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

Mandel said very seriously: "Mr. Depp, as your personal accountant and financial assistant, it is my responsibility to remind you that you must properly control your expenses."

"What?" Johnny Depp opened his mouth and smelled full of alcohol: "I have no money?"

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

Mandel knew his employer and said, "This was half a year ago."

Johnny Depp widened his eyes: "This is $4 million! Did it all be spent? This is impossible."

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

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

From the beginning to now, 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..."

Johnny Depp once again exhaled his mouth full of alcohol: "My living expenses are not high."

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

"But you spend a lot of money on other aspects." Mandel knew very well that the employer was financially idiotic: "Mr. Depp, you spent $20,000 last month on drinking, $210,000 on three limited edition guitars, $16,000 on daily maintenance of other collections of guitars and records, $280,000 on three new cars, $38,000 on real estate maintenance, $110,000 on private jet rentals, $50,000 on 12 staff members…"

Johnny Depp felt dizzy when he listened to these numbers.

Mandel's words continued: "You are also responsible for your three friends, their relatives, daily expenses, and the expenses in this regard are $40,000..."

With dizziness, Johnny Depp simply interrupted Mandel: "You just talk about the total expenditure number."

Mandel said, "The total expenditure is $920,000."

"Not many," Johnny Depp muttered.

Hearing that there was no idea about money, Mandel couldn't help but raise his voice a little, saying, "Mr. Depp, this is only a month's expense!"

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 past six months is as high as $3.98 million! Mr. Depp, if it weren't for the dividends you made in a few investments, you would have been unable to make ends meet now!"

Those investments were all investments made by him and his investment consultants on behalf of Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp himself was simply unqualified in financial management and even basic financial management.

"Since the investment is profitable," Johnny Depp's mouth smelled out again: "There is no need to worry about anything."

Mandel's face turned a little dark, but soon returned to normal. No one could expect anyone who could drink $20,000 a month to have a clear brain.

"This time New York was attacked and the economy was down." Mandel had to remind again: "Those investments may be in a loss situation for a long time in the future."

Even if Johnny Depp was slow, he had a little sense of crisis: "What?"

"If you don't take measures, you'll be in a financial crisis," Mandel said.

Johnny Depp was stunned for a moment, pinched his eyebrows hard, sobering himself up, and asked, "Didn't you tell me last time that my assets have tens of millions of dollars?"

Mandel immediately said: "Those are fixed assets such as luxury cars, watches, collectibles and residential buildings, not liquidity. It takes time to turn fixed assets into liquidity, 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 are you good ways?"

"Shrink expenses, all unnecessary expenses can be cancelled." Mandel is responsible for his duties: "For example, collecting guitars can be temporarily suspended, and your friends' expenses..."

Johnny Depp directly interrupted Mandel: "This is impossible! They are my friends and have been with me through the most difficult time. I have to take responsibility for their lives."

Mandel had nothing to say for a moment. Johnny Depp was simply impeccable in treating his friends in a single round, and even did a lot of things. He couldn't see clearly those friends who had helped him, and had long become vampires who bit him at all times.

"There must be other ways to save money." Johnny Depp is a person who values ​​quality of life.

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

Johnny Depp burped and said, "I get it, 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 will find a new job as soon as possible."

Mandel glanced at Depp, and some words to persuade him rushed to his mouth and then held them back. He was just an accountant. When his employer was an alcoholic, he should not say less subtle things.

What if I get fired?

As far as he knows, Johnny Depp did a lot of things like this.

Mandel did not stay much, and then told Johnny Depp to say goodbye and leave quickly.

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.

In Johnny Depp's opinion, the accountant's words just now are not difficult to understand, they are nothing more than earning a large amount of money as soon as possible.

As for reducing expenses, he had never considered it, and there were many places to spend money next.

It is said that Elvis' guitar will be auctioned next month, and Bugatti Veyron has launched another limited edition sports car. The music company prepared by friends still has a funding gap of $7 million, and the luxury apartment you are interested in will also be bought...

The quality of life cannot be reduced, and friends also need funding, and there are indeed many places to spend money.

But these are not problems. As long as you can continue to earn a paycheck, it can be easily solved.

Johnny Depp entered the study and looked at the job invitations provided by his agent Tracy Jacob. These were all role audition invitations sent by some crews, which marked the role settings and general pay numbers.

"Before Night Falls", a biographical art film with the male lead's pay of $500,000.

"From Hell", a small investment cult type, with a total budget of only $12 million, and the pay will not be very high.

"The Loser" tells the biopic of poets in the Middle World, with lower pay.

Johnny Depp has looked through all the invitations to the role and found that there are no high payers at all. Not to mention that the pay may be five million, there is not even a $4 million pay like "American Drug Lord".

Why didn't there be any commercial blockbusters invite me? Johnny Depp suddenly realized that this seemed to be a problem.

Even if he is as confused as Johnny Depp, he knows that only commercial blockbusters can provide high pay for the protagonist.

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 an actor.

Johnny Depp looked worried. When he wanted to choose a high-paid movie, he realized that his acting career was not as wide as he thought.

Do you really need to reduce your 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 Jacob.

"First-line commercial films?" Tracy Jacob said on the phone: "It seems like I gave you a character script some time ago, and the project's production budget is said to be more than $100 million."

Johnny Depp instantly remembered the character script that Tracy Jacob brought some time ago. Without even replying, he hung up the phone, ran back to the study and searched, and finally found the character script in the abandoned file cabinet.

Sitting at the desk, Johnny Depp looked at the script called Pirates of the Caribbean, and the enthusiasm suddenly disappeared, and he also remembered why he gave up on this script without even reading it.

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

Johnny Depp did not throw away the script directly like he did last time. He looked at it with a compulsory look and opened the cover of the script. The first thing he saw was the character styling.

This figure looks like a pirate captain. Johnny Depp feels that his face is somewhat similar to his own, and his shape...

For some reason, he was a little stunned.

This is a dirty, drunken sissy with evil and dark circles, and a charming orchid finger.

But it's a bit charming, a bit handsome, and a bit cool.

Johnny Depp was attracted by the artwork at first sight, why is he so handsome! He even felt that his dark circles and his dirty and messy dress were quite suitable for his taste.

Looking at the pirate captain who looked a little similar to him, Johnny Depp couldn't help but mutter: "How could there be such a charming person?"

Johnny Depp flipped through the artwork and couldn't wait to read 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 ever had such a setting! This is an alternative Pirate Captain that has never appeared in Hollywood, just like his style!

It seems that this character is specially set for him.
Chapter completed!