America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 195 Teacher Martin
In the studio, on the training ground.

Action director Chad Stahelski, holding a bone-cutting knife, fought Martin in close combat.

He also has a role in the film, The Butcher in Assassins of the Assassins.

Martin rolled over on the ground, picked up the boning knife on the ground, and blocked Chad's chopping knife just right.

The actions of both of them were all planned and they knew what they were doing.

Martin blocked Chad's knife and started to fight with him, and the prop knife kept making a sound of hitting.

Compared to ordinary stuntmen, the fight between these two guys with solid skills is, at least, very good-looking and intimidating.

Julie changed into her training clothes and came out of the locker room. She saw the two people on the training ground from a distance. She immediately quickened her pace to the edge of the training ground and stared at Martin with interest.

In women's hearts, they like to compare themselves with familiar men.

Jolie shook her head secretly. Compared to the agile Martin, Pitt was simply clumsy when filming "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

Martin stopped over there, and Julie noticed that he was looking over here and nodded slightly.

Martin also nodded and discussed with Chad how the action scene could be improved.

Director Leterrier also joined in.

Chad gestured and said, "The top assassins in the Assassin's League can stimulate adrenaline and enter a bullet-time-like effect. This scene needs to be fast-paced."

Martin worked as a professional stuntman for several years in his previous life. After coming here to practice for a long time, he gradually regained his feeling and became very confident: "As long as the action routine is well designed, speed is not a problem for me."

"You're fine." Chad said, shaking his hands. "I can't hold it."

Director Leterrier is experienced in handling action scenes: "You can use long shots appropriately and then break down some action shots. There are two main forms of shot expression here: one is absolutely fast from the audience's perspective, and the other is relatively slow from the character's perspective."

Martin said, "When it comes to lens design, you have the final say."

Leterrier took over the conversation: "In addition to the impact of the action, we also need to pay attention to one factor, cool! This is a movie, not real fighting. When the audience sees the finished film, they can't help but shout "cool", then our film will definitely be a success."

The life-and-death duel between Wesley and the Butcher is one of the rare close combat scenes in the film, and everyone wanted to make the presentation more outstanding.

After discussing for a while, Leterrier further conceived the shot, Chad took a prop knife and gestured to improve the action design, and Martin was free and walked towards Julie.

Julie is stretching with Chad's assistant.

Compared to her future skinny figure, her current figure is more in line with normal people's aesthetics.

Martin came up to Julie and said, "Thank you for the casting for The Departed."

"I didn't do anything." Julie smiled slightly: "I just mentioned it casually."

She then said: "You also taught me a lot."

Martin smiled and said, "It's good that you can use those ideas."

Julie said, "If I encounter difficulties in this area again in the future, can I consult you?"

Hollywood is not only full of fierce competition, but also full of human relationships. Martin certainly wouldn't refuse: "You can always contact me."

Julie glanced at Martin's training suit and suddenly became interested: "How about we have a competition?"

Martin was a little surprised: "You and me?"

Julie nodded: "Don't underestimate me. Before filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith, I went to the secret service school for two months."

The so-called agent school is an organization established by Hollywood stuntmen to provide professional services for action movies and actors.

Martin warned, “I won’t hold back.”

Julie took a step back and said, "Come on!"

When people nearby saw Martin and Julie were going to practice sparring, they all came over to watch.

Martin also took a step back and nodded to Julie: "You go first."

"Drink!"

Julie took a big step forward and threw a tentative punch.

In Martin's eyes, Julie was too slow and her fists were soft and powerless.

He grabbed Julie's wrist and exerted force with his feet and hands at the same time. Julie immediately lost her balance and fell to the ground.

Before the man fell, Martin exerted force on his hands and pulled him up again.

Julie took Martin's arm, steadied herself, and smiled: "There's a big difference in level."

Martin said: "It's mainly because you don't have enough strength."

Julie nodded: "I don't want to build muscles like Hilary Swank, that's too scary."

Because of the last close conversation about scandal and whitewashing, she felt that she and Martin had become closer, and she even joked: "I don't need to rely on fake JJ to win an Oscar."

Martin said: "You can be a top star without an Oscar."

Jolie completely agrees with this statement. Leonardo, Brad Pitt and Will Smith are now considered the most influential stars in Hollywood, but the total number of Oscars they have won is zero.

In the distance, at the edge of the office area, Mene opened a bottle of Coke and handed it to Bruce.

Bruce took a sip and felt that the taste was a little off, so he asked, "What year was the Coke produced?" Mene didn't understand: "Don't worry, it's not expired." He looked at the two people in the training area: "Old Bruce, it feels like the boss's spring is coming again."

