Vol 2 Chapter 429: Something big happened

Originally, Duke planned to rent a luxury yacht to go on vacation with his mother and others, but his mother has been flying around for more than half a year. She just wanted a quiet rest period and didn't want to go out anymore, so the vacation plan could only be cancelled.
However, Duke did not worry much. Although Malibu is rich in wealth, there are too many targets worth hitting in the United States. Even if those people's heads are flooded, they would not choose Malibu.
Although knowing that this country might be undergoing major changes, Duke continued to work and live at Burbank and Malibu as usual, only to go freely when Ivanka Trump found the address of his favorite company. Take a turn.
She also plans to choose the address of the future company in the greater Los Angeles area.
Duke has no opinion on this, and can faintly guess Ivanka's mind, after all, his past experience is too rich.
Although September 11th is near, Duke has no plans to give up the job at hand.
The post-production of "Two Towers" is still going on, and the tour of the North American and world theaters of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is not over yet.
Since entering August, the North American box office of "The Fellowship of the Ring" has declined rapidly. The North American theater produced only 16.2 million U.S. dollars throughout August. Although the North American box office has reached 45.25 million U.S. dollars, it wants to break through 5. The billion-dollar mark is basically impossible.
Overseas, the film has moved up and down from some markets, but the overseas screenings are far from over. Compared with the
Titanic
, the overseas box office share of
The Fellowship of the Ring
is obviously much smaller, far unlike the big ship North America and The overseas box office is close to a ratio of 1:2.
Even so, "The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" has taken more than 636 million US dollars from overseas, and the global box office will eventually exceed 1.1 billion US dollars. It is basically a foregone conclusion.
Corresponding to the box office is the continued popularity of peripheral products.
After the theater market has cooled down, the surrounding markets have maintained a relatively strong sales trend. Especially the original soundtrack released only in July, the global sales totaled more than 4.8 million copies, and the share of the Lord of the Rings studio alone can get as high as 35 million US dollars!
As the important DVD, video tape and TV broadcast rights have not yet started negotiations, the peripheral sales of "The Fellowship of the Ring" has exceeded the $600 million mark!
According to estimates by Warner Bros. and Wall Street, the peripheral sales of the "Lord of the Rings" series are bound to exceed $1 billion before the release of "The Two Towers".
Although peripheral products have to be shared with manufacturers, distributors, marketers, etc. But for the Lord of the Rings Studio, this will still be a huge sum of money.
Of course, according to the agreement signed at the time, 7.5 percent of all proceeds belonged to Tolkien's descendants and copyright custodians.
These are terms that were negotiated when the copyright was first obtained. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is not an obscure literary work. Even if it is hailed as the most difficult novel to be adapted into a movie, it is not necessary to pay a sufficient price. How can it be possible if you get it?
After three and a half months of screening. The theater journey of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is gradually approaching the end, but Duke knows very well that this film can't do much in the theater market. If the event happens as before, all the United States The industry will suffer a huge impact.
As for the advance notice or hint? He hasn't made a funny head yet, knowing what to touch and what not to touch.
"Hey, honey. It's time to get up."
Duke slept soundly, feeling a familiar smell coming from the tip of his nose. You don’t need to open your eyes to see. I also know that Ivanka’s finger is right on his nose, she stretches out her hands and peeks forward, she hugs her into her arms, rolls over and presses it down, one hand bulges Poke your hips down. It was the tight jeans that I could touch, so I opened my eyes.
"What time is it?" Duke let go of Ivanka, stretched, and looked out the window. "So early?"
"It's almost six o'clock." Ivanka dragged him by an arm. He got Dukla up and reminded, "Have you forgotten? You will accompany me to Venice to see an office building at eight o'clock."
"Is it today?" Duke jumped out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. "I remember it was Tuesday."
"Today is Tuesday." Ivanka walked in with Duke, saw him shaving, fetched a toothbrush to help Duke squeeze toothpaste, and said with a slight dissatisfaction, "I reminded you last week."
"Sorry, I have been too busy recently..." Duke showed an apologetic expression.
In the last two days, apart from his own work, he also went to the Los Angeles County Police Department to receive routine inquiries. He attended a party convened by Frank Pearson last night and received a large number of favors. He did not return until the early hours of the morning. Home.
After washing, Duke returned to the bedroom. Ivanka had prepared formal business attire for him.
