Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 323 Godfather, come and teach me how to do the test (4K)

After returning to the villa, Link asked Liu Xiaoli to notify the women in the family and ask who else needed financial management and do a simple statistics, no matter how much money it was.

After the statistics are completed, they will be handed over to the Shanjin Investment Manager to set up accounts for them, and the company will also include them in stock investment in the future.

With his help, their assets will at least increase by dozens of times in the future, and they will all become billionaires.

"Do I need to notify everyone? Then you need to make a list first and tell me which women you have. Otherwise, how can I keep count?"

Liu Xiaoli said cunningly, blinking her beautiful peach blossom eyes.

Link patted her from behind and said, "Don't try to trick me here. I only have you guys, so how can I have anyone else? I'm talking about the people who are rostered to stay in the villa."

Eighty percent of women live in villas.

Women who have not yet joined this circle can be excluded from the statistics. They can count when they want to make money in the future.

"Okay, I'll make the call, and you can teach Xixi math. She has the worst math grades and she just can't learn no matter how much you teach her."

Liu Xiaoli pushed his disruptive hand away and walked away.

Link looked at the math materials on the table, then looked at Liu Qianqian who was blinking her big, bright eyes, and felt that this was a bad idea.

The task of counting the number of people should probably be left to Jennifer Connelly, as she is a top student and is good at this kind of thing.

"Godfather, stop being in a daze and come and teach me how to do the test."

The little girl pulled him and urged him.

Link tapped her little head and sat down to perform his godfather duties.
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After a pleasant weekend, Link returned to work.

As soon as he walked into the office, the phone on the desk rang.

Jobs called and accepted the offer from Guess What on Pixar's behalf.

The acquisition price they chose was US$3 million + 10% shares.

After hanging up the phone, Link immediately called Joe Felmer and asked him to lead the acquisition team to follow up on this project.

The plan to acquire Pixar has officially entered the negotiation stage, and it is expected that an agreement will be reached within this week and the merger will be completed within the next three months.

If all goes well, Guess What Pictures is expected to launch its first animated film within the year.

After Guess What Pictures and Pixar began to contact each other, the media quickly captured this development.

The American Express first reported: "Guess What Pictures' plan to acquire Pixar Studios has made new progress. Once the acquisition is completed, Guess What Pictures' industry chain will be more complete. Not only will it have a complete film production, publicity, and distribution system, it will also master Hollywood's most advanced computer animation production technology, and its competitiveness in the film industry will be greatly enhanced in the future."

The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the mergers and acquisitions of Guess What Pictures in recent years: "From the mergers of Good Machine Pictures, Triangle Entertainment, and Artisan Entertainment in 1993, to the acquisition of Marvel in 1994, and now to the entry into the field of animated films, Guess What Pictures is growing step by step. If it continues to develop, it is expected to be on par with or even surpass the seven major film studios."

However, some media have questioned this.

The Los Angeles Times commented: "Guess What Pictures has no experience in making animated films. If it enters this field rashly, the risk of failure is extremely high. If it fails, the development of Guess What Pictures will be seriously hindered, and it may even be reduced to a medium-sized production company again. But if it succeeds, the influence of Guess What Pictures will be further enhanced, and the seven major film studios will face a life-and-death crisis. Therefore, this acquisition has a far-reaching impact on the entire film industry."

Guess What Films and Pixar Animation have not yet responded to these reports and comments.

They plan to hold a press conference after the acquisition is successful to focus on answering questions from the media.

At the shareholders' meeting, some shareholders also questioned Link's decision.

They believed that Guess What Pictures lacked experience in making animated films and that acquiring Pixar was too risky and not worth the risk.

Link said at the board meeting that the acquisition of Pixar is an important step in the future development of Guess Pictures.

After acquiring Pixar, the company is confident that it can lead the team to produce excellent animated films, adding another pillar industry to Guess What Pictures and bring more profits to everyone.

Since he is the company's major shareholder and founder and has great authority, the shareholders no longer raised any objections after hearing his explanation.

"Boss, you are awesome."

After the meeting, Lewinsky followed him with a folder in her arms, looking at him with admiration. "Before the meeting, several shareholder representatives publicly expressed their determination to stop the acquisition. But as soon as you opened your mouth, they all kept silent, and in the end they even changed their attitude to support you. You are like a king, controlling everything."

Lewinsky's cheeks were flushed, and the love and admiration in her eyes were so strong that they could not be dissolved.

Link smiled and said nothing more.

He knew clearly that the change in shareholders' attitude was not entirely due to their trust in him, but rather out of consideration of their own interests.

