[Chapter 334: Kingsoft Investment]
After several days of promotional buildup, The Shawshank Redemption and Waterworld premiered on the same day.
The former was produced by Guess Pictures, known for its quality guarantee, featuring strong performances from Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, garnering a fair bit of buzz. On the other hand, Waterworld starred superstar Kevin Costner, backed by extensive promotional support from the media conglomerate, generating even more excitement.
As both movies hit theaters, the media closely monitored and reported their daily box office results. Observing that Waterworld's first-day earnings were nearly double that of The Shawshank Redemption, and the trend continued for the following days, Universal Pictures expressed its enthusiasm. They declared that Waterworld achieved a landslide victory while hinting at the lower quality of The Shawshank Redemption due to its underwhelming box office performance.
Amidst all this publicity, Link paid little attention, not even glancing at the daily box office results, and stayed focused on making films. Today, however, he felt a heightened sense of dedication, as he had a date lined up.
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[T/N: This part is about the daily life of Hong Kong women, Vivian Chow, Michelle Reis, Rosamund Kwan, Joey Wong etc., who are staying in the same villa where Paranormal Activity was shot.
Feihong Yu, who was studying at USC, came to visit them. They went to watch the movie The Shawshank Redemption in the afternoon and praised the movie.
In the evening, Link visited them at the villa.
He suggested Feihong Yu to intern at his set to gain practival experience.
Rosamund Kwan was planning to start a film company and invest in making movies in Hong Kong. Link suggested Hong Kong movies were in downturn and asked her to manage his more than 100 million US dollars, mainly investing in real estate, hotels, retail, technology and other industries.
Kingsoft Investment was founded after winning a bet in 1993 with part of the stake. The company owns stocks of many real estate companies, including Hutchison Whampoa, Cheung Kong Holdings, Henderson Land Development, etc., with a total value of approximately US$120 million, an increase of 35% over 1993. It is a medium-sized investment company. Currently, the work was mainly managed by professional managers from Wall Street and local investment managers from Hong Kong.
Rosamund Kwan wanted to be a director, while working as the figure head of the Investments, hearing there were more than 100 million dollars. Link agreed.
Vivian Chow had become a painter, with WMA support.
Michelle Reis was not sure what she wanted to do as she is not very courageous, lacks a sense of security, and does not have many plans for the future.
Feihong Yu was not able to sleep in the night due to all the sounds coming from the next door and got jealous because they found a great man like Link.]
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