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Chapter 317 A Cow's Story

The fans were stunned and the media reporters were taking photos frantically.

At the front of the red carpet, Martin, Leonardo and Nicholson were leading a docile old cow towards the theater.

Nicholson wore sunglasses and smiled from ear to ear, walking the red carpet with a cow as a present to his old director. It was the first time in his life and he thought it was really fun.

Leonardo looked at Martin and thought that only a bastard could come up with such a unique action.

Martin walked in front, leading the cow to the middle of the red carpet and waving to everyone around.

The fans around let out ear-piercing screams.

The reporters who were able to follow and shoot on both sides of the red carpet seemed to be crazy, constantly pressing the shutter buttons of their cameras.

Leonardo said: "We are going to grab the headlines of the North American entertainment section."

"This is such an interesting thing, we need to do it more often." Nicholson took two steps forward and snatched the reins from Martin's hand: "You've been in the limelight enough, it's my turn!"

Handing the reins to Nicholson, Martin walked towards where the members of the Coke Cult gathered. He took a can of Coke from Bruce who followed him, opened it, and held it high towards them.

Hundreds of people nearby raised their Cokes and shouted in unison: "Coke Cult, Forever!"

Then, someone else shouted, "The leader is mighty!"

Hundreds of people followed suit and shouted: "The leader is mighty!"

At the entrance of the Ryerson Theater, Daniel from Warner said to producer Graham: "Did you see that? This is the leader of the Coca Cola Cult."

Graham nodded slightly: "There are many supporters."

Daniel added: "For this film, we have done market research and estimates that Martin alone can increase the film's first-week box office by more than $500 million."

Graham has read relevant reports: "My personal opinion is that among the male stars born after the 80s, Martin has the strongest commercial appeal, or at least one of the strongest."

"Martin's value is not only reflected in his business appeal." Daniel reminded: "Don't forget, he was the one who first proposed today's plan."

Graham saw the reporters who were like mad cows and said, "The breaking news has come."

Daniel laughed heartily.

The three bastards, leading a cow, paraded through the streets and approached the media area and the specially arranged platform in front of the theater.

Al Pacino rubbed his chin and said, "This is not the style of Leonardo and Nicholson."

Robert De Niro said, "It must be Martin." He looked at Scorsese and said, "Get ready, your guys are bringing you the cows."

Scorsese straightened his bow tie and said, "Why not a cow."

On the opposite side, Nicholson sped up a little and pulled the cow to the opposite side of Scorsese.

A large number of reporters gathered around.

Nicholson said in a clear voice, "A few days ago, you said you really liked directing cows to perform, so the three of us went out overnight to buy the most obedient cow. Now, on behalf of the trio, I am officially giving you a cow. You can film with the cow in the future."

"I'll take it." Scorsese took the reins, hugged his old friend Nicholson, and then called Martin and Leonardo: "Come over here and take a photo together."

Martin and Leonardo passed by, and the four of them stood together in front of the background board of the sponsor and took a group photo with Lao Niu.

Scorsese later accepted an interview and said: "This gift is very precious. I will take it back to the United States and teach it how to act, so that the three idiots can see what it means to be a good actor who obeys the director's instructions."

After saying this, he started laughing.

Martin and the other two were also laughing happily around.

Matt Damon, who had already entered the theater, saw this scene clearly through the glass window. He saw it very clearly. Since the filming in New York began, he had been excluded from the core of the crew.

The so-called trio was also set up by Martin Davis.

Matt Damon can't enter that circle, but he also has his own circle.

"Let's go." He said to the manager next to him, "Let's go into the theater and wait for the show."

The manager followed and said, "I just talked to Graham. The crew has some complaints about you missing most of the publicity because you were filming Jason Bourne, but it's not a big deal."

Matt Damon said: "I'm not the core." He then asked: "Have the crew and Warner Bros. decided to apply for the Best Supporting Actor nomination for Martin Davis?"

"Yes, it's confirmed." The manager said what he had heard: "It is said that in order to ensure that he can get a nomination, Leonardo gave up the role in this film to compete for the Best Actor, and chose another role in the film "Blood Diamond"."

Matt Damon nodded: "I understand."

In the media area, reporters almost surrounded Martin and his two companions.

Martin also gave an appropriate interview, and the reporter specifically asked him about his collaboration with Scorsese.

"I have experienced life in the Boston Police Department, which helped me a lot." He said that all he said was a prepared script, and he didn't have to worry about conflicts with other people's speeches: "I like this role very much. Director Scorsese told me before filming that I only need to read the lines in the script, and I can do whatever I want."

