Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 236 Between Husband and Wife
"Speed" is in its fourth week of release, and the summer blockbuster "Forrest Gump" is released.

The film was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures with a production cost of 5500 million US dollars. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Sally Field, it tells the extraordinary life journey of an ordinary person, Forrest Gump, against the backdrop of extraordinary times.

The film earned $1595 million in 2445 theaters in its first week, with an average daily box office of $15329 per theater. It achieved extremely high box office results and had an outstanding reputation.

The movie was enthusiastically sought after by movie fans after its release.

Some media have announced that this movie is the best live-action movie in 1994. Many artists under CAA have come out to praise "Forrest Gump", saying that they were deeply moved while watching the movie and strongly recommended the film.

In the second week of its release, Paramount Pictures expanded the scale of its release. "Forrest Gump" earned $2514 million in 4836 theaters, with a cumulative box office of $7281 million, ranking first at the box office for two consecutive weeks.

The huge box office success of "Forrest Gump" also caused the box office of "Speed" to be severely squeezed, with only 1744 million US dollars in the fourth week and 1317 million US dollars in the fifth week.

The cumulative box office after five weeks just exceeded 1.01 million US dollars, reaching million US dollars, one week later than expected.

"Yes! Yes! It should have been done a long time ago."

At the CAA headquarters, Tom Cruise looked at the data in the newspaper and excitedly waved his fist. Although "Forrest Gump" was not his movie, he would be happy to see other movies crushing the Guess What movies at the box office and making Link make less money.

"If we had known that Forrest Gump would be so popular, we should have released this movie earlier so that Speed wouldn't get as much box office."

"It's okay. This is just fine."

Michael Ovitz smiled and said, "Link's new movie 'Se7en' will be released next week. With the current reputation of 'Forrest Gump', the box office performance will continue to rise next week. A niche art film like 'Se7en' is doomed to fail at the box office when it encounters a commercial film like 'Forrest Gump' that has a very good reputation."

Tom Cruise nodded. It was said that the production cost of "Se3000en" was as high as 4000 million US dollars. In order to fight against the suppression of the seven major film studios, Guess What Pictures has successively invested tens of millions of dollars in publicity, which also made the cost of the film reach more than million US dollars.

According to the box office sharing rules, the film's North American box office needs to reach more than 8000 million US dollars to break even.

The movies released in the past few weeks are all commercial blockbusters. In the fiercely competitive summer season, it is extremely difficult for an art film like "Seven Deadly Sins" to sell 8000 million at the box office.

Tom Cruise couldn't wait to see Link's expression when he failed.

"Tom, forget about Forrest Gump. I have something to ask you."

Michael Ovitz took the newspaper from his hand and said, "I received news that At All Costs has been approved and Nicole is still the heroine. Has Nicole told you about these things?"

Tom Cruise shook his head, "I've been busy with work lately, and I haven't communicated much with Nicole."

"Tom, you can't do this. You and Nicole are husband and wife. You should communicate more often and pay attention to her recent changes. Or you can ask her assistant privately if she has had any contact with Link and try to find evidence that they are dating." Ovitz said.

Tom Cruise frowned, "I heard that Link is currently filming a movie in Ohio and is not in Los Angeles."

"I know. I just suggest you pay more attention to Nicole's whereabouts. Link is an extremely lustful guy. He wants to trick beautiful women into bed when he sees them. Nicole is a very charming woman. It is impossible for him not to be tempted after seeing Nicole. Now that the crew of "At All Costs" has been established, Link may take advantage of his work to seduce Nicole.

Tom, you are Nicole's husband, you must take this matter seriously. You can't wait until something happens and then find out about it. That would be too easy for that bastard Link."

Michael Ovitz clenched his fists and showed a look of solidarity.

Tom Cruise's face suddenly turned cold when he thought that his wife might have cheated on him with the most annoying Link.

"I understand. I will keep a close eye on Nicole and will never let Link touch her."

"No, no, it's not about preventing Link from meeting Nicole. It's about keeping an eye on them and finding solid evidence when they're dating. Then, through this incident, Link will become infamous and ruined, and he'll be kicked out of Hollywood as soon as possible."

