Vol 2 Chapter 383: Strange couple

"Universal Pictures intends to accept my investment in "Fast and Furious"."
Standing across from Duke, the Lord Earl from France looked confident and arrogant, "The amount is as high as $5 million. As long as the film starts, my funds will be in place."
"Are you going to invest in the film industry?" Duke pretended to be curious. "I don't know what industry your family is in France?"
Although there must be some invisible rich people in this world, the European aristocracy has not fallen behind, and no one may inherit a large amount of wealth, but the Rosenberg family comes from Europe, and he has never heard his mother mention the surname Rockencourt.
"I am the only one in my family. I inherited a sum of money from my father." Christopher Rockencourt talked about the origins of his family and said, "I am very optimistic about the income of the Hollywood film industry. Now that the currencies of various countries are depreciating, investment is the wisest choice."
Seeing Duke calmly, he said again, "I have been in Hollywood for a few years. Shange Yunton, Mickey Locke and others are my friends. Last year, the abc TV entertainment channel also specially interviewed. I……"
The qualifications mentioned by Christopher Rockencourt are indeed very impressive. The network of contacts is quite extensive. In his words, there is a faint tribute to him. It is a very honorable thing to be with him. The meaning.
If you only listen to what he says, this should be a very capable and wealthy person.
Duke was convinced that the other party was willing to present Shange Yunton and Mickey Locke in front of him, a Hollywood industry insider, and he would certainly not be afraid of him verifying...
However, what did this handsome French earl want to do when he came to find himself?
In this regard, Duke is still very self-aware, for a rich man. He is definitely not more attractive than Jessica Alba.
Christopher Rockencourt’s words are quite convincing, coupled with good manners and outstanding appearance, people are willing to believe him.
But people like Duke never mind looking at the world in the worst light, and are naturally guarded against strangers. Always maintain sufficient vigilance.
He believed that the other party came to him, but not just to show the identity of the so-called European aristocracy.
"Are you interested in working with me, Duke?"
Suddenly, Christopher Rockencourt asked enthusiastically, "I used to invest in some lesser-known small productions, and can only rely on the video tape market to make money. I think it's time to invest in large productions."
Hollywood produces hundreds of movies every year, most of which go directly to the video tape market, excluding production companies. I am afraid that the outside world will not get some bottom-level production data.
Very smart person, isn't he?
"You mean..." Duke asked suspiciously.
"I think we can work together to make a super big production like "King Kong"."
Christopher Rockencourt looked at Duke earnestly, with longing and sincerity on his face, "I had the idea before to put the magnificent French Revolution on the big screen and create a war epic, but I couldn't find the right one. Director. Until I met you, Duke..."
Duke is also looking at him. It seems to be listening very seriously.
"I have the financial resources, you have the talent, we will be the best partner." He is full of energy, and it seems that the project has been successful, "We can invest together to complete a super giant system!"
Nodding lightly, Duke suddenly smiled. The other party said so much, I am afraid it was just for the last sentence.
"Sorry, Chris." Duke just thought for a moment, and said, "I still have projects in my hands that have not been completed. I don't have time to work with you."
"what a shame."
Even so, he has not given up, "Duke, is there time after the premiere? We can talk in depth."
Too lazy to say anything, Duke shook his head directly, "I will be back to New Zealand soon."
Christopher Rockencourt is a very clever man. He didn't continue to entangle himself, leaving a simple and simple business card, and quickly left.
Seeing this man walking back to Jessica Alba, Duke was not sure what he was, but he faintly felt that Christopher Rockencourt might not be as simple as he said.
This person is either a member of a large family that was not born in the legend of the previous life, or he is playing the trick of the empty glove white wolf.
In Duke’s eyes, the other party is closer to the latter. He has lived in North America for 30 years and his background is not bad. Those who have been in contact with Morgan and Rockefeller in these years have never seen anyone with huge wealth but low-key. A family unknown to the world.
After all, this is a highly developed society.
Duke was not interested in the cooperation that the other party said, let alone he was just talking in vain, even if Ino Martin offered such a condition, he was rejected by him?
Converging Tina Fey and Nancy Josephson, Duke walked with them towards the theater, Jessica Alba and Christopher Rockencourt walked not far ahead, this one who wanted to be famous The girl may have become very silly and naive.
