America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 280 Rich Woman, Let’s Get Married
Warner Bros. headquarters building in Burbank.

Thomas had just entered the lobby and was about to turn into the elevator room.

A man who came towards me took the initiative to greet me: "Hi, Thomas."

Thomas stopped and said, "Dario, long time no see."

The two were college classmates. The middle-aged man named Dario looked at Thomas and said, "We haven't seen each other for more than a year. Have you changed a lot?"

Thomas was slightly stunned: "Is there?"

Dario pointed at his head and asked: "Why is your forehead starting to become bald?"

Thomas subconsciously touched his forehead. The place where he could feel hair before was now bald.

A colleague called out from the door, and Dario quickly said, "I'm leaving now. Come out for a drink when you have time."

Thomas nodded, entered the elevator room, and took the elevator upstairs.

After getting out of the elevator, he glanced at the mirror at the front of the elevator. The person inside not only had a receding hairline, but also a slightly bald forehead.

Thomas shrugged it off, walked confidently out of the elevator and went to Daniel's office.

As long as he holds on to Martin, what does it matter if he becomes bald? With his current income and position in the industry, it is very easy for him to find a girlfriend.

Thomas just didn't want to find it.

After knocking on the door and entering Daniel's office, the Warner Bros. executives also had to be polite to him. Daniel came over to shake hands and greeted him, and asked, "Didn't you go to New York with Martin?"

Thomas followed up with, “I want to go to New York for a vacation, but Martin can’t afford my expenses.”

Daniel immediately understood that this was a debt collector, and said, "The box office share of Wanted has not been settled yet, so we have to wait for a while."

Thomas smiled and said, "It's not Wanted, it's House of Wax, The Hills Have Eyes and The Summer of Jeans."

He was referring to the offline profits from the basic agreement stipulated by the Screen Actors Guild, which covers everything from DVDs, videotapes and television broadcasts.

As a member of the Producers Guild, Warner Bros. has signed an agreement with the Screen Actors Guild.

Thomas said, "Many actors have received their share of last year's profits. I would like to ask about the payment schedule of Warner Bros. on behalf of Martin?"

If you don't push them, Warner Bros. will deliberately drag it out for a long time.

This part of the cost cannot be deducted. The union is keeping a close eye on it. Daniel is the direct person in charge of the three projects. He said, "I'll ask. It should be soon."

He made the call in front of Thomas and said to Thomas, "It will be in the account before the weekend."

"Excuse me." Thomas said goodbye and left.

An actor’s offline income also falls within the scope of agent commission.

Because of Martin's efforts last year, those three films not only earned a lot of money at the theater box office, but also maintained considerable popularity offline. Although the basic agreement only shared a few thousandths of the profits, the three films combined earned more than $1 million for DVD alone.

…………

In New York, it is snowing heavily and the wind is biting cold.

The crew of "Limitless", which had just started filming, had to change their shooting plans, temporarily cancel all street shoots, and switch to studio shooting.

In the built coffee shop, another scene began to be filmed as the script supervisor hit the clapboard.

The hero and heroine sat together drinking coffee.

Martin looked sloppy, his clothes were old and his hair was long and greasy.

Aniston wore a beige business suit, which exuded a smart and capable look.

It is natural that the communication between a down-and-out unknown writer and a fashionable beauty in the workplace will not be smooth.

"Cut!" Director Danny Boyle suddenly called a halt, took off his headset and entered the set. He looked at Aniston and said in a more tactful tone: "Jen, there is a problem that you need to solve as soon as possible."

Aniston is smart enough to understand what was going on: "Make me look less like Rachel?"

Boyle nodded: "The camera captured you like another Rachel."

Aniston is quite helpless, as this is a problem she encounters on every film set.

The higher Rachel lets her go, the harder it is for other characters to get rid of Rachel's shadow.

Boyle said nothing more and returned to the director's seat.

Aniston turned to look at Martin. Martin had already been filming for two days. There was no trace of a wanted poster or eyes behind the mountain on the character he played. From the human eye to the camera, he looked like a down-and-out pauper.

She thought for a while and asked, "Why can you portray a character's temperament from the inside out, and each character sees a brand new you?"

"It has something to do with my experience." Martin said simply, "Because before last year, I was just a poor guy, so I didn't need to look for a role at all."

Aniston has only been an actress in her life and has never done other jobs for a long time.

Martin thought for a moment and said, "My personal opinion is that first you have to forget about Rachel. Don't always think about getting rid of Rachel. Maybe it will be better."

I always want to get rid of Rachel, but I will always remember Rachel.

Every actor's situation is different, and he can't apply his own experience to Aniston.

Aniston felt that there was some truth in it. If she didn't forget Rachel, no one else would ever forget Rachel.

The filming resumed, but it was still intermittent.

Most of the problems were caused by Aniston, while Martin played the poor Eddie with ease. After 3 pm, the crew took a short break to adjust.

