Originally, Duke planned to rent a luxury yacht and go out for vacation with his mother and others, but his mother has been flying around for more than half a year. She just wanted to rest quietly and didn't want to go out again, so her vacation plan could only be cancelled.

However, Duke was not worried much. Although Malibu is rich, there are too many targets worth hitting across the United States. Even if those people are in their heads, they will not choose Malibu.

Although he knew that this country might encounter major changes, Duke continued his work and life at the same time as usual between Burbank and Malibu, but he took a random walk when Ivanka Trump found the address of his favorite company.

She also intends to choose the address of the future company in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Duke had no objection to this, and could vaguely guess Ivanka's thoughts. After all, his past experiences were too rich.

Although September 11 is approaching, Duke has no intention of giving up on his work at hand.

The post-production of "Twin Towers" continues, and the North American and World theater journey of "The Rings Expedition" is not over yet.

Since August, the box office of "The Rings Expedition" in North America has declined rapidly. In August, it only produced 16.2 million US dollars in North American theaters. Although the cumulative box office in North America reached 456.25 million US dollars, it is basically impossible to break through the 500 million US dollar mark.

Overseas, the film has been removed from some markets, but overseas screenings are far from over. Compared with "Titanic", the overseas box office of "The Rings Expedition" is significantly smaller, far from the ratio of the big ship North America and overseas box offices close to 1 to 2.

Even so, "The Rings Expedition" has taken more than 636 million US dollars from overseas regions, and the global box office has finally exceeded 1.1 billion US dollars, which has basically been a foregone conclusion.

Corresponding to the box office is the continued popularity of peripheral products.

After the theater market cooled down, the surrounding markets have maintained a relatively strong sales trend. Especially the soundtrack album that started to be released in July, with a cumulative global sales of more than 4.8 million copies, and the share amount that the Lord of the Rings Studio can get is as high as 35 million US dollars!

As a major DVD, the copyright of videotape and TV broadcast has not yet begun. The peripheral sales of "The Rings Expedition" have exceeded the 600 million US dollars mark!

According to Warner Bros. and Wall Street estimates, before the release of "Twin Towers", the peripheral sales of the "Lord of the Rings" series will be bound to exceed $1 billion.

Although peripheral products need to be shared with manufacturers, channel manufacturers, marketers, etc., this will still be a huge amount of money for Lord of the Rings Studio.

Of course, according to the agreement signed at the time, 7.5% of all the proceeds belong to Tolkien's descendants and copyright custodians.

This is a clause that was negotiated when the copyright was first obtained. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is not those unknown writing works. Even if it is known as the most difficult novel to adapt into a movie, how can it be obtained without paying enough?

After three and a half months of screening, the theater journey of "The Rings Expedition" gradually approached the end, but Duke knew very well that this film could not have done much in the theater market. If the incident happened as before, all industries in the United States would suffer a huge impact.

As for what to notify or hint in advance? He is not in a good mood yet and understands what should be touched and what should not be touched.

"Hey, my dear. It's time to get up."

Duke was sleeping soundly, feeling the familiar smell coming from the tip of his nose, and he didn't have to open his eyes to see it. He also knew that Ivanka had a finger on his nose, stretched out his hands and stretched forward, then hugged her in his arms, turned over and pressed her down, and one hand leaned down his bulging buttocks, but he felt tight jeans, so he had to open his eyes.

"What time is it?" Duke let go of Ivanka, stretched and looked out the window. "So early?"

"It's almost six o'clock." Ivanka dragged his arm and pulled Duke up. He reminded, "Did you forget? You'll accompany me to Venice to see an office building at 8 o'clock."

"Is it today?" Duke jumped out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. "I remember it was Tuesday."

"Today is Tuesday." Ivanka walked in with Duke. Seeing him shaving, he took a toothbrush to help Duke squeeze toothpaste. He said with a little dissatisfaction, "I reminded you last week."

"Sorry, I've been too busy recently..." Duke showed an apology expression.

In the past two days, in addition to his work, he has also gone to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for routine inquiries. He attended a party called by Frank Pearson last night and gained a large number of favors. He returned home in the early morning.

After washing, Duke returned to the bedroom, and Ivanka had prepared formal business outfits for him.

