Chapter 540 The Lost Lover

"Hard Boiled" has been released for three weeks, with a North American box office of 120 million US dollars, a cumulative overseas box office of 48.8 million US dollars, and a global cumulative box office of 168 million US dollars.

This week, Lionsgate's last summer movie "Her" was released.

The movie was jointly produced by Palm Beach Pictures and Annapurna Pictures.

It tells the story of the writer Theodore who fell in love with the female voice "Samantha" in the computer operating system after a breakup. Samantha not only has a sexy voice and profound knowledge, but is also surprisingly interesting, which makes the otaku Theodore fall deeply in love.

As the male protagonist's needs and desires for her grow, their feelings are also deepening, and they eventually fall in love with each other.

The film cost 23 million US dollars to produce, which is similar to "The Master". Joaquin Phoenix is ​​still the male lead, Amy Adams is the female supporting actress, and "Samantha" is voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

The film is still an artistic and literary film.

Before its release, it was selected as the closing film by the New York Film Festival and received good reviews from film critics.

"Her" was initially screened in six theaters in North America, earning $462,000 in the first week, with an average daily box office of $9,737 per theater. Although it is not as good as the preview performance of "Rust and Bone" of more than 20,000 per day, it is also in the upper-middle level among niche art films.

According to the preview situation in the first week, the number of theaters showing the film in the second week was expanded to 148.

When "Her" was released, Link started a new round of light heavyweight boxing title defense.

In more than a month, he fought three games in the arenas of three cities, namely Australia, China, Melbourne, Australia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He defeated WBA light heavyweight boxing title challenger Carlo Murat, WBC boxing title challenger George Brandes, and IBF boxing title challenger Tommy Karbense.

All the games ended in one round.

His professional record also reached 35 wins, 35 KO wins, and continued to create his own myth.

His total income from these three games was 225 million US dollars.

He also used the money to acquire Eli Lilly shares, BYD Auto, and JD.com shares. His current Eli Lilly shares have increased to 2.025%, BYD Auto 5.36%, and JD.com 5.1%.

Hong Kong Island Jinbeck Investment Company has also successfully entered the JD.com board of directors.

If the development goes smoothly, he will own shares of three companies with a market value of one trillion US dollars in the future, Tesla, Nvidia, and Eli Lilly, and five companies with a market value of over 100 billion, Netflix, Spotify, SpaceX, JD.com, BYD, and scattered shares such as Universal Music, News Corporation, Amazon, Facebook, Wanda, Alibaba, and Moutai.

Seeing the investment statements of several companies, Link felt that even if he retired now, he would be able to sit firmly in the position of the world's richest man in the future, and maybe he could continue to hold the position for decades.

"Boss, the shooting is about to start, you get ready."

Ms. Anna from the "Gone Girl" crew came over to remind.

"Okay!"

Link handed the information in his hand to Anna, picked up the script on the table and read it. Before shooting, he had read the script of "Gone Girl" many times, and now he reads the script mainly to remember the lines.

This movie tells the story of a couple in Missouri, USA.

The husband Nick is a poor boy from the countryside, an unemployed gigolo.

The wife Amy is a fair-skinned and beautiful second-generation rich, whose parents are best-selling authors.

On the fifth anniversary of their marriage, Nick returned from the bar and found that his wife was missing, and the house had become a crime scene.

Under the police's investigation, all clues showed that Nick killed Amy.

Nick was also criticized by the media and the public and became a famous "scumbag".

And all this was the conspiracy of his wife Amy. She did this to retaliate against Nick's cheating, and through this carefully planned "murder case", she kept her husband firmly by her side.

Link plays the "giggle man" Nick, and the heroine Amy is played by Rosamund Pike.

Rosamund Pike is a famous British actress, whose original name is Rosamund Pike.

In 2002, she starred in "Die Another Day" and became a Bond girl in "An Education" starring Mulligan. She became popular in Hollywood. Last year, she played the leading role in "Jack Reacher" starring Tom Cruise. She is a second-tier actress in Hollywood.

