America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 370 Even God Can’t Save You

Atlanta, Gray Film and Television Production Center.

For the filming of "The Dark Knight", the crew rented seven studios, three large and four small, for setting up the scenes.

Gotham street scenes were primarily filmed on Highland and Peachtree Streets.

Nolan originally wanted to shoot in Chicago and London, but Warner, Legendary and Gray Film Center signed long-term contracts.

In Studio No. 6, the crew has already started filming.

On the set, Martin sat on top of a mountain of banknotes, picked up a few, tore them into pieces, and threw them down from a high place.

The colorful scraps of paper look like flowers scattered by fairies.

Several men came over and poured prop gasoline on it.

Martin clicked on the lighter in his hand, closed it, and then opened it again.

He kicked a large bundle of banknotes away, opened his arms and said: "This city is full of stench and disgusting. I will make the city full of fun."

The gang leader came in from outside and shouted, "You promised me that you would give me back my money!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll keep my word." Martin laughed and opened his arms: "Half of this is mine."

The gang leader wanted to step forward and steal the money.

Martin's hands were so fast that the lighter in his hand turned into a silver pistol like a magic trick. He raised his other hand and shook it, saying, "One good thing about me is that I keep my word!"

The gang leader looked at the mountain of money with greed on his face.

Martin leaped down and slid down the pyramid of banknotes, and the piles of money scattered like quicksand.

The gang leader said, "I don't care about your half, you have to give me my half."

Martin laughed crazily: "Of course I will give them to you. I will use them to cleanse your soul. You have been contaminated by the stench of this city, and your brain has become abnormal."

The gang leader tried to move, but was held at gunpoint by Martin.

Martin backhanded the leader and hit him on the head with the butt of his gun, and he fell into the pile of banknotes.

Before he could get up, Martin shot him in the legs: "I'm going to keep my word. You will stay with your half of the money forever."

The gun disappeared from his hand and a lighter appeared: "The flames will bring freedom to this city. The exploding fireworks will herald the improvement of the taste of the entire city!"

"Stop!" Director Nolan stopped filming and said, "Martin, it's already good. I ask you to do better. Do it again!"

Martin twirled the lighter between his fingers and smiled as he said, "No problem."

The laughter was eerie and chilling.

Martin stood still on the set. Both the crew members and other actors avoided this guy who exuded a crazy and gloomy temperament.

Half an hour later, the set was restored and Martin climbed to the top of the mountain of money again, and the scene was filmed again.

After shooting three takes in a row, director Nolan announced that it was approved.

Then, the scene ended in a blazing fire.

Martin returned to the rest area, took the kettle handed to him by Bruce, took a sip, and said, "It's so damn nice to burn money, but it's a pity that it's fake."

Bruce suggested, "You have tens of millions of dollars now. You can convert them all into cash and pile them up in the yard to burn for fun."

Martin said, "Let's go burn the Federal Reserve."

"You can blow up the White House and kill the president, and you may survive." Bruce said sincerely, "But if you attack the Federal Reserve, you are dead, and even God can't save you."

The old black man with his step-granddaughter came over to say hello: "Hi, Martin, long time no see."

Martin turned and grinned at Morgan Freeman.

He has another scene later, and he hasn't taken off his makeup at all. I've gotten used to it over the past two months. His grin at this moment is particularly scary.

Adina was so scared that she stepped back, grabbed Freeman's hand, and hid behind him, not daring to show her head.

Freeman, who was well-informed, calmed himself and said, "Martin, you scared her."

"Sorry, I didn't mean it." Martin's smile became even bigger and more terrifying: "I just want to make people feel happy."

“Your way of bringing joy is special,” Freeman said.

Martin put away his smile and said, "It's better to enjoy life than to be sad."

Freeman agreed with this, glanced at his step-granddaughter, and said, "Teach me some enjoyment experience someday?"

Martin smiled slightly: "In this regard, you are my teacher."

Freeman automatically changed the subject and asked, "After a few days of filming, I discovered a problem. The Joker has more scenes than Batman."

Martin said: "There are two protagonists, but Batman represents justice and I represent chaos and evil."

Freeman reminded: "It's the clown."

Martin responded: "Yes, it's the Joker."

Freeman participated in the filming of the previous film: "Not only the role, but also Batman's strength seems to have been reduced."

"Because he wants to stand out... um, the Joker." Martin said casually: "If Batman's fighting power is too high and he does things without scruples, how can the Joker survive?"

Hearing this, Freeman's doubts when reading the script disappeared all at once. He understood: "The director and screenwriter restricted Batman in various rules and regulations in the name of upholding justice. The Joker, as a villain, acts unscrupulously without any scruples, and he doesn't even have to worry that Batman will kill him."

