Chapter 398: Peeping is not a crime, the highest-grossing director in the world
After finishing his workout, Link returned to the living room to prepare for lunch.
Winona was worried that everyone would notice something was wrong, so after they separated she quietly went back to her bedroom upstairs to rest.
"Winona asked you to look at the script. What do you think of that script?"
In the restaurant, Liu Xiaoli, wearing an apron, came over with a plate of braised mandarin fish.
"Not bad, that role suits her very well."
Link kissed her cheek, took the plate and placed it on the dining table.
"Winona's little face and temperament are indeed suitable for acting in art films."
Monica pulled out a chair and sat down lazily. The woman had just woken up from a nap, her long fluffy hair was scattered randomly, and she was wearing a thin nightgown. Her lazy posture coupled with her plump and sexy figure made her look even more attractive.
"Winona is also good for action movies."
Sophia stuffed a piece of spicy chicken wing into her mouth, sucked her fingers and said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe that her delicate figure could last so long and perform so many difficult moves."
Puff~
Ha ha!
Before Sofia finished speaking, Jennifer Connelly, Brooke Shields, Julianne Moore and others were laughing so hard that they fell backwards. Yu Feihong also covered her mouth with her hands while laughing with red cheeks.
"You were peeking outside just now? This is not a good habit."
Link shook his head. It seemed that Winona had tried to hide it just now, but it was in vain.
"Instead of peeking, should we just go and watch? If that's what you like, we can watch openly next time."
Sophia blinked, her face full of mischief.
"Sophia, don't be so arrogant. Be careful. Link will punish you severely at night."
Monica on the other side blinked in an ambiguous tone.
"Don't be afraid. There are so many of us. We don't need to be afraid of him."
Sophia pulled Jennifer and Katherine beside her and thrust out her full breasts provocatively towards Link.
"Stop it! Don't you know how powerful Link is? Every time you provoke us, you run away and ask us to calm Link's anger. We won't help you this time. You have to bear the consequences of your own actions."
Jennifer Connelly pushed Sofia's hand away and laughed.
"Not loyal!"
Sophia pounced on Jennifer and touched her all over.
"Okay, let's eat!"
Link saw Liu Qianqian coming in rubbing her eyes, and told Sophia to stop talking nonsense.
While eating, everyone talked about movies.
After the release of "Hachiko: A Dog's Story", Judy's directing talent has been recognized by many people. She now prefers directing to acting and is currently preparing for a new movie.
Link suggested that she should focus on family and female-themed scripts when choosing scripts. Not many people have made films about this type of subject matter, and the market prospects are good, so they can be studied and explored in depth.
Michelle Pfeiffer served as the producer and actress in "Dangerous Game". After the movie became a hit, not only did her fame soar, she also earned more than 10 million from film salary and box office share.
Currently, only a few people such as Jodie Foster and Meg Ryan can compare with her in the circle.
Major Hollywood film studios have offered her scripts to work with, with the lowest salary being $15 million.
Michelle recently took on three dramas: "As Good as It Gets", "Infernal Affairs" and "The Stranger".
She will be very busy for some time to come.
There are also movies starring Sandra Bullock, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Milla Jovovich, and Nicole Kidman that are popular in the summer. They also stole the show as the leading actresses, and their popularity and pay increased significantly.
There are also people like Monica Bellucci and Renée Zellweger whose fame in the entertainment industry has been steadily increasing, but they are at least second-tier actors.
Also because the women in the family were developing relatively smoothly, the female celebrities in the circle regarded Link as a hot commodity. Every time they saw him, they would come up to him enthusiastically and seduce him in various ways.
However, his appetite has been spoiled by the women in his family. Ordinary beauties cannot impress him. In addition, the women in his family are relatively strong and do not accept messy women, so it is difficult for ordinary women to enter this circle.
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After lunch in the afternoon, Link, Liu Xiaoli, Jennifer and others went to the Hollywood Boulevard Cinema to attend the premiere of "Rush Hour". Vivian Chow, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung and others also came to show their support.
"Rush Hour" was completed in March. Link served as the film's producer, screenwriter and editor. Chen Long, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Michelle Reis, John Lone and others starred in the film. The production cost was US$30 million.
This movie tells the story of how Police Officer Li, with the assistance of Hong Kong Chief Executive Hon, seized more than 500 million US dollars in stolen money in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, there were flaws in the arrest operation, allowing the main culprit Qian Tao to escape.
Qian Tao gathered his remaining troops overseas and waited for an opportunity to take revenge, and kidnapped Commander Han's daughter Xiaoxiu in Los Angeles.
The FBI was concerned about their reputation and was unwilling to let outsiders investigate the case. Out of consideration for their relationship, they sent James Carter, the most incompetent black police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department, to be Lee's assistant.
After arriving in Los Angeles, Officer Li joined hands with James Carter to investigate the case. Since the two came from different countries and races, with different cultural backgrounds and living habits, a series of thrilling and funny things happened due to misunderstandings during the investigation.
