The black Bentley sedan slowly stopped in a coastal villa area in the west of Long Island. After Duke got off the car, he waited for Tina Fei to call to confirm and entered the nearest villa facing the sea. He probably got the information inside, and the two staff members at the door did not stop him.

The villa was not particularly large. After passing through a long corridor behind the gate, Duke didn't walk far away when he heard familiar voices. He followed the sound and then saw his mother, Scarlett Johnson, and a real estate agent who specialized in serving the rich.

"Mother……"

After saying hello to his mother, Duke asked again, "How are you watching?"

Mrs. Leah smiled and pointed at Scarlett, "Scarlett thinks this villa is very good, you can also participate in the comments."

Duke's eyes turned around, he looked at the villa with white walls and red roofs briefly, and asked Scarlett, "Dear, just make your own idea."

Already seen it, Scarlett nodded to Duke and turned to the real estate agent, "This one is better."

The real estate agent almost smiled. The current U.S. real estate market is in extreme recession, and it is not easy to make such a big business worth millions of dollars.

"I'll ask someone to go through the procedures first."

After saying this, the real estate agent walked aside and called.

Scarlett Johnson and Mrs. Leah accompanied Duke to the private beach equipped with the villa.

"We can move here in the summer."

Walking near the beach, Scarlett sat at the table under the sun umbrella and said, "The summer on Long Island is much more comfortable than Los Angeles."

Tina Fei nodded, "It's true."

Scarlett turned to Mrs. Leah, "We live here in summer. We can also spend more time with our godmother."

Seeing his mother showing a gratitude and gently patting Scarlett's hand, Duke said, "This is a good idea."

Buying a vacation villa in New York was originally Scarlett's idea, but now the economy in North America is in a downturn. Her mother Melanie Sloan couldn't find a suitable job in Los Angeles, so she had to return to New York to work as a screenwriter on Broadway. Although she has not been very close to her parents over the years, Scarlett still paid out of her own pocket to buy a spacious apartment for her mother and her underage brother's family, and also planned to buy a residence for herself on Long Island.

Of course Duke would not object. After Mrs. Leah learned about it, she also found a real estate agent who specialized in serving the rich.

Manhattan's Upper East Side is too crowded, and neither Duke nor Scarlett want to live there. Long Island is undoubtedly the best choice.

Long Island is located in the northern temperate zone, surrounded by sea on three sides. The island is covered with forests, with abundant rainfall and a humid climate. Because it has a marine climate, summer is not hot, and it is considered to be one of the most suitable areas for human habitation in the world.

This is also a region where wealthy people gather. Many wealthy people in the United States, including those from overseas, like to buy real estate here.

It was just that economic crisis last year that broke many people, and many houses were listed for sale in the villa area on the island.

“The economy across the United States is now in a recession…”

The topic naturally shifted from real estate to financial aspects, Mrs. Leah said to Duke, "You should be cautious when investing."

"Mom, you know." Duke said with a reassuring smile. "I have always been very cautious."

In fact, even if you are prepared, the economic crisis has had a certain impact on Duke, but the impact is not very big.

Not only him, the Santa Fia company founded by Mrs. Leah has also been affected. It is also tightening its business.

They didn't stay here for too long. Scarlett left his assistant with the real estate agent to handle some procedures. The four of them rode Mrs. Leah's RV and returned to Manhattan.

Now that the economic crisis is raging, Manhattan, the world financial center, is not peaceful. On the way back to the Upper East Side, Duke saw some people gathering sporadically. Although it is far less exaggerated than the impression of occupying Wall Street, it has also put forward some similar banners.

These sporadic gatherings will inevitably turn into a vigorous movement in the end.

But this movement is doomed to end in failure.

No matter which country or region it is in, power, wealth and voice are only in the hands of a very small number of people. In the face of major conflicts of interest, ordinary Americans want to get sympathy and relatively fair treatment from the federal government, New York government and the media, which are deeply influenced by the power of capital, is tantamount to dreams.

The so-called people have the power to resist tyranny with guns, and in this country today, it is just a saying.

"Maybe those people will really take Wall Street with guns."

Back at home in the Upper East Side, Scarlett heard Duke say a few words and deliberately joked, "Divide all the wealth of you capitalists."

