Chapter 284: Investing in Hollywood?
"The Red Neck Knight" is a P-13 rated movie, which is obviously not suitable for Hannah. And Link needs to walk through the red carpet tonight, and that kind of occasion is not for Hannah.
When Link and Jessica are going to the premiere in the evening, Hannah is left in the hotel. This time, though, he brought Ms. Hemmer with him. With her taking care of Hannah, he has nothing to worry about.
They didn't eat in Hollywood, so they didn't plan to compete with those people, and they didn't need the media to say how well they dressed.
Therefore, the two of them only wore casual clothes with the meaning of couple attire, and took the car provided by the hotel to the venue of the premiere.
They came to the place at the point in time, and the bodyguards parked the car in front of the red carpet.
Before Link could say thank you to the staff at the car door, his eyes were almost scattered by a white light. He subconsciously reached out and blocked his eyes. He got out of the car and leaned in front of the car door and reached out for Jessica to get down. He smiled at the black man who drove him and said, "Thank you!"
In any case, Link is actually a handsome, and Jessica is even more beautiful than those Hollywood beauties.
But they look so ordinary.
Compared to the stars who walked through the carpet before, they were dressed too casually. And many people have heard Link's name, but they don't actually know Link. After seeing the two of them, the reporter was stunned for a moment, and he didn't realize who was coming here for a while.
But some reporters immediately recognized Link. They shouted Link's name, hoping that Link would look at them so they could take pictures.
Their shouts also reminded other reporters of who Link was. So the flash light once again shone on the two of them to make their eyes hurt.
Link saw Jessica's eyes narrow, so he reached out and put it on her forehead to avoid too much light irritating her eyes. She turned her head and smiled at him, and said, "It's okay, I'll walk over in a moment." "She just wasn't ready.
Then he put it down and said, "Then let's hurry up." He said as he stepped wider, taking her by the hand and walking towards the door of the theater.
"Hey, Link, look over here!" some reporters treated him like a big star. Hopefully he can pose a pos for them to take pictures.
Jessica shook his hand a little harder, raised an eyebrow at him with a smile, and whispered in his ear, "Handsome guy, don't be too stingy!" She felt that Link should have more exposure now. It's good for him to make a little bit of news once in a while.
Since Link had come to the premiere, he had anticipated that such a situation might occur. But he only slowed down, turned his head and waved his hand in the direction from which the voice came, but the man did not stop.
On the red carpet, they didn't have the cheers and screams of fans, because these fans wanted to see stars, and there were many fans who didn't recognize who Link was. But those reporters knew that Link's newsworthiness was higher than that of the stars.
Stars who attend premieres are often seen, but the rich people who attend the premieres don't see many times a year. In particular, this rich man is quite famous.
The God of Gamblers, the God of Dreams, the owner of the Blue Lagoon wine, and the kung fu dad who appeared a month ago and the heat has not completely dissipated. Any of these titles that fall on the head of an ordinary person can excite a journalist for a while, not to mention that they are all worn on the head of a wealthy person.
Martin said that Link was more famous than the big stars, and in a sense, that was true. Those stars are stars in the eyes of star chasers, but Link's fame is aimed at the entire American society.
Jessica hears Link's name being called, and she occasionally stops, and Link has to stop and cooperate with the reporters to get them to take a few pictures.
This move not only made those reporters wonder if this beauty was trying to enter Hollywood. But in any case, Link rarely lets reporters take pictures freely, and they press the shutter desperately. Anyway, today's cameras don't have to worry about running out of film.
Link and Jessica were only walking on the red carpet for about thirty seconds, and by this time some fans had already recognized Link. There were cheers among them, too, and some people waved pen and paper and shouted his name, as if trying to get him to sign it.
Of course, there are screams. It's just not much!
However, Link has no intention of being a star, and the kindness to these people just smiles and waves.
Finally they came to the door. The master of ceremonies in front of the door stopped them and interviewed them in a pretended manner.
It's nothing more than asking them why they are attending the premiere, as well as Jessica's identity. Perhaps the master of ceremonies thinks that these are meaningful for the promotion of the film.
After they entered, they were ushered to the front row of the theater to the seats of the film's main creators. He's sitting next to Martin, and the Nolan brothers are sitting here.
Many filmmakers felt a little strange when they saw the Nolan brothers and Martin stand up to greet him. After inquiring, I learned that Martin's movie had his investment, and the investment share was quite a lot. And the Nolan Brothers "Las Vegas God of Gamblers" to be released during Christmas is not only based on him, but also has his 25% cost investment.
