PS: Ask for monthly passes and recommended tickets!

Duke is well aware that he and Peter? Will is not the Academy's favorite director, and his films have mocked the entire film industry, while he is a commercial director through and through.

Therefore, even with the advantage, Duke has never been slow to act in this regard.

Ever involved Christopher? Most of the people in the Rokencourt case have expressed their support for him, either implicitly or explicitly, especially Frank, vice president of the College's rotating committee. Pearson, through Nancy's vague relay, will support "The Return of the King" at this Oscars.

In the run-up to Christmas, Duke spent time at parties in addition to filming "Hurricane Rescue," even if he didn't have to canvass for votes himself.

And the big parties organized by the Duke's studio under various names are held once a week, and those who attend will not go home empty-handed.

The elaborate DVD deluxe set is a necessity for the judges to appreciate the film, and with the DVD, it also needs the tools to play, and the Duke Studio will lend the judges a batch of specially customized disc players from Sony Electronics.

The Lord of the Rings porcelain made by Royal Albert is just a small souvenir that comes with it......

By Christmas, just DVDs and souvenir china, the Duke's studio had distributed tens of thousands of sets, taking care of every cadet member and every link that might intersect.

Strictly calculated, this must have touched the bottom line of the college. But today's Oscars, almost every competing project is doing this, and some may even go even further. As long as it is maintained within a certain range, most of the time, the academy will turn a blind eye.

Even if the academy can't stand it, they will drag two small fish out of the knife first, to warn others that Oscar has been going on for so many years, especially since entering the nineties. The trend of public relations is becoming more and more obvious, has the college ever dealt with well-known figures?

The Weinstein brothers were full of PR tricks, and did the college warn them directly?

Spend Christmas with my mother in New York. Duke returns to Los Angeles to hand over PR to Pani for the time being? Kelis and Nancy? Josephson led the crew on a charter flight to Paris, the capital of fashion. Started the final location shooting of "Hurricane Rescue".

Although France is famous for producing literary films. But looking at the annual film list in France, it is not difficult to find that the top ones are always commercial films, and even commercial films from Hollywood, as the most representative director of Hollywood commercial films, Duke led the crew to appear on the Champs-Élysées not long ago, and was surrounded by a flock of reporters and fans, which once caused the filming to be unable to continue.

"It seems that I am still very famous in France."

While the crew's security personnel maintained order, Duke stood behind the camera. Self-deprecating to Tina? "But I'd rather be obscure now." ”

A gathering of fans and journalists. It will inevitably affect the shooting, even if many people have begun to consciously follow the order.

"You should have a clear idea of this." Tina? Fei handed Duke over the glass of water and continued, "After I went to the East, I found out that your influence is really very big, you are the most well-known Hollywood director over there, and the people who know Hollywood over there may not know Steven?" Spielberg, but I basically know you. ”

Duke laughed, unusually happy.

"I've been to the cultural markets in the big cities and talked to some people."

In recent years, Tina? Fei gradually became the de facto manager of Duke Studios, and she was obviously understanding the market, "Your discs of "Life and Death", "Brave Island", "Saving Private Ryan", and "Black Empire" can be found everywhere, and you are also one of the best-selling discs, and many people over there have known you and your movies through discs. ”

"It's a pity......," she shook her head, "the discs I see aren't authorized by us or Warners." ”

Tina? Fei looked at Duke suspiciously, "I once proposed to sue them, Duke, why did you veto?" ”

"Spend countless energy fighting a transoceanic lawsuit?" Duke shook his head, "Do you think it's worth it, Tina?" ”

Not to mention the current year of 2003, even more than ten years later, in the last period of his time, copyright is still empty talk a lot, and countless people, including him at the beginning, are unfavorable beneficiaries of copyright protection......

There are some things that really make a world of difference between seeing and doing.

Duke never imagined that he could single-handedly change the general situation of a circle or even a country.

"And, Duke, how are you going to respond to their invitation?"

Tina? This time, Fei also met with an official in charge of film affairs on the other side, and the other party, on behalf of a certain department, sent an invitation to Duke again, hoping that he could choose a suitable time next year to take the film to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

With the events of 911 and the signing of the WTO package of agreements such as the Memorandum of Understanding on Films, more and more Hollywood crews appeared over there. Lucas took "Star Wars Prequel: Revenge of the Sith" to the city famous for its landscapes.