"Get a gun?" Duke closed the door, took off his coat, hung it on the hanger, and said, "Dear, do you really think that letting them hold guns legally is used to resist tyranny?"

Scarlett shrugged, "What is that for?"

Duke raised a finger, "In fact, there is only one purpose. When they are desperate, they will use self-kill!"

Hearing this sentence, Scarlett's lips trembled, "This joke is not funny at all."

After living here for so many years, Duke knew very well that this country was not what some people with ulterior motives once promoted on the other side, and the so-called free country was nothing more than a mere appearance.

Duke has temporarily entered a state of vacation. Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also on vacation, has received a script transferred by Tina Fey and Ino Martin.

Mallorca, Spain, is known as the closest place to paradise on earth. It has sunny weather for more than 300 days a year, and is even called the "park of the Mediterranean".

Under the sun umbrella on a golden beach, Ino Martin finds Leonardo DiCaprio and his new girlfriend, Baer Lefali.

After taking over the script of Ino Martin, Leonardo simply flipped through it and said, "I've taken over this role. I've been waiting for the second collaboration with Duke."

Ino Martin sat next to Leonardo's beach chair, but did not speak, but looked at Baer Lefali.

Baer Lafali had a little wink, stood up from the chair, took off her outer cover, and said, "I'll go swimming in the sea."

Looking at Baer Lefali's back as he walked towards the beach, Leonardo took out two cans of beer from the basket behind and threw it to Ino Martin, "Tell me, Ino, what's the important thing?"

He made it clear that he would take on Duke's new project, but Ino Martin didn't say anything, obviously disagreeing.

"You misunderstood, Leo."

Even the controller of AA, Ino Martin would not be stupid enough to regard Leonardo as a pawn at his mercy and quickly said, "I don't object to your taking over Duke's project. On the contrary, I think you should take over it. In recent years, you have been too focused on winning awards and gradually ignored the business side. The market appeal of "Titanic" will always be used up. You need a good enough business masterpiece to consolidate your position as a superstar."

Leonardo nodded slightly, and he also knew this very well. If he did not have enough market appeal, he would not be able to become a superstar even if he won the Oscar for Best Actor. The reason why he was not in a hurry was that he patiently won the award because Duke revealed it very early and wanted to cooperate with him once.

What type of cooperation project Duke mentioned is? Leonardo can even think of it with his toes, and it must be a big-scale commercial film.

However, when Leonardo heard Eno Martin's statement, he wondered and looked at his agent with confusion, not understanding what he wanted to do.

"Leo, you should know that AA is facing some difficulties now, right?"

Seeing Leonardo nodding, Ino Martin opened the beer can, took a sip and said, "Now the six major film companies, including some second-tier companies, have become subsidiaries of certain groups. They are becoming stronger and stronger. Although AA's business share is increasing, the packaging services that occupy the main share of our profits are shrinking in an all-round way."

Leonardo also knew about the things that Ino Martin talked about. After the Hollywood independent studio era was completely over, the six major companies did not buy AA's accounts, especially in large investments and large productions and commercial films that could bring high profits, AA's packaging services were almost useless.

The package service that aa relies on is fundamentally packaged, and can only survive in the independent film circle, and is even nicknamed the "one-stop service for independent films".

How much profit can independent movies have? AA's business volume seems to be expanding, but its annual revenue is still hovering around 100 million to 200 million US dollars. The revenue situation is not in line with the company's reputation at all.

As an insider, Leonardo knew very well that when he was praising AA, he said that the agency could determine the people in the entertainment industry, either had bad intentions or had problems with their brains.

Of course, Ino Martin also knows this. The entire Hollywood and its related industries are worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and brokerage companies with annual revenue of only hundreds of millions of dollars can dominate this industry. It's such a big joke.

Of course, he has a clear understanding of the positioning of the brokerage company on one hand, and wants to expand the AA business on the other hand.

One-stop package service can bring high profits, especially on successful commercial blockbusters.

If you want to re-extract the tentacles of packaged services into Hollywood's mainstream production films, aa must come up with an extremely successful example.

But such examples are not easy to find, so he thought of Leonardo. Now that Tom Hanks transformed from behind the scenes and tried his best to dig up Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio can be said to be the ace of AA.

Ino Martin looked at Leonardo and said solemnly, "Leo, you can help AA bring the packaged service to Duke."
Chapter completed!