"Hey Duke, you're as slow as a snail. ￡∝,"

With his hands on the ski pole, Scarlett Johnson slid past Duke. After a clever and sharp turn, he skillfully circled Duke, regardless of the oncoming cold wind, and shouted, "Don't you call yourself a sports genius? Why haven't you improved after practicing for a whole morning?"

The ski pole in his hand pushed the thick snow with all his strength. Duke carefully maintained his balance, not caring about Scarlett Johnson's mocking words, and still advanced at a slow and steady speed.

He has some sport talent, but he is not a genius in skiing. His current level is only a few steps on the flat ground.

"You're too slow." Scarlett let out a breath of white breath, then circled Duke, pointed at the crowded intermediate ski trail with a ski pole, and said, "I'll go over there and take a look."

"Go." Duke raised his sunglasses, nodded, and reminded him, "Don't get too fast when you come down, be careful."

"knew."

Scarlett waved his hand, leaving only Duke with a back wearing a down cold-proof clothing.

This is the Whistler Mountain Ski Resort located in Vancouver, Canada. After the filming of "Iron Man", Duke was not in a hurry to start post-production, and gave all members of the crew who had been busy for several months. At the same time, he also gave himself a vacation. He sought the advice of Scarlett Johnson and came to Canada for winter vacation.

Canada's high-latitude forested geographical environment makes it an excellent ski resort. The long winter is the best time for ski enthusiasts from all over the country to come to Canada for fun. Whether experienced experts or families who come to play, they can find their own world here, especially British Columbia in the western Rocky Mountains. The unique natural conditions make this area have a snow season for half a year, and there are countless world-class ski resorts. If you consider it from the perspective of skiing alone, this area is enough to dwarf Switzerland.

Whistler Mountain Ski Resort is located in Whistler town 80 miles north of Vancouver. Two connected peaks form an internationally renowned ski resort. Whistler has also been selected by Sno Ountry magazine as the "No. 1 Ski Resort in North America" ​​and "Best Ski Resort" by Sno Ountry magazine for four consecutive years.

But with Duke's skills, it is difficult to feel the beauty of this ski resort. He came here. It was more for Scarlett. Since Scarlett wanted to come ski, he certainly would not refuse.

After practicing for a while, the skiing technique has not improved significantly. Duke simply took off his snowboard and walked into a small VIP resting place specially booked beside him. He sat under the corridor lit the windproof stove, looking at the snow-covered peaks and forests.

This ski resort is very large, with more than 100 ski runs. These include professional ski runs, intermediate ski runs and ski runs suitable for beginners. It is the ski resort with the most ski runs in Canada. The snow season starts from November every year to May of the following year. If weather permits, it may be extended to August.

"Thanks."

After receiving the hot coffee from the waiter, Duke held it in his hand and continued to appreciate the scenery of the Whistler Mountain Ski Resort. Some of the ski trails here have deep snow. Some have a drop of nearly vertical, while others are as delicate as champagne foam.

Tourists in the distance galloped on the vast snow. Let the stirred snow powder beat behind them, Duke looked at the silver-covered coniferous forest, and the vastness and magnificence of Canada were unobstructed. Although his skiing skills were average, he felt that the cold season could also bring people a memory full of heat.

After sitting here for about half an hour, Scarlett Johnson also walked back with a snowboard in her hand. There were still some snowflakes on her red down cold-proof clothing. After seeing this, Duke hurried over to take the snowboard in her hand and asked with concern. "Did you fall?"

"It's okay..." Scarlett sat carelessly by the stove, picked up Duke's cup of coffee and drank it all, then said, "I didn't pay attention on the way back and was knocked down by someone else."

This is how skiing in crowded places. Proficient skills do not mean that you can avoid sudden attacks from beginners from the side and behind.

Hearing the waiter, filling two cups of coffee, Duke sat next to Scarlett Johnson and asked, "Why don't I know when you learned to ski?"

"Did you forget?" Scarlett took off his thick gloves, imitated Duke's appearance, and held up the coffee cup in both hands. "For a while, you didn't want to pay attention to me, so I had to follow my godmother around Europe. At that time, because my father and mother divorced, I was in a bad mood. My godmother often took me to some places with good scenery to relax. France and Switzerland must go, and I learned to ski in the Alps."

"It seems that I have missed many critical periods of your growth." Duke sighed softly.