However, once the other party was able to play with visceral diseases, he was obviously not very smart. Hollywood actresses who like to have fun are countless, but those who play with visceral diseases are absolutely strange.
If he is right about Christopher Rockencourt's guess, then this pair is really special... well, it's a good match.
Throwing away the thoughts about the men and women who have nothing to do with him, Duke walked into the theater, sat in the third row with Nancy and Tina Fey, and watched the remake with peace of mind.
King Kong was once a sensation in North America. Before Peter Jackson, there were also several remakes, but none of them reached the height of the year. Now the special effects technology is more advanced. King Kong made with motion capture has lifted the audience in the trailer. Appetite, but they soon discovered that the length of the film is a bit unbearable!
The duration of about two and a half hours is strictly speaking the mainstream of today's commercial films. The problem is that the film has too much foreplay. After forty minutes of screening, the audience did not see the shadow of King Kong.
Don't talk about setting up or creating characters, the audience is willing to go into the theater to buy the account of this movie, just to see the monster!
However, the appearance of the monster is a bit late, which has made many people wait impatient. Fortunately, the second half of Peter Jackson has saved the entire movie, although there are also quite a few plots similar to animal love that people cannot accept, but The special effects pictures are very beautifully made, absolutely the top level in Hollywood of this age.
Peter Jackson is a typical technology director. To put it a bit exaggerated, if he leaves the special effects technology, his level of filmmaking will be greatly reduced.
The biggest selling point of the movie "King Kong" is special effects, and then nostalgia.
However, nowadays, the main force of movie audiences are those born in the 1970s and 1980s. It is obviously impossible to expect these people to pay for nostalgia. Therefore, there is a certain gap between the film’s box office and Universal Pictures’ estimates.
Because of its investment in "Mission Impossible 2", Duke is also paying attention to the trend of the North American box office. After three days of release this weekend, "King Kong" won the North American box office leaderboard without any suspense, but the box office did not reach it. The production issuer expected 60 million US dollars.
The box office number of "King Kong" in the first week was $50.11 million!
If placed a few years ago, this is a pretty eye-catching number, but now the North American film market is booming, the number of screens and audience base are increasing, and the price of movies has also increased slightly. The first week of the box office is over 50 million US dollars. Also more and more.
Relative to the production cost of US$180 million, the box office of US$50.11 million in the first week can only be said to have just passed.
Behind this, there is no lack of the "Mission Impossible 2" factor. Tom Cruise's new book has a box office drop of less than 50% the next weekend, although it is just less than 40% of this figure. Nine, but the amount of 32.28 million US dollars also guarantees that the film sits at the second place in the box office list, and it has piled up the North American box office to 141.44 million US dollars. It is basically a foregone conclusion that the North American box office exceeds 200 million.
Of course, as a pure popcorn movie of fast-moving consumer goods, "Mission Impossible 2" has gone through the most popular first ten days and has begun to decline sharply. This is the most normal movie rule, and as the number of movies on the market increases, The audience's choice is also becoming more extensive.
After obtaining the box office data for the next week of "Mission Impossible 2", Duke took a private business jet and returned to Wellington to start the finale filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The remaining shots in the shooting plan were not particularly large, but extremely Fragmented and scattered, he still splits with Anna Prinz. After completing their respective shooting tasks, he will finally gather on the set in Wellington to shoot a scene dedicated to the ending.
North American stocks are still fluctuating. Perhaps the ten-day holiday gave some people an opportunity to adjust, or perhaps Duke’s warning played a role. After the crew regrouped, although they did not return to the state before March, the acting role The mental state of the staff is much better than before the holiday.
Duke led the main part of the crew to shoot in the North Island of New Zealand, while Anna Prinz led a small part of the crew to shoot in the South Island. The shooting location is basically not fixed. It is considered that it can stay in a location for three to four days. A longer viewfinder was taken.
In this filming, all the actors who did not end the scene were summoned by Duke to New Zealand. Except for a limited weekend, Duke will not give the crew any longer vacations, and the busy work will continue until all the shots are over.
Among them, many scenes will be adjusted appropriately. For example, after Alexandra Ambrosio, who played Arwen, returned to the crew in July, Duke rejected the estuary that was originally used to film her sniper ring spirit. , Because the river is in the dry season of winter, it is a bit narrow.
He didn't want to make the scene before. (To be continued...)
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