Originally, Duke planned to rent a luxury yacht and go to sea for a vacation with his mother and others, but his mother had been flying around for more than half a year, just wanting to rest quietly for a while, and did not want to go out again, so the vacation plan had to be canceled.

However, Duke didn't worry too much, although Malibu is full of rich people, there are too many targets worth hitting in the United States, even if those people get into the water, they will not choose Malibu.

Despite knowing that the country might be about to undergo a major upheaval, Duke continued to work and live in Burbank and Malibu as usual. When Mr. Trump found the address he liked, he casually went around.

She also plans to locate her future business in the greater Los Angeles area.

Duke has no opinion on this, and can vaguely guess Ivanka's thoughts, after all, his past experience is inevitably too rich.

Although September 11 is just around the corner, Duke has no intention of giving up on the job at hand.

The post-production of "Two Towers" continues, and the North American and world theatrical journey of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is not yet over.

Since August, the North American box office of "The Fellowship of the Ring" has declined rapidly, and only $16.2 million was produced in North American theaters in August, although the cumulative North American box office has reached $456.25 million, it is basically impossible to break the $500 million mark.

Overseas, the film has been removed from some markets, but overseas screenings are far from over, compared with "Titanic", the overseas box office proportion of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is significantly smaller, far from the ratio of 1 to 2 between Big Ship North America and overseas box office.

Even so, "The Fellowship of the Ring" has taken more than $636 million from overseas regions, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that the global box office will eventually exceed $1.1 billion.

Corresponding to the box office, it is the continued popularity of peripheral products.

After the cinema market cooled down, the surrounding market has maintained a relatively strong sales trend. In particular, the soundtrack album, which was released only in July, has sold more than 4.8 million copies worldwide, and the Lord of the Rings Studios alone can get a whopping $35 million!

Before negotiations have begun on the rights to DVD, videotape and TV broadcasts, the sales of "The Fellowship of the Ring" have already exceeded the $600 million mark!

According to Warner Bros. and Wall Street's estimates, the "Lord of the Rings" series is bound to exceed $1 billion in merchandise sales before the release of "The Two Towers."

Although the peripheral products should be shared with manufacturers, distributors and marketers, etc. But for the Lord of the Rings, it's still a huge amount of money.

Of course, according to the agreement signed, 7.5 percent of all the proceeds went to Tolkien's descendants and the copyright trustee.

This is the terms that were negotiated when the copyright was first obtained, and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is not one of those obscure literary works, even if it is hailed as the most difficult novel to be adapted into a movie, but you want to get it without paying enough price, how is it possible?

After three and a half months of screenings. The Fellowship of the Ring is nearing its end, but Duke is well aware that the film is unlikely to do much more in the theatrical market, and that if it happens as it once did, all industries in the United States will suffer a huge impact.

As for what advance notice or hint is done? His head is not yet funny, and he understands what to touch and what not to touch.

"Hey, dear. Rise and shine. ”

Duke slept soundly when he felt a familiar smell coming from the tip of his nose. You don't have to open your eyes to see that Ivanka has a finger on his nose, stretches out her hands and leans forward, then takes her into her arms, rolls over and presses underneath, one hand down her bulging buttocks. What I touched was the tight jeans, so I had to open my eyes.

"What time is it?" Duke let go of Ivanka, stretched, and looked out the window, "So early?" ”

"It's almost six o'clock." Ivanka dragged him by the arm. Picked up Dukla and reminded, "Have you forgotten? At eight o'clock you want to accompany me to Venice to see an office building. ”

"Is it today?" Duke jumped out of bed and walked towards the bathroom, "I remember it was Tuesday. ”

"It's Tuesday." Ivanka walked in with Duke, saw him shaving, took a toothbrush to help Duke squeeze the toothpaste, and said with a little dissatisfaction, "I reminded you last week." ”

"Sorry, I've been too busy lately......" Duke gave an apologetic expression.

In the last two days, in addition to his own work, he has also gone to the Los Angeles County Police Department for routine questioning. A pai duì gathered by Pearson gained a large number of favors, and it was close to the early hours of the morning that he returned home.

After washing, Duke returned to his bedroom, where Ivanka had prepared his formal business attire.

"Honey, I'm going to get lazy if I go on like this." Duke kissed her on the forehead, and suddenly remembered that it was Tuesday, that is, September 11th, but he didn't pay much attention to it when he saw that the needle on the wall had just turned to 6 o'clock, he vaguely remembered that the incident happened in the middle of the morning, and it should be early.

