Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 331: Hot beauties on the beach, new conspiracies?
"Cut!"

On the Cancun Beach Studio in Mexico, Link stood behind the monitor and frowned as he reviewed the footage he had just shot. He put down his headphones and waved to Sandra Bullock and Matt Damon in the distance, signaling them to come over.

"Link, what's the problem?"

Sandra Bullock immediately came over from the filming area.

She wore a simple white tank top with a pair of denim shorts and sandals.

The sea breeze blew her long curly hair, making her look casual and sexy.

"Sandra, Angela is a computer geek who has had little contact with the outside world in the past. When she arrives in an unfamiliar environment, she will show strong curiosity and like to ask questions, but she will also be very vigilant and lack a sense of security. You should be careful when performing and not play the role too perfectly."

Link said with a serious expression.

Although Sandra is his woman and they are honest with each other every day, they are colleagues in the crew. When he is giving guidance to Sandra, he says whatever he wants and will not let personal relationships affect the filming of the movie.

After hearing what he said, Sandra tilted her head slightly and thought for a moment, "I see. It's my problem. I don't understand the character of Angela deeply enough. Maybe I should find someone of the same type to learn more about her."

"That's not necessary. I took your personality into consideration when designing Angela. For example, you are straightforward, cheerful, rough on the outside but delicate on the inside, and you don't like to be pretentious. You just need to pay attention to some things when performing. It won't be difficult to play this role well." Link said.

Sandra blinked and smiled slightly. "Is that the kind of woman I am in your mind? Well, that sounds good."

"Go and prepare. If there's anything you don't understand, ask me when you get back home in the evening."

"Ok!"

Sandra stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the face, then turned and walked to the parasol nearby, crossed her long legs, picked up the script and read it carefully, trying to adjust her state.

Link's eyes turned to Matt Damon who was standing nearby.

Matt was wearing a black T-shirt and casual pants, with a slender figure and a look of anticipation on his face.

"Matt, you acted well, but your character is not full enough and there is a lot of room for improvement. When you have time, talk more with Mr. Matthews and learn more from him. I believe you can do better."

Link confessed.

Matthews is one of the art directors invited by the crew. He has worked in the FBI for more than 20 years and is very experienced. His job is to teach Matt Damon how to play a good agent.

Matt Damon nodded.

After instructing the two actors, Link waved his hand and shouted to the crew, "Everyone, continue to set up the set. Let's shoot the extras first!"

The set immediately became busy, the lighting engineer adjusted the reflector, the props team rearranged the scene, and the photographer checked the equipment. The atmosphere on the set was busy but not messy. Everyone was doing their job and preparing for the next shoot.

This is also a reflection of Link's good leadership as a director.

Link stood behind the monitor, his eyes scanning every corner of the set. After making sure that everyone was ready, he gestured to the crew.

Click!

The stage manager is clapboarding in front of the camera.

The crew of "Network" is like a precisely structured instrument, operating in an orderly manner under Link's flexible dispatch.

Thousands of miles away is Hollywood, the entertainment center of North America, where competition for the North American summer vacation season is still in full swing.

"The Butterfly Effect" earned $1812 million in its fourth week of release, with a cumulative box office of $9993 million, ranking third in the weekly box office.

The first place was the fantasy film "Casper the Evil Dead" produced by Universal Pictures and directed by Spielberg, with a box office of 2551 million US dollars in its first week.

The runner-up is "Die Hard 3" with $2071 million, a total of $5363 million.

Fourth place: "Apollo 13", $1140 million.

Fifth place: Braveheart, $915 million.

Sixth place: "At Any Cost", $652 million, cumulative $1591 million, and an estimated box office of 4000 million.

Although many people call 1994 the golden year for movies, in fact, the movies released in the summer of 1995 were just as good.

Whether it is "Apollo 13", "The Butterfly Effect", "Brave Heart", "Casper the Youngsters", "Die Hard 3", or the upcoming "The Bridges of Madison County", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Pocahontas", "Waterworld", etc., they are all movies of good quality.

