After sending Donn away, Natalie muttered, "What a fool, what's the use of making so much money, pay your taxes!"

Shirley Hirschler laughed, thought of something, and asked tentatively, "Nat, ...... you Where are you and Don going?"

"In love. ”

Natalie responded casually, apparently not appreciating her deep meaning.

Shirley Hirschler paused, "I mean...... I mean, you guys...... Did you have a relationship?"

"What's the matter?" Natalie was stunned for a moment, then blushed, "Mom, what are you talking about?" ”

"Wait!"

Shirley Hirschler stopped Natalie, staring at her with a solemn face, "Nat, what the hell is going on?"

"What's going on?" Natalie found the topic awkward.

Shirley Hirschler said, "You're all young people, you must go on a date together, and then ...... Have fun, isn't it Don ...... you?"

"Oh, don't guess!" Natalie stomped her foot in exasperation, "He's nice to me, and ...... Like me too, I can feel it. ”

"Then why are you ......?"

"I refused. ”

"Why?" said Shirley Hirschler, who was stunned for a moment, "Nat, didn't you always complain about my strictness? Now that you're an adult, no one can deprive you of the right to enjoy pleasure." ”

Natalie said displeasedly: "Daddy is not strictly forbidden to ...... before marriage"

"Leave him alone!" Shirley Hirschler frowned and waved her hand disapprovingly, "Nat, you grew up in the United States, and you don't have to be bound by those pedantic and old doctrines. It's the 21st century, and the social climate is completely different from what it was 2,000 years ago. ”

"But ......"

Natalie wanted to tell the truth, but after thinking about it, it involved her and Donne's **, so she said, "If it really did, Dad would be very annoyed." ”

"Don't worry about that old antique! you keep your mouth shut, I'll help you hide it, he won't know." ”

"Oh, that'...... Then I'll think about it again. ”

Natalie hesitated and didn't make up her mind.

Shirley Hirschler frowned, walked over, gently hugged her daughter in her arms, and lowered her voice, "Honey, do you know what I heard about me at Don Pictures?"

Natalie pouted, "I know, Don and his two female secretaries are having an affair, we talked about this issue, you don't have to worry about it." ”

Shirley Hirschler shook her head and stared into her eyes cautiously and admonishingly, "I heard that Don made at least a billion dollars by trading stocks on the NASDAQ. ”

"More than a billion dollars?"

Natalie's eyes widened, full of incredulity, "Mom, you're not kidding, are you?"

"Of course not!" said Shirley Hirschler, with a determined expression, "remember that little girl, Taylor Swift, we helped her connect with a music teacher in New York." ”

"I remember, Don and I watched her play for children. Natalie nodded.

"Yes, that's her. Taylor's mom has been consulting me a lot about educating her daughter lately, and we've been talking a lot about it, and I learned that Taylor's dad is a stockbroker and is now in New York, helping Donn trade stocks. ”

Natalie bit her lip and was silent for a long time.

"Nat, I checked the accounts and found that the box office dividends that Don got from it were not invested in Don Pictures. Now that I think about it, he must have invested it in the stock market in the first place. It's true!" Shirley Herschler's face was a little excited, but also a little complicated.

"I called to see if it was true. ”

Natalie remembers her agreement with Don at the reception, and her emotions fluctuate a little. She really didn't expect that in addition to movies, Don also has a strong ability to make money in other fields.

Shirley Hirschler immediately stopped, "Don't, Nat, are you confused? How could he tell you about such a thing?"

Natalie raised her white snow neck, and a bit of mockery appeared on her face, "You don't understand our relationship, he ...... He won't hide it from me!"

Then, in her mother's suspicious and surprised eyes, she took out her mobile phone, talked for three minutes, sighed faintly, and hung up the phone.

"How?"

Shirley Herschler's expression was a little eager.

Natalie nodded calmly, "He admits it, but not so much, a total of a billion dollars, which is pre-tax income." He also said that he wanted to enter the futures market recently and make a lot of money. ”

Shirley Hirschler was stunned, looking at her daughter in a daze, speechless.

"Okay, I'm tired, go rest. ”

Natalie waved her hand gently and walked towards her bedroom.

Shirley Hershler suddenly shouted behind her back, "Nat, it's time to make a decision, Don has some shortcomings, but he has a sense of responsibility, he won't be ungrateful! Don't miss such a good man because of that little shortcoming." ”

Natalie paused, and of course she understood what Shirley meant by "flawed" and "excellent".

