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"Duke, are you interested in football?"

In the huge banquet hall, Duke and a Russian Jew were sitting in the corner resting place. The other party seemed to be an avid football fan, "I'm talking about English football. In your name, buy a Premier League team It should not be difficult, in this case, we can meet on the court every year in the future."

"So, Roman." Duke put the wine glass in his hand on the table in front of him, and asked curiously, "Is the rumor true?"

From the day he came to London, he kept seeing in the newspapers that Roman Abramovich wanted to buy a Premier League team.

"Effectively, the deal is done."

Abramovich obviously intends to make friends with Duke, and said with a heart-to-heart look, "This is not a secret in the football circle, and now we only have to wait for the official announcement after the end of the season."

He smiled at Duke, "Football is the biggest sport in the world. There are countless fanatics all over the world. Football is a good opportunity to expand our influence."

"expand influence?"

Duke hugged his chest with one hand and squeezed his chin with the other. It is no exaggeration to say that his fans are all over the world, but compared with football, or fans of some super clubs, they must be much worse.

Seeing Duke showing interest, Abramovich's next topic always revolved around football, and he seemed really happy to have Duke join this circle.

Although he prefers American football and has been a quarterback in his school, Duke also knows a lot about football. He has heard of Abramovich, who is undoubtedly a football fan. Perhaps there was indeed a purpose at the beginning of the acquisition, but later it showed enough enthusiasm.

The Premier League is undoubtedly the world's number one golden dollar league in the future.At least from a commercial point of view, this is the case. In fact, sports clubs are not just investment. Many business families in North America are making profits from the sports industry.

Duke is very interested in Abramovich's proposal. Just imagine, if he is now involved with a football club that has a strong influence in the world, then the media will report repeatedly.What kind of impetus will it bring to "The Return of the King" in theaters?

Yes, he never thought of buying a Premier League club at all, but he was happy to use such an opportunity to hype it.

After finishing the chat with Roman Abramovich, Duke walked out of the banquet hall and called Tina Fey over.

"Notify David and Penny to come to London as quickly as possible!"

Eighteen hours later, Duke met with his investment manager and public relations manager at the hotel.Together with the person in charge of the Warner Bros. UK branch, they discussed together for a full two hours before leaving separately.

The crew's promotional tour in Europe just finished the London stop, and Duke withdrew from the itinerary, and the next two days. The "Times" reported a very attractive news, saying that someone had contacted Manchester United and wanted to acquire the club wholly.

It only took one day for Fleet Street to move upon hearing the news.Just dug up the so-called inside story, and then from the BBC to the newspaper.From the Internet to traditional media, relevant news reports are overwhelming.

"The famous director Duke Rosenberg, who has just completed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, has contacted the three largest shareholders of Manchester United and the club management, and officially submitted a quotation with a total price of up to 3 million pounds. !"

"Hollywood has invaded the English Premier League. Duke Rosenberg is tired of directing and wants to go into football. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is likely to be his last work."

"It is unacceptable for an American to acquire a football club in England. Even if he successfully adapts the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a masterpiece of English literature, it does not mean that he has a sufficient understanding of the culture and traditions of this country..."

Some reporters went to interview Manchester United's management. The club's CEO admitted that he had received an offer from Duke, but the club's shareholders have no plans to sell at present.

Manchester United in this era is simply incomparable to Chelsea. In just a few days, Duke's limelight completely overwhelmed Abramovich, not only occupying the headlines of the entertainment section, but also easily grabbed the headlines of the sports section. headlines.

Even in the entire European region, many large sports and non-sports media are paying attention to this news, such as Germany's "Bild", Spain's "Aspen", and Italy's "Gazzetta dello Sport". On the headlines of the front page, Duke Rosenberg and the three "Lord of the Rings" movies were also introduced in detail. The name of the song.

The hotel where Duke stayed in London was surrounded by reporters and paparazzi.

Now that the explosive news was thrown out, Duke didn't mind standing up and saying a few words. When he went out and returned to the hotel, he specially accepted an interview with a reporter.

"I'm a Manchester United fan, I really like Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Paul Scholes, Manchester United is one of the greatest football clubs in the world, I think I have the ability to make it better."

