In the reception room of the mansion, Johnny Depp met his accountant Mandel.

Sending a financial statement to Johnny Depp, Mandel said very seriously: "Mr. Depp, as your personal accountant and financial assistant, it is my responsibility to remind you that you must properly control your expenses. ”

"What?" As soon as Johnny Depp spoke, he brought out a mouth full of wine: "I have no money?"

He didn't take the accountant's words to heart at all, and said, "How can I have no money? 'American Narcos' just brought me $4 million." ”

Mandel understands his employer and says, "This was half a year ago. ”

Johnny Depp's eyes widened: "That's $4 million! Is it all spent? ”

"Don't forget, you have to pay personal income tax, and the actual remuneration income is not $4 million," Mandel reminded. ”

Johnny Depp patted his head: "I know this, but my expenses are not high." ”

From the beginning to the present, Johnny Depp has not looked at the financial statement, and Mandel knows very well that with Johnny Depp's cultural level, he can't read this statement.

Mandel simply explained: "Mr. Depp, let me tell you about your actual expenses last month. Your family's daily expenses are $60,000......"

Johnny Depp spat out a mouthful full of wine again: "My living expenses are not high. ”

Mandel very much agrees with this, among Hollywood stars, Johnny Depp's daily household expenses can only be regarded as average.

"But you're spending a lot on other things. Mandel is well aware of the near-idiotic level of the employer's finances: "Mr. Depp, last month you spent $20,000 on drinking, $210,000 on 3 limited edition guitars, $16,000 on routine maintenance of other collectible guitars and records, $280,000 on three new cars, $38,000 on property maintenance, $110,000 on private jet charters, and $50,000 on 12 staff members......"

Johnny Depp was a little dizzy listening to the numbers.

Mandel's words continued: "Your three friends, them and their relatives, are also responsible for the daily expenses, which is $40,000......"

Dizzy, Johnny Depp simply interrupted Mandel: "You just say the total spending figures. ”

Mandel didn't list them all and said, "A total of $920,000 was spent." ”

"It's not a lot. Johnny Depp muttered.

Hearing that this had no concept of money, Mandel couldn't help but raise his voice slightly and said, "Mr. Depp, this is just a month's expenditure!"

Johnny Depp still didn't care much, saying: "This amount of money is nothing, and I don't spend that much every month." ”

Mandel reminded again: "Your total expenditure in the last six months is as high as $3.98 million! Mr. Depp, if it weren't for the dividends of several of your investments, you would have been unable to make ends meet by now!"

Those investments were all investments he and his investment advisers had made on behalf of Johnny Depp before, and Johnny Depp himself was not qualified in financial management or even basic financial management.

"Since the investment is profitable. The smell of wine wafted out of Johnny Depp's mouth again: "Then there's nothing to worry about." ”

Mandel's face darkened slightly, but he quickly returned to normal, and no one could expect a sober brain from someone who drank $20,000 a month.

"This time New York was attacked, and the economy went down. Mandel had to remind again: "Those investments may fall into the red for a long time to come." ”

Johnny Depp, no matter how dull he is, has a sense of crisis at this time: "What?"

"If you don't do something, you're going to be in financial trouble," Mandel said. ”

Johnny Depp was stunned for a moment, pinched his eyebrows hard, sobered himself up, and asked, "Didn't you tell me last time that my assets are tens of millions of dollars?"

Mandel immediately said: "Those are fixed assets such as luxury cars, luxury watches, collectibles and homes, not working capital. It takes time for fixed assets to become liquidity, and in the current situation, it is not cost-effective to sell fixed assets. ”

Hearing this, Johnny Depp finally understood his own situation and asked, "What do you have to do?"

"Cut back on spending, and all unnecessary spending can be eliminated. Mandel was dutiful: "For example, collecting guitars can be suspended, and your friends' expenses ......"

Johnny Depp directly interrupted Mandel's words: "This can't be! They are my friends, who have accompanied me through the most difficult periods, and I have to take responsibility for their lives." ”

Mandel had nothing to say for a while, Johnny Depp was impeccable in terms of treating his friends in a single round, and even did a little too much, and he couldn't see that those friends who had helped him had already become vampires who bit him all the time.

"There must be another way to save money. "Johnny Depp is a quality of life person.

