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After the premiere ceremony, Link first went to the cocktail party arranged by the organizer, and then accompanied by Wendy Deng and Alice Lee, he went to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant in Victoria Harbor to taste the local seafood.

Spicy fried crab, Hong Kong-style hot and sour shrimp soup, South Australia abalone soup, curry soft shell crab, etc., all tasted very good.

However, no matter how well the seafood is cooked, it is not as good as the raw materials. After eating countless seafood, he still thinks that the seafood he had in the Woolworth Building apartment is the most authentic.

In the evening, when he returned to the hotel to rest, Wendy Deng called and said that she would send him a local specialty of Hong Kong Island and asked Alice Lee to bring it over specially, and asked him which room he lived in.

Sending local specialties is fake, and sending women is real.

Link did not refuse. He roughly understood Wendy Deng's idea. She wanted to use this method to make friends with him and establish a deeper relationship. He also understood Alice Lee's idea. In recent years, mainland actresses have been competing to break into Hollywood.

First there were Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, then there were Zhou Xun, Ai Sifan, Jing Tian, ​​Alice Lee, Li Xiaolu, Zhang Jingchu, Huang Shengyi, etc. Except for the first two, the others are all minor roles in Hollywood movies.

Alice Lee also has an ambition to venture into Hollywood.

And he is now the boss of the eighth largest film company in Hollywood, with countless film and television resources in his hands, and has become the target of many actresses.

He sat on the sofa and looked at Alice Lee, whose face was flushed, and took out a checkbook, saying that he could accept the gift, but it must be paid, and hoped that she could say a number.

Alice Lee's face was visibly redder, and her expression became more restrained.

Link didn't want to embarrass her, and said that he understood her idea, but he couldn't guarantee that he would provide her with some resources in the future. In order to avoid trouble, it would be best to use a check to make this deal, and if she didn't agree, she could choose to leave.

Alice Lee hesitated for a long time, moved her feet several times, and finally spit out a low number.

Link added a zero after the number, tore off the check and handed it to her.

Seeing the other party's pale face and tears in her eyes, he was helpless. He had too rich a history of love and could no longer give extra feelings to other women, especially after having Evaka, he would be more stingy in this regard.

If he talked about feelings with Alice Li, it would seem too fake.

He couldn't have any feelings for a woman in her thirties, and all he had was the desire aroused by seafood.

The other party came voluntarily to "give gifts", not because of love, but mostly for the resources in his hands and his charm.

He pulled off the veil of tenderness and revealed the truest faces of both parties. Although it was cold and ugly, it would reduce a lot of trouble and burden.

After handing the check to the other party, he stroked the other party's freshly washed black hair, lowered his head and kissed her lips and ears.

When the woman's face became rosy again, her body gradually became soft from stiffness.

He walked to the dining table with the woman in his arms, lifted the hem of his skirt, and gently rolled over.

This time he took safety measures.

When Alice Lee woke up the next day, the sun was shining brightly outside the window. The golden sunlight that even the heavy curtains could not block fell on the carpet.

She was the only one on the bed, but there was a smell of two people.

Thinking of the madness of last night, she lifted the blanket and looked at it. Her face gradually turned red and her eyes became blurred.

Before she could check anything carefully, the mobile phone on the bedside rang.

She reached out to pick it up, only to find that there was a check and a note under the phone.

Seeing the number on the check, she tightened her fingers and wanted to tear it into pieces.

But thinking of what she experienced last night, she almost gave everything to Link. If she went to Hollywood to develop in the future, and Link was unwilling to lend a hand, then the grievance last night would be in vain.

Never let him get away with it in vain.

Alice Lee put away the check and looked at the words on the note. There were two lines of English on it.

In the first line, Link said that the flight was at 8 o'clock, and it was very rude not to say goodbye in person, and asked her to forgive him.

The second line said that her English was too poor, and if she wanted to play an important role in an English movie, she needed to practice more oral dialogue.

Alice Lee took the note and looked at it repeatedly, and then carefully put it away.

Dinglingling!

The phone was still ringing, and she took it over and saw that there were six missed calls, one from Wendy Deng, three from her sister and agent Li Shuang, and two from her friend Ren Quan.

This call was from Wendy Deng.

She hesitated for two seconds and answered the call.

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After flying to the Shiqiu Film and Television Base in Lishui, Nandu, Link immediately joined the crew of "The Flowers of War" to reshoot some shots that needed to be modified.

In the play, he played a foreigner who lived a poor life, was greedy for money and lustful, and served as a piano accompaniment in the church choir.

After the outbreak of the Nandu War, in order to rescue the students in the church, he stayed and disguised himself as a priest, and also took in the "Flowers of War" on the Qinhuai River.

The plot of the movie mainly revolves around the 13 beauties. Link's role is just to look at these prostitutes who were displaced by the war from the perspective of a bystander. Although he is the male lead, he does not have many scenes.

"John, I want you to help us leave Nandu."

On the set, Ni Ni, who plays Yu Mo, pushed open the door in an exquisite cheongsam and came to him.

Link took a sip from the bottle and slowly looked up at her, "How to leave?"

"I don't know, but your face is a pass. The Japanese don't want to provoke Westerners."

Yu Mo said charmingly.

"There is a battlefield outside, leaving here is impossible!"

Link shook his head and looked at her pocket, where there were a few bills, and then at her beautiful face, "Do you have enough money? Or are you going to pay in other ways?"

