America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 384 You are a clown

After staying in the hospital for four days, Martin was discharged and returned to the set to continue filming the final action scenes of the confrontation between Batman and the Joker.

The crew has not been idle these days, and the remaining scenes have all been filmed.

In the dark studio, the Joker and Batman were intertwined and wrestling with each other.

The Batman in this film is the weakest in the series.

In the end, the Joker was subdued by Batman. Batman did not kill the Joker, but handed him over to the Gotham police so that the Joker could be brought to justice.

Although it is not explained in the plot of the movie, everyone familiar with Gotham knows that the Joker will definitely enter Arkham, a place with many talented people.

With director Nolan announcing that this was passed, all scenes for The Dark Knight were completed.

There were no latte art or cheering. After months of high-intensity work and Bale causing so many troubles, the crew had no mood to celebrate.

Ever since Batman attacked the Joker, the atmosphere on the set has not been good.

Privately, many cast and crew members complained about Bale.

"It's all Bell's fault!"

This was almost a consensus reached by the entire crew.

As for whether the hundreds of extras who came and went fanned the flames, only Robert knew.

Nolan stood up from behind the director's monitor and breathed a sigh of relief. In his eyes, the atmosphere on the set was much better without Bale.

On the set, Martin took off his worn-out suit and threw it high up.

Before the suit even hit the ground, it was snatched away by several stuntmen.

Seeing these guys tearing the cloth into rags in a few moves, Martin shouted, "Don't fight, I have souvenirs to give away."

"Really?" The guy in the bat costume rushed over first.

Others followed.

Martin waved his hand and Bruce came over carrying a large box.

Other cast and crew members also came to join in the fun.

Martin opened the box and said, "It's nothing special. It's just a handmade statue of the Joker. It's also a high-end handmade peripheral of the Dark Knight. Everyone gets one. When you go back, promote it to the people around you."

Some people had seen with their own eyes that Hibby hit Bell on the head with the clown statue given by Martin, and they had been very interested in it.

Even Morgan Freeman and Maggie Gyllenhaal asked for this souvenir when they left the crew.

Martin personally delivered the gift boxes to the cast and crew.

The crew members who already had a good impression of him all felt that Martin was a good person. Although his eerie and crazy temperament during his role as the Joker was a bit scary, he was friendly and easy-going, and would respond with a smile to anyone who greeted him.

Martin took two gift boxes and went to Nolan and Emma Thomas specifically.

Nolan said, “I don’t want it.”

Emma Thomas took the gift box from Martin, opened it and took a look. Suddenly she understood why Hibby and Maggie liked this clown statue so much.

"Thank you!" Emma took it without hesitation: "It's a very unique souvenir."

Martin no longer said he hunted them himself because he had given away so many of them. Instead, he said, "Made from pure natural horn, hand-carved."

Emma glanced at Nolan and thought that the statue would definitely be useful to her, and said, "I like it very much."

She called her assistant, took out a photo album and handed it to Martin: "The crew prepared this specially for you."

Martin took it and looked through it. It was full of stills of him playing the Joker, laughing maniacally, frowning in deep thought, holding weapons, and so on.

Very memorable.

Martin liked it very much: "Emma, ​​thank you."

Nolan nodded and said to Martin, "Let's talk alone."

Martin followed him toward a deserted area.

Nolan said as he walked: "All the producers and publicity departments have held a meeting to study the publicity ideas we discussed, and they all agreed that it is highly feasible. Next, a professional team will formulate a specific plan, and you will be invited to participate after it is confirmed."

One million of the $200 million in compensation had already been transferred to Martin, so he said, "I will fully cooperate."

"I have a very good feeling about this film." Nolan is quite confident. He also knows that Martin can always come up with eye-catching actions in publicity, so he specifically said: "Recently, I have a feeling that this film is likely to be a big hit at the box office, provided that we do a good job in publicity and marketing."

Martin agrees: "Even the best quality movies need to be known."

Nolan laughed: "We have a lot of the same ideas about movies."

Martin also laughed: "That's right."

In addition to doing their own jobs well enough, the two are also hype-type actors and hype-type directors respectively.

Each era is different. The media will become more and more developed in the future, and hype is definitely not a bad thing.

Once the crew has completed the filming phase, post-production will be transferred back to Los Angeles, where Warner Studios has a complete post-production studio.

But Nolan still has troubles to deal with. A few days ago, when filming a car chase scene, an IMAX camera was damaged. The amount of compensation paid by the crew must be included in the production cost.

Martin returns to the makeup trailer to remove his makeup.

Bruce had already collected the items that the two had left behind on the set and came in with his bag. When they were the only two left in the trailer, Martin asked, "This time when we return to Los Angeles, you will have to accompany Kim to shoot the videotape."

