmate, but why is it her who became famous instead of her? Naomi Watts is not a newcomer to the entertainment industry, so she naturally understands that opportunities in Hollywood are often more important than acting.

At the same time, the headquarters of CAA in Century City, Los Angeles is also discussing content related to Duke.

“Alien 3 will be released this weekend.”

As the head of the packaging project, Martin Bob seemed extremely confident, "Twentieth Century Fox has signed issuance contracts with 2,450 theaters."

"Martin..."

Michael Orwitz, who was sitting at the top of the conference table, spoke, "I heard that 20th Century Fox has invested a lot of resources in "The Speed ​​of Life and Death"?"

"I've urged them to turn their focus back to Alien 3."

Martin Bob rubbed his forehead. The boy from the Rosenberg family was simply a slap in the face with 20th Century Fox. Fortunately, the basic element of being an agent is that he is thick-skinned enough. He said with a normal face, "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" has been released for 3 weeks. The box office that broke out last weekend has also consumed the potential of the film. This film has basically ended here, and the next time is a fiercely competitive summer season, it is impossible to get good results in strangulation. As long as Fox's management has no problem with his head, he will definitely focus on "Alien 3".

This statement has almost been recognized by most people who are sitting there. In the minds of many people, "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" is suddenly popular because of the lack of strong competitors between the spring and summer seasons.

"How is Mel Gibson talking?" asked Michael Orwitz.

“He made an oral agreement with us.”

One agent replied, "The written agreement will be signed on Thursday."

"Whose client was Duke Rosenberg before?"

Although in order to please customers, they can play clowns and climb onto the table and stick their butts to dance, in CAA, Orwitz has absolute authority, "Why does CAA miss such talents?"

"Yes... it's my client." Lovett said weakly.

"How did you judge customers?" Orwitz's voice was extremely stern. "Does your eyes grow under your nose?"

"Sorry, Mr. Orwitz..."

"I don't want to hear the apology." He glanced at Lovett coldly, "Sign him back, I don't care what method you use!"

"Yes."

After the meeting, Lovett returned to his office, sat in a chair, searching around for Duke's contact information, who had long been thrown away. If he could do it again, he would have saved it... No, if Duke wanted to renew his contract with him, would he still be as embarrassed as he is today?

He has a new director in his hand. Even if he must share it with other agents in the future, it will increase his capital. Even if Duke's future director journey is smooth, it will attract more actors to vote under his position.

No matter what, I'd better find a way to sign Duke again.
Chapter completed!