“Universal Pictures intends to accept my investment in Fast and Furious.∮,”

Standing opposite Duke, the Earl from France looked confident and proud, "The amount was as high as 5 million US dollars. As long as the film started filming, my funds would be in place."

"Are you going to invest in the film industry?" Duke pretended to be curious, "I don't know what industry your family is engaged in in France?"

Although there must be some invisible wealthy people in this world, and European aristocrats are not behind, and no one will inherit a large amount of property, the Rosenberg family comes from Europe, and he has never heard his mother mention the surname Rokencourt.

"I am the only one in my family. I inherited a lot of money from my father." Christopher Rokencourt talked about the origin of his family and said, "I am very optimistic about the benefits of the Hollywood film industry. Now that the currencies in various countries are depreciating, investment is the wisest choice."

Seeing Duke calmly, he said, "I have been in Hollywood for a few years. Shang Yundon, Mickey Rock and others are all my friends. Last year, the ATV Entertainment Channel interviewed me... "

The qualifications Christopher Rokencourt said are indeed very admirable. His connections are quite broad. In his words, there is a hint of thanks for his respect. It is a very glorious thing to be with him.

If you only listen to what he said, you should be a very capable and wealthy person.

Duke is sure that the other party is willing to show Shanger Yundon, Mickey Locke and others in front of him, a Hollywood industry insider, and they will definitely not be afraid of him asking for verification...

However, what exactly does this elegant French Count come to find him?

Duke is still very self-aware in this regard. He is definitely not more attractive to a rich man than Jessica Alba.

Christopher Rokencourt's words were quite convincing, and with good manners and outstanding appearance, people were willing to believe him.

But people like Duke never mind looking at the world with the worst eyes, and will naturally be wary of strangers. They always keep enough vigilance.

He believed that the other party came to him not just to show the identity of the so-called European aristocrat.

"Are you interested in working with me, Duke?"

Suddenly, Christopher Rokencott asked enthusiastically, "I used to invest in some less famous small productions, and I could only rely on videotape market to make profits. I think it's time to invest in big productions."

There are hundreds of movies produced in Hollywood every year, most of which flow directly into the video tape market. Apart from production companies, I'm afraid the outside world will not get some underlying production data.

Very smart person, isn't it?

"You mean..." Duke asked in confusion.

"I think we can work together to make super big productions like King Kong."

Christopher Rokencourt looked at Duke seriously, his face full of desire and sincerity, "I had the idea to bring the magnificent French Revolution to the big screen and create an epic of war, but I couldn't find a suitable director until I met you, Duke..."

Duke was also watching him. He seemed to listen very seriously.

"I have the financial resources, you have talent, and we will be the best partners." He was so energetic that it seemed that the project had been successful. "We can jointly invest in a super big production!"

Duke nodded slightly and suddenly laughed. The other party said so much, probably just for the last sentence.

"Sorry, Chris." Duke said after just a moment of thinking, "I still have the project I haven't completed. I don't have time to work with you."

"What a pity."

That being said, he hasn't given up yet, "Duke, do you have time after the premiere? We can talk in depth."

Too lazy to say anything, Duke shook his head, "I'll be back to New Zealand soon."

Christopher Rokencourt was a very smart person. He did not continue to get entangled, left behind a simple and simple business card, and quickly said goodbye and left.

Watching this person walk back to Jessica Alba, Duke was not sure of anything, but he felt that Christopher Rokencott was probably not as simple as he said.

This person is either from a big family that was never born in the legend of his previous life, or he is playing the trick of making money by making money.

In Duke's eyes, the other party is closer to the latter. He has lived in North America for thirty years and has a good background. He has also come into contact with people from Morgan and Rockefeller over the years, but has never seen any family that has huge wealth but is low-key.

After all, this is a society with highly developed information.

Duke was not interested in the cooperation the other party said, let alone he was just talking nonsense. Even if Ino Martin offered such conditions, he would be rejected by him?

After meeting Tina Fey and Nancy Josephson, Duke walked towards the screening room with them, Jessica Alba and Christopher Rokencott walked not far ahead, and this girl who was determined to become famous might have become very stupid and naive.

