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On this occasion, David Ellison still showed a certain amount of education, said a brief hello to Duke, pulled out a chair and sat down, and looked at Charlize Theron opposite.

If it is a young actor or a second- or third-tier star in Hollywood, when he hears this sentence from David Ellison, he may post it, but for an actor of Charlize's level, this kind of talk is basically unattractive, and this South American diamond squinted at Duke, and although the words were polite, they were not very polite.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ellison, but my work schedule for the next few years is full." She outright refused.

The corners of David Ellison's eyes jumped, but like Duke would not be rude to drive him away on such an occasion, he couldn't say anything more, so he had to withdraw his gaze from Charlize and turn to Duke's side.

"You know what?" He smiled mysteriously, "I've signed a transfer agreement with Relativity and Dune Capital!" ”

Duke couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Before he could say anything, David Ellison said with a bit of arrogance, "I have already bought the investment shares of Relativity Corporation and Dune Capital in the four projects of "Tron", "Robin Hood", "Alien Battlefield" and "Super Battleship......"

At this point, he turned to Tina Fey, "I suggest you dismiss this assistant, she's too slow." ”

"You ......," Tina Fey looked a little angry, "If it weren't for the fact that the bid was thirty percent higher than mine, you could have signed an agreement with them?" ”

David Ellison laughed, very happy.

He is indeed very happy, the other party has always been bound to win the four projects, but in the end he grabbed it.

"Congratulations, David." Duke still looked indifferent, and didn't seem to take these things to heart at all, "Your liquidity is all on these projects, and the risk is a little bigger." ”

"I don't deny it. I don't have as much money as you. ”

Looking at Duke, David Ellison ignored his expression, and as he got to know better, he gradually realized how determined the person sitting across from him was. It's just a normal performance, "These four projects do cost a lot of liquidity, and I may not be able to stop you from taking investment shares in other films from Relativity and a few other film funds, but I have gathered the remaining funds and prepared a good gift for you." ”

"For me?" Duke pointed to himself. Slightly surprised, he asked, "Or a gift?" ”

David Ellison tapped the arm of his chair and asked, "I heard that your new movie is about to start preparing?" ”

It's not a secret, Duke nodded directly and admitted, and deliberately suddenly said, "Are you also preparing a new project, do you want to release it at the same time as my new film?" ”

"Exactly!" David Ellison leaned forward with his upper body, narrowed the distance between him and Duke, and said mysteriously. "I've got an equalweight opponent for you!"

A director who can be on the same level as Duke can be counted on one hand in the whole of Hollywood.

"You're talking about the same equalweight opponent......" Charlize Theron took David Ellison's words, "could it be today's master?" ”

David Ellison opened his mouth and laughed, then said, "Steven Spielberg has agreed to be the director of the new film I have invested in." ”

"Looks like I'm really going to congratulate you this time." Duke wasn't surprised.

Hollywood is suffering from a money shortage, and so is Spielberg's DreamWorks, and in order to solve the funding problem, he even begged the Indians, and Duke got the news while he was still in London. David Ellison's foundation stepped in and helped Spielberg solve DreamWorks' financial crisis.

Now it seems that Spielberg's new film directed by David Ellison must be part of the agreement.

The name Spielberg represents more than just a director. There's also a huge network of connections that can make a huge difference when he dissipates the idea of competing with the Big Six.

Duke also had to admit that David Ellison was really good at taking advantage of the situation.

"What's your new project?" David Ellison asked suddenly.

After a little groaning, Duke said directly, "Sci-fi genre." ”

"I'm investing in comic book adaptations." David Ellison's tone was a little smug. "Spielberg's first comic book adaptation, how many people's attention can it attract just that?"

Hearing the comic adaptation, Duke couldn't help but ask tentatively, "It won't be "The Adventures of Tintin", right?" ”

Many people in Hollywood know that Steven Spielberg got the film rights to "The Adventures of Tintin" in the year, and the film entered the stage of preparing for filming in 4 years, at that time, Spielberg wanted Jack Nicholson to play Captain Daddock.

In the end, due to technical problems, the film shooting plan of "The Adventures of Tintin" had to be temporarily "hidden".

