Hollywood Director 1992

"Link, I don't know what Sophia said to you after she saw you. She's too young and a bit capricious, and she speaks very casually. Don't take it to heart."

In the sun-drenched coffee shop, after Sophia Coppola left, Monica Bellucci sat next to him and apologized.

"It's okay. Chatting with her is quite interesting."

"Yes, Sophia is very eloquent. She usually likes to argue with others, but no one can win against her. They often get the short end of the stick with her. Just now, when you were chatting with her, she was almost jumping up in anger several times, but in the end, she had to swallow her anger. It's the first time I've seen her get the short end of the stick in a conversation. You were amazing."

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Monica Bellucci laughed, linking her arm with his.

"Instead of praising my eloquence, I'd rather you praised me for being great in bed."

"Tch~, you're already great, and getting better and better. Our lovemaking is becoming more and more in sync, isn't it?"

"That's right, it's a feeling of spiritual fusion."

Link raised her chin and kissed her red lips.

Monica wrapped her arms around his neck and returned the kiss.

The surrounding men, seeing the two kissing, were extremely envious of Link, wishing they could kick him away and take his place.

Ding-a-ling-a-ling!

The phone in his bag rang.

Link released Monica. The caller was Jon Gordon, the film distribution manager.

Jon Gordon was reporting a situation to him: Two weeks ago, a murder case occurred in Murrieta, Southern California.

After suffering domestic violence, a wife shot her husband three times while he was sleeping at night, killing him.

The police arrested the woman for intentional homicide.

However, when the prosecutor filed the indictment, the criminal suspect's defense lawyer claimed that the woman had a habit of sleepwalking. After falling asleep at night, her body uncontrollably opened the drawer, took out the gun, and killed her husband. This situation does not constitute intentional homicide.

After a doctor's assessment, the woman had two miscarriages this year and indeed had mental problems such as anxiety and depression, which could also lead to sleepwalking and other conditions.

Currently, the court is discussing whether the criminal suspect committed intentional homicide, whether she has criminal responsibility, and whether the charge of intentional homicide should be changed to acquittal.

This case is quite interesting and is one of the more closely watched criminal cases in California recently.

"Sleepwalking murder? Don't tell me you want to use this case to promote the movie?"

Link asked, stroking his chin.

"Boss, recently I've been considering the film's promotion, how to achieve the best promotional effect with the least amount of money. After seeing this news in the newspaper, I came up with an idea and immediately contacted the criminal suspect's defense lawyer to inquire about the case."

"I found that this case has a certain amount of room for manipulation. We can have the criminal suspect change her story, claiming that she has been plagued by ghosts since childhood and often sleepwalks at night."

"In order to solve this matter, the criminal suspect, on the advice of a psychologist, installed a camera in the bedroom to film the situation at night. The situation on the night of the incident was all filmed by the camera."

"We can then use the excuse of obtaining the authorization for the videotape from the police and screen it as a documentary-style film after editing. With the quality of our film, it will definitely cause a sensation after its release."

Jon Gordon said.

"That's false advertising, and it's especially fake."

Although doing so can bring a certain amount of attention to the film, the film is suspected of false advertising and fooling the audience. After the hype dies down, the negative effects left behind will be greater and will affect his reputation as a director.

Not worth it.

However, he did not completely deny Jon Gordon's idea.

Jon Gordon is willing to spend time thinking of ways to promote the film, which is worthy of encouragement.

He told Jon Gordon that he could link the case to the film, but not by having them do it.

It's best to use entertainment tabloids and spread the word in the form of a folk rumor to attract the audience's attention and curiosity.

Even if someone investigates afterward, we can spread our hands and say we don't know, we completely don't understand why the two things are linked together, it's probably a coincidence.

After all, the movie footage and the case have many things in common.

After watching the movie, the audience may associate the plot with that case.

"Boss, you're right. The promotional plan you proposed has fewer drawbacks, and we can save a lot of money with your method."

"You guys first draft a detailed promotional plan based on this case, and we'll discuss it at the meeting on Monday."

"Okay, boss, have a great weekend."

After hanging up the phone, Link took out his notebook and pen from his bag and began to ponder the possibility of Jon Gordon's proposal.

How to design it to maximize the use of this case while avoiding the risks brought by this promotional strategy.

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On Monday, Link came to the company to discuss the feasibility of the plan with Jon Gordon and others, specifically how to do it, to what extent to promote it, and what risks need to be guarded against.

After three days of discussion and design, Jon Gordon came up with a detailed promotional plan, which he plans to implement in the early stages of the film's release.

"Jon, you and lawyer Tang go to Murrieta and talk to the criminal suspect and her defense lawyer in person, sign a contract, and have them cooperate with our publicity. If the publicity is done properly, the criminal suspect has a chance to get a reduced sentence."

