Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 85 This is Strength
"Jennifer, did you see that? This is Link. He made a movie with 2 and earned million at the box office. Will you still look down on him now?"

In the WMA agency office, Sam Haskell pointed to Link's photo in the newspaper and the box office data next to it: $1.98 million.

According to estimates by the Business Journal, Link and Guess What Pictures will receive $1.2 million in box office revenue, and a 20-year-old billionaire was born under everyone's attention.

"Sam, I didn't look down on him. I just thought he was too young and wouldn't be very good at being a director. But I didn't expect him to be so lucky that Paranormal Activity got so much at the box office."

Jennifer Connelly said as she flipped through the newspaper.

"This is not luck, but strength. Link's films are all written and directed by himself, and he personally finalizes the publicity and distribution plans when distributing the films. The success of Paranormal Activity not only shows that he is a good director, but also a smart and talented film distributor.

He is a versatile talent in the film industry. Even if he doesn't become a film director, he will be very successful as a screenwriter, actor, producer, etc. How can you say that his success is due to luck when he is so outstanding? "

"Well, he is indeed very strong, and no one among the younger generation of directors does a better job than him. But is there no luck involved in the fact that Paranormal Activity has sold so many box office sales? If there hadn't been the case that happened in Murrieta, Southern California some time ago, would Paranormal Activity have still made so many box office sales?"

Jennifer Connelly sniffed the tip of her upturned nose and would never admit that she had been short-sighted to look down on Link in the past.

"No, no, I don't think so. If you look at the newspaper reports, a month before Paranormal Activity was released, Guess the Movies had already started hyping up the ghost incident, which shows that they were working hard to promote it.

Even if there was no murder case in Murrieta at this time, they would find similar cases from other places for bundled marketing and use all means to promote "Paranormal Activity".

This is about working hard to create opportunities when there are no opportunities.

You can’t deny that the Murrieta case was an opportunity that Link took advantage of when promoting his film, not just luck.”

Sam Haskell asked.

“Even if what you said is true, the current popularity of Paranormal Activity is all due to Link’s strength. But in order to promote the movie, Link used all means to disrupt the movie market, causing more than ten movies to plummet in box office during the same period, and also causing the film companies behind these movies to lose money.

The newspaper said that Link's future development in Hollywood will face many challenges. The meaning is very clear. The Big Seven Studios will not let Link go easily and will find opportunities to retaliate against Link in the future.

Sam, you are his agent, you should be trying to protect him as a valuable client instead of constantly praising Link and telling me how great he is."

Jennifer Connelly smiled slyly.

"Haha, Jennifer, you think this way because you don't understand the rules of the game in Hollywood. When a director who can make money appears in Hollywood, the seven major film studios will only try to win him over and make big money with him in movies, instead of trying to suppress him and stop him from making money. You can make money by cooperating with him to make movies, but you can't make anything by suppressing him. What's the benefit of doing this?
In addition, the seven major Hollywood studios are seven companies with fierce competition among them. Suppressing Link will only be exploited by competitors, and no company will do that.”

Sam Haskell laughed.

Jennifer Connelly blinked and glanced up at Sam Haskell.

"Okay, I admit that Link is amazing. I'll write him a greeting card later to congratulate him on his box office success, okay?"

"It's your freedom. You and Link are both my clients. If you help each other, it will be good for your respective careers, especially yours. Last time, Link said that he would like you to try out for the female lead role in his new movie. You and Link are about the same age. If you call each other more often, you should have a lot in common."

"Okay, I'll make a phone call right now and ask the great director Link to give me a role in the movie."

Jennifer Connelly sniffed and left the office with a few fashion magazines.

Sam Haskell looked at her back and smiled. Although Jennifer seemed to be picky about Link, she actually cared about Link and admired him very much. She was just a bit arrogant and would not show it.

After Jennifer left, Sam Haskell continued to read the newspaper. When he saw the news and photos about Link in the newspaper, he sighed helplessly.

When Link was signed, he was a rookie director and had a small reputation in Hollywood, but not as big as he is now. At that time, he was Link's agent, and he was looking forward to one day working with Link to take on a big movie project and earning the agent's share from it.

But reality did not develop in the way he expected.

Link grew faster than expected. In less than half a year after joining WMA Agency, he went from being a new director to a big director with box office revenue of over 100 million yuan, and his net worth exceeded 100 million yuan.

By working with young directors, you can give them a lot of work advice, help them get jobs and set up a crew, and earn an agent's share from it.

This is a partnership.

Working with the billionaire director, he couldn't offer suggestions, nor was he qualified to work with him.

The relationship between the two changed from partners to subordinates.

He needs to serve Link well and take care of his work other than directing.

This kind of work is more difficult to do.

However, a big director appeared among his clients, and his status in the company rose sharply, from a junior agent to a mid-level agent. His salary increased, and he also had a reception room in his office.

not bad.

Boom boom boom!
"Please come in!"

The person who came in was my colleague Barbara Coleman, a beautiful and capable woman.

Barbara is also a mid-level agent at WMA and has three celebrity clients, the most famous of whom is Tim Robbins, and the other is Madchen Amick, a new actress who made her mark in the circle with the movie "Twin Peaks".

"Haha, Barbara, why are you here?"

Sam Haskell asked enthusiastically, rising.

"Do you have time to have a cup of coffee together?"

"Okay. But tell me what you want first. I've heard that your coffee isn't easy to get."

"Hmm. Tim admires Link and hopes to have a chance to meet him. Can you introduce him to me?"

"This thing? If this is the case, I have the right to drink your coffee."

Sam Haskell joked.

The woman glanced at him and walked out with her hips twisted.

Sam laughed and hurried after him.

Jennifer Connelly was in the coffee shop opposite. When she saw Sam following Barbara Coleman with a smile and trying to please her, she curled her lips in disdain and muttered, "Dog licker."

Seeing Link's photo in the magazine, she hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone and called Link.

(End of this chapter)