Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 297 The big table in the office finally found its place

Thinking that Harvey was an expert in Oscar public relations and a creator of future Oscar winners, Link took the initiative to call Harvey Weinstein to discuss the public relations for the "Pulp Fiction" awards.

This movie is jointly produced by two companies, and the box office share is almost the same. If this movie wins an award, guess what, the film studio will also earn more box office revenue.

However, Harvey Weinstein seemed unwilling to cooperate with Guess What Pictures and asked him to take out $350 million and give it to Miramax to operate it.

Link did not agree and insisted on the two companies joining forces. He mentioned the two companies' cooperation on "The Butterfly Effect" and hoped that the two companies would not have unnecessary conflicts on such matters.

Harvey reluctantly agreed.

Link arranged for Lewinsky and others to learn from Miramax's public relations team and see how award public relations expert Harvey won the Oscar.

"Monica, remember, Harvey is a cunning and rather lascivious person. You should be careful when you are involved in public relations work. You can contact me if you have any problems."

"Okay, boss. I will pay attention. I am the boss's man. No one can bully me except the boss."

Monica Lewinsky blinked her big eyes and smiled.

After becoming a formal employee of Guess What Pictures, Lewinsky became bolder and was not as restrained when speaking as before. Occasionally, she would say some ambiguous words and make some ambiguous gestures to tease her boss.

Link smiled and told her to go down and get ready.

"Boss, The Shawshank Redemption has been produced. We will hold a preview at the company tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to attend?"

Anne, the chief assistant, came in and asked.

"Participate, you make the arrangements."

After Anne left, Link continued to handle the company's work.

As the new year approaches, the company has a lot of things to do, including the distribution of new films in the first half of the year, the shooting of new film projects, and the acquisition of film production and distribution companies.

In addition, he also has to deal with the shady tricks used by the seven major film studios.

For example, at the beginning of the year, three supervisor-level employees resigned from the production and publicity departments, and fourteen ordinary employees resigned. Fortunately, Guess Films has good treatment and is becoming more and more famous. There are also many job seekers every year. Although there are losses, the impact is not significant.

In addition, six film projects favored by Guess What Pictures, including "Bad Girls," "Fast and Furious," and "Gattaca," were poached by seven major film studios.

These projects were originally proposed by other independent film companies that were short of funds and approached Guess Pictures for cooperation. After being approved, they received cooperation invitations from the Big Seven Film Studios with better conditions than those offered by Guess Pictures. The producers of those independent film companies then brought their projects to the Big Seven Film Studios.

For this reason, Guess the Movie Pictures had to revise the terms of cooperation with other film companies and increase the amount of liquidated damages.

Several directors who had worked with the company were also signed away by the Big Seven with big contracts, including Jan de Bont, director of "Speed," and Chuck Russell, director of "The Mask," which led to the shelving of several film sequel plans.

For this reason, Link had to work overtime to prepare for the sequel to "Batman". He planned to make a few more movies after finishing this movie to make up for the lack of film projects.

There were other shady tricks, but with the timely handling of Link and management, the impact was not significant.

This year, there are 11 films to be released under Guess What Pictures, including "Rumble in the Bronx", "The Man from Earth", "Love at Second Sight", "The Butterfly Effect", "Paranormal Activity 2", "Ace Ventura 2", "At Any Cost", etc., with almost one film released every month.

This year, Guess What Pictures has approved or started filming 12 films, including Jodie Foster's "Hachiko: A Dog's Story", "Dangerous Game" produced and starred by Michelle Pfeiffer, and "Chinese Box" directed by Wang Ying.

Assistant director Paul Thomas Anderson's first film "Casino", "Net" starring Sandra Bullock, "Grey's Anatomy" directed by Steven Soderbergh, and Link's "Final Destination 2".

There are also Link's finalized film projects "Scream" and "Primal Fear", and three films co-produced with Columbia Pictures "Fight Club", "The Fifth Element" and "Jerry Maguire".

Except for the last two, the other film projects have low costs and cannot be considered blockbusters, and their box office potential is not as good as last year's "The Mask", "Speed", "Se7en", etc.

In order to ensure the competitiveness of the company's films at the box office, Link had to read several scripts to find blockbusters worth developing.

The next day, Link attended a preview of "The Shawshank Redemption" at the Guess What Cinema. The film was not much different from the original. If you didn't watch it carefully, you could hardly tell the difference between the two.

At the end of the movie, there was a warm applause from the audience. People who attended the preview congratulated the main creative staff of the crew and congratulated them on making a good movie.

