America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 365 Chaos Brings Fairness
At Warner Studios, Martin, wearing a long cloak, accompanied by Thomas, came to the Dark Knight Studio and entered a dressing room.

Thomas had already communicated with the crew.

An assistant from the crew came over and said, "Please wait a moment. I will come to inform you before the audition starts."

Martin lowered his head and said nothing.

Thomas responded, "Thank you."

When the door closed, Martin suddenly raised his head and smiled at Thomas.

Thomas' heart tightened and he quickly turned around and sat with his back to Martin.

These days, he always had nightmares at night. There was a monster with a white face and a red mouth. It stuffed a big bomb under his butt. The bomb exploded and he flew into the sky. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't land until he woke up in fright.

Bruce was leaning against the wall holding Martin's cell phone.

Suddenly, a text message alert sounded. He took it out and took a look, then said to Martin, "Robert is ready."

Martin chuckled: "My high priest has started the blessing ceremony again."

Thomas didn't understand what this meant and looked at Bruce in surprise.

Bruce shook his head and said nothing more.

The fewer people who know about this kind of thing that has been proven time and time again, the better.

Besides, Martin is already a jerk enough, he should not turn into a cult leader or something like that.

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In the audition room on the other side, many producers and director Nolan from the crew gathered together.

Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody's makeup audition has just ended.

The acting is okay, but Nolan always feels like something is missing. In short, that indescribable impression is not very good.

Emma Thomas said: "Thank you for your wonderful performance, we will inform you of the audition results as soon as possible."

"Okay." Adrian said goodbye and left the audition room.

Nolan looked at Charles Roven and Orlin, who said, "I can't tell why. It's similar to Josh Brolin. I feel like his performance is missing something."

Charles Rowan replied: "There is no such reckless and reckless spirit."

Emma Thomas said bluntly: "They didn't prepare well enough in advance, so it's normal that they performed mediocrely during the audition."

Louise sat in the back row and did not express any opinion, but she knew that these people's psychology was affected to some extent.

A 10 percent psychological deviation in the early stage may cause several times the impact.

Emma Thomas said: "Send Martin Davis over here."

An assistant immediately went over to notify.

Not long after, the door of the audition room opened, and a person who looked unfamiliar in both figure and temperament walked in with a strange posture.

The moment he turned to face the producer and director, Nolan's heart skipped a beat. He glanced at the photographer, who had already turned on the camera.

Martin's head and neck leaned forward, his bright red scarred lips on his snow-white face seemed to reach his ears, and he grinned, wantonly and ostentatiously.

He deliberately used his tongue to lift up one corner of his mouth. The scar on his face caused by makeup stood out, and his weird smile made him look extremely crazy.

Nolan stared at the Joker in front of him, and could not see any trace of Martin Davis. He just felt that this was the role he wanted.

Even if Martin Davis didn't say a line.

Every look in his eyes, every subtle movement, every smile, every breath, and even his invisible but felt temperament, are perfect, without a trace of encumbrance.

Martin suddenly opened his suit, pulled out a statue, and pressed his finger over the Joker's mouth.

“Gentlemen, you are so rich,” he said, pulling up his worn suit jacket. “And people out there are so poor. It’s so unfair!”

He walked in front of the camera and said in a forceful manner: "I have planted a bomb here, ready to cause a little riot. Do you see the statue in my hand? As long as I press it, it will explode."

Martin laughed crazily, in a weird and unbridled way: "Disrupt the original order and everything will become chaotic. Do you know the benefits of chaos? It can bring fairness!"

He kept on talking: "Now I'm counting to 10. If anyone doesn't take off all their clothes, there will be no fair chance."

Nolan said at this time: "Okay."

Martin continued counting: "One, two..."

The tone was strange, with a crazy force. He stopped when he counted to eight, and smiled strangely, "Sorry, I got too deep into the role."

Nolan said, "Go out and wait for a while."

Martin said nothing more and staggered out of the audition room.

Orlin called out to Martin, "What's that in your hand?"

Martin threw it to him and said with a laugh, "This is the key to chaos. Press its mouth and it will explode."

Orlin was about to touch the mouth of the clown sculpture, but suddenly stopped.

For a moment, it was unclear whether what Martin said was true or false.

He stared at the statue, which was based on Martin's clown, with a lifelike shape and fine carving, like a fine handmade work of art. Martin walked out of the audition room without stopping.

As soon as the door closed, Nolan couldn't wait to express his opinion: "This is the clown I want! Unbelievable, arbitrary, and extremely scary!"

