America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 163 Pit after Pit

Opposite Warner Studios, Smoke House Restaurant.

Martin ordered the steak and looked towards the stage. A young pianist was playing jazz. The cheerful music made people feel relaxed.

Across from him, Bruce flipped through his notebook and asked, "The time and location of the event have been confirmed. Now let's notify the gossip media and paparazzi?"

Martin retracted his gaze: "They are far less interested in normal film and television news than entertainment gossip. It won't be too late to call after I make an appointment with Annie."

He is very well-mannered and considerate of others: "We cannot let our journalist friends have a good time. We must further improve our professionalism and resolutely not do bad things like cheating and deceiving others."

Bruce wanted revenge, so he deliberately asked, "Are you cheating or not? Are you and Annie really in love?"

"Of course!" Martin used the most appropriate metaphor: "My feelings for Anne are as real as diamonds."

Bruce felt that there was something wrong with Martin's metaphor, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was.

The cheerful music continued, which happened to be the type Martin liked. When the waiter brought the steak, he pointed to the stage and said, "The pianist is good."

The waiter smiled and said, "His name is Sebastian, and he's a pianist."

Martin nodded. "Send a bouquet of flowers. The bill will be charged to this table."

After the song was over, the waiter brought the flowers and whispered something, and Sebastian nodded to Martin to express his gratitude.

Bruce calculated the time: "The publicity activities match the rhythm of your and Anne's exposure."

Martin responded, but turned to look at the door, and Angelina Jolie and Louise entered the restaurant together.

The two men walked over here, and Martin stood up and greeted them: "Why are you here?"

Louise smiled at him, "No one is treating us, so we have to come here and pay for it ourselves."

Martin abandoned Bruce without any loyalty and said, "Lunch is on me."

Because she often went to the set of "Alexander the Great", Julie had met Martin several times and was familiar with him. She said, "Let's go together."

The three of them sat at another table and ordered their own meals.

Louise asked Martin, "Any progress on Wanted?"

"No." Martin said simply, "The crew of The Hills Have Eyes is planning to hold a promotional event, and I'm here to help with ideas."

He won't snub Julie: "If there is a superstar like Angie in the crew, the media will rush to report it."

The other party's words sounded nice, but Julie didn't lose her head. She smiled and said, "I'm not a superstar. There are not many crews who dare to use me as the heroine."

Martin asked, "I heard you made an action movie."

Jolie's current situation is not good: "My most successful film so far is Tomb Raider, but the second one was not very well received."

Martin praised: "Laura is cool and sassy, ​​everyone around me likes her."

Louise glanced at Martin's face and suddenly remembered what Martin had discussed with Bradt, the screenwriter of "Wanted", about rewriting the black female supporting character Fox in the comics into a white female killer, and a cool girl at that.

Julie said: "It's a pity there won't be a third film."

Martin could tell that Julie was not averse to action roles.

He didn't say much, and given his qualifications, his words were not convincing at all.

Let Louise talk about what needs to be said.

When the meal arrived, Martin turned the conversation to war and refugees.

Sure enough, Julie had noticed this and was moving in this direction.

Because of the common topic, by the end of lunch, Julie's impression of Martin had gone from being slightly impressed to being deeply impressed.

Martin paid the bill and returned to the studio with Louise and Julie.

Julie went to a promotional event.

Martin went into Louise's office.

Louise was curious: "When did you care about Afghanistan and Iraq?"

Martin went to pour a glass of water and started to talk nonsense: "Isn't this our universal values ​​and democratic sentiment?"

Louise sneered: "Americans don't believe this, so how can those who have lost their homes believe it?"

Martin didn't say much: "Who knows." He got to the point: "I want to invite Julie to play the role of Fox in Wanted."

"Jolie's salary is not cheap. The leading actress of Mr. and Mrs. Smith received $1000 million." Louise was full of doubts: "It's hard to say whether this $1000 million is worth the price of the ticket."

Martin thinks Jolie's pay may still drop as Alexander the Great is due to be released in December.

Although it involves Louise's package funds, with Martin's current ability, he can only watch.

The pay for Hollywood commercial films is directly based on the actor’s performance in his last three films, with the most recent one being the most recent.

Martin knew very well that the success of "Wanted" in the previous life was due to Julie's appeal which could not be ignored.

Since "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Jolie's career has entered the fast lane and she has become one of the few actresses in Hollywood who can carry the box office alone.

Actresses like Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep are far inferior to Jolie in terms of commercial appeal.

Martin has specifically inquired about the release of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in May next year.

Louise looked at Martin. "What do you think? Sometimes I can't read your mind."

Martin laughed cheerfully: "I am such a pure person, but you always see through me at a glance."

Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses: "I'm not even sure if the you I see is the real you."

Martin patted his heart and said, "Do you want me to dig it out and show it to you?" Louise opened the drawer, rummaged through it, found a wallpaper knife, put it on the table, pushed it over, and made a gesture of invitation.

Martin picked up the wallpaper knife, pushed it up, pushed it all the way, and when no blade was exposed, he said, "I knew you couldn't bear to do it."

Louise threw over a box of razor blades.

Martin put it away and put it in his pocket, as if he had never said what he just said, and changed the subject neatly: "Let's talk about this later. Even if we invite Julie, she may not agree."

Louise understood Julie's situation: "She's short of money recently, so she'll definitely agree if the pay is about right."

Seeing that she was about to take the blade again, Martin said, "I have something else to do. I'm leaving now. I'll come to your house to see you another day."

After leaving the studio and arriving at the entrance of the studio, Martin met Bruce and said, "Let's go to Paramount Studios. I want to see my beloved Anne."

Bruce started the car: "You have too many favorites. If they formed a favorites alliance, would you be beaten to death?"

"No." Martin said seriously, "Because you will protect me."

……

During the lunch break, Rachel logged into her personal MSN account and entered the group she had created some time ago.

Most of the dozens of most active users in Martin's blog area have joined Rachel's fan group.

She quickly edited a notice to inform all members that a fan meeting with Martin and The Hills Have Eyes would be held in the Burbank Hotel Ballroom next Saturday, when the first trailer of the film would be released.

A male fan asked: "Boss, let's go there after we have dinner? Or?"

Rachel had an impression of this guy, a little fat guy, who replied, "The crew provides a free buffet, and everyone who attends will receive gifts."

Another person responded: "Rachel, you are amazing. You have secured such good treatment for us!"

Rachel sent a smiley face emoji: "Martin fought for us. I planned to have an ordinary dinner party. After Martin learned the news, he specifically sought support from the crew, which led to this event."

"Martin is so cool!"

"Martin is my favorite!"

"Always support Martin!"

Amid a long string of cheers, a user called Phoebe asked: "Should we prepare a gift for Martin?"

Others responded.

Someone asked, “What should we prepare?”

There were all kinds of answers, and someone even suggested giving Martin a doll...

Phoebe asked Rachel, "You've been to Martin's meet-and-greet, was there anything special?"

Rachel quickly remembered the most special thing: "Last time, Martin asked us supporters to write encouraging words for him, and he used them to motivate himself to keep working hard. By the way, Martin still remembers the words I wrote for him."

"This is great! Martin will remember us forever!" Phoebe said, "It's more meaningful than us pooling our money to buy Martin a watch or jewelry. I'm sure Martin will like it!"

Everyone quickly reached a consensus.

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In the studio of Paramount Studios, the crew entered the break period.

Anne walked quickly to the rest area and was in a particularly good mood when she saw Martin bringing another gift.

Laura said from behind: "Martin always brings you gifts, I envy you so much."

Anne's happy smile and the envy of others are her satisfaction.

Recently, she specifically inquired through her agent Maha and learned that Martin had indeed established a new film studio and was planning a comic-adapted film project called "Wanted."

The project has also issued a director recruitment notice to the Directors Guild, and the expected investment will not be less than 4000 million US dollars.

After seeing the photo in the recruitment notice, Annie was very sure that she had found true love.

So, Annie also prepared some gifts: "Laura, where are the things?"

Laura handed Anne a pink gift box.

The two came to the rest area.

Martin personally brought a chair and cleaned off the non-existent dust on it: "My princess, please sit down."

Annie didn't sit down, but moved the chair next to her to be closer to her: "You sit down too."

The two sat down side by side, one affectionate and the other full of love, they were truly a perfect match.

Annie took out the gift first, grabbed his hand, and stuffed it into his hand: "Every time you come here, you give me something. This is my return gift to you. You are not allowed to refuse it."

"Okay, I'll take it." Martin took it and asked, "Can I open it?"

Anne nodded: "Of course."

Martin opened the box and saw a pearl bracelet. He exclaimed: "How beautiful."

Anne specifically said: "The souvenirs I got from the set of The Princess Diaries are very memorable."

"I like it so much." Martin took it out and put it on his wrist.

Having worked in many film and television crews and seen countless props and accessories, it was not difficult for him to judge that this was just an ordinary artificial pearl bracelet, and its actual value should not be more than half a golden donut.

Martin couldn't let it go. He seemed to be completely overwhelmed by the goddess's gift. He smiled like a dog and gave the gift box he brought to Annie.

I went out for something yesterday and came back to write after 40pm. I haven't finished the second chapter yet. I will post the second chapter later. A -year-old man has a lot of shit to do.

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