Chapter 336: Friends with Benefits (5/10)

After entering the cinema, the premiere ceremony began. Link, Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow, and other supporting actors, along with director Will Gluck, took the stage to give speeches and answer questions from the media.

They talked about some behind-the-scenes stories from the filming.

Finally, Link and Emma Stone sang "We Go Together," one of the movie's theme songs, on stage, winning a round of applause.

"I'm so nervous!"

Back in her seat, Emma Stone stared at the big screen that was about to start playing, her fingers tightly gripping her skirt.

"What are you nervous about?"

"This is my first movie as a lead actress."

"This is also my first film investment, and I'm not nervous at all."

Link leaned back in his seat relaxedly, swinging his legs.

Emma Stone looked at him and found that he really wasn't nervous at all. "Yes, you make tens of millions of dollars a minute on stage. This movie only cost a few million to invest in, so even if it loses money, it's nothing to you."

Link smiled slightly. That wasn't the reason.

Before the release, he had seen the internal screening of Easy A, and it was similar to what he had seen before. Plus, with his own celebrity status, it also gave the movie more appeal.

He remembered that this movie had an investment of 8 million dollars and earned nearly 80 million dollars at the global box office. It was also Emma Stone's breakout role, propelling her into the ranks of popular Hollywood actresses.

Now this movie had an investment of 10 million dollars, and its promotional and screening scale was also larger than the original, so the box office performance shouldn't be bad.

"Don't worry, even if this movie loses all its money and doesn't make a single cent, I will continue to support you. Remember, our goal is four Oscars for Best Actress, not just being a movie star."

Link encouraged her.

Emma Stone turned to look at him, blinking her big pine green eyes. "Really?"

"Of course!"

Link extended his fist.

Emma Stone bit her lower lip and touched his fist with her small one.

The movie began to play.

Before the movie started, the Palm Beach

Pictures logo was displayed: a simple sketch of a sailboat stranded on the beach, a videotape rolling down from the boat, then the beach becoming colorful, and finally condensed into a film strip.

The animation was only seven seconds long, designed and produced by Pixar Animation Studios, telling the story of how movies change the world.

After the opening credits, the movie officially entered its theme.

The female lead, Olive, in order to avoid a boring gathering at her best friend's house, made up a lie that she had a date with a boy over the weekend.

To make her best friend believe her, she fabricated many details, including kissing and sleeping together, leading her best friend to mistakenly believe she was no longer a virgin.

Their conversation was overheard by the president of the school's religious club, a conservative who advocated that girls should not have sex with boys before marriage and believed that such girls were sluts and mean girls.

After hearing Olive's words, the club president, Marianne, spread rumors in school that the female lead was a slut and an unclean woman, using her as a negative example to encourage everyone to isolate her.

Olive tried to explain, but no one believed her. In the process, Olive discovered that she had accidentally become a popular figure in the school, a topic queen, like a celebrity.

She enjoyed this feeling and began to wear makeup and revealing clothes, admitting that she was a slut, and even sewing a red "A" on her clothes.

After she became a campus star, boys were proud to date her and vied for her attention, even offering her many benefits. This included marginalized groups like gay guys, insecure boys, and unpopular overweight boys.

Chapter 336: Friends with Benefits (5/10)

After entering the cinema, the premiere ceremony began. Link, Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow, and other supporting actors, along with director Will Gluck, took the stage to give speeches and answer questions from the media.

They shared some behind-the-scenes stories from filming.

Finally, Link and Emma Stone sang "We Go Together," one of the movie's theme songs, on stage, winning a round of applause.

"I'm so nervous!"

Back in her seat, Emma Stone stared at the big screen that was about to start playing, her fingers tightly gripping her skirt.

"What are you nervous about?"

"This is my first movie as a lead actress."

"This is also my first film investment, and I'm not nervous at all."

Link leaned back in his seat relaxedly, swinging his legs.

Emma Stone looked at him and found that he really wasn't nervous at all. "Yes, you make tens of millions of dollars a minute on stage. This movie only cost a few million to invest in, so even if it loses money, it's nothing to you."

Link smiled slightly. That wasn't the reason.

Before the release, he had seen the internal screening of Easy A, and it was similar to what he had seen before. Plus, with his own celebrity status, it also gave the movie more appeal.

He remembered that this movie had an investment of 8 million dollars and earned nearly 80 million dollars at the global box office. It was also Emma Stone's breakout role, propelling her into the ranks of popular Hollywood actresses.

Now this movie had an investment of 10 million dollars, and its promotional and screening scale was also larger than the original, so the box office performance shouldn't be bad.

"Don't worry, even if this movie loses all its money and doesn't make a single cent, I will continue to support you. Remember, our goal is four Oscars for Best Actress, not just being a movie star."

Link encouraged her.

Emma Stone turned to look at him, blinking her big pine green eyes. "Really?"

"Of course!"

Link extended his fist.

Emma Stone bit her lower lip and touched his fist with her small one.

The movie began to play.