"I've promised her that after the video is shot, she won't interfere with me and Khloe anymore." Bruce looked serious as if he was going to the battlefield. "These days I've studied Paris Hilton's videotapes and watched a lot of first-person videos shot by Shenggu. I will design the scenes myself and shoot with the DV myself."

Martin couldn't help but praise him, "Old Bull, it turns out that you are not only going to be the leading actor, but also the screenwriter, director and director of photography."

Bruce was worried: "It's a bit difficult."

"How hard can it be?" Martin was always good at being a good person: "You were able to get through Sofia, so this is nothing."

Bruce picked up his bag and left. This guy is really not a human being.

Martin picked up his bag and followed, saying, "Sophia is now fully devoted to Scott, and only comes out occasionally to play in the wild. Even if you want to do it next time, you won't have the chance."

Bruce finally couldn't help it and said, "Put the paint on your face!"

"What do you mean?" Martin asked deliberately.

Bruce gave him the middle finger: "You're a clown!"

The two drove their electric car to the parking lot and changed to an Escalade.

Martin asked Old Bu to go to the Northville community to have dinner with Elena tonight.

After sending Martin off, Bruce went to the Beast's House to drink with his old brothers.

Martin entered the Carter's villa and found that Elena was the only one there today.

Dinner is ready and laid out on the dining table.

Elena was cutting vegetables, and when she saw Martin's smiling face, she pointed a knife at him and said, "Put away that ugly smile of yours, and don't act crazy in front of me."

Martin didn't want to accept the iron fist of love, so he immediately put away his smile, washed his hands, and helped serve the dishes and mix the drinks.

Ten minutes later, they sat down at the dining table.

Dinner was all grilled meat and fruit, which was Martin's favorite.

Elena cut the steak and asked, "When are you going back to Los Angeles?"

Martin said, "I have to sign a new endorsement contract with Coca-Cola tomorrow, and I have to attend a media event in the afternoon. If nothing unexpected happens, I will leave the day after tomorrow."

He added: "I have an audition to attend in Los Angeles."

Elena nodded and said, “A few days ago, Lily came back. Is the job you helped her find profitable?”

"It was just an opportunity." Martin said lightly: "The opportunity came before her, and Lily was capable enough, so she just happened to grab it."

He picked up the Joker on the shelf at one side of the restaurant and said, "This is it. Lily has been carving using me as a template. The Joker is the core of the Batman movie I starred in this time. The crew was willing to spend a lot of money on the Joker's peripherals, and they just happened to like Lily's carving."

Elena understood and said, “She has made a lot of money, and she is very confident in front of me, and she dares to act like she is not afraid of being beaten and wants to turn the world upside down.”

Martin observed a three-second silence for Lily: "What was the result?"

Elena smiled and said, "She fully felt the love from her sister, and then she only stayed for one night before running back to Los Angeles."

Martin was surprised: "She left so soon? Even if you care about her, she can usually tolerate it."

"Because Hall went out to play with the school baseball team." Elena explained simply: "She was not able to pass on her love and care to Hall, and she was very depressed, so she left."

Martin nodded. This love couldn't be passed on and there was no point in keeping it.

He forked up the barbecue, took a big bite, and asked, "Hall is a great baseball player?"

Elena nodded gently: "It's not bad, not worse than his digging. The coach of the school called me and said that Hall has been on the observation list of many college coaches and may be recruited into the university in the future with baseball."

She frowned slightly: "In the end, I was the only one who didn't go to college."

"And me," Martin consoled him, "I'm also a poor student."

After dinner, they took a walk in the yard, and then the two poor students went upstairs to carefully study the advanced subject of human biology.

The next morning, Bruce and Thomas came to pick up Martin and went to the Coca-Cola headquarters.

Although Coca-Cola did not make as big a fuss as when it first signed Martin for the contract renewal and fewer media reporters came, thousands of followers of the Coca-Cola Cult came, dyeing the small square in front of the Coca-Cola headquarters red.

When Martin got off the bus, countless churchgoers raised their Cokes.

Bruce was prepared and immediately gave Martin a bottle.

Martin opened it and drank with them.

Then, the cheers of the Coke Cult shook the entire neighborhood.

Martin once again put on a red robe, a red crown, and held a Coke scepter. He appeared in front of hundreds of media reporters and signed a five-year endorsement contract with Coca-Cola.

The base amount of this contract is up to 1000 million US dollars per year.

In addition, there are several additional terms.

If Martin's major film grosses more than $1 million worldwide, he'll receive a $100 million incentive bonus, and so on.

If Martin has the right movie and role to compete for the Oscars or the three major European film festivals, Coca-Cola Group will fully support it.

If you win the Oscar for Best Actor or the Best Actor award at the three major film festivals, you will receive bonuses of varying amounts.

(End of this chapter)