The black Bentley sedan was parked in front of the Betty Emmetakee Hotel in West Hollywood. Duke got out of the car with his assistant and agent into the hotel. When he walked into the dedicated elevator, Nancy Josephson seemed to be feeling a little moved.

"The other party actually took over the entire top floor, which was such a big deal." She said.

Duke was touched and walked directly into the elevator. It didn't matter where he talked about it. What was important was what he talked about.

The special elevator goes directly to the top floor of the Betty Emmetaki Hotel. The top floor is a high-altitude garden full of pristine ecological environment, with heated seawater swimming pool, pavilion, outdoor sunken fireplace, indoor and outdoor seating areas, allowing you to enjoy the full view of the Hollywood Hills 360 degrees.

“Hi, Duke…”

Just after Duke left the elevator, Christopher Rokencourt, who had met before, came up and stretched out his right hand, "Long time no see."

The other party smiled enthusiastically, and Duke held his hand with a smile on his face, "Yes, Chris, I haven't seen him for a long time."

Christopher Rokencott greeted Tina Fey and Nancy Josephson again, leading the way, "Please take this place."

Duke and the other two followed him past the swimming pool, stepped onto a step, and walked into an open-air reception room.

The open-air reception room is based on the brown bark, with the floor, sofa and open-air fireplace all in this color. The place facing the sofa is the lush forests of Hollywood Hills, with beautiful scenery.

"I didn't expect there was such a place in West Hollywood."

Sitting on the large single sofa, Duke looked around, "I don't even know."

"Because your energy and time are spent making movies." Christopher Rokencott complimented without a trace.

A waiter brought black tea, coffee and snacks. Duke ordered a cup of black tea and his eyes collected from the Hollywood Hills.

He looked at the reception room again, and the waiter left quickly. Unlike him who came over with his assistant and agent, Christopher Rokencourt had only one person.

Duke didn't have time to circle around and spoke directly. "Chris, I'm very interested in your script and plan."

"This is my honor." Christopher Rokencott showed a hint of surprise just right. But he changed his tone and said, "Duke, I can't transfer this project completely, I can only cooperate with it."

"Your Gaul Film Studio?" Nancy Josephson took over the conversation.

"Yes, 40% of the investment is my bottom line!" Christopher Rokencourt was very persistent, and there seemed to be no room for bargaining. "Gallic Film Studios must account for at least 40% of the investment and income share!"

"As far as I know, you can't come up with this investment."

Of course, this kind of quarrel is caused by the agent. Nancy Josephson said bluntly, "If the film requires an investment of $160 million, you need to pay $64 million..."

Nancy didn't say the following words, but the meaning was very clear. He didn't have such a wealth.

"Indeed, $64 million is an astronomical figure for me." Christopher Rokencott didn't mind Nancy revealing his old story and said honestly, "I can't personally afford this money. But don't forget that I have an extremely extensive network of relationships in Hollywood."

"Ms. Josephson." He kept a polite tone. "In fact, I have raised $25 million in advance. As long as I find a suitable partner, I will start this project with my $25 million plus the proportionate investment of my partner.

The plan is marked with US$160 million, which is just a budget figure. Any company or investor will not allocate funds in one go when making a video.

If both parties cooperate, plus Duke's advance funds, it is more than enough to start the project.

Nancy frowned. "Your requirements are too harsh."

Christopher Rokencourt smiled and seemed extremely confident. "My three conditions are the basis of cooperation."

Then Nancy Josephson started a long dispute with her.

Duke has been listening and observing, no matter what he hears or sees, Christopher Rokencott is a standard Hollywood producer, and he is full of confidence. As long as you don’t work with me, I can always find the attitude of a partner.

Could it be that he was really thinking too much? He couldn't help but suspect that the illusion he had when he first met was an illusion.

Nancy talked with Christopher Rokencott for nearly an hour. Although he reached a certain consensus, there were still many differences, especially the ratio of investment and income sharing.

Duke never thought that such a big project could be completely solved in just one conversation. If it was done in just one meeting, then he would really doubt the professionalism and IQ of Nancy and Christopher Rokencott.

"Duke, I really hope to work with you."

When he said goodbye, Christopher Rokencourt also showed another Hollywood side, looking very enthusiastic, "I believe that if we cooperate, we will create a miracle."

"I hope so too."

Duke shook his hand and left with Nancy and Tina Fey.

