"Give it to me, Emma."

Take the silver kettle from the butler's hand, Tina? Faye walked through the garden, towards the side by the sea, came to a thick palm tree, sat down on one side of the oak table, took the Duke teacup opposite, filled it for him, and pushed it back.

"Thank you."

With his eyes slightly off the laptop screen, Duke nodded to the female assistant, "When did you come over?" ”

"Just now."

The sea breeze is a little strong, Tina? Fei tied her long hair behind her head, "After the first week, Sony Columbia has significantly reduced the resources invested in Godzilla, and the criticism for The Matrix is much smaller, and the studio can be more relaxed. ”

She looked at Duke, and finally couldn't help but say, "You've just recovered and started working again." ”

"Anything in the world can be squandered because there's always a chance to start over."

Raising his head, Duke saved the script he had just typed, picked up the teacup, and said before drinking, "There is only time, and if it is wasted, it will never be recovered." ”

"With a boss like you." Tina? Faye joked with Duke, "I really don't know if it's luck or sadness." ”

Seeing Duke smile and shake his head, Tina? Fei changed the subject, pointed to the notebook and asked curiously, "New script?" ”

"Well, the new script." Duke, nodded.

"I remember you had several scripts on file with the Screenwriters Guild."

After Duke turns the notebook over to her, Tina? Fei was not polite, opened the document, and said while reading, "Those haven't been finished yet, and there are new ideas?" ”

"It's a work of real nature." Duke took a new teacup. Help Tina? Fei poured a cup of black tea and said, "Based on an incident you personally experienced." ”

"Thank you." Tina? Fei scratched her face, "You can see it, no wonder you asked me about so many shootings, and asked me to collect information from the Los Angeles police." It turned out to be preparing. ”

Duke regretted a little, "It would be better if I could get the video shot by ABC TV." ”

"They refused?" Tina? Fei looked up and asked, "You didn't look for Robert?" Egger try? ”

"Unless you accept their investment." Duke shook his head directly, "Otherwise Walt Disney won't provide it, so I gave up." ”

He turned his head to look at the sea, "This is just an adaptation with a small investment, and the content will not exactly match the shooting in North Hollywood, I just want to practice with a small production of multi-line narrative." ”

"Practice?" Tina? Fei said as a matter of course. "With your current ability, do you still need to practice?"

"Honey, don't overestimate my abilities." Duke has always been clear-headed, "I don't know when, I'm going to fail." But I don't want failure to happen on a big budget like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and according to my plan, the last two installments of this series will have a lot of multi-line narrative, and my narrative ability has always been a weakness. I'm well aware of that, so I'm going to be prepared......"

Speaking of which. Duke suddenly asked, "Tina, are you interested in playing yourself in this film?" ”

"Me?" Tina? Fei was just stunned for a moment, then shook her head, "I don't want to be an actor, I like to engage in commercial work." ”

When I first entered Hollywood. She also has a dream of becoming famous, but after seeing the face of this circle and the fierce competition more clearly, she faded this idea, and she also knew that her talent was average, if she had the support of Duke. It is not too difficult to become a second-rate actress in the future, but she knows very clearly which is more important, a second-rate actress or an executive of Duke Studio.

She has won Duke's trust and respect with her appearance, and in Hollywood, as long as well-informed people know the weight of her words in front of Duke, even Naomi? Watts and Charlize? Theron, who is now so red that she is purple, also needs to show enough respect when she sees her.

To be a starlet who looks up to people? She's not that stupid.

Duke didn't want to let his right-hand man go, of course, but at this point, he asked casually, and then forgot about the thought.

After a few more words of discussion about the unfinished script, the conversation between the two gradually shifted to the next stage of work.

"Tina, let the team know in advance." Duke told the female assistant, "Back in New Zealand in mid-August. ”

Shortly after the release of "The Matrix", except for a few guards who took turns on vacation, Duke took a long vacation for the staff who had been busy in New Zealand for nearly a year, and the vacation lasted for nearly three months.

Turning off his laptop, Duke thought for a moment and said, "Contact a real estate agent to find a suitable home in Wellington, we'll be there for the next few years." ”

"What about this project?" Tina? Fei pointed to the notebook, "Also preparing in New Zealand?" ”

"Bank of America won't let us shoot a shootout in front of our door."

