America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 297 Heaven and Hell

The town of Parker, located near the Mexican border, has less than a thousand permanent residents and retains many buildings from the pioneering era. Some Hollywood Western-style shots are often filmed here.

The advertising crew formed by Coca-Cola arrived here half a month ago to prepare for the preliminary matters.

As soon as the two main characters, Martin and Sam Mendes, arrived, filming of the commercial began immediately.

On the gravel road, Sam Mendes came to the set and said to Martin, "Forget your identity as a leader. You are just a cowboy who has just founded the Coca-Cola Cult and is here in the West to spread the gospel of the cult. Show your cowboy temperament!"

Martin nodded to show that he understood: "No problem."

When filming Never Ends, he carefully studied the old cowboy in Unforgiven.

Martin took the two old-fashioned revolvers handed to him by Bruce, put them in the holsters at his waist, and asked the stylist to wrap him in a red scarf and a torn red cape.

The words "Coca-Cola" are all missing, which shows the difficulties the male protagonist has encountered along the way, but people can still tell at a glance what the male protagonist represents.

The jockey brought over a horse.

After Martin came over yesterday, he had already gotten the basic familiarity and took over the reins immediately.

Elizabeth Olsen, dressed in a cowgirl outfit, rode another shorter horse and slowly walked into the set.

She waved to Martin: "Hi, Martin."

Martin saw how skillfully she controlled the horse and praised her, "You are a good rider."

Elizabeth smiled sweetly: "I have been practicing horse riding for more than five years."

When Martin climbed onto the horse, she whispered again, "Let me tell you a secret. My proficiency in riding is also a key factor in me getting this role."

Martin gave her a thumbs up: "Excellent people can shine wherever they go."

In today's society, unless the family runs a ranch, generally speaking, people in cities, including many actors, who can practice horse riding for a long time, mostly come from wealthy families.

Elizabeth's denim outfit and scarred cape, with red as the base, really highlight her figure.

With the addition of red, combat power increases dramatically!
Director Sam Mendes yelled, "Move!"

Two jockeys came over and led Martin and Elizabeth's horses to the starting point.

The script supervisor hits the clapboard and the shooting begins.

Martin spurred his horse forward at a trot, and Elizabeth followed behind.

The horses' hooves kicked up dust and sand, which was blown to the rear by the blower.

Arriving at the door of the old-fashioned western bar, Martin pulled his horse and dismounted.

"Very good!" Mendes continued to strive for perfection: "Let's shoot it again."

There are two types of advertisements: online and television.

The former will be played in the form of short films on major portals and emerging video sites.

The latter mainly edits the best clips and uses them as normal TV commercials.

Sam Mendes takes control easily, and Martin performs with ease.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the crew finished filming on time and all the outdoor scenes were completed smoothly.

The interior scenes will take at least another day to shoot.

Martin can only stay in the small town for the time being.

"Let's go have a drink together," Sam Mendes invited Martin.

The western bar used for filming was booked by the crew and would not receive customers other than the crew. Martin responded, "Have a drink."

He followed Sam Mendes into the bar: "When I met Kate, you had just gotten married."

The two sat at the wooden bar and ordered a glass of whiskey each. Mendes said: "Kate told me about you, you met in Atlanta, and you gave her a crystal peach.

Martin almost forgot about it. At that time, he tried his best to seize even a one percent chance.

Later, I did get a lot of help from Kate.

Martin said frankly: "Kate even invited me to visit her in London at that time."

"Call us when you get to London." Mendes smiled and said, "Kate is traveling by car and will come from San Diego tomorrow."

Martin toasted him: "Cool!"

Mendes smiled: "She said she wanted to talk to you a while ago, and she came over after she learned you were here, and she saw me as a by-product."

Martin and Winslet have nothing to hide, so he said frankly: "At the Oscars, she mentioned to me that I have been busy with two projects recently and Kate has been traveling, so we haven't met."

He deliberately lowered his voice: "Sam, can you give me a little information in advance? I won't tell Kate you said that."

Mendes thought for a moment and whispered, "It seems to be about a movie and a role." He said roughly, "You know, Kate is obsessed with the Oscars and wants to win the Best Actress Award. She found someone to buy the film and television rights to a novel."

Martin nodded, remembering Kate had told him about the novel, the one about the Nazis.

Mendez said, "Let's wait until she gets here, and then you two can talk about the details."

He spread his hands and said, "You must keep it a secret. Don't tell her that I leaked the news. Kate is very fierce. I dare not mess with her."

Martin said: "How can you talk to women about topics between men?"

The crew checked into the only hotel in town and soon returned for dinner.

