Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 205 Visitors from Hong Kong Island (+Subscription Request)

I took a shower at Liu Xiaoli's house and changed into casual clothes. The sun was shining brightly outside, very big and round, and it gave me a warm feeling when it shone on my body.

"Link!"

Before he got in the car, Chen Chong, who was supposed to leave, got out of the car in front. She was wearing a black miniskirt, carrying a small shoulder bag, and walked over with a gust of fragrance.

Chen Chong is 33 years old this year. She is young and energetic, and knows how to put on makeup and dress up. In addition to her celebrity status, she is also a beautiful young woman in the eyes of men.

"Chen Chong, why are you still here?"

"I'll wait for you here. You look great. Did Xiaoli cook some special food for you? How does Xiaoli's special food taste?"

Chen Chong stood less than two feet away from him, and joked with a lecherous look in her eyes while raising the corner of her lips.

"No. What do you want from me?"

"My car broke down, can I take a ride with you?"

Chen Chong tilted her head and smiled.

"please!"

Link wasn't worried that she would play any tricks, so he invited her into the car and told the driver to drive back to the company.

The Porsche commercial vehicle drove slowly on the bustling Hollywood Boulevard.

Link uncorked the bottle, poured a glass of sparkling wine and handed it to Chen Chong. Chen Chong said thank you, shook the glass and smiled, "Link, I plan to return to China next month to see if there are any film projects worth investing in. Do you have any suggestions in this regard?"

Lin Ke thought for a moment and said, "The film industry in Hong Kong is highly competitive, and the market is basically saturated. The investment value of films there is not great. Commercial films in the mainland generally do not perform well, and there is not much policy support. In terms of film selection, art films are mainly selected. Art films are better and can also make profits abroad, such as several films directed by Zhang Yimou."

Chen Chong laughed and said, "China has just started reform and opening up, and people's thinking is relatively conservative. Many directors are still shooting model operas. Such films can only be shown in China and have basically no market abroad. However, in the past two years, some new directors with good level have emerged in China, such as Jiang Wen, Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye, Guan Hu, etc. They have just made their debut and are short of money. We can invest in their films and establish long-term cooperative relationships with them."

Link nodded, agreeing with Chen Chong's words.

After chatting about some serious topics, Chen Chong put down her goblet, blinked her eyes and smiled, "Link, last time I invited you to my house for dinner, you didn't have time. Now that the filming is over, come to my house sometime and I'll cook Sichuan food for you. Oh, and I can cook for you, too. I promise the taste won't be worse than Xiaoli's."

Chen Chong's tone became ambiguous.

"Where do you live?"

"It's at 1750 Wilson Avenue in San Marino. Can you come tomorrow?"

Chen Chong asked with anticipation in her eyes.

"I don't have time these days. There are a lot of things to do in the company. Let's talk about it in a couple of days."

"Really? Link, you're a grown man, you should keep your word, don't stand me up again, okay?"

Chen Chong showed a look of grievance on her face.

"Not this time."

There was no need for Link to cheat on such matters. Whether Chen Chong invited him to dinner or something else, he had a good appetite and could digest anything.

The car dropped Chen Chong off at the intersection and drove forward for more than 200 meters before stopping in front of the Guess Movie Studio.

After returning to the company, Link continued to work on the movie.

As 1994 arrived, the company needed to formulate a work plan for the new year, mainly film production and distribution plans.

Currently, there are 5 films under Guess What Pictures waiting to be released.

These include Seven, Eat Drink Man Woman directed by Ang Lee, Dumb and Dumber co-produced by Guess What and New Line Cinema, The Uncanny Murders directed by Steven Soderbergh, and Speed, a new film project in cooperation with Mark Gordon Studios. These five films have been completed, and except Speed, the other four have also been produced and are waiting for the right time to be released.

There are seven more films in the pipeline.

One is "The Mask", the third comedy film tailor-made for Jim Carrey.

Richard Linklater's new film Before Sunrise.

"Sense and Sensibility," the new film directed by Ang Lee.

Link's new project "The Butterfly Effect".

However, when preparing the film, director Wang Ying and his wife Miao Qianren invited him to their home.

Three filmmakers from Hong Kong were introduced to him, including Zou Chongyan, the daughter of Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Hong Kong Golden Harvest, kung fu superstar Chen Long, and famous director Tang Jili.

In recent years, the Hong Kong film market has become extremely competitive. Last year, Hong Kong alone produced 405 films and released 236 films, which is not worse than that of the United States.

There are too many movies released and the number of audiences is limited, so there is bound to be a situation where there are more people than movies.

Competition between film companies became increasingly fierce, and many films failed to make money after being released, leading to the bankruptcy of the companies.

Under such circumstances, many filmmakers turned to Hollywood, including actors and behind-the-scenes workers.

Among the successful representatives is director John Woo. His first Hollywood film, "Target," was released in June last year and achieved huge success with a box office of 3258 million U.S. dollars in North America and 7418 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

In addition, directors Ang Lee, Wang Ying, and Chinese director Link also performed well last year.

The success of several Chinese directors also gave great encouragement to Hong Kong filmmakers, and also prompted more filmmakers to come to Hollywood to test the waters.

Chen Long is one of them.

This year, Golden Harvest Films plans to create an action blockbuster with the United States as the background to enter the North American market.

The production cost of this film was about 800 million US dollars, which is equivalent to hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

The risk is not small.

In order to reduce risks, Golden Harvest hoped to find a film company in Hollywood to cooperate with before filming began.

I heard that Link, the boss of Guess What Pictures, is quite friendly to fellow Chinese people. He has invested in films directed by Wang Ying and Ang Lee. This company is also very strong and is currently the most powerful company in the field of independent films in Hollywood.

After the current president of Golden Harvest Films, Zhou Chongyan, came to the United States, he asked director Wang Ying to be the middleman and introduce Lin Ke to them.

Lin Ke was also quite surprised to see Chen Long at Director Wang's house. Chen Long is a world-class Kung Fu superstar. Several of his future films shot in Hollywood have performed well at the box office, including "Rumble in the Bronx" and the "Rush Hour" series.

It's also a good opportunity to work with him.

This time, Golden Harvest Films brings "Rumble in the Bronx".

After reading the script and the filming plan, Link agreed to invest on the condition that after the film was released, Guess Pictures would be responsible for the promotion and distribution of "Rumble in the Bronx" in North America and would give Golden Harvest a share of the profits.

The people from Golden Harvest Films agreed without hesitation.

"Rumble in the Bronx" was their stepping stone to Hollywood, and Link is a Chinese who has strength and status in Hollywood, so it is a good choice to work with him.

After confirming its investment in "Rumble in the Bronx", Guess Pictures has added another film project this year.

(End of this chapter)