A reporter stood up and asked, "But there are Manchester United fans who are worried that you will borrow money from the bank to complete this acquisition, which will burden the club with heavy debt."

"I will not borrow money from anyone!" Duke said very seriously, "I have prepared enough funds. If the shareholders of Manchester United agree to my offer, this transaction will not bring any debt!"

Having said that, he threw out the most important words in the interview, "If the transaction is completed, I promise to use all the proceeds from "The Return of the King" as Manchester United's signing funds for next season!"

As soon as this sentence was said, there was an immediate sensation at the scene. There are many reporters here who are running entertainment. It is clear that Duke has earned more than 2 million US dollars in the first two films, and "The Return of the King" must be much more. This acquisition is really completed, how much money will Manchester United have for signings next season?

The goal has been achieved, and Duke walked directly into the hotel under the protection of two bodyguards.

This news storm was almost pushed to a climax by him. The names of him and "The Return of the King" were constantly mentioned by various media. Now that the information flow is extremely fast, it doesn't take long at all to be accompanied by Manchester United. It spread to the ears of fans all over the world.

"Duke Rosenberg? The Return of the King? The Lord of the Rings trilogy?"

In a football-themed bar in India, a man in a Manchester United uniform asked suspiciously, "What is this?"

A person with knowledge next to him explained, "Duke Rosenberg is a Hollywood director, and those are the movies he shot."

"Director?" The Manchester United fan became even more curious, "When did the director become so rich that he could afford our Manchester United team?"

"He is a very rich director!" Another person interjected, "It is written in the newspaper that his net worth is estimated to be more than 30 billion US dollars, and just any one of the Lord of the Rings trilogy can bring him money." Over $2 million in revenue."

"What?" The man was incredulous, "What kind of movie can earn such a high income?"

"It is said that "The Return of the King", the last part of the trilogy, took less than 20 days, and the global box office exceeded one billion U.S. dollars?"

"There is such a scary movie, why don't I know about it? Is it showing in India?"

"It's being screened. I don't have anything to do today. Why don't we go and watch it together..."

"I'm going too, I also want to see what kind of film the director who can buy Manchester United will make..."

A large group of people left the bar and rushed directly to the nearest cinema.

Perhaps it was because of the whimsical publicity and hype that it really played a role, or maybe it was because the fans in the newly added screening regions were enthusiastic enough. When "The Return of the King" spent its fourth weekend overseas, not only did the overseas box office not continue to decline, Instead, there was a slight rebound, and 95 million U.S. dollars was won from 1 countries and regions in seven days!

But football has been underwhelming in North America, where "The Return of the King" continues to decline at the North American box office at a healthy pace, and this week the film has its first real competitor, a sequel from Universal Pictures. Racing popcorn movie "Fast and Furious 2".

However, due to the suppression of the number of theaters and the screening rate, coupled with the withdrawal of the protagonist Vin Diesel from the first film and the replacement of the heroine, the box office of "Fast and Furious 2" in the first week dropped significantly compared to the first film. , In three days, out of 2480 theaters in North America, they only got 1898 million US dollars, still unable to challenge the dominance of "The Return of the King".

"The Return of the King" still maintains a strong screening posture in 4013 theaters, and won 2486 million US dollars from North America in the fourth weekend. The income brought to them is not only the box office, but also the sales department of the theaters that are often sold out!

Although the sales of peripheral products of the Lord of the Rings trilogy are incomparable with those of Star Wars at its peak, "The Return of the King" is the final chapter of the film and the last parting in the eyes of movie fans. Since the release of the film, the sales of peripheral products have reached peaks , It is not even an exaggeration to say that it is a miracle. In less than four weeks, the sales in North America have exceeded [-] million US dollars!

Compared with the box office of the film, the peripherals bring higher profits to the producers, distributors and sellers!

Like all commercial companies, any decision made by the North American theater chain company is based on commercial benefits.

However, the 4013 theaters and high screening rate of "The Return of the King" stop here. Next weekend, "Finding Nemo" produced by Pixar Studios and released by Warner Disney will be released on a large scale.

But the achievements of "The Return of the King" are enough to make anyone involved in the production and distribution of this film laugh out loud. Within four weeks of its release, the North American box office of the film was 4 million US dollars, and the global box office was 2118 billion US dollars! (to be continued~^~)