Emma Thomas understood what her husband meant and said directly: "I suggest choosing Martin to play the Joker. He auditioned better than the others and is more hardworking and dedicated."

Charles Rowan watched the audition tape again and said, "My choice is Martin Davis."

Louise raised the magazine in her hand: "Martin Davis."

Orlin was still thinking about the clown statue. Should he press it? He put his hands aside, and the face that exuded evil and chaos kept flashing in his mind. He was worried about pressing it...

Louise reminded him: "Your choice?"

Orlin picked up the statue and pointed at it: "My choice is him."

Allen Horn, who had remained silent, also nodded: "I agree."

All the bigwigs agreed, and Charles Roven simply said, "I am now announcing the audition result. Martin Davis passed the audition and won the role of the Joker."

He looked around: "Who has any questions?"

"I have it." Orlin held up the clown statue in his hand and said, "Look at this thing. It looks very similar to the clown we just saw. Can it be made into a peripheral product?"

Nolan took a look at it. As a real-life photography fanatic, he made his own judgment: "The workmanship is quite good."

Charles Rowan also took a look and said, "I feel like this thing has other uses besides being a decoration."

Others may not know, but Louise knows it very well: "Many people in Hollywood who have worked with Martin have received similar souvenirs, such as Martin's Joker statue."

“I’ve seen it from quite a few people in the industry,” said the casting director, who has little say.

Orlin realized the commercial value of this and immediately said, "Hurry up and negotiate with Martin to ask him to temporarily stop giving it away. We will add relevant clauses to the actor's contract and develop it as a movie peripheral..."

This thing is different from the Joker image in DC Comics, so there is no infringement. He asked Louise: "Do you know who the sculptor is?"

Louise said: "Lily Carter, Martin Davis' neighbor sister, is currently working as a temporary worker in the props group of the crew."

Orlin suggested: "Transfer her to the creative team and let her and her agent participate in the three-way negotiations."

Charles Rowan reached for the clown statue, but before his hand touched the clown's head, Orlin turned around and handed over the legs and feet.

"Don't touch the statue's head." Orlin remembered Martin's evil look clearly, and said subconsciously: "If it explodes, we'll all be finished."

Charles Rowan took the clown statue and looked through it. He found the signature on the bottom of the foot and handed it to Louise: "We can think of some targeted marketing strategies for this thing. Maybe we can make it a hit product."

Louise helped Martin out: "High-end handmade custom peripherals, like Darth Vader's high-end handmade peripherals?"

In the history of Hollywood films, the most popular movie-related figure-type product is undoubtedly Lord Black.

Charles Roven said: "It depends on how influential the movie and the character are."

The Nolans are confident.

After a few people discussed it, Charles Rowan said, "I'll go inform Martin Davis and his agent."

After today's audition, Nolan's attitude changed completely: "No matter what the conditions are, I only want Martin Davis!"

Charles Roven considered: "He has four films that have grossed over 1300 million dollars in North America. His salary cannot be less than million dollars."

Orlin is describing the reality: “The initial investment in the film is too high, and the excessively high production budget will further increase the investment risk.”

Nolan reminded: "If you want to achieve the desired effect, the budget for shooting and post-production cannot be cut."

Alan Horn casually suggested: "Then we can take a portion of the upfront salary and add an appropriate share of the later period to reduce the risk of the upfront investment."

Charles Roven also feels that using such clauses in the sequel will cause investors to suffer losses in their future profits.

But they also want Martin Davis' box office appeal in addition to the audition.

The representatives of these investors would like to let the star actors perform at the minimum salary.

After a brief discussion, today's auditions were completed. Charles Roven left the audition room first and asked someone to call Martin and Thomas to inform them that Martin had won the role of the Joker.

In the dressing room, Martin had already taken off her makeup. When she heard the audition result from Thomas, she laughed and said, "See? As long as the audition is fair, we will be the final winners!"

Bruce thought to himself that this audition was damn fair.

Thomas was in a good mood and said, "It would be great if every audition was so fair and just in the future."

"The audition results are out." Martin grinned and said, "Now it's your turn to fight for fair treatment for me."

Thomas said, "Leave it to me."

The three of them left the dressing room together and came to the lobby of the studio, where Louise was waiting for them.

We went to a nearby ice cream shop and Louise told her in general about the clown carving.

Martin was not surprised, because using sculptures as props was his intention.

We will discuss the specific details of the future cooperation with the crew and Warner.

(End of this chapter)