Michael Ovitz exhorted.

Tom Cruise frowned, but finally nodded, "I understand."

"Tom, you are my favorite actor. You have to remember that we men should focus on our careers, make more money, have more resources, and gain a higher status. Other than that, nothing else matters. If you have no money and no status, women will leave you."

Ovitz said earnestly.

Tom Cruise nodded.

Michael Ovitz felt helpless when he saw Tom Cruise's absent-minded look.

It's not that he had to instigate Tom Cruise to sacrifice his wife Nicole, but he had no other choice.

After losing the bet last year, he was very upset and wanted to take revenge on Link. He hired detectives and paparazzi to follow Link and look for dirt on him.

There isn't much of value.

After becoming famous, Link has basically no bad habits except for his love of making friends with the opposite sex. He doesn't smoke, drink, or take drugs, doesn't go to nightclubs or bars, doesn't drive under the influence, doesn't engage in racial discrimination, and he often does charity work.

It can be considered to be following the rules.

When it comes to making friends with the opposite sex, although Link is rather promiscuous, he will not interfere in other people's marriages, nor will he force the opposite sex to do things they don't want to do.

He is also very good to the women around him, giving them cars, houses, luxury goods and scripts. When he is not busy at work, he will take time to spend with the women, trying his best to treat them equally.

And those women seemed to be fascinated by him. After getting to know him, even if they had boyfriends before, they would quickly break up with them and follow him wholeheartedly.

Ovitz once sent people to incite the women around Link to come forward and accuse Link of sexual harassment and violence.

CAA is willing to give them a lot of resources, and if they don’t want resources, they can also give them US dollars, and they can ask for any amount.

But none of the women agreed to cooperate, and instead revealed the matter to Link.

After Link knew this, he became more cautious about these things and would be very careful to keep secrets when dating.

If any paparazzi from any media outlet takes private photos of him, he would be willing to spend a large sum of money to buy them back.

Eliminate future troubles at the source.

Michael Ovitz was very discouraged and angry when he found out.

He didn't understand why those beautiful and stupid women would give up the readily available US dollars and role resources and follow a promiscuous man wholeheartedly.

He also didn't understand what was so attractive about that annoying guy Link that made women so loyal to him.

At the same time, he was also very envious of Link. They were both men and billionaires, but Link was so promiscuous and yet he could win the hearts of so many beauties, while he only had one wife and two lovers, but was often exhausted by women's affairs and unable to take care of them all at the same time, causing one of his lovers to secretly cheat on him.

This jealousy also turned into his disgust for Link, prompting him to want to destroy Link quickly so that he would no longer have to be jealous of any same-sex person.

It’s just that this bastard Link is rich and powerful, with no obvious stains.

It was not easy to destroy him. He could only be patient and create opportunities to deal with Link, pushing him to the edge of the cliff little by little.

And Tom Cruise's beautiful wife is one of the ways he uses to deal with Link.

He believed that Link would be interested in the sexy beauty Nicole Kidman.

But he wasn't sure whether Link would break the rules for Nicole and interfere in the marriage of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

For this he had to ask Tom Cruise for help.

After receiving the tip from Ovitz, Tom Cruise hurriedly left the Death Star Building and returned to the Beverly Villa.

On the way home, some adult film scenes would always pop up in his mind involuntarily. The male and female protagonists of the film were Link and Nicole Kidman. While he was away, the two secretly dated in the villa, made love on the big bed in the bedroom, and did some shameless things.

The more Tom Cruise thought about it, the angrier he got.

After returning to the villa, he rushed to the master bedroom on the second floor with his camera to check. There was no one there, and no one in the bathroom either. There was still no one in the guest rooms and bathrooms downstairs.

Tom Cruise stood at the bedroom door, feeling relieved but also a little disappointed.

"Tom, what are you doing?"

Nicole Kidman came back from outside wearing a white Prada summer dress, holding a bag in her hand, with her long golden hair draped behind her. Her breasts and buttocks were curved by the corset, making her look very charming.