She was selected to play the leading role in the "Gone Girl" crew through an audition.

Last month, "Gone Girl" publicly selected the leading actress. Since the media revealed in advance that Link was the leading actor of the film.

When the crew began casting, more than 100 beautiful actresses came to audition, including Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Lily Collins, etc.

Because there were many acquaintances, Link did not intervene in the crew's casting, allowing the director and screenwriter to select the right actress.

After three rounds of selection, Rosamund Pike was selected. She is ten years older than Link, 174 cm tall, fair-skinned, beautiful and blonde, and a very attractive actress.

The director of this movie is David Fincher, whose representative works include "Seven", "Fight Club", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The Social Network", "Alien 3", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", etc. He is a top Hollywood director.

He is good at thrillers, which is why Lionsgate spent a lot of money to invite him to direct this movie.

Link recited the lines silently and rehearsed twice with the heroine Pei Chunhua on the set. When Director Fincher shouted "action", he and Pei Chunhua started to perform.

"I have to kiss you now."

In the dimly lit alley, Link looked at the woman opposite and said.

"Are you serious?"

Pei Chunhua smiled slightly.

This is a plot where the hero and heroine have just met.

After the two met in a bar, Nick took the initiative to ask the heroine Amy out for a walk. When he passed by a bakery store, the store was unloading goods. White icing was floating under the street lamp like snowflakes in the sky. The heroine looked at it. The sky was filled with powdered sugar, her hair and lips were covered with white powdered sugar, and her face showed a smile that was sweeter than the powdered sugar.

"You've been exposed to this sugar storm, how can no one kiss you?"

Link smiled.

Pei Chunhua was moved by his love words and leaned against the wall intoxicated.

"Wait a moment."

Link raised his hand and spread some icing sugar on the woman's lips, said "That's it", lowered his head and kissed Pei Chunhua's lips gently.

The two of them kissed passionately in the alley, and the sky was filled with frost.

"not bad!"

In the director's area, director David Fincher looked at the picture on the monitor, touched the stubble on his chin and nodded.

When selecting the heroine, the crew planned to choose an actress about the same age as Link. However, after auditioning more than a dozen actresses in their early twenties, they found that none of these young actors were suitable.

First of all, in terms of temperament, Nick, played by Link, is a soft-boiled boy who is in a weak position at home, so the heroine selected must be a royal sister type, smart, beautiful, shrewd, high IQ, and able to hold down the momentum. Link.

Few new actresses can do it.

For this reason, he and the casting team had to relax the restrictions and expand the age to less than ten years old. Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, and Pei Chunhua entered this round.

After repeated comparisons, Natalie Portman's facial lines are too hard and her height is not tall enough. Emily Blunt is not beautiful enough. However, Rosamund Pike is tall, beautiful and has a soft temperament. She looks more suitable with Link.

In the end, this role fell to Pei Chunhua.

But after selecting Pei Chunhua, director David Fincher was not sure whether he could play this role well, whether the cooperation with Link would be a tacit understanding, and whether he could produce the effect of 1+1\u003e2.

After watching the two people's performances, director David Fincher also breathed a sigh of relief.

Link himself has the face of an artistic man, and his acting style is also very delicate. When he is in love with Pei Chunhua, he is also very natural and does not make people feel greasy.

Also in terms of age, Pei Chunhua is ten years older than Link, but her appearance is younger and more feminine, while Link's temperament is more mature, so there is not much difference between them.

"David, the scene of the two of them kissing under the streetlight is very romantic. I suggest letting them kiss for a while."

Screenwriter and novelist Ms. Gillian Flynn looked at Link and Rosamund Pike on the set and smiled.

"Okay, I agree with your proposal."

"Cut!"

"Do it again!"

shouted director David Fincher.

The reason why the two of them were asked to shoot again was not because of Ms. Flynn's suggestion, but because the filming of the movie had just begun. He wanted to use these intimate scenes to build up the relationship between the two of them, so that they would have a better understanding in subsequent filming.

