Chapter 412 The Crisis Brought by Scream
No one died tonight, only people fainted.
Julie Delpy is the first and Catherine is the second. They are both people who like to play games but have poor fighting ability.
Life and death every time.
The next day, she was trembling with fear and had difficulty going downstairs. She complained that Link was too unkind.
But after they recover, they relapse into their old ways and become bedridden again.
After appeasing several women, Link continued to concentrate on filming in the crew. He had never filmed a large-scale war movie before. When filming "Saving Private Ryan", he would learn, think and summarize while filming, and it was difficult to increase the shooting speed.
Fortunately, he had less work at the end of the year and could devote all his time to the movie.
Over in Hollywood, the box office of several films released by Guess What Pictures is still steadily increasing.
In its ninth week of release, "A Man Walking" has accumulated $37.09 million in North America and $42.15 million in overseas regions, with a total box office of $79.24 million, a box office-to-revenue ratio of nearly 4 times.
In its sixth week of release, "Final Destination 2" grossed $4.22 million in North America, with a cumulative box office of $112 million. It has been released overseas for two weeks, earning $54.27 million.
This week's North American box office champion is "Scream", which was released in 2,247 theaters in its second week. Due to Halloween, the box office increased significantly, earning $33.92 million this week and a cumulative box office of $44.97 million.
After the box office data came out this week, Total Film magazine predicted that there is a great chance that Scream will break 100 million at the North American box office.
If this prediction comes true, "Scream" will become the fourth film from Guess Pictures this year to gross over 100 million in North America.
According to the movie trailers, Guess What Pictures will release two more films at the end of the year. One is the computer animation "Toy Story" by Pixar Animation Studios, and the second is "The English Patient" directed by Link, which won the Golden Lion Award.
Let’s not talk about that cartoon for now, but there is a high probability that the box office of "The English Patient" will exceed 100 million US dollars. Guess what, the studio will have at least five movies with box office exceeding 100 million this year, which is comparable to last year.
Although Warner Bros. Pictures and Fox Films made a lot of box office revenue from the movies "Batman Forever" and "Independence Day", their box office revenue was slightly inferior to that of Guess What? Pictures.
Total Cinema magazine predicted that Guess What Pictures had an 80% chance of retaining the title of North American box office champion in 1996.
"Michael, what do you think after reading this news?"
In the office of Disney's president, Barry Diller pointed to the magazine "Complete Movies" and asked.
Ovitz smoked a cigar and sighed, "I admire Link very much. When I was working at CAA, I saw the big sales of Guess What? films, but I didn't think it was that great. If I were the president of a film company, I would do no worse than him.
Now that I am the co-president of Disney and in charge of the company's film production, I realize that making movies is not an easy task. It is even more difficult to dig out a profitable film project. It is even more difficult to create a movie with a North American box office of over 100 million.
Guess What Pictures releases five or six movies every year that have grossed over 100 million dollars at the North American box office. And there is also Link, almost every movie he directs has grossed over 100 million dollars at the North American box office.
It’s amazing.”
Ovitz shook his head in admiration.
Barry Diller's face darkened when he heard his words. "Michael, that's not what I'm asking. I don't want to know how much you admire Link. What I mean is that the films of Guess Studios continue to conquer the North American film market and snatch the box office share that originally belonged to the seven major studios. As the president of Disney, aren't you going to do something to reverse this situation?"
"What? Have you found a way to deal with Guess What Films?"
Michael Ovitz asked.
"No!"
Seeing Ovitz laugh, he continued, "Even if we have no other options, we will not give up easily. We will persist in fighting with Guess What? For example, Final Destination 2 was attacked before its release and was forced to delay its release. Scream was criticized by the public after its release. These are our methods and have achieved very good results. What are you doing? You are actively moving closer to Link."
Barry Diller shook his head in disappointment. "Michael, you used to be the most powerful person in Hollywood. You once led the entire industry to fight against Guess What. Even though you failed, no one blamed you. But now you give up fighting Link. This is very disappointing."
Ovitz snorted, "You still have to fight even if you can't win. What's this?"
"It's relentless!" said Barry Diller.
Ovitz was dismissive. "Barry, we are hired by the company to manage the company. Our main task is to help the company make money. Suppressing Guess What Pictures will not help the company make money, but cooperating with Guess What Pictures will.
In addition, what the media said is also true. After the rise of Guess What, competition in the film industry has become fierce. In the next five years, one or two of the seven major film studios are expected to go bankrupt. Therefore, our most important task at present is not to defeat Guess What, but to find a way to keep the company alive.
It is undoubtedly a good idea to cooperate with the rapidly developing Guess Pictures. In addition to Disney, Columbia Pictures, MGM, Universal Pictures, and even your Fox Films have cooperated with Guess on the Titanic project, so there is no need to persuade me, I know what I am doing. "
Barry Diller was unable to refute his words, and after a few seconds of silence, he said,
"How is the poison pill plan going?"