Mandel answered, "Yes, there is. As long as there is a large amount of money coming into the account, none of this is a problem. ”

Johnny Depp burped and said, "I see, I need a new job." ”

Mandel said directly: "Mr. Depp, in your situation, the best way is nothing more than to open sources and reduce expenditures." ”

Johnny Depp shook his head and said, "I'll get a new job as soon as possible." ”

Mandel glanced at Depp, and some words that wanted to persuade him came to his lips and held back, he was just an accountant, and in the state that his employer was a drunkard, what he shouldn't say should be subtle.

What should I do if I get fired?

As far as he knows, Johnny Depp has done a lot of this kind of thing.

Mandel didn't stay long, and after telling Johnny Depp a few more words, he quickly said goodbye and left.

Johnny Depp walked out of the reception room and went straight to the bathroom to take a shower, and the cold water fell on his head, washing away the dizziness caused by alcohol.

The words of the accountant just now, in Johnny Depp's opinion, are not difficult to understand, it is nothing more than to earn a large salary as soon as possible.

As for cutting back on expenses, he didn't think about it at all, and there are still many places to spend money next.

Elvis Presley's guitar is said to be auctioned off next month, the Bugatti Veyron has launched a limited-edition sports car, and the music company prepared by friends has a $7 million funding gap, and the luxury apartment of his choice is also about to be bought......

The quality of life cannot be reduced, and friends also need to sponsor, and there are indeed many places to spend money.

But these are not problems, as long as you can continue to earn a salary, it can be easily solved.

Johnny Depp went into the study and looked through the job offers provided by his agent Tracy Jacob, which were all unsolicited job audition invitations from some crews, which marked the role settings and the general salary figures.

"Before Nightfall", a biographical literary film, the actor is paid $500,000.

"From Hell", a cult genre with a small investment, has a total budget of only $12 million, and the salary will not be very high.

"The Prodigal Son", a biopic about a poet from the Middle World, is paid even less.

Johnny Depp looked through all the role invitations and found that there was no high salary at all, let alone roles with a salary of maybe five million, not even a $4 million salary like "American Drug Lord".

Why didn't there be a commercial blockbuster inviting me? Johnny Depp suddenly found that this seemed to be a problem.

Even if you are as confused as Johnny Depp, you know that only commercial blockbusters can provide high remuneration for the protagonist.

No one can expect a film with a total budget of only 10 million dollars to spend five or six million dollars on a certain actor.

Johnny Depp's face was full of sadness, and when he wanted to choose a high-paying film, he found that his acting career was not as wide as he imagined.

Do you really want to cut down on spending, or sell off fixed assets?

Walking out of the study and into the living room, Johnny Depp couldn't help but call his agent, Tracy Jacob.

"A-list commercial films?" Tracy Jacob said on the phone, "It seems like I gave you a character script some time ago, and the production budget for that project is said to be more than $100 million. ”

Johnny Depp instantly remembered the character script that Tracy Jacob brought some time ago, and without even replying to the words, he hung up the phone, ran back to the study and rummaged through, and finally found the character script in the abandoned filing cabinet.

Sitting at his desk, Johnny Depp looked at the script called "Pirates of the Caribbean", and most of the enthusiasm that surged suddenly dissipated, and he also remembered why he gave up the script without reading it in the first place.

Pirate theme!

Johnny Depp didn't throw away the script directly like last time, but patiently flipped through the looks, lifted the cover of the script, and the first thing he saw was the character modeling diagram.

This character modeling picture looks like a pirate captain, Johnny Depp feels that his face is somewhat similar to himself, and the shape is ......

I don't know why, he was a little stunned.

This is a dirty, drunken sissy with evil dark circles under her eyes and a bewitching orchid finger.

But it's a little charming, a little handsome, and a little cooler.

Johnny Depp was attracted by the artwork at first sight, why is he so handsome! and even thinks that his dark circles and dirty clothes on his body are quite to his taste.

Looking at the pirate captain with a somewhat similar face, Johnny Depp couldn't help but mutter: "How can there be such an attractive person?"

Johnny Depp flipped through the artwork and couldn't wait to look at the character script, although the level of education is not high, but he still feels the difference of this character from the words of the character script.

No pirate captain has ever been set up like this! This is an alternative pirate captain who has never appeared in Hollywood, and his style is as offbeat!

It's as if this role was set up specifically for him.

As soon as Johnny Depp closed the character script, he picked up the phone and dialed his agent's number: "Tracy, I want the role of Jack Sparrow!"