Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 540 The Lost Lover

In the three weeks since its release, "Dragon Girl" has grossed US$120 million at the North American box office, a total of US$48.8 million at the overseas box office, and a cumulative global box office of US$168 million.

This week, Lionsgate’s last movie of the summer, “Her,” hits theaters.

The film is co-produced by Palm Beach Pictures and Annapurna Pictures.

It tells the story of writer Theodore who fell in love with the female voice 'Samantha' in the computer operating system after falling out of love. Samantha not only has a **** voice and profound knowledge, but is also surprisingly interesting, which makes the otaku Theodore feel confused. deep.

As the hero's need and desire for her grows, their relationship deepens and they eventually fall in love with each other.

The film production cost 23 million US dollars, which is similar to "The Master". It still stars Joaquin Phoenix as the male lead, Amy Adams as the supporting actress, and 'Samantha' is voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

The film is still a very artistic film.

Before its release, it was selected as the closing film of the New York Film Festival and received good reviews from film critics.

"Her" was initially screened in 6 theaters in North America and grossed US$462,000 in the first week, with an average daily box office of US$9,737 per theater. Although it is not as good as "Rust and Bone"'s daily screenings of more than 20,000 US dollars, it is still popular in small theaters. Among all literary and artistic films, it also belongs to the upper-middle level.

According to the first week of screenings, the number of theaters showing the film expanded to 148 in the second week.

When "Her" was released, Link began a new round of defense of his light heavyweight title.

In more than a month, he played three games in arenas in China, Melbourne, Australia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

They defeated WBA light heavyweight title challenger Carlo Murat, WBC title challenger George Brandes, and IBF title challenger Tommy Carbone respectively.

All in one round to end the game.

His professional record has also reached a total of 35 fights, 35 wins and 35 KO wins, and he continues to create his own myth.

His total income from these three games is 225 million US dollars.

This money was also used by him to acquire shares in Eli Lilly, BYD Auto, and JD.com. Currently, his shares in Eli Lilly have increased to 2.025%, BYD Auto 5.36%, and JD.com 5.1%.

Hong Kong Island Golden Baker Investment Company also successfully joined JD.com’s board of directors.

If the development goes well, he will own shares in three companies with a market value of one trillion US dollars in the future, Tesla, Nvidia, and Eli Lilly, and five companies with a market value of over 100 billion, including Netflix, Spotify, SpaceX, JD.com, BYD, and Universal Music , News Corporation, Amazon, Facebook, Wangda, Alibaba, Maotai and other scattered shares.

After seeing the investment statements of several companies, Link felt that even if he retired now, he would be able to secure his position as the world's richest man in the future, perhaps for decades to come.

"Boss, the shooting is about to begin. Please prepare."

From the crew of "Gone Girl", Ms. Anna came over to remind them.

"All right!"

Link handed the information in his hand to Anna and picked up the script on the table. It seemed that he had read the "Gone Girl" script many times before filming, and now he mainly read the script to memorize the lines.

This movie tells the story of a couple in Missouri, USA.

Her husband Nick is a poor boy from the countryside, unemployed and a soft-boiled man at home.

His wife Amy is a fair-skinned and beautiful second-generation rich man, and her parents are best-selling authors.

On their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick returns from the bar to find that his wife is missing and his home has become a crime scene.

Under the police's investigation, various clues showed that Nick killed Amy.

Nick was also criticized verbally and verbally by the media and the public, becoming a famous 'scumbag'.

And all of this is the conspiracy of his wife Amy. She did this to take revenge on Nick for cheating on him, and through this carefully planned 'murder case', she kept her husband firmly by her side.

Link plays "soft rice boy" Nick, and the heroine Amy is played by Pei Chunhua.

Rosamund Pike is a famous British actress, formerly known as Rosamund Pike.

In 2002, she starred in "Die Another Day" and became a Bond girl. In 2009, she participated in "Education" starring Carey Mulligan and became popular in Hollywood. Last year, she starred in "Jack Reacher" starring Tom Cruise. She serves as the heroine in the movie and is a second-tier actress in Hollywood.

