America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 273 Fighting
"This is Barry Meyer, CEO of Warner Bros."

In the luxurious and spacious banquet hall, Louise took Martin to find the host of the night and introduced him: "This is Alan Horn, the president of Warner Pictures."

Martin politely shook hands with the two men and said hello. These two were the heads of Warner Bros. during its heyday.

The two men shook hands with Martin and didn't say much. Given Martin's status, he was not enough to impress them.

However, Alan Horn's daughter, Cody Horn, chatted with Martin for a few more words.

She asked, "I heard that you are promoting a new project. I am also an actor. Do you have any roles suitable for me?"

Martin immediately said, "You will get it if you come, but the role may not be large."

Cody Horn handed him a business card and said, "You can send the role information to my email. If it's suitable, I will let my agent contact your crew."

Martin took the business card and put it away solemnly.

Then follow Louise to somewhere else.

Louise warned: "She's acting just for fun, don't take it too seriously."

Martin understood: "A rich girl experiencing life? Instead of treating it as her career like you do?"

Louise nodded slightly: "That's it." She suddenly stopped and pointed to the entrance of the banquet hall with her eyes: "Julie and Aniston met, interesting."

Martin saw that Jolie and Aniston arrived one after another, and the banquet hall was not very big, so it was normal for them to bump into each other.

Louise, the slut, said something lewd again: "Bring them together and help them to settle it. I have a small villa and a room with a perspective mirror..."

Martin said, “I’m a serious person.”

Near the entrance of the banquet hall, Jolie and Aniston's eyes met, and neither of them retreated.

Unlike in the past, Aniston did not avoid Jolie but stared at her.

With Jolie's personality, there was no way she would take the initiative to give in. She walked towards Aniston's gaze.

Coming up to her, Julie whispered, "Hello, loser."

The word "bitch" came to Aniston's lips, but she was concerned about her image and couldn't say it in this situation.

Julie added: "You lose, in every way."

Aniston swallowed her angry words and smiled gracefully and confidently: "Until the end, the winner may not be you."

Julie turned around, took a glass of wine from the table next to her, and left alone.

Aniston also took a glass of wine, glanced around the hall, and walked towards Martin.

She came to Martin, nodded slightly to Louise, and said to Martin: "I want to talk to you about something about the script and the role."

Louise's character is equally bad, which can be seen in Kelly, and she immediately excused herself: "You guys chat, I see a friend, I'm going to say hello."

Martin knew Aniston was talking nonsense, but it was okay for a good man to stick to his principles, but he had to know how to cooperate. He asked, "Is there something wrong with your role?"

"A little bit." Aniston took a step forward, then realized that they were not close enough, so she took another step forward and said, "We are playing a couple, but there is a big age gap between us, so it is hard to feel it. I think we should cultivate tacit understanding in advance."

Martin said very seriously: "That makes sense."

Aniston naturally reached out and grabbed Martin's arm: "It always feels a little bit inconsistent."

Martin was such a nice guy that he took the initiative to cooperate and took a step towards her: “Will this be better?”

Not far away, Julie walked through the crowd and her eyes fell on the two of them.

Aniston held Martin's arm, and the two looked like a couple.

Julie bit her thick lips and clenched the cup tightly with her hands. She was so excited that her legs were shaking and she couldn't move.

Almost at the same time, Aniston also found Jolie.

Seeing her strange expression and her bitten lower lip, Aniston raised the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly.

Julie held the table with one hand and pressed the other to her chest.

Aniston smiled even wider, as if she had won a battle.

At the entrance of the banquet hall, Brad Pitt, wearing a beige suit, just walked in and saw Aniston holding Martin's arm. This time he was not overwhelmed and turned around and left the banquet hall again.

He knew that no conflict should occur in such a place. Any such conflict would only slap the entire Warner in the face, so he simply turned a blind eye.

Mene, wearing a dark suit, followed him out of the banquet hall and came to the elevator. Seeing Pete waiting for the elevator, he simply stood in front of the mirror and pretended to adjust his bow tie.

Pete got on the elevator and went straight downstairs to leave.

Mene couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she didn't find Pete's mother.

I wanted to vent my anger for the boss...

The other party didn't give Mr. Mene any chance.

Returning to the banquet hall, Mene waited for a while, and when he saw that there was no one around Martin, he went over and said, "Boss."

Martin patted his arm: "Are you back?"

Mene nodded: "I can rest for a few days."

Martin called Mene and said, "Come on, I'll take you to meet some directors." He met up with Thomas and together they headed towards the circle where British actors and directors gathered.

