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In the reception room of the mansion, Johnny Depp met his accountant Mandel.

After sending a financial statement to Johnny Depp, Mandel said very seriously: Mr. Depp, as your personal accountant and financial assistant, I have the responsibility to remind you that you must properly control your expenses.

What? Johnny Depp smelled of alcohol as soon as he opened his mouth: I don't have any money?

He didn't take the accountant's words to heart at all, saying: How can I have no money? Narcos just brought me $4 million in salary income.

Knowing his employer well, Mandel said, This was half a year ago.

Johnny Depp's eyes widened: This is 4 million dollars! Is it all spent? It's impossible.

Mandel reminded: Don't forget, you have to pay personal income tax, and the actual salary income is not $4 million.

Johnny Depp slapped his forehead: I know this, but my expenditure is not high.

From the beginning to the present, Johnny Depp has not read the financial statement. Mandel is very clear that with Johnny Depp's cultural level, he can't understand this statement.

Mandel simply explained: Mr. Depp, let me tell you about your actual expenses last month. Your family's daily expenses are 60,000 US dollars...

Johnny Depp spit out alcohol again: My living expenses are not high.

Mandel agrees with this point very much. Among Hollywood stars, Johnny Depp’s family’s daily expenses can only be considered average.

But your other expenses are high. Mandel is well aware of the almost idiotic level of his employer's finances: Mr. Depp, last month you spent $20,000 on drinks and $210,000 on three limited-edition guitars. , $16,000 for the daily maintenance of other collections of guitars and records, $280,000 for the purchase of three new cars, $38,000 for property maintenance, $110,000 for private jet rental, $50,000 for 12 staff salaries...

Johnny Depp was a little dizzy hearing the numbers.

Mandel's words continued: Three of your friends, they and their relatives, you are also responsible for the daily expenses. The expenditure in this regard is 40,000 US dollars...

Dizzy, Johnny Depp simply interrupted Mandel: You just say the total expenditure figures.

Mandel stopped listing them one by one, and said: The total expenditure was 920,000 US dollars.

Not a lot, Johnny Depp muttered.

Hearing that he had no concept of money, Mandel couldn't help but raise his voice slightly, and said, Mr. Depp, this is only one month's expenses!

Johnny Depp still didn't care much, saying: This little money is nothing, and I don't spend so much money every month.

Mandel reminded again: Your total expenses in the last six months have been as high as 3.98 million US dollars! Mr. Depp, if it weren't for the dividends from your several investments, you are now beyond your means!

Those investments were made by him and his investment advisors on behalf of Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp himself is not qualified in financial management or even basic financial management.

Since the investment is profitable. Johnny Depp smelled alcohol again: There is nothing to worry about.

Mandel's face darkened a bit, but he soon returned to normal. No one can expect a clear head from someone who can drink $20,000 a month in alcohol.

New York was attacked this time, and the economy went down. Mandel had to remind again: Those investments may fall into a loss for a long time in the future.

No matter how dull Johnny Depp is, he has a sense of crisis at this moment: What?

If you don't do something, you're going to be in financial ruin, Mandel said.

Johnny Depp froze for a moment, pinched his brows hard to wake himself up, and asked, Didn't you tell me last time that my assets are tens of millions of dollars?

Mandel immediately said: Those are fixed assets such as luxury cars, famous watches, collectibles, and houses, not liquid funds. It takes time for fixed assets to become liquid funds, and in the current situation, it is not cost-effective to sell fixed assets .”

Hearing this, Johnny Depp finally understood his own situation and asked, What can you do?

Reduce expenses, and all unnecessary expenses can be canceled. Mandel dutifully said: For example, collecting guitars can be postponed, and your friend's expenses...

Johnny Depp interrupted Mandel directly: This is impossible! They are my friends and have accompanied me through the most difficult period of time. I must be responsible for their lives.

Mandel had nothing to say for a while. Johnny Depp was impeccable in treating his friends in a single round. He even did a little too much. His vampire.

In addition to saving money, there must be other ways. Johnny Depp is a person who pays attention to the quality of life.

Mandel answered: Yes, there is. As long as a large amount of money is in the account, these are not a problem.

Johnny Depp hiccupped and said: I see, I need a new job.

