Chapter 447: Becoming a Nanny
"The Rock" earned $15.24 million in its fifth week of release, and its cumulative North American box office reached $183 million.
This week's box office champion is the science fiction comedy "Men in Black" produced by Columbia Pictures, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and others. It earned $91.56 million in 3,020 theaters in its first week. The film cost $90 million to produce.
Judging from the first week's box office, it is another big-selling movie.
This week, Guess What Pictures also released a movie, the thriller "The Devil's Advocate" starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron and others.
It earned $33.01 million from 2,147 theaters in its first week, ranking second in the weekly box office, which is a decent performance.
This week, "Liar Liar" earned $310,000, and its North American box office officially exceeded $180 million.
"Girl, Interrupted" has been released for 14 weeks and has grossed a total of 38.86 million US dollars in North America, and has now recovered its costs.
"Fight Club" earned $1.71 million this week, and its North American box office has accumulated $34.29 million, with box office growth slowing down.
"Out of Sight" earned $3.44 million this week and $23.13 million in North America.
"Zheng Chenggong" earned $250,000 this week and $38.43 million in North America, and is expected to gross over $40 million this year. In addition, the film's current global box office has reached $131 million, making it the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in the world.
"Boss, look here. Just because our company's movie box office revenue has not been high in the past two weeks, the media reported that our company's combat effectiveness is not strong this year and it is possible that it will be overtaken by the seven major film studios."
Aishwarya Rai sat nearby, pointing at the newspaper with her slender, round arm, sounding somewhat indignant.
Link smiled softly. After working as an assistant for more than two months, Aishwarya gradually became involved in her current job and began to consider the company and him as her boss. This was a good change.
"Those media want to use these things to fan the flames and stir up a fight between Guess What and the Big Seven, and then use this kind of news to attract public attention and sell news products. As the parties involved, we don't need to pay too much attention and just watch the fun."
"So our company's movies this year won't be worse than those of the Big Seven Studios?"
Aishwarya blinked her big eyes, which are unique to Indian women, with curiosity and confusion in her eyes.
"Of course! So far, we have had two movies that have grossed over $180 million in North America. No other company in the Big Seven can compare to us. After July, we will have several more blockbuster films released. This year's performance will not be worse than last year."
"Boss, are you saying that our company will continue to rank first in the industry's total box office this year?"
Aishwarya Rai asked excitedly.
"Yes, there is a great chance."
Even if Fox's "Titanic" sells $500 million or $600 million in North America, Guess the Movies will still have a chance to maintain its number one position.
"Great! Our company is amazing, and you, the boss, are amazing too. There is no one in the world more amazing than you."
Aishwarya blinked her big blue-green eyes and looked at him happily.
“You’re amazing too.”
"Really? Boss, what's so great about me?"
Aishwarya asked with a smile, tilting her head.
“It’s great to praise someone.”
The female assistant raised her lips and smiled happily.
"By the way, boss, Harvey Weinstein just called and asked when you are free. He wants to talk to you in person. He also said that he knows who was responsible for the shooting last July. If you are willing to meet him, he will tell you everything. Boss, do you want to meet him?"
"Gone for the time being. I'm too busy with work to deal with these things."
Link thought for a moment and said that he planned to arrange for Sean Tang to meet Harvey to see what this man was going to do.
After a short break, Link was ready to continue filming, and the female assistant also left the director's area with her slender waist twisted.
Two days later, Sean Tang called and said that Harvey told him that the real culprits behind the motorcycle assassination were Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyer and Barry Diller.
They are all Jews, Hollywood is the territory of the Jews, and Link's existence seriously threatens their ruling power, so they plot to get rid of Link.
Harvey said he was also Jewish, so he knew about this.
Sean Tang asked him if he had any evidence?
Harvey said no, there would be no evidence left for such a thing. Harvey also said that as long as Guess Pictures continued to dominate Hollywood and Link continued to be the "number one powerful person in Hollywood", they would find a way to get rid of Link, so Link had to be careful, otherwise he would be killed.
Harvey said he told this story in order to ease the relationship with Link.
Sean Tang asked Link if he wanted to reinvestigate the shooting?
Link asked him to arrange someone to investigate secretly, find evidence first and then fight back.
In July, when Monica was about to give birth, Link put down his work and went to a private hospital in Seattle to witness the birth of his first daughter and first son.