Christopher Nolan, with his blond side-parted hair, was picking up a dessert for his wife Emma Thomas.

Thomas walked in front and introduced both sides.

Nolan shook hands with Martin and said, "I've seen Wanted and studied the action scenes carefully. They're very cool designs."

As for the commercial mutual praise, Martin is not ambiguous at all: "The moment of war allows us to see a Batman and Bruce Wayne living in the real world, not just a comic book symbol."

Nolan was more modest: "It's not that successful, at best it just didn't fail."

Martin asked curiously, "I like this movie and the new style you gave Batman. I heard from people at Warner that Director Nolan, do you have plans for the sequel?"

"I have some simple ideas, but I haven't organized them into a system yet." Nolan thought Martin was interested in the role of Bruce Wayne, so he said, "I have asked Bale to prepare in advance."

Martin asked: "At the end of the battle, the Joker's poker card appeared. May I ask, is the Joker the villain of the sequel?"

This is so obvious that Nolan has no need to deny it, saying, "If nothing unexpected happens, the villain will be the Joker."

"I'm very familiar with the last Joker, Nicholson," Martin said. "Nicholson has a natural evil temperament."

Nolan has also read the gossip about the three badasses and said: "Nicholson's performance in 89 was very good, and that version of the Joker also gave me a lot of inspiration."

He didn’t want to talk about it and instead said, “This film is still a long way off and I have projects to complete before that.”

Martin didn't beat around the bush. After all, everyone with a discerning eye knew his relationship with Warner Bros.: "The Prestige? I've read Priest's original novel, which is about a duel between two heroes."

In fact, The Dark Knight continues this pattern, and Batman and the Joker are also a duel between two heroes.

The latter even has a more important role.

Nolan is a director, and he guessed as soon as he heard it: "Are you interested in this project?"

Martin said directly: "I like that novel very much and hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you."

"You're a little young." Nolan didn't say anything final. After all, when choosing a role, the actor's age is only part of the consideration, but not the key: "You're welcome to come to the crew for an audition then."

Martin has stopped there and now his main focus is to make himself known to the public.

While Martin was talking to Nolan, not far away, Mene also chatted with Emma Thomas.

Perhaps he was born with a certain killer appeal to middle-aged women. In just a few words, Mene made Emma Thomas laugh non-stop.

After laughing, Emma Thomas said, "You are a very interesting person. No wonder so many people say hello to you."

Mene was surprised: "A lot of people say I'm good? Who are they?"

Emma Thomas said: "Don't you know? We women who work behind the scenes have formed a fixed organization. When we get together, many people have talked about you."

In the Hollywood circle, there are actually very few women who truly hold a certain degree of power. These people automatically come together and form a small group.

In this group, there is more than one person who was licked to the point of taking off by Uncle Mene.

Mene was not embarrassed at all, but looked surprised: "I didn't know I was so famous!"

Emma tilted her head: "Actually, many people doubt whether you are really that powerful?"

In this kind of situation, facing a female producer, especially with her husband present, Mene was relatively restrained and rubbed his lower lip lightly: "Maybe it's a natural advantage, a special talent God gave me."

Emma Thomas nodded without asking any further questions.

Compared with those women in their forties and fifties in the industry, she is definitely a responsible female producer.

Most of the time, I am taking care of my husband's worries.

Seeing Martin and Nolan exchange business cards, Mene said something politely and left with Martin.

Thomas, one step behind, asked Mene, "What's the catch?"

Mene shook his head, "She's different."

Thomas said softly, "Then don't do anything rash. Play it safe."

Martin saw Will Smith and turned to ask Thomas, "Is it confirmed that I am a legend?"

Thomas quietly pointed to Alan Horn who was talking to Will Smith: "Last month, he insisted that Warner Pictures sign a contract with Will Smith. It is said that the salary is more than 2000 million US dollars, and there may be a share of the profits in the later stage."

Martin understood the situation: "I'm still a long way from being a superstar."

This is a gap in all-round comprehensive strength.

"Looking at Hollywood, only Leonardo can compete with him in status, and everyone else is a little behind him." Thomas said: "In terms of commercial appeal alone, even Leonardo is not as good as Will Smith."

Martin knew very well that this was an era where even if Stephen King acted in a piece of shit, countless people would still pay for it.

"Keep trying, Martin." Thomas finally seized an opportunity with CPU Martin: "You still have a long way to go."

Martin immediately reversed the CPU: "Our goal is clear, I will become a super giant, and you will become a senior partner."

Thomas was energized when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)