Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 434 "The Lord of the Rings" is bound to lose money at the box office.

The day after the Oscars, news spread across the globe that Monica Bellucci, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, and others were suspected of being pregnant, and that Link was the father of their children.

North American people started watching the drama unfold.

The women didn't react much to the news; they just secretly envied Monica and others, whose relationship with Link was secured after they became pregnant with Link's child, and who could continue to maintain an elegant and refined life even if they did nothing else.

While male readers condemned Link's chaotic private life and called him the most despicable scumbag in the world, they secretly envied Link's good fortune with women. Not only could he date so many big stars, but he could also get them to agree to have his children. It was so enviable.

After seeing the news, Musk, who was starting a business in Silicon Valley, told his brother Kamba Musk that he wanted to learn from Link and have dozens of girlfriends and more than a hundred children in the future.

Kamba Musk told him to stop overthinking. The reason Link could find so many high-quality girlfriends was because Link was worth billions of dollars and was a Hollywood film industry tycoon. He had the money to support so many girlfriends and children.

As for Elon, he doesn't even have a million dollars. How is he going to find a girlfriend?

Musk disagreed, saying that he would definitely make a lot of money in the future, even more than Link, have more girlfriends, and have more children.

Kamba Musk shook his head, thinking that his brother must have been repressed to set such an absurd goal.

Upon seeing this news, Harvey Weinstein immediately contacted Langmeyer and others, preparing to use this incident to create negative publicity about Link and make his reputation as bad as possible. Once Link's reputation was ruined, his movies would be abandoned by fans.

"Haha, we were just looking for dirt on Link, and now Link has delivered it to us. This guy is such a good person."

Harvey, with his large belly sticking out, laughed heartily.

"This kind of news shouldn't do anything to Link, right? He's a billionaire, unmarried, hasn't cheated, hasn't abandoned his wife, and has even voluntarily revealed his children's situation. His behavior is much better than that of black people. If he did this, he would also be criticized, and probably half of the men in America would be implicated. Perhaps doing this will actually increase Link's supporters."

Bob Weinstein touched his large chin, expressing his concern.

Harvey waved his hand and said, "It's different. Link is a public figure and a global inspirational idol for teenagers. If an inspirational idol like him messes around and has many illegitimate children, this will definitely arouse the resentment of many parents. As long as we push a little, this matter will leave an indelible stain on Link's resume."

Harvey smiled smugly, "Besides, no matter how sturdy a dam is, as long as there is an ant hole, the dam will slowly decay. We can optimistically imagine that the illegitimate child incident may be the first step in Link's downfall."

Seeing that Bob was still objecting, he waved his hand impatiently, "Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it myself. By the way, Link's 'The Rock' is being released during the summer season. This movie was a disaster to begin with, and with this negative news, I don't believe it can still be a big hit."

Bob felt a little relieved when he heard him say that. With the poison pill of "The Rock" and Link's scandal, Link might just take a big fall this time.

dong dong dong~
"Boss, director Peter Jackson is here."

The assistant walked in and said.

"Peter Jackson?"

Harvey couldn't immediately recall who this person was.

His assistant reminded him that Peter Jackson had come to the company last month to promote his new script for "The Lord of the Rings" and wanted to collaborate with Miramax. Now that a month had passed, Peter Jackson wanted to know if they were still interested in working together.

"The Lord of the Rings?"

Harvey remembered that he had indeed read the script some time ago. The Lord of the Rings was adapted from the fantasy trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" by British author J.R.R.R. Tolkien.

After reading it, Harvey found the script to be quite good and worth investing in, but the project also had some problems.

"Please invite director Peter Jackson in."

Shortly after the assistant left, he returned with a short, stout man with a full beard.

This person is Peter Jackson, a New Zealand director who debuted in 87. He has directed several thrillers, including "The Amazing Race," "Braindead," and "Heavenly Creatures," but his success has been mediocre, placing him among the third-rate directors in the industry.

Harvey stood up and warmly invited director Jackson to sit down.

Director Peter Jackson went straight to the point, asking Harvey's opinion on the script and whether he had any plans to invest. Harvey stated that the Lord of the Rings script was good, but splitting it into two parts was not suitable, as audiences neither had the time nor the interest to watch a movie without an ending.

He hoped Peter Jackson could cut the script and combine the two parts into one, even if it took longer.

Peter Jackson shook his head and did not agree. The script for "The Lord of the Rings" was the result of three years of repeated revisions by him and his colleagues. Every plot and every word in the script contained their hard work.

He would never agree to cut or alter the script.

Harvey sighed, expressing his regret. Just as Peter Jackson was about to leave, he suddenly called out, "Peter, wait a minute, have you invested in Guessing Game Studios for your script? Guessing Game Studios has plenty of funds and might be interested in your script."

"Guess who the film company is?"

Peter Jackson frowned. The reason he approached Miramax for collaboration was because Miramax was backed by Disney, which excelled at producing animation and fantasy films and could provide assistance during his filmmaking process.

The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy work, and such film projects are better developed in collaboration with Disney.

He had also considered Guess Movies.

Just guessing, they mainly produce thriller movies and aren't good at fantasy films.

“You can give it a try. I heard Link say that the film company is planning to expand into more areas, including fantasy films. If you take the script to him now, you might get some unexpected results.”

Harvey chuckled as he smoked, "Besides, Link has a great eye. Let him show you the script, and you'll understand the project better."

Peter Jackson nodded, said nothing more, and left the office with the script.

“Harvey, why did you let Peter Jackson take the script to Link? What if Link likes the script and agrees to invest?”

Bob Weinstein asked, puzzled.

"Haha, it would be better if he didn't agree, but it would be great if he agreed to invest. Peter Jackson's script has a lot of problems."

First, this movie is divided into two parts. It is not like the Godfather series, which is divided into episodes. Instead, it splits a whole movie into two parts for release. Audiences are not very interested in this kind of movie.
Secondly, making "The Lord of the Rings" requires a lot of special effects. With the current special effects technology, it would be very difficult to make this movie well. Even if it were made, it would cost a lot of money, perhaps 300 million or 400 million US dollars.

This movie needs to gross over $700-800 million to break even. Do you think this kind of movie can achieve that kind of box office success worldwide?

Harvey laughed.

Bob thought about it and realized that fantasy was a niche genre, and it would be quite difficult to raise seven or eight hundred million dollars.

Harvey laughed heartily, "That's it! If Link agrees to invest in 'The Lord of the Rings,' Guess what? Film will definitely suffer another major defeat after 'The Rock.' That will be our opportunity. We just need to join forces with the seven major studios and continue to attack Guess what? Film will definitely suffer a heavy blow, and may even never recover."

Bob Weinstein frowned, sensing that Harvey was probably blinded by his previous failures, to the point that he lost his rationality whenever it came to anything related to Link, mistaking many fantasies for reality.

For example, this time, regardless of whether "The Lord of the Rings" will lose money, even if it does, it will not affect the development of Guess Movies. Currently, Guess Movies has a market value of over six billion, so losing a few hundred million dollars is not a big problem.

Furthermore, with a net worth of billions, the losses from one or two films wouldn't have a significant impact on Link.

However, Bob did not intend to persuade Harvey, because Miramax did not need to pay for this, and regardless of whether The Lord of the Rings would be profitable in the end, it would not have any impact on the company.

Miramax can sit back and watch the outcome of this matter unfold.

"Maybe I should call Link and recommend Jackson's script to try and get Link to agree to invest."

Harvey stroked his chin, thought for a moment, then picked up the phone and called Link.

(End of this chapter)