"Damn it, how did you know this? Did Harvey tell you?"
"Haha, Mike, haven't you confessed to Link yet? This is not good. You are talking to him about cooperation while stabbing him in the back. If he finds out, it will be very bad."
"Barry! Are you threatening me?"
"No! I just want to remind you that your cooperation with Guess What? Pictures cannot last long. One day, Link will know about this and he will regard you as his mortal enemy. Will you face his revenge alone at that time?"
Barry Diller chuckled.
Ovitz snorted, "I can confess to Link and compensate him for his financial losses."
"Can you?"
Barry Diller smiled and said, "Michael, I don't mean anything else. I mainly want to tell you that we are compatriots and allies. No matter what plans you have for Guess What Pictures, as long as you need it, we will fully support you."
Michael Ovitz said nothing and hung up the phone in silence.
I feel a little irritated.
Originally, the poison pill plan was a secret known only to a few people.
Last time, in order to appease Harvey, he revealed this matter, but he didn't expect Harvey to turn around and tell Barry Diller.
As a result, more and more people knew about the "poison pill plan", and he was worried that Link would also hear about it. After "The Rock" suffered huge losses at the box office, Link would blame him and refuse to cooperate with him.
This also made his plan fail.
Ovitz cursed Harvey a few times, then picked up the phone and called Link. He wanted to test whether Link had heard the news. Once he heard the news, he would find a way to get himself out of it first to avoid a head-on confrontation with Link.
Guess Pictures is currently in a strong position, and it is not a good idea to go against it.
After the call was connected, assistant Lewinsky told him that Link was filming and asked him if he had anything to say and that he would report to Link later.
Ovitz said it was about the movie and asked Link to call back when he was free.
At the Seum Park Studios, Lewinsky hung up the phone, sat down under the awning outside the studio with her legs crossed, and continued to watch Link who was filming on the set, with a touching smile on her lips.
When she worked as Link's assistant, she was busy every day but felt very empty, with a sense of uncertainty in her heart. After the last successful confession in the office, she became Link's woman and suddenly became settled. Her life and heart were completely filled by Link and became very fulfilling.
If she had liked Link before only because she was obsessed with his looks, power and status, after several in-depth exchanges, she was sure that she had completely fallen in love with this powerful man and was becoming more and more dependent on him.
“Cut!”
"This is a good match! Take a half-hour break."
"Props team, get ready! Move quickly and pay attention to details."
"The crew should check carefully and don't let me see any beer cans on the set."
After Link arranged the next scene, he walked from behind the camera to the director's area, picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip.
Lewinsky smiled slightly, took the folder and walked to Link to report on his work.
She is Link's assistant. Although they have a close relationship, she will put herself in the right position in public, do her assistant's job with peace of mind, and not cause trouble for Link, otherwise Link will most likely arrange for someone else to replace her.
"Boss, Michael Ovitz called 15 minutes ago and wants to talk to you about the movie."
"Got it. I'll get back to him after filming this afternoon."
Lewinsky flipped through the folder and remembered something else, "Boss, the former Princess of Wales heard that you were filming a movie here and wanted to come visit you. Do you want to accept?"
"Princess? Ms. Spencer?"
Considering that the former princess is very famous, it would be a good idea for her to come visit the set. It can be used as promotional material to increase exposure when the movie is released. Link nodded and said, "You can arrange it. Ask them to be as low-key as possible when they come. Don't attract the media and fans. Too many people will disturb the normal filming of the crew."
"Okay, I understand."
Lewinsky smiled slightly, and seeing that Link was busy, she didn't say much and left, twisting her plump buttocks.
Link took a short break and continued filming.
He called Ovitz back during lunch to ask what was going on.
Ovitz smiled and said it was okay, asked about the progress of his new movie shooting and when it would be wrapped, and congratulated him on the huge success of "Scream". He said that Guess Pictures might retain the annual box office championship this year, which was amazing.
Link thanked him and prepared to hang up.
Ovitz went on to say that he had recently heard a bad rumor that someone from the seven major film studios deliberately sent loss-making film projects to Guess Picture, letting Guess Picture suffer losses and using this method to defeat Guess Picture.
Ovitz advised him to be careful when investing in movies.
Link was stunned for a moment. He had also heard this rumor. It was said to be a trick of Michael Ovitz, and the movie used to trick Guess the Lost is the already completed "The Rock".
How could Michael Ovitz remind him at this time?
Could it be that the rumors are false and that The Rock project has nothing to do with Ovitz?
Link didn't figure it out, nor did he have time to think about it. After dinner, he continued to busy himself with arranging tomorrow's scenes. It was not until after eight o'clock in the evening that he went to bed leisurely at the urging of the three Friends sisters and his new girlfriend Drew Barrymore.
(End of this chapter)
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