As the economic, cultural, historical, and entertainment hub of the UK, London's thriving entertainment industry attracts a large number of tourists every year.
Highly developed, the UK is certainly an important part of Charles Capet's overseas asset allocation, and Charles Capet came here specifically to learn more about it.
Charles Capet was looking for a villa near Knightsbridge, at the southwest corner of Hyde Park in Kensington, and was preparing to invest in property in London.
In a suite at the Plaza Hotel on Canary Wharf in East London, Charles Capet was standing by the window, overlooking the River Thames.
Canary Wharf, as a special project of London's new financial city plan, is not too far from the old financial district, the City of London.
"Before long, Canary Wharf will become the financial center of the UK," Charles Capet was quite supportive of London's approach of concentrating skyscrapers in a small area.
Many large Western cities only designate specific areas for high-rise construction; high per capita land use allows for such indulgence.
"Boss, London is the world's second-largest international financial center after New York, and it doesn't levy overseas personal income tax on the wealthy, attracting a large number of rich people to invest in London every year!" Phyllis Jones is not as smart as Donna Williams, but she still knows some basic things.
Charles Capet smiled, "That's right, who knows how many assets flow into the UK or its overseas territories from the wealthy in Russia, Asia, the Middle East, and other places every year!"
"Boss, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have officially divorced, and Angelina Jolie is three months pregnant with Brad Pitt's child!" Phyllis Jones said, putting down the newspaper she was holding.
"Will this have any impact on our mr. & mrs. smith?"
"What impact? mr. & mrs. smith is basically off the screens now. It made over 100 million US dollars in North America and over 300 million US dollars overseas!" Charles Capet was curious about the two individuals' half-hidden actions, and now they finally didn't need to hide anything anymore.
Capet Pictures received a total of 60 million US dollars from the box office of mr. & mrs. smith. Compared to an expenditure of 55 million US dollars, the box office revenue alone allowed the company to break even.
In the future, earning tens of millions of US dollars net from the DVD market and TV licensing will also be effortless!
"Although I feel Brad Pitt really let Jennifer Aniston down, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are truly a perfect match," Phyllis Jones said, sticking out her tongue.
Charles Capet was amused. Jennifer Aniston was also very beautiful when she was young; she just aged too quickly.
"It seems Rachel's charm is completely insufficient compared to Angelina Jolie's," Charles Capet shook his head.
"Boss, are you going to the London premiere of underworld: evolution? The main creators will also go to Berlin to promote the film afterward," Phyllis Jones reported again.
Charles Capet shook his head. It wasn't Capet Pictures' own film, so he would just meet Kate Beckinsale then.
"Berlin," Charles Capet thought for a moment and instructed, "I do need to go to Berlin next. Our cooperation with Constantin Film is very good, and I want to visit them in Germany."
German performing artists are considered unique to Hollywood, with very few collaborations and not many making a name for themselves in Hollywood.
Charles Capet didn't have any particular thoughts about the German entertainment industry; he didn't care about World War I or World War II.
Charles Capet was definitely not for Germany's film tax rebates and film subsidies, but for the development of Germany's film industry.
Phyllis Jones nodded, but she had already seen the desire for German film investment funds and European Union film funds in her boss's eyes.
"Boss, what about Donna Williams?"
"She's staying in London to look for houses. We can't always stay in hotels when we come to London in the future, can we!" Charles Capet said with a pout. When he gets rich later, he will definitely go big in London.
At the same time, the dark horse wedding crashers also achieved incredibly dazzling results, with 200 million US dollars in North America plus 80 million US dollars overseas!
After deducting 28 million US dollars for promotion and distribution fees and Universal's 10% distribution commission, Capet Pictures received 45 million US dollars from the box office of wedding crashers.
mr. & mrs. smith and wedding crashers alone generated over 100 million US dollars in cash flow for Capet Pictures from the box office.
Who says movies don't make money? It depends on whose movies they are.
underworld: evolution is now a crucial project for its lead actress, Kate Beckinsale. The failure of Universal's blockbuster van helsing closed the doors of mainstream Hollywood films to her.
However, Kate Beckinsale was lucky to have a powerful man behind her, Charles Capet!
In a villa near Notting Hill, Kate Beckinsale, somewhat tired after a passionate encounter with Charles Capet, said, "I thought I could only make low-budget independent films, but you gave me a role in iron man."
"Charles Capet, thank you! I've already terminated my contract with my Agent and joined ETA Agency."
Charles Capet embraced the Lady, sighing, "You just had bad luck. pearl harbor made your romance films unsuccessful, and van helsing hindered your action films."
"That's just how Hollywood is; it won't give you too many chances!"
Charles Capet also knew that Kate Beckinsale wasn't getting any good projects now, and those low-budget independent films had no future.
"Mubao Pictures handed me a horror-thriller script, Vacancy, an independent film with a 5 million US dollar budget. I was originally planning to take on this project," Kate Beckinsale said, now feeling the cold realities of life.
"But now that I have iron man, I need to spend time reading the comics carefully!"
"A horror-thriller film with a 5 million US dollar production budget? My dear, you're in such a bad state!" Charles Capet said, kissing the Lady's lips.
"Don't worry, after filming iron man next year, I guarantee your career will have a second spring."
"Marvel Studios signed a seven-film contract with me. Are you going to shoot that many?" Kate Beckinsale asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Oh, it's an entire series. iron man alone will have several installments, and then there will be other superhero series and so on," Charles Capet said, patting the Lady's back and laughing,
"You will also be a part of the marvel universe I'm building. As for films like Vacancy, if you come across a very good script and like it, you can shoot it, otherwise there's no need to take it!"
Kate Beckinsale nodded and smiled, "I've already refused. After guest-starring in your film the departed, I quickly received the script for the female lead in iron man. I understand what you mean."
Charles Capet nodded, "It's good that you understand!"