Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 169 Betting
Robert Downey Jr. frowned, this bet seemed like a good deal.

Kiefer Sutherland's eyes lit up.
“Can movies that haven’t been released be used?”

“All movies released this year are fine.”

"it is good!"

Kiefer Sutherland leaned over to Robert Downey Jr.'s ear and said, "You can bet with him that Tom Cruise's new movie 'Trap' had a very good preview. Of the 43 distributors, producers, and film critics who participated in the preview, 35 gave it a score of more than 90 points, with a favorable rating of more than 95%. It is expected that the North American box office of this movie will be more than 2 million US dollars. Link's new movie will definitely not have 2 million. We have a good chance of winning if we bet with him."

Robert Downey Jr. said, "$1000 million is too much. I don't have that much money."

Although he is a top movie star with a movie salary of millions of dollars, his daily expenses are too high, including buying alcohol and medicine. He has also made several failed investments. Currently, he does not even have 100 million cash in his account, let alone 1000 million.

Kiefer Sutherland whispered, "We can invite Richard, Dustin and others to place a joint bet. If we win this, we can not only make a lot of money, but also save Link's face. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

Robert Downey Jr. thought about it and nodded in agreement, "Link, are you sure any movie will do?"

"Of course, I am confident in my film."

"Humph! We accept your proposal, but we still need to consider which specific movie to bet on. We will give you an answer within three days."

"random."

Link continued chatting with Nicolas Cage and the others.

"Link, do you really want to bet?"

Nicholas Cage asked.

"Have fun with them, otherwise it would be too boring to shoot movies every day."

Link laughed.

"But aren't you worried about losing if you bet 1000 million?"

Keanu Reeves asked.

Johnny Depp chimed in, “Link is a billionaire, ten million is a drop in the bucket for him.”

"You rich people are really crazy in your pursuit of excitement."

Keanu exclaimed.

Link shook his head. He dared to bet "Final Destination" on other movies because he was sure of winning. If he won this time, he could not only earn some pocket money, but also teach people like Robert Downey Jr. a lesson, killing two birds with one stone.

"What are you talking about?"

Monica Bellucci and Keanu's girlfriend Jennifer came over with glasses of wine.

"We negotiated a big deal."

Link laughed.

On the other side, after Robert Downey Jr. and his friends left the bar, they immediately called Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman and others, and talked about the bet with Link. They said they wanted to bet 1000 million US dollars with Link and asked if this could be done.
Richard Gere was very excited after hearing this and said that he could do it, but he had to do some research before taking the bet.

He then called Tom Cruise and producer Scott Rudin to ask about "The Trap."

"The Firm" is a film produced by Paramount Pictures, adapted from John Grisham's best-selling novel "The Firm". Filming began in November last year and was completed in March. The production cost was 11 million US dollars.

The film's producer is Hollywood gold medal producer Scott Rudin.

The director is Sidney Pollack, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times and won the Best Picture and Best Director awards in 1986 for "Out of Africa".

The screenwriters are also three celebrities.

Best-selling author John Grisham, renowned director and screenwriter Robert Downey Jr., and gold medal screenwriter David Rabe.

The leading actor of "The Trap" is Tom Cruise, a top Hollywood star. The supporting actor is Gene Hackman, a famous Hollywood supporting actor. Gene has been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar many times and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in March this year for "Unforgiven";
There are two supporting actresses. One is Jeanne Tripplehorn, the actress who became famous last year with "Basic Instinct", and the other is Holly Hunter, who won the Oscar for Best Actress for "The Piano" in March this year.

In addition, other supporting actors in this play, such as Ed Harris, Wilford Brimley, Hal Holbrook, etc., are all famous veteran actors in Hollywood with superb acting skills.

This movie is a typical Hollywood commercial film, with a gold medal producer + a popular star + a powerful director + an acting supporting actor + a Hollywood inspirational story.

With acting skills and popularity, the quality of the movie is guaranteed.

It is almost impossible to lose money with such a lineup.

When Tom Cruise heard that several people were going to bet the box office of "Trap" with Link's new movie, he also became interested. After asking about the bet and odds, he offered to take out $200 million to join their bet.

Richard Gere happily agreed.

After contacting Tom Cruise and others, Richard Gere was full of confidence in "The Trap".

To be on the safe side, they used various connections to contact people who had attended the preview of "Final Destination" and got some inside information.

There were 22 people who attended the internal preview of "Final Destination", and the approval rating was less than 80%. The box office is expected to be around 6000 million US dollars.

"The Trap" has a 95% approval rating and is expected to gross over $1.2 million.

From this perspective, they were sure to win the bet, and beating Link was like picking up money.

"Then I'll call Link now and tell him we'll take this bet."

Robert Downey Jr. said excitedly.

"Don't worry. If you want to play, why not play big? Link is worth hundreds of millions, so he can afford to pay if he loses."

Richard Gere said with a smile.

"Betting bigger?"

"You want to raise the stakes?"

“But we don’t have that much money.”

Robert Downey Jr. and Kiefer Sutherland said.

"Richard, just play around, don't bet too much."

Wife Cindy Crawford persuaded.

"Don't worry."

Richard Gere waved his hands and said with a smile, "We don't have money, but the bank does. After we win Link, we can return it to the bank and make tens of millions more, enough for us to shoot more than a dozen movies. In addition, we can spread the news to other people and get more funds. This time we must make Link lose all his money and go bankrupt."

Richard Gere slammed his fist down on the table.

Last time at the "Bram Stoker's Dracula" party, he was accidentally ambushed by Link and made a fool of himself in public. Later, on the "Blair Witch" project, he was ambushed by Link again. His new movie "As Time Goes By" was crushed by Link's new movie at the box office.

The hatred is so deep that he must defeat Link once to vent his anger.

"Loan gambling?"

Kiefer Sutherland prefers drugs to gambling, and is not very courageous in this regard. "What if...what if I lose? I know the probability of losing is not high, but if I lose, we will lose a lot of money."

"Don't worry, we won't lose."

Richard Gere said confidently, "Let's not talk about the fact that his new movie's critical acclaim is far lower than The Trap. Don't forget that we have CAA behind us. The Big Seven will not just sit there and watch Link's movie sell well. As long as we are brave enough, we will definitely be able to defeat Link this time. I'm betting $800 million on this."

(End of this chapter)