Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 405 Women Yearning to Have Children: A Summary of Summer Box Office Performance
"Video is so cute. I wish I had a daughter like her."

When the Best Actress award was presented, Monica blinked her long eyelashes and looked at the young actress on the stage, her pretty oval face full of affection.

"Yes, the little one is so cute."

Sophie Marceau also had a kind smile on her face.

"If you like children, you can have them yourself. You are beautiful, so your children will definitely be cute."

Juliette Binoche said, arms crossed.

Monica and Sophie Marceau remained silent, their eyes secretly glancing at Link.

"Link isn't okay? Oh, sorry, that's not what I meant!"

Juliet Binoche quickly covered her lips, remembering something: Link had been involved in numerous scandals since his debut, with rumors of having hundreds of girlfriends, but there were no rumors of him having illegitimate children. She didn't know if Link didn't want children or if he had some hidden health problem.

If Link is infertile, saying he can't have children might upset him.

Link glanced at Monica and Sophie Marceau and the others. "Why are you all looking at me? If you want a child, then have one. I never said I wouldn't."

"Really? You're willing to have a child?"

Monica and Sophie Marceau excitedly hugged his arms.

"Why not? It's nice to have a few kids at home."

Link shrugged. He explained that he hadn't planned to have children before because he was too busy with work, didn't have time to take care of them, and didn't want to let children affect his filmmaking.

His thoughts changed somewhat after he was shot.

He is now worth nearly 10 billion US dollars, and will be worth even more in the future.

If something were to happen to him, his vast fortune would have no heir, ultimately benefiting the American government, which would be a terrible loss.

Since Monica and Sophie Marceau wanted to have children, he didn't mind fulfilling their wish and letting them have a bunch of kids. Anyway, there were plenty of women and servants at home, so he didn't need to spend time raising children.

"Great!"

Monica and Sophie Marceau happily kissed his cheek.

Julianne Moore, Yu Feihong, and Emmanuelle, who were standing nearby, also grabbed their skirts excitedly upon hearing this.

They were all Link's girlfriends, knowing they couldn't marry him, but not wanting to leave him.

If you want to build a long-term and stable relationship with Link, having his child is undoubtedly the most effective way.

Over the past few years, Monica and Liu Xiaoli had discussed having children several times, but Link always declined, saying he was too young to have children.

No one should pressure him or secretly get pregnant, lest he dislike them.

Now that Link has said we can have children, everyone feels safer. This news is a million times better than winning Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival.

After kissing Link, Monica and Sophie Marceau happily thanked Juliette Binoche. They wouldn't have known Link's attitude if she hadn't brought up the topic of having a child.

"No need, I didn't say anything, you don't need to thank me!"

Juliette Binoche shook her head, puzzled by Monica and the others' behavior. She couldn't understand why Monica and Sophie were so agitated. They were celebrities, and being pregnant out of wedlock wasn't a matter of reputation for female stars; it would affect their careers.

Furthermore, having children can easily trap you in Link's life for the rest of your days, making it difficult to leave him and find another man to marry later.

Juliet suspects that the women may have been drugged by Link and lost their minds, which is why they are happy to have children.

She decided to find some time to privately persuade Sophie and Emmanuel to calm down and not to gamble everything so easily.

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The awards ceremony for this year's film festival came to a close amidst enthusiastic applause.

Link did not return to Los Angeles immediately after the film festival ended.

After he agreed that they could have children, Monica and Sophie Marceau pestered him every day, hoping to get pregnant as soon as possible.

Julianne Moore, Yu Feihong, and Emmanuelle also shared this idea.

Several women would pester him with different tricks every day, vying to be the first to get pregnant.

To make the process of having children less tedious, he took several girlfriends on trips around Italy, leaving countless traces of love in places like Sicily, Tuscany, Rome, and Milan.
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After the Venice Film Festival, news of "The English Patient" winning the Golden Lion, the festival's highest award, reached the United States.

American media reports that Link won the Golden Lion and the Silver Lion for Best Director for his new film, becoming the youngest person in film history to win a grand slam of the three major European film festivals.

The record shows she was 24 years old.

Total Cinema magazine commented that "Link is a miracle in film."

The New York Times summarized Link's films since his debut, noting that although some films had low budgets resulting in poor camera quality, each of his films was innovative and had a great impact on the world film industry. His films also broke more than sixty box office records. The newspaper claimed that Link would become the greatest director of the late 20th century.

Riding on the surge in media buzz surrounding "The English Patient" and Link, Guess What Films' marketing department has also begun promoting the movie, announcing its release date of November, and releasing the first trailer and behind-the-scenes stories to maintain the film's buzz.

By early September, the summer movie season had ended, and Hollywood media began to summarize the box office performance of summer films.

A total of 96 films were released this summer, 19 more than last summer.

Eight films grossed over $100 million at the North American box office, five more than last year, and 20 films grossed over $50 million at the North American box office, two more than last year.

These two figures show that North American box office revenue performed well this summer. Although the competition was fierce, the success of many films also indicates that the overall size of the North American film market is increasing and the industry is more prosperous than last year.

Media outlets predicted a significant increase in North American box office revenue in 1996, signaling the beginning of a period of rapid growth for Hollywood films.

This summer's box office champion is Warner Bros.' "Batman Forever," with $3.05 million in North America. Second place goes to 20th Century Fox's sci-fi film "Independence Day," currently at $2.82 million, and it has a good chance of catching up with "Batman Forever."

