Hollywood Director 1992

Back at the villa, Link asked Liu Xiaoli to notify the women in the family and ask who else needed financial management, to make a simple statistic, no matter how much money it was.

After the statistics were completed, she would hand them over to the Flash Gold investment manager to establish accounts for them, and in the future, when the company invested in stocks, she would bring them along.

With his help, their assets would at least multiply dozens of times in the future, and each of them would become a billionaire.

"Do you want to notify everyone? Then you need to list a list first, tell me which women you have, otherwise how can I count."

Liu Xiaoli blinked her beautiful peach blossom eyes and said slyly.

Link patted her behind, "Don't try to trick me here, I only have you, how can there be others, I'm talking about the people who are scheduled to stay in the villa."

The people who live in the villa account for 80% of the total number of women.

Women who have not yet joined this circle can not be counted, and we'll talk about it later when they want to make money.

"Okay, then I'll make a phone call, you come and teach Qianqian math, her math is the worst, she can't learn no matter how you teach her."

Liu Xiaoli pushed away his mischievous hand and left.

Link looked at the math materials on the table, and then looked at Liu Qianqian, who was blinking her bright big eyes, and felt a little miscalculated.

Perhaps Jennifer Connelly should be given the task of counting the number of people, she is a academic and good at doing this kind of thing.

"Godfather, don't be dazed, come and teach me how to do the questions."

The little girl tugged at him and urged him.

Link knocked on her little head, sat down and fulfilled his duty as a godfather.

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After a pleasant weekend, Link returned to work at the company.

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

Jobs called, representing Pixar to accept Guess Pictures' offer.

The acquisition price they chose was $300 million + 10% equity.

After hanging up the phone, Link immediately called Joe Feller, instructing him to lead the acquisition team to follow up on the project.

The plan to acquire Pixar has officially entered the negotiation stage, and it is expected to reach an agreement within this week and complete the merger within the next three months.

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

After Guess Pictures and Pixar began to contact, the media quickly captured this dynamic.

"American Express" took the lead in reporting: "Guess Pictures' plan to acquire Pixar Animation Studios has ushered in new progress. Once the acquisition is completed, Guess Pictures' industrial chain will be more complete, not only having a complete film production, publicity, and distribution system, but also mastering Hollywood's most advanced computer animation production technology, and its competitiveness in the film industry will be greatly improved in the future."

"The Hollywood Reporter" reviewed Guess Pictures' mergers and acquisitions in recent years: "From the merger of 'Good Machine Film Company', Triangle Entertainment, and Artisan Entertainment in 1993, to the acquisition of Marvel Company in 1994, and now entering the field of animated films, Guess Pictures is growing step by step. If it continues to develop, it is expected to be comparable to or even surpass the Big Seven film companies."

However, some media have also raised questions about this.

The "Los Angeles Times" commented: "Guess Pictures has no experience in producing animated films, and the risk of failure is extremely high if it rashly enters this field. Once it encounters failure, Guess Pictures' development will be seriously hindered, and it may even be reduced to a medium-sized production company again. But if it succeeds, Guess Pictures' influence will be further enhanced, and the Big Seven film companies will face a life-and-death crisis. Therefore, this acquisition has a profound impact on the entire film industry."

Guess Pictures and Pixar Animation have not responded to these reports and comments for the time being.

They plan to hold a press conference after the acquisition is successful to answer media questions in a centralized manner.

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

They believe that Guess Pictures lacks experience in producing animated films, and the risk of acquiring Pixar is too great, and it is not worth the risk.

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

After the company acquires Pixar, it also has the confidence to lead the team to produce excellent animated films, so that Guess Pictures will have another pillar industry, bringing more benefits to everyone.

Link smiled and didn't say much.

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

If animated films sell well after the acquisition of Pixar, the shareholders will naturally support him;

But if it fails, they will take the opportunity to question his decision and weaken his authority.

This kind of corporate infighting is common in large companies.

For example, Apple, Disney, Universal, CAA, etc. are all the same, the more complex the structure, the more serious the infighting.

This is also the reason why the work efficiency of large film companies is not as good as that of independent film companies.

