Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 496 A trillionaire, a perfect life.

By the end of March, Link's film "The Truman Show" was released in North America.

The film caused a sensation and sparked heated discussions in North America after its release.

Many film critics praised "The Truman Show" after watching the film and lauded Link's ability and creativity in directing the film.

The New York Times published a lengthy review of over 3,000 words in its literature section the day after the film's release, praising it highly.

The film claims to creatively combine surreal allegory with a critique of the media, using various metaphors to criticize contemporary society's blurring of the lines between reality and fiction.

At the same time, with its highly stylized audiovisual language, Foucault's theory of "disciplined society" is transformed into a narrative spectacle that the public can perceive. The film successfully predicted the emotional alienation of the reality TV era, and the balance between technical details and philosophical thinking makes "The Truman Show" a rare "intellectual entertainment complex" in film history.

This is an exceptionally good film; director Link's talent and creativity in filmmaking are truly breathtaking.

The Chicago Tribune commented that the film not only powerfully satirizes the morality, human relationships, and coldness of contemporary society, but also demonstrates the skill of the creators in its production structure and plot. The film's profound theme makes it a classic example of black comedy. It's hard to imagine that director Link has produced another classic less than a year after "American Beauty," truly showcasing his talent.

Some media outlets also praised lead actor Jim Carrey, with the Los Angeles Times commending his revolutionary and innovative performance style in the film.

Jim Carrey's performance achieves a dialectical unity of comedy and tragedy. He originally liked to make exaggerated expressions in the film, which were originally comedic symbols, but in the play they became the weapon for the character to fight against false instincts. This design, which allows the actor to simultaneously bear the triple identity of narrator, observer, and rebel, provides a new paradigm for method acting.

and many more.

Due to its high quality, the film received a lot of praise and attracted great attention in North America as soon as it was released.

The film grossed $3841 million in 1664 theaters in its opening week, with an occupancy rate of over 90%.

In the second week, the company earned $4011 million from 2207 theaters, with occupancy rates remaining above 80%.

In its third week, the film expanded to 3117 theaters, grossing $7502 million.

It grossed $1.53 million in three weeks, making it the first film to break $100 million at the box office in North America this year.

After the release of "The Truman Show," Link received many congratulations from acquaintances who praised him for making another Oscar-worthy film. Counting his past films such as "Seven," "The Sixth Sense," "The English Patient," "Saving Private Ryan," and "American Beauty," he has made too many classic films. No one in film history has made more classic films than him.

Some predict he has a chance to win the Oscar for Best Director for the second consecutive time.

Link doesn't care much about this; winning one Oscar for Best Director is enough, there's no need for more.

Only Quentin kept finding fault with him on the phone, suggesting how to film it better, and Link didn't argue, accepting everything.

In April, the latest Forbes billionaires list was released, with Link ranking second on the list with a net worth of $620 billion.

The number one is Bill Gates, with a total net worth of $900 billion.

This year marks the peak of the dot-com bubble, with almost all internet stocks experiencing growth, the highest being Microsoft.

Microsoft shares underwent two stock splits last year, with one share becoming four. Each split halved the Microsoft stock price, but it subsequently surged in the following months, currently trading at $42.38.

With a total market capitalization of $5590 billion, and continuing to grow rapidly, it is expected to exceed $6000 billion in the first half of the year, becoming the world's most valuable company.

Bill Gates owns 16% of Microsoft, with total assets of approximately $900 billion.

The second-ranked Link has a relatively complex asset structure. Forbes magazine noted that it only investigated Link's publicly known assets, which amount to approximately $525 billion.

The domestic assets are valued at approximately US$330 billion.

Link's assets in the United States mainly consist of three parts: FlashGold Capital and Guess the Movies, as well as other investment companies.

The most valuable is FlashGold Capital, which owns shares in more than 20 listed companies.

包括3.91%微软股份、3.15%思科股份、3.13%伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司、2.3%迪士尼、6.83%皮克斯动画工作室、31.2%苹果股份、8.4%雅虎股份，18.4%亚马逊公司股份。

In addition, it acquired a 2.3% stake in Walmart, worth approximately $28 billion, a 3.2% stake in Pfizer, worth approximately $15 billion, and a 1.8% stake in ExxonMobil, worth approximately $26 billion.

The funds for the new share acquisition mainly came from the sale of some shares of Microsoft, Yahoo, Cisco, Apple, etc.

未上市公司有21家，包括12.8%猜猜看-米高梅影业、15%eBay购物网站，18%LTD服装公司（维秘母公司）、95%漫威娱乐股份、15%UTA经纪公司、3.5%CAA经纪公司股份、25%谷歌公司等。

Forbes magazine estimates that Flash Capital's total market capitalization is approximately $580 billion, with its 74.5% stake valued at approximately $433 billion.

The second part is Guess What - MGM Studios. After Guess What Studios acquired MGM, its market value first fell and then rose. Due to the good box office revenue last year, Wall Street gave it a valuation of about $115 billion at the beginning of the year.

Link holds 31.5% of the company's shares, worth approximately $36 billion.

In addition, Link holds substantial shares in companies such as Rose Garden and the Lin Family Development Foundation, with a value of no less than $10 billion.

Therefore, Link's assets in the United States are approximately $480 billion.

In addition, Link's assets overseas mainly consist of Kingsoft Investment Company.

The company manages 11.35% of Dell Inc., worth $81 billion; and 3.5% of Cisco Systems Inc., worth approximately $50.4 billion.
14.34% of LVMH's shares, valued at approximately $32 billion.