Scarlett pouted deliberately, probably because all the actors were more outgoing, so she naturally showed a hint of grievance, "It's good that you know."

Duke reached out and rubbed her blonde hair gently, "Not going to happen again."

Feeling Duke gently straightening her blonde curly hair, Scarlett narrowed his eyes slightly, like a Persian cat.

Not long after the rest, the two took the cable car up the mountain again. Scarlett was obviously very interested in skiing, and Duke also accompanied her with all his heart. During this period, Scarlett also suggested going to the nearby Blackcomb Mountain. There were two glaciers on the top of the mountain that did not thaw all year round. Visitors can rent a ski car to experience the pleasure of glacier falling on the glacier.

They stayed in the mountains until half afternoon before Duke and the others returned to the town of Whistler, which is not far from Vancouver. There are trains every day between the two places. However, like most tourists coming here for vacation, they chose to stay in the hotels in the town.

Duke and Scarlett stay at Fairmont Castle Hotel, the most representative hotel in Whistler town, which looks like a castle and provides hot spring baths, golf courses and other facilities.

Although there were a lot of documents coming from Los Angeles, Duke was pulled by Scarlett Johnson and went to the hot springs that he had been in for a while. After using the premium buffet dinner provided by the hotel, he returned to the study in the suite and prepared to process the latest work emails and fax documents.

"You have to work hard when you go out for vacation." Scarlett Johnson sat bored across from Duke, muttering, "You every night..."

Duke looked up and looked at her in a blink of an eye. Scarlett immediately covered his mouth and muttered, "Okay, I'll shut up."

After saying that, she stood up and walked into the living room, made a cup of coffee for Duke, brought it back, and returned to the chair. It was probably boring, and Scarlett's eyes fell on the fax documents Duke had quickly browsed.

She asked curiously, "Can I see?"

Duke glanced at her again, then nodded slightly.

Scarlett took those documents, looked around, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This is a box office report of "Batman: The Moment of War". The film ended its overseas screening journey after the New Year. The specific box office statistics were obviously just released and were only faxed to Canada today. Although the above numbers are much worse than the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Scarlett Johnson himself is an insider and knows it is not easy.

After eight months of overseas screenings, "Batman: The War Moment" has won a total of $329.87 million in overseas box office.

Looking at this number, Scarlett recalled the North American box office of "Batman: The Moment of War", and quickly calculated it in his mind, and soon he found that the global box office was 612.43 million US dollars!

"He succeeded again."

Scarlett looked at Duke, but felt no strangeness or surprise. Since she was ten years old, she has watched the guy opposite continue to succeed and create various new box office records, and has formed a habit of all of this.

In her eyes, it would be strange if Duke's video was treated coldly in the market.

After looking through the box office briefing, Scarlett Johnson continued to browse ten lines at a glance, which is a North American disc sales briefing for "Batman: The Moment of War".

After the New Year, the simple outfit and luxury suit DVD of "Batman: The Moment" were launched in North America at the same time. In the past ten days, the total sales amount has reached more than 115 million US dollars, and this alone can bring terrifying profits.

Scarlett also found something very special in the report. The sales of "Batman: The Moment of War" on DVD, Amazon and ebay accounted for almost one-third of the sales...

She has also bought things from online stores and knows that this way of purchasing is particularly convenient.

“Duke…”

Seeing Duke's eyes leaving the notebook and holding up the coffee cup, Scarlett couldn't help but ask curiously, "Have you increased your investment in online sales?"

Compared with the one Duke remembers, the biggest difference between Scarlett Johnson now lies in her business vision. She has been influenced by her growing up with Mrs. Leah since childhood.

Putting down the coffee cup, Duke gently rubbed his forehead and said, "Yes, Warner and Duke Studios have reached a strategic partnership with Amazon and ebay."

"The Internet represents the future?" Scarlett frowned his golden eyebrows, obviously considering this issue. "I have seen the DVD sales of "Hurricane Rescue", which accounts for less than a quarter of the Internet compared to "Batman: The Moment of War", and the growth rate of online sales is too fast."

“It will be faster in the future.”

The rapid development of the Internet has brought more than just the growth of DVD sales. Duke is very clear that in a few years, the DVD industry, one of the key points of Hollywood's revenue, will shrink sharply, and various high-definition online on-demand broadcasts have had a serious impact on this industry. Future movies will no longer be like they are now. The sales of popular North American DVDs can often exceed 100 million US dollars in the first week.
Chapter completed!