Los Angeles has never lacked good hotels, let alone the Beverly Hills area where Hollywood stars gather. The Beverly Hills Peninsula Hotel is still famous here. It has the classic style of a Renaissance private residence and lightly reflects the atmosphere of a private Chinese house. It is the best choice for those who value temperament and style. It is also deeply trusted by performing artists and business celebrities.

The party hosted by Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corp., was held in the garden restaurant on the top floor of the Peninsula Hotel.

A black Rolls-Royce parked in front of the Renaissance-style main entrance of the Peninsula Hotel. The waiter quickly stepped forward and opened the car door. Duke was wearing a black dress and got out of the car slowly. Before he could take steps, countless flashes of lights turned off instantly, illuminating the dusk as if it were noon.

"Mr. Rosenberg..."

A staff member came over and reached out to signal the red carpet in front of the door, "Please take this place."

"Thanks."

Duke nodded to him, ignored the reporters and paparazzi who were taking pictures wildly, walked straight into the hotel, took a special elevator, and headed towards the garden on the top floor.

This is a party held by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Although there are many slanderings from the outside world and his reputation is indeed not good, but with Murdoch's status, all the people invited are famous.

“Hi, Duke.”

As soon as he left the elevator and walked into the rooftop garden where the party was held, Duke heard a warm greeting, and then a gray-haired old man and a woman with long black hair came over.

The two have seen each other on many occasions, and although they are not very familiar, they are not unfamiliar with it. Duke took a quick step, reached out and held the hand that Murdoch handed over, and said in an equally enthusiastic voice, "Long time no see, Rupert. You haven't changed at all."

"But you have changed." Murdoch shook Duke's hand hard, "becoming more famous than before."

Duke smiled faintly and turned slightly to Murdoch, "Hello, Ms. Deng."

This woman, who is famous for her identity as Mrs. Murdoch, immediately returned with a passionate smile.

Although he would not ignore anyone, Duke just greeted the other party and his energy returned to Rupert Murdoch. After all, what kind of person this woman is has nothing to do with him.

After chatting with Murdoch for a few words, Duke moved alone. The Murdoch and his wife were the hosts of the party. There were dozens of guests who needed to greet him, and it was impossible to just talk with him alone.

Asking a glass of soda from the waiter, Duke walked towards the small open-air restaurant in the garden, where there were many familiar people, which was a gathering place for Hollywood celebrities.

The garden on the top floor is at least 8,000 square feet. Not only is it full of restaurants and swimming pools, but there are also many tall palm trees planted. A small stream that is flowing, looking up to the surroundings can clearly see Beverly Hills and Century City Shopping Center.

It seems good to have an apartment similar to that in the top floor of a beautiful place?

Walking through the garden, perhaps because of the formulaic social engagement, Duke couldn't help but have such an idea popped up in his mind.

"Hey, Leo, why are you leaving just now when I came?"

Just when he arrived near the small restaurant, Duke saw Leonardo DiCaprio walking out with an unusually tall blonde woman, "Where are you going?"

Leonardo squeezed his eyes toward this side. When he walked to Duke, he whispered. "I have something to do. Let's go a little while ago. I'll go to Malibu to find you."

Duke nodded slightly, no longer caring about Leonardo DiCaprio, walked straight into the open-air restaurant, and suddenly saw a low fat man sitting alone under a tall palm tree, tasting wine, and his depression was written on his face.

This is an acquaintance and has worked with him a long time ago. After Duke passed by, he sat opposite him without hesitation.

"It must be not easy to make the famous Jon Landao angry."

The fat man opposite is the producer of "Titanic". Duke picked up the soda and raised it to him. Before drinking, he said, "Why are you sitting here alone?"

"Because I'm almost offending everyone." Jon Landao took a sip of champagne, shook his head, and said, "Some people force me to sell my butt!"

Seeing that Jon Landao had no intention of avoiding it, Duke couldn't help asking curiously, "What happened, Jon? Who can force you to this point."

Although in the producer industry, there is a little difference between Catherine Kennedy, Charles Rowan and Jerry Brookheimer, Jon Landau is also an absolute powerful figure. He can count the people who can make him embarrassed by it with two hands.

