Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 402 Guessing, Seeking, and Searching: Men and Women in the World of Food and Drink
Nicole Kidman appears dignified and elegant on the surface, but deep down she is a wild woman with a touch of madness.

Like the wildest horse on the grassland, it loves to gallop and has immense power.

It's hard for an ordinary man to control her; he might accidentally be knocked to the ground and end up covered in dust.

But everything changed after he met Link.

Whether in terms of status, power, height, or strength, he completely overwhelmed this woman.

Nicole Kidman can be dignified and elegant, gentle and tender, or she can go crazy and mad. No matter what she does, she can't escape Link's control.

This woman always found satisfaction beyond her expectations with him.

So after each date, Nicole would exclaim how happy she was, that one date was worth a thousand, and that it would be worth dying for.

Link can also relax a lot with her.

The two were evenly matched, and each gained something from their own experience.

After the date ended, Link saw off the glamorous blonde beauty, wiped the water stains on the French windows that hadn't yet dried in the sun, and continued working.

Around 2 p.m., Ben Affleck visited him at the company, bringing with him a director named Kevin Smith, who is 25 years old and debuted in 1994. He is also a newly established independent film director.

In the first half of the year, Ben Affleck starred in Kevin Smith's new film "Guessing Game," which had a production cost of only $25.

After filming was completed, Ben Affleck contacted Link to ask if it could be distributed through Guessing Pictures' channels.

Link didn't refuse and asked him to bring the movie to watch.

Not long ago, Guess Movies announced its support for independent films and plans to establish an independent film foundation to fulfill this promise.

Helping to distribute independent films can also demonstrate GuessSee Pictures' attitude.

In addition, the amount of investment a company makes when distributing a film is mainly based on the box office data during the film's preview screenings. If the box office performance is good, the company will increase its investment in publicity and distribution; if the data is poor, the company will reduce its investment or terminate the distribution.

Regardless of whether the movie does well or poorly at the box office, the company will not lose too much money.

"Link, this movie is really cool, I guarantee you'll love it after you watch it."

Ben Affleck laughed.

"Okay, let's go check out the screening room first."

Link smiled and called Daniel DeVito and Joe Ferrer, asking them to arrange for people to watch the film at the screening room and to decide on the release date and scale of the preview screenings based on the results.

"Link, what is this?"

Ben Affleck got up from the sofa with a dark wet stain on the thigh of his lead-gray casual pants.

Link coughed, remembering where Nicole Kidman had just been lying.

"Coconut juice! I accidentally spilled it on this. Okay, everything's ready over there in the screening room, let's go check it out."

Link beckoned Ben Affleck and the portly director Kevin Smith to walk out, and as they passed Lewinsky's office, he asked her to arrange for someone to clean it.

Upon arriving at the screening room, Link began watching Ben Affleck's new film, "Guessing Game," a story about a man falling in love with a lesbian.

The man, Xiao Huo, is a cartoonist who yearns for love. He has a roommate, Xiao Ban. The two were living a peaceful but boring life in their small apartment in Los Angeles. However, when the female protagonist, Xiao Sha, appears, their peaceful life is disrupted. Xiao Huo falls in love with Xiao Sha at first sight and becomes hopelessly in love.

As Xiao Sha gets to know Xiao Huo, she gradually falls in love with this like-minded young man. For Xiao Huo, Xiao Sha is even willing to give up her original sexual orientation and bravely face the misunderstanding and rejection from her same-sex friends, becoming Xiao Sha.

As their relationship deepened, Xiao Ban didn't want to lose his best friend Xiao Huo and become a lonely single man, so he started to sow discord between them and used various methods to sabotage their relationship.

In the end, Xiao Huo and Xiao Sha overcome all kinds of difficulties and prejudices and come together, but Xiao Huo also loses his good friend Xiao Ban.

The story of "Guessing, Love, Searching" also falls into the category of a love triangle, but the three protagonists have rather special identities. The director uses this film to explore the subtle relationship between 'love', 'friendship', and orientation, and the theme is also related to growth, choices, and self-identity.