In addition, he also wanted to see how much could be explored in Link's acting skills, and try to let the two of them show more in their performances to make the performances more in-depth.

After the two took six takes and kissed six times, director David Fincher announced it was 'passed'.

"Rosa, how do you feel?"

Link pointed at Pei Chunhua's lips. Because it was an art movie, you had to actually kiss when you kissed, not just stick your lips together. The two kissed passionately six times, and the other person's lips became slightly swollen.

"It's not bad. Your kissing skills are great, and I'm a fan of yours. This scene is a great experience for me."

Pei Chunhua looked at his face and smiled.

"Okay, I feel good too."

The makeup team came over to re-make up the two of them, and used ice packs to reduce swelling on Pei Chunhua's lips.

After completing these tasks, director David Fincher announced that he would continue filming the next one.

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Link spent nearly a month on the set of "Gone Girl" before completing all the shots and returned home to continue being a dad.

In the two months since its release, "Dragon Girl" has grossed US$159 million in North American box office, US$68.17 million in overseas box office, and more than US$220 million in global box office.

Since this is a modern urban movie, there are many embedded advertisements in the movie. Before the filming of the movie started, Lionsgate had received more than 18 million in advertising sponsorship funds, accounting for almost half of the production cost.

Based on current box office data, Lionsgate Pictures' profit is no less than US$80 million.

Four weeks after its release, "Her" currently has a box office of 23.39 million U.S. dollars in North America and 18.08 million U.S. dollars in overseas box office. The film's production cost was 23 million U.S. dollars, and it has already recovered its money through box office revenue.

However, the film received a very good reputation after its release. The comprehensive media review was 8.4 points. 32 media including the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times gave it a score of 8.5 or above. The freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes was 73%, with 54 people supporting it and 19 people opposing it. , Yahoo audience rating A.

It is also considered to be one of the popular films for next year's Academy Awards.

"Brother, please congratulate me."

Link was reading a best-selling book, and Selina came rushing over with her mobile phone in hand, Xiao Yuan's face was full of happiness.

"Congratulations to you? You passed all the exams this year?"

Link asked, looking up.

"No, don't mention the exam, it's the Venice Film Festival. "Spring Breakers" entered the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival and may win a Golden Lion. Isn't this worthy of congratulations?"

Selina said proudly.

"Yes, being shortlisted for the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival means that the film is not bad, and it also means that you did a good job. Congratulations are due."

Link praised.

"Ha, that's right. You can succeed from music to acting. I'm your sister, so of course it won't be too bad."

Selena said, patting her chest.

"If you want to go to Venice for a visit, I can lend you the plane."

Link suggested.

"Forget it, I didn't get the Best Actress nomination, so it won't be a big deal if I go, but it would be nice to lend me the plane. Tiffany and I are going to Paris."

"Go ahead and let Anna make arrangements for you."

Link stretched out his hand to rub her new hairstyle and messed up her air bangs. Selina was stunned for a moment, grabbed his arm and slapped him angrily a few times. Finally, she glared at him and stepped heavily on the floor.

Link smiled softly and continued to read best-selling books. The novel he was reading now was called "The Revenant". It was a novel by the writer Michael Penk. The full text was more than 100,000 words.

After reading it, he found that the main plot was similar to the movie version. He thought for a while and called someone from the production department of Lionsgate Pictures to see if the copyright of the novel was still there. Regardless of whether it was, he would find a way to buy it.

He may not necessarily play the leading role, but the film did well at the box office and won several trophies at the Academy Awards that year. It is a film worth investing in.

Jingle bell bell!

"Hey, Link, what are you doing? Come out and play cards."

As soon as I put down the phone, Leonardo called and shouted.

"Who is there? I agreed in advance that if I lose, you are not allowed to accuse me of cheating."

Link smiled.

"As long as you don't cheat, I will never say anything against you."

Leonardo told him that there were Joaquin, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, etc. They had just attended the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and were all chatting in the film club.

Link thought for a moment and agreed.