Leaving Dubai, Duke and Ivanka headed north to see the Hill of Zion in Jerusalem, sailing from Venice to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, shouting at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, tasting at a special café in Amsterdam, and arriving in Paris after Thanksgiving.

The first thing he did when he arrived in Paris was that he missed the premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets due to his travels, Duke walked into the theater and watched the film.

After the success of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", except for Joanna? Outside of Rowling's negotiations, he basically stopped investing in this project, but completely handed it over to Robin? Grande is in charge, and if there are no special circumstances, the production manager will follow the series until the finale.

"It's imperative to change the director."

After leaving the theater, Duke didn't hail a taxi, and walked not far along the road before he arrived at the Seine, picked up Ivanka and walked along the river, discussing the film he had just watched while walking.

"It's really not as good as the first one." Ivanka dragged Duke towards the open-air café by the river, "Anyway, in the eyes of a layman, the decline in quality is more obvious." ”

Finding a table to sit down and asking for two more cups of hot coffee, Duke took a sip and said, "This is Chris?" Columbus had an old problem. ”

"Huh?" Ivanka didn't quite understand.

Duke added a lump of sugar to his coffee and explained, "Chris? Christopher Columbus is one of Hollywood's best family directors, but his problems are quite prominent, and his sequels are often much lower than the first......"

"So you and Warner want to swap him out?" Ivanka gradually understood.

"That's just one thing," Duke shook his head slowly, "and on the other hand, he's not too suitable for the adult style that will start to go later, and Columbus himself doesn't want to continue directing." ”

Ivanka nodded. Picking up the coffee cup, he said, "Is there a suitable new director?" ”

"Robin and Warner's people are auditioning."

Duke drank the coffee in his cup, saw a little tiredness on Ivanka's face, stood up and said, "Let's go back and rest early." ”

"Hmm." Ivanka came over and grabbed Duke's arm. "Let's go back to the hotel."

As soon as he returned to the hotel suite, Ivanka's assistant Rita knocked on the door and walked in, although traveling around the world, Duke and Ivanka could not completely throw away their work, and this assistant temporarily served the two of them.

Instead of looking for Ivanka, she walked directly to Duke and handed over a fax, "This is from the Duke's studio just faxed over." ”

"Thank you."

Duke nodded at her, and the assistant vanished faster than he had come.

"Got something to do?"

Ivanka takes off her coat. Sitting on the couch, "Are you going to the study?" ”

"Nothing, just the North American box office statistics for the first two weekends." Duke used to sit next to Ivanka, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." ”

Because she had just watched the movie and had a bad relationship, Ivanka asked, "Won't it fall at the box office?" ”

"It's a decline, but it's not a big drop." Duke picked up the materials. As he watched, he said, "$88.35 million in the first weekend." The next weekend was $45.22 million, and it has been in theaters for ten days, with a total of $158.66 million in North America. ”

"Not bad."

In this respect, Ivanka shares the same qualities as Duke, and values business performance more.

"The box office can only be said to be okay." Duke laughed happily, "It's mainly the periphery. Since the release of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", the five English-speaking countries alone have sold nearly $200 million in the surrounding area. ”

Ivanka suddenly sighed and fell on top of Duke, one arm using his leg as a fulcrum. His chin was raised.

"What's wrong?" Duke kissed her lightly on the forehead.

"My sanity tells me that the film industry is a very risky industry, but what I see is that movies are very profitable......," Ivanka sighed again, "I think I chose the wrong industry." ”

"Honey." Duke encouraged, "You choose the future. ”

No one can guarantee what the future will look like, and all Duke can do is seize the present.

Because of the frequent visits of the British, Duke and Ivanka did not cross the English Channel, but went all the way north, intending to experience the ice and snow of Northern Europe, but when they arrived in Stockholm and had just checked into the hotel, they received a very special invitation - someone invited Duke and Ivanka to visit a manor in the suburbs.

"My master said that you will naturally know each other when I meet you."

The person who delivered the invitation left only one sentence and left the hotel.

"Do you have any acquaintances in Sweden?" Ivanka asked curiously.

"Uh......" Duke thought for a moment, but still shook his head, it had been years since the affair with the Swedish princess.

Could it be Princess Victoria's invitation?

As soon as he remembered the princess, Duke himself vetoed it, no matter how you look at it, this is not an invitation from the Swedish royal family.

Suddenly, it occurred to Duke who this man might be.

