Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 425 Daily Life with My Pregnant Girlfriends

Link kept his word.

For the next three days, he did not cause any more trouble in the office, and his work was quickly completed because of his effective abstinence from pornography.

Four days after the Golden Globe Awards, the nominees for the 69th Academy Awards were announced.

This year's Oscars have 24 categories, with 3-5 films nominated for each category, for a total of 45 films eligible for nomination.

Among them, "The English Patient" led all films with 12 nominations, becoming the film with the most nominations at this year's Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

"Dead Man Walking" received four nominations: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Original Song.

"The Internet" won three awards: Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound.

Toy Story received two nominations: Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score.

"Give Me a Dad" won 1 award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In addition, The Fifth Element, produced by Guessing Pictures, won one award for Best Sound Editing;
Jerry Maguire received five nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.
"The Mask of Zorro" won two awards: Best Sound and Best Sound Editing.

Link's "Batman Forever" received five nominations, including Best Supporting Actor twice, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound Editing.

After the Oscar nominations were announced, the media began discussing the winners of the various film awards. In the Best Picture and Best Director categories, "The English Patient" became the most popular choice, and Link's chances of winning the Best Director award also increased.

Guess what? The public relations department has also started to push for various awards, not just to win awards, but also to increase the film's exposure and strive to earn more box office revenue in the film market.

"Honey, are you confident you can win the Best Director award this time?"

On the lawn of the Seattle Sunrise Villa, Monica leaned against him, holding a magazine. She was wearing loose maternity clothes, her belly was slightly protruding, and her cheeks were rounder than last year, but she was still beautiful and sexy. Her figure was plump and soft to the touch.

The sunlight shone on her, making her feel warm and languid, like a cat.

"I'm not sure. The judges at the Academy are all colleagues, and I don't have a good reputation among them. They probably won't vote for me willingly."

Link gently stroked her long hair, and even the scent of her hair became alluring.

"Why don't you threaten them that if they don't vote, you'll make fifty movies next year, and every single one of them will be a huge hit, causing all their movies to lose money?"

Monica waved her fist and made a fierce expression.

"Hmm, not a bad idea. We'll cast you in all fifty movies. You'll be acting while you're pregnant. That's a very attractive selling point. The movies will definitely be a global hit after they're released."

"Hmph! You think it's impossible? I'm so beautiful and have such good acting skills. If I weren't pregnant and unable to film, I could be like Michelle and Sandra, carrying a blockbuster worth hundreds of millions of dollars."

"Yes, you're the best. If you weren't a bit lazy, you would have been a world superstar long ago."

"You're the lazy one! I'm just not proactive at work, but I'm very diligent in everything else."

Monica punched his shoulder in frustration.

Link chuckled, lowered his head, and kissed her rose-colored lips. Monica wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed herself against him affectionately, with boundless tenderness.

"Hey, can you guys be a little more careful?"

Diana accompanied Liu Xiaoli, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julianne Moore, and Sandra Bullock, four heavily pregnant women, as they walked along the soft green grass.

They had just gotten up, their long hair loose, some black, some gold, some reddish-brown, wearing loose long dresses that billowed in the breeze, revealing their fair calves.

They were tall, beautiful, and had serene and gentle smiles on their faces.

The brilliant sunlight bathed them in a golden halo, making them look like figures from an oil painting on the dome of a Florentine cathedral, as if they were fairies who had stepped out of the painting.

"Link, you're bullying Monica in broad daylight. Be careful, the baby might kick you in her belly."

Michelle Pfeiffer laughed.

"Yes, Link is so mean, he just bullies us all day long."

Monica sat up and shook hands with Diana and the others.

Link kissed Liu Xiaoli and the others. Because he was quite heavy, he rarely slept in bed with them after they became pregnant, to avoid putting pressure on their bellies.

Since arriving here, he has been sleeping on the floor at night, while the women sleep on the beds. Last night, he slept on the floor in Monica's bedroom, sleeping very simply.

After sitting down, Link chatted with several women.

"Link, I heard that Sophia and Nicole Kidman had a fight at home a few days ago. Have you dealt with that?"

Michelle Pfeiffer laughed.

"There was no fight, just a few words exchanged."

A few days ago, Sofia and Nicole Kidman had a fight over the order in which they went to bed at night, and they called each other bitches.

Sofia, a spoiled princess, couldn't stand being wronged. After being scolded, she swung her fists to hit Nicole, but being shorter, she couldn't reach her and was almost knocked over. Sofia angrily ran to the kitchen to find something to fight with. Just then, Brooke Shields and Cindy Crawford appeared, separating the two and preventing a fight from breaking out.

