Chapter 327: The Butterfly Effect is released, and the seven major film companies suppress it with big money
“Am I fat?”
Gong Li touched her hot cheek and asked him.
"Not fat! Just right."
Link sat in the office chair and looked at her plump figure.
Compared with Vivian Chow and others, her figure is rounder and fuller, with a noticeable belly and relatively thick thighs. She is a typical northern girl, but compared with European and American women with larger frames, she looks petite.
"I'm glad you don't dislike me. Recently, Maggie moved in next to me and we often work out together. I don't know why, but the results of my work out are not that obvious."
"It means you have a perfect body, and no matter how much you work out, you can't change it at all."
Link said, caressing her round cheek.
Gong Li smiled slightly, hooked her arms around his neck and kissed him.
Ding-ling-ling! The phone on the desk rang, and Link picked up the phone and talked to Jon Gordon about the promotion of "The Butterfly Effect".
After he finished the call, Gong Li came out of the lounge after changing her clothes. Lin Ke told her that there would be a premiere of "The Butterfly Effect" on Friday and she could attend if she had time.
Gong Li nodded in agreement.
After seeing Gong Li off, Link wiped the water stains on the table with a tissue, turned on the computer and continued working.
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Friday, cloudy, with a bit of muggy air.
Today is the day when "The Butterfly Effect" is released. At noon, Link drove to the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood to attend the movie premiere.
Stars such as Quentin, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, Jodie Foster, Bruce Willis and his wife, Madonna, Sharon Stone, Schwarzenegger and his wife, Tim Robbins and his wife, Nicole Kidman, Maggie Cheung and others also came to show their support.
The premiere of "The Butterfly Effect" was star-studded that day, with more stars attending than the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
"Damn it! Why are so many people coming to support Link?"
Michael Ovitz looked at the list in his hand and saw many familiar names, his face turned extremely ugly.
"Ron, I told you in advance to inform their agents not to attend Link's premiere. Why are these guys' names on this list?"
Vice President Ron Meier touched his smooth forehead with a helpless expression, "I notified them and held a special working meeting, asking the agents to take this matter seriously. They also promised to persuade their clients that it seems they have failed."
There is another reason that Ron Meier did not mention. At the beginning of the year, in order to strengthen his control over the artist management department, Ovitz deprived Jay Maloney of some of his powers and handed over the management to him.
Compared with Jamalone, he lacks experience in this area, and many senior agents are lip-service to his words.
He had no choice but to take it one step at a time.
He wouldn't tell Michael before then, lest he be considered incompetent.
"These bastards! They don't even listen to me. I must ban them."
Michael Ovitz shouted angrily.
On this list, more than 30 stars including Nicolas Cage, Jodie Foster, Julia Moore, Bruce Willis and his wife, Madonna, Brad Pitt, etc. are all clients of CAA, and they are all extremely important clients.
Ovitz said he wanted to ban them, but in fact it is impossible. CAA's performance mainly depends on their film contracts. If they are banned, CAA will be half-crippled, and its competitors WMA, UTA, ICM, etc. will probably be very happy.
Ovitz also knew that he couldn't do anything to these people.
Just seeing the list of these people, a feeling of sadness ran up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and he couldn't help but shiver in the sun.
In the past, CAA controlled the management contracts of most of the top artists in the film and television industry. The seven major film studios had to act according to his mood when hiring people for filming. He also used this method to backstab Lew Wasserman, who had once helped him, and became the number one person on the Hollywood power list.
When CAA dominated Hollywood, no one in the film and television industry dared to disrespect him.
Even Sony and Panasonic needed him to act as a middleman when they acquired Hollywood companies. When President Clinton ran for election, he specially invited him to his home for consultations and asked him to help win votes.
At that time, all the actors in Hollywood looked up to him and vied to please him.
Those who receive awards on the Oscar podium will thank him first and then thank God.
In the eyes of all actors, he is not the King of Hollywood, but the God of Entertainment.
But in just five or six years, everything has changed. Not only has Link repeatedly opposed him, but now even the artists under CAA do not obey his orders and go to support their rival Link's movies.
This act of aiding the enemy without even pretending to do so was tantamount to mocking him in person for having lost power and being less powerful than Link.
Michael Ovitz clenched his fists tightly, the blood vessels on his forehead bulged again, and his face turned dark.
"Michael, here I come."
At the entrance of Pacific Theaters in Hollywood, Tom Cruise came over to say hello.
