Chapter 395: A Half-God, Half-Beast Man and a Half-Pushing Woman
Charlize Theron came to New York to shoot her new movie "The Devil's Advocate". It was her first time playing the leading role in a commercial blockbuster and she was inevitably nervous. She was worried that she would not act well and that Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino would be too arrogant and difficult to work with.
What made her most nervous was the advice from her agent Sam Haskell.
After Sam Haskell signed her in 1995, he kept talking about Link in front of her, saying how Link went from being a stevedore to the movie tycoon he is today.
At first she thought Sam Haskell wanted to use Link's story to inspire her, to let her learn from Link, work hard, and become a star actor earlier.
For this reason, she pretended to be indifferent and rejected the pursuit of many men.
When filming, she will be serious and dedicated, and try her best to play the role better. When others are shopping, clubbing, and dating, she is at home reading books, honing her acting skills, and not missing any opportunity to improve herself.
She thought that this would allow her to become a star actress and gain a foothold in Hollywood.
But after several failed movie auditions, she slowly faced the reality.
During those auditions, she thought she performed very well and the role was very suitable for her, but she still failed the audition.
She played eight roles of varying sizes in succession in 1994 and 1995, most of which she got through resource exchanges with her agent rather than auditions.
This discovery made her very discouraged. She went to Sam Haskell to complain, saying that the film industry was too dark and had too many unspoken rules. Why didn't anyone do anything about it?
Sam Haskell told her that this was happening because she herself had little value and was not an indispensable resource for the crew.
For example, several roles she auditioned for were not only suitable for her, but also for other young actresses. This is Hollywood, and the thing that is not lacking is beautiful women.
If she wants to avoid being subjected to such unspoken rules, she must have scarce resources, such as becoming a star, having high box office appeal, becoming a veteran actor, supporting a movie with superb acting skills and improving the quality of the movie, or having a strong background and being beneficial to the producers.
If you have nothing, you will inevitably be subject to unspoken rules.
Charlize Theron became even more discouraged after hearing this, as Sam's words made all her past efforts worthless.
However, Sam Haskell also showed her a clear way - to make friends with Link.
Sam asked her if she knew where he got the resources he had for trading.
Charlize thought it was from WMA agency.
Sam said no, the resources allocated to the agency are very limited and they cannot support so many agents and artists.
In Hollywood, an excellent agent must learn to develop his own network and find resources. The bigger the agent, the more he pays attention to this, and the more resources he will have.
And he is one of the top agents in the industry.
Sam then asked her if she knew how he grew to become a top agent?
Charlize Theron said it depends on his personal ability and hard work.
Sam shook his head and said it was luck because he met Link, who later became a Hollywood tycoon.
As Link's agent, as long as he could get a little bit of resources from Link every year, he would earn a lot of commissions, and he could also arrange his three artists into the crew.
This is also one of the reasons why the three artists under him never lack roles.
Charlize Theron felt complicated after hearing this inside story. She originally thought that the roles she got in the past were thanks to her agent and agency, but now she knows that it all came from Link.
And her feelings towards Link are very complicated.
Before coming to Hollywood, she had heard of Link's name, seen his movies, and had a certain understanding of him.
In the media, Link is a remarkable man, powerful, wealthy, talented, the ceiling of the film industry, the 'king' and 'sun' in the hearts of the bottom-level actors.
Over the past year or so, she had met Link several times through Sam Haskell's connections, had spoken to him several times, and had a better understanding of him.
As Sam said, Link is handsome, elegant, approachable, and his temperament is more like a big director rather than a top billionaire. He is a very interesting man.
This is Link's good side.
The bad side is also obvious. He is too promiscuous. Rumor has it that he has more than 50 girlfriends. Almost all the beautiful and famous actresses in the circle have had relationships with him.
It is said that he lives a luxurious life in a palace-like villa with a bed that is ten meters long and ten meters wide in his bedroom. He rapes at least ten beautiful women every day and is very perverted.
Charlize Theron has heard of Link's great side, and also knows his perverted side. In her heart, Link is a half-god, half-beast image, a handsome and great male god on one side, and a ferocious beast on the other.
After that conversation with Sam Haskell, Sam told her bluntly that if she wanted to take a shortcut and become famous quickly, she should go find Link. Whether as his lover or friend, as long as she could get to know him, she would have more resources.
For example, Jim Carrey, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Renée Zellweger, Ryan Phillippe, etc., were all unknown at first, but after knowing Link and with his help, they grew up little by little and became big-name movie stars with a salary of tens of millions of dollars.
