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Bob was delighted to hear that he was willing to cooperate, and his smile became warmer.

Link had two proposals.

First, now that "Silver Linings Playbook" had been completed and had entered the post-production phase, he hoped to release the film within the year.

Second, if Jennifer Lawrence's performance turned out well after the film was released, he was prepared to help Jennifer campaign for the Best Actress award at the Oscars. In this respect, Weinstein Company was professional, and he hoped they could help with the publicity during this process.

"The Best Actress award at the Oscars?!"

Bob was somewhat surprised to hear his words, Jennifer Lawrence was only twenty-one, had been in four movies, a very fresh actress, and even if her acting was first-rate, she wasn't at the level of winning an Oscar yet.

Not to mention that the film had not been completed.

Yet Link was thinking about helping her win the Best Actress award at the Oscars.

It was like a dream.

"Link, the movie hasn't been released yet, do you think it's too early to talk about this?"

Bob chuckled.

"Jennifer is a great actress, she deserves to win the Best Actress award at the Oscars, besides, this is just a proposal. The premise is that her performance in the film is outstanding, if it's mediocre, then the proposal is off,"

Link said.

After thinking it over, Bob agreed, but when negotiating the investment share in "The Master," he hoped Link could transfer more shares.

After giving it serious thought, Link 'reluctantly' transferred a 30% investment share from Lionsgate Films to Weinstein Company, with the presenters of "The Master" project becoming Palm Beach Films, Annapurna Pictures, and Weinstein International Films.

"Haha, Link, a pleasure doing business."

Bob reached out and said.

"A pleasure!"

Link shook his hand and, with a laugh, jiggled his plump palm, "Bob, do you believe it? Although Harvey is a top producer, and very strong in film production and distribution, I hope more to work with you."

"Oh? Why?"

Bob said with a smile, squinting his triangular eyes.

"I've watched your interviews and know a bit about you; you are a rather pure film businessman, and I am also a businessman. Our goal in investing in films is to make money.

But Mr. Harvey Weinstein is different; he is not just a businessman, he is also a genius producer, with the issues of a genius in the arts—arrogance, obstinacy, emotion. At the same time, he is also considered a savior of modern cinema, sometimes sacrificing box office profit for the sake of film art.

By comparison, Bob, you are more calm in film investment, making cooperation with you a smaller risk and more likely to be profitable,"

Link explained.

Bob chuckled, his eyes narrowed as he listened to Link's evaluation of Harvey in surprise.

Link was right; Harvey was a genius in film production, having produced and successfully discovered hundreds of high-quality modern films throughout his career.

After their release, these films had a significant impact on the entire movie industry and even influenced modern cinema's style and direction. That's why the media referred to him as a 'savior of modern cinema.'

Because of Harvey's significant achievements in cinema, coupled with the heavy praise he had received in recent years, which surrounded him nonstop, Harvey had grown arrogant and increasingly irritable and stubborn, unwilling to listen to others' advice.

This often led to actions that damaged the company's interests.

For instance, in 2004, when they were still at Miramax, a subsidiary brand under Disney, Harvey insisted on joining forces with Lionsgate to distribute the political documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," despite Disney's opposition. The documentary's main aim was to criticize the Bush Administration and the Republican Party, clashing with Disney's interests.

The consequence was a rupture in cooperation, and the brothers were forced to leave Disney and establish the Weinstein Company.

Although "Fahrenheit 9/11" later became a best-seller and Harvey thus entered the Democrat camp, gaining favor with the high ranks of the Democratic Party and increasing his power in Hollywood,

it wasn't a good thing for Bob. He was originally a shareholder of Miramax and earned quite a bit of money relying on Disney. But due to Harvey's stubbornness, the breakdown with Disney caused him to lose tens of millions of US dollars.

Without Disney's support and protection, the Weinstein Company went through three consecutive years of slump from 2005 to 2009, and only last year did the company start to bounce back.

In those years, he lost a lot of money following Harvey, and the company is still in debt until now.

These things made him quite dissatisfied with Harvey but, being a genius in film, without Harvey, he couldn't operate a film project independently and guarantee a profit. This made him have mixed feelings of love and hatred towards Harvey.

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Now, hearing Link's evaluation of Harvey, he suddenly felt a sense of camaraderie.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

His cellphone in his pocket began to vibrate, and Bob had to stop his daydreaming. After finalizing the contract with Link, he stood up, said his goodbyes, and left.

Outside the café, he took out his phone and looked at it. It was a call from Harvey.

"Harvey, what's up?"

"Bob, stop negotiating with Link, we can't work with Link,"

Harvey shouted over the phone.

"Why?"

Bob asked in surprise. It had been Harvey who initially suggested working with Link, and now he was suddenly going back on it, which confused him.

"Bob, you're being foolish. We're in an adversarial relationship with Link; I've even publicly threatened to blacklist him. Suddenly working with him now, what would people think of me? So we absolutely can't work with Link,"