"Okay!"

Jon Gordon nodded.

While the publicity department was actively creating momentum for the film's release, Danny DeVito took "Live: Ghost Archives" to the Montreal International Film Festival in Quebec, Canada, and the New York Film Critics Film Festival.

Because it is a horror film, the theme is relatively new and lacks artistry, the film failed to win awards at the two film festivals.

The 'Screamfest Horror Film Festival', which was later established for thriller films, has not yet been founded.

"Ghost Archives" also failed to improve its gold content through film festival awards.

And Link's new film "Ghost Archives" continued to participate in film festivals, but failed to win any awards.

This news was also reported by many media outlets.

Mainstream public opinion claimed that Link's new film failed to gain recognition from Hollywood distribution companies when holding internal screenings.

He wanted to gain recognition through film festivals and gain the favor of international film dealers, but unfortunately, his film did not meet the tastes of the judges, and in the end, he did not win any awards.

In fact, during the screening of "Ghost Archives" at the film festival, it attracted the attention of many film dealers, and many foreign film dealers wanted to obtain the overseas distribution rights of the film.

Without error, one song, one release, one content, one in one look!

It's just that Link's asking price was too high, and the film dealers' estimates of the box office were too low. They didn't reach an agreement on the price, so no cooperation was reached, not that it couldn't be sold.

In addition to reporting that Link's new film did not win an award.

Some media also revealed the reason for the recent proliferation of supernatural news: Link is creating momentum for the promotion of his new film, trying to create public opinion in this way and attract people's attention to this type of film.

The Hollywood Reporter mentioned in its report that Link has invested millions of dollars in advertising for his new film, and all of these funds are paid out of his own pocket.

If the box office of this film is lower than expected, Link is very likely to encounter a financial crisis, and his company will also be affected.

Entertainment Weekly said in its report that according to people who know Link, Link is a very stubborn person at work. Anything he identifies with, he will definitely carry out resolutely, and no one's persuasion will work.

This character helped him successfully release the low-cost film "Buried" and become a millionaire, a multimillionaire, and a famous young director with this film.

But stubbornly going down the wrong path, this character will also lead him to failure, and even bankruptcy.

Vanity Fair magazine commented that Link is the most dazzling star in Hollywood's directing circle this year, and he may also become the fastest-falling meteor. Whether Link can gain a foothold in the film industry, the new film will play an extremely critical role.

Etc.

Under this unfavorable public opinion guidance, Link's new film "Ghost Archives" was officially scheduled.

Early next month, the film will be screened in 14 theaters under the North American AMC theater chain.

Whether "Ghost Archives" can be successful, the box office performance during the screening is very critical.

After the release date of "Ghost Archives" was determined, many voices appeared in the media singing down the film, because it is currently in the final stages of the summer season, and there are still many commercial blockbusters being shown.

Including the commercial blockbuster "Batman Returns" directed by Tim Burton.

"Patriot Games" starring Harrison Ford, and the Western film "Unforgiven" starring Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and others.

The comedy film "Death Becomes Her" starring Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, and others.

"A Few Good Men" starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, and others.

Etc.

As well as the upcoming commercial films "Single White Female", "Hero", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", etc., which have extremely high attention in the film market.

Under this circumstance, Link still insists on releasing a new film. Variety magazine commented that Link is not only a stubborn person but also a crazy person. This kind of person will either ascend to the throne in Hollywood or head for destruction.

"Haha, you dare to release a bad movie made with tens of thousands of dollars in the summer season? Link is not stubborn, but stupid."

In a Beverly Hills villa, Robert Downey Jr. shook the newspaper in his hand and smiled contemptuously.

"Link got lucky once, thinking he was omnipotent and could succeed every time. This kind of person doesn't need much attention, he will play himself to death."

Kiefer Sutherland lay on the woman's snow-white knees, a special cigarette in his mouth, puffing out smoke.

"Do we still need to arrange for the media to continue attacking Link and his new movie? Tens of thousands of dollars a week is also a lot of money."

Robert Downey Jr. asked.

"It can be stopped. Link's choice to release a new film in the summer season is a dead end. Next, we don't need to arrange people to attack him. When the film's first-week box office comes out, the media will scramble to report his misery. Link will also change from a dog-shit genius director to a garbage director that no one cares about, hahaha ~"

Kiefer Sutherland stroked the Asian woman's snow-white knees, took the cigarette in his mouth, and gently pressed it on her knee.

Ah!

The woman screamed and jumped up from the sofa, a blood blister on her snow-white knee.

"Hahaha!"

Kiefer Sutherland laughed wildly, slapping his thigh.

Robert Downey Jr. glanced at it and shook his head with a smile.