Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 153 Cricket (please subscribe)

In its seventh week of release, "The Blair Witch Project" earned $669 million in North America, bringing its North American box office to $1.51 million and its global box office to $2.59 million.

Link and Guess What Films made $1.66 million on the film, minus $12 in production costs and $1000 million in marketing and distribution costs, for a net income of more than $1.5 million.

After making money, he transferred the dividends to the "Flash Gold Capital" account and continued to buy Microsoft shares in the stock market. Currently, Flash Gold Capital holds a total of 2.87% of Microsoft shares and 0.85% of the voting rights.

Since Clinton came to power at the end of last year and proposed a plan to build an information superhighway, the Internet industry has developed rapidly and Microsoft's shares have also risen accordingly.

In April last year, Microsoft's market value was only US$4 billion. In April this year, it rose to US$137 billion, and its total market value entered the top 4 US companies for the first time.

It is still growing.

If Flash Capital wants to get more Microsoft shares, it will need to invest more money.

However, the growth of Microsoft shares also made the market value of FlashGold Capital exceed US$6 million.

Including Guess What Pictures, UTA shares, and other assets, Link's assets amount to US$7 million.

After the seventh week box office release of "The Blair Witch Project," there were only a few reports in the media about the film's box office performance.

The reason is that the box office of "The Witches" in the past few weeks was too amazing, and the media and the public were too enthusiastic about this movie. Now the box office of several million per week is not big news.

The news about Link in the media now mainly reports on the preparations for his new movie. When the filming of "Bleach" started, many media reported the news.

Rumor has it that the film cost more than 1200 million U.S. dollars to produce, which is hundreds of times more than the previous three films.

The increase in film production costs means that the crew will be larger, the workload will increase dozens of times, and filming will be more troublesome.

However, Link has no experience working in a large crew, nor has he participated in a big production. Many people are watching this movie with an attitude of waiting to see whether it can be successful and continue to be a box office hit.

"I heard that Link's new movie has started filming?"

In the bar, Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Downey Jr. were drinking and talking about Link.

"Yes, Link brought the crew to New York a few days ago to prepare. I heard it's a campus thriller movie."

"This guy only knows how to make horror movies. He's made three in a row and he's still going to make one. Let's see what new tricks he can come up with."

"This guy likes to use new actors in his movies. Now he is shooting a multi-million dollar project and still only uses new actors. This is simply stupid."

"Indeed. For a high-cost film project to achieve good box office results, the main cast must have at least one veteran actor and one star actor. It's too risky to use all new actors as the main actors in Link's new film."

"Hey, that guy used newcomers in his first three movies, and all three movies were big hits. He became overconfident and even said in an interview that he had figured out the filming method and audience preferences, and that no matter how he shot it, it would be a success, so he didn't care about acting skills or celebrity actors at all."

"He's bragging. If he had understood the market, how could The Witch only have a box office of over 3 million, less than half of Paranormal Activity? This shows that Link is on the decline. I have a feeling that this movie will be a flop."

"Haha, I thought so too. Cheers!"

"We can't be careless. Link is a billionaire with a lot of money and resources. Even if this movie fails, it won't have a big impact on him. We should pay more attention to him. It would be best if we can find some dirt on him and expose it so that the audience will hate him and stop supporting his movies."

"What's Link's scandal? Oh, I heard he's a playboy, he has a date with the beautiful Monica Bellucci, and he also has affairs with Jennifer Connelly, Sofia Coppola, Brooke Shields and others. Does this count as scandal? Should we expose it?"

"It's useless. Link and those women are not married. Exposing them will only give him more gossip and increase his exposure. Other impacts will not be significant. If you want to discredit Link, you must come up with real dirty laundry."

"It's difficult. I've investigated and found that Link doesn't take drugs, drink alcohol, gamble, or go to nightclubs or strip clubs. He usually goes out with bodyguards and has almost no bad habits. It's difficult to find evidence against him."

"Humph, I don't believe he is that kind of good person. A young man like him who suddenly becomes rich is bound to develop some bad habits. As long as we investigate slowly, we will definitely find some black material on him." Richard Gere laughed coldly, holding his wine glass.

Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Dustin Hoffman nodded.

Richard was right. We are all men and we understand men best. How could a man worth hundreds of millions of dollars not have some special quirks?

For example, Richard Gere and Dustin Hoffman like to pick up girls, especially other people's girls.

When chatting together, they often talk about the married female stars in the circle, saying that it would be a great sense of accomplishment to snatch them from their husbands, like a lion on the grassland.

Robert Downey Jr. and Kiefer Sutherland are more fond of taking drugs, and they always have a variety of drugs at home and even in their cars.

This is illegal in California.

They believed Link had it, too.

It’s just that no one knows Link, and he is good at disguise and hides very deeply, so others can’t see him. But as long as we investigate, we will be able to catch him.

"Hey, Michelle, you here for a drink too?"

Dustin Hoffman waved toward the aisle of the bar.

Michelle Pfeiffer walked in wearing a black dress and carrying a small handbag. She glanced at a few people and said, "You are here too. What a coincidence. Director Nichols invited several of us leading actors to come here to discuss the script, and I got here first. Why are you here too?"

"I had nothing to do on the weekend, so I came here to chat. Director Nichols hasn't arrived yet, so let's sit down and chat first."

Dustin Hoffman stood up enthusiastically and invited Michelle Pfeiffer to take a seat.

Michelle Pfeiffer smiled, greeted Richard Gere and others, and sat down in an empty seat.

"Hey, Michelle, you look really good. Are you feeling the love?"

Richard Gere looked at Michelle Pfeiffer with a smile and teased her about her relationship with famous TV producer David E. Kelly.

"No, I'm just in a good mood recently."

Michelle Pfeiffer touched her cheek and smiled. She was in very good shape recently and her skin was in great shape because she was feeling unprecedented satisfaction both physically and mentally.

Dustin Hoffman saw Michelle's eyes full of spring, and said sourly, "So many of us pursued you, but you chose David Kelly. That guy is so lucky. But I suggest you keep a close eye on David. He is not a good man. I have heard a lot of gossip about him at the party."

"It must be a misunderstanding. I believe David will not betray me."

Michelle Pfeiffer said lightly.

Dustin Hoffman felt even more upset after hearing this. Before he could say anything more, Michelle Pfeiffer changed the subject and asked, "What are you talking about, the new movie?"

"No, we were talking about Link."

"Link?"

Michelle Pfeiffer's heart suddenly began to pound. The man with black hair and black eyes involuntarily appeared in her mind. She thought of his handsome face, his super-stamina body, his violent movements, and the night she had indulged in madness with him.

She couldn't help but close her knees, and her cheeks and other parts of her body began to feel hot.

(End of this chapter)