The company also holds shares in several major Hong Kong real estate companies, as well as companies such as China Petroleum, China Petrochemical, China Power, China Bank, China Life Insurance, Dongfeng Film Industry, Wanda Real Estate, and China Resources Supermarket, with a total value of approximately US$28 billion.

Link owns a 22.5% stake in Gold Mountain Capital, valued at approximately $45 billion.

Link's total assets, both domestic and overseas, amount to $525 billion.

Third place: Warren Buffett.

With total assets of approximately $36 billion, Berkshire Hathaway's market capitalization surpassed $360 billion at the beginning of the year, and Buffett owns 1000% of the company.

Fourth place: Paul Allen, a Microsoft shareholder with a net worth of $300 billion.

Fifth and sixth place are Chinese real estate tycoons Li Ka-shing and Li Shau-kee, with assets of approximately 240 billion and 230 billion respectively. Other billionaires in the top ten include Microsoft shareholder Steve Ballmer, Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company owner Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Indian telecom magnate Mukesh Ambani, and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

After the Forbes Global Billionaires List was released, Link's assets once again became a hot topic. He is only 27 years old this year and has a net worth of $525 billion, making him the object of admiration and envy of countless people.

Some media outlets also suspect that he has more than just these assets, and that the shares and funds that were originally transferred out are still under his control, making his net worth perhaps over 1000 billion, or even 2000 billion US dollars.

Link did not respond to this, but only strengthened security measures for the children, while continuing to do charity work around the world through the Diana Charitable Foundation and the Lin Foundation.

In early May, filming for "A Beautiful Mind" wrapped up, and Link took the crew back to Los Angeles for a break.

Jingle Bell!
While sunbathing in the backyard of the villa with Monica, Liu Xiaoli, Jennifer and others, he received a call from lawyer Sean Tang.

Sean Tang told him that the legal department and Blackwater's intelligence department had worked together to find evidence that Epstein had bribed prisoners to kill Harvey.

Next, they plan to communicate with Bob's side and jointly file a lawsuit in court to send Epstein to prison as soon as possible.

Link said he understood.

"Honey, you're already amazing. Do you want to keep making movies?"

Monica leaned against him and asked.

"Making movies is my job. I have nothing to do if I don't make movies."

Link chuckled as he touched the woman's smooth, delicate shoulder.

"You can stay home and take care of the children."

Liu Xiaoli smiled.

The other girlfriends all smiled and agreed.

"No, you can take care of the children. I'm a man, and I need to go out and earn money to buy baby formula."

“We can also earn money outside to buy baby formula, so you don’t need to do it yourself.”

Kate Winslet laughed.

"Do you have a lot of money? Let me see it."

Link reached out, grabbed her, and pulled her into his arms, teasing her.

The others joined in the laughter and joking.

Soon the lawn in the backyard of the villa was transformed into a stage for a grand celebration of life, a dazzling and beautiful spectacle, like a paradise where gods and angels played.

A few hours later, as darkness fell, Monica and the others fell asleep sprawled out in various places.

Link lay on the grass in the middle, resting his head on his arm and gazing at the night and stars above. He couldn't help but think of the dark, damp little hotel in Park City eight years ago, and that sensual and chaotic dream.

Compared to reality, that dream seemed to lack some imagination.

He chuckled softly, pulled his arm out of Monica's embrace, and waved to the stars who were spying on him.
"Bye now!"

"Thank you for having guided me."

—(The End)—

Follow up.

During the summer movie season, films such as Link's "Pirates of the Caribbean," James Cameron's "Spider-Man," the Wachowski brothers' "The Matrix," and Steven Soderbergh's "Erin Brockovich" were box office hits, continuing to dominate the market.

During the winter break, films such as The Lord of the Rings, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Shakespeare in Love continued to be box office hits.

Guess what? MGM's film lineup is far ahead of other film studios.

In 2000, Link won the Academy Award for Best Director again for "The Truman Show".

In March 2000, the dot-com bubble burst, and internet stocks plummeted across the board, with companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Yahoo losing more than 50% of their value.

Because Link had made prior arrangements, he converted many of his stocks into funds and invested in other areas before the internet stock market crashed, thus escaping the disaster.

After the dot-com crisis ended in 2002, Linke transferred a large amount of money into the internet sector, buying shares in companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Apple, and Amazon.

By 2002, he topped the Forbes list of billionaires with a net worth of $880 billion, but in reality, his total assets reached $2000 billion.

In 2002, a number of actresses, including Charlize Theron, Kate Beckinsale, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liv Tyler, Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway, Eva Green, Aishwarya Rai, Monica Lewinsky, Rie Miyazawa, Izumi Sakai, Norika Fujiwara, Shizuka Kudo, and Akina Nakamori, became pregnant and gave birth.

He has more than 100 children.

By 2025, Link will have made 100 movies, achieved superhuman physical abilities, amassed a net worth of $2 trillion, have over 500 children, and have a total family population exceeding 1,000.

In 2055, Link pilots a spaceship, taking the crew to a Mars base to film "Space Opera".

In 2072, Link accidentally entered a wormhole while filming on Venus and has never been seen since. Some say he died, some say he was taken away by aliens, and some say he became Superman, wearing a cape and red underwear, and flew into the depths of space.

His family and fans have lost all contact with him.

The world of cinema has lost its greatest king.

(End of this chapter)