Unhurriedly getting dressed, Duke looked at Ivanka who was packing his bags and reminded, "Let's go down." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door, and the person who knocked on the door used great force, as if something serious had happened.

"Duke!"

Is it Scarlett who is ringing outside? Johnson's voice, Ivanka couldn't help frowning, she could feel that the girl was very repulsive to her, always playing tricks to show her importance and sense of existence.

Of course, she is gentle in front of Duke, but she is also not simple-minded in dealing with others.

An assistant who will be recognized by Duke must have considerable ability.

"Why did you come and knock on the door so early?" Ivanka just said it.

"There may be something urgent."

Duke pretended not to hear what Ivanka meant, walked over and opened the door, Scarlett? Johnson looked panicked, and when he saw him, he directly pulled him up and left, saying as he walked, "Hurry up, Duke, something big has happened in New York, and my godmother asked me to come and call you!" ”

"What big deal can be?" Ivanka followed from behind.

But when Duke heard the name of New York, he unconsciously quickened his pace, what big thing can happen in New York today?

Scarlett walked so fast that she almost ran, Duke frowned, he had just checked the time, and it was only six o'clock.

Thinking of the time, he suddenly secretly scolded himself for being really busy lately, this is Western Time, New York is Eastern Time!

"The World Trade Center is on fire."

After turning up the stairs, Scarlett said as she ran, "Godmother said it was a plane that crashed into the Twin Towers!" ”

"What?" Ivanka let out a voice of disbelief, "How is that possible. ”

But all the impossible happened.

Downstairs in the living room, Duke and Ivanka were in the south tower, where flames and thick smoke immediately rose from the place where they were hit, and the TV screen was panicked from the presenter to the people on the street to the rescuers.

"What the hell is going on?"

Scarlett wasn't the only one who was questioning? Johnson, and Ivanka? Trump.

"Probably ......," Mrs. Leah kept calm enough, "it could be a terrorist attack." ”

After saying that, she picked up her phone, walked to the side and started dialing, Scarlett and Ivanka looked for their phones as if they had been prompted, and began to call friends and relatives in New York.

Duke also made a couple of calls, Zach? Schneider was filming the finishing shots of the last two parts of "The Matrix" in Sydney, and Sophia? Coppola inspects locations in Tokyo, Erin? Lauder is far away in Paris preparing for Fashion Week, Leonardo? DiCaprio picks up chicks in the Mediterranean......

Few of the friends he knew who had never hung up were now in New York, let alone under the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

"Dad, they're all right." Ivanka was the first to walk back and let out a sigh of relief in the face of Duke.

Subsequently, everything that should have happened happened, the Pentagon was slammed, the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed one after another, and the US airspace banned any civilian aircraft from taking to the air, and George W. Bush stood up to speak, confirming that it was a terrorist attack......

There is no doubt that this is the heaviest blow to the United States itself, and the fairy tale of peace that the United States can stay out of the world has been completely shattered, and another social change is about to begin.

In the evening, Tina who went out to sea together? Faye and Nancy? Josephson and Pani? Kelis rushed over.

Things have happened, and Duke, as a public figure, will definitely make some statements later, and these statements are not just something that can be made casually.

"My advice is not to move now."

Pani? Kelis has a wealth of experience in public relations, "Let's wait and see, and until the situation is clear, any public statement is stupid." ”

"I agree with Pani." Nancy? Josephson chimed in.

Duke had already figured out his position, "We are not doing anything for the time being, and we have only one main purpose of action, to follow the mainstream voice and support the federal government." ”

No matter how many times Washington authorities are hacked in the film, there is no doubt about the power of the White House, and in such an emergency, it would be foolish to go against the mainstream.

That's right, Fahrenheit 911 was once very popular and caused a lot of controversy, but it never became a mainstream voice, and what kind of Cheng Dù and where the director was finally suppressed may only God know.

Even if Fahrenheit 911 is real, so what? The George W. Bush family has a close relationship with the bin Laden family, and the whole 911 incident is a conspiracy, so what is the matter with Duke?

Even if the whole of Manhattan was bombed, he would only mourn the marvel comics he had invested in.

Duke is very conscious, he is just a director and businessman, what does the truth behind 911 have to do with him?

Like most people in Hollywood, Duke is just waiting, waiting for the right time and occasion to make the right statement. (To be continued......)