Mandel said directly: Mr. Depp, in your situation, the best way is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Johnny Depp shook his head and said, I'm going to find a new job as soon as possible.

Mandel glanced at Depp, and some words of persuasion came to his lips, but he held back. He is just an accountant, and when his employer is an alcoholic, it is better to say less subtle things that shouldn't be said.

What if you get fired?

As far as he knows, Johnny Depp has done a lot of this kind of thing.

Mandel didn't stay any longer, and after a few more instructions to Johnny Depp, he quickly took his leave and left.

Johnny Depp left the reception room and went directly to the bathroom to take a shower. The cold water fell on his head, dispelling the dizziness caused by alcohol.

What the accountant said just now, in the eyes of Johnny Depp, is not difficult to understand, it is nothing more than earning a large salary as soon as possible.

As for reducing expenses, he has not considered it at all, and there are still many places to spend money in the next step.

It is said that a guitar owned by Elvis Presley will be auctioned next month, Bugatti Veyron has launched a limited-edition sports car, the music company prepared by a friend still has a funding gap of 7 million US dollars, and the fancy luxury apartment has to be bought...

The quality of life cannot be reduced, and friends must also support it. There are indeed many places to spend money.

But these are not problems, as long as they can continue to earn money, they can be easily resolved.

Johnny Depp went into the study and looked at the job invitations provided by his agent Tracy Jacobs. These are invitations to audition for roles sent by some crews, which marked the role settings and approximate salary figures. .

Before Night Falls, a biographical literary film, the actor's salary is 500,000 US dollars.

From Hell, a small-investment cult genre, has a total budget of only 12 million US dollars, and the film salary will not be much high.

The Libertine, a biopic about the mid-world poet, paid even less.

Johnny Depp looked through all the role invitations, and found that there was no one with a high salary, let alone a role with a salary of five million, not even American Narcos with a salary of $4 million.

Why is there no commercial blockbuster inviting me? Johnny Depp suddenly realized that this seemed to be a problem.

Even as confused as Johnny Depp, he knows that only commercial blockbusters can provide high salaries for the protagonists.

No one can expect a film with a total budget of only tens of millions of dollars to spend five or six million dollars on a certain actor.

Johnny Depp looked sad, and when he wanted to choose a high-paying movie, he realized that his acting career was not as wide as he thought.

Are you really going to cut costs? Or sell fixed assets?

Walking out of the study and into the living room, Johnny Depp couldn't help calling his agent Tracy Jacobs.

First-line commercial film? Tracy Jacob said on the phone: It seems that I gave you a character script some time ago, and the production budget of that project is said to be more than 100 million US dollars.

Johnny Depp instantly remembered the character script that Tracy Jacob brought some time ago, hung up the phone without even answering the phone, ran back to the study and rummaged through it, and finally found it in the abandoned filing cabinet character script.

Sitting at the desk, Johnny Depp looked at the script called Pirates of the Caribbean, most of the enthusiasm that surged suddenly dissipated, and he also remembered why he gave up the script without even reading it.

Pirate theme! It turned out to be a pirate theme!

Johnny Depp didn't just throw away the script like last time, he looked through it patiently, opened the cover of the script, and the first thing he saw was the character model.

This figure looks like a pirate captain at first glance. Johnny Depp feels that the face is somewhat similar to himself, and the shape...

For some reason, he was a little dazed.

This is a dirty and drunk woman with dark circles under her eyes and charming orchid fingers.

But a little charming, a little handsome, a little cool.

Johnny Depp was attracted by the artwork at first glance, why is he so handsome! I even think his dark circles and messy attire suit my taste.

Looking at the pirate captain whose face was somewhat similar to his own, Johnny Depp couldn't help muttering: How can there be such an attractive person?

Johnny Depp flipped through the sketches and couldn't wait to read the character script. Although he was not well-educated, he still felt the uniqueness of this character from the lines in the character script.

No pirate captain has ever had such a setting! This is a different kind of pirate captain than Hollywood has ever seen, as different as his style is!

It's as if this role was made just for him.

After Johnny Depp closed the character script, he immediately picked up the phone and dialed his agent's number: Tracey, I want the role of Jack Sparrow!