"My dear, I will become lazy if this continues." Duke kissed her forehead, and suddenly remembered that today is Tuesday, which is September 11th, but he saw that the pointer on the wall had just turned to 6 o'clock. He didn't care too much, he vaguely remembered that the incident happened in the middle of the morning, and it should be early.
After getting dressed quickly, Duke looked at Ivanka who was packing his bags and reminded, "Let's go down."
He had just finished speaking, when the door of the room was knocked suddenly, and the person who knocked on the door used great strength, as if something major had happened.
"Duke!"
The voice of Scarlett Johansson sounded outside, and Ivanka couldn't help frowning. She could feel that the girl was very repulsive to her, always playing tricks to show her importance and sense of existence.
Of course, she was very gentle in front of Duke, but she was not easy to treat others.
An assistant who will be recognized by Duke must be quite capable.
"Why come and knock on the door so early?" Ivanka just said.
"Maybe something is urgent."
Duke pretended not to hear what Ivanka meant, and walked over and opened the door. Scarlett Johansson looked panicked. After seeing him, he pulled him up and walked away, saying, "Quickly Point, Duke, something big happened in New York, the godmother asked me to call you!"
"What can happen?" Ivanka followed from behind.
But after Duke heard the name of New York, he unconsciously speeded up his pace. What big things can happen in New York today?
Scarlett walked extremely fast, almost running, Duke frowned, he had just checked the time, it was only six o'clock.
Thinking of time, he suddenly cursed that he was really busy recently, this is Western time, New York is Eastern time!
"The World Trade Building is on fire."
After turning to the stairs, Scarlett ran and said, "The godmother said a plane hit the twin towers!"
"What?" Ivanka made an incredible voice, "how is it possible."
But all the impossible happened.
When they came to the living room downstairs, Duke and Ivanka did not ask about passing by. Another plane flew past the TV screen and hit the south tower of the Petronas Twin Towers. The raging flames and thick smoke immediately passed by. The place where the impact was hit, the TV pictures from the host to the street people to the rescuers were panicked.
"what on earth is it?"
It is not only Scarlett Johansson who questioned it, but also Ivanka Trump.
"Maybe..." Mrs. Leah remained calm enough, "Maybe it was a terrorist attack."
After she finished speaking, she picked up her cell phone, stepped aside and started to dial, Scarlett and Ivanka seemed to have been prompted, and they found their cell phones one after another and started calling friends and relatives in New York.
Duke also made a few calls. Zach Schneider is filming the closing shots of the last two episodes of The Matrix in Sydney, Sophia Coppola is visiting locations in Tokyo, and Irene Lauder is preparing for fashion week in Paris. Leonardo DiCaprio picks up girls in the Mediterranean...
Few of the friends he knew who had not died are now in New York, and no one is under the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
"Dad and they are all okay." Ivanka came back first and let out a sigh of relief when facing Duke.
After that, everything that should have happened happened. The Pentagon was hit, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed one after another, and the U.S. airspace banned any civilian aircraft from launching into the air. Bush Jr. stood up and spoke and confirmed that this was a terrorist attack...
There is no doubt that this is the heaviest blow to the United States. The fairy tale of peace that the United States can stay out of the world has also been completely shattered, and another social change is about to begin.
In the evening, Tina Fey and Nancy Josephson, who were going out to sea together, rushed over with Penny Kelly.
Things have already happened. As a public figure, Duke will definitely make some statements later, and these statements cannot be made casually.
"My advice is not to move now."
Penny Kellys has rich experience in public relations. "We will wait and see first. Before the situation is clear, any public statement is stupid."
"I agree with Penny's opinion." Nancy Josephson echoed.
Duke has long thought about his position, "We are doing nothing for the time being, and our action has only one purpose. Follow the mainstream voice and support the federal government."
No matter how many times the Washington authorities are hacked in the film, there is no doubt that the White House has the power. In such an emergency, it is a fool to go against the mainstream.
That's right, Fahrenheit 911 was once very popular and has caused a lot of controversy, but it has never become a mainstream voice. To what extent the director was finally suppressed and where he fell, perhaps only God knows.
Even if Fahrenheit 911 is true, so what? The Bush family is closely related to the bin Laden family. The entire 9/11 incident is a conspiracy. What's up with Duke?
Even if the entire Manhattan was bombed, he would only be sad for the Marvel comics he invested in.
Duke is very conscious, he is just a director and businessman, what does the truth behind the 911 have to do with him?
Like most people in Hollywood, Duke is just waiting, waiting for the right time and occasion to make the right speech. (To be continued...)