After finishing the acquisition, Link returned to the film studio and continued to edit "Batman Forever". It took 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, "While You Were Sleeping", were released.

It took $20.82 million in 2,105 theaters in its first week, winning the weekly box office champion.

The second place was the action movie "Bad Boys", distributed by Columbia Pictures, which took $18.69 million in 2,355 theaters.

The third place was "Detective 2", with a box office of $10.23 million this week, and the cumulative box office in North America reached $112 million, which is also the first film in 1995 with a box office of over 100 million in North America.

The fourth place was Paramount Pictures' comedy film "Tommy Boy", with $8.45 million, which was not bad.

Due to the good reputation of "While You Were Sleeping", in the second week, "While You Were Sleeping" expanded its release scale, taking $22.79 million in 2,507 theaters, winning the weekly box office champion for two consecutive weeks, with a cumulative box office of $43.61 million in two weeks, and the North American box office is expected to be no less than $80 million.

The word-of-mouth of "Bad Boys", which was released at the same time, was also good, but the box office appeal of the starring group was not strong, and the film promotion was not as strong as Guess Pictures, and the box office in the second week was still lower than "While You Were Sleeping".

Seeing Guess Pictures' films selling one after another, continuously dominating the North American box office charts.

The American media have published articles lamenting that Guess Pictures is too strong at the box office, and Hollywood has entered the Guess Pictures era. The Big Seven film companies have unfortunately been reduced to supporting roles. This scene is like the fairy tale "Snow White", Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Even more media began to tout that Guess Pictures is very powerful, Link is very remarkable, is the new overlord of Hollywood, the king of Hollywood.

Guess Pictures' prestige in Hollywood is unprecedentedly high.

However, Liu Xiaoli and Jon Gordon noticed some anomalies. They found that the number of media outlets touting Guess Pictures had surged recently, and even the media of the Big Seven media groups were vigorously publicizing Guess Pictures' success.

Liu Xiaoli suspected that this was a deliberate attempt to praise and then destroy, so she issued a warning to Link.

"Praise and then destroy? Touting Guess Pictures is praise, how are they going to destroy it in the future?"

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

Liu Xiaoli stood before him, her expression serious: "I've heard that the Seven Great Studios have been interacting frequently recently, and they may be planning something big against us.

They are likely to join forces to suppress our films during the summer release season.

And the films we're releasing during the summer are all niche genres, with no strong commercial films.

Once we lose in the box office competition, the media outlets that are currently praising us will turn around and mock us, damaging our image and reputation."

Jon Gordon added: "'The Butterfly Effect' is too niche, and its box office results may not be very high.

How about we move 'The Sixth Sense' up to the summer release season?

That movie is great, and I have more confidence in its box office potential."

Link shook his head: "'The Sixth Sense' is a supernatural romance film, set in winter, so it's more suitable to be released at the end of the year.

Don't worry, 'The Butterfly Effect' and 'The Shawshank Redemption' are all good films.

Even against the Seven Great Studios' blockbusters, we won't be inferior.

The company just completed its second round of financing, we have money, resources, and several good quality films.

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

Hearing him say this, Jon Gordon also regained his composure.

After seeing them off, Link continued to work on the task at hand.

After the filming of "Batman Forever," he began preparing for his next film.

He currently had several good quality scripts on hand, including "The Net," "Jerry Maguire," "The English Patient," "The Rock," "Fight Club," "Rush Hour," and "Primal Fear."

He could film any of these scripts, but there wasn't enough time, and filming multiple movies simultaneously would affect the quality of the films.

After careful consideration, he first removed "Jerry Maguire."

This film had good quality and box office potential, but its style differed greatly from his own, and it didn't quite suit his taste.

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"The Rock" was an action film, which didn't fit his current style.

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

He could try to find Michael Bay first.

If the other party wasn't interested, he would consider whether to direct it himself.

"Rush Hour" was an action-comedy film, so he could also find another director to try it out first.

"The English Patient" was a romance-war film.

He had touched on many love topics in his past films, and after the films were released, they received good reviews.

Film critics believed that he was very good at telling love stories and looked forward to him making romance films.

