In the previous life, the total box office of the eight "Harry Potter" movies was 7.7 billion US dollars, and aside from the shooting costs and publicity costs, Warner's book income may be around 1 billion US dollars.

And J.K. Rowling has saved nearly $700 million just by writing novels.

Although the accounts can't be fully counted like this.

The bulk of Warner's revenue is still pulling up the stock price, peripheral products and film and television copyright income, and the movie box office is profitable as long as it does not lose money.

However, the huge increase in the sales of the novel is obvious.

There are many similar success stories in Hollywood, and of course there are many more examples of failure.

If Westar Pictures really gets lucky, it will be of great benefit to Jamie to be able to make "Percy Jackson" into a popular film series.

The most direct is to drive the sales of novels to skyrocket.

Moreover, what Jamie transferred to Weststar Pictures was only the authorization of the five novels of "Percy Jackson", and the derivative work only gave the other party the right of first negotiation.

The advantage is mine, and there will be no absurdity that Jamie was expelled from the "authorship" for saying "I don't like it" or "I don't agree".

Of course, in her previous life, JK Rowling was really not wronged at all.

Since she publicly stated that "Hermione was never said to be white in the novel", she herself had been expelled from her "authorship".

At least J.K. Rowling knows Harry Potter with a hammer.

Although the heroine of "Percy Jackson" was "blackened" after it was made into a TV series in the previous life, Jamie became the author in this life, and this kind of thing will never happen again.

There is no "Harry Potter" in this world, and the youth fantasy film market is still blank so far, if Weststar Pictures really puts some effort into making "Percy Jackson", it will really be able to make a hit.

That's what Jamie explained to Serena anyway.

As soon as the two finished their discussion on this topic, the doorbell rang.

Jamie gets up and goes over to open the door, and is surprised to find that it is Max standing outside the door.

Once inside, Max took the coffee that Serena had poured her, and hesitated for a moment with the cup in both hands before speaking.

"I'm here to confess something to you, in fact, I already knew your identity before the last chance encounter in the elevator."

Serena and Jamie looked at each other, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes.

Max continues:

"I came up to greet you that day, in fact, I wanted to tell you the truth, but then I hesitated."

"After this period of contact, I'm sure you're all very nice people, so I don't want to keep it hidden."

"About a week ago, the owner of the restaurant where I worked hired a new person, and as you might imagine, she wore a Chanel dress when she first came to work at the restaurant, and I didn't know it was the only valuable outfit she had left."

"I could tell at a glance that she was a rich girl in distress, and after learning that she was homeless, I decided to take her in, and now she lives with me and has a good relationship."

Hearing this, Serena couldn't help but interrupt.

"Wait, the rich girl you're talking about can't be Caroline Channing, right?"

Max nodded.

Oh, my God!

Serena held her forehead with one hand, and it was a little difficult to accept for a while.

Jamie, who had known the truth for a long time, took over from his girlfriend and continued to ask:

"Max, I don't quite understand why you're telling us this? Caroline must have told you that she and Serena don't have a good relationship, and you could have kept it all under wrap. ”

Max clenched the coffee cup in his hand.

In fact, it was only after a fierce battle between heaven and man that she decided to find out the truth about Jamie and Serena.

"I took Caroline in just out of sympathy, and of course there was a little bit of schadenfreude at seeing a rich girl like her in distress."

"But after a period of contact, I found out that she is really business-minded, including giving cupcakes to my employer's family for free tasting is also the idea she gave me."

"In other words, if it weren't for Caroline, you wouldn't have invited me to make cupcakes at a wedding, and you wouldn't have decided to invest in me to open a cake shop."

At this time, Jamie suddenly interjected.

"Do you know that after you tell us about this, we will probably stop investing in you."

Max nodded without hesitation.

Touched by Max's honesty, Serena immediately stated that her and Jamie's idea of investing in Max to open a store would not change just because Max knew Caroline.

Max, however, shook his head, and told Caroline to listen to her first.

"It has always been my dream to open a cake shop, but I'm just good at making cakes and I don't have much business acumen, while Caroline is very good at it, and she made me realize that you can make a lot of money making cupcakes."