Behind her, the assistant was holding several shopping bags.

"Where have you been?"

Tom Cruise asked sullenly.

"I went shopping, what happened?"

“Who are you shopping with?”

"Why are you asking this? Do I have to tell you who I'm shopping with?"

Nicole Kidman frowned, turned around and went upstairs.

"tell me!"

Tom Cruise grabbed her wrist and wouldn't let her leave.

"Ah, you're scratching me, okay, it's Naomi and Cindy, are you satisfied?"

Nicole Kidman shook her hands away vigorously and went upstairs in her high heels clicking.

Tom Cruise picked up his phone and called Cindy Crawford, asking if she and Nicole had gone shopping?

Cindy Crawford said yes and asked him what was the matter?

Tom Cruise felt relieved after hearing Cindy Crawford's answer. Cindy Crawford is Richard Gere's wife. Link was largely responsible for Richard Gere's car accident. Cindy Crawford also didn't like Link, so her words were highly credible.

Tom Cruise asks about Richard Gere's health.

Cindy Crawford said it was bad and there was no possibility of recovery. She had to rely on drugs to maintain her life.

Tom Cruise offered some words of comfort and said he would visit Richard Gere in the hospital when he had time.

Behind the upstairs corridor, Nicole Kidman heard Tom Cruise's phone call and her expression became even colder. She called her assistant to come up and move her things, saying that she wanted to move to an apartment outside.

Tom Cruise didn't allow it and said that if she dared to leave, she would lose everything, including the resources she had, the title of Mrs. Cruise, and her luxury goods.

Nicole Kidman can't give up those things. She is an Australian actress who has been in Hollywood for more than four years and has filmed five movies. Because she is treated as a vase actor, she can only get the salary of a third-tier actor in the crew. She only relies on her identity as Mrs. Cruise to gain extremely high attention in the circle.

Once she leaves Tom Cruise, she will fall back to the bottom of society, living in a crowded apartment, eating junk food, not being able to use high-end cosmetics, not being able to get good movie roles, and her efforts over the past few years will be in vain.
Nicole Kidman's steps became heavy as she thought about this. When she was about to step out the door, she stopped, biting her lip, anger and hatred flashing in her blue eyes.

Tom Cruise looked at her sexy back, smiled confidently, and suddenly understood what Ovitz said: men should focus on their careers. With capital and power, women are nothing.

"I heard that the project of "At All Costs" has been approved?"

"Yes."

Nicole Kidman responded nonchalantly.

"You should have told me. I'm your husband and have the right to know this."

"Okay, I'll tell you next time."

"very good."

Tom Cruise poured two glasses of wine and handed one to Nicole, "Have you met with Link? What does he think of you playing the leading lady?"

"Link?"

Nicole Kidman raised her beautiful eyebrows, thinking of the handsome man and the gentle support, "I have never met Link. Liz is in charge of this project and she also decided my role. I don't know what Link thinks of me."

"Is that so? Link is currently filming a movie in Ohio and is not in the company. When he comes back, he may talk to you about the script. I hope you..."

Tom Cruise clenched his fists, and suddenly raised his head to stare into Nicole Kidman's blue eyes. "I want you to remember who you are. You are my wife, Mrs. Tom Cruise. I don't want you to have any contact with a playboy like Link, not even when you are alone with him. Do you understand?"

Nicole Kidman raised her eyebrows and said, "Link didn't say he wanted to see me."

"I said if."

"I see, what else do you want?"

"That's it for now. If Link wants to see you after he comes back, you must notify me and tell me what you talked about and what you did. We are husband and wife, and I don't want you to hide anything from me about this matter."

"Okay! As you wish."

Nicole Kidman turned and left the living room, asking her assistant to put her things in the guest room as she didn't want to live in the master bedroom anymore.

Tom Cruise did not dissuade him. He has been busy preparing for "Mission Impossible" recently. He exercises every day and occasionally visits Shirley Lansing. He has no other energy to waste at home.

(End of this chapter)