Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 188 Emergencies
After the establishment of the Death band, they began to receive secret training in Los Angeles. UTA agency gathered five top musicians to create new songs and albums based on the characteristics and style of the group.

Link barely interfered in the process.

After two weeks of intensive training, the band 'Death' debuted in Los Angeles and was invited to perform as guest performers at concerts of 'Aerosmith', black diva Janet Jackson, 'Take That' and others.

Due to the fame and outstanding image of the group members, and the joint promotion by UTA agency and Guess What Pictures, 'Death Group' quickly attracted the attention of the American people after their debut.

The first promotional single of 'Death Band', "I Want It That Way", sold 10.6 copies in the first week of its release, ranking 72nd on the US Billboard Singles Chart, and sold 22.5 copies in the second week, ranking 10th on the Billboard chart.

The second promotional single "What's Going On" also reached the top 20 of the US Billboard in its first week of release.

In early December, the band Death released their first album, Final Destination, which sold 12 copies in the first week and ranked third on the US Billboard weekly album sales chart, making their fame almost as high as that of first-tier bands.

As the music album sold well, Death began to tour in North America, and the box office data of "Final Destination" also steadily increased.

"Shit! Can a movie be promoted like this?"

"They actually organized a band to promote the movie. How shameless."

"For the sake of box office, Link is unscrupulous and has even ruined the music industry."

At the Viper House Bar, Robert Downey Jr. and others were very angry when they saw the changes in the box office data of "Final Destination" in the newspaper.

In the sixth week of Final Destination, the box office fell below $1000 million, and in the seventh week it fell to $674 million.
If the trend continues, the North American box office of "Final Destination" will fall below 10 million U.S. dollars in the 200th week, and by the 15th week, the North American box office of "Final Destination" will be at most 1.6 million U.S. dollars.

However, with the popularity of the 'Death Combo', the box office of "Final Destination" stopped its downward trend. In the ninth week, "Final Destination" earned $902 million in North America, and in the tenth week, it earned $1573 million.

The North American box office in the first ten weeks totaled $1.71 million.

If the box office continues to rise at this rate, there is a good chance that "Final Destination" will break the $2 million mark before the thirteenth week, and leave "Failure" far behind by the fifteenth week.

"How to do?"

"If we let Link continue like this, we'll definitely lose."

Robert Downey Jr. said in panic.

When he first made the bet, he didn't have much savings, but in order to join in the fun, he borrowed more than 4 million from the bank. Later, in order to raise funds for the promotion of "The Sugar Coated Trap" and to increase the box office of the movie, he borrowed more than 3 million from the bank.

After "Final Destination" was released, he borrowed more than three million yuan for the third time in order to suppress the film.

This bet left him with tens of millions in debt.

If he loses he will really go bankrupt.

"Richard, Tom, do you have any good ideas? We can't lose this bet."

Kiefer Sutherland looks expectantly at Richard Gere, Tom Cruise, and Dustin Hoffman.

Compared with these three big stars, he and Robert Downey Jr. are worth much less. Most of the funds for gambling and fundraising were borrowed from banks, and his debt is as high as more than 6 million.

Richard Gere and the other two were also frowning. Although they earned a lot of money, they were only multi-millionaires. For this gamble, they had invested more than 10 million.

If they lose, their net worth will shrink a lot, and their other investments may fail due to untimely capital turnover, and their losses may be greater than those of Robert Jr. and Kiefer.

At this time, they also hope to find a way to boost the box office of "Final Destination".

But they couldn't think of a good solution. That cunning bastard Link used the band to promote the movie and used the band's popularity to boost the movie's box office.

In order to reduce the popularity of the movie, the band needs to be suppressed first.

But this band has become famous. With the strong support from UTA agency and Guess Pictures, the four members of the band have become the most popular youth idol group in the music scene.

It is said that they have tens of millions of fans in North America, with each concert attracting no less than 3 audience members, and there are crowds of people wherever they go.

It is extremely difficult to suppress such a band.

"Isn't there anything you can do?"

Robert Downey Jr. and Kiefer Sutherland looked at them with despair on their faces.

Tom Cruise clenched his fist and said angrily, "That bastard Link is so despicable. He said that there is no need to use the media to market the movie, but now he has created a band and is using the band to promote the movie. It's so despicable."

Richard Gere did not expect Link to do this when he was about to lose. What made him even angrier was that by promoting the movie in this way, Link not only did not have to pay any money, but he could also make a fortune from the band's albums and performances, which was much smarter than their fundraising method.

Link is such a jerk. "Does Mr. Ovitz have any ideas? Have you consulted him?"

Robert Jr. asked.

Tom Cruise shook his head. Michael Ovitz had no good solution at this time. Michael Ovitz said that in order to suppress the box office of this movie, more funds needed to be invested, and the minimum guarantee had to be more than 3000 million US dollars, and it might not be successful.

Michael Ovitz sounded discouraged and listless as he spoke, as if he had given up the struggle.

"What should we do? Are we just going to admit defeat and wait for Link to take our hard-earned money? And let everyone laugh at us?"

Kiefer Sutherland shouted out of control.

Tom Cruise, Richard Gere and Dustin Hoffman also looked gloomy. They didn't care about the money they lost, but they really didn't want to lose to Link, and they didn't want people in the circle to think they were a group of losers.

But they have no choice but to pray to God for a miracle so that the box office of "Final Destination" will stop growing.

"or."

Robert Downey Jr.'s eyes flashed with cruelty, "How about we hire a killer to kill Link? I heard that CAA also has a killer agent."

Richard Gere was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled around, and he put his arm around Robert Jr.'s shoulder and said with a smile,
“Robert, don’t be angry. Although Link deserves to die, things haven’t come to this point yet. There are still five weeks left. We may not lose. Maybe there will be a miracle.”

"A miracle? Will there be one?"

Robert Downey Jr. doesn't know what miracle will help them turn defeat into victory.

"Look, something happened over there."

As he was talking, the booth area suddenly became noisy and bustling. Many people gathered at the door, talking loudly as they walked.

"I heard that the big star River Phoenix died."

"No way. I heard he was in shock from taking too many drugs."

"Come over and have a look."

Richard Gere, Tom Cruise and others stopped talking, stood up and walked out curiously.

When we arrived at the door of the Viper House bar, we saw River Phoenix lying on the sidewalk, unconscious, foaming at the mouth, and we didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

Several security guards around were calling the emergency number, and someone was loudly asking if there was a doctor, but no one stepped forward.

"Rui Fan is a heavy drug user. I didn't expect him to be so heavy."

Robert Downey Jr. said, stroking his chin.

"He must have taken too much."

Kiefer Sutherland was still frightened. As a fellow drug addict, River's miserable condition made him more afraid of drugs.

Richard Gere watched from the sidelines, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he whispered to Robert Jr. and Kiefer,
“This might be our chance.”

"what chance?"

"River is Joaquin Phoenix's brother. If River gets seriously ill, Joaquin won't be in the mood to continue performing outside, and the box office of Final Destination will be greatly affected."

"Yup!"

“That’s good for us.”

Robert Downey Jr. clapped excitedly.

Kiefer Sutherland also perked up.

"I just don't know how River is doing. If his illness is too mild, I'm afraid it won't affect Joaquin's performance."

Richard Gere said.

Robert Downey Jr. and Kiefer also frowned.

Tick ​​tick!
Hearing the ambulance sirens outside, Robert's eyes suddenly lit up, and he came up with an excellent idea, which might make Rui Fan more seriously ill.

(End of this chapter)