Chapter 429 New Movie Project

“Link, what's the situation with you and Harvey?In March, I heard that you had a breakdown, and Harvey threatened to block you. In April, the news said that you were going to compete for the list with movies. The trouble was very stiff. Why are you suddenly cooperating to make a movie now?”

Under the palm tree, Jie Kun didn't sit in a chair either, leaning directly against the trunk of the tree, stretching his legs and asking.

When the other people heard Jie Kun talking about it, they all stopped talking and looked over curiously.

“It's true that the collapse is real. If it weren't for Harvey's interference in the casting of "The Hunger Games", I wouldn't spend money to buy Lionsgate.”

Link lay down on the bench, massaging his fingers and said.

“Link, you really bought Lionsgate for Jennifer Lawrence, which is crazy.”

James Franco exclaimed.

“Hey, everyone, please allow me to introduce. This is the world-renowned playboy. Oh, no, it's Mr. Link Baker, the love saint. In order to gossip about his girlfriend, he spent 800 million U.S. dollars to buy Lionsgate. It's so affectionate. We all have to learn from him and find a few more girlfriends.”

Paul Walker patted Link on the shoulder and shouted exaggeratedly.

Everyone laughed.

Link shook his head and continued to Jiekun: "The cooperation is also true. Bob took the initiative to find me and asked to participate in the investment of "Master". I have no objection.”

At first he thought it was what Harvey and Bob meant.

When he signed the contract later, Bob invested in the name of Dimen Pictures instead of Weinstein Pictures, and Harvey was not involved from start to finish.

But it doesn't matter.

The Weinstein brothers are one. After Bob took the initiative to ask for cooperation, everyone in the film industry thought that he and Harvey had reconciled.

“Link, it's better for you to cooperate with the Weinstein brothers than to make conflicts. An upstart and an established tycoon, you can definitely make a lot of movies that are praised and praised when you cooperate to invest in movies.”

Jacquin Phoenix commented.

Others also nodded in agreement.

Link is the owner of Lionsgate, worth more than two billion, richer and more famous than the Weinstein brothers.

The Weinstein brothers are authorities in the field of independent production, with deep connections, good production and distribution capabilities, and are the best drivers of the Academy Awards.

If the two of them join forces, they are definitely the best combination, and they have a great chance to beat the six major film industries in movies.

But Link knew this was impossible.

Let's not mention the political position.

He and Harvey are the owners of a large independent production company and have a competitive relationship. The most important thing is that Harvey has too many problems and is too close to him. When he is liquidated in the future, it will easily be affected.

Just like Epstein, after he was killed, all people who had contact with him were treated as accomplices without exception.

Link didn't care about being labeled a "scumbag" or a "playboy", but he didn't want to be a criminal.

“Link, in fact, you don't have to compete with Harvey. You are more than 30 years younger than him. He should retire in ten years. By then, the whole of Hollywood will be yours.”

James Franco joked.

“It makes sense.”

Link chuckled.

“Hi, Link!”

While chatting, Cassie's brother Ben Affleck walked over from the path among the coconut groves.

Wearing a ramrod casual wear, he is 192 cm tall and handsome. Compared with him, he is 174 cm tall and ordinary-looking Cassie looks a bit mediocre.

If it weren't for both of them surnamed Affleck, it would be difficult to tell from their looks that they were brothers.

He was followed by a tall woman, his wife Jennifer Garner, who had worked with Link in "Valentine's Day".

After Ben Affleck sat down, he drank a few sips of beer and took the initiative to talk to Link about the movie.

Ben Affleck said he has a new script in his hand, which is based on the Iran Gate incident.

The script is about the incident in which six American diplomats and civilians were held hostage for 444 days. During this period, a CIA agent Tony Mendez, who was proficient in disguise, pretended to be the director of the crew and went to Iran to make a movie. Successfully took the hostages trapped in the Iranian embassy out of Iran.

When Link heard this story, he remembered that this movie should be Ben Affleck's "Escape from Tehran", which won the best Oscar.

Ben Affleck asked him if he was interested in this story and hoped to cooperate with him.

“Ben, aren't you going to cooperate with Warner Pictures for this movie?”

Jacquin Phoenix asked.

Ben Affleck shrugged his shoulders, looked at Link and asked, “I heard that the North American box office of "Bridesmaids" originally had 145 million. Is this true?”

Others also looked at Link. They had all heard of these gossip and were very curious. Now that they finally met Link, they couldn't let it go easily.

“It's almost the same, I don't know exactly how much.”

Link said.

“It's amazing. If the North American box office is 150 million U.S. dollars, the global box office of this movie is more than 300 million, which is ten times the revenue.”

Cassie said enviously.

Ben Affleck nodded and continued to explain to Link the preparations for "Escape from Tehran".

The budget cost of this film is 45 million. There are currently three producers, George Clooney's Smoking Room Pictures, Graham King Pictures, and Ben Affleck's film Studio. The three parties raised 30 million U.S. dollars in production funds.

Initially, he planned to continue to cooperate with Warner Pictures. Last year, "The Thief in the City" had a good cooperation between the two sides. The box office performance was average, but the reputation was good.

It's just that Warner Pictures has stolen the box office, and Ben Affleck can't help but hesitate.

The production cost of "The Thief in the City" was 37 million, and the global box office was 121 million US dollars. Originally, he thought the box office data was good, but now he thinks about it, he feels that there is a problem.

According to the reputation of this movie, the box office performance should be higher, maybe 200 million US dollars.

The second person Ben Affleck was looking for was Harvey.

It's a pity that Weinstein Pictures has limited funds. Not long ago, it took out 10 million to invest in "The Master". The remaining funds have been arranged a long time ago. At this stage, it is impossible to get 15 million to participate in the investment.

He repeatedly looked for Harvey three times, and saw that Weinstein Pictures really had no money, so he could only look for investment again.

Just seeing Link here, his wife Jennifer Garner persuaded him to come over and try. The Weinstein brothers invested in "The Master" in Palm Beach, indicating that the two sides have reconciled, and now they don't have to worry about offending Harvey if they find Link to cooperate.

Ben Affleck followed her advice and took the initiative to come and talk to Link.

Hearing of Ben Affleck's investment, Link did not refuse, nor did he immediately agree.

Lionsgate will have more movies to be shot next year, "The Hunger Games", "Penalty into Gold", "The Expendables 2", "The Oath", and "Invasion of Evil Spirits", "Invasion of the Mother", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D" and other eight horror movie projects, with a production budget of more than 300 million U.S. dollars.

Reinvesting in other movies will exceed the budget and cause the company's capital chain to be tight.

He needs to go back and discuss with Ivanka and others before making a decision.

“Business is over, let's go, let's go play volleyball.”

Paul Walker shouted.

(End of this chapter)