If the animated films become hits after the acquisition of Pixar, the shareholders will naturally support him;
But if he fails, they will use the opportunity to question his decision-making and undermine his authority.

This kind of corporate infighting is common in large companies.

For example, Apple, Disney, Universal, CAA and other companies are all the same. The more complex the company's structure, the more serious the internal fighting.

This is also the reason why large production companies are not as efficient as independent film companies.

After finishing the acquisition, Link returned to the film studio to continue editing "Batman Forever". It took him three weeks to complete the editing of the film, and then handed it over to the production department to complete the follow-up work.

During the film editing period, the box office results of Guess Pictures' fourth film this year, "Love at Second Sight," were released.

It earned $2105 million from 2082 theaters in its first week, ranking first at the weekly box office.

The second place was the action movie "Bad Boys" distributed by Columbia Pictures, which earned 2355 million US dollars in 1869 theaters.

The third place is "Inspector Winter Soldier", which took in $2 million this week and a cumulative North American box office of $1023 million. It was also the first film in 1.12 to break the $1995 million box office in North America.

Fourth place was Paramount Pictures' comedy film "The Brothers," with $845 million, which is a pretty good result.

Due to the good reputation of "Married at Second Sight", the scale of its screening was expanded in the second week. It took in 2507 theaters and earned $2279 million, retaining the weekly box office championship. The cumulative box office for two weeks was $4361 million. It is expected that the North American box office will be no less than million US dollars.

“Bad Boys” released at the same time also had good reputation, but the leading cast did not have strong box office appeal, and the film was not promoted hard. In the second week, the box office was still lower than “Married at Second Sight”.

We have seen that Guess What Pictures’ movies have been selling well one after another and have topped the North American box office charts.

American media outlets have published articles expressing their regret that Guess What Pictures is too strong at the box office. Hollywood has entered the Guess What Pictures era, and the Big Seven studios have unfortunately become supporting roles. This scene is like the fairy tale "Snow White", Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

More media outlets began to promote that Guess Pictures was powerful, and Link was amazing, and that he was the new overlord of Hollywood, the king of Hollywood.

Guess Pictures' reputation in Hollywood is at an all-time high.

However, Liu Xiaoli and Jon Gordon noticed something unusual. They found that the number of media outlets touting Guess the Movies had increased dramatically recently, and even the media outlets of the seven major media groups were touting the success of Guess the Movies.

Liu Xiaoli suspected that this was a case of flattery, so she issued a warning to Link.

"Killed by praise? To promote Guess the Movies is to praise, how are they going to kill in the future?"

Link sat at his desk, playing with a signing pen in his hand, his tone containing a hint of disdain.

Liu Xiaoli stood in front of him with a serious expression: "I heard that the seven major film studios have been interacting frequently recently, and they may make big moves to deal with us. They are likely to work together to suppress our movies during the summer vacation. The themes of the few movies we released during the summer vacation are relatively niche, and there are no hard-hitting commercial films. Once we lose in the box office competition, the media that are now praising us will turn around and ridicule us, destroying our image and reputation." Jon Gordon added: "The subject matter of "The Butterfly Effect" is too niche, and the box office performance may not be too high. How about we release "The Sixth Sense" in the summer vacation? This movie is great, and I am more confident about its box office performance."

Link shook his head: “‘The Sixth Sense’ is a supernatural emotional film set in winter, so it would be more appropriate to schedule its release at the end of the year.

Don’t worry, movies like “The Butterfly Effect” and “The Shawshank Redemption” are both good. Even when facing commercial blockbusters from the seven major film studios, we will not be inferior.

The company has just completed its second round of financing and has money, resources, and several high-quality films.

This is our strength and confidence. No matter what means our opponents use, we can handle it. "

When Jon Gordon heard him say this, he calmed down again.

After seeing the two off, Link continued to be busy with his work. After the filming of "Batman Forever" was completed, he began to prepare for the next movie.

I currently have several high-quality scripts in my hands, including "The Internet," "Jerry Maguire," "The English Patient," "The Rock," "Fight Club," "Rush Hour," and "Primal Fear."

He can shoot all these scripts, but he just doesn't have enough time. Shooting multiple films at the same time will also affect the quality of the films.

After careful consideration, he first took out "Jerry Jane", a movie with good quality and box office, but the style of the movie was quite different from his and did not quite suit his taste.

"The Rock" is an action movie, which does not fit his current style.

And the original film's director, Michael Bay, performed well in the newly released "Bad Boys".

You can try Michael Bay first.

If the other party is not interested, he will consider whether to direct.