Aniston's chair was right next to Martin. She sat down and took the sippy cup handed to her by her assistant. She said to Martin, "I've been in the industry for more than ten years, but I'm suppressed by you who has only been in the industry for three years. It's so frustrating."

Martin has talent, but his experience is impossible for others to replicate. He said confidently: "This is talent."

Aniston was speechless, but she also admitted that Xiao Naigou was too talented, saying: "He has good looks, a good figure and talent. He was born to do this job."

Martin moved closer and whispered, "Does the rice refer to you?"

Aniston is in her thirties and still in her prime. She straightened her chest and said, "I'll make sure you eat until you're full when we get home tonight."

Bruce came over and glanced at Aniston. Since it was not a confidential matter, he said, "Thomas called and said that the profits from the three films, House of Wax, The Hills Have Eyes, and Jeans, have been transferred to the agency after passing through the Screen Actors Guild and will be transferred to us soon."

Martin nodded and smiled at Aniston: "Let's go out together this weekend."

Aniston asked, "Looks like you have money now?"

Martin said: "No money, no confidence."

"Your share of offline income is based on the basic agreement of the Screen Actors Guild, right?" Aniston said like a caring older sister: "You should keep it. I just want to stay in my room on weekends."

Martin understood what she meant: "I'll keep you company." He asked curiously, "Friends gets offline share of the post-production revenue every year, right?"

Aniston's contract is public, which simply states: "I have signed a supplemental agreement with the producer, which allows me to receive 3000% of Friends' omnichannel revenue every year. It has been relatively stable in recent years, less than $ million."

In comparison, the $47 Martin was about to receive was simply unbearable.

Aniston deliberately asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Martin sighed: "I still have a long way to go."

This was beyond Aniston's expectations. Martin was obviously a very motivated actor.

Before she could finish her inner sigh, Martin's words popped up again: "I must accumulate enough hit films to not only get the basic salary, but also strive for offline and online profit sharing in the future. When I can earn $3000 million in profit sharing every year without doing anything, I will retire and live a carefree life."

Aniston, however, considered it, especially her relationship with Martin, and said meaningfully: "Then you better be careful, don't get married easily, and you must sign a complete prenuptial agreement before getting married."

She seemed to be talking to Martin in advance, and also seemed to be reminding herself: "Do you know why Scorsese still maintains a very high frequency of filming today? Because he has been divorced four times."

Martin really wanted to say, rich woman, let’s get married!
But he knew that getting married was useless.

When Aniston and Pitt got married, they signed a prenuptial agreement, so their divorce was clean and hassle-free.

Although the ultimate goal of men is to find a billionaire woman to lie down with, Aniston is not the right type. Martin took the initiative to reassure her: "I like the life like Leonardo the most."

It was one thing for Aniston to put her slightly lifted heart back into her chest, play happily with the puppy, and embarrass Jolie at the same time, but it was another thing entirely to get married and start a family.

The little puppy didn't think about that, so she could play without worry.

After the break, Martin and Aniston went back to filming.

Over the weekend, the snow stopped and the weather was unusually cold.

Martin and Aniston had no intention of going out for a stroll. They hid in the hotel to study the most critical academic topics for all mankind.

Because I got great happiness.

Aniston has long forgotten about the bad people and things like Jolie and Pitt, and just wants to enjoy her crotch.

As the new week begins, two more crews move into Brooklyn Studios.

One is the "I Am Legend" crew, which also belongs to Warner Bros.

The other one had many big-name stars.

During the break in filming, Martin also met people from two crews. The former's actors had not arrived yet, while the latter started filming quickly as soon as they entered the scene.

Bruce followed Martin out of the studio and said, "I asked, the new crew is called I'm Not There."

Martin watched from a distance as a somewhat familiar face, wearing a coat, hurriedly left the studio and headed towards the parking lot.

He distinguished it carefully and said, "It looks like Heath Ledger."

Bruce confirmed, "It's Heath Ledger. I saw Brokeback Mountain some time ago, so I won't make a mistake."

Martin subconsciously took a step forward and asked, "Are the Kardashian sisters not attractive?"

Bruce gave Martin a middle finger: "I am a man, and I like women."

Martin said, "I understand. I like sisters with big butts."

In the distance, Heath Ledger turned into the parking lot.

Martin couldn't see over there because of the buildings.

Then, he saw Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett hanging out at the door of the next-door studio and couldn't help wondering: "I'm Not There, what movie?"

"Bob Dylan's biopic." Aniston just came out of the studio and heard Martin's words. She said, "Last September, I auditioned for this crew. There was a cross-dressing role in it, and I lost to Cate Blanchett during the interview."

"Cross-dressing? It's normal that you lose to her." Martin of course has to stand on Aniston's side: "Blanchett is just a weird-looking tomboy. Jane, you are so sweet and beautiful, it's not suitable for you to play a cross-dressing role."

Aniston smiled sweetly at Martin: "It's mainly about cutting off my long hair. I can't accept it."

(End of this chapter)