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The Duke's studio has $20 million more on its books, not to mention the taxes that anyone would hate, and that part of the money doesn't quite belong to Duke.

According to the agreement, five percent of the Duke Studios' revenue share from the Death Island project goes to Nancy Josephson, and another five percent goes to the expenses of the team of lawyers and accountants; There is also $10 million for Duke to repay the mother's loan, and according to the verbal agreement, the mother receives 10 percent of the investment income as interest.

A total of $14 million is likely to be expended subsequently.

This is a highly commercial and specialized society, where you don't have to think about the things that have exclusive benefits and one person can solve all the problems, and if you don't give enough commissions to the people who do things, you will inevitably have losses far beyond the commission, or even a complete failure of the investment.

After all, Duke Studios will have $6 million in balance, plus Duke's remaining $1 million in "Death Island" salary, and the producer's $2 million in "Independence Day" base payment, he also has a fund in his hands.

How to use the funds is something he has been thinking about.

Even if the financial situation is bad, Duke knows that the dollar, like all paper money, is a rapidly depreciating currency, holding a lot of cash is the stupidest way to manage money, and if you follow the investment habits in Hollywood, stocks and real estate are the most popular investments for star directors.

This is an investment that Duke has considered, but before that, he has more important uses of the funds.

In the days that followed, Duke met with his agent, Nancy Josephson, in the midst of preparations for "Independence Day," and secretly discussed a number of future film matters, including that she, a former entertainment lawyer, veteran agent and negotiator, would become his temporary agent.

However, Duke will not blindly trust these cunning agents.

"Sophia, I asked the producer for a leave of absence for you."

In the living room of the apartment, Duke looked at Sophia, who he had brought back after work, "You start leaving the crew for a while tomorrow to work with Nancy." ”

"Say it." Sophia knew very well, and Duke said so, it must be something very important.

"You and the lawyer are staring at Nancy, I don't particularly trust her."

After explaining the most important thing, seeing Sophia nodding seriously, Duke said, "This is related to our future film plans." ”

"It's your plan." Sophia picked up the silver kettle and poured coffee into both cups.

"Yes, my plan."

Duke didn't bother to think about this, took a sip of coffee, took a thick piece of information from his side, and handed it to Sophia, "You guys go to New York first, go to Broadway and buy the film adaptation rights of a play!" Then go to London, meet the head of a copyright trusteeship, and the film adaptation rights of the novels they host should not be in their hands, and find a way to impress them, so that they can cooperate with us to win the film adaptation rights......"

While listening to Duke's words, Sophia looked at the information in her hand, her expression gradually became solemn, and she stopped saying teasing words, what does this guy want to do? Is it ready to transform?

Yes, he could see Duke's problem, and with his mind, how could he not perceive it? He himself admitted that pure sensory stimulation will always be boring one day, and it will inevitably transform in the future......

Sophia didn't expect that Duke had already prepared a more long-term plan before he reached the peak of the explosion.

Only, can he succeed? The themes of these two adaptations are not only very different from his style, but even the themes between them are completely different!

When she left North Hollywood, Sophia was still thinking about it.

Although he was a little overindulgent last weekend, back at work, Duke quickly left Charlize Theron and Cameron Diaz behind, and according to the plan he had already conceived, he used the funds in place to prepare for the inevitable future transformation of his career as a director.

Lawyer, Sophia Coppola and Nancy Josephson, this is a candidate that Duke has long considered, even Sophia, who is a good friend, he will not blindly trust him, and the three parties just form a system of mutual restraint and supervision.

The two works that bought the film rights, the former is good to say, although it is a traditional Broadway play, but no one cares about it, and it has been suspended for many years, while the latter is a little troublesome, and the limited memory tells him that the last two years are the best time to solve the scattered film copyrights, otherwise it will drag on until 95 years later, and several film companies will join it, which is bound to take a lot of effort.

As an avid fan, Duke still remembers that it was once a copyright issue alone that lasted for nearly two years, and the project almost died.

This part of the money is likely not enough, so Duke plans to temporarily put down his mother's loan, and then decide whether to pay it off this year, if there is a shortage of funds, he will pay the bill with this part first, and if there is a surplus, then he will invest in the stock market.

No one knows everything, and Duke was and still is a complete layman in financial markets such as stocks, but those who have experienced the information explosion in the Internet age, even if they are unheard, have heard of Apple, Microsoft, and Google.

Google doesn't know where yet, Microsoft has been a hot stock, Apple is mired in the quagmire and someone else is waiting to save it...... This is a point confirmed by Duke.

