Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 291: I whipped a famous horse because I was drunk, fearing that my love would tire the beauty
The winter in Berlin is quite cold, and the cold wind is blowing outside the window.

There were snowflakes floating in the sky at night, and the weather was perfect for drinking.

After the two women sat down, they kept urging him to drink, just like the time in the Los Angeles apartment, except that Chen Hong was missing this time.

He drank a few glasses of wine but didn't get drunk, but the two women got drunk first and acted out the Drunken Concubine's scene in the bedroom. The two women were former opera dancers and they were tall, voluptuous and beautiful, and they acted out the role of Yang Guifei very well.

After the film festival, Link stayed in Berlin for a day and met with several filmmakers and film producers who came to seek cooperation. After the snow stopped, he flew back to Hawaii to continue his vacation.

The news that he won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director was also spread to the United States by the media.

Originally, the American media was still debating whether Link was a scumbag or a succubus.

Now suddenly there is news that Link won the Best Director Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

He is also the youngest best director in the history of the Berlin Film Festival.

Well-known film critic Will Roger published a heavy review article in The Hollywood Reporter - "Genius director Link is a shining star that our film industry needs to protect"

The article takes the Berlin Film Festival's Best Director Award as its starting point, saying that this award is enough to prove that Link is a talented director. His talent has not only been recognized by the Berlin Film Festival, but also by the Cannes Film Festival last year, and also by audiences around the world.

This is also the reason why his films won the Best Director Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and why every one of his films sold well around the world.

However, it is regrettable that some media have been keen on hyping up false rumors recently, making groundless doubts about Link's talent and ability. Even some public figures have been influenced by this and made inappropriate remarks publicly.

Will Roger believes that these irresponsible words and deeds must be corrected in a timely manner.

Because the emergence of a talented director is not only a blessing for movie fans, but also a blessing for the entire film industry.

It is thanks to Link's unremitting creation that audiences can enjoy so many high-quality film works, and the world film industry has also been revitalized.

At the end of the article, Will Roger called out: "It only takes one rumor to destroy a genius, but it takes the patience of an entire era to cultivate a master. For the future of film art, we should not attack such a talented director, but give him due respect and protection so that he can continue to create more excellent film works."

After this strongly worded article was published, it resonated with many filmmakers in Hollywood and received support and recognition from many movie fans.

Many mainstream media also changed their tone and began to praise Link, listing the extraordinary achievements he had made in the film industry since his debut.

As the wind direction changed, and with the unremitting public relations efforts of the public relations department of Guess What Pictures, Link's reputation in the media gradually improved.

The general public regards him first as a very talented director, second as a young billionaire, and finally as a playboy.

After reading about Link's scandals, many young people not only do not think that he is a playboy, but instead think that he is very cool. Not only is he young, rich, talented, but he is also very charming, making countless female stars fall for him.

Boys want to be like Link and become as charming as him;
Girls wanted to date him and saw him as their ideal boyfriend template and fantasy object.

Link has become more popular among young people.

"Shit! This bastard is a real scumbag. How can he be charming? Are those young people crazy to like a guy like him?"

Michael Ovitz was very angry when he saw that Link's reputation was improving in the newspaper.

Over the past period of time, he has joined forces with seven major media groups to hype up Link's scandals, hoping to destroy Link's reputation and turn him into a notorious public figure.

It only took more than half a month and cost a lot of money and energy, but not only did it fail to damage Link's reputation, but it made him famous and won him the love and support of many young people.

Michael Ovitz was unwilling to accept this result. He called the management of the seven major media groups and asked them to continue to hype up negative news about Link and not give Link a chance to breathe.

He first called News Corporation, then Viacom, Time Warner, etc., but all the answers were "No".

The reasons why the seven major media groups refused to continue hyping these negative news are similar, and can be summarized into three points.

The first is the issue of funding. In the past half month, in order to cooperate with him in hyping up Link’s negative materials, they mobilized a large amount of media resources, which was converted into funds of tens of millions of dollars.

Although the seven major media groups have a lot of money, this money belongs to the shareholders and they need to be responsible to the shareholders and cannot spend it indiscriminately.