The large number of good movies also makes the competition in the summer vacation increasingly fierce as time goes by.

In the first few weeks of the summer vacation, the seven major studios still had the energy to join forces to deal with "The Butterfly Effect".

By June, the eight major film studios were fighting fiercely for the box office. The publicity for the films released by the Guess What+ seven major film studios was overwhelming, which also caused all the films released by other film companies to suffer and had almost no popularity during the summer vacation.

Including "My Family" and "Friday" from New Line Cinema, "Photo Bride", "Gordie" and "Lovers on the Hill" from Miramax, "Stalingrad" from Standard Pictures, "New Love, Old Love, Family" from Samuel Gwynne Films, etc.

The box office revenues were all below 1000 million, with some taking in tens of thousands of dollars, and the films were hastily ended after more than ten days of preview.

"Complete Movies" claimed in the report that "the eight major film studios' films have dominated the summer vacation, which has greatly affected the films released by independent film companies. The ecological environment of the North American film industry has become worse. After this summer vacation, it is expected that more than five medium-sized independent film companies will face bankruptcy, and dozens of small film companies will close down on the spot."

For this reason, Standard Pictures President Bernard Grenet blasted Big Seven and Guess Pictures on a CNN program.

It said that the eight major film studios were scrambling for box office during the summer vacation and bought up promotional space in almost all media, resulting in increased film promotion costs.

Small film companies are not as wealthy as Guess What Pictures, which can spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to promote their movies.

Without sufficient exposure and screening rates, films released by small film companies are unlikely to achieve good box office results.

Bernard Grenet spoke out on a TV show.

We strongly urge the Motion Picture Association of North America to step up and stop the Big Eight studios from frantically promoting their films.

This practice is no different from half a century ago when the eight major film companies joined forces to monopolize the entire film industry.

If the Motion Picture Association of North America does not intervene, in a few years there will be only eight Hollywood film companies left. Independent film companies will disappear, independent films will disappear, and the diversity of films cannot be guaranteed.

This is a major blow to the entire film industry.

After the program was broadcast, Bernard Grenet's speech received support from many independent filmmakers. Robert Redford, the Coen brothers, Harvey Weinstein, director Rob Reiner, Quentin Tarantino and other famous filmmakers publicly expressed their support for independent films and opposition to industry monopoly.

After these celebrities spoke out, the incident became a bigger deal.

Under the guidance of bad media, many negative reports against Link suddenly broke out in the mainstream media.

On June 6, the Los Angeles Times published an exclusive interview with Rob Reiner, former president of Castle Rock Pictures, in which the newspaper gave the article.

The article said that the main reason for the fierce competition in the summer vacation season was Link and Guess Pictures.

Link was originally an independent film director. With the support of independent film fans, he grew into a big Hollywood director step by step.

However, after he became the most powerful person in Hollywood, not only did he not give back to everyone for their help, he also maliciously blocked the paths of other independent filmmakers, turning from a dragon slayer into a dragon.

The article was reprinted by media outlets including the New York Post, Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post.

Filmmakers such as Fred Olin and Sean Thorpe also publicly criticized Link, saying that he was initially helped by many independent filmmakers and grew up step by step from a small director.

Now that he has become an important figure in the film industry and has more power and resources, he should play a more active role in this position to help independent films grow.

Instead of just making movies and earning more box office revenue, people like him who make movies just for the sake of making money cannot be considered as real filmmakers.

Producer Fred Olin asked fans to boycott Link's film to teach him a lesson and let him know that without everyone's support, he is nothing.

Affected by these negative reports, the box office of "The Butterfly Effect" was slightly affected, dropping from more than 2 million per day to more than 1 million.

"Haha, Harvey, your idea is great. If we had used this trick earlier, The Butterfly Effect would have lost tens of millions of box office revenue."