Link is the film's producer and editor, guest actor, and also one of the main creative staff. After the movie is over, he receives a box office subsidy notification from the system.

His participation in the film was 16%, and he received 1.3 times the box office subsidy, 2% director's physical bonus, and nothing else.
But any small reward is better than nothing, and a 2% bonus to physical fitness is better than the effect of exercising continuously for two months.

After the preview of "The Shawshank Redemption", Link and Tim Robbins went to his office to read his new script "Dead Man Walking", which tells the story of a murderer who is redeemed through the power of religion and humanity before his death.

The box office potential of the film is uncertain, but it has a high artistic level and the potential to win awards. It is a film worth investing in.

Tim Robbins wanted to be the director, Susan Sarandon the actress, and invited Link to be the producer and editor. After considering it, Link agreed.

This film also becomes the 13th film produced by Guess What Films this year.

"Have you been busy lately? You look a little tired."

After Tim Robbins left, Gong Li walked into his office.

The upper body is a white hollow sweater, and the delicate hollow design vaguely reveals her fair skin. It is neither too ostentatious nor too sexy. The lower body is a dark-colored corset skirt. The high-waist design outlines her plump figure and makes her look capable and neat.

She has a standard oval face shape, a healthy rosy complexion, soft and three-dimensional facial features, especially the faint smile on her face, which is neither ostentatious nor deliberate, and gives her a very mature vibe.

"It's true that I've been working a lot these past few days, but do I look tired?"

Link never felt tired when he sat at his desk reading materials. But when he heard Gong Li say that he was tired, he became curious about what he felt like when he was tired.

"You seem more energetic than the others, but a little bit different than usual."

Gong Li gestured with her hand and smiled.

Link smiled and reached out to pull her into a hug.

Last time, after inviting Ge You and Director Zhang to dinner, Link and Gong Li returned to her apartment, where they drank, read scripts and chatted, and finally what was supposed to happen happened on the not-so-wide bed in the apartment.

This happened several times later. Because he was busy with work and there were many women at home, it was inconvenient for him to live outside. Gong Li was very sensible and often came to the office to date him.

Link hugged Gong Li and kissed her.

Although he has many girlfriends around him, he treats each of them with care and tries his best to give them everything they need, whether it is money, resources, or himself.

Also because he is rich and powerful enough, the women around him become more and more dependent on him and often try to please him in various ways. Gong Li is the same.

Link enjoys it and will find ways to maintain this state.

After being busy at the desk for more than twenty minutes, the two of them were sweating under the dazzling sunlight outside the window. They gradually relaxed and hugged each other to chat.

"Lily, how did you like the script I gave you last time?"

It is the new movie "China Box" directed by Wang Ying. It tells the story of a terminally ill British journalist who came to Hong Kong and fell in love with a Chinese woman on the eve of 97.

The film is planned to star Gong Li and Maggie Cheung as the two protagonists.

"It's good, the story is interesting, and I'm willing to act in it, but $20 is not too high. I don't want to break the company's rules because of our relationship."

Gong Li leaned in his arms, her face flushed.

"Not much. You are the winner of the Venice Film Festival, an international movie star, and have superb acting skills. $20 is the base salary in Hollywood. After you have starred in a few movies, your salary will be at least a million dollars."

Link hugged her, placing his hands in the most comfortable position, quietly feeling her broad heart.

Gong Li laughed and said, "What Venice Film Festival winner? Last year, I went to audition for other crews, but no one paid any attention to me. Even if I passed the audition, I was paid by the day, several hundred or several thousand dollars."

"You have great acting skills and are beautiful. You are a rare Chinese beauty. Everyone will know you in the future."

Link said softly.

Gong Li smiled slightly, wrapped her arms around him again, and sat up to please him.

Link accepted her gratitude.

In fact, it's not just Gong Li. He also gives high salaries to his other girlfriends when they participate in movies under Guess the Picture Company.

On the one hand, he is not short of money and uses this method to pay their living expenses. On the other hand, he can also raise their pay so that they can get more money from other film projects.

Among the current girlfriends, Michelle Pfeiffer has the highest salary, $1200 million. After the big hit of "Speed", Sandra Bullock's salary increased to $500 million. Monica, Jennifer Connelly, Renée Zellweger and others are all below $500 million and still need to work harder.

Gong Li's pay is lower among many girlfriends, but it is still many times higher than her pay for filming movies in China. The current pay for first-line actors in China is about 8 yuan.

Jingle Bell!
When the two were regrouping, the phone on the desk rang. General assistant Anne called to say that Daniel DeVito had a job for him. Link had to pack up his clothes and end his date with Gong Li.

(End of this chapter)