Chapter 293： Financial Crisis

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

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

"Why?" Johnny Depp spoke with a mouthful of alcohol: "I have no money?"

He didn't take the accountant's words to heart at all, and said: "How could I have no money? "American Drug Lord" just brought me $4 million in salary income."

Mandel knew his employer and said: "This is already half a year ago."

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

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

Johnny Depp patted 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 Johnny Depp’s cultural level cannot understand this statement.

Mandel simply explained: "Mr. Depp, let me talk about your actual expenses last month. Your family's daily expenses are $60,000..."

Johnny Depp breathed out his mouth again: "My living expenses are not high."

Mandel agrees with this very much. Among Hollywood stars, Johnny Depp's daily household expenditure can only be regarded as average.

"But your other expenses are very high." Mandel knows that his employer is almost idiot-like financially: "Mr. Depp, last month you spent $20,000 on alcohol and $210,000 on three limited edition guitars. , The daily maintenance of other collections of guitars and records cost 16,000 US dollars, three new cars cost 280,000 US dollars, real estate maintenance costs 38,000 US dollars, private jet lease costs 110,000 US dollars, 12 staff salaries 50,000 US dollars..."

Johnny Depp felt dizzy at these numbers.

Mandel's words continue: "Your three friends, they and their relatives, you are also responsible for the daily expenses. The expenses in this area are 40,000 US dollars..."

Dizzy, Johnny Depp simply interrupted Mandel's words: "You just say the total expenditure number."

Mandel will not list them one by one, saying: "The total expenditure is 920,000 US dollars."

"Not a lot." Johnny Depp murmured.

Hearing that there is no concept of money, Mandel couldn't help but raise his voice slightly and said: "Mr. Depp, this is just one month's expenditure!"

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

Mandel reminded again: "Your total expenditure in the last six months is as high as 3.98 million U.S. dollars! Mr. Depp, if it hadn't been for the dividends of your several investments, you would now be unable to make ends meet!

Those investments were made on behalf of Johnny Depp before him and investment advisers. Johnny Depp himself was not qualified in financial management and even basic financial management.

"Since the investment is profitable." The smell of alcohol in Johnny Depp's mouth floated out again: "Then there is nothing to worry about."

Mandel's face turned dark, but he quickly returned to normal. No one can expect someone who can drink $20,000 a month to have a clear brain.

"This time New York has been attacked and the economy is down." Mandel had to remind again: "Those investments may fall into a loss situation for a long time in the future."

Even if Johnny Depp was sluggish, he had a sense of crisis at this time: "What?"

Mandel said: "If you don't take measures, you will fall into a financial crisis."

Johnny Depp froze for a moment, pinched his eyebrows hard to make himself a little more clear, and asked: "Did you tell me last time that I have tens of millions of dollars in assets?"

Mandel said immediately: "Those are fixed assets such as luxury cars, famous watches, collectibles and houses, not liquid funds. It takes time for fixed assets to turn into liquid funds, and with the current situation, it is not worthwhile to sell fixed assets. ."

Upon hearing this, Johnny Depp finally understood some of his own situation and asked: "What can you do?"

"Reduce expenses, all unnecessary expenses can be cancelled." Mandel fulfilled his duties: "For example, collecting guitars can be put on hold, your friends' expenses..."

Johnny Depp interrupted Mandel's words directly: "It's impossible! They are my friends, they have been with me through the most difficult period, and I must be responsible for their lives."

Mandel had nothing to say for a while. Johnny Depp was impeccable in dealing with friends in a single round, and even did a lot. He couldn't see the friends who had helped him before. It has long become a bite. 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, yes. As long as there are large sums of money in the account, these are not problems."

Johnny Depp burped and said, "I see, I need a new job."

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

Johnny Depp shook his head and said, "I will find a new job as soon as possible."

Mandel glanced at Depp, some words he wanted to persuade, came to his mouth and held back. He is just an accountant. When his employer is an alcoholic, he should not say anything subtle.

What if I get fired?

As far as he knows, Johnny Depp does this kind of thing.

Mandel didn't stay too much, and after another few words of admonishment to Johnny Depp, he soon left.

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

What the accountant said just now, in Johnny Depp's view, is not difficult to understand, it is nothing more than earning a large sum of money as soon as possible.

As for reducing expenses, he has never considered, and there are still many places to spend money next.

It is said that a guitar of Elvis Presley will be auctioned next month, and the 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. The fancy luxury apartment will also be bought...

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

But these are not problems. As long as you can continue to earn rewards, you can easily solve them.

Johnny Depp entered the study and looked at the job invitation provided by his agent Tracy Jacobs. These are all invitations for role auditions sent by some crews, which marked the role setting and general salary figures. .

"Before Night", a biographical film, the male lead is paid $500,000.

"From Hell", a small investment cult type, with a total budget of only 12 million U.S. dollars, and the pay is not much.

"Lang Dang Zi", a biopic about poets in the middle world, with lower pay.

Johnny Depp looked through all the role invitations and found that there were no high-paying roles at all, let alone a role with a salary of five million dollars, not even a $4 million salary in "American Drug Lord".

Why are there no commercial blockbusters 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 pay for the protagonist.

No one can expect that a film with a total budget of only ten million dollars will cost five or six million dollars on a certain actor.

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

Is it really going to cut expenses? Or sell fixed assets?

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

"First-line commercial film?" Tracy Jacobs said on the phone: "It seems that I gave you a role script some time ago. The production budget for that project is said to be over 100 million US dollars."

Johnny Depp instantly remembered the character script that Tracy Jacob had brought some time ago. He didn't even reply, so he hung up the phone, ran back to the study and searched, and finally found it in the abandoned file cabinet. The role script.

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

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

Johnny Depp didn't directly throw away the script like last time. He looked at it and opened the cover of the script. The first thing he saw was the figure.

This picture of the character looks like a pirate captain. Johnny Depp feels that his face is somewhat similar to himself, and his appearance...

Don't know why, he was a little dazed.

This is a dirty, drunk girl with evil dark circles under her eyes and a more enchanting orchid finger but a bit charming, a bit handsome, and a bit cool.

Johnny Depp was attracted by the artwork at first sight, how handsome! He even felt that his dark circles and the messy and messy dress on his body were quite suitable for him.

Looking at the pirate captain who looked somewhat similar to himself, Johnny Depp couldn't help muttering, "How come there is such a charming person?"

Johnny Depp flipped through the artwork and couldn't wait to look at the character script. Although he was not well-educated, he still felt the character's uniqueness from the lines of the character script.

No pirate captain has such a setting! This is an alternative pirate captain that has never appeared in Hollywood, just as different as his style!

It seems that this role is set specifically for him.

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