Chapter 56: Golden Popcorn
It was an older man with grizzled hair combed neatly back. His gaze was fixed in this direction, sharp as an eagle's. Duke met his eyes without the slightest fear, calm and indifferent, as if the man across from him was nothing more than a wooden piling on a pier.
"Young man," Sean Connery said, taking a few steps closer. "Confidence must be matched with talent, otherwise it simply becomes arrogance. This is Hollywood. It's very easy to remember someone, but even easier to forget them."
His tone carried a distinct, condescending edge. "Many people achieve success through a stroke of luck, but their subsequent failures will send them plummeting from the peak to the valley, smashing them to pieces and ruining their reputations!"
"I like collisions, I like thrills, and I like danger."
Smiling faintly, Duke said mildly, "This is a path for the young. It's not something outdated people can understand."
"A path to failure!" Sean Connery said dismissively.
"Is it?"
Facing the domineering old man, Duke shifted to a slightly sarcastic tone. "If you think I'm going to fail, why insist on investing ten million dollars in my movie? It only shows that you recognize my project's value, but you're too hypocritical to admit it."
"You think I care about that bit of money?" Sean Connery's demeanor looked exactly like a gentleman treating money like dirt.