"Before you decided to invest in me to open a shop, I had a pact with Caroline that if I did save enough money to open a cake shop one day, she would be my first store manager."

Not surprisingly, Serena was very resistant to this.

It's not because she's still thinking about the holidays with Caroline at school, but because Caroline's father, Martin, has made a Ponzi scheme that has made a lot of people miserable.

In addition to Nate, Serena also knows quite a few victims.

At least it will be ruined, at worst it will be bankrupt, and even those who jump off the building.

In this case, Serena really has no way to convince herself to invest in a crook's daughter.

Max expected this to be the case, nodded silently, put down a sip of coffee he hadn't drunk, and got up to say goodbye.

Jamie sends Max to the door, and Max once again apologizes and asks Jamie to tell Serena that she really didn't mean to hide it.

Closing the door and returning to the living room, Serena was still wrestling with the matter.

Max had a very good impression of Serena before.

This confession made Serena see many valuable qualities in Max, but she still couldn't pass her own level.

In desperation, Serena turned to Jamie for help.

How can we help Max realize his dream of opening a cake shop without suffering as much as he does now.

Jamie shrugged.

Serena doesn't invest, and it's not convenient for him to continue investing.

At least not on the surface.

The only way is to find another person to invest in Max, and Jamie secretly holds the shares and manipulates them behind the scenes.

As for the candidates-

"What do you think of Rebecca?"

Serena spoke suddenly.

Jamie looked at his girlfriend with some surprise, but the other party said:

"Why, do you think the first thing that comes to my mind is Blair? In fact, Blair hated Caroline more than I did, especially in the year I've been away. ”

This time, though, Serena guessed wrong.

Jamie was surprised that Rebecca was really a very good fit.

Rebecca's father set up a charitable foundation after Rebecca's mother's death, but the fund is suspected of cheating money in the name of charity.

It wasn't a thunderstorm, but Rebecca's father would be jailed for some tax issues.

To say that Rebecca's father is really floating.

In the land of America, it's okay to challenge any rule, but don't die challenging the IRS.

Anyway, after that incident, Rebecca's family was considered bankrupt.

It's really similar to Caroline.

Find Rebecca to invest in Max's cake shop, which might as well be called Bankrupt Sisters.

After receiving Jamie's support, Serena immediately called Rebecca.

After listening to Serena's explanation, Rebecca was not very interested at first.

It wasn't until she heard that Jamie would secretly hold the shares and take the lion's share of the investment that Rebecca changed her mind.

Jamie's business acumen and vision have been well proven on WeHouse.

Being a surrogate doesn't seem like a bad thing either.

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In the afternoon, Jimmy arrived at the Williamsburg restaurant ten minutes earlier than the agreed time.

He came by taxi.

When I looked up and saw the restaurant sign, I felt inexplicably familiar.

When he entered the door, he saw Li Han, the boss who was chattering after two beautiful waiters complaining about the guests and complaining about their poor service attitude, Jimmy remembered.

Isn't this the same Asian he fooled last time?

"If you think these complaints will affect the restaurant's revenue, you can fire both of us." Max, who was busy wiping the table, replied without giving face at all.

After cleaning up the leftover plate from the previous customer, Caroline, who was walking back, seriously agreed.

Li Han quit.

"You must be misunderstood, the reason the customers complained about you is because they think there is a big problem with the waiter's uniform, Max's neckline should be lower, Caroline's skirt should be shorter, do you think I should take their advice?"

Lewd chef Oleg stuck his head out of the window and was the first to agree.

Max turned around and was about to unceremoniously sarcastically mock Li Han's whimsy, but looked up to see Jimmy standing in the doorway.

Both of them were stunned at the same time.

At the wedding yesterday, Jimmy tried to strike up a conversation with Max.

Max knew that Jimmy was Jamie's personal lawyer, but Jimmy didn't know that Max was just a restaurant waiter.

Jimmy, who came from the bottom, didn't have any contempt for Max, it was just a little surprised.

Instead, Max was confused.

Jamie and Serena are no longer ready to invest in her cake shop, so why is Jimmy still here?