He could use this film to transform his style and expand his personal film genres.

In addition, this film had good reviews and box office results, and had also won many awards at major film festivals and the Academy Awards.

Making this kind of film could get more box office subsidies, and the director's physical fitness bonus would also be greater.

The benefits were relatively large, so giving up was not cost-effective.

"The Net" had a good script, but the original director didn't film it well, resulting in mediocre quality, and the global box office was only over 100 million US dollars.

Link was confident that he could film this movie well, get more box office and better reputation.

At the same time, this film had already been prepared, and Sandra Bullock could shoot it after she finished promoting "While You Were Sleeping."

It could be filmed in about forty days, which would save time and improve the efficiency of getting the director's physical fitness bonus.

The remaining "Fight Club" and "Primal Fear," thriller films, had scripts that he personally adapted.

Turning them into films could get more box office subsidies and physical fitness bonuses, so they could also be filmed.

For now, he would set these three, and strive to complete the filming within the year.

Ding Ling Ling!

Assistant Annie called and said that Matt Damon was online, asking if he had time to take a call.

Link answered 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 to the French window, opened the blinds, and let the sunlight shine on him.

"He got too deep into the role while filming Batman.

It's been half a month since the movie was finished, and he hasn't recovered.

He still has a cold face, doesn't speak, likes to be alone in his room, and his speaking style is not as casual as before, as if he has become a different person.

I took him to see a psychologist, but it didn't have much effect.

I don't know if you have any way?"

Matt asked.

"Don't worry, this problem is very common.

When actors are filming on set, the people and environment around them, the language, the atmosphere, and other factors can easily make them get into the role.

When he leaves that environment, he finds that his words and deeds are out of place with the new environment, and he will slowly change to adapt to the new environment.

When you have time, take him out for a walk, expose him to new things, and he will slowly return to normal after a while.

If you think this is too slow and want him to recover quickly, take him to ride a roller coaster and play until he throws up, and then see if it works."

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

After hanging up the phone, Link smiled slightly.

The last time he filmed "The Butterfly Effect," Leonardo also got deeply into the role.

After the film was finished, it took him more than a month to slowly return to normal.

Ben Affleck's degree of immersion won't be much stronger than him, it's not a big problem.

Among the actors he has worked with, the one with the bigger problem is Jim Carrey.

This person was originally more introverted, mature and stable, but in order to work, he had to act exaggerated, crazy and silly in front of the camera.

Each time before filming, he had to repeatedly hypnotize himself, abandon his nature, and completely dedicate himself to the role in order to perform better.

And each time after filming, he had to accept another personality of himself.

Too many times can easily lead to psychological problems.

Jim Carrey needs to receive psychological counseling every time after filming, and at the same time, he develops a dislike for comedy films, but other than comedy films, no one asks him to act in other movies, he has to play this kind of role.

In this case, he will repeatedly tear himself apart in his heart, becoming more and more entangled, which seriously affects his working state.

Link would also invite him to play tennis and swim when he had time to help him adjust.

Compared with Jim Carrey's condition, Link was too lazy to care about Ben Affleck's little problem.

Ding Ling Ling!

The phone on the table rang again, and Annie said that Miss Zhou from Hong Kong Island was online.

Link answered the phone and heard Vivian Chow's gentle voice: "Link, are you free tonight?

Carina and Chingmy are going back to Hong Kong Island to film tomorrow.

Carina suggested getting together before they leave, what do you think?"

Link looked at his schedule, "I'll go over in the evening."

In the past few weeks, he often went to the seaside villa in Malibu to fool around with Vivian Chow, Rosamund Kwan and others.

Every time they saw him go, Vivian Chow and the others were very enthusiastic and tried their best to please him.

They dedicated everything they could dedicate, and even went to the hospital twice.

Link was very satisfied with their performance, and sent them several luxury goods, as well as the right to live in a thousand-foot mansion on Hong Kong Island, one set for each person.

Now that Carina Lau and Chingmy Yau are going back to film, he should also see them off.

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

He suddenly envied Sun Wukong, who could turn one hair into hundreds of monkeys.

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