Chapter 448: A Transaction

After the movie premiere ceremony, Link first shook around at the cocktail party arranged by the organizer, and then, accompanied by Wendy Deng and Alice Li, came to the Treasure Seafood Restaurant in Victoria Harbour to taste local seafood.

Spicy fried crab, Hong Kong-style hot and sour shrimp soup, South Australian abalone soup, curry soft shell crab, etc., the taste is very good.

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

When he returned to the hotel to rest in the evening, Wendy Deng called and said that he would give him a local product of Hong Kong Island. Alice Li brought it over and asked him which room he was staying in.

It is fake to send local products, but it is true to send women.

Link didn't refuse either. He roughly understood Wendy Deng's thoughts. He wanted to use this method to make friends with him and build a deeper relationship. He also understood Alice Li's thoughts. In recent years, Mainland actresses have rushed to Hollywood.

First there are Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, then there are Zhou Xun, Ace Fan, Jing Tian, Alice Li, Li Xiaolu, Zhang Jingchu, Huang Shengyi, etc., except for the first two, the others are all in Hollywood movies.

Alice Lee also has an ambition to break into Hollywood.

And he is now the owner of the eighth largest film company in Hollywood, with countless film and television resources in his hands, and he has also become the target of many female actors hunting around.

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

Alice Li's face, which was visible to the naked eye, turned redder and her expression became more formal.

Link didn't want to embarrass her either. She explained her thoughts, but she couldn't guarantee that some resources would be provided to her in the future. In order to avoid trouble, it is best to reach this deal in the form of a check. If she doesn't agree, she can choose to leave.

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

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

Seeing the other party's pale face and tears in his eyes, he was helpless. His emotional history was too rich to give his superfluous feelings to other women, especially after he had Ivaka, he would be even more stingy in this regard. Stingy.

If you talk about feelings with Alice Lee, it will seem too false.

It is impossible for him to have any feelings for a 378-year-old woman, some are just desires aroused by seafood.

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

He tore off the veil of warmth and revealed the truest faces of both sides. 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 long black hair that the other party had just freshen up, lowered his head and kissed her lips and ears.

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

He walked to the table with the woman in his arms, lifted his skirt, and gently crushed it over.

This time he did security measures.

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

She was the only one in the bed, but she smelled of two people.

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

It was too late to check something carefully, and the mobile phone at the head of the bed rang loudly.

She reached out and picked it up, only to find a check and a note pressed under the phone.

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

But thinking of what she experienced last night, she gave almost everything to Link. If she went to Hollywood to develop by herself in the future, Link would not be willing to help, then last night's grievances would be in vain.

He must not be cheap in vain.

Alice Li put away the check and looked at the words on the note, which had two lines of English on it.

In the first line, Link said that the plane at eight o'clock failed to say goodbye in person. It was very rude. Please forgive her.

The second line says that her English is too bad. If she wants to play an important role in an English movie, she needs to practice more spoken dialogue.

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

Jingle bell!

The phone was still ringing, she took it over and took a look. There were six missed calls on it, including 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 connected to the phone.

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After flying to the Shiqiu Film and Television Base in Lishui, Nandu, Lin Ke immediately joined the crew of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpin" to make up some of the shots that needed to be modified.

In the play, he played a foreigner with a down-and-out life, greedy for money and lust, and served as a piano accompanist in the church choir.

After the outbreak of the Nandu War, in order to rescue the students in the church, he stayed and pretended to be a priest. At the same time, he also took in the'jinling Thirteen Hairpin‘ on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

The plot of the film mainly revolves around the Thirteen hairpin. Link's role is only to look at this group of wind and dust women displaced by the war from the perspective of bystanders. Although they are male No. 1, there are not many scenes.

“John, I want you to help us leave Nandu.”

On the set, Ni Ni, who played Yumo, wore a delicate cheongsam and opened the door and came to him.

Link took a sip from the bottle and slowly looked up at her, “How do you leave?"”

“I don't know, but your face is a pass, and the Japanese don't want to provoke Westerners.”

Yumo said with a charming expression.

“There are battlefields outside, it's impossible to get out of here!”

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

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

"Hey, wait!Are you kidding me?We can discuss it again.”

Link caught up with the bottle.