The third place goes to the thriller "The Internet," produced by Guess What Films, which grossed $1.85 million in North America.

Fourth place goes to Paramount Pictures' "Mission: Impossible," which has grossed $1.80 million.

Fifth on the list is MGM's "The Birdcage," currently grossing $1.26 million.

Seventh on the list is Guess What Films' "Rush Hour," currently grossing $1.04 million.

"The Mask of Zorro" ranked eighth, with a cumulative box office of $1.01 million.

The Fifth Element is ranked 12th with a current box office of $9547 million. Compared to its $8500 million budget, this is a relatively average box office result. However, its overseas box office performance is good, with a cumulative total of $1.34 million. Overall, it is a profitable film.

The Hollywood Reporter also compiled a list of this summer's dark horse movies, most profitable movies, and biggest losers, with "The Internet" and "Rush Hour" ranking in the top three on multiple lists.

These lists sparked heated discussions within the film industry after their release.

Two of the top ten films in the summer blockbuster season came from Guess Movies, a result that once again displeased the executives of the seven major film studios.

They had been hoping for the decline of Guess Movies since 94, and originally thought they would see it this year. However, the strong box office performance of Guess Movies' films disappointed them once again.

"Lang, you said you'd wait until Guess the Movies is declining before making a move. Guess when Guess the Movies will decline?"

Fox Studios President Barry Diller called to ask.

"No need to rush. During the summer season, Guess What Films only ranked third and seventh, which is a bit worse than last year. They also don't have a chance to retain the number one spot in this year's total box office rankings. Maybe next year will be even worse. This is a downward trend. What we need to do is wait patiently."

Langmeyer offered words of comfort.

Baridil responded, "I'm not as optimistic as you. Although there are only two Guess Movies films in the top ten of the summer season, Guess Movies also produced films like The Mask of Zorro (ranked eighth) and The Fifth Element (ranked twelfth). They will receive no less than 30% of the box office revenue. Even with that, Guess Movies' total box office revenue is still number one."

Also, don't forget "The English Patient," which won the Golden Lion. It's a Linkin Park film with excellent reviews, so its box office performance is expected to be strong. Add to that other films, and guess what? This year's box office results might even surpass last year's, and we have no countermeasures. The company's revenue will continue to decline, and in a few years, the company might not even have the funds to make movies.”

Baridil sighed repeatedly.

Fox's "Independence Day" grossed nearly $300 million this summer, more than four times its initial investment, ranking second on the list of dark horse films of the summer.

His company's films were box office hits, and as president, he deserved credit for that and was entitled to a reward. However, it was a pity that other films released by the company performed only moderately at the box office.

For example, "Chain Reaction," starring Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman, had a production cost of $4000 million but only grossed $3600 million at the North American box office. "Heroic Journey" had a production cost of $4600 million but has only grossed $5500 million at the North American box office so far.

One movie was a huge hit, but the rest of the movies were dragging down the overall performance, resulting in Fox Studios' low total profits.

This is also what he is worried about.

With the film market booming and other film companies making money, if Fox is making the least, it shows that its management is incompetent.

These data directly threaten his position at Fox.

He couldn't help but worry.

"Barry, these things have already happened, and we can't avoid them. We can only try harder next year and strive for better box office results than this year."

In fact, Langmeyer didn't know how to persuade him either.

Last summer, Universal Pictures achieved good box office results with two films, "Apollo 13" and "Casper," but this summer, Universal Pictures performed poorly.

Of the eight films released, only one, "The Fat Professor," grossed over 8 million yuan. Only two films grossed over 5000 million yuan: "Dragon Heart."

The other films performed poorly at the box office, ranking seventh among the eight major film studios, only slightly better than MGM.

He was under more pressure than Baridil.

While chatting with Barrydile, he also thought of a question: Universal Pictures was originally considered to be in the upper-middle range among the seven major film studios, neither the best nor the worst.

Now that Link is making movies for Warner Bros., guess what? His collaborations with Columbia Pictures and MGM have also boosted the performance of these three film companies.

Correspondingly, Universal Pictures' box office revenue decreased, its market share also decreased, and its ranking among the Big Eight film studios declined.

This made him suspect that Link was doing it on purpose, that Link wanted to use this method to undermine the unity of the Seven Studios, destroy the Seven Studios alliance, and then profit from it.

Langmeyer shared this speculation with Barrydiller, who also indicated it was possible, but now all seven major studios know the benefits of working with Link and Guess the Movie, and are vying to partner with them.

Even if they wanted to dissuade them, they probably wouldn't succeed.

Langmeyer suddenly realized that Harvey's suggestion was correct.

The approach to Link and Guess the Movies should be swift and decisive, eliminating potential threats through extreme measures.

If we follow his idea of ​​waiting for the film industry to decline before making a move, it might be too late by then.

After ending the call, Langmeyer called Harvey to probe his thoughts on whether there was a chance to stage another shooting, this time with more precision.

Unfortunately, Harvey was rather perfunctory this time, going around in circles without getting to the point.

Left with no other option, Langmeyer had to find a time to talk in person.
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Link, Monica, Sophie, and others spent more than ten days traveling in Italy, concluding their sweet trip.

As for whether Monica and the others are pregnant, we'll have to wait another month or two to find out.

After leaving Italy, he did not return to the United States, but instead flew directly to Hong Kong with Yu Feihong. There, he met Chen Chong, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, and several young actresses that Chen Chong had brought with her.

(End of this chapter)