"Dear, I will become lazy if I continue like this." Duke kissed her forehead, and suddenly remembered that it was Tuesday, September 11th. However, seeing the pointer on the wall just turned to 6 o'clock, he didn't care too much. He vaguely remembered that the incident happened in the middle of the morning, and it should be still early now.

After getting dressed slowly, Duke looked at Ivanka who was packing his bag and reminded, "Let's go down."

He had just finished speaking, when someone suddenly knocked on the door. The knockers used a lot of effort, as if something big had happened.

"Duke!"

The voice of Scarlett Johnson sounded outside, and Ivanka couldn't help frowning. She could feel that the girl was very repulsive to her and always used tricks to show her importance and presence.

Of course, she was gentle in front of Duke, but she was not simple in treating others.

An assistant who will be recognized by Duke must have considerable abilities.

"Why did you come here and knock on the door so early?" Ivanka just said.

"There may be an urgent matter."

Duke pretended not to hear what Ivanka said, and walked over and opened the door. Scarlett Johnson looked panicked. After seeing him, he pulled him up and left, and said as he walked, "Hurry up, Duke, something big happened in New York, the godmother asked me to come and call you!"

"What big deal can happen?" Ivanka followed from behind.

But after Duke heard the name of New York, he unconsciously accelerated his pace. What big thing can happen in New York today?

Scarlett walked very fast and almost ran. Duke frowned. He had just seen the time and it was only six o'clock.

Thinking of time, he suddenly cursed himself for being so busy lately that this is Western Time, New York is Eastern Time!

“The World Trade Center is on fire.”

After turning to the stairs, Scarlett ran and said, "The godmother said that an airplane hit the Twin Towers!"

"What?" Ivanka made an incredible voice, "How is that possible."

But all the impossible happened.

When they arrived at the living room downstairs, Duke and Ivanka did not ask about the passing. Another plane flew over the TV screen and hit the south tower of the Twin Towers. The blazing flames and thick smoke immediately rushed from the impacted place. The TV screen was panicked from the host to the streets and then to the rescue workers.

"What the hell is going on?"

It was not only Scarlett Johnson who asked questions, but also Ivanka Trump.

"Maybe..." Mrs. Leah was still calm enough, "It could be a terrorist attack."

After saying that, she picked up her cell phone, walked aside and started to dial. Scarlett and Ivanka seemed to have received a prompt, and they found their phones and began to call their friends and relatives in New York.

Duke also made several calls, Zach Schneider was filming the final scene of the last two films of "The Matrix" in Sydney, Sophia Coppola visited the location in Tokyo, Erin Lauder was in Paris to prepare for Fashion Week, and Leonardo DiCaprio picked up girls in the Mediterranean...

The friends he knew who had never died were now few in New York, and no one was under the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

"Dad and the others are fine." Ivanka was the first to walk back and breathed a sigh of relief to Duke.

Then, everything that should have happened happened. The Pentagon was hit, the World Trade Center Twin Towers collapsed one after another, and US airspace prohibited any civilian planes from taking off. Bush Jr. stood up and spoke, confirming that this was a terrorist attack...

There is no doubt that this is the heaviest blow that the United States has suffered. The fairy tale of peace that America can stay outside the world has been completely shattered, and another social change is about to begin.

At night, Tina Fee, Nancy Josephson, who were going out to sea together, rushed over with Pani Kellis.

Things have happened. As a public figure, Duke will definitely make some statements later, and these statements are not something that can be made casually.

“My advice is not to move now.”

Pany Kellis has rich experience in public relations. "Let's wait and see first. Before the situation is clear, any public statement is stupid."

"I agree with Pani." Nancy Josephson echoed.

Duke had long thought of his position, "We will do nothing for the time being. We have only one theme of action. Follow the mainstream voice and support the federal government."

No matter how many times the Washington authorities have been hacked in the film, the White House has no doubt about the power. At this critical moment, it is a fool to go against the mainstream.

That's right, Fahrenheit 911 was once very popular and caused a lot of controversy, but it never became a mainstream voice. Perhaps only God knows how much the director was suppressed and where he fell.

Even if Fahrenheit 911 is true, so what? The Bush family and the Laden family are closely related. The entire 911 incident is a conspiracy. What's the matter with Duke?

Even if the entire Manhattan was blown up, he would only be sad about the Marvel Comics he invested in.

Duke is very enlightened. He is just a director and businessman. What does the truth behind 911 have to do with him?
Chapter completed!