Bruce drank half a bottle of Coke and said, "Why do women care so much about appearance? No one pays attention to someone like me who has inner qualities."

"That's not true." Mene refuted in a rare move: "In addition to appearance, they also care about their wallets!"

He praised: "Boss, you are good-looking and have a bright future. According to what you said, you can even blow up the earth. If I were a woman..."

Bruce thought to himself that he had originally wanted to relax and take a few days off, but it looks like he will have to prepare in advance to clean up the mess he made.

Thomas came out of the back office at this time.

Bruce stopped him and pointed to Martin and Julie: "Make a publicity plan in advance."

Thomas sat in a nearby chair: "Do you think Martin will go after Julie."

"No." Bruce still remembered Martin's scumbag quotes: no initiative, no rejection, no promises.

A super bad guy who even lets the girl take the initiative to break up.

Thomas was an entertainment agent after all, and he roughly understood what Bruce meant. Couples on the crew were all too common in Hollywood.

The male and female actors who played opposite each other, regardless of whether they had families or not, got together while acting.

When the crew disbands, it will naturally disperse.

At noon, Martin and Julie left the studio together to go out for dinner.

Thomas thought about what he could do to maximize Martin's interests.

In the Smoke House restaurant, pianist Sebastian played jazz piano music.

Julie said: "Have you noticed? Since the crew announced that they had signed a contract with me, many media have been attacking me."

"The American media are all bitches. They will do anything for news." Martin also put himself in the shoes of a victim of media gossip: "I broke up with Anne Hathaway, and I couldn't count the number of media outlets that scolded me."

Julie had some mixed thoughts in her mind: why did Martin break up with her?

Looking across again, I suddenly felt that Martin's charm had faded.

She sighed softly: "There are too many media outlets that criticize me."

Martin laughed. “People who are different are more likely to be criticized.”

Julie, of course, thinks this is right, but she is not as thick-skinned as Martin. She added, "It's more difficult to deal with because I did have a more chaotic relationship in the past."

This kind of words also apply to Martin, so he didn't care about his face: "Emotional chaos? Angie, they are all bullshit! We just sleep with the people we like!"

Julie's fork clattered to the table, shocking even a real slut like her.

I finally understood why Martin could come up with those ideas.

Compared to Martin, her rank is a bit low.

So, Julie decided to study hard and asked humbly: "Do you have any suggestions?"

What Martin said just now was all empty talk. When it came to the actual matter, he acted as if he was thinking seriously.

"You can be my teacher in this regard." After Julie said the word "teacher", she suddenly felt that Martin's charm had increased dramatically, even surpassing it before. She immediately reached out her hand and shook Martin's hand vigorously, saying with seriousness and respect: "Teacher Martin!"

Martin thought, how did he become a teacher? What kind of teacher? This feels weird.

Julie put her hand on Martin's hand: "Teacher, teach me."

Martin pointed his finger: "Let me think about it."

It's so exciting to see a wild girl and a bad guy at the same table.

Martin would not let such a combination down. After a while, he said, "Instead of being passive, it is better to be proactive! Angie, you have been in the industry for many years. You must know many editors-in-chief or chief editors of entertainment media. Contact one of them who is willing to cooperate and take the initiative to reveal the past information to them."

Julie got the point straight away: "In terms of the textual expression, is it biased towards me? For example, is it focusing on my changes?"

"Yes, you are a mother now, a loving mother. What can go wrong for a mother who does it for her children? The sufferings of the past are just embellishments of your inspiring life!" Martin tapped the table: "If you take the initiative to participate, public opinion will not be completely out of control, and I can even use it to my advantage."

He suddenly laughed: "You exposed such information to the media, so it is reasonable for you to ask them to pay you. You can even contact the publisher and find a ghostwriter to publish a book and continue to expose information."

This is what Jolie did a few years later, exposing scandals to the media and selling photos of her children for hype, just to get a good price, while keeping the right to speak firmly in her own hands.

Julie remembered every word Martin said, and at the same time shouted willingly: "Teacher Martin, thank you for your guidance."

Martin sighed inwardly, thinking how much he had worked hard to make sure the wanted poster would sell well.

Just because a movie is cool, flashy, and good-looking doesn’t necessarily mean it will be a big hit.

With this as a foundation, and with enough buzz, the box office will not be bad.

After the good teacher Martin taught the slutty student, Julie obediently paid the bill.

But this is Hollywood, and those who use others to hype themselves up will also be hyped up by others.

The crew of "Summer of Jeans", which had confirmed its release date, came to us on their own initiative.

Going to talk to Martin about publicity.

(End of this chapter)