Elizabeth Olsen took the dinner tray and sat opposite Martin: "Are you alone?"

Bruce, who was just coming over, found an empty table.

"Yes." Martin asked, "Your sisters didn't come?" Elizabeth said, "My agent came with me. My sisters are relieved to know that I will cooperate with you this time."

Martin thought to himself, I am so reliable?
In fact, Elizabeth lied because her sisters had a cooperation with Coca-Cola, and it was assured that Coca-Cola would manage the crew.

She specifically reminded: "You forgot, Burbank High School, you saved me!"

Martin looked nonchalant: "It's just a small matter, it's all over."

"You saved my life!" Elizabeth puffed out her chest and said, "If you need anything from me in the future, no matter what it is, I will do it for you."

Martin just glanced at her, then looked away and changed the subject: "You're about to graduate from high school, right?"

Elizabeth took a sip of soda and said, "Next summer."

Martin had an idea.

Seeing that Martin was not in high spirits, Elizabeth suddenly moved closer and said, "Later, when it's completely dark, go to the top floor and I'll show you the scenery."

Martin was surprised: "What scenery?"

Elizabeth looked around and said mysteriously, "You'll know when the time comes."

After dinner, it quickly got dark. Martin changed into shorts and a T-shirt and called Bruce to go to the top floor together.

The hotel in the town has only four floors in total, but it is the tallest building in the entire town.

As soon as Martin went up, he saw Elizabeth wearing denim shorts and a tank top.

White women are very mature at the age of 17 or 18.

Elizabeth waved at Martin: "Come over here quickly, it's time to start!"

Martin was puzzled and walked over quickly.

Elizabeth opened the bag she was carrying on her shoulder, took out a telescope, and handed it to him: "Look at Tijuana across the way."

Before Martin picked up the telescope, more than a dozen people came up one after another, including the crew director Mendes, Milner, the head of Coca-Cola in the crew, Paul, the security director, and others.

Each of them brought a telescope.

Milner said to Martin, "The crew had a pre-shooting meeting last night and missed a lot of good scenes." He pointed to the south: "Look across, it's very lively."

Martin knew he was talking about the other side of the border, the outskirts of Tijuana.

He raised the telescope and vaguely saw a fire and what seemed to be an explosion. One of the burning points was just a jumping red dot at first, but soon turned into a fire cloud.

Elizabeth said: "There have been explosions and flames every day during the few days I've been here."

Martin saw more fires.

On the south side of the border, it seemed as if a small war was taking place.

On the north side, the entire town of Parker was quiet.

The contrast between the two is like heaven and hell.

Paul, the security supervisor, is from a PMC and knows something about the situation there: "Tijuana has been in turmoil recently. Several gangs have been fighting for cargo channels and markets. The fight has been going on for almost a week and it looks like it won't stop in the short term."

A bright light suddenly appeared, and the sound of an explosion was faintly heard.

Martin couldn't help but say: "They are not like gangsters, but more like warlords."

Paul said: "It can be understood as a warlord who is a trafficker."

Although they were far away and could only see fire and explosions, Elizabeth, a girl from a wealthy family, was not afraid. Instead, she watched with great interest.

Half an hour later, the agent called Elizabeth away.

After watching for a while, Martin also came down from upstairs.

Back in the room, he asked Bruce, "Has the Mexican gang that caused you trouble been destroyed?"

"The small and medium-sized gangs over there are established and swallowed up at an alarming speed. It is said that they are gone." Bruce said roughly: "Gangs also pursue profits. They will not easily do things that are risky and unprofitable."

Martin returned to his room and slept soundly that night.

Bruce sat in the living room with his gun at hand and kept watch all night.

After Martin got up, he saw Bruce exercising and didn't say much.

The two had faced the black robber together, trembled together under Sofia's terror, framed others, been framed, and even experienced the Burbank Middle School incident.

Some things simply cannot be expressed in words.

After breakfast, the crew started work on time, and Martin went into the trailer outside the bar to put on makeup and style his hair.

Milner called out the makeup artist who was doing the supporting role and asked, "Have you seen the video of the Avalon Bar?"

The stylist was not stupid and asked, "The one about Martin and Pete?"

If the other party has seen it, then it's easy to say. Milner pointed to the Western Bar and said, "Don't you think this ad is similar to that video?"

"The leading actor is Martin..." The stylist realized: "I know how to style the supporting characters."

Milner nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, if you do a good job, you will get an extra bonus."

This advertisement was originally inspired by the fight between Martin and Pete at the Avalon Bar.

Martin represents Coca-Cola, so the villain must naturally be played by someone like Pitt.

(End of this chapter)