Now it seems that David Ellison may have invested in the project.

David Ellison hesitated, out of his own personality, and the film was officially established soon, there was no need to hide it, and said, "It's "The Adventures of Tintin", which will be released next summer. ”

Duke nodded, "My film is also next year's summer file." ”

The other party really wants to compete with him, and Duke is not afraid, over the years, his films have basically been selected on popular schedules, which one wants to stand out and does not need to face fierce competition?

While Spielberg is indeed a formidable opponent, he hasn't had his share of misses.

Besides, if a film wants to detonate the market, the competition is not as simple as the quality of the film, but also the comprehensive strength of many links from production to publicity.

As long as you shoot a good enough film and/or a good enough film, you should achieve good commercial results, not to mention that Duke will not believe it, even David Ellison will scoff at it.

David Ellison stood up, "I'm looking forward to next summer. ”

Duke smiled and shook his head, but said nothing, and there was no need to continue, in his belief, actual action was always more powerful than mockery in person.

After arranging his white shirt, David Ellison turned away contentedly, leaving only the three Duke with a proud back.

"He and Spielberg teamed up ......"

Watching David Ellison go away, Charlize Theron couldn't help but show some concern, "I'm afraid it's going to be a very strong opponent." ”

This was inevitable, and both Duke and Tina Fey nodded cautiously.

Although Duke did not say the release date of his new film, he believes that David Ellison will wait for Warner Bros. to announce the release of "The Adventures of Tintin" before setting a release date.

Unlike Duke and Charlize Theron, the caution on Tina Fey's face suddenly turned into curiosity, "Is the comic book "The Adventures of Tintin" famous in itself? ”

Duke looked at her in surprise, and then figured out that he himself had a special experience, needless to say, Charlize Theron was a South African and had lived in Europe for a long time, but Tina Fey was an authentic and native American!

With the inherent concept of Americans, it is too normal not to understand the situation of foreign comics.

Of course, Duke couldn't say how much he knew about "The Adventures of Tintin", he just explained, "It's like a French and Belgian comic that has a certain influence throughout the Western world." ”

It seems that he thought of the same point as Duke, Charlize Theron first complained in his heart about Americans who don't care about the world, and then rolled his eyes without a trace, and said in detail, "The Adventures of Tintin is the work of Belgian Hergé, the whole comic book story is based on exploration and discovery, supplemented by science fantasy content, and advocates anti-war, peace and humanitarian ideas, which is very famous all over the world, although this series has become a hundred years old, it still has quite a lot of enthusiasts and commemorators today, as far as I know." In Europe, its comic series is still being reprinted. ”

"So...... "Tina Fey thought of the film, "after the film is completed, there will be no shortage of the most basic audience." ”

This can be said to be the natural advantage of comics or adaptations, and it is also an important reason why Hollywood is unwilling to spend more effort on original works, but favors adaptations.

"Your new project is original," Charlize Theron leaned to Duke's side, "The Adventures of Tintin is Spielberg's best adventure family carnival, and the most graded is PG-, but what about your new title?" ”

Charlize Theron has already read the script, not to mention that the content of the script is biased towards cults, and there are still a large number of large-scale scenes, no matter how you look at it, PAA will inevitably be classified as an R-rated film.

R-rated films are inherently inadequate to PG-'s adventure family carnival.

Of course, Duke knows this, and in today's world, the films that can really be super box office hits are all in the genre of PG or PG-.

"According to your ......"

Although I can't remember the box office of this unwatched "The Adventures of Tintin", Duke is still more optimistic, "I'm going to be beaten by David Ellison next year?" ”

"If you fail," Charlize Theron said deliberately seriously, "I won't let you go, but I've put my image and future on you!" ”

Tina Fey just smiled faintly, she had always had confidence in Duke.

Duke didn't say much, raised his hand to look at his watch, and stood up first, "It's not early, I'm ready to go, what about you?" ”

Charlize Theron and Tina Fey also stood up and followed Duke towards the ballroom.

"When does it start?"

Hearing Charlize's words, Duke replied casually, "Wait until I'm done with my vacation." (To be continued.) )

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