The other party was selected into the crew of "Gone Girl" as the heroine through audition.

Last month, "Gone Girl" publicly selected the female lead, as the media revealed in advance that Link was the male protagonist of the movie.

When the crew started casting, more than a hundred beautiful actresses came to audition, including Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, Kristen Stewart, E. M. Adams, Lily Collins and more.

Since there were many acquaintances here, Link did not interfere in the casting of the crew and let the director and screenwriter choose the suitable actress.

After three rounds of selection, Pei Chunhua was selected. She is ten years older than Link, 174 centimeters tall, fair-skinned and blond. She is an actress who looks very interesting.

The director of this film is David Fincher, whose representative works include "Seven", "Fight Club", "Rejuvenation", "The Social Network", "Alien 3", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and so on. He is a major Hollywood director.

The genre he specializes in is thrillers, which is why Lionsgate spent a lot of money to invite him to direct this movie.

Link recited the lines silently and rehearsed twice with the heroine Pei Chunhua on the set. When Director Fincher shouted "action", he and Pei Chunhua started to perform.

"I have to kiss you now."

In the dimly lit alley, Link looked at the woman opposite and said.

"Are you serious?"

Pei Chunhua smiled slightly.

This is a plot where the hero and heroine have just met.

After the two met in a bar, Nick took the initiative to ask the heroine Amy out for a walk. When he passed by a bakery shop, the store was unloading goods. White icing was floating under the street lamp like snowflakes in the sky. The heroine looked at it. The sky was filled with powdered sugar, her hair and lips were covered with white powdered sugar, and her face showed a smile that was sweeter than the powdered sugar.

"You've been exposed to this sugar storm, how can no one kiss you?"

Link laughed.

Pei Chunhua was moved by his love words and leaned against the wall intoxicated.

"Wait a moment."

Link raised his hand and spread some icing sugar on the woman's lips, said "That's it", lowered his head and kissed Pei Chunhua's lips gently.

The two of them kissed passionately in the alley, and the sky was filled with frost.

"not bad!"

In the director's area, director David Fincher looked at the picture on the monitor, touched the stubble on his chin and nodded.

When initially selecting the heroine, the crew planned to choose an actress about the same age as Link. However, after auditioning more than a dozen actresses in their early twenties, they found that none of these young actors were suitable.

First of all, in terms of temperament, Nick, played by Link, is a soft-boiled boy who is in a weak position at home, so the heroine selected must be a royal sister type, smart, beautiful, shrewd, high IQ, and able to hold down the momentum. Link. Few new actresses can do that.

For this reason, he and the casting team had to relax the restrictions and expand the age to less than ten years old. Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, and Pei Chunhua entered this round.

After repeated comparisons, Natalie Portman's facial lines are too hard and her height is not tall enough. Emily Blunt is not beautiful enough. However, Rosamund Pike is tall, beautiful and has a soft temperament. She looks more suitable with Link.

In the end, this role fell to Pei Chunhua.

But after selecting Pei Chunhua, director David Fincher was not sure whether he could play this role well, whether the cooperation with Link would be a tacit understanding, and whether he could produce a 1+1>2 effect.

After watching the two people's performances, director David Fincher also breathed a sigh of relief.

Link himself has the face of an artistic man, and his acting style is also very delicate. When he is in love with Pei Chunhua, he is also very natural and does not make people feel greasy.

In terms of age, Pei Chunhua is ten years older than Link, but her appearance is younger and more feminine, while Link's temperament is more mature, so there is not much difference between them.

"David, the scene of the two of them kissing under the streetlight is very romantic. I suggest letting them kiss for a while."

Screenwriter and novelist Ms. Gillian Flynn looked at Link and Rosamund Pike on the set and smiled.

"Okay, I agree with your proposal."

"Cut!"

"Do it again!"

shouted director David Fincher.

The reason why the two of them were asked to shoot again was not because of Ms. Flynn's suggestion, but because the filming of the movie had just begun. He wanted to use these intimate scenes to build up the relationship between the two of them, so that they would have a better understanding in subsequent filming.

