Hollywood Director 1992

Ding-ling-ling! Ding-ling-ling!

"Haha, Link, congratulations on your new movie's success! The box office results for this movie are truly astonishing."

"Thank you! I just got lucky."

"No, it's not just luck. The movie is also fantastic. I watched it twice with a friend yesterday and was almost scared to death. When do you have time to grab a drink together?"

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"Sure, but I'm pretty busy lately. I'll call you when the movie run is over."

In the office, Link hung up the phone, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and stretched.

The weather was nice today, with bright sunshine and a clear blue sky without a single white cloud.

Neat rows of palm trees swayed their leaves gently in the sunlight along the roadside, and cars came and went on the road. Because of the soundproofing of the floor-to-ceiling windows, he could see many drivers honking their horns incessantly, but he couldn't hear a trace of noise.

Creak!

The sound of a door opening came from behind.

"Boss, would you like some tea?"

Liu Xiaoli's voice came from behind.

"No, just a bottle of mineral water."

"Okay!"

Liu Xiaoli walked to the counter in her high heels and grabbed a bottle of mineral water.

"Here!"

Liu Xiaoli handed him the mineral water, stood beside him at the floor-to-ceiling window, tucked a strand of long hair behind her ear, glanced at him a few times, and couldn't help but ask,

"What are you looking at?"

"Looking at beautiful women!"

Link said with a chuckle.

"You lecher! No wonder you like standing in this spot usually. So you're looking at the beauties on the street."

Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at him.

Link was great in every way—handsome, good-natured, and talented—but unfortunately, he was a bit of a lecher and unreliable.

If he wasn't a lecher, he'd be almost the perfect man.

"How can looking at beautiful women be considered lecherous? I look at women with an appreciative eye, similar to how you women like admiring flowers, jewelry, and beautiful clothes."

"You're objectifying women."

"Not bad. You've even learned that term after being in America for half a year. You're making progress."

"Of course."

Liu Xiaoli smiled. When she first came to America, she didn't know anything and was a bit silly. After living in America for more than half a year, she learned a lot of new knowledge and new terms.

She was completely different from the cautious woman she was half a year ago.

"So you better not bully me. I'm not as easy to bully now."

"Alright, there's been a lot of work lately. Do you feel like it's been tough?"

"Not tough at all. I feel great, really great."

Liu Xiaoli said without hesitation.

She was worried that if she said it was tough, Link would send her to the finance department as an accountant, sitting in the office all day. Although that kind of job paid more, it was much more boring than being an assistant.

She liked her current job. It was busy but exciting, even more interesting than being a dance performer in the past.

"We've all been very busy promoting the movie lately. To compensate everyone, I've prepared a small reward. Your reward is on your desk. Go get it yourself."

"What reward?"

"Go see for yourself."

Link pointed to the desk without turning his head.

Filled with curiosity, Liu Xiaoli went to the desk, looked around, and saw a long, rectangular red velvet box. The box was printed with the logo of the luxury jewelry brand Cartier.

"Is this it?"

She asked uncertainly.

"Yes!"

"What is it?"

"Don't you have hands? Can't you open it and take a look?"

"Can't you speak nicely?"

Liu Xiaoli glared at him, opened the box with curiosity, and whoosh—a dazzling light shone before her eyes, and a dazzling spot of light was also reflected on her fair cheeks.

Inside the box was an exquisitely crafted gemstone necklace. The rhombus chain was made of white gold, with a leaf-shaped pendant below. The pendant was inlaid with a green crystal and many small diamonds, sparkling in the sunlight.

"So beautiful!"

Liu Xiaoli exclaimed subconsciously, then quickly covered her lips, glanced at Link, who was still facing the window.

"Is this the reward you prepared for the company's employees? A gemstone necklace for each person? That's too extravagant! Are we going broke?"

Although she didn't know the specific price of this necklace, based on her shopping experience recently, the necklace cost at least $10,000, and it seemed to have a more beautiful design than the one worn by Vivian Wu.

With more than twenty people in the company, a necklace for each person would cost more than $200,000?

"Are you stupid? How could I give everyone a necklace? The men get suits and ties, and the female employees get necklaces, supermarket gift cards, movie tickets, etc. If you don't want the necklace, you can also choose a gift card."

