Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 206: Special Class
The sixth film project is "Good Will Hunting", a script written by Matt Damon while he was in college.

The script was written in 1992 as a drama class assignment for Matt while studying at Harvard University. It was called "The Coming-of-age Story of Young Genius Will Hunting". Ben Affleck made some suggestions and it became a formal movie script.

After they came to Hollywood the year before last, they submitted their scripts everywhere like Link did. Because the script was very good, it was soon noticed by Patrick Whitesell, the producer of Castle Rock Pictures, who bought the film rights for $15.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are willing to work with Castle Rock Pictures, but there is a condition: they have to star in the film and participate in the production of the film and have certain decision-making power.

Castle Rock Pictures was unwilling to use these two new actors as the leading actors, nor did they want to let these two young boys interfere in the film production.

In order to make them give up this idea, the people at Castle Rock Pictures told them that there were problems with the script and asked them to take it back for revisions.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck revised the film over thirty times, but Castle Rock Pictures was still not satisfied and asked them to continue revising it.

Matt Damon and Ben asked if there were any changes.

Castle Rock Pictures did not give any suggestions for revisions and asked them to continue with the revisions.

Matt Damon suspected that Castle Rock had never read the script after receiving it.

In order to verify this, they deliberately added a plot in the script where the male protagonist was playing with glue in the office.

After receiving the revised script, the production department of Castle Rock Pictures still did not make any comments.

Matt Damon and Ben gave up working with Castle Rock Pictures in anger.

After filming "Seven", Matt Damon and Ben came to him with the script, hoping that Guess Pictures would invest in the film.

After reading the script, Link asked them to delete the gluing scenes and then consider investing.

Matt Damon and Ben were immediately happy, but mentioned that they wanted to be the main characters and participate in the production of the movie.

Link did not object and agreed to let Matt Damon be the male lead and Ben Affleck be the supporting actor. This can be regarded as compensation for not choosing Matt as the male lead in "Seven Deadly Sins".

In addition, he will serve as the producer of this film and produce this film together.

"Good Will Hunting" became Guess Pictures' sixth film project this year.

During this period, he also took time to visit Chen Chong's home and eat the Sichuan cuisine she cooked.

During meals, Chen Chong took the initiative to cook for him.

Link was not an unromantic person, and he did not refuse her special service.

The woman is 33 years old, a bit old, but very considerate. No matter what dish he wants to eat, she will try her best to satisfy him and show him her best cooking skills, fearing that he will not be happy or satisfied with the meal.

It’s just that Link’s physical fitness has increased dramatically recently, with his strength, speed, and endurance all increasing by 20%, and his appetite has also increased.

When cooking at Liu Xiaoli's house, he was more restrained and didn't turn the fire too high.

You don't have to worry too much about Chen Chong.

In the end, Chen Chong ate too much and almost went to the hospital.

Boom boom boom!
"Come in!"

The office door opened, and Sofia and Milla Jovovich walked in, both carrying several shopping bags in their hands and exuding a sunny vibe. They had just come back from shopping outside, and when they passed by Guess Pictures, they came up to visit.

"Link, what are you doing?"

"Look at some information. Did you just go shopping?"

"We are not like you. We only work all day long. It's so boring."

After Sofia came in, she handed the shopping bag to Milla Jovovich, then sat down on the desk and picked up the ornaments on the table to play with them.

"Nice legs."

Link smiled as he looked at her thighs in the hot pants.

Sophia lifted her thigh a little, less than a foot away from him, "Yesterday you said you were going to adapt the stories in Interstellar into a movie. Which one are you going to adapt?"

"This!" Link rummaged through the bookshelf in the back row and took out a script with the words "This Man From Earth" written on it. It was a movie script adapted from the novel.

"The Man From Earth" tells the story of John Oldman, a 35-year-old Harvard history professor who resolutely chose to resign after working for ten years. His colleagues came to see him off and prepared to retain him. These colleagues included several historians, Christian translators, biologists, psychologists, etc.

During the chat, John Oldman suddenly told everyone that he was a caveman who had lived for 14000 years.

Biologist Harry, archaeologist Art Jenkins, psychologist Dr. Will Gruber and others did not believe it and thought John Oldman was crazy; historian Sandy, Christian translator Edith and others believed what John Oldman said.

From then on, the two sides started an academic debate, and in the end both were convinced by John Oldman.

“You want to film this?”

Sophia has read the novel and said, "Why not make Interstellar, The Martian or Gravity? These three novels would be more exciting if made into movies."

"This project has a small investment and is relatively easy to shoot. Other projects require more special effects and are more expensive. In addition, the current CGI technology is not mature enough and the quality of the film cannot be guaranteed. I don't want to ruin these three or several IPs."

Link said.

"That makes sense. When will this movie be shot?"

"I have two big projects on hand and don't have time to shoot this. Are you interested in directing this movie?"

Link said.

"I?"

Sophia flipped through the script and smiled, "Aren't you worried that I'll mess up this script?"

"I believe you can do it well."

Sofia worked with him on three films, including "The Blair Witch Project", "Final Destination" and "Seven Deadly Sins", and served as a scene director. Many shots in the three films were completed by her.

Now Sofia is considered a relatively mature technician in directing movies.

You can try to be a director.

In addition, the production cost of this film is relatively low.

All that was needed for filming was a room with a fireplace, eight actors, no special effects, no dubbing, and not too many props.

The main content of the movie is that the actors sit in a room and debate.

The production cost was approximately $2.

If you get it wrong, take it again a few more times.

The reason why Link did not direct the film himself was that the content of the film was too bland and the lines were rather profound. It was not easy to understand after watching it once, so it was not suitable for screening in theaters and would not receive box office subsidies.

The original version was not shown in theaters but was released as a video tape, earning more than $3.5 million worldwide.

"Link, thank you!"

Sophia excitedly hugged him and kissed him.

Milla Jovovich was drinking tea on the sofa. Seeing the two of them cuddling at the desk, her cheeks blushed and she walked to the door and closed it.

Before the two women came, Link wanted to work overtime in the office.

It was just that Sofia said that she and Mila bought some sexy Victoria's Secret evening gowns while shopping and asked him if he wanted to see them.

Link refused and followed the two back, spending a colorful night.

When leaving Sofia's apartment, Link sat in the car, looking at the prosperous world outside the window, thinking about Liu Xiaoli's warm chicken soup, Chen Chong's hot and spicy hot pot, Sofia and Milla Jovovich's European and American flavors, and Monica and Jennifer's home cooking.

I have to sigh that after achieving success, one faces more and more temptations, and it becomes difficult to maintain the noble moral integrity as before.

After taking a short break, Link continued to work in the company and handle his duties.

(End of this chapter)