This makes some film directors, especially directors who, like Martin, don't want to be influenced by big companies to make their own films, but have insufficient funds, secretly remember him as a person. Since he can now invest in two films, it means that he may also invest in their films. For the rich, the film industry never refuses.
Martin and Link don't have much time to communicate, and as a director, he has to go on stage with the main creators.
As a result, the middle of the first row looked empty. It makes Link's conversation with the Nolan brothers stand out, and he doesn't want to talk to the Nolan brothers all the time.
However, this test screening is really going to show a movie. So the main creator didn't spend a long time on stage, only about 20 minutes.
The movie is not bad, at least from the scene of the screening.
At the end of the movie, there was a round of applause.
After the film was shown, the audience was gone. However, some stars or directors who were invited to the premiere congratulated Martin. Of course, Link can see that the more important purpose of some actors should be to have a few words with Director Nolan. Of course, Martin's film also gives a glimpse of his possible future. The attitude of talking to him is also quite good.
Link was still an outsider, so he just stood aside. Still, someone came over to greet him.
He didn't expect that he would also become the object of conversation among some people. However, most of those people introduced themselves as independent producers and directors.
He knew it when he thought about it. They are interested in their own money. Now that I know him, if I need to invest in the future, I may be able to contact him. However, he thinks that movies are also a good investment direction. So he also socialized one by one.
When everyone was gone, Link said goodbye to Martin. But he made an appointment to talk to the Nolan brothers tomorrow.
Christopher said, "You can come to my office tomorrow when you have time and just watch our movie." ”
Link agreed.
The next day, instead of following him out, Jessica plans to take Hannah in the hotel.
He came to the company of Nolan Brothers. The Nolan brothers took him to the company's small screening room to show the most basically cut films.
Link looks at the movie based on him. The plot is basically based on his events at the Las Vegas casino.
The actor starring is said to be a Chinese actor in Hollywood, who was not famous before, but is obviously more handsome than him. It's hard for him to say what his acting skills are, but he won't feel abrupt when he looks at it. Although the plot is much richer than his experience, at least the male protagonist can make people feel normal by picking up girls everywhere.
Because many people will think that rich people should live like that: then if you are rich and don't play with women, you are blind!
And the description of gambling skills in the film is also exaggerated. It's clear in these episodes that there's Christopher's editing technique: playing with the camera.
However, playing with the camera in these places can really make the gambling skills look very dazzling.
More than 100 minutes of film screenings were completed. Jonathan first asked him, "What do you think?"
Link smiled and shook his head and said, "I'm a little embarrassed to watch. Because I don't seem to be as good as a movie actor. ”
Hearing him say that, the Nolan brothers were also relieved. Since Link, the prototype, has no bad senses after watching the movie. That's at least passable in terms of plot and actors' acting skills.
Christopher laughs and says, "That's an artistic rendering." Jonathan has made a huge effort to do this. ”
Link smiled and shook Jonathan's hand and said, "You made the movie to shame me." After reading it, I realized that I could have lived a better life at that time!"
In fact, if he was really as flamboyant as the actor in the movie at that time, maybe he would be a dried corpse buried in the desert now. However, the plot in the movie is really reasonable, at least although the protagonist has encountered a lot of trouble because of his attitude to life, he has also avoided it with good skills and wisdom. And in the end, he hugged the beauty.
That's what fans like to see. If he acted according to what he did at the time, it would only make fans feel bored.
"It's just that I didn't expect you to be so good. If I had known, I think I would have added more play!" Jonathan said with some regret.
Christopher also said: "Your video of fighting a bear, we all thought it was really hell after watching it. You know, it's Halloween! I think a lot of people think the same way we do. ”
Link laughed and said, "You know, when people are in danger, half of them will react in two ways. One is to scare the weak legs, and the other is to struggle to survive. I just didn't want to die!"
They laughed and walked out of the screening room to Christopher's office.
"I'm guessing you're not here for the movie. Christopher beckoned him to sit down.
Link nodded and said, "Yes." I'd like to talk to some industry professionals about what's going on in Hollywood. "Movies in the U.S. are almost always made in Hollywood. It can be said that Hollywood represents the American film industry.
"You're interested in Hollywood? I think that's good news for Hollywood. Christopher said with a smile. "What do you want to know?"
"I want to know about the film release. Especially in terms of cinemas. Of course, I also want to know more about filmmaking. ”
The Nolan brothers knew everything about him.
After all, if Link enters the film distribution market, it will also be good for them. They have a good relationship with Link now. If Link really buys the theatrical chain, the movies they shoot and distribute themselves can also get a certain theatrical base.