Chapter 118 End of Year Arrangements (Subscription Request)
After filming "Paranormal Activity", Link handed over the publicity to Jon Gordon, the acquisition of other industries to Michael Leeson, and the production of "Ace Ventura" to Daniel DeVito.
And he continues to hold book signings in the United States.
The reason for holding the book signing event is that "Interstellar" is a best-seller and very popular in the United States.
Not only ordinary science fiction fans love to read this book, but many university professors also publicly recommend it, claiming that one can skip watching Link's movies but must read "Interstellar", as this book can allow people to see the future and the universe.
"Interstellar" sold 690,000 copies in the United States in the first three weeks. After the signing session was suspended, it still sold 413,000 copies in the fourth week, and officially exceeded 500,000 copies in the fifth week.
The current total sales in the United States is 1.52 million copies, successfully surpassing "The Bridges of Madison County" and "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" and other books of the same period, topping the bestseller list.
At the beginning of the sixth week, Link returned to the publicity team and continued to promote the event in various cities in the United States and hold book signings. Due to his good physical fitness, he could sometimes sign more than 5,000 books a day.
Swish, swish, swish!
He also met many celebrities during his book signing sessions.
Including former Apple president Steve Jobs, Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk who was studying at the University of Pennsylvania.
I praised the future technology he described in his book and asked him to leave his contact information so that I could communicate with him more in the future.
Link was quite busy at the time and didn't have time to chat much, so he left his email address with them and asked them to contact him by email if he had any questions.
After three consecutive weeks of traveling, Link visited almost every major city in the United States.
In December, after the first round of promotion for "Interstellar" was completed in the United States, Link and the publicity team returned to Los Angeles to rest and would continue the promotion after "Interstellar" was released overseas next year.
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At the end of the year, the company has a lot of work to do, including year-end work reviews, movie box office statistics, work arrangements for the coming year, and awarding rewards to employees.
There are endless materials to read and documents to sign every day.
"Link, isn't the company closed for the holiday yet?"
Jennifer Connelly asked over the phone.
"No, I'm working on the budget for a new film project. We originally planned to invest in four films, and we'll add another one at the end of the year. Next year, the company will have five film projects, and the workload will double."
Link held the phone between his shoulders and was busy writing and drawing.
"Five? You're going to invest in five movies next year? That's too many. The seven major film studios only produce more than ten films a year. Guess the film studio is a new company. Can it handle five movies?"
"I'm a bit overwhelmed, would you like to come over and help?"
"You really want me to help?"
Jennifer Connelly laughed.
"Yes, every time I hear you speak, no matter how tired I am, I will feel relaxed. If you are by my side when I am working overtime, I can work for more than three days in a row. You are my best medicine to relieve fatigue."
"This is what you said. I will come to Guess Films to accompany you to work tomorrow. Don't think I'm annoying then."
"No way."
Link put down his pen, moved the phone to his other shoulder, and continued chatting with Jennifer, asking her what she was doing and where she was spending Christmas.
While he was chatting with Jennifer, Liu Xiaoli came in from outside with documents.
After hearing what the two were talking about, Liu Xiaoli's rolling eyes almost drowned him.
"Jenny, there's work coming up, we'll talk later, muma~."
Link hung up the phone, twisted his cramped neck, and sighed, "I've been very busy all day. The president's workload is probably not as much as mine. Sister Xiaoli, what did you get?"
"You deserve it! You already have Monica, but you're still hooking up with Jennifer Connelly. I really don't know what you're thinking. Is it fun to be a scumbag?"
Liu Xiaoli didn't give him a good look.
"Sister Xiaoli, it's not that I want to be a scumbag, it's that I have something to hide."
"What's wrong?"
"It's not a disease. Well, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is also a disease called Yang hyperactivity, which means that Yang is easily erected."
"Yang thing?"
Liu Xiaoli suddenly reacted, a blush quietly crept up her cheeks, and she spat at him in embarrassment.
"I really didn't lie to you. You will know later."
Link certainly wasn't lying.
After multiple strengthenings, not only does the body become stronger and more energetic, but even the physiological needs are very strong.
From once every one or two weeks before, now it can be done anytime and anywhere.
Fortunately, I can control it, otherwise I would have to wear iron shorts to work every day.
"Who wants to know about such dirty things?"
Liu Xiaoli waved the documents in her hand as if to take a photo of him, but she still gave him some face as a boss and didn't do so.
"What are these?"
Link took the document from her.
"Work."
Liu Xiaoli opened the documents and introduced them to him one by one.
Since Guess the Movies has five film project investment plans next year, four of which are in preparation and scheduled to be launched early next year, the company has a lot of work to do at the end of the year.
The movies that will start shooting early next year are, in order, "Ace Ventura," "Final Destination," "Pulp Fiction," "The Joy Luck Club," and the yet-to-be-finalized "Seven."
The budget of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" is 12 million US dollars, Columbia Pictures invested 8 million US dollars, and Guess What Pictures invested 4 million US dollars. On the premise of breaking even, the film's revenue will be divided equally.
The film is currently in preparation and is scheduled to start shooting in January.
"Final Destination" has a budget of 15 million US dollars and is produced exclusively by Guess Pictures. The film is still in the casting stage and is scheduled to start shooting in March or April.
Pulp Fiction cost $10 million to produce, with Guess What and Miramax each contributing $5 million.
After the movie was released, the two parties jointly promoted and distributed the movie, and the box office revenue was split in half.
"The Joy Luck Club" directed by Wang Ying has a cost budget of 10.5 million US dollars and is jointly produced by Guess Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, each contributing 5 million US dollars.
"Seven Deadly Sins" is still in the queue.
In addition to these five films, "The Blair Witch Project" has been scheduled to be released in February next year.
"And here's this: Vanity Fair wants to take some photos for you for the cover of next January, and the editor of Forbes magazine called and hopes to schedule an interview with you."
Liu Xiaoli leaned over and pointed at the document.
"Forbes? Can I be listed in Forbes with my net worth?"
"Rumor has it that you made $400 million this year. Last year, Forbes announced the list of the 400 richest Americans, with a minimum wage of $350 million. Forbes probably thinks you're qualified to be on the list."
"How can I get 400 million? I have to pay taxes too."
Link feels pain when it comes to paying taxes. Corporate income tax and personal income tax can almost make him pay a lot of money, but he has no choice but to pay. He can only think of more ways to reasonably avoid taxes through methods such as investing in stocks and charity.
"Aaron Couch, deputy editor of The Hollywood Reporter, called and wanted to interview you and take photos of you, because judging by the current box office results, Paranormal Activity is 100% the box office champion of the year.
As is customary, The Hollywood Reporter interviews the directors of the box office champions when announcing the annual box office rankings.
“Aaron is an old acquaintance, so arrangements can be made in advance.”
Link took it and looked at it, then picked up the phone on the table and called Aaron Kutcher to arrange an interview on Thursday.
"There's also the release of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Columbia Pictures invites you to attend."
"I know this. Monica said so."
(End of this chapter)
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