Misuse of funds will affect the company's performance. If the company's performance declines and revenue decreases, causing dissatisfaction among the board of directors, they will lose their jobs.

The money used by Link's side comes from Guess What Pictures and Link, so he does not need to be responsible to anyone for his spending.

In particular, part of the money that Guess What Pictures used for public relations was originally dividends from Vanguard Capital and Morgan Investments.

Now that the money has been spent, Vanguard Capital and Morgan Investment are very dissatisfied and told them that if they cannot win in the short term, they must end this useless propaganda war. The second is the issue of propaganda strategy.

Compared with the scattered and unorganized public opinion attacks of the seven major media groups, Guess What Pictures performed better in this public opinion war.

They struck back and used female stars to hype up Link, making him look like a very charming man, saying that they liked Link not because of eroticism but because they were attracted by his talent.

This approach not only achieves good publicity effects, but also saves a lot of money.

The third point is the issue of combat tools.

The seven major media groups were very dissatisfied with Michael Ovitz, believing that the negative information he provided was completely harmless and a huge amount of media resources wasted.

The seven major media groups hope that next time he tries to use this method to undermine Link’s reputation, he will prepare some more damaging black materials in advance, preferably fatal ones. Otherwise, they will never waste media resources to play this kind of verbal game again.

After hanging up the phone, Michael Ovitz's face darkened.

On the one hand, I feel wronged.

Before hyping up Link's negative news, it's not that he failed to collect more negative information, but more than half of the negative information was blocked by Jay Maloney. If all the information was exposed, the result of this public opinion war would definitely not be what it is now.

On the other hand, in this war of public opinion, he worked hard and fulfilled his duties, but the seven major media groups not only did not recognize his work, but also regarded him as an incompetent person.

Michael Ovitz gnashed his back teeth in hatred, picked up the phone and called Nicole Kidman, hoping that she would try harder and bring Link down as soon as possible. If she could do it, he would make her the heroine of five blockbuster movies and keep her word.

"Link, congratulations on winning the Silver Bear Award. Susan and I are very happy for you when we heard the news."

"Thank you. I'll come back to have a drink with you."

"Okay, when are you back in Los Angeles? I want to talk to you about the script. It's called 'Dead Man Walking'. I've already written it."

"I'll call you this weekend when I get back."

Link chatted with Tim Robbins for a few words and hung up the phone. A few minutes later, he received calls from Tom Hanks, Robert Shea, Jim Carrey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diane Lane, Bruce Willis, Yu Feihong, Chen Long and others, congratulating him on winning the award in Berlin.

Link thanked them.

"Link, so many people called to congratulate you. It seems that it will be difficult for the Big Seven Studios to suppress you in terms of artist resources."

In the gazebo of the beach manor, Sofia was lying on a bench reading a magazine.

"It's hard to say. The battle has just begun, and the seven major studios have not yet used all their means to deal with Guess What?. Once they take action, people in the industry will probably reconsider which side they stand on."

Link said as he put his phone down.

"Are you nervous, honey?"

Jennifer Connelly asked nearby.

"No, rather than making movies step by step, I would rather fight with the seven major studios and see how powerful they are when they join forces."

"My dear, you are so awesome, like a fearless dragon slayer."

Jennifer Connelly put her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.

Sophia was not to be outdone and rushed over.

"Hey, anyone wanna go swimming?"

Not far away, beside the crystal clear outdoor swimming pool, Monica slowly entered the water in a bikini. Her curvy figure and fair, smooth skin shone charmingly under the Hawaiian sunshine.

Link sat in the gazebo for a while and sweated a lot. He took off his T-shirt and jumped into the swimming pool, and soon caught up with the mermaid Monica.

Liu Xiaoli and Winona Reid came out of the villa with trays. Seeing the people in the swimming pool, they blushed and scolded, "Can't you go back to the villa to make out? It's broad daylight now, and you're not ashamed."

As she was speaking, Sophia hugged her from behind, playfully pushed her into the swimming pool, and then was pulled into the water by Liu Xiaoli.

The sounds of joy and fun in the swimming pool became more and more intense, and even the blue sky and white clouds and evening breeze on Oahu Island came over to decorate the atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)