Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 144 Playing Ball
boom! !

A white golf ball drew a very long arc from the blue sky, flew for four or five seconds, and fell on the green lawn.

"Wow, great shot!!"

"Not bad, Link. You hit it 240 yards. You're almost as good as the pros."

Los Angeles - At the Pelican Hill Golf Course, Jerome Preston looked at the golf ball still rolling in the distance and clapped his hands while holding the club.

"Don't golf count strokes? Why do you count distance?"

"Same. If you want to hit the ball far in golf, you need not only strength but also the angle of the shot. If you can hit it at the level of a professional golfer, it means that your arm strength and angle of the shot are both at the professional level. Link, if you don't want to be a director anymore, you can consider playing in the professional golf league. Playing golf is also very profitable."

Jerome laughed.

"Jerome, are you kidding me? Link made it to the Forbes 400 in one year as a director. Golfers can't do that."

Aaron Couch, deputy editor-in-chief of The Hollywood Reporter, laughed.

"Link can consider golf as a second career."

Graydon Carter, editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, chimed in.

"Second job? Tenth job is more like that. Don't forget that this guy is not only a director, but also a writer, screenwriter, actor, photographer, etc. He has too many part-time jobs."

Jerome Preston smacked his lips.

Link said, "It's not that exaggerated. Being a director is my main job, and everything else is just a hobby. Just like playing golf, it's okay to practice occasionally, but if you treat it as a career and practice every day, you will lose interest in it in no time."

Aaron Kutcher continued, "Link is right. In addition to playing golf, I also like fishing. If you ask me to switch to being a fisherman, I won't be able to do it for a day."

Everyone laughed.

"But Link is also amazing. As a director, he became the box office champion director of the year. As a writer, he became a best-selling author. The scripts he wrote are more popular than those of professional screenwriters. He is also an actor. He can carry a one-man show for more than 90 minutes. His debut film grossed more than 70 million worldwide.

In my opinion, you should be the winner of the Best Actor Oscar this year. In the history of Oscar movies, no one has ever been able to carry a movie by himself, only you can. "

Graydon Carter said in a booming voice.

"Haha, Gray, it would be great if Vanity Fair also gave out movie awards. I would also have a chance to win a Best Actor trophy."

Link laughed.

"Haha, Link, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is no less honorable than winning the Oscar for Best Actor. If you want, you can be on the cover a few more times this year."

Graydon Carter laughed.

"This is yours. From now on, whenever Vanity Fair is short of cover characters, you can contact me. I don't mind appearing on the cover a few more times."

"Hahaha, no problem."

Several people walked to the place where the golf ball landed. Link measured the distance from the hole and the wind speed at the time, took a No. 3 wood club from the caddy, stood two feet away from the small white ball, aimed the head of the club at the side of the golf ball, and swung decisively.

boom!
The golf ball flew towards Hole No. 60 more than 6 meters away, carrying some dirt and grass.

The little white ball flew more than 50 meters in the air, landed four meters away from the hole, bounced twice, and slowly rolled forward.

"nice shot!"

"Continue to go!"

"Go! Go! Go! Go!"

Several men stared at the little white ball rolling slowly forward, shouting loudly and cheering for the ball.

The ball rolled five or six feet and fell into the hole with a thud.

"Yes! The ball goes in." Jerome, Aaron and Grayden shouted excitedly and patted Link's shoulder excitedly. They were happier than making a million in the stock market.

Link also clenched his fists excitedly.

Although the ball had been measured in advance, the distance was more than 60 meters, and there would inevitably be errors in measuring with the eyes. The probability of getting a hole in one was hundreds of times lower than shooting a football in the midfield.

This ball is awesome.

"Link, you should play golf. With your level, it will be no problem for you to enter the professional league."

Jerome said excitedly.

"Forget it. This shot was just luck. I'm not sure every shot will go into the hole this way."

Link laughed.

"Even Open Champion Payne Stewart couldn't hit this kind of shot, but you did. This shows that you have great potential in golf."

"Yes, Link, you played very well. Let's meet more often in the future when we have time."

"Link, you must participate in the next internal golf tournament in the club and let them see how good you are at golf."

"That's a good idea. The four of us can form a team and compete with other teams, and beat them into a pulp."

"Haha, with Link here, our chances of winning are very high."

Jerome and the other two were delighted to see how good he was at playing golf and started talking about it.

Link smiled and agreed to whatever they suggested so as not to spoil their fun.

After finishing the accumulated work in the company in the morning, he handed over the company's chores to Michael Leeson and others, changed into a golf T-shirt and casual trousers, and went to Pelican Hill Golf Course to play golf.

This was an agreement made with Jerome before, and Jerome invited him to join the Bald Eagle Amateur Golf Club.

But in the past few months, he has been busy filming or promoting his new book, and has no time to spare, let alone play golf.

He took advantage of the free time before the shooting of the new movie to ask Jerome out to play basketball, and by the way, he got to know a few more people and expanded his network in the entertainment industry.

For example, the deputy editor Aaron Couch next to him has become an acquaintance after playing basketball with him. If there is any news in The Hollywood Reporter that is unfavorable to him and Guess What? Pictures in the future, he will have an additional channel to learn about it.

and Graydon Carter, editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair.

"Vanity Fair" is one of the best-selling entertainment and fashion magazines in the United States. Stars who appear on "Vanity Fair" need to have extremely high fame. Being on the cover can also help stars improve their own fame, which is a good publicity platform.

Through Graydon's connections, he can help Monica and others appear on the cover of Vanity Fair or other pages to increase their popularity.

This is golf diplomacy in the entertainment industry.

In the entertainment industry, low-level people compete for resources through hard work, skills or physical fitness, while middle and high-level people compete mainly through resource exchange, socializing, connections, etc.

For example, through this event, Link got inside information from Aaron Couch. If Aaron Couch needs help in the future and he happens to be able to help, he can provide equivalent help.

This is also a resource exchange in the entertainment industry.

In this regard, all countries in the world are the same, they are all societies based on personal connections.

It is difficult for people without connections to get into the upper class of American society.

Link is an exception. The reason why he was able to successfully enter the middle and high-level ranks in the entertainment industry is mainly because he performed so well last year. His fame and worth increased extremely quickly, and the resources and chips he had in his hands also increased rapidly. This also made it easy for him to gain a foothold in a middle and high-level club like the 'Bald Eagle'.

In fact, with his worth, he is qualified to enter the top social circle in the entertainment industry, but he doesn't want to progress so quickly for the time being.

As a billionaire, you can move around in middle and high-level social circles with ease. But when you enter the high-level social circle, facing many capitalists worth billions, you may feel a little reluctant. It would be more comfortable to stay in the middle and high-level circles for now.

(End of this chapter)