"Where's Nicole?"
Michael Ovitz saw him alone.
Tom Cruise's face darkened, he glanced in the direction of the Arclight Cinema, and said angrily, "She went over there to support Link."
“Damn it!!”
Michael Ovitz couldn't help but roar, only to see someone not far away. He couldn't help but lower his voice, "They all deserve to die! I will never let them have an easy time, I swear!"
Tom Cruise also clenched his fists.
After filming Batman Forever, Nicole Kidman not only separated from him, but also refused to accompany him to any public events and even tried to avoid meeting him.
It makes no difference whether he has a wife now or not.
And all this is because of Link, but that bastard still pretends not to touch other people's wives. How shameless.
"Tom, relax and don't be so angry. If Link sees this, he will only become more proud."
Michael Ovitz pats Tom Cruise on the back.
Tom Cruise saw that there were many reporters and took a few deep breaths to relax his facial muscles.
“Tom Hanks is here.”
Ron Meier pointed to the red carpet and reminded.
Michael Ovitz laughed, and when Tom Hanks walked over on the red carpet, he and Tom Cruise went over to say hello.
But when Tom Hanks saw him, his expression was very bad. He simply nodded, turned around and took his wife into the cinema.
Michael Ovitz was met with a cold shoulder and his expression was out of control again. There was murderous intent in his eyes and the blood vessels on his forehead bulged.
He knew why Tom Hanks disliked him.
Because this is also the site of the premiere of the movie "Apollo 13".
Tom Hanks stars in the film.
Originally, this movie was scheduled to be released in June, but in order to suppress "The Butterfly Effect" directed by Link, he discussed with the presidents of the seven major film studios and moved up the release date of the movie.
"Apollo 13" is a commercial blockbuster produced by Universal Pictures with a production cost of 52 million US dollars. It received extremely high praise from the distribution department during the preview and is a movie with the potential to be a big hit.
Released at the same time as the low-cost art film "The Butterfly Effect", it is likely to crush it at the box office.
Originally, they did not want to use this blockbuster to deal with "The Butterfly Effect", but they were defeated by Link in the previous times because they underestimated Link. This time, they learned their lesson and used the most powerful movie as soon as they made a move.
Not only do they want to beat Link's movie, they want to crush it repeatedly, turning it into a complete failure.
This was the consideration of him and the executives of the seven major film studios, but was opposed by Tom Hanks when the release date was adjusted.
After starring in "The Sixth Sense" directed by Link, Tom Hanks privately praised Link, saying that Link is a very good director and that he has a good personal relationship with Link.
He didn't want to get involved in the Big Seven's campaign to suppress Guess What, and he didn't want to use this movie to compete with Link's movie.
But he was just an actor, and his protests were futile.
This is also why good guy Tom Hanks is angry.
But Tom Hanks is an artist under CAA. When he saw his boss, not only did he not take the initiative to say hello, he even dared to give him a cold shoulder.
Michael Ovitz clenched his fists, his face showing uncontrollable anger. If it was four years ago, when he was at the peak of his power, would Tom Hanks and his group dare to treat him like this?
Now just because he has lost power, everyone starts to ignore him. It is really unreasonable.
If I had known they were this kind of people, I would have never allowed them to become famous.
"Michael, don't be angry. Be careful not to be photographed by reporters."
Tom Cruise whispered soothingly.
Michael Ovitz suppressed his angry expression and looked at Tom Cruise beside him, then nodded with satisfaction.
Even though he was betrayed by many people, Tom Cruise is still there, which shows that there is nothing wrong with his judgment of people; the problem lies with those traitors.
In the future, I will defeat Link and Guess Pictures and regain the throne of the king of power in Hollywood.
He will not let any of those who betrayed him go!!
Michael Ovitz swore silently in his heart.
After entering the cinema, Tom Cruise sat in the audience, thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Link, wishing his new movie a big hit and explaining why he could not come to the premiere ceremony.
Even though he hated Link for stealing his wife and making him lose face, judging from the current situation, Michael Ovitz is strong on the outside but weak on the inside and his fall from power is inevitable, while Link is like a rising star and his power in Hollywood will become stronger and stronger.
Maintaining a friendly relationship with Link at this time is obviously more beneficial than continuing the hostility.
Tom Cruise snorted, put away his phone, and prayed silently that Link's new movie would flop at the box office.
(End of this chapter)
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