Picking up his notebook, Duke walked towards the villa, waiting for Tina? Fei followed with a silver kettle and cup, and said, "I'm ready to find the right street in Wellington and set up a set for filming." ”

Lower's Valley Boulevard is one of the financial centers of the greater Los Angeles area, and a few years after the bank robbery at Bank of America's Los Angeles branch, the Bank of America was going crazy to shoot a shootout in front of them.

This multi-line narrative project has not even been completed with a script, and Duke plans to start preparations after arriving in New Zealand, and will not spend too much time filming the production, which will only be a low-budget real film with an investment of less than 10 million US dollars.

Back in the eye-shaped villa, Duke sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the sea in the distance, and continued to think about the script just now, now that "The Matrix" is moving smoothly, and Warner Bros. is behind it, he doesn't need to spend too much thought, and how the content of the new project should be carried out will have to be carefully considered.

Unlike in the past, this project has nothing to learn from memory except for some information, and it can be said to be an original work, according to his plan, the investment is at most 8 million US dollars - 10 million US dollars, and the genre is a realistic gunfight film.

But sitting here and thinking about it for a while, Duke found that there was a problem with the script he wrote, and now the classical shootout has declined, and the film is based on real events, which also determines that in the end, it cannot be a shootout like "The Matrix", or a shootout with romantic overtones, realism is a must choice.

Realism also means that it lags behind this era, and the future income of the film ......

Thinking of this, Duke suddenly slapped his head, as a film studio, profit is an instinctive consideration, but such a real film, it seems that he can let go of the pressure brought by profitability and shoot completely according to his ideas, even if the film loses money in the end, it is nothing to him.

Moreover, he has enough market appeal, and he may not lose much money on an investment of $8 million to $10 million.

Taking the coffee from Emma, Duke sniffed the aroma of the coffee while thinking back to the information of several people he had seen who he wanted to set as the main characters, especially the two criminals Larry? Eugene? Phillips and Emile? Dirkbal? Mata Salinu.

Like most criminals, these two people are not born criminals, and it can be said that there are many reasons for committing such a serious crime, and the unfortunate family is an important part of it.

Family...... A complete and happy family has a huge impact on a person's growth and even influence.

Family is also the most recognized mainstream value in North America, why does "Saving Private Ryan" resonate so much? Why is it so impactful? In addition to the humanistic care inside, maintaining the integrity of the family is also an extremely important reason.

Any film has to address a theme, even the most commercial.

Family, is undoubtedly a very suitable theme.

Gradually, Duke's thinking became clearer, and the broken family caused tragedy, and the happy family ......

Thinking of this, and drinking the remaining coffee from the cup, Duke picked up the notebook on the coffee table in the living room and went upstairs into the study, ready to overhaul part of the script that had been completed in combination with the collected materials.

Duke is preparing a script for a new project, and The Matrix continues to generate large revenues in the market.

Like last weekend, the biggest opponent of "The Matrix" is still Sony Columbia Pictures' "Godzilla", and the rapidly declining audience reputation has exposed the lack of stamina of "Godzilla".

Compared with $8.25 million last Sunday, "Godzilla" fell by as much as 37 percent at the box office on Monday, closing $5.2 million in a single day.

"The Matrix" continued its steady streak, falling within 20 percent on Monday, earning $8.21 million.

In the following three working days, the single-day box office of "Godzilla" continued to decline, with $5.12 million on Tuesday, $4.95 million on Wednesday and $4.66 million on Thursday.

In the past three days, the box office of "The Matrix" has also declined, but it has always firmly surpassed "Godzilla", reporting $8.01 million, $7.85 million, and $7.52 million respectively in the same period.

Before Memorial Day weekend, "The Matrix" grossed $182.45 million at the North American box office, and "Godzilla," which was released for a week in the evening, earned $46.72 million.

The single-day box office of "Heaven and Earth," which was released a week earlier than "The Matrix," has slipped below $2 million, but the North American box office has reached $65.12 million after barely maintaining its screening in about 1,000 theaters.

The film's single-theater box office and theater count are shrinking rapidly, and the remaining running time in the North American market will not be too long.

In the strangulation of the three major productions before and after, "The Matrix" has stood out, and in this new weekend, it is Michael? Bei's "Peerless Tribulation". (To be continued......)

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