In addition, he also wanted to see how much could be explored in Link's acting skills, and try to let the two of them show more in their performances to make the performances more in-depth.

After the two took six takes and kissed six times, director David Fincher announced it was 'passed'.

"Rosa, how do you feel?"

Link pointed at Pei Chunhua's lips. Because it was an art movie, you had to actually kiss when you kissed, not just stick your lips together. The two kissed passionately six times, and the other person's lips became slightly swollen.

"It's not bad. Your kissing skills are great, and I'm a fan of yours. This scene is a great experience for me."

Pei Chunhua looked at his face and smiled.

"Okay, I feel good too."

The makeup team came over to re-make up the two of them, and used ice packs to reduce swelling on Pei Chunhua's lips.

After completing these tasks, director David Fincher announced that he would continue filming the next one.

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Link spent nearly a month on the set of "Gone Girl" before completing all the shots and returned home to continue being a dad.

In the two months since its release, "Dragon Girl" has grossed US$159 million in North American box office, US$68.17 million in overseas box office, and more than US$220 million in global box office.

Since this is a modern urban movie, there are many embedded advertisements in the movie. Before the filming of the movie started, Lionsgate had received more than 18 million in advertising sponsorship funds, accounting for almost half of the production cost.

Based on current box office data, Lionsgate Pictures' profit is no less than US$80 million.

Four weeks after its release, "Her" currently has a box office of 23.39 million U.S. dollars in North America and 18.08 million U.S. dollars in overseas box office. The film's production cost was 23 million U.S. dollars, and it has already recovered its money through box office revenue.

However, the film received a very good reputation after its release, with a comprehensive media review of 8.4. 32 media including the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times gave it a score of 8.5 or above. The freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes was 73%, with 54 people supporting it and 19 people opposing it. , Yahoo audience rating A.

It is also considered to be one of the popular films for next year's Academy Awards.

"Brother, please congratulate me."

Link was reading a best-selling book, and Selina came rushing over with her mobile phone in hand, Xiao Yuan's face was full of happiness.

"Congratulations to you? You passed all the exams this year?"

Link asked, looking up.

"No, don't mention the exam, it's the Venice Film Festival. "Spring Breakers" entered the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival and may win a Golden Lion. Isn't this worthy of congratulations?"

Selina said proudly.

"Yes, being shortlisted for the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival means that the film is not bad, and it also means that you performed well. Congratulations are due."

Link praised.

"Ha, that's right. You can succeed from music to acting. I'm your sister, so of course it won't be too bad."

Selena said, patting her chest.

"If you want to go to Venice for a visit, I can lend you the plane."

Link suggested.

"Forget it, I didn't get the Best Actress nomination, so it won't be a big deal if I go, but it would be nice to lend me the plane. Tiffany and I are going to Paris."

"Go ahead and let Anna make arrangements for you."

Link stretched out his hand to rub her new hairstyle and messed up her air bangs. Selina was stunned for a moment, grabbed his arm and slapped him angrily a few times. Finally, she glared at him and walked away heavily on the floor.

Link smiled softly and continued to read best-selling books. The novel he was reading now was called "The Revenant". It was a novel by the writer Michael Penk. The full text was more than 100,000 words.

After reading it, he found that the main plot was similar to the movie version. He thought for a while and called someone from the production department of Lionsgate Pictures to see if the copyright of the novel was still there. Regardless of whether it was, he would find a way to buy it.

He may not necessarily play the leading role, but the film did well at the box office and won several trophies at the Academy Awards that year. It is a film worth investing in.

Jingle bell bell!

"Hey, Link, what are you doing? Come out and play cards."

As soon as I put down the phone, Leonardo called and shouted.

"Who is there? I agreed in advance that if I lose, you are not allowed to accuse me of cheating."

Link laughed.

"As long as you don't cheat, I will never say anything against you."

Leonardo told him that there were Joaquin, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, etc. They had just attended the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and were all chatting in the film club.

Link thought for a moment and agreed.

(End of chapter)