Finally, after a fierce fight, the two worked together to rescue Xiaoxiu and arrested the criminal.
The movie is 97 minutes long, with more than 20 minutes of fighting scenes. The audience was very excited and applauded continuously.
After the movie was over, Link found Chen Long to talk and said that the movie was good and that the company would arrange a lot of promotional activities in the future and asked him to be prepared.
Chen Long agreed with a smile, saying that he would follow the company's arrangements and guarantee to be available at any time.
"Haha, Link, congratulations, this movie is great. I bet it can make over 100 million at the North American box office."
Harvey squeezed through the crowd and came over to congratulate, his fat face filled with unnecessary smiles, showing some humility and flattery, but his eyes were small and his gaze seemed cold, giving people the impression that he was hypocritical.
Harvey also came to show his support.
After Link came back from New York, Harvey called him to talk about the movie, but Link had been busy editing the movie some time ago and had no time to talk.
When Harvey heard that he was going to attend the premiere of "Rush Hour", he called and said he would come to support him.
"Thank you! But the summer season is still three weeks away, and fewer people are going to the movies, so the box office probably won't be that high."
Link and Harvey shook hands.
"No, no, as long as it's a good movie, fans will still support it. Not to mention that you are the screenwriter of this movie. No one can compare to your box office appeal."
Harvey said with a smile. He stared at Link closely while speaking, trying to observe his attitude in this way. But after watching for a while, he couldn't see anything. Harvey was relieved. After the shooting, he was always worried about Link's revenge.
Now that he saw that Link's attitude had not changed from the past, Harvey finally relaxed. He suddenly felt that Link was not difficult to deal with. As long as he disguised himself well enough, he could easily get away with it.
"Also, Jack Chen's action scenes are great, and the interaction between the two protagonists is also very interesting. This movie will not do badly at the box office, but it's not a bad thing if the box office results are not high. At least the Big 7 studios won't suppress you out of jealousy, or use some extreme means to deal with you. They love to do that the most, and they are very domineering."
Harvey looked indignant, and wanted to use this method to make Link hostile to Big Seven Pictures.
Link smiled and did not refute his words. At this time, Gong Li and Maggie Cheung came over. Link reached out and hugged them, asking them what they thought of the movie.
Harvey narrowed his eyes and suppressed the jealousy and greed in them.
After Link finished talking to the women, Harvey continued to chat with Link with a shy smile on his face.
After the premiere ceremony, Link returned to the villa with his girlfriends.
He was originally planning to go shopping, but his girlfriends were worried that someone would come to assassinate him again, so they advised him not to run around outside in the near future, and to stay at home reading books, preparing new movies, and working out with them when he has time.
Link readily accepted the advice.
"Rush Hour" earned $33.15 million in 2,638 theaters in North America in its first week, ranking first in the weekly box office.
The film cost 30 million to produce and recovered its investment in the first week, making it undoubtedly a box office hit.
The second place was the thriller crime film "A Time to Kill", which earned 18.38 million US dollars and a cumulative box office of 59.18 million US dollars.
In third place was the comedy film "Jack in the House" released by Disney Pictures, which grossed $11.19 million this week.
Fourth place is "The Mask of Zorro", which has accumulated a total of 76.64 million US dollars in four weeks of release.
Eighth place: "Network", with $2.09 million this week, and a cumulative North American box office of $183 million, with a chance of exceeding $200 million, which is higher than the box office data predicted by Link. From this point of view, it also shows that his new version of "Network" is very successful.
The film has been released in more than 60 countries and regions overseas, with a cumulative box office of 132 million US dollars.
Eleventh place: "Batman Forever", with $1.39 million this week and a total of $298 million in North America.
The film has also been released overseas since June, and its overseas box office has accumulated approximately US$385 million so far.
The total box office was 683 million U.S. dollars, and the total box office is expected to be no less than 800 million U.S. dollars.
Also this week, "The Sixth Sense", which was released last year, broke the $1 billion global box office record, reaching $1.006 billion in total, becoming the second movie in the world to gross over $1 billion after "Jurassic Park".
Link also became the second director after Spielberg to have a single film grossing over $1 billion.
The mainstream media devoted a lot of space to reporting this news, calling Link the 'billion-dollar box office man' and the 'most commercially successful director'.
Some media also listed the movies Link shot in the past five years, from "Buried" to "Network" and "Batman Forever". The seven movies that have been released have grossed a total of 3.8 billion US dollars worldwide.
This result exceeds director Spielberg's $3.5 billion and George Lucas's $2.1 billion, making him the director with the highest box office in the world, as well as the highest-paid and shortest-time director.
The Hollywood media once again started praising Link, touting his achievements in every aspect, calling him the "son of fortune", "Hand of God", "youth idol", "magician of light and shadow", etc.
Link was getting hot again.
(End of this chapter)
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