"You can't deny that what has been passed down to this day and is still recognized as a classic is mostly tragedy. ≥≥,"

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

“Trama is indeed more likely to resonate.”

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

"Trama has a long tradition and a deep and systematic inheritance." Kate Beckinsale put down his cup and said with great interest, "Trama is the focus of research on aesthetics, and tragedy is profound. Aristotle believes that tragedy is the art in art, and Schopenhauer also believes that tragedy is the peak of art. Tragedy has always been a difficult point in aesthetic research. Tragedy has occurred since ancient Greek mythology, and it has been brought to the color of philosophy. King Oedipus killed his father and married his mother because he wanted to get rid of the tragedy of fate that he could not get rid of."

"Let's talk about it in Hollywood," she said, "If Titanic had no tragedy of Jack and Ruth, it would not have been possible to create such a brilliant classic."

"I admit this."

Putting down the knife and fork, Duke took the napkin and wiped his mouth, saying, "The ending with a flaw is more impressive than the reunion. What you can't get and what you lose is a kind of regret, but it is unforgettable."

"Well, that's it."

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

She suddenly smiled and asked Duke, "How do you, a great director, view tragedy and comedy?"

Duke frowned and thought for a moment, saying, "Trama is to destroy the valuable things in life for people to see, and comedy is to destroy the valuable things in life for people to see."

"A very targeted view..." Kate Beckinsale asked curiously, "This is your own point of view."

"Of course not." Duke shook his head.

Kate Beckinsale seemed to be curious. "Who made this view? Why have I never seen it?"

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

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

When Duke heard Kate Beckinsale say this, he asked, "Do you read it often?"

She nodded, "This is my biggest hobby."

"Reading can make people smarter." Duke pointed to his forehead. "It's a pity that I've been busy with work over the years. I have very little time to read."

"In fact, there has been no particularly outstanding work in recent years."

Drinking all the water in the cup, Kate Beckinsale pointed to a Harry Potter poster on the restaurant wall, "Business is booming now, and the living space of real works is shrinking."

Before Duke could say anything, she looked at her watch and said, "Thank you for your dinner. It's a very pleasant thing to chat with you. It's getting late, so it's time for me to say goodbye."

"So early?" Duke invited. "It's better to go to the next bar for a drink."

"One other day." Kate Beckinsale politely declined, "I have to go back to study the script and the characters..."

She curled the corner of Duke's mouth and joked, "I don't want you to regret choosing me to play this role when you start filming."

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

While talking, Duke stood up and walked around her. He helped her get her coat hanging on the booth, "I'll take you back to the room."

After sending Kate Beckinsale back, Duke returned to her room and received a call from North America. The person who called was Tina Fey. She returned to North America some time ago to deal with some investment affairs 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, which seemed to be related to online searches. After Duke learned about this, he immediately asked Tina Fei to return to North America and went to find the two students with his lawyer and David.

He was not sure if the search engine in the hands of the two students was Google in his memory, but only knew that the founder of the company seemed to be named Peppa or Sergei, but it was not very clear, so he simply let his people come over and contact them first.

"One is called Larry Page, the other is called Sergey Brin..." Tina Fee introduced the information of the two people in detail on the phone, and then said, "They are looking for investment and intend to set up a 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 fund didn't cost much. Although Duke was not sure, he still planned to take the risk and try it out, "find an investment plan that can be accepted by all three parties."

Apple, Microsoft and Google are the three companies Duke remembers the most. After all, there were only people who used to go online, but they didn’t know that there were indeed not many people in these three companies. The memories of these big-name goods are actually his few investment opportunities.

Without further ado, Microsoft is just holding some stocks, and its biggest function is to preserve the value of assets.

Apple is the biggest investment target now. In the past few years, Apple was deeply trapped in the quagmire, and many people wanted to get out. A considerable proportion of Duke's pay and dividends were invested in Apple. Steve Jobs returned to Apple and once raised funds from the outside world. The first thing he accepted was Bill Gates' investment, and he also took away $25 million from Duke.

Steve Jobs is an absolute human spirit. Apart from himself, he obviously doesn't want anyone to become bigger in Apple.

Yahoo is similar to Microsoft. Duke entered the market too late. Yahoo was listed at that time, and its stocks were clearly showing an upward trend. Apart from the loose stocks bought in the market, it only got a little left over from large investment institutions.

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

In fact, as far as Duke knows, there are many people in Hollywood investing in the IT industry, and not all Hollywood stars are stupid money like Nicholas Cage. The wealth of many Hollywood stars and even directors is far more abundant than the annual income rankings published by the media.

This era is a bit far away. Duke has forgotten some of his not-so-deep memories, but in the later Internet era, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher were both big winners in the investment industry, and even the latter earned ten times the income of the actors who invested in websites.

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 oil, insurance, media and finance industries, have long been divided up. If you want to invest in these industries, you can talk about opportunities.

With more experience, can the rules of a society be changed? Do you really think the whole world belongs to one person?

In contrast, there are still opportunities for emerging products that are not valued enough, especially the Internet industry, which is an industry with far more freedom than any circle.

Although Duke is not very proficient and knowledgeable about the Internet, he also knows that it is an industry that can change the world in the future, even the most conservative traditional group. He has to make changes to adapt to this industry either actively or passively, and even if it does not change, it means disappearance.

He doesn't have the idea of ​​unrealistic control of an Internet group. He just wants to use his current rich wealth in exchange for a little bit of cake in this craze, which can increase his assets.

From the day he set his goal, Duke knew what he was good at. The film industry is both his greatest interest and hobby. It is also his future.

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 retired. The box office of this maritime epic finally stopped at $675.22 million, probably because of the appearance of Duke. The film's promotion and promotion were even more powerful, and the box office in North America was higher than before, but it did not break through the figures that were later re-released by the 3D version.

However, in the future, the film can also be converted into 3D and continues to be released to cheat money. As long as the film can generate profits, the Duke Studio can enjoy a quarter of its share.

A little earlier than "Titanic", another Duke-invested film was also out of the box office in North America. "Mission: Impossible", starring Tom Cruise, won $181.59 million from the North American market, second only to Duke's "The Matrix" of $327.58 million and Michael Bay's "The Peerless Heavenly Tribulation", temporarily ranks third in the North American box office list.

Since the production cost of the film is as high as 80 million US dollars, the North American box office is not enough to allow investors to recover the cost, but the overseas box office of the film has also risen all the time, and now it has earned more than 232.5 million US dollars, and it will definitely make a profit through the box office in the end. The various peripheral copyrights of the film will also bring a large amount of money.

More importantly, Duke firmly grasped some of the copyrights, and one of the most successful movies in Mission: Impossible has become a long-term meal ticket for him.

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

Just as October began, Tom Cruise called. The success of Mission: Impossible made him eager to make a sequel. After a call, in order to win Duke's full support, he and Nicole Kidman chose to come to New Zealand for vacation.

After the collision of "Brave the Deadly Island", the mutual smear of "Night Visit to Vampires", the light and dark competition of "Independence Day" eliminates Mel Gibson's collusion, the relationship in "Chicago" eased, and the close cooperation of "Mission: Impossible", Tom Cruise, even if he is arrogant and confused, he realizes the huge value Duke can bring, and obviously wants to push the relationship between the two to a new stage. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!