Hollywood Director 1992

"Boss, this is the information and box office performance of recent movie releases."

After Liu Xiaoli left, the new assistant Monica Lewinsky walked in and placed several files in her arms on his desk.

"How do you feel about being an assistant?"

Link asked casually as he took the folder.

"Not bad, thank you, Mr. President, for the promotion."

Lewinsky said with a smile.

Lewinsky is 21 years old this year, a junior at Clark College, and is currently in her internship. She is 171 cm tall, has shoulder-length black hair, and wears a white women's suit, which makes her look very capable.

Not long ago, she submitted a request in the script library to change positions.

Link wanted to see her work ability, so he asked her to sort out the script data in the script library first.

Lewinsky spent more than a month sorting out all the scripts and entering them into the computer for storage. To browse the scripts, you can directly use the computer, which is very convenient.

She did a good job on this matter.

Link transferred her to the president's office through Michael Leeson.

Link's president's office has six assistants and secretaries, including Annie, so adding a Lewinsky is not a problem.

"Work hard, I hope you have a pleasant internship."

Link was about to look at the documents, but found that Lewinsky was still standing in front of the desk.

"Monica, is there anything else?"

"Mr. President, I have relatively little work now. I only sort out information every day. Those tasks can be completed in less than two hours. Can you arrange more work for me?"

Lewinsky said.

"You are just an intern, why do you do so much work every day?"

"I want to exercise myself and improve my work ability."

Lewinsky said, clenching her fist.

Link had no choice with this female college student. After thinking for a while, he said, "The company is preparing to cooperate with Columbia Pictures to shoot 8 to 10 movies in the near future. The specific movies to shoot will be decided by us.

At the same time, Columbia decided to open its script library and copyright library to us. Your job is the same as last time. Lead 2 to 3 screenwriters to Columbia's script library to read scripts, summarize all the script stories, and finally submit them to me. The duration of this job is three months. How many scripts can be recorded within three months is how many. Do you want to take this job?"

Lewinsky blinked, "Mr. President, can I bring the script to the company to read? I prefer our company's environment. At the same time, when browsing the script, I can also take care of other tasks and serve Mr. President."

"Yes!"

"Thank you, Mr. President, you are the most elegant and charming man I have ever seen."

Lewinsky smiled with dimples and walked out in high heels.

Link shook his head. If it weren't for her foreign face, her behavior would easily make people suspect that she was a Chinese female student studying abroad. She was too hardworking.

This is probably the reason why the other assistants in the office don't like her.

After sending Lewinsky away, Link continued to look at the recent movie box office situation on the document.

The annual summer season starts from the end of April and ends at the end of August.

Among the 37 movies currently released, the highest-grossing one is the animated movie "The Flintstones" released by Universal Pictures. It has been released for three weeks and has a North American box office of 86.79 million US dollars, with an estimated box office of around 150 million.

The second place is the Western film "Maverick" released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It has been released for four weeks and has a North American box office of 66.46 million US dollars, and has a great chance of breaking 100 million US dollars.

The third place is the Gothic-style action movie "The Crow" produced by Miramax Films, the posthumous work of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee's son, Brandon Lee. It has been released for seven weeks and has a North American box office of 46.39 million US dollars.

The results are not bad, but it is a pity that Brandon Lee died young and could not enjoy the glory brought by the movie's success.

The fourth place is the love movie "When a Man Loves a Woman" released by Disney Pictures. It has been released for 10 weeks and has a North American box office of 44.28 million US dollars.

The remaining 12 movies have box offices exceeding 10 million.

The summer season has just begun, and two movies will soon break 100 million at the box office, and more than a dozen movies have exceeded 10 million. From this point of view, this year's summer season is good.

However, compared to the box office, Link is more concerned about the movies released before and after "Speed" and "Seven".

"Speed" was announced earlier, and there is not much change in the movies released at the same time. The biggest opponent is Disney Pictures' "The Lion King".

After Guess Pictures announced the schedule for "Seven", several movies under the seven major film companies were adjusted, and several commercial blockbusters were adjusted to be released before and after the two movies, while increasing the scale of movie publicity to squeeze the market of the two movies.

Originally, the movies released before and after "Seven" included blockbusters such as "Forrest Gump", "True Lies", "The Negotiator", and "The Client". After the adjustment, the situation of the two movies became more difficult.

If Guess Pictures wants to obtain a better publicity effect, it needs to spend more money.

No mistake, one first, one hair, one inside, one capacity, one in one look!

After reading the information, Link called Jon Gordon, the head of the publicity department, and Joe Feller Mei, the head of the distribution department, to inquire about the progress of the movie publicity work.

After listening to the reports of the two, Link asked to increase the publicity budget for "Seven" from the original 5 million to 15 million. If necessary, there is no upper limit on the publicity budget, and strive to let more people know about this movie.

This is to respond to the competition from the seven major film companies.

In terms of movie distribution, we must also expand the scale of movie releases as much as possible and strive to get this movie into theaters large and small throughout North America.

Jon Gordon and Joe Feller Mei euphemistically stated that "Seven" is an art film with a production cost of 32 million US dollars. If the publicity cost is increased, this movie may lose money and the risk is too great.

Link doesn't care.

After becoming a shareholder of Microsoft, his net worth is as high as more than one billion, so he no longer has to worry about money and can concentrate on his career.

Even if the film company goes bankrupt, with those shares, he can make a comeback at any time.

This is also the reason why he dares to go all out and compete with the seven major film companies.

Secondly, "Seven" has a 2.6 times box office subsidy. If the publicity is done well, the box office subsidy will be higher.

He is not worried about losing money either.

Third, this is also a counterattack against the suppression of the seven major film companies.

Guess Pictures increases the publicity cost of "Seven". If the movies of the seven major film companies want to suppress "Seven" and obtain a better publicity effect, they must also increase the publicity budget.

This approach is equivalent to betting and raising the stakes when playing Texas Hold'em.

In the first round, Link took the initiative to raise the stakes.

If the seven major film companies want to gamble, they must also raise the stakes. If they don't raise the stakes, they may lose.

Once the stakes are raised, the winner will win more, and the loser will lose more.

He has Shining Gold Capital as a retreat. Although the seven major film companies are large, they have many problems and may not be able to afford to gamble.

Hearing that he insisted on doing so, Jon Gordon and Joe Feller Mei did not persuade him any more. They called the department staff to a meeting to rearrange the distribution work of "Seven" to ensure the smooth release of the movie.