Hollywood Director 1992

Thinking of Harvey as an Oscar public relations expert and a future Oscar-winning actor/actress maker, Link took the initiative to call Harvey Weinstein to discuss the award public relations for "Pulp Fiction."

This movie was jointly produced by two companies, and the box office split was similar. If this movie wins an award, Guess Pictures will also earn more at the box office.

However, Harvey Weinstein seemed reluctant to cooperate with Guess Pictures, asking them to pay $3.5 million to Miramax for operation.

Link refused and insisted on cooperation between the two companies. He mentioned the cooperation between the two companies on "The Butterfly Effect" and hoped that the two companies would not create unnecessary conflicts on this matter.

Harvey reluctantly agreed.

Link arranged for Lewinsky and others to study in Miramax's public relations team to see how award public relations expert Harvey won the Oscar.

"Monica, remember, Harvey is very cunning and also lustful. Be careful when participating in public relations work. You can contact me if any problems arise."

"Okay, boss, I will definitely pay attention. I am the boss's person, and no one can bully me except the boss."

Monica Lewinsky blinked her big eyes and smiled.

After becoming a formal employee of Guess Pictures, Lewinsky became bolder and less restrained when speaking. Occasionally, she would say some ambiguous words and make some ambiguous movements to tease her boss.

Link smiled and asked her to go down and prepare.

"Boss, 'The Shawshank Redemption' is finished. There will be a preview at the company tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to attend?"

Assistant Annie came in and asked.

"Attend, you arrange it."

After Annie left, Link continued to deal with the company's work.

With the arrival of the new year, the company has a lot of things to do, including the release of new movies in the first half of the year, the filming of new movie projects, and the acquisition of film production and distribution companies.

In addition, he also had to deal with the tricks used by the Big Seven film companies.

For example, at the beginning of the year, three supervisor-level employees in the production department and distribution department resigned, and fourteen ordinary employees resigned. Fortunately, Guess Pictures has good treatment and its reputation is growing. There are many people who come to apply for jobs every year. Although the loss of more than a dozen people is a loss, it has little impact.

Also, six film projects that Guess Pictures was optimistic about, such as "Sugar \u0026 Spice", "Nick of Time", and "Gattaca", were poached by the Big Seven film companies.

These projects were originally found by other independent film companies that lacked funds to seek cooperation with Guess Pictures. After the review was passed, they received cooperation invitations from the Big Seven film companies, and the conditions were more favorable than those offered by Guess Pictures. The producers of those independent film companies turned to the Big Seven film companies with their projects.

For this reason, Guess Pictures had to revise the cooperation regulations with other film companies and increase the amount of liquidated damages.

Several directors who cooperated with the company were also signed away by the Big Seven film companies with large contracts, including Jan de Bont, the director of "Speed", and Chuck Russell, the director of "The Mask", which led to the shelving of several film sequel plans.

For this reason, Link had to work overtime to prepare for the sequel to "Batman", planning to shoot a few more films after filming this film to make up for the shortage of film projects.

There were other tricks, but with the timely handling of Link and the management, the impact was small.

This year, Guess Pictures has 11 films to be released, including "Rumble in the Bronx", "The Man from Earth", "While You Were Sleeping", "The Butterfly Effect", "Paranormal Activity 2", "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls", "To Die For", etc., with almost one film released every month.

This year, Guess Pictures has 12 films that have been established or started filming, including Jodie Foster's "Hachi: A Dog's Tale", Michelle Pfeiffer as the producer and star of "Dangerous Minds", and Wayne Wang's "Chinese Box".

Paul Thomas Anderson's debut film, "Hard Eight", Sandra Bullock's "The Net", Steven Soderbergh's "Gray's Anatomy", and Link's "Final Destination 2".

There are also the film projects that Link has finalized, "Scream", "Primal Fear", and the three films co-produced with Columbia Pictures, "Fight Club", "The Fifth Element", and "Jerry Maguire".

Except for the latter two, the costs of these film projects are not high, and they cannot be regarded as blockbusters. The box office potential is not as good as last year's "The Mask", "Speed", "Seven", etc.

In order to ensure the competitiveness of the company's films at the box office, Link had to read a few more scripts and find blockbusters with development value.

The next day, Link attended the preview of "The Shawshank Redemption" at the Guess Pictures Cinema. The film was not much different from the original version. If you don't look carefully, you can hardly see any difference between the two.

After the film screening ended, there was a burst of warm applause. The people who participated in the preview expressed their congratulations to the main creators of the crew, congratulating them on making a good film.

Link is the film producer, editor, and cameo actor, and also belongs to the main creators. After the film screening ended, he received a system box office subsidy prompt.

