Hollywood Director 1992

“Who?! ”

Link roared in displeasure.

“Sir, you're alive! That's great! It's time to check out.”

“Check out? Check out of what? This is my office…”

Link opened his eyes and suddenly froze.

Where was this? Where's Nicole Kidman? Where's my office?

Link rubbed his eyes, propped himself up in bed, and looked around, discovering that he was not in the bright, clean office of the DreamWorks Pictures president overlooking Venice Beach, but in a small, dark, damp room filled with a strong smell of mold and foot odor.

The room contained only a bed, a cabinet with a broken door, a black television set on top of the cabinet, a dark kettle, and a poster of Nicole Kidman on the opposite wall.

Although the room's window was closed, the cold wind still blew in through the cracks.

Link shivered and quickly pulled the blanket up to his neck, trying to resist the biting wind that surrounded him from all directions.

However, the musty and sweaty smell emanating from the blanket continuously stimulated his sense of smell.

Link felt dizzy spells in his brain.

He couldn't understand how, just seconds ago, he was at the president's office desk, having intimate relations with the beautiful Nicole Kidman.

The scorching Los Angeles sun shone on his naked body, making him feel hot and sweaty.

How could he suddenly appear in this cold and damp room just seconds later?

Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!

The sound of knocking on the door outside became even more violent and piercing.

“Sir, it's 11:30 now. If you don't check out by 12 o'clock, we'll charge you for another day. It's up to you!”

The person outside the door shouted.

“No, I'll check out right away.”

Hearing that he would be charged extra, Link subconsciously responded hastily.

After answering, Link felt inexplicably confused. After "Buried" was released, it grossed more than 100 million dollars worldwide, and his account balance exceeded eight figures. Why should he worry about not being able to afford the room fee?

Filled with intense doubt, Link slowly stood up from the bed, feeling another wave of dizziness and weakness in his limbs. He staggered and almost fell onto the dirty floor.

Link touched his forehead with the back of his hand, and his forehead temperature was obviously higher than the back of his hand.

He had a fever.

He sniffled.

His nose was a little congested.

What happened?

Where did my seaside villa, Rolls-Royce sports car, DreamWorks film company, and Nicole Kidman go?

Link picked up the down jacket covering the blanket and put it on, squatted down to put on his sneakers. After tying his shoelaces, he realized that he was not wearing pants. He could only take off his shoes and put on cotton pants and jeans first.

While doing these actions, he gradually became sober and discovered an astonishing fact that he was unwilling to believe no matter what.

Everything that had happened before was fake, a pipe dream.

Although he participated in the 8th Sundance Film Festival.

But he did not win any awards.

There wasn't even any media coverage of his film.

There was also no such thing as Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein spending a lot of money to get the film rights to "Buried" from him.

Nor did the release of "Buried" make tens of millions of dollars.

And that Nicole Kidman, with her snow-white skin and charming fragrance, was not the heroine of the movie "Buried", nor did she lie on the table, allowing him to examine her body.

She was just a projection of the poster on the wall in his dream.

Also, the Rolls-Royce sports car, the Beverly Hills villa, the DreamWorks film company, a large number of Hollywood actresses waiting in line for auditions, Harvey Weinstein begging for cooperation, beating Quentin Tarantino, and being praised by the media as the most awesome newcomer director in Hollywood…

These were all dreams.

“No! No! Those scenes were so real, and Nicole Kidman's touch felt so good. How could it be a dream? This must be a prank.”

Link shook his head, feeling even dizzier.

He covered his hot forehead and staggered into the small bathroom.

As last night, there was still no hot water from the faucet.

In Park City, Utah, where the temperature was four or five degrees below zero, the cold water flowing from the faucet could cool a person's heart.

Link scooped up a handful of cold water and splashed it on his face, the biting cold water forcefully repelling the warmth of his forehead.

His thinking also gradually became clearer.

His name was Link, and he hadn't gotten his name wrong.

He was a transmigrator.

Five months ago, an accident caused him to transmigrate from China in 2024 to America in 1991, becoming a Chinese orphan living in a slum in Los Angeles.

In order to improve his life, he returned to his old profession and started working as a director.

He took his script around looking for investors, but no film company was interested in his project.

The scripts he submitted to many film companies were also ignored, and no film company responded.

He gritted his teeth and ran to a restaurant in Chinatown to work as a dishwasher, and in his spare time, he ran extras in various Hollywood film crews, and worked as a mascot in a McDonald's restaurant.

He worked four or five jobs alone.

It took him three and a half months to earn 20,000 US dollars.

He used 20,000 US dollars to rent a camera, recording and lighting equipment, and a few props.

Preparing to invest in shooting himself.

When selecting actors for the film, everyone heard that there was only him in the crew, and plus he couldn't afford the pay, no one was willing to participate in his film.

Without exception, he did everything himself!

The cost of renting a camera was very expensive, more than two hundred dollars a day.

Link couldn't afford it, he gritted his teeth, wrote, directed, and starred himself.

It took 10 days, under extremely difficult conditions, "Buried" was finally completed.

When the Sundance Film Festival arrived, he brought the newly produced "Buried" to Park City, Utah, to participate in the world's largest independent film festival, Sundance Film Festival.

The Sundance Film Festival was founded in 1984 by the famous director and film actor Robert Redford and is dedicated to independent filmmakers and films.

The time is held in mid-to-late January each year, lasting 10-11 days.

This year is the eighth session, with a total of more than 3,400 films participating in the film festival, bringing together the world's best independent films.

Link brought the film and came to the Sundance Film Festival full of confidence.

Hoping that "Buried" would be a hit at the film festival.

To get the favor of the judges of the Sundance Film Festival.

To be sought after by many film distributors.

To make a lot of US dollars.

Unfortunately, reality is very skinny.

In the three days that "Buried" was exhibited, only a few viewers entered the screening room to watch, and many left halfway.

The less people watched, the colder the film became.

"Buried" failed to spark any waves at the film festival, and not even a single distributor came to him to inquire about the film rights price.

Contrary to the dream, Quentin Tarantino's new film "Reservoir Dogs" was very popular.

Miramax Films president Harvey Weinstein personally found Quentin and took the distribution rights of "Reservoir Dogs" at a high price.

Link was cold and hungry, and with intense disappointment, he got drunk.

Then he fell ill in this cheap hotel without heating and had a super luxurious dream.

“Alas, it's still easier to dream. The real world wouldn't be so smooth.”

Link looked at the person in the mirror. The only thing worth comforting was that this face looked pretty good, with refreshing short hair, sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, a straight nose, and distinct facial features.

Coupled with pale cheeks, he looked like a handsome Asian vampire.

Link showed his white teeth to the mirror, "Damn Hollywood, I'm going to eat you."

[Film shooting has been completed, the box office subsidy system is being counted...]

[The host's participation in this film is 95.3%, and the film completion quality is 87.7%]

[Reward: 4 times box office subsidy; director experience + 30%; director physical fitness + 10%]

Am I still dreaming?

Link rubbed his eyes, [Get 4 times box office subsidy] flashed three times in his vision and gradually disappeared.

“Is there really a system?”

Is it to subsidize 4 times the original box office performance of "Buried"?

If so, will my "Buried" have a global box office of over 80 million?

After the film is released, will I instantly become a multi-millionaire?

With money, a film company, a big villa, a sports car, Nicole Kidman, and a solid wood office desk are no longer dreams.

Dang dang dang!

The noon bell rang in Park City.

Link suddenly thought that he didn't have money to renew the room fee, so he quickly packed a few simple luggage and rushed out of the room, shouting:

“Check out! I want to check out!!!”