Hollywood Director 1992

After filming "Paranormal Activity", Link entrusted the publicity to Jon Gordon, the acquisition of other businesses to Michael Rison, and the production of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" to Danny DeVito.

As for himself, he continued his book signing tour across America.

The reason for the book signing tour was the popularity and strong sales of "Interstellar" in the United States.

Not only did ordinary science fiction fans love it, but many university professors also publicly recommended the book, claiming that Link's movies might be skippable, but "Interstellar" was a must-read, a book that could show people the future and the universe.

"Interstellar" sold 690,000 copies in the United States in its first three weeks. After a pause for the book signing tour, it still sold 413,000 copies in its fourth week, and officially exceeded 500,000 copies in its fifth week.

Currently, its total sales in the United States are 1.52 million copies, successfully surpassing contemporary books such as "The Bridges of Madison County" and "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" to top the bestseller list.

Starting in the sixth week, Link rejoined the publicity team and continued to promote the book and hold book signings in various cities across the United States. Thanks to his good physical fitness, he could sometimes sign more than 5,000 books a day.

Swish, swish, swish!

While holding book signing events, he also met many celebrities.

Including former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk, who was studying at the University of Pennsylvania.

They praised the future technology described in his book and asked him to leave his contact information so they could communicate with him more in the future.

Link was quite busy at the time and didn't have much time to chat, so he left them his email address and told them to contact him by email if they needed anything.

After running around outside for three consecutive weeks, Link had traveled to almost every major city in the United States.

By December, the first round of "Interstellar" publicity in the United States was completed. Link and the publicity team returned to Los Angeles to rest and wait for "Interstellar" to be released abroad next year before continuing the publicity.

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As the end of the year approached, the company had a lot of work to do, including annual work reviews, film box office statistics, planning for the coming year, and giving employees bonuses.

Every day, there were endless materials to read and documents to sign.

"Link, hasn't the company started its holiday break yet?"

Jennifer Connelly asked on the phone.

"Not yet. I'm working on the budget for a new film project. We originally planned to invest in four films, but we added another one at the end of the year. Next year, the company will have five film projects, doubling the workload."

Link wedged the phone between his shoulder and ear, writing and drawing non-stop, busy as could be.

"Five? You're going to invest in five films next year? That's too many. Even the seven major studios only make a dozen or so each year. Do you think Guess Pictures, as a new company, can handle five films?"

"It's a bit overwhelming. Do you want to come and help?"

"You really want me to come and help?"

Jennifer Connelly laughed.

"Yes, every time I hear you speak, no matter how tired I am, I feel relaxed. If I had you by my side when I'm working overtime, I could work for more than three days straight. You're my best fatigue reliever."

"You said that. I'll come to Guess Pictures to keep you company at work tomorrow. Don't find me annoying then."

"That's impossible."

Link put down his pen, switched the phone to the other shoulder, and continued chatting with Jennifer, asking her what she was doing and where she would be spending Christmas.

While he was chatting with Jennifer, Liu Xiaoli walked in from outside with a stack of documents.

Hearing the content of their conversation, Liu Xiaoli's eye roll could almost drown him.

"Jenny, work is here. We'll talk later, muma～."

Link hung up the phone, twisted his cramping neck, and sighed, "I'm so busy today. The president's workload probably isn't even as heavy as mine. Sister Xiaoli, what are you holding?"

"Serves you right! You already have Monica, and you're still flirting with Jennifer Connelly. I really don't know what you're thinking. Is it fun being a scumbag?"

Liu Xiaoli didn't give him a pleasant look.

"Sister Xiaoli, it's not that I want to be a scumbag, it's just that I have a hidden problem."

"What kind of illness?"

"It's not an illness, okay, well, from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, it's also a kind of illness, called Yang excess, easy to get aroused."

"Aroused?"

Liu Xiaoli suddenly realized what he meant, and a blush quietly crept onto her cheeks, and she spat at him in embarrassment and annoyance.

"I'm really not lying to you. You'll know in the future."

Link really wasn't lying.

After multiple body enhancements, not only did his body become stronger and his energy more vigorous, but even his physiological needs became very strong.

From once or twice a week before, now it's anytime, anywhere.

Fortunately, he could control it, otherwise he would have to wear iron underpants to work every day.

"Who wants to know about such dirty things."

Liu Xiaoli waved the documents in her hand, pretending to hit him, but she still gave her boss some face and didn't hit him.

"What are these?"

Link took the documents from her hand.

Read every word without missing a single one!

"Work."

Liu Xiaoli opened the documents and introduced them to him one by one.

Since Guess Pictures has five film investment projects planned for next year, four of which are in preparation and scheduled to start in early next year, the company has a lot of work at the end of the year.

The films scheduled to start shooting in early next year are, in order, "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", "Final Destination", "Pulp Fiction", "The Joy Luck Club", and the yet-to-be-finalized "Se7en".

Among them, "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" has a budget of $12 million, with Columbia Pictures investing $8 million and Guess Pictures investing $4 million. On the premise of breaking even, the film's various revenues are split 50/50.

This film is currently in pre-production and is scheduled to begin filming in January.

"Final Destination" has a budget of $15 million and is exclusively produced by Guess Pictures. The film is still casting and is scheduled to begin filming in March or April.

"Pulp Fiction" has a production cost of $10 million, with Guess Pictures and Miramax Films each contributing $5 million.

After the film is released, it will be jointly distributed, and the box office revenue will be split in half.

Wayne Wang's "The Joy Luck Club" has a budget of $10.5 million and is jointly produced by Guess Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, with each contributing $5 million.

"Se7en" is still in the queue.

In addition to these five films, "The Blair Witch Project" has a fixed release date and will be released in February next year.

"Also, Vanity Fair wants to take some photos of you for the January cover next year. An editor from Forbes magazine called, hoping to schedule an interview with you."

Liu Xiaoli leaned over and pointed to the documents.

"Forbes? My net worth is enough to be on Forbes?"

"Rumor has it that you earned $400 million this year. Last year, Forbes announced that the threshold for the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans was $350 million. Forbes magazine probably thinks you're qualified to be on the list."

"Where did $400 million come from? I have to pay taxes too."

Link felt a pang of pain at the mention of taxes. Corporate income tax and individual income tax could almost scrape a layer of skin off him, but he couldn't avoid paying them, so he could only think of more ways to reasonably avoid taxes through investments in stocks and charities.

"Also, Aaron Kouch, the deputy editor of The Hollywood Reporter, called to interview you and take photos of you, because based on the current box office results, 'Paranormal Activity' is 100% the annual box office champion.

According to convention, when the annual box office rankings are announced each year, The Hollywood Reporter will conduct an exclusive interview with the director of the film that wins the box office championship."

"Aaron is an old friend, we can arrange it in advance."

Link took it over and looked at it, then picked up the phone on the table and called Aaron Kouch, scheduling the interview for Thursday.

"Also, 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' is being released, and Columbia Pictures has invited you to attend."

"I know about this, Monica told me."