His participation in the film was 16%, he received a 1.3x box office subsidy, a 2% director physical fitness bonus, and nothing else.

But even a small reward is better than nothing. The 2% physical fitness bonus is better than two months of continuous exercise.

After the preview of "The Shawshank Redemption" ended, Link and Tim Robbins went to the office to look at his newly written script "Dead Man Walking", which tells the story of a murderer who is redeemed through the power of religion and humanity before his death.

The film's box office potential is uncertain, but its artistic level is high, and it also has the potential to win awards. It is a film worth investing in.

Tim Robbins hopes to be the director, Susan Sarandon to be the heroine, and invites Link to be the producer and editor.

Link agreed after consideration.

This film also became the 13th film that Guess Pictures participated in the production of this year.

"Have you been very busy recently? You look a little tired."

After Tim Robbins left, Gong Li walked into his office.

The upper body is a white hollow knitted sweater. The delicate hollow design vaguely reveals fair skin, which is neither too ostentatious nor adds a bit of sexiness. The lower body is a dark high-waisted skirt. The high-waisted design outlines her plump body curve while appearing capable and neat.

Her face is a standard oval shape, her complexion is ruddy and healthy, her features are soft and three-dimensional, especially the faint smile on her face, which is neither ostentatious nor deliberate, and has a very mature woman's taste.

"There has indeed been a lot of work these past few days, but do I look very tired?"

Link sits at his desk looking at materials and never feels tired. Now that he hears Gong Li say that he is tired, he is very curious about what he looks like when he is tired.

"You look very energetic compared to other people, but it seems like a little bit compared to usual."

Gong Li smiled, gesturing.

Link smiled slightly and reached out to pull her into his arms.

There is no mistake in one word and one shot!

Last time, after inviting Ge You and Director Zhang to dinner, Link and Gong Li returned to her apartment. They drank wine, looked at the script, and chatted. Finally, the things that should have happened happened on the not-so-wide bed in the apartment.

Later, it happened a few more times. Because he was busy with work, there were many women at home, and it was inconvenient to live outside, Gong Li was very sensible and often came to the office to date him.

Link hugged and kissed Gong Li.

Although he has many girlfriends around him, he will treat everyone with his heart, giving them everything they need as much as possible, whether it is money, resources, or himself.

Also, because he is rich and powerful enough, the women around him are becoming more and more dependent on him, often trying to please him in various ways, and Gong Li is the same.

Link enjoys it and will also find ways to maintain this state.

After the two were busy on the desk for more than 20 minutes, they were illuminated by the dazzling sunlight outside the window and sweated all over. Their bodies gradually relaxed, and they hugged each other to chat.

"Lily, how did you like the script I gave you last time?"

It is Director Wayne Wang's new film "Chinese Box", which tells the story of a British reporter with a terminal illness who comes to Hong Kong and falls in love with a Chinese woman on the eve of 1997.

The film is planned to be played by Gong Li and Maggie Cheung as the two protagonists.

"It's good, the story is very interesting, and I am willing to play it. But is a salary of $200,000 too high? I don't want to ruin the company's rules because of our relationship."

Gong Li leaned in his arms, her face flushed.

"Not high, you are the Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, an international movie star, and your acting skills are superb. $200,000 is the base salary in Hollywood. After you act in a few movies, the salary will be at least one million dollars."

Link hugged her, put his hand in the most comfortable position, and quietly felt her broad mind.

Gong Li laughed softly, "What Venice Film Festival Best Actress? I went to other crews for auditions last year, and no one paid attention to me at all. Even if I passed the audition, the salary was calculated by the day, a few hundred or a few thousand dollars."

"You have good acting skills, you are beautiful, and you are a rare Chinese beauty. Everyone will know you in the future."

Link said softly.

Gong Li smiled slightly, and her arms wrapped around again, taking the initiative to sit up to please him.

Link accepted her gratitude.

In fact, not only Gong Li, but he also gives high salaries when other girlfriends participate in films under Guess Pictures.

On the one hand, he is not short of money, and he uses this method to pay for their living expenses. On the other hand, he can also increase their salaries, so that they can get more money in other film projects.

Currently, Michelle Pfeiffer has the highest salary among several girlfriends, $12 million. Sandra Bullock's salary has risen to $5 million after the big sale of "Speed". Monica, Jennifer Connelly, Renée Zellweger and others are below $5 million and need to continue to work hard.

Gong Li belongs to the lower salary range among many girlfriends, but it is also many times higher than her salary when filming in China. Currently, the salary of first-line actors in China is about 80,000 yuan.

Ding Ling Ling!

When the two regrouped, the phone on the table rang. Assistant Annie called and said that Danny DeVito had work to find him. Link had no choice but to pick up his clothes and end his date with Gong Li.