“cut！”

The director, Director Zhang Damou, touched his chin and looked at it, and called Ni Ni over to give a few pointers.

In fact, for the few scenes that were made up, the problem was mainly with Ni Ni.

Before joining the crew, Ni Ni was completely a newcomer, a college student in school, and his acting skills were average.

However, during the filming of the crew, her acting skills improved rapidly, which also caused her to perform differently before and after.

In order to improve the level of the film, Director Zhang Da chose to make up several main scenes. There were shots of Link in these scenes, and Link had to come back to fry the rice to cooperate with Ni Ni's performance.

Fortunately, he didn't have many scenes. He filmed in the crew for five days and made up more than 30 scenes before and after, and Link's scenes were also successfully completed.

On the day of the filming, Director Zhang Da invited him to the restaurant and took the initiative to talk about the release of the film at the wine table, and asked him if he was interested in the North American distribution rights of the film.

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 were bought by Row one Entertainment. How could he find Lionsgate?

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

Director Zhang praised him for his very successful release of the movie "Mr. Tree".

At present, the North American box office of "Mr. Tree" has surpassed movies such as "Chrysanthemum Bean" and "The Big Red Lantern Hangs High". Among the Chinese-language movies released in North America, the box office performance has entered the top 20, which is very incredible.

Director Zhang Da said that compared to other distribution companies, he would prefer to cooperate with him and Lionsgate.

Link understood what he meant and did not refuse.

Several of Director Zhang's films have achieved very average results at the foreign box office, and they are even worthy of being on the street.

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

In addition, he also has Chris Liu Studio and Dolphin Bay Brokerage Company. 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 production is completed, he will arrange for people from Lionsgate to come over to watch the film. The specific copyright is how much, and we will talk about it then.

Director Zhang happily agreed, and asked Ni Ni to accompany him for a few more drinks.

Link was very helpless when he saw Baijiu. Every time he returned to the country to do business, the most difficult thing was the wine table culture.

If he drank too much, he would get drunk after two drinks, and if he didn't drink, he would look too cold. In the end, he could only excuse something and accompany Director Zhang to drink a bottle of beer.

After leaving Nandu, he first went to Dahai City and visited Dolphin Bay Brokerage Company to see how Yang Dami took care of the company.

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

There are two managers hired on Hong Kong Island. They are all talents in entertainment brokerage management and finance. The main purpose is to help Yang Dami manage the company well and not engage in tax evasion.

Ms. Anna reported that Dolphin Bay has some confusion in personnel and finance. There is no legal counsel and no public relations department. Other problems are not big. Financially, the company's earnings are not bad, with a balance of about six million.

Lin Ke chatted with Yang Dami and promised to invest an additional 30 million yuan in film and television drama investment. If he does well, he will continue to invest in the next step.

Yang Dami heard that he wanted to add 30 million, so she agreed with a look of excitement, and called Lilith Zhao to accompany him to eat hot pot.

After busy with 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 the situation was not obvious, but in order to avoid accidents, she stopped working early and rested at home with peace of mind.

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

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

He once again spent US222 million to purchase 4.2% of Wanda Pictures shares. Currently, Golden Shell invests about 11.6% of Wanda Pictures shares, becoming the second largest individual shareholder of Wanda Pictures.

He didn't take away the remaining more than 10 million U.S. dollars in competition prize money. Through Golden Shell Investment, he bought Ali shares, Maotai shares, Jingdong shares, and BYD shares that were only listed in June. Each is not much, hundreds of thousands of shares.

His purpose is mainly to make some pocket money for Chris Liu and Jennifer Shu and the children.

After completing these tasks, Link took the opportunity to return to the United States to start the promotion of the two movies "Captain America" and "Snowflake Secret Fan".

The American team completed filming at the end of last year. After more than half a year of post-production, they also re-filmed the ending. The production was finally completed in May and the film is scheduled to be released on July 22.

The main movies released at the same time are "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "The Smurfs", "The Evil Boss", "Cowboys vs. Aliens", etc., except for Harry Potter, several other movies are not very competitive.

"The Secret Fan of Snowflakes" is scheduled to be released in 24 theaters in North America on July 7. The specific release time needs to be determined based on the box office results.

(End of this chapter)