"Rush Hour" is an action comedy, so you could also try it with other directors first.

"The English Patient" is a love and war movie. He has touched upon many love topics in his past few films. The films received good reviews after their release. Film critics believe that he is very good at telling love stories and look forward to his making love movies.

This movie can be used to transform and expand the genre of personal films.

In addition, the film has good reputation and box office, and has won many awards at major film festivals and the Academy Awards around the world.

Making this kind of movie can get more box office subsidies and the director will also get more physical bonuses.

The benefits are so great that it’s not worth giving up.

The script of "Net" was good, but the original director did not shoot it well, resulting in average quality and a global box office of only over 1 million US dollars.

Link is confident that he can make this movie well and get more box office and better reputation.

At the same time, the film has been prepared and can be shot after Sandra Bullock finishes promoting "Married at Second Sight". It can be completed in about forty days, which saves time and improves the efficiency of getting the director's physical bonus.

As for the remaining "Fight Club" and "Primal Fear", which are thriller films, he adapted the scripts himself. If they are made into movies, he can get more box office subsidies and physical bonuses, so they can also be filmed.

We have decided on these three films for now and will strive to complete filming within this year.

Jingle Bell!
Assistant Anne called and said Matt Damon was on the line and asked if he had time to answer the call.

Link picked up the phone and asked Matt Damon what was the matter?

"Link, do you have time recently? Can you come and see Ben?"

"Ben? What happened to him?"

Link walked over to the French window and opened the blinds, letting the sun shine on him.

"He was so immersed in the role of Batman that he couldn't recover even half a month after the filming. He still has a cold face and doesn't say a word. He likes to stay alone in the room. His speaking style is not as casual as before. He seems to have become a different person. I took him to see a psychologist but it didn't help much. Do you have any solution?"

Matt asked.

"Don't worry, this problem is very common. When an actor is filming on a set, the people, environment, language, atmosphere and other factors around him make it easy for him to immerse himself in the film. When he leaves that environment and finds that his words and actions are incompatible with the new environment, he will slowly change to adapt to the new environment.

When you have time, take him out for a walk and let him get in touch with new things. After a while, he will slowly return to normal. If you think this is too slow and you want him to recover faster, take him on a roller coaster and let him vomit once. Then see if it works."

"Okay! I'll take him to the amusement park tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Link smiled softly.

The last time he filmed "The Butterfly Effect", Leonardo DiCaprio also immersed himself deeply in the role. After the film was completed, it took him more than a month to slowly return to normal. Ben Affleck's level of immersion is not much stronger than his, so it's not a big problem.

Among the actors he worked with, the one with the biggest problems was Jim Carrey. Originally, he was quite introverted, mature and steady, but for work, he had to act intimidating and crazy in front of the camera.

Before each filming, he would hypnotize himself repeatedly, abandon his nature, and devote himself completely to the role in order to perform better.

And after each shoot, he had to accept a different personality of himself.

If you do this too often, you are likely to suffer from mental illness.

Jim Carrey needs to receive psychological counseling after each filming, and he also develops a dislike for comedies, but no one asks him to act in other movies except comedies, because he has to play this kind of role.

In this situation, he would be torn between feelings and become more and more entangled, which would seriously affect his work state.

When Link is free, he will invite him to play tennis and swim to help him adjust.

Compared to Jim Carrey's illness, he doesn't even bother to care about Ben Affleck's little problem.

Jingle Bell!
The phone on the desk rang again, and Annie said Miss Zhou from Hong Kong Island was on the line.

Lin Ke picked up the phone and heard Zhou Huimin's gentle voice: "Lin Ke, are you free tonight? Jialing and Shuzhen will return to Hong Kong Island to film tomorrow. Lin Ke suggested that we get together before they leave. What do you think?"

Link checked his schedule, "I'll be there in the evening."

In the past few weeks, he often went to the sea view villa in Malibu to hang out with Vivian Chow and Rosamund Kwan.

Every time they saw him, Joey Wong and the others were very enthusiastic and tried their best to please him.

He gave everything he had and even went to the hospital twice.

Link was very satisfied with their performance and gave them several luxury items as gifts, as well as the right to live in a thousand-square-foot mansion in Hong Kong Island.

Now that Carina Lau and Shu-Ching Yau are going back to film, it’s time to send them off.

After hanging up the phone, Link leaned back in his chair and sighed softly.

He suddenly felt a little envious of Sun Wukong, who could turn a single hair into hundreds of monkeys.

If he had this ability, he could make hundreds of movies a year and his physical fitness would also improve rapidly.

(End of this chapter)