Hollywood Director 1992

After receiving the news, Link arranged for Michael Rison to negotiate with the two investment companies.

Navigator Capital invested $60 million to acquire 12% of Guess Pictures' shares, and Morgan Investment invested $50 million to obtain 10% of the shares.

Originally, the two investment companies wanted to acquire more than 40% of the shares to gain some control.

Link did not agree. Handing over the company to capital control would be like finding himself an emperor emeritus, hindering his actions.

He proposed selling Guess Pictures to the two companies for $500 million, leaving with nothing.

Of course, the two investment companies did not agree. He was Guess Pictures' most valuable asset. Without him, Guess Pictures would be worthless.

Considering Link's ability and influence, the two companies also agreed.

During the negotiations, other capital also wanted to invest in Guess Pictures, but Link did not accept. The first round of financing had already released 42% of the shares, and there could not be any more. Other capital wanting to invest should wait for the second round.

After Shining Gold Capital, Navigator Capital, and Morgan Investment invested, Guess Pictures established a board of directors.

Link served as the chairman and CEO of the board, holding 53% of the company's shares. Shining Gold Capital held 20%, Navigator Capital 12%, and Morgan Investment 10%.

The remaining 5% was held by several senior executives of the company, including Joe Feller, James Shams, Danny DeVito, Jon Gordon, Michael Rison, Liu Xiaoli, and others.

After making money, Link continued to increase his holdings of a large number of technology stocks through Shining Gold Capital, including 4.02% of Microsoft shares, 1.38% of Cisco shares, 87% of Marvel Entertainment shares, and 20% of Guess Pictures shares.

The total value was about $1.2 billion, of which Microsoft shares grew rapidly, with a market value of up to $28.5 billion. It is expected that after the release of Windows 95 next year, Microsoft's market value will usher in a period of explosive growth.

Cisco Network Systems Company currently has a market value of $4.5 billion and mainly sells network equipment. Influenced by the 'Information Superhighway' policy, it is also in the early stage of rapid development with great investment potential. This is also the stock that several investment directors of Shining Gold Capital proposed to buy.

Link also invested $125 million to acquire 87% of Marvel Entertainment, bringing the remaining superhero characters under Marvel's umbrella, including Spider-Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four, Blade, Deadpool, Venom, etc.

He also plans to use a large amount of funds to recover all the sold hero characters in the next five years, including Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, etc.

With these superhero characters, Guess Pictures will not lack high-quality film projects in the next three decades.

"Finally finished."

After signing the last contract, Link put down his pen and stretched.

"You've worked hard during this time. Do you want to take a vacation and have a good rest for a few days?"

Liu Xiaoli asked.

During this time, she accompanied Link, running around, watching Link negotiate with several investment companies, sometimes reading materials until midnight, and getting up the next day to continue the meeting. After more than twenty consecutive days of hard work, Guess Pictures finally stabilized again.

All of this was thanks to Link. If it weren't for his calmness and rationality, Guess Pictures would have been divided up by Wall Street capital as soon as it rose.

"There's no time to rest. After finishing the company's affairs, I still have to look at the post-production of 'Seven Sins', and this year's film projects also need to be approved. There are too many things to do."

Link shook his head helplessly. After finishing the financing, there was still a pile of internal company documents in the office that needed to be processed by him. He would need to work overtime for a few more days in the short term before he could rest.

"There are so many jobs, there's no time to finish them all. You should still find opportunities to rest when you should. Health is more important than work."

Liu Xiaoli walked behind him and gently massaged his shoulders.

"Don't worry, I'm in good health."

Link patted the back of her hand.

"Do you want to come to my house for dinner on Saturday?"

Liu Xiaoli asked softly.

"Okay!"

It was rare for Liu Xiaoli to take the initiative to invite him, and Link agreed immediately, taking her soft hand and kissing it.

"Don't get me wrong, Chen Chong and Wu Junmei want to find you. I told them about your investment in Chinese-language films last year, and they are very interested. If you are serious, I will ask them to come over and talk."

"Talk about work? You just told me to rest more, and now you're asking me to talk about work at your house? If it's just about work, you can let them come to the office. At your house, we should do something more important."

Link put his arm around her waist, and his palm involuntarily slid into her clothes, resting in the most comfortable place.

Liu Xiaoli's cheeks flushed, and she glared at him, "Can you be serious? You are now a big boss on the Forbes rich list, always saying frivolous things."

"What is Forbes? It's not the first time I've been on it. Forbes is not as attractive to me as you are."

Link glanced at the new edition of Forbes on the table, still focusing on the woman in his arms.

The new issue of the Forbes Global Rich List was released yesterday.

On the \u003cGlobal Billionaires List\u003e, Link ranked 472nd with total assets of $1.45 billion, advancing more than 500 places from last year.

On the \u003cAmerica's 400 Richest People\u003e list, Link ranked 203rd and is also the youngest billionaire on the list.

According to Forbes statistics, his assets mainly include two parts: 96% of Shining Gold Capital shares and 53% of Guess Pictures shares. Forbes valued Shining Gold Capital at $1.2 billion and Guess Pictures at $350 million.

On the \u003cForbes Celebrity Income List\u003e, Link ranked second with an income of $155 million, second only to director Steven Spielberg. Last year, Spielberg earned $210 million with "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List."

Link's income last year came from "Interstellar" royalties, director's fees for two films, screenwriter income for three films, and gambling income.

Forbes magazine also listed the 'Chinese Rich List', with Link ranked sixth, second only to the Li Ka-shing family, the Lee Shau Kee family, the Cheng Yu-tung family, and others.

After Forbes exposed his family property, there was much less negative news about him in the media.

However, those capitals coveting Guess Pictures are still there. Compared with those large capitals and consortia, more than a billion dollars is just a trifle.

If he wants to continue to grow stronger in Hollywood, he needs to continue making movies, earn more money, and control more capital.

Knock knock knock!

Link was holding Liu Xiaoli and preparing to indulge when there was a knock on the door. Liu Xiaoli immediately woke up, slapped away his big pig trotter, hurriedly tidied up her clothes, and sat down on the opposite chair.

Her pretty face became serious again. If it weren't for the blush remaining on her face and the strange smell emanating from her body, the scene just now seemed like an illusion.

"You have a talent for being an actor."

Link smiled as he smelled his fingers.

"Stop it, let's do business quickly."

"Okay!"

Link called out to come in. Assistant Annie came in and told him that the production of "Seven Sins" was completed, and the production department called to ask him when he would have time to watch it.

Link said he would have time in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, Link came to the company's screening room and watched "Seven Sins" once.

This movie took more than three months to shoot, three weeks to edit, and more than a month for the production department to complete post-production.

Overall, it looks very exquisite, with good music, reverberation, and chroma.

Because he had extremely high demands on the shots and actors during filming, the cast and crew performed well.

This version is no less than the original.

[Movie production completed, box office subsidy is being calculated...]

[Host participation is 68.1%, movie completion is 93.3%, and movie market compliance is 75%]

[Reward: 2.6x box office subsidy; director experience +20%; director physical fitness +20%; movie quality increase +15%]