Afterwards, Sofia complained that Nicole Kidman was messing around at home, making the atmosphere in the villa chaotic, and asked him if he would do anything about it.

Nicole Kidman countered that the last time she had a gathering with Cindy Crawford, Jennifer Lopez, and others, Sofia was not invited because she was busy with work. Sofia got angry and started picking fights for no reason afterward, which left Nicole Kidman feeling helpless.

I only heard from Brooke Shields and Renée Zellweger that the two had a long-standing conflict. When it was a holiday or a family member's birthday, they would exchange gifts, but the two of them never prepared gifts for each other, and their relationship was very strained.

Furthermore, the two never rested together in the main bedroom.

In response to the two women's problems, at Renee's urging, he invited them to sleep in the master bedroom, making them comrades-in-arms to watch over and help each other.

Their relationship improved slightly afterward, but there was still a distance between them, and they weren't as close as other girlfriends.

He plans to try a few more times, and perhaps things will gradually turn around after a few tries.

Do you know why they do this?

Liu Xiaoli stroked her belly and asked with a smile.

“Because you weren’t there. If you were home, none of this would have happened.”

"Haha, you're wrong. It's because you spoil them too much, treat them like treasures, and can't bear to be harsh on any of them that they've become so unruly. If you were a little stricter with them and used force to demand things of them, they would definitely obey."

Liu Xiaoli smiled.

Monica and Michelle nodded in agreement and advised him to be stricter at home, to manage his family like he would a company, and to implement attendance systems and performance-based rewards.

Treating your girlfriend like a company employee?

Link shook his head. This was difficult. He dated to satisfy his physical and psychological needs and to provide emotional value, not to find a group of subordinates to manage and give himself trouble.

Furthermore, he admitted that he was very harsh to them.

I always turn the difficulty up to the highest level when playing games.

They get injured every now and then, sometimes needing to rest for more than a month at a time.

If they were any more ruthless, it might have resulted in someone's death.

"Or you could be more aggressive, hit or scold as you please, like in the TV dramas. Can't you be a tyrant?"

Monica poked his chest, a hint of disappointment in her voice.

Michelle Pfeiffer chuckled, "It's useless to say such things. Link is too busy with work and has no time or energy to deal with those household chores. Besides, that's just his personality. You can't make him be fierce."

Link shrugged. "It's true that I'm busy and don't have time to manage things at home. I originally wanted to ask Judy, Renee, and Sophia to manage things at home, but Judy is preparing for her new movie, Renee is also filming a new movie, and Sophia and Nicole have a conflict, so it's inconvenient for the three of them to manage things."

I don't have any good solutions either. Do you have any suggestions?

Liu Xiaoli patted her belly and laughed, "How about letting the fairy take the lead in managing things, with Sophia and Nicole Kidman in charge of the specifics? Let the two of them be the housekeepers, and the fairy be the arbitrator. That way, there will be less work at home."

The fairy Liu Xiaoli was referring to was Jennifer Connelly. She was beautiful and had a serene personality. Apart from acting, she didn't care much about anything else, like a fairy who didn't care about worldly affairs.

“That’s a good idea. Nicole Kidman is obviously a manager. If Sophia doesn’t want to be managed by Nicole, she has to take on this job so that the two strong women can check and balance each other. Jennifer can mediate between them. If you work a little harder, things at home won’t escalate.”

Monica laughed.

Link thought about it and agreed.

He decided to leave this matter to Liu Xiaoli and Monica to arrange, letting them manage household affairs, which also conformed to the traditional view that men should be responsible for external affairs and women for internal affairs.

Liu Xiaoli and Monica did not refuse.

While he and Liu Xiaoli were discussing household matters, Diana listened quietly from the side and later commented, "That's really interesting."

Link asked her if she wanted to move to Los Angeles to help with the mess at home.

Diana knew that was a dangerous place, so naturally she wouldn't agree.

In addition, she has been busy with the Diana Charitable Foundation recently. On the one hand, the foundation is expanding and needs to recruit staff, and on the other hand, she needs to contact other international charitable organizations to expand the foundation's influence.

She also didn't have time to deal with anything else.

"I'll go over after Monica and the others give birth. With them around, I won't have to worry about being bullied."

Diana said with a smile.

"Bullying you? Sofia and Jennifer are all your fans."

Link didn't force her. Diana was a simple and kind woman. Although she had lived in the palace for more than ten years, her personality hadn't changed much, and she hadn't learned Zhen Huan's methods. Going to Los Angeles would only lead to trouble.

(End of this chapter)