"Who else!" Jon Landao's eyes turned to his left hand, "I've been forced to go crazy once by him, I will definitely go crazy this time!"

Duke followed his gaze and in the corner thirty feet away, a man with a beard sat alone, looking silently at the scenery in the distance, as if thinking about important issues.

That person has disappeared from Hollywood's vision for a long time, so many people have forgotten him, and they don't know what he is doing, and whether he is still engaged in a film-related industry.

But Duke will not forget him, knowing that this man's temporary dormant is just accumulating his abilities for the future and building basic technical guarantees.

That's right, the person who almost forced Jon Landau to go crazy was James Cameron.

"I haven't heard that James is going to shoot a commercial masterpiece recently," Duke deliberately showed a confused expression, "Will he still chase you for money?"

"It's really asking for money, but it's still an unrealistic huge amount of money."

He muttered with a voice that he could only hear, and Jon Landau's eyes were taken back from James Cameron and turned to Duke. Some things that happened during "Titanic" instantly surged into his heart, and his eyes immediately lit up.

Although complaining, Jon Landau has a close cooperative relationship with James Cameron and is also looking for funds for the next plan of the World King. It was an extremely large number, so huge that even with the success of "Titanic", Twentieth Century Fox refused all the investment requests he made without hesitation.

The person opposite is different from James Cameron. He is not only a director, but also an investor and businessman. Ten years ago, when James Cameron encountered the trust crisis between Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox, he signed up to save the project "Titanic".

Thinking of this, Jon Landau couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Duke, you have a happy cooperation with James during "Titanic".

Seeing Duke nodding slightly, he said, "James has planned a new project. I wonder if you are interested?"

"New project?" Duke's eyes lit up slightly, his face calmed down again, he shook his head and said with a smile, "Jon, it's not that James wants to do an underwater adventure again, go to film a documentary, right? If that's the case, I'm not interested."

As we all know, since "Titanic", James Cameron has become most of the undersea explorer.

Of course, Duke knew very well that the King of the World was not simply exploring, but was doing experiments and preparations for new projects.

"No, no, no..."

Jon Landao's head shaking over there, "It's not an undersea documentary, but a science fiction film, the type of movie you and James are best at?"

"Oh..." Duke immediately showed an interesting expression, "So, is James ready to return to Hollywood?"

He paused intentionally and asked, “How much is James’ expected investment?”

"Well……"

Even if Jon Landao was thick-skinned enough, he showed a hint of embarrassment when he heard the question Duke asked, and such things could not be faked. After all, James Cameron was well aware of the investment style. He hesitated for a moment and said, "It is initially estimated that it is about 200 million US dollars."

"That's at least $400 million." Duke immediately doubled the number he said.

Jon Landau did not refute, but just spread his hands helplessly. James Cameron's notoriety is so loud, and no wonder Twentieth Century Fox rejected him.

Duke was not in a hurry when his fingers slowly tapped the armrest of the chair. Judging from the current situation, this project is still in the early stage of investment, and such a huge investment is not something that anyone or company can swallow alone. Even if James Cameron has the reputation accumulated by "Titanic", anyone will be cautious in the face of such a large scale investment.

Not to mention James Cameron, who has not filmed a commercial film for nearly ten years, even Duke, when a new project is established, the Warner Bros.'s audit committee will conduct necessary reviews and preliminary estimates.

"I'm going to talk to James."

After saying this, Duke, accompanied by Jon Landau, walked to James Cameron. James Cameron also noticed the two people. Although he was unruly, he took the initiative to stand up and shake hands with Duke.

Although this was the idol I once admired the most, Duke had enough professional qualities and had a standard attitude towards business talk. He did not go around in circles with James Cameron and directly talked about his new project.

James Cameron currently lacks funds, Duke has a large amount of working capital, and the two have a complete foundation for cooperation.

And after James Cameron briefly introduced it, he also confirmed that this was the movie, but Duke knew very well that even though Cameron lacked funds now, such a project was not something he could swallow alone.

Duke's purpose is very simple, just like "Titanic", it's enough to divide a piece of cake from it. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!