Hollywood Director 1992

Bang!!

A white golf ball drew an ultra-long arc across the blue sky, flying for four or five seconds before landing on the lush green lawn.

“Wow, great shot!!”

“Not bad, Link, a 240-yard drive. You're almost as good as a pro golfer.”

At the Pelican Hill Golf Club in Los Angeles, Jerome Preston watched the golf ball rolling in the distance and clapped his hands while holding his club.

“Isn’t golf about counting strokes? Why are we talking about distance?”

“It’s the same thing. To hit far in golf, you need not only strength but also a good angle. You hit a shot at the level of a professional golfer, which means your arm strength and angle are both at a professional level. Link, if you weren't a director, you could consider joining the professional golf league. Golf is also very lucrative.”

Jerome said with a smile.

“Jerome, what are you talking about? Link makes the Forbes 400 list in a year as a director. Golf athletes can't do that.”

Aaron Kouch, deputy editor-in-chief of The Hollywood Reporter, said with a smile.

“Link could consider golf as a second career.”

Graydon Carter, editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, chimed in.

“Second career? More like tenth career. Don't forget, besides being a director, this guy is also a writer, screenwriter, actor, photographer, etc. He has too many side jobs.”

Jerome Preston smacked his lips a few times.

Link said, “It's not that exaggerated. Directing is my main job, and the others are just hobbies, like playing golf. It's nice to come out and practice occasionally, but if I treated it as a profession and practiced every day, I'd lose interest soon enough.”

Aaron Kouch continued, “Link is right. Besides playing golf, I also like fishing. But if you asked me to become a fisherman, I couldn't do it for even a day.”

Everyone laughed.

“But Link is also amazing. As a director, he became the box office champion of the year. As a writer, he became a best-selling author. The screenplays he writes are more popular than those of professional screenwriters. And as an actor, he carried a ninety-minute one-man show, and his debut film grossed over seventy million worldwide.

If you ask me, you should win Best Actor at the Oscars this year. In the history of the Oscars, no one has ever carried a film alone, except you.”

Graydon Carter said in a loud voice.

“Haha, Gray, if your Vanity Fair also gave out film awards, I might have a chance to win a Best Actor trophy.”

Link said with a smile.

“Haha, Link, the honor of being on the cover of our Vanity Fair is no less than winning the Oscar for Best Actor. If you're willing, you can be on it several times this year.”

Graydon Carter laughed.

“That's what you said. In the future, whenever your Vanity Fair lacks cover people, you can contact me. I don't mind being on it a few more times.”

“Hahaha, no problem.”

The group walked to where the golf ball had landed. Link measured the distance to the hole and the wind speed, then took a 3-wood from the caddie, stood two feet away from the small white ball, aimed the clubhead at the side of the golf ball, and swung decisively.

Bang!

The golf ball flew towards the No. 6 hole, more than 60 meters away, carrying some dirt and turf.

The small white ball flew more than 50 meters in the air, landed four meters away from the hole, bounced twice, and slowly rolled forward.

“Good shot!”

“Keep going!”

“Go! Go! Go! Go!”

Several men stared at the small white ball slowly rolling forward, shouting loudly, cheering for the ball.

The ball rolled five or six feet, and with a plop, it fell into the hole.

“Yes! The ball is in.”

Jerome, Aaron, and Graydon shouted excitedly and patted Link's shoulder, happier than if they had made a million in the stock market.

Link also clenched his fist excitedly.

Although this shot had been measured in advance, the distance was more than sixty meters away, and there would inevitably be errors in measuring with the eyes. The probability of getting a hole-in-one is hundreds of times lower than a shot from midfield in soccer.

This shot was awesome.

“Link, you should play golf. With your level, there's absolutely no problem in entering the professional league.”

Jerome said excitedly.

“Let's not. This shot was luck. I'm not sure I can get every ball in like this.”

Link said with a smile.

“Even Open champion Payne Stewart couldn't hit this shot, but you did. This shows that you have great potential in golf.”

“Yes, Link, you played very well. We should make more appointments when we have time in the future.”

“Link, you must participate in the club's internal golf tournament next time, and let them see your brilliance in golf.”

“This is a good idea. The four of us can form a team and compete against other teams, beating them to a pulp.”

“Haha, with Link here, our chances of winning are extremely high.”

Seeing how great he was at golf, Jerome and the others discussed it excitedly.

Link smiled and agreed to whatever proposals they had, not wanting to spoil their enthusiasm.

After finishing the accumulated work at the company in the morning, he handed over the miscellaneous tasks in the company to McKinley and the others, changed into a golf t-shirt and casual pants, and came to Pelican Hill to play golf.

This was previously agreed upon with Jerome, who invited him to join the 'Bald Eagle' amateur golf club.

It's just that in the past few months, he had been busy filming or promoting his new book, without a moment to spare, and had no time to play golf.

He took advantage of the free time before the start of the new film to invite Jerome out to play golf, and also to meet a few more people and expand his connections in the entertainment industry.

For example, Aaron Kouch, the deputy editor-in-chief beside him. After playing golf, they would be acquaintances, and in the future, if The Hollywood Reporter had any news unfavorable to him and Guess Pictures, he would have another channel to understand.

And Graydon Carter, the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair.

Vanity Fair is one of the best-selling entertainment and fashion magazines in the United States. Celebrities who appear in Vanity Fair need to have extremely high visibility, and appearing in it can also help celebrities increase their popularity. It is a very good publicity platform.

Through Graydon's relationship, he could help Monica and the others appear on the cover of Vanity Fair, or other pages, to increase their popularity.

This is the golf diplomacy of the entertainment industry.

In the entertainment industry, lower-level personnel compete for resources through hard work, skills, or bodies, while middle and upper-level personnel mainly rely on resource exchange, social networking, and connections to compete for resources.

For example, through this event, Link obtained inside information from Aaron Kouch. In the future, if Aaron Kouch needed help, and he happened to have the ability to help, he would provide equivalent assistance.

This is also a resource exchange in the entertainment industry.

In this regard, all countries in the world are the same. They are all societies based on human relationships and connections.

It is difficult for people without connections to break into the upper echelons of American society.

Link is an exception. The main reason why he was able to smoothly enter the ranks of the middle and upper levels of the entertainment industry is that he performed too well last year, and his fame and value increased extremely quickly. The resources and chips he possessed also increased rapidly, which also made it easy for him to gain a foothold in middle and upper-level clubs like 'Bald Eagle'.

In fact, with his net worth, he is also qualified to enter the top-level social circles of the entertainment industry, but he doesn't want to progress that quickly for the time being.

As a billionaire, he can be comfortable in middle and upper-level social circles. When he reaches the top-level social circles, facing many capitalists with tens of billions of dollars in net worth, he may feel a little strained. It would be more comfortable to stay in the middle and upper levels first.