"No. I want the necklace."

Liu Xiaoli said happily.

Although a supermarket gift card could buy a lot of things, this necklace was too beautiful. She often wore low-cut professional attire and needed a necklace to match, but she only had a very ordinary one.

She had long had the idea of buying a necklace.

But every time she went to the mall, she couldn't find anything she liked that was cheap, and she couldn't afford anything expensive.

This necklace was very beautiful, and the design perfectly matched her aesthetic. It would definitely look good on her.

She wouldn't trade the necklace for a gift card.

"Do you want me to help you put it on?"

Link turned around and asked.

Liu Xiaoli blinked her eyes and looked at him, then reached out and handed him the box.

Link smiled softly, gathered her long hair, took off the necklace she had been wearing for a long time from her slender, fair neck, and put the green crystal necklace on her neck.

No mistake, one song, one first, one inside, one content, one in, one look!

As his fingers brushed her warm skin, Liu Xiaoli's shoulders trembled slightly, and the fragrance on her body became more intense.

"So beautiful!"

Link held her shoulders and stood in front of the mirror.

Liu Xiaoli's face was already flushed, and she stroked the necklace with her fingers, bit her lower lip, and said in a trembling voice: "It is very beautiful. You have a good eye for choosing necklaces. How much does this necklace cost?"

"It's not worth much."

"Liar, this is a brand name product, it must be very expensive. Is this really a company reward?"

Liu Xiaoli felt her cheeks burning.

"If it's not a reward, what else could it be? A love token? Alright, Assistant Liu, you can go now. Don't disturb me while I'm working here."

Link waved his hand and walked towards the desk.

Liu Xiaoli glared at him playfully. She was originally quite touched to receive his gift and wanted to thank him, but this guy's attitude was too bad and he didn't deserve her thanks at all.

Liu Xiaoli left angrily in her high heels, and remembered something when she reached the door.

"Dear Boss Link, your new movie is a big hit. Vivian Wu, Joan Chen, and several other fellow villagers asked me to congratulate you on their behalf, and also want to invite you to dinner. When will you have time?"

"Not recently. I'll treat them in a while."

"Okay! Boss Link."

Liu Xiaoli closed the door, looked down at the necklace on her chest, and looked at the semi-transparent glass partition, a moving smile overflowing from her red lips.

"Miss Liu, is the boss busy?"

On the aisle, Michael Rison walked over quickly with a document in his hand, his face also filled with an excited smile.

"Mr. Rison, is there any good news?"

"Haha, the box office data for last week is out. Guess how much the box office for 'Paranormal Activity' is this week?"

Michael Rison was originally a very稳重person, but at this time he was also smiling, taking the time to joke with Liu Xiaoli.

"It was released in 437 theaters the week before last, grossing $13.18 million. Last week, it was released in 1,873 theaters, expanding the screening scale. Could it be $30 million at the box office?"

Liu Xiaoli asked.

Michael Rison shook his head and smiled: "You can guess a little more."

"Could it be 40 million?"

Liu Xiaoli asked excitedly.

"You still underestimate the boss's movie. You can be bolder."

Michael Rison gestured and smiled.

"50 million?!"

Liu Xiaoli's voice became sharp.

"It's $51.82 million, the weekly box office champion, hahaha ~"

Michael Rison couldn't help laughing a few times, knocked on the office door and walked in.

"$51.82 million?"

Liu Xiaoli covered her mouth in disbelief.

The cumulative box office for the first ten days was 14.77 million, this is the third week, the box office is 51.82 million.

"Paranormal Activity" has been released for 17 days, with a cumulative box office of 66.59 million US dollars in North America.

And the production cost of this movie is less than 100,000 US dollars, plus the publicity and distribution investment is less than 6 million US dollars.

"Link is so amazing."

Liu Xiaoli clenched her fist and waved it. The originally cold expression also became similar to Michael Rison, full of uncontrollable happiness and excitement.

She looked back at the office, and seemed to be able to see Link talking to Michael Rison through the door. This guy is so young and so amazing, being a little lecherous doesn't seem to be a serious flaw.

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