And according to Twentieth Century Fox's plan, "Star Wars Prequel: Revenge of the Sith" will be released simultaneously in China and the United States.

The hungry wolves in Hollywood have already aimed at that huge market, waiting for each other to mature, and then open their mouths.

"Go back and tell Warners and let Warner's International Distribution Department talk to them."

Actually from Tina? After Faye returned to Los Angeles and conveyed the other party's invitation, Duke was thinking about this issue and has now made a decision, "If the other party agrees that "Hurricane Rescue" can be released simultaneously in China and the United States, I can go over and do the premiere. ”

Since the other party has repeatedly invited and Sino-US relations are easing, Duke has also decided to go over and take a look, maybe he can further enhance his popularity, and when the vast market explodes in the future, his films can also burst into astonishing results.

As time went on, the order on the temporary set was improving, and the crew adjusted and soon restarted shooting, and the shots here were basically not difficult, Liam? Neeson and a French actor stand on the side of the visor and engage in a simple conversation.

Due to the noise on set, Duke abandoned the live recording and waited for post-production to re-dub.

Because of the large-scale onlookers of reporters and fans, the few shots that were originally planned to be filmed in two hours took half a day, and when the night completely fell, Duke led the crew back to the hotel.

Back at the hotel, Duke discovers that Ivanka, who was on a business trip in London, has also come to Paris.

"Britain is done?"

Carrying her back to the room, Duke asked, "Is it going well?" ”

He poured a glass of water, walked to the sofa, and handed it to Ivanka, who was sitting on it, and Ivanka took a sip before saying, "Okay, we have reached a promotion agreement with two companies in the UK, and our website will officially enter the UK market and the European market." ”

"It's going to be so fast." Duke couldn't help but sigh a little.

Ivan Kara Duke for a moment, waited for him to sit beside him, half of his body habitually leaned over, and said, "If you hadn't helped me take the key step of large-scale promotion, it would not have developed so fast." ”

"Don't forget, I'm also a shareholder." Duke reached out and gently pinched Ivanka's nose, "Still a member of the board." ”

"Nominal member." Ivanka muttered.

Duke laughed and bowed his head and kissed her on the cheek, most of the time the shares he shared in real time were given to David as an agent.

"Although the company is growing rapidly, it has not really generated profits until now." Ivanka seemed a little worried, "I still owe a lot of debt to the bank. ”

Any company needs a huge amount of money to expand, and instant sharing is no exception, Duke has enough money on his side, but Ivanka does not, except for the control of her trust fund at the age of twenty-one, the rest of the funds basically come from bank loans.

Duke didn't mention that he could help her with the funds, but Ivanka refused.

In fact, it is not difficult for Duke to guess Ivanka's thoughts, she can focus on Duke in life, and in business, she still wants to maintain a certain degree of independence.

It's no surprise that this is the most normal situation in North America in this business community.

"I heard that Google is preparing to go public?" Ivanka asked suddenly.

Duke nodded, "Well, if nothing else, it should be the second half of next year." ”

"Will I witness the birth of a miracle?" Ivanka deliberately posed curious, "Will you become a billionaire?" ”

She remembers very well that although Google has carried out several rounds of financing and share expansion, Duke's shares have been diluted to a certain extent, but through continuous investment, it still has a 25% share, according to the outside world's various optimism about Google, as well as Wall Street's analysis and prediction, once Google is listed, the value of this part of the shares will inevitably become a huge wealth figure.

"My dear ......," Duke gently wrapped his arms around Ivanka's waist, "you won't be bad in the future." ”

With the current development speed of instant sharing, the future operation of the listing may not create a wealth miracle.

Ivanka blinked and suddenly said, "What do you think of us going public with the company?" ”

"Now?" Duke frowned slightly, this is not the first time Ivanka has brought it up.

She had brought it up after she returned from New York, when Duke was busy making a new movie and didn't take it to heart.

"I think the opportunity is okay, the IT industry and the NASDAQ are recovering." Although Ivanka has this in mind, she is still asking Duke's opinion, "The number of registered users of the website also exceeds 5 million, what do you think?" ”

"Wait a little longer." Duke thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait for Google to go public, and then we'll see the situation first." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Ivanka nodded, "Well, then it's better to wait a little longer." (To be continued......)