Before the movie started, the Palm Beach Pictures logo was displayed: a simple sketch of a sailboat stranded on the beach, a videotape rolling down from the boat, then the beach becoming colorful, and finally condensed into a film strip.

The animation was only seven seconds long, designed and produced by Pixar Animation Studios, telling the story of how movies change the world.

After the opening credits, the movie officially entered its theme.

The female lead, Olive, in order to avoid a boring gathering at her best friend's house, made up a lie that she had a date with a boy over the weekend.

To make her best friend believe her, she fabricated many details, including kissing and sleeping together, leading her best friend to mistakenly believe she was no longer a virgin.

Their conversation was overheard by the president of the school's religious club, a conservative who advocated that girls should not have sex with boys before marriage and believed that such girls were promiscuous and mean girls.

After hearing Olive's words, the club president, Marianne, spread rumors in school that the female lead was promiscuous and an unclean woman, using her as a negative example to encourage everyone to isolate her.

Olive tried to explain, but no one believed her. In the process, Olive discovered that she had accidentally become a popular figure in the school, a topic queen, like a celebrity.

She enjoyed this feeling and began to wear makeup and revealing clothes, admitting to the rumors, and even sewing a red "A" on her clothes.

After she became a campus star, boys were proud to date her and vied for her attention, even offering her many benefits. This included marginalized groups like gay guys, insecure boys, and unpopular overweight boys.

To help these boys save face, she agreed to fake dates with them and even pretended to sleep with a boy at a party. This made her even more famous in school.

Until later, a boy slept with a school teacher and contracted an STD. To cover up their relationship, he falsely accused Olive of infecting him.

Things started to get bad.

The female lead wanted to restore her reputation, but found that everyone she had helped had disappeared.

Finally, the female lead found the husband of the cheating teacher, exposed the truth, and posted a clarification video online, restoring her reputation and getting together with Todd, the school heartthrob played by Link.

This movie was also called "Modern Scarlet Letter," telling the story of a girl's clarification and redemption after being falsely accused.

Unlike the original tragic Scarlet Letter, Easy A was a campus comedy with interesting plot designs and many laughs.

During the movie, laughter erupted from the cinema from time to time.

"It looks pretty good, Link. How do you even know how to invest in movies?" Oscar De La Hoya, who was invited to the premiere, asked from the side.

"Is it that difficult?"

"Not difficult?"

"Not really. You just need to find a good script, then contact some good producers, directors, and actors, be serious during filming, and the movie's box office won't be bad."

"You must be joking. Every year, Hollywood screenwriters produce thousands of scripts, but only a few dozen make money. And choosing directors and actors, do you think it's easy to find the right people? I've invested in movies before and lost millions."

De La Hoya shook his head.

"That's because you have bad taste. If you're interested in investing in movies, you can consider joining Palm Beach Pictures. I'll bring you in and guarantee you won't lose money."

Link said.

De La Hoya was also a billionaire, with businesses including Golden Boy Promotions, a magazine publishing company, a clothing company, a Spanish-language TV channel, and was one of the most commercially successful boxers in the boxing world.

"Sounds good, but I want to see how this movie does at the box office first. I hope your movie doesn't lose money."

De La Hoya said.

"Of course it won't!"

Clap clap clap! The movie ended, and there was a burst of warm applause from the audience, with some people shouting "Cool" and "Awesome."

Link also stood up and applauded, congratulating Emma Stone. Emma was the leading actress in this movie, and if the movie was successful, she deserved the most credit.

Link was just a warm guy and eye candy in the movie, responsible for looks and fame.

"Boss, I don't think we should celebrate too early. Some things, if you celebrate too early, there might be accidents later. We should wait until the first week's box office results are out before we get excited."

Emma Stone said, both excited and nervous.

"You're too anxious. Before filming for The Help starts, do you want to take a vacation and go on a trip? The company will reimburse all expenses."

"No! Boss, you're so excellent and you work so hard. I should learn from you and take on a few more movies every year."

Emma Stone said.

Link nodded in satisfaction. If Palm Bay Talent Agency had a few more actors like Emma, he would be confident in earning hundreds of millions just from the agency's shares in the future.

After the premiere, Palm Beach Pictures held a party at the Hilton Garden Inn to entertain the friends, crew members, and hundreds of media and film critics who came to support the event.

At the party, director Will Gluck approached him and said he had a new project, asking if he was interested in investing again.

The new script was called Friends with Benefits, about a handsome man and a beautiful woman living in a big city who, because of their good relationship, decided to rent an apartment together. It was a story of friends with benefits who didn't believe in love turning into lovers, a romantic comedy.

Link remembered seeing this movie. The male lead was "pop music superstar" Justin Timberlake. Although his acting was average, the movie's box office seemed to have exceeded 100 million dollars.

Link asked how much the budget for this movie was.

Director Will Gluck said that the male and female leads hadn't been decided yet. He planned to use more popular stars, and the estimated cost was between 30 million and 50 million dollars. He also asked if Link was interested in playing the male lead.

Link thought for a moment and decided to invest, but whether or not to play the male lead would depend on the Captain America audition results. If he had time, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take on the role.

(End of Chapter).