However, the other party was able to have dirty diseases, and it was obviously not very smart. There were countless actresses who liked to have fun in Hollywood, but it was absolutely weird to have dirty diseases.

If his guess about Christopher Rokencott is correct, then this pair is really special...well, and very good match.

Throwing away the thoughts about the man and woman who have nothing to do with him, Duke walked into the theater and sat in the third row with Nancy and Tina Fey, watching the remake with peace of mind.

King Kong once caused a sensation in North America. Before Peter Jackson, he had several remakes, but none of them could reach the height of that year. Now the special effects technology is more advanced. King Kong, which uses motion capture, has attracted the audience's appetite in the trailer, but they soon discovered that the video is so long and slow that it is a bit unbearable!

The length of about two and a half hours is strictly speaking, it is just the mainstream of commercial films today. The problem is that the film has too many foreplays. After forty minutes of the screening, the audience did not see the shadow of King Kong.

Don’t talk about laying the groundwork or shaping characters, the audience is willing to go to the theater to buy this movie, just to see the monsters!

However, the monsters appeared a little late, which made many people impatient for waiting. Fortunately, Peter Jackson's second half saved the entire movie. Although there are also many plots similar to human-beast love that many people cannot accept, the special effects are very exquisitely produced, which is definitely the top level in Hollywood in this era.

Peter Jackson is a typical technical director. To put it slightly exaggeratedly, if he leaves special effects technology, his level of making movies will be greatly reduced.

The biggest selling point of the film "King Kong" is the special effects, and then the nostalgia.

However, the main force of movie audiences is the first to be born in the 1970s and 1980s. It is obviously impossible to expect these people to pay for nostalgia, so there is a certain gap between the box office of the film and Universal Pictures' estimates.

Because of the investment in "Mission: Impossible 2", Duke is also paying attention to the trend of North American box office. Three days after the release of this weekend, "King Kong" won the North American box office rankings without any suspense, but the box office did not meet the expected $60 million that the production and distributors had.

King Kong's first week's box office figure was $50.11 million!

If it were put a few years ago, this was a pretty eye-catching number, but now the North American film market is booming, with the number of screens and audience base increasing, the ticket prices of movies have also increased slightly, and more and more films have had a box office of over $50 million in the first week.

Compared with the production cost of $180 million, the first week of $50.11 million can only be said to have just passed the qualification.

Behind this, there is no lack of "Mission Impossible 2". Tom Cruise's new work's box office decline was controlled within 50% the weekend. Although it was just below 49% of this figure, the amount of $32.28 million also ensured that the film sat on the second place in the box office list, and raised the North American box office to $141.44 million, and the North American box office exceeding 200 million is basically a foregone conclusion.

Of course, as a pure popcorn movie for fast-moving consumer goods, "Mission Impossible 2" began to decline sharply after going through the first ten days of its hottest. This is the most normal film rule. Moreover, as the number of films released in the market increases, the audience's choices are becoming more widespread.

After obtaining the box office data for Mission Impossible 2 the next week, Duke took a private business jet and returned to Wellington to start the final shooting of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The remaining shots in the shooting plan were not particularly many, but they were extremely fragmented and scattered. He was still divided into two groups with Anna Prinz, intending to complete their respective shooting tasks, and finally gather on the set of Wellington to shoot a scene specifically for the ending.

North American stocks are still fluctuating. Perhaps the ten-day holiday gave some people the opportunity to adjust, or perhaps Duke's warning played a role. After the crew reassembled, although they did not return to their previous state before March, the cast and crew were much better than before the holiday.

Duke led the main part of the crew to shoot on the North Island of New Zealand, while Anna Prinz led a small number of people from the crew to shoot on the South Island. The shooting locations are basically not fixed. Being able to stay in an outdoor location for three to four days is considered a relatively long shooting.

This time, all the actors who did not end the scene were summoned to New Zealand by Duke. Except for a limited weekend, Duke will not give the crew a long holiday, and the busy work will continue until all the shots are over.

Among them, many scenes will be adjusted appropriately. For example, after Alessandra Ambroshe, who plays Arwen, returned to the crew in July, Duke rejected the estuary of the river that was originally used to film her sniper ring spirit, because the river was in the dry winter period, which was really narrow.

He didn't want to create the scene he had once done. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!