America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 174 Action Target
"Last year, a bartender emerged in Los Angeles. With her genius creativity and skills, she created a variety of new cocktails such as Paper Plane, Penicillin, Expansion Screw and Italian Cannon!"

Hundreds of people gathered at the venue. The president of the International Bartenders Association was ready to present an important award on the podium: "She is Louise Mayer, a new master. She is a new legend in the bartending industry, so we will officially confer her the title of master and present her with a special contribution trophy."

He raised his voice: "Welcome to the stage, Louise Mayer!"

Martin stood up and applauded. Louise stood up, hugged him tightly, bit his ear excitedly, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Thank you."

At this moment, she smiled exceptionally brightly, and there was nothing more satisfying in her life than this.

Movies are just work, but bartending is a hobby.

Louise, wearing a long dress, strode towards the podium.

Martin motioned for the people around him to stand up.

The number of new cocktails "created" by international bartender Louise in the past year was astonishing. The bartenders around her stood up one after another, leading the entire venue to stand up again and again.

When Louise came on stage and received the emerald trophy in the shape of a wine glass, most people in the venue stood up and applauded.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely warm.

Louise raised the emerald trophy, her eyes slightly moist, and stood in front of the microphone and said, "Thank you to my assistant Martin. Without him, I would not be where I am today. In addition, I brought two new cocktail recipes: Godmother and Overturned. There are also three improved recipes for classic cocktails. Everyone is welcome to taste them at the cocktail party later."

Those attending the meeting were either bartenders or veteran alcoholics, and when they heard this, they applauded even more enthusiastically.

Louise came down from the stage and was greeted by numerous bartenders along the way.

In recent years, there are very few new cocktails that have become widely popular and can be called classics. Louise created many of them last year alone.

Louise came back and handed the Emerald Cup to Martin: "Half of it belongs to you."

Martin said deliberately: "What an honor, I have half of it."

Louise was very excited at this moment, and she hugged Martin and gave him a long and passionate kiss.

Seeing that Louise was getting excited, Martin simply gave her a wet kiss.

After a long time, the two separated.

Louise said, "I suddenly had an idea?"

As soon as Martin saw her butt sticking out, he knew what position she wanted to use: "You don't want to make a biopic about yourself, do you?"

Louise was so shameless that she nodded repeatedly, "Yes! As the only female bartender, in a few years, I will definitely be the bartender queen. That's a world-class legend. If I make an autobiography of me, the actress can win an Oscar for Best Actress!"

Martin asked. “I’m playing myself.”

"No, not you, absolutely not you." Louise realized a key problem: "I am the queen of bartending, not the queen of scams."

When the cocktail party started in the evening, Louise's excitement wore off, her mentality gradually returned to normal, and she never mentioned making a personal biopic again.

She personally demonstrated several new cocktails, taught a group of bartenders, and gave up the bar.

A large number of people came to greet Louise, and Martin accompanied her to socialize. He looked for targets based on people's names and the information he had read last night.

Unexpectedly, the target person came over to say hello.

The chairman came personally accompanied by a dark and thin middle-aged man, followed by a girl in her 20s.

"Ms. Mel, Mr. Davis, this is Mr. Wu Maoting from Myanmar, and this is his daughter, Ms. Wu Dan." The chairman specifically said, "Mr. Wu is a jeweler, and the jade used in the trophy this time was all sponsored by Mr. Wu."

Louise and Martin politely shook hands with Wu Maoting and greeted Wu Dan.

Both of them can speak English fairly fluently.

The two sides chatted for a while over cocktails, and after the Wu father and daughter each received a cocktail that Louise had just mixed, they went somewhere else.

Martin glanced at Wu Maoting again.

When no one came over, Louise asked, "Is there something wrong with him?"

This was one of the people Martin had focused on last night: "I looked at his information last night. To be more precise, he is the owner of a jade mine."

"Suitable potential investors?" That was all Louise could think of because she didn't know much about Myanmar.

Martin introduced: "Many wars in Myanmar are fought over jade mines. The mine owners are actually small warlords or agents supported by warlords. They may rise this year but fall next year. Even if they can keep their family business for a long time, they like to arrange a more secure path for their descendants."

Louise understood: "He invested in the film industry?"

Martin nodded: "Yes, the public information I read yesterday showed that he and his only daughter are shareholders and directors of a film and television production company in Hong Kong City."

Jade seems to be most recognized in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and Hong Kong is an important consumer market. Louise said, "You have a heart."

Martin said: "Although my brain is not very good, several people related to the film and television industry have taken a closer look."

Louise nodded: "Not bad, you work hard."

Martin told the truth: "If I had a background like yours, I would never start a business, I would just live a life of idleness and wait for death."