"Shall we go?"

Hearing Ivanka's question, Duke nodded solemnly, "Let's go." ”

After an afternoon at the hotel, close to evening, Duke asked for a car from the hotel, gave the address on the invitation, and the driver took them to a suburban estate in less than half an hour.

This is a typical Nordic building, judging from the style of the building, it is obvious that it was not built in the last ten years, it should be some years.

The car was guided to the front of the villa, and as soon as it stopped, a butler-like person had already walked over and opened the door for them, waiting for Duke and Ivanka to get out of the car and make a gesture of please.

"Sir is waiting for you in the dining room."

The butler led the way, and Duke didn't say much, but as he walked forward, through a long corridor, he turned into a huge dining room, which was quite elegantly or chic, with Western paintings on one wall, and shelves on the other, all porcelain.

Looking at the style and shape of the guò porcelain, it is not difficult for Duke to tell that this is not high-end porcelain from England, Dutch or Japan, but from the East, and may be a rumored antique.

He didn't understand any of this, and he wasn't interested, so he just glanced at it casually and looked right in the middle of the restaurant.

It was a long oak dining table, and at the head of the table sat a middle-aged man with brown hair with some golden hair, he was very well maintained, he looked like he was in his forties, and his stiff face was somewhat similar to Dukey's.

Although Duke disappeared when he was just a little kid, his experience was not ordinary after all, even if the other party's appearance changed a little, he still recognized it at a glance.

"Surprised, Duke?"

The other party's smile was full of charm, and he made a gesture of invitation to Ivanka, "Sit casually, Miss Trump." ”

Duke nodded to Ivanka, and walked over and sat on the left hand side of the middle-aged man, "It's a bit of an accident, I thought you had forgotten about me......"

"Actually, I've been paying attention to you," the other party always kept an elegant smile, "but you don't know." ”

"Need I say thank you?" Duke smiled faintly, "Mr. Rand? ”

The other party shook his head, "You're welcome." ”

Ivanka also realized who Mr. Lant was in Duke's mouth, and wisely chose to remain silent.

The dishes were brought up one by one, and after saying a few words without being salty or light, Duke stopped talking, but slowly tasted the food with Nordic style, and the middle-aged man maintained an elegant smile and style, and did not talk much.

"Is your mom okay?" He asked.

Duke looked up and said with certainty, "Very good." ”

He didn't care about Duke, but looked at Ivanka, "Sorry, Miss Trump, I just lost my respect." Introduce yourself, I'm Neeson? Rand, Duke's father. ”

"Hello, Mr. Rand." Ivanka smiled politely back.

Neeson? Rand looked at Duke again, "You're doing a great job. ”

"Thank you." Duke said politely, deliberately turning his head to look at the artwork in the restaurant, "Your oil business looks good too." ”

"It's just a small business." Neeson? Rand has always been like that, "You can't compare to you, one of the 100 richest people in Forbes." ”

"The value of stocks is all inflated." Duke lowered his head and used his knife and fork to deal with the salmon on his plate, "Where can you compare it to oil and cash." ”

A stock market turmoil, a lot of people who have lost half of their net worth.

Most of the time, both sides are relatively silent, even if there is a blood relationship, I haven't seen each other for so many years, it must be false to say that there is a relationship, from the other party's words, Duke can also hear that his father, who has not seen him for many years, just saw a photo of him leaving the airport taken by the Swedish paparazzi on the Internet, and suddenly wanted to meet him on a whim.

To put it bluntly, this is just an irresponsible father who suddenly saw his famous son and became a little curious and interested.

"Winfrey? Oprah's people approached me. ”

Towards the end of dinner, Neeson? Rand added, "But don't worry, I've rejected her. ”

"Thank you." Duke kept his distance politely.

He didn't think about Winfrey? Oprah can impress the other party, he is not short of money, and he doesn't like to act in a high-profile manner, his biggest hobby is the weakness of that black woman, how can he go to "Oprah Talk Show".

After dinner, Duke didn't want to stay any longer, and the other party didn't mean to stay, but when he walked out of the villa, Neeson? Rand patted his arm lightly.

"Duke, keep up the good work, let me see what you can do."

To Neeson? Rand nodded, and Duke turned and pulled the car door, waited for Ivanka to get into the car first, and then bent down to get inside, and the car sped towards the gate of the manor.

Duke looked back, then turned back to the front, knowing that the two sides would rarely meet in the future. (To be continued......)

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