When he came downstairs and got into his own car, Duke frowned slightly, Nancy Josephson asked, "Do you think you can cooperate?"

She tends to cooperate.

"Stay talk to him." Duke's brows were frowning slightly.

On the top floor of the hotel on the other side, Jessica Alba happily found Christopher Rokencourt with a few people who were interested in investing. These people saw Duke and strengthened their determination to invest.

Back at the Duke Manor, waiting for Nancy Josephson to say goodbye and leave, Tina Fey suddenly walked to the butler Emma, ​​sent her out, and told her not to come in and disturb her. Then she walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and stood behind Duke.

"Is there something wrong?" Duke of course saw all these.

"It's just some of my own experiences, you can refer to them." Tina Fee stepped forward, standing side by side with Duke in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the sea outside, "I grew up in a ground-level community in the suburbs of Pennsylvania, that kind of place... Duke. You may not have been to it, it's very chaotic and full of all kinds of sins."

Duke turned his head. He was from the wealthy class and had a certain understanding of the chaos in North American society. He really hadn't been to the slums much, but he just didn't quite understand what Tina Fei said about this.

Tina Fei smiled and continued, "Most people will repeat this state of life when they grow up, but some people start their own business by using the income they earned from sin. There is such a person in my community, probably when I was fourteen years old. He used his consolidation of wealth with blood to cleanse himself. Later, someone investigated him, but through the channels of lawyers, banks, and accounting, there was no useful thing."

"Where is he now?" Duke probably understood.

Hearing his words, Tina Fei shrugged playfully, "I've been forced to go to prison."

Duke laughed, "Thank you for reminding me."

His family conditions were good in this life. Although he encountered many setbacks and difficulties in the past 30 years, he had basically been smooth sailing and had too many wealthy lives. It is inevitable to ignore the evil means hidden behind the light.

Lawyers, accountants and entertainment brokers of Nancy’s level are indeed very capable, but they are not omnipotent…

The phone ringing suddenly rang. Tina Fei walked to the sofa, answered Duke's phone number, said a few words, and hurried over, "Sophia's phone number."

"Hi, Sofia."

As soon as Duke took the phone, he heard Sophia Coppola's words with a faint nasal voice, "Duke, I had lunch with Nicholas at noon. He asked me if you were interested in directing an epic film about Napoleon?"

"I did receive such a script." Duke joked casually, "What's wrong? Do you mean it too?"

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in scrambling you for projects." She explained a few briefly. "That's right, Nikola's investment manager and accountant don't know where to get the news. I heard that you are planning to cooperate with someone to invest in this project and encourage Nikola to invest. He hasn't contacted you for many years, so it's hard to ask directly, so I came to me. Since you are interested, his $15 million investment will not be wasted..."

This is very common news. Duke also knows that Christopher Rokencourt has insufficient funds, so it is not surprising that he goes around to invest. Even if he uses his name, it is not uncommon in Hollywood. It is normal to borrow directors and actors who may work with to invest.

But...why does he feel wrong?

"Wait, Sophia." He interrupted the words in the receiver, "Are you talking about Nikola Cage?"

Since "Breaking into the Deadly Island", the two have little contact, and now they are not much different from strangers.

"Yes, my cousin, Nicholas Coppola...well, his name is also Nicholas Cage."

This male star who was once the most popular on the other side of the shore, and his experience was well known. Duke instantly remembered many things and confirmed, "You mean Nikola's accountant and investment manager encouraged him to invest in the project I am optimistic about."

"That's right."

Duke finally thought something was wrong. If he remembered correctly, Nicholas Cage's investment agent and accountant were simply a liar. Cage finally took on debts and became a veritable king of bad movies. No one around him was involved in financial management could do anything, even if he could not punish them from a legal perspective.

Now, Nicholas Cage's financial manager suggests that he invest in the project he is optimistic about?

"Sofia, no matter what, you don't want to invest in this project!"

Cage's life and death are nothing to do with him. After Duke warned Sophia Coppola, he hung up the phone and stood here and thought for a while. The thing that was suppressed by Christopher Rokencott's good performance began to emerge again.

Turning his head and seeing Tina Fei standing beside him, Duke couldn't help but remember what she had just said, and then made a decision.

"Tina, let's contact Anthony Pelicano, the Eye of Hollywood..."
Chapter completed!