Michael Ovitz excitedly patted Harvey's shoulder.

Harvey forced a smile. It was his idea to have independent filmmakers come out and criticize Link's actions.

Originally, he hoped to use this method to suppress the movies of Guess What Pictures after the release of "The Butterfly Effect".

But Michael ignored the advice and was eager to use it.

Now that the box office of "The Butterfly Effect" has dropped, Miramax will also lose a lot of money.

However, Harvey felt much better when he thought about the fact that Guess What Pictures lost more.

"Michael, don't be too careless. These negative news are not very aggressive and will not have much impact on Link. I guess after a while, after the film company starts public relations, the box office of "The Butterfly Effect" will probably recover quickly."

"I know, as long as this matter can disgust Link and make him feel upset, I will be satisfied."

Michael Ovitz chuckled.

Harvey looked at his expression with a puzzled look, "Michael, CAA and the Big 7 have joined forces and have a lot of resources at their disposal. Isn't there a better way to deal with Link?"

Michael Ovitz slowly calmed down, and after a few seconds, he spread his hands.

"No! Link is great at making movies, and almost every one of his movies is a big hit. He's a billionaire with plenty of money, and he has a lot of talented people under him to help him run his company. Besides, he often brings bodyguards with him when he goes out, so even if you want to find someone to beat him up, you won't have the chance."

Harvey frowned, feeling disappointed.

I used to hear people say that Michael Ovitz was an extraordinary person with great connections, but after meeting him a few times, I found that this was not the case.

This guy is in charge of the behemoth CAA, and has the help of seven major film studios. However, he has been defeated repeatedly when facing Link who is alone. Now he can only use some tricks to deal with Link.

This performance is too incompetent.

If he were the president of CAA, with so many resources at his disposal, he would only need to snap his fingers to bring Link to ruin and make him kneel down and beg for mercy.

Michael Ovitz also noticed Harvey's expression. He didn't want to be looked down upon by Harvey, so he took a puff of his cigar and said, "Of course, we have other ways to deal with Link, and we have succeeded. It's just that that method is not easy to implement, and it will take until next year to take effect. Next year you will know how brilliant my method is."

He was talking about "The Rock". The script has been approved by Guess Pictures and is scheduled to be filmed within the year. The production cost is as high as more than 70 million yuan.

When this movie fails at the box office, everyone will know how brilliant his plan was.

Harvey Weinstein took his words with a grain of salt.

But out of respect for Michael, he did not question it on the spot.

Harvey put aside the topic and brought up the purpose of his visit to CAA. He had a film project "Beauty of the City" and wanted to find Cameron Diaz to work with him, but CAA replied that she was very busy recently and had no time to film.

Harvey hopes Michael can help adjust.

"Cameron Diaz? Why choose her? CAA has so many actors, you can just choose one."

When Michael Ovitz heard the name, he immediately remembered Link's taunting on the phone, thanking him for sending the beauties from CAA to him, and how Cameron Diaz told him how obsessed she was with Link and that she would rather be banned by CAA than leave Link.

In a fit of rage, he ordered people to ban Cameron Diaz from taking any acting jobs.

"What's the problem Cameron?"

"She is Link's woman. After this bitch climbed into Link's bed, she dared not listen to me. I had her banned."

"Is the rumor true? She is also Link's woman!"

Harvey frowned, because he didn't want to have a conflict with Link, so he tried not to use Link's girlfriend during filming. He just looked around and finally met a beautiful woman, but he didn't expect that she was Link's woman again.

He has almost monopolized all the beautiful women in Hollywood.

Harvey scratched the crotch of his pants, and his hostility towards Link increased.

"Don't worry about these things for now. Continue to find people in the independent film industry and have them speak out to criticize Link for cutting off the development paths of others. Even if you can't make Link's film lose money this time, you must at least make sure his reputation is affected."

Michael Ovitz patted Harvey's fat shoulder.

Harvey nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)