Since Monica gave birth to twins, Liu Xiaoli and Michelle were very envious of her and praised her for completing in one go what others would take two years to accomplish.
Some well-informed media also got the news and exposed the matter in the newspapers, saying that the billionaire Link had an heir.
Link stayed with Monica in the villa for a few days and then returned to the crew to film.
Not long after, news came from Paris that Sophie Marceau was about to give birth. Link had to put down his work temporarily and go over to see her. Sophie Marceau also gave birth to a beautiful daughter.
From July to September, Monica, Sophie Marceau, Michelle Pfeiffer, Liu Xiaoli, Sandler Bullock, Julianne Moore, and Emmanuelle Béart gave birth one after another, and Link also missed several weeks due to personal matters.
"American Beauty", which was originally scheduled to be completed at the end of August, was delayed until the end of September.
After filming the movie, Link didn't have time to rest. He continued to edit the movie in the company's editing studio. While editing the film, he also attended the preview of "Saving Private Ryan".
The system gave a very high evaluation to "Saving Private Ryan", with an engagement rate of 68.5%, a film completion rate of 98.9%, and a film-market compliance rate of 89%.
The rewards given at the end were also very generous, including 2.8 times the box office subsidy; director experience +20%; director physical fitness +15%; and film quality increase +18%, which were more generous than the rewards for the previous "Primal Fear".
After Link gained a 15% physical strength bonus, his originally slightly tired body and mind suddenly became energetic, and his body inside and out was filled with incredible power.
Originally, Nicole Kidman, Nao Milwatts, Cindy Crawford, Cameron Diaz and others saw that he had finished his work and were ready to join forces to give him some surprises. However, they overestimated their own strength and were defeated by him.
In the end, not a single person among a dozen or so people could lift a finger.
Also, when they were playing games with Rosamund Kwan, Brigitte Lin, and Chen Hong, they almost got into trouble because they played too hard. Fortunately, they were sent to the hospital in time, so no bad news occurred.
After visiting several girlfriends' homes, Link came to Seattle to accompany several girlfriends who had just given birth and six newborn babies. He tried his best to fulfill his responsibilities as a boyfriend and a father and not give the children any chance to complain about him.
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"Honey, you've been filming movies for almost half a year straight. Do you want to take a few weeks off after American Beauty? Working too much is bad for your health."
In a Seattle villa, Liu Xiaoli sat on the sofa in a loose nightgown. Because the nightgown was too loose, her bust looked too full and protruding, like a ripe grapefruit, yet exuding a faint milky fragrance.
Compared with before pregnancy, her figure has become rounder, her skin has become as delicate and smooth as mutton-fat jade, feels very comfortable, and her whole body exudes the scent of peach.
"I'm planning to take a month off and spend more time with you at home. Compared to the suffering you've endured during your pregnancy, the work I've done is very easy."
Link said, holding her waist.
"You're talking nonsense again. How can filming be easy? Although I've never been a director, I've talked to Sophia and Judy before. Every time they talk about filming, they feel distressed. They say that before filming starts, they really want to make a new movie, but after filming starts, they have to run around and often want to abandon the crew. Your crew is a large crew, so the work must be more complicated."
Liu Xiaoli leaned against him and smiled.
Link smiled and said, "They complain about the work because they have poor management and coordination skills and too little experience. I have shot more than ten films, three per year, and I can manage each one in an orderly manner, and it is easy to shoot."
"Yes, you are awesome. You are the best."
Liu Xiaoli gently hit his chest with her little fist.
Link smiled, bent down and kissed her hibiscus-petal cheek, his hand slipped into her nightgown, sinking into the delicate warmth without realizing it.
Ahhhh~
Before the chaos could get worse, the sound of a child crying came from the small living room next door.
Liu Xiaoli subconsciously sat up from his arms, put on her slippers and walked towards the small living room. Before she reached the place, Liu Qianqian hopped over like a little rabbit.
"Sissi, did you wake up your sister?"
"No, I didn't. She woke up on her own. Lillian is a crybaby and not a good kid at all."
Liu Qianqian's big eyes twinkled, and there was a hint of depression on her delicate little face.
"I'll deal with you later."
Liu Xiaoli poked her head and went to the next room to coax the child.
Although there is a nanny and a confinement nanny at home, Liu Xiaoli likes to take care of the children herself when she is at home.
(End of this chapter)
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