"Okay, Mom, I understand what you said, I ...... I won't let you down. ”

Natalie's voice was as clear as flowing water.

……

Ever since Bill McNick received Donn's invitation, he had been terrified.

Leaving Fox, of course, he is unwilling, and he also hopes to give him another chance to wrestle with Tom Rothman again, instead of walking away like now.

But......

Is Down Pictures, a film studio that doesn't even have a distribution department, a platform that can compete with Fox?

Relying on Marvel?

He has never been optimistic about superhero movies.

However, it was not his position that he was worried about, but his old friends.

Bill McNick joined Fox from Disney and was given a heavy role, and he also brought together a team of henchmen and even old friends who have been friends for decades.

However, just three days ago, his old friend, Paul Horvat, a professor emeritus at Yale Law School and legal counsel to Twentieth Century Fox, was brutally fired.

There are even more henchmen in the production department who have left, including Grant Hill, who produced it.

Since he left Fox, more than two dozen people have been laid off one after another.

In the past five years, Bill McNick has managed Twentieth Century Fox in an orderly manner, and the company's development speed is second only to Warner Bros., and its annual performance revenue is also in the top three, relying on such an elite team.

Unexpectedly, I ended up firing squid collectively!

At this time, his personal mobile phone rang, and after answering, it was an acquaintance, a very young and talented director Steven Soderbergh.

"I have a hunch that you are not just concerned about me when you make this call. "Bill McNick had a very bad premonition.

Steven Soderbergh smiled wryly, "Bill, you guessed it, something went wrong with my movie. ”

He adapted the British TV series and found Twentieth Century Fox to invest, Bill McNick was very optimistic about the project, and admired his ability, and directly ordered the production department to pass the review.

"What's going on?"

They said...... It's ridiculous to invest more than $50 million in an R-rated film, and I don't want to experience a similar failure again. ”

Steven Soderbergh was telling the truth, but he was somewhat irritated.

The main thing is to get Bill McNick to mobilize contacts and help him find investment for his film projects.

In fact, Tom Rothman's idea was not wrong, and the fiasco gave Fox a serious lesson. The subject matter is more sensitive and sharper, and it is unlikely that Fox will continue to invest heavily in it.

"Tom Rothman, he's messing around!"

Bill McNick was very annoyed that he personally approved the film and personally approved the investment budget of $52 million.

Unexpectedly, he left Fox with his front foot, and Fox tore up his past resolution with his back foot.

Steven Soderbergh sighed helplessly, "Bill, I've contacted several film companies, and they ...... None of them are willing to invest so much money in an R-rated film. ”

Bill McNick understood what the other party meant, and was a little embarrassed for a while.

Originally, the project had already been set up, and actors were recruited, and filming started in two months. Unexpectedly, his sudden resignation directly led to the bankruptcy of the project.

In any case, Bill McNick felt the need to take responsibility, and suddenly another young face appeared in his mind, "You...... Have you been to Don Pictures?"

"Down Pictures?" Steven Soderbergh was stunned for a moment, very incomprehensible, "With an investment of $5,200, Director Walker probably doesn't have such a big courage, right?"

"Didn't you?"

Bill McNick's eyes narrowed, and he groaned slightly.

Tang En dared to buy Marvel Entertainment with all his net worth when all the superhero movies were dead, and then took out a loan with all his assets and put it into filming.

This is equivalent to a gamble-like decision, isn't it called courage?

"Steven, don't worry, Don't worry, Don't worry, I'll help you ask first. ”

After ending the call with Steven Soderbergh, Bill McNick sat still for half a minute and looked at the date, today is January 25th.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, picked up the phone again, and dialed a number.

"Hey, Bill, have you figured it out?" on the other end of the phone, it was Donn's voice that was beaten.

Bill McNick hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Donn, I have a few Super Bowl tickets in my hand, the location is good, are you interested in going to the game live?"

"Okay!" Don agreed neatly, "I also bought a trailer for a commercial." ”

Bill McNick laughed, "Donn, it seems that you pay much more attention to movies than the Super Bowl!"

"Of course, we are filmmakers, and it is our dream to create our favorite films. ”

"Dream......

Bill McNick was a little distracted.

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