Yu Mo took a sip from the wine glass, twisted her soft waist and walked out.

"Hey, wait! Are you kidding me? We can talk this over."

Link caught up with the bottle.

"cut!"

Director Zhang Damou in the director's area touched his chin and looked at it, then called Ni Ni over to give some advice.

In fact, the problem with the reshoots of several scenes mainly lies with Ni Ni.

Ni Ni was a complete newcomer before joining the crew, a college student with average acting skills.

However, her acting skills improved rapidly during the filming of the film, which also led to her different performances before and after.

In order to improve the quality of the film, Director Zhang Da chose to reshoot a few major scenes. These scenes included Link's scenes, and Link had to come back to cook and coordinate with Ni Ni's performance.

Fortunately, he didn't have many scenes. He spent five days filming on the set and shot more than 30 scenes before and after, and Link's scene was successfully completed.

On the day the scene was finalized, director Zhang Da invited him to a restaurant and took the initiative to chat about the film's distribution at the wine table, asking him if he was interested in the film's North American distribution rights.

Link was a little surprised. When he was filming at the beginning of the year, he heard that the North American distribution rights of the film had been purchased by Row One Entertainment. How could he find Lionsgate?

Director Zhang said that due to the subject matter, the film's distribution rights in North America have not yet been negotiated, and the production company is still looking for a suitable international distributor for the film.

Director Zhang praised him for being very successful in releasing the movie "Mr. Tree".

At present, the North American box office of "Mr. Tree" has surpassed movies such as "Ju Dou" and "Raise the Red Lantern". Among the Chinese movies released in North America, its box office performance has entered the top 20, which is incredible.

Director Zhang Da said that he hopes to cooperate with him and Lionsgate Pictures more than other distribution companies.

Link understood what he meant and did not refuse.

Several of Zhang's films have average box office results abroad, and can even be called blockbusters.

But the other party is a major mainland director with a wide network of contacts. Establishing a cooperative relationship with him will also be beneficial to the development of Lionsgate Films in the long run.

In addition, he also has Chris Liu Studio and Dolphin Bay Agency Company under his management. If Director Zhang has any good projects in the future, he can also invest and cooperate through these two companies.

Link said that after the film is completed, people from Lions Gate will be arranged to come and watch the film. The specific copyright price will be discussed at that time.

Director Zhang happily agreed and asked Ni Ni to have a few more drinks with him.

Link felt helpless when he saw Baijiu. Every time he returned to China for work, the most difficult thing to deal with was the wine table culture.

He was a poor drinker and would get drunk after just two drinks. If he didn't drink, he would appear too cold. In the end, he had no choice but to drink a bottle of beer with Director Zhang on the pretext of something else.

After leaving Nandu, he first went to Dahai City to visit the Dolphin Bay Brokerage Company to see how well Yang Dami was managing the company.

During his filming, Ms. Anna first came to Dolphin Bay Company to inspect the work.

Accompanying her were two managers hired from Hong Kong Island, both of whom were professionals in entertainment management and finance. Their main purpose was to help Yang Dami manage the company well and avoid tax evasion.

Ms. Anna reported that Dolphin Bay has some personnel and financial chaos. There is no legal adviser and no public relations department. The other problems are not major. Financially, the company's income is not bad, with a balance of about 6 million.

Link had a chat with Yang Dami and agreed to invest an additional 30 million in film and television dramas. If he did well, he would continue to invest more in the next step.

When Yang Dami heard that he wanted to add 30 million, she agreed excitedly and called Lilith Zhao to eat hot pot with him.

After finishing his business at Dolphin Bay Company, Link came to the capital in a low-key manner to visit the pregnant Jennifer Shu.

She was just two months pregnant and her condition was not obvious. However, in order to avoid accidents, she stopped working early and rested at home.

Link stayed with Jennifer and Chris in the courtyard for three days, and chatted with Liu Li about Wanda Pictures.

Wanda Pictures, backed by Wanda Real Estate, is in good operating condition. Through expansion and mergers, it has become the third largest theater chain in the country. Its gross revenue in the first quarter reached 340 million yuan, and its total revenue this year is expected to exceed 1 billion yuan.

He once again spent US$22 million to purchase 4.2% of Wanda Pictures shares. Currently, Golden Shell Investment holds approximately 11.6% of Wanda Pictures shares, making him the second largest individual shareholder of Wanda Pictures.

He didn't take away the remaining competition prize money of more than 10 million US dollars. Through Golden Shell Investment, he bought Alibaba shares, Moutai shares, JD.com shares, and BYD shares, which were only listed in June. Each one was not much, hundreds of thousands. share.

His main purpose was to earn some pocket money for Chris Liu, Jennifer Shu and their children.

After completing all this work, Link took the opportunity to return to the United States and start the promotion work of the two movies "Captain America" ​​and "The Snowflake and the Secret Fan".

The filming of Captain America was completed at the end of last year. After more than half a year of post-production and the ending was re-shot, the production was finally completed in May and is scheduled to be released on July 22.

The main movies released during the same period include "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "The Smurfs", "Evil Bosses", "Cowboys vs. Aliens", etc. Except for Harry Potter, the other movies are not very competitive.

And "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" is scheduled to be screened in 24 theaters in North America on July 7, and the specific release date will be determined based on the box office performance.