The three lead actors delivered solid performances, bringing their characters to life in a vivid and engaging way. Overall, it's a high-quality low-budget film, and with Ben Affleck, a popular star, in the lead role, its box office performance shouldn't be too bad.

"The movie is good; the company can release it as a B-movie."

After the movie screening, Link and Daniel DeVito discussed the matter for a while before finding Ben Affleck and Kevin Smith to explain the company's stance.

"Thank you! This is fantastic news."

Kevin Smith was so excited to receive his affirmation that he danced with joy.

Link is the pinnacle of the film industry, and for this film to receive his recognition is more exciting than winning an Oscar.

"Haha, I told you this movie was cool, and you saw it, I wasn't wrong."

Ben Affleck grinned.

"You're at the peak of your career, why would you think of making an independent film?"

Link laughed.

"Because I am an actor with ambition, my goal is the Oscar for Best Actor."

Ben Affleck said, raising his chin.

"Keep it up! If you can maintain this attitude, winning an Oscar won't be difficult."

"I will. By the way, Link, is this really coconut juice?"

Ben Affleck pointed to the dried stain on his pants, scratched it with his fingernail, and smelled it. "Why does it smell so strange, a mix of sweet and stinky? Smell it!" Ben Affleck held out his finger.

Link waved his hand, "Maybe it's the smell of your sweat."

Before Ben Affleck could object, he turned to Daniel and Joe Ferrer and asked them to handle the film's distribution.

After assigning tasks, Link returned to his office to work.

Rosamund Kwan called to say that Carina Lau and Chingmy Yau had returned from Hong Kong Island, and Gong Li and Maggie Cheung were also there. They were planning to have hot pot and asked if he wanted to come.
Link is free this afternoon, I'll reply later.

Around 4 PM, he drove to the Malibu Beach villa area for dinner.

In the past two years, Vivian Chow has not acted in any films or released only one album. She has spent the rest of her time practicing painting and has held art exhibitions in Hong Kong Island, San Francisco, London and other places. She has become well-known in the art world. Her most valuable painting was auctioned for HK$888 million at a charity gala in Hong Kong Island, and her other paintings have also fetched good prices.

Carina Lau and Chingmy Yau continued filming. With the support of Lin Ke, they had no shortage of resources and their fame in Hong Kong grew. In February, Carina Lau even won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

After working at Kingsoft Investment Company for a while, Rosamund Kwan felt unsatisfied, so she pulled Vivian Chow and Michelle Reis together to work on jewelry and accessories, and they planned to join forces to create a luxury brand.

Kingsoft Investment is a shareholder of LVMH, the Louis Vuitton Group.

They can also enjoy some conveniences when starting a business.

When Link arrived at the villa, his girlfriends were waiting for him in the driveway.

Besides Vivian Chow and her five friends, Gong Li and Maggie Cheung were also visiting the villa. To his surprise, there were two strangers present: Joey Wong and Brigitte Lin.

Rosamund Kwan introduced the two with a smile, her eyes crinkling.

Wang Zuxian, having experienced a setback in her love life, is preparing to retire from the entertainment industry and start a company in the United States. She asked him to take care of her. Meanwhile, Lin Qingxia is traveling in Los Angeles and is temporarily staying at Zhang Manyu's house. The two often work together on films and have a good relationship.

Link greeted the two of them, sat down to eat hot pot, and chatted about things in the entertainment industry.

A while later, Yu Feihong, Chen Hong, and Wang Yan drove over, making the villa even more lively. Under the various persuasion tactics of Rosamund Kwan, Liu Jialing, and Chen Hong, he drank a lot of alcohol.

However, he was in good health and had a huge capacity for alcohol, so no matter how much he drank, he wouldn't get drunk. On the contrary, the women were drunk and staggering, and their words and actions gradually became unrestrained, making the scene indecent.

(End of this chapter)