"That's about right." Martin personally feels that director Nolan gave Batman a reverse cheat to highlight the Joker.

Perhaps this is the super collision between justice and evil.

Soon, Martin went on set to film again, most of which were scenes of the Joker fighting the gangsters. In the eyes of the Joker, the Gotham gangsters who committed crimes for money were too low in taste.

After finishing the day's filming, Martin waved to the screenwriter who had followed him before removing his makeup, and stretched out his hand in front of him: "Record, bring it over so I can see it."

The screenwriter quickly put the notebook in Martin's hands.

Martin flipped through the book and said, "I'll add that Martin was so immersed in the role of the Joker that he suddenly felt that Bale, who was dressed in a formal suit and looked like an angel of justice, was very unhappy. It seemed that he had brought the character's grievances into reality."

The screenwriter took out a pen and quickly wrote it down.

When I looked at Martin again, he had gone far away.

He was puzzled. Martin was obviously not stuck in the role and his mind was very clear.

It seems that there is a clear distinction between the character and the person himself.

When Martin finished removing his makeup and was about to get in the car, he saw Christian Bale.

As a "good friend" in the crew, Martin took the initiative to invite: "When I'm free tonight, I'll take you to visit nightclubs in Atlanta."

People from the crew came and went, and Bell looked friendly: "Any good places?"

Martin smiled brightly: "Let me take you to a club."

Hart, Carrington and others have achieved success and rarely perform on stage, but they have taught many students.

A few days ago, when everyone had a dinner together, Martin heard them talk in advance about the existence of homosexuals among the students.

Bale thought it was better not to take risks, after all, this was where Martin made his fortune, and said, "Let's do it another day. Today I have an appointment with Michael Caine to discuss the role and the scenes."

Martin didn't force it: "You can go anytime you have time."

The two of them left separately.

Bell entered the studio.

Martin left the studio and headed to the Northville community.

Cadillac sponsored the crew's cars.

A black Escalade stopped at the door of Carter's house. Martin did not rush in. He stood at the door and looked carefully. The flat yard was covered with green grass and there seemed to be nothing special.

He shouted, "Hall, come out!"

The door creaked open, and Hall, who was almost as tall as Harris, poked his head out and said, "Come quickly, Elena has prepared a sumptuous dinner."

Martin pointed in front of him: "You idiot, have you ever found the Earth?"

“I’m not that bored anymore,” Hall said.

"If there is a hole on the ground..." Martin smiled sinisterly: "You know the consequences."

Hall, who grew up under many iron-fisted education, had the lowest status in the family. When he saw Martin's weird smile, he quickly retracted his head.

Martin walked forward and entered the house without any accidents.

"I didn't expect an idiot like you to have a brain!" He put the gift he brought on the table and asked, "Where's Elena?"

Elena popped her head out from the kitchen, like the head of the family: "Dinner will be ready soon, you two idiots go wash your hands and faces."

Just as Martin was about to leave, she said again: "Your smile is so ugly, put it away, or I will be unable to resist."

Hall muttered, "He smiles like a pervert."

When Martin came out after washing his hands, Elena had already placed dinner on the table, which was mainly meat, supplemented by vegetables and fruits.

Hall said, "You haven't cooked for a long time. It's really different when Martin is here than when he's not."

Elena's usual style: "Shut up."

Hall sat down to eat, and while eating he muttered, "Lily is still good. She is free in Los Angeles."

Hearing Lily's name, Elena looked at Martin and asked, "That idiot didn't call either, is he okay?"

"It's good." Martin ate a piece of barbecue, and it tasted familiar. "No one dares to bully her."

“I never worried about her getting bullied,” Elena said.

Hall responded: "She is kind-hearted if she doesn't bully others."

Martin nodded continuously and said, "Lily found a job as an engraver in the crew. She can make a lot of money. I guess you don't need to worry about the tuition for the next school year."

Elena said, "Let her come back during the summer vacation. If she doesn't come back, you force her onto the plane."

Martin responded casually.

The two sisters were always swearing at each other and using strong fists to discipline each other, so it was better for him not to get involved.

Elena went to the refrigerator, took out a cocktail and put it in front of Martin: "I made a new cocktail, you try it."

Martin took a sip and said, "It tastes quite popular."

Elena said, "A manufacturer under Coca-Cola is preparing to launch a new bottled cocktail, and it will sell well only if it has a popular taste."

Martin finished his drink and said, "You now know more about this than I do."

Not long after dinner, Hall was driven by Martin into a room on the first floor to do homework.

He took Elena's hand and went upstairs together.

The leader of the Cola God Cult wants to check the saint's homework.

(End of this chapter)