His investments don't need to be too cumbersome, just long-term holdings to preserve and appreciate value, and Apple and Microsoft are among the limited stocks he remembers, which can be seen in the stock market today.

When he was a teenager, Duke also thought about investing in finance, then making money from the stock market, and then entering Hollywood to kill all sides and achieve great things, but before he could implement it, he found that it was just a fantasy.

First of all, the family has money and he has money are two different things, before the age of sixteen, at most, he only has 40 dollars a month for pocket money, want to have more pocket money, being a newsboy is the fastest and most time-saving way, but he can't earn a few dollars, what else do you want to do? I'm sorry, but few companies hire child labor, let alone pay high wages.

After the age of sixteen, according to the tradition of the Rosenberg family, in addition to the expensive tuition fees that his mother was responsible for, Duke had to be responsible for his daily life and directing expenses, and worked as a crew handyman and extra, and he actually did not earn much money.

As for humming tunes to make money by copying songs and submitting scripts, that's just thinking too much.

Not to mention the high degree of professionalism required in the former, even if it can be hummed, it will need to be rewritten by the composer, who can guarantee that the other party will not have any thoughts? Yes, the Screenwriters Guild is a songwriter's work that can be recorded, but first to become a member, to become a member has to pay thousands of dollars in membership fees, and the filing fee is also thousands of dollars!

The scripts are also unreliable, just the six major companies will receive a total of more than 10,000 scripts every year, how many of them can be turned into movies? And how many of these are adaptations? How many projects are brought by producers or agencies and star actors?

Duke's own initial encounter is the best portrayal of the newly debuted screenwriter, Hollywood's large and small film companies, with thick scripts waiting for mold on their desks!

And relying on the advertising company at home to get a few futuristic advertisements is even more unreliable.

As we all know, movies are deeply affected by social realities, and advertisements that are also audio-visual works are more limited than movies!

This truth is too simple, in every era, there is always an aesthetic that belongs to this era, advertising is a product for the public, it must conform to the aesthetics of the times, and the mainstream society always has a strange mentality, often with a strong sense of nostalgia, but is extremely exclusive to things that are too advanced!

Is there a more unreliable way, a more ridiculous joke, than a more unreliable way to divert the ads of the Big Bang era to the 80s, and still succeed in causing a sensation?

His family is indeed very wealthy, but the owner of the property is not him, not to say too much, even if it is a few hundred dollars, his mother must agree.

To convince the mother to invest? What did he use to convince his mother? He is good at film production, not financial investment. Except for the concepts, I basically don't understand the latter. As a minor, take some reasons that you can't even fool yourself to convince your mother, who is a mature businessman?

Can a professional be asked to collect information for analysis? There is no shortage of professionals in this area in North America, and professionalism often means value, in this business country, the most basic measure of value is money, hiring a professional to write an extremely convincing and detailed reference support, at least to impress a businessman's investment analysis plan, how much does Duke need to pay for this?

If he had such a sum of money, he might as well go straight to Microsoft stock.

Even, Duke fantasized that his father, who divorced his mother in the early seventies, had set up a trust fund for him, and when he was sixteen or eighteen, he would automatically receive a large amount of property. However, it turned out once again that he was thinking too much.

In addition to the lack of money, in fact, Duke does not have many memories of non-cinema in North America in the 80s, don't forget that this is America! Not across the Pacific!

Let's just talk about the Plaza Agreement, which has been talked about by countless people, he does know that there is such a thing, but in which year and which month, how many people remember? How many people remember the turbulent dates of oil futures? How many people remember the date when a stock rose and fell sharply in the 80s?

Everyone's energy is limited, and if you want to be an excellent director in the future, it not only means a high degree of concentration, but also a lot of time consumption for learning and practice, Duke knows very well what he wants, and he also understands what he is good at, he is not a genius like Gai and Uncle Qiao!

Let's talk about Microsoft and Apple that he remembers, the former has been rising steadily in the eighties, and it is impossible to get several times or even dozens of times the investment windfall profits in a short period of time, while the latter experienced the glory of the early eighties, and after kicking Uncle Qiao out, he fell into the quagmire, and his performance and stock price were falling all the way, and he even encountered the danger of bankruptcy.

Even if there is a little money, Duke can't make a quick profit from them, and he doesn't know exactly what year Uncle Qiao returned to Apple, only that Apple was very good later.

What's more, he has no money at the beginning, and the director is not a director who can succeed by reliving once a matter of course, behind every successful director, it all represents the consumption of a lot of time and energy!

Sophia and others went to New York and London, but Duke still led the crew to busy the preliminary preparations, and after the time was transferred to late November, with the completion of the model production, the crew took the lead in starting the actorless shooting mode. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! ）

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