Chapter 434: The Lord of the Rings will lose money at the box office

On the day after the Academy Awards, the news that Monica, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock and others were suspected of being pregnant and the father of the children was Link spread to thousands of households through the media.

People in North America are starting to eat melons.

The female group didn't react much to the news, they just secretly envied Monica and the others, because after they became pregnant with Link's child, their relationship with Link was guaranteed, and even if they did nothing in the future, they could continue to maintain an elegant and refined life.

While the male readers condemned Link for having a chaotic private life and calling him the most hateful scumbag in the world, they also secretly envied Link for his good luck with women. Not only could he hook up with so many big stars, but he could also get them to agree to have children with him. How enviable.

After seeing the news, Musk, who was starting a business in Silicon Valley, told his brother Kumba Musk that he wanted to learn from Link and find dozens of girlfriends and have more than a hundred children in the future.

Kamba Musk told him to stop thinking about it. The reason why Link could find so many high-quality girlfriends was because Link was worth hundreds of billions of dollars and was a giant in the Hollywood film industry. He had the money to support so many girlfriends and children.

And what about Aaron? He doesn’t even have a million dollars, how can he find a girlfriend?

Musk was not convinced and said that he would make a lot of money in the future, even richer than Link, have more girlfriends and have more children.

Kamba Musk shook his head. His brother must have been depressed, which was why he set such a ridiculous goal.

After seeing the news, Harvey Weinstein immediately contacted Longmeyer and others, preparing to use this incident to hype up Link's negative information and try to make Link's reputation even worse. As long as Link's reputation is ruined, his movies will be abandoned by movie fans.

"Haha, we were just worried about not being able to find any dirt on Link, and now Link has taken the initiative to deliver it to us. This guy is really a good person."

Harvey laughed with his big belly sticking out.

"This kind of news shouldn't affect Link, right? He's a billionaire, he's not married, he hasn't cheated on his wife, he hasn't abandoned her, and instead he took the initiative to tell her about his children. His behavior is much better than that of black people. If he did this, he would be criticized, and about half of the men in the United States would be implicated. Maybe this will gain Link a lot of fans."

Bob Weinstein stroked his fat chin to express his concern.

Harvey waved his hand and said, "It's different. Link is a public figure and an inspirational idol for teenagers around the world. If an inspirational idol like him messes around and has many illegitimate children, this will definitely be resented by many parents. As long as we push it a little, this matter will leave an indelible stain on Link's resume."

Harvey smiled proudly, "Besides, no matter how strong the dam is, as long as there is an ant hole, the dam will slowly decay. We can imagine positively that the illegitimate child incident may be the first step in Link's downfall."

Seeing that Bob was still going to object, he waved his hands impatiently, "Don't worry about this matter, I'll take care of it myself. By the way, Link's The Rock will be released in the summer. This movie is a bummer. With the help of this negative news, I don't believe his movie can still sell well."

When Bob heard him say this, he felt a little relieved. With the poison pill of "The Rock" and Link's scandal, Link might suffer a heavy fall this time.

Boom boom boom

"Boss, Director Peter Jackson is here."

The assistant walked in and said.

"Peter Jackson?"

Harvey couldn't remember who this person was for a moment.

The assistant reminded him that Peter Jackson came to the company last month to promote his new script "The Lord of the Rings" and wanted to cooperate with Miramax. Now a month has passed, and Peter Jackson wants to know if they are willing to cooperate.

"The Lord of the Rings?"

Harvey remembered that he had indeed read the script some time ago. "The Lord of the Rings" was adapted from "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", a fantasy work by British writer Tolkien.

After reading it, Harvey found that the script was not bad and had certain investment value, but the project also had some problems.

“Please invite Director Peter Jackson in.”

Shortly after the assistant left, he came in with a short, fat man with a big beard.

This person is Peter Jackson, a New Zealand director who made his debut in 1987. He has shot several horror movies, including "Strangers in the Universe", "Out of the Blue", "Angels of Valk", etc. His performance is average and he is considered a third-rate director in the circle.

Harvey stood up and enthusiastically invited Director Jackson to take a seat.

Director Peter Jackson got straight to the point and asked Harvey what he thought of the script and whether he had any plans to invest.

Harvey said that the script of "The Lord of the Rings" was good, but it was not appropriate to shoot it in two parts. The audience had neither the time nor the interest to watch a movie without an ending.

He hopes that Peter Jackson can cut the script and merge the two parts into one, which would be acceptable even if it takes a little longer.

Peter Jackson shook his head and disagreed. The script of "The Lord of the Rings" was the result of three years of repeated revisions by him and his colleagues. Every plot and every word in the script contained their hard work.

He would never agree to make any changes to the script.

Harvey sighed and expressed his regret. When Peter Jackson was about to leave, he suddenly shouted, "Peter, wait a minute, have you invested the script in Guess Pictures? Guess Pictures has sufficient funds and may be interested in your script."

"Guess the movie industry?"

Peter Jackson frowned. The reason he found Miramax to cooperate was because Miramax was backed by Disney, which was good at making animation and fantasy films and could provide help when he was shooting movies.

The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy work, and this kind of film project would be better developed in collaboration with Disney.

He had also thought about Guess Pictures.

Just guessing mainly makes thriller movies and not good at fantasy movie genre.

"You can give it a try. I heard from Link that the film company is planning to expand into more fields, including fantasy films. If you take the script to him now, you might get something unexpected."

Harvey smiled and smoked a cigarette, "Besides, Link has a good eye. Let him show you the script, and you will know more about this project."

Peter Jackson nodded, said nothing more, and left the office with the script.

"Harvey, how could you let Peter Jackson take the script to Link? What if Link likes the script and agrees to invest?"

Bob Weinstein asked, puzzled.

“Haha, if he doesn’t agree, that’s fine. If he agrees to invest, that would be great. Peter Jackson’s script has big problems.

First, this movie is divided into two parts. It is not divided into episodes like the Godfather series, but a whole movie is split into two parts. Audiences will not be too interested in this kind of movie.

The second is that the production of "The Lord of the Rings" requires a lot of special effects. Judging from the current special effects technology, it is very difficult to make this movie well. Even if it is made, it will cost a lot of money, perhaps 300 million or 400 million US dollars.

This movie needs to earn more than $700 million or $800 million to break even. Do you think this kind of movie can get this much box office worldwide?"

Harvey laughed.

Bob thought about it and realized that the fantasy genre is a relatively niche genre, and it would be difficult to get $700 million or $800 million.

Harvey laughed. "That's it. If Link agrees to invest in The Lord of the Rings, Guess What? will surely suffer another defeat after The Rock. That will be our chance. We just need to join forces with the Big Seven and continue to attack Guess What?'s movies. Guess What? will surely suffer a heavy blow and may even never recover."

Bob Weinstein frowned, feeling that Harvey was probably so frustrated by his previous failures that every time he encountered something related to Link, he would lose his rationality and take many fantasies as facts.

For example, this time, let’s not talk about whether "The Lord of the Rings" will make a loss. Even if it does, it will not affect the development of Guess What Pictures. Currently, the market value of Guess What Pictures is as high as more than 6 billion, so a loss of several hundred million dollars is not a big problem.

In addition, Link is worth tens of billions, so the losses from one or two movies will not have much impact on him.

However, Bob had no intention of persuading Harvey, because Miramax would not need to pay for this matter, and whether "The Lord of the Rings" would make a profit in the end would not have any impact on the company.

Miramax can sit back and wait and see on this one.

"Maybe I should call Link and recommend the script to Jackson, hoping to get him to agree to invest."

Harvey stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then picked up the phone and called Link.

(End of this chapter)