Hollywood Director 1992

In its seventh week, "The Blair Witch Project" grossed $6.69 million in North America, bringing its cumulative North American box office to $151 million and its global box office to $259 million.

Link and Guess Who Films profited $166 million from this movie, deducting the production cost of $120,000 and the marketing cost of $10 million, resulting in a net income exceeding $150 million.

After earning the money, he transferred the dividends to 'Shining Gold Capital' account, continuing to buy Microsoft stock in the stock market. Currently, Shining Gold Capital holds 2.87% of Microsoft's shares and 0.85% of the voting rights.

Due to Clinton's proposal to build an information superhighway at the end of last year, the Internet industry has developed rapidly, and Microsoft's stock price has also risen accordingly.

In April last year, Microsoft's market value was only $13.7 billion, but it rose to $24.3 billion in April this year, and the total market value entered the top 50 American companies for the first time.

It is still growing continuously.

If Shining Gold Capital wants to acquire more Microsoft shares, it needs to invest more funds.

However, the increase in Microsoft's shares has also made Shining Gold Capital's market value exceed $600 million.

Including Guess Who Films, UTA shares, and other assets, Link's assets reached $700 million.

After the seventh week box office of "The Blair Witch Project" was released, there were only a few reports about the film's box office performance in the media.

The reason is that the box office of "The Witch" was too amazing in the previous few weeks, and the media and the public burned too much enthusiasm on this movie. Now, a few million dollars in box office each week is not considered big news.

Currently, the news about Link in the media mainly reports on the preparation of his new movie. When "Final Destination" started filming, many media outlets reported the news.

Rumor has it that the production cost of this movie is as high as more than $12 million, which is hundreds of times that of the first three movies.

The increase in film production costs means that the crew size is larger, the workload is dozens of times higher, and the filming is more troublesome.

And Link has no experience working in large crews, nor has he participated in large-scale productions. Whether this movie can be successful and whether the box office can continue to be a hit, many people are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards this movie.

"Heard Link's new movie has started filming?"

In a bar, Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Downey Jr. were drinking and chatting about Link.

"Yes, Link took the crew to New York a few days ago to prepare. I heard it's a campus thriller."

"That guy only knows how to make horror movies. He's made three in a row and still wants to make more. Let's see what new tricks he can come up with."

"This guy likes to use new actors in his movies. Now he's filming a big project worth tens of millions of dollars, and he's still only using new actors. It's just stupid to do that."

"Indeed. For a relatively high-cost movie project, to get a good box office result, the main cast must have at least one veteran actor and one star actor. Link's new movie uses all new actors, the risk is too great."

"Hehe, that guy used newcomers in his first three movies, and all three movies were big hits. He has become too confident, and he even said in interviews that he has figured out the movie shooting methods and audience preferences, and he can succeed no matter how he shoots, so he doesn't care about acting schools and star actors at all."

"He's bragging. If he had figured out the market, how could 'The Blair Witch Project' have only grossed more than 300 million, less than half of 'Paranormal Activity'? This shows that Link is going downhill. I have a hunch that his movie will definitely be a complete failure."

"Haha, I think so too. Cheers!"

"Don't be careless. Link is a multi-millionaire with money and resources. Even if this movie fails, it won't have much impact on him. We should pay more attention to him, and it's best to find some dirt on him, expose it, and make the audience hate him and stop supporting his movies."

"What dirt does Link have? Oh, I heard that he is very flirtatious. He already has the beautiful Monica Bellucci, and he also has ambiguous relationships with Jennifer Connelly, Sofia Coppola, Brooke Shields, etc. Does this count as dirt? Should we expose it?"

"It's useless. Link and those women are not married. Exposing it will only give him more gossip news and increase exposure, and the other impacts are not significant. If you want to ruin Link, you must come up with real dirt."

"That's very difficult. I have investigated, Link doesn't do drugs, doesn't drink heavily, doesn't gamble, and doesn't go to nightclubs or strip clubs. He usually goes out with bodyguards. He has almost no bad habits. It's very difficult to seize his handle."

"Hmph, I don't believe he is that kind of good person. A young man like him who suddenly becomes rich will definitely develop some bad habits. As long as we investigate slowly, we will definitely be able to find some dirt on him."

Richard Gere said with a sneer, holding his wine glass.

Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Dustin Hoffman nodded.

Richard was right. Everyone is a man, and they understand men the most. How could a man with hundreds of millions of dollars not have some special hobbies?

For example, Richard Gere and Dustin Hoffman like to pick up girls, especially other people's girls.

When chatting together, they often talk about those married female celebrities in the circle, saying that snatching them from their husbands would be very fulfilling, like a lion on the grassland.

Robert Downey Jr. and Kiefer Sutherland prefer to do drugs, and they always have a variety of drugs at home, even in the car.

This is illegal in California.

They believe Link also has them.

It's just that everyone doesn't understand Link, and Link is good at disguising and hides very deeply, so others can't see it, but as long as they investigate, they will definitely be able to seize his handle.

"Hi, Michelle, you're here to drink too?"

Dustin Hoffman waved to the aisle of the bar.

Michelle Pfeiffer walked in wearing a black dress and carrying a small satchel, glanced at the few people, "You're here too, what a coincidence. Director Nichols asked a few of our leading actors to come here to chat about the script, I arrived first. Why are you here too?"

"Nothing to do on the weekend, come here to chat. Director Nichols hasn't arrived yet, let's sit down and chat first."

Dustin Hoffman stood up enthusiastically and cordially invited Michelle Pfeiffer to take a seat.

Michelle Pfeiffer smiled, greeted Richard Gere and others, and sat down in the empty seat.

"Hey, Michelle, you look great, is it because you have been nourished by love?"

Richard Gere looked at Michelle Pfeiffer with a smile, teasing her about her relationship with the famous television producer David E. Kelley.

"No, I'm just in a good mood recently."

Michelle Pfeiffer touched her cheeks, with a smile on her lips. She has been in very good condition recently, and her skin is also very good. The reason is that her body and mind have been unprecedentedly satisfied.

Dustin Hoffman saw the spring in Michelle's eyes and said sourly, "So many of us pursued you, but you chose David E. Kelley. That guy is so lucky. But I suggest you keep a close eye on David, he is not a good man, I have heard a lot of gossip about him at parties."

"There must be a misunderstanding, I believe David will not betray me."

Michelle Pfeiffer said lightly.

Dustin Hoffman felt even more sour after hearing this. Before he could say anything more, Michelle Pfeiffer changed the subject and asked, "What are you chatting about, a new movie?"

"No, we're talking about Link."

"Link?"

Michelle Pfeiffer's heart suddenly pounded, and the black-haired, black-eyed man involuntarily appeared in her mind, thinking of his handsome face, his super-enduring body, his violent movements, and the nights of crazy indulgence with him.

She couldn't help but close her knees, and her cheeks and local areas began to heat up.