Ten minutes later, with the assistance of the crew's publicity and public relations staff, the main creative team broke through the siege of media reporters and walked towards the entrance of the Ryerson Theatre.

"Moo-"

There was the sound of cows mooing behind us.

Martin turned around and saw the docile old cow still standing among the crowd, standing out.

It stared at the person walking away, mooing, as if asking why he had abandoned it. Someone came and took the cow away, and then sent it to the United States.

Scorsese has a ranch and can easily support a cow.

The red carpet portion of the premiere ended here, and many online media reporters immediately evacuated the scene, found a temporary office nearby, and used their laptops and wireless network cards to access the Internet and send out news and photos of the premiere as quickly as possible.

As soon as the news appeared on the Internet, it attracted widespread attention.

Inside the theater lobby, the main creative staff of the crew came to the front row amid applause. The theater, which could accommodate thousands of people, was now packed.

Guests, reporters, critics, columnists and overseas buyers gathered together, filling the first ten rows and occupying nearly half of the seats.

Ordinary moviegoers make up the other half.

Before sitting down, Scorsese looked back specifically. His many years of directing career made it difficult for him to feel any waves in his heart, but he still hoped that this film could have a good result.

Especially at the Oscars.

Scorsese is ambitious to give up the biographical films that are specifically designed to win awards and return to the gangster films he is best at.

Many people say that they don’t care about the Oscar, but in this industry and this environment, very few people really don’t care.

In Leonardo's words, once a person has money, beautiful women and material foundation, he will definitely have other pursuits.

Martin sat between Nicholson and Leonardo, stretched his arms and legs a little, and took out his cell phone to take a look.

There was an unread text message on the phone, and the sender was shown to be Robert.

"The ceremony has been completed, so don't worry."

Martin turned off the sound and vibration on his phone and put it back in his pocket.

The ceremony of seeking good luck has been carried out over the years.

After each use, it was always smooth sailing to get roles and film screenings, and Martin certainly would not give up.

Leonardo suddenly whispered, "According to Warner Bros.' estimates, this movie may become my highest-grossing movie after Titanic."

Martin said, "I remember you were one of the investors. If you made enough profit, you would treat me to a three-day and three-night trip."

Leonardo asked, "You also brought in money, and it seems that the money came from Asia? Why didn't I see that investor today?"

Martin learned: "Wu Maoting can enter the United States, but Canada refuses him entry. Pacific Pictures and my studio are hosting him in Los Angeles."

Nicholson looked at Martin and Leonardo at this time, and said in a bossy tone: "It's about to be shown. Stop talking and be quiet. In my era, you would beat your brothers to death like this."

Martin didn't bother to reply and looked at the big screen.

This is a vulgar gangster film full of American street culture. Perhaps because of preconceived notions, even though Martin personally participated in the film, he still felt that the Hong Kong version was better.

It may also be that the refreshing style of the Hong Kong version can give people a feeling of cleanliness, fashion, and even philosophical, romantic and poetic feeling full of oriental connotations.

This film shot by Scorsese is probably like the lower-class Americans on the street, vulgar, direct and realistic.

From police officers to gangsters, everyone swears on a daily basis.

The characters are unrestrained and lazy.

It can be said that the two films are very different in terms of expression techniques and film types.

The Hong Kong version is an elite police and gangster film.

This "The Departed" is a street-style gangster film.

Leonardo and Martin play the most important roles in the film, but the real core of the film is Frank played by Nicholson.

This guy is an absolute genius at acting.

It's just that he's old, knowledgeable, and has won enough Oscars, so he doesn't care.

Otherwise, if the crew applied for a Best Supporting Actor nomination for him, Martin would definitely have to stand aside based on his performance and role alone.

Even so, Martin still performed better than Leonardo in the rivalry.

"It's not that Martin crushes Leo, but Leo pales in comparison to him." Robert De Niro lowered his voice and said to Al Pacino: "After so many years, Leo still hasn't solved his old problems."

El Pacino nodded: "Martin is talented and has smooth and mature acting skills. Although he is not a talented actor like Nicholson, if he develops well in the future, he may not be worse than you and me."

Robert De Niro said: "This movie is very interesting. It is the most entertaining movie directed by Scorsese."

Al Pacino said: "It's very entertaining and may help him set a personal box office record."

Like all artistic directors, Martin Scorsese's movie box office revenue is average, and he often has to rely on offline to achieve profitability.

At the end of the film, the two protagonists, as expected, all went down a path of no return.

The film ends when Ding Nan shoots Colin Sullivan dead.

There was extremely warm applause at the scene.

(End of this chapter)