And she is a beauty, and has the same agent as Link, so she can get closer to Link more easily than others.
This is her biggest advantage in the film industry.
Charlize felt conflicted after hearing this.
She is a strong-willed girl. After becoming an actress, she hopes to gradually grow from a small actor to a big star through personal efforts, rather than taking shortcuts and exchanging her body for resources.
But she also knew that what Sam said was right. In Hollywood, unless one is very lucky or talented, few ordinary people can succeed through personal efforts alone. Even if there are such people, they will encounter many difficulties and hardships on the road to success.
Charlize Theron admits that she is not someone who can withstand the hardships, but taking shortcuts is not in line with her personal values.
One is a shortcut to success, the other is a rough road to the unknown?
How to choose?
She struggled for three days afterwards and finally decided to give it a try.
Her idea is very simple. To make friends with Link, you don't have to be his woman. You can make friends with him. For example, Sofia Coppola, Jodie Foster, and Michelle Pfeiffer are said to be not Link's women, but they have more contact with him in private and have a closer relationship with him.
She and Link have met a few times and can become friends with him.
This is also the reason why she took the initiative to visit Link's crew after coming to New York.
"Sally, have you and Keanu Reeves ever met?"
Link asked as he ate his food.
Charlize Theron came back to her senses and blinked, "I've met him twice, at the company's script discussion meeting, he was very cool and rarely spoke."
"Keanu is quite introverted and not very enthusiastic towards people he is not familiar with, but he is a nice person and a friend worth making friends with. You can invite him to the next party so that you can get to know each other better and it will be easier for you to work together when filming a movie."
"OK!"
Charlize Theron blinked and smiled, "Link, you seem to be better than the rumors say."
"Really? Tell me what rumors you've heard?"
"Too many. You are a Hollywood legend. Everyone looks up to you. Everyone wants to be like you. There are all kinds of rumors. They can be divided into three categories. The first is your movies, the second is your wealth, and the third is your private life. Which one do you want to hear about?"
Charlize Theron winks slyly.
"I've heard a lot about the first two in the newspapers. I want to hear about the third one."
Charlize Theron was surprised. Link's greatest success was in his career. His movies and wealth were the envy and admiration of everyone. However, his private life was too chaotic and was criticized a lot. The rumors in this regard were also very bad.
But Link wanted to hear her talk about his private life. Did he want to hear others call him a scumbag or a playboy?
Charlize Theron pursed her lips and smiled. "There are a lot of rumors about your private life, most of which are fabricated. For example, there are rumors that you have more than 50 girlfriends. This must be fake news, right? Sam said that you are very hardworking and have a very full work schedule every day. You have to shoot several movies every year and manage a company. It is impossible for you to spend so much time on women."
"More than 50 girlfriends? Last year the tabloids hyped that I had more than 30 girlfriends, and now there are more than 10 more?"
"Who made you so popular? Now, as long as your name appears in the newspaper, people will buy it to read it. The media treats you as a traffic code and keeps hyping up news about you, regardless of whether it is true or not."
Charlize Theron paused and jokingly said, "Link, can I ask how many girlfriends you have?"
Link thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure. I don't have the habit of counting the number of girlfriends. Whenever I meet a woman I like, I'll chat and drink with her. If they are willing to accept me, we'll start dating. If not, I'll stop bothering them. I won't count their number because girlfriends are girlfriends. Each one is a special individual. Our emotional experiences are also special and cannot be represented by numbers."
Charlize Theron felt strange. The first strange thing was that Link didn't even know how many current girlfriends he had. The second was that Link and his girlfriends were not just playing around, but having romantic relationships.
The first point can be explained by the fact that Link has too many girlfriends and he doesn’t have time to count them.
The second point is definitely Link's wishful thinking.
As a woman, she understands women better. No woman is willing to share her lover with other women.
The reason why those women were willing to stay with him was because of the resources he had, not because they had any feelings for him.
Link was probably deceived by those women.
Charlize Theron shook her head, secretly feeling sorry for Link. Link was excellent in all aspects. His only shortcoming was that he didn't understand feelings and regarded a group of women who lay on him and sucked his blood as true love.
Suddenly she thought of another question. Just now, Link said that he would go drink and chat with women he liked, and she was accompanying Link for dinner and chatting. Did that mean that Link had feelings for her?
Charlize Theron blinked her eyelashes and lowered her head, feeling conflicted again, not knowing whether she should accept Link's pursuit.
(End of this chapter)
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