Seeing that there was no one around Wu Maoting, he said, "I'll go and try it out. If it doesn't work, we'll retreat."

Louise encouraged him: "Your efforts now are related to your bright future."

This is very similar to what Martin often said to Thomas: those who bully others will eventually be bullied.

Martin took a glass of wine, walked around, and quietly came to Wu Maoting. The two of them happened to meet each other while walking around.

"Hi, Mr. Wu." Martin said with a smile, "That jade trophy is very unique. This oriental green jewelry gives people a sense of noble beauty."

He asked, "I heard there is a top-grade imperial green jadeite?"

Wu Maoting responded: "It is quite rare and very precious."

Martin asked, "Does Mr. Wu have any? Louise will be attending a premiere red carpet soon, and I'm going to give her a special gift. An imperial green heart-shaped pendant would be nice."

"I don't have any stock." Wu Maoting heard something that interested him in Martin's words: "Premiere? Movie premiere?"

Martin was waiting for this: "Louise and I are not just bartenders. She is the owner of Pacific Pictures in Hollywood, and I am a Hollywood movie star. I don't know if you have seen House of Wax. I am the male lead. Soon I will have a movie released that Louise invested tens of millions of dollars in."

Wu Maoting didn't care much about Hollywood stars, but he looked up to the boss of a Hollywood film company: "I didn't expect Ms. Meier to be so outstanding."

Martin knew that Louise was the key: "The youngest female multimillionaire in Hollywood, one of the most successful female producers, attracting investment from all over the world to make movies, an outstanding businessman and artist."

Thinking of Wu Maoting’s only daughter, he added: “She is also an outstanding alumnus of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.”

After the big ship, Hollywood movies became popular all over the world. Wu Maoting was quite curious about Hollywood: "Does it attract investment from all over the world?"

Martin smiled and said: "Hollywood is an open film and television production center. It absorbs talents, technology and funds from all over the world, shoots wonderful films one after another, promotes the development of film art, and gives back to all investors. There are many filmmakers in Hong Kong working hard in Hollywood."

Wu Maoting said: "Jack Chen."

Martin said: "Kung Fu is very impressive." He sighed: "I have seen many Hong Kong Kung Fu films, the early Shaw Brothers, the later Wong Fei Hung, Jack Chan's Police Story series, and John Woo's action gun battles, etc., which are classics."

Wu Maoting was impressed by Martin's performance and said, "It is indeed a classic. My daughter and I are both movie lovers. Unfortunately, the Hong Kong film market has shrunk and there have been few good films in recent years."

Martin continued, "Many filmmakers in Hong Kong went to Hollywood to develop their careers, and most of them have done well. Compared to Jack Chan and Jet Lee, I am just a nobody. There is also John Woo. Tom Cruise specifically asked him to direct Mission: Impossible 2 and even asked him to design the gun battle scenes himself. Mr. Yuan Heping's action choreographer team is the key to the success of The Matrix series."

He never mentioned his failures, as if anyone from Hong Kong could succeed by going to Hollywood.

Wu Maoting has investments in Hong Kong City Film Company and is interested in Hollywood. He asked, "Ms. Meier, are you here not just to attend the bartender conference?"

"By the way, we can also attract investment. Hollywood produces too many movies every year, and most of them need to be solved through a compilation." Martin briefly explained the concept of a compilation: "Louise is planning to invest in a big project this time. I wonder if Mr. Wu has heard of the two Hong Kong filmmakers Zhuang Wenqiang and Mai Zhaohui?"

Wu Maoting nodded: "I know them."

Martin thought, "It's just right. The project is related to them. Warner Bros. bought the adaptation rights of the Hong Kong movie "Infernal Affairs" and is preparing to shoot an American version."

Wu Maoting recalled: "I think I heard someone mention it."

Martin continued: "The American version is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio."

"One of the four great Hollywood directors?" Wu Maoting was not just interested, but very interested: "Leonardo from Titanic?"

"Yes, that's them!" Martin pointed out the key point: "Louise's Pacific Pictures is ready to participate in the investment and has already contacted Warner Bros. for negotiations. The total investment in the film may be around 1 million US dollars, so Louise and I are out this time to find like-minded investors."

Wu Maoting immediately understood why the other party came to him.

Martin said this, took out Louise's business card and handed it over: "If Mr. Wu is interested, you can contact us."

Wu Maoting thought about it for a moment and accepted it.

While Martin was looking for other people, Wu Maoting left the party, called his entourage, took out his cell phone and started making a call.

He knew Zhuang and Mai, but he was not familiar with them. However, someone from the film company that participated in the investment could contact them.

The next morning, Wu Maoting received detailed news and relevant information faxed from Los Angeles.

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