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Chapter 387 Body-worn Camera
At Warner Bros. Studios, Davis Studio rented a small soundstage that served exclusively as a training ground for Chad Stahelski's projects.

Martin, Bruce and Bradt stood at the side of the training ground, watching intently as several people on the field practiced their moves.

Chad, holding a prop gun, is the male protagonist and is besieged by a group of killers.

The leader, Chen Hu, with his medium-length hair loose, rushed towards Chad from the front.

Behind them followed stuntmen such as Lewis and Buck, who had served as Martin's double several times.

Marcus, who has become Chad's assistant, is approaching.

Chad was changing the magazine when Chen Hu rushed forward and the two men fought in close combat.

Buck and Lewis also rushed up.

The actions of several people were naturally designed routines. Chad twisted Chen Hu's neck, elbowed Lewis in the heart, kicked Buck down with a flying kick, and completed the magazine change at the same time.

He turned around and made a shooting motion, and Marcus, who was about to show his head to shoot, seemed to be actually hit by the bullet and fell to the ground with a thud.

The gun in Chad's hand was pointed at the heads of the four people, one by one.

Different from previous Hollywood action movies, the action design of this project will never give the enemy a chance to counterattack.

Those stupid plots where characters die because of talking too much, being too naive, or being careless and letting the knocked-down enemies take the opportunity to counterattack were all abandoned during the action design stage.

Brandt came to Martin and said, "Boss, we did a sample survey on the website and asked movie fans to vote for the most annoying movie plot. The plot similar to the two protagonists giving up the finishing blow in the horror house of wax was ranked very high."

Martin nodded: "I almost vomit when I see designs like that."

Chad, Chen Hu and Marcus came over at this time.

Marcus said: "On the battlefield, you must not show mercy to the enemy, otherwise you will be the one to die."

Chad continued: "The protagonist is set to be a killer. If that kind of plot occurs, the character will collapse directly."

Martin took the prop gun from Chad, made a few shooting gestures, and said, "This movie is all about that kind of hearty and refreshing feeling."

Chen Hu, who has been following Yuan Heping for quite some time, asked, "Like "Hard Boiled" and "Hard Boiled"?

Martin said, "I've seen these two films, they're similar."

Chad has watched a lot of action movies recently and knows a lot about them. He took over the conversation: "In terms of action design, we must be close to actual combat, but we can't excessively pursue actual combat for the sake of actual combat style."

Martin fully agrees: "This is a movie after all. On the basis of the actual combat style, we must take care of the audience's viewing experience. It must be fierce and fierce, and the action must be relatively good-looking."

Chen Hu is in charge of designing the melee fighting routines: "I agree. In this regard, some gunfight action movies in Hong Kong can be properly referred to."

Martin joked: "Don't design it like Jack Chen, after all, the protagonist is a killer."

Chen Hu added: "Not the God of War of the Furniture City."

Others didn't understand what it meant, but only Martin and Chad, who had watched too many Hong Kong movies, understood.

Afterwards, the group went to the film room to watch the video.

Chad and his team have designed a large number of gunfights and action routines in recent months, most of which have been recorded through rehearsals.

Halfway through watching it, Chen Hu and Martin went to the training ground to practice it.

The action director also needs to understand what the actors are capable of.

Chen Hu asked Martin to practice several difficult moves according to his routine, and gained a certain understanding of Martin.

After he called a halt, he said to Martin: "Your basic skills are much better than Keanu's. When I was filming The Matrix, I took Keanu and the others to practice, and what I taught was harder than what they practiced."

Martin has been a martial artist for many years in his previous life, and he has been doing physical training since Atlanta. He said directly: "I have practiced a lot of action fighting routines, and I have been exercising all year round. I have a certain foundation."

Chen Hu said, "You have a good foundation."

Martin is only 26 years old now, and he often practices against Bruce. Not to mention the difficult movements, the completion of ordinary movements is not comparable to that of ordinary action actors.

"Let's continue." Chen Hu returned to the training ground: "I want to know more about your body and design a fighting routine that is more suitable for you based on your characteristics."

Martin continued to practice the movements according to Chen Hu's demonstration.

Chen Hu called for a stop from time to time, and came over to talk to Martin, talking about some ideas for the action routines.

Martin used to be an action player, and sometimes he would offer some constructive suggestions.

Of course, the action scenes at that time did not develop over time, but became worse and worse, and the only ones who could really hold the scene were those few.

Later on, actors became too valuable, and not only the management companies but even the production crews did not dare to let the actors take risks easily.

After all, even a scratch on your finger can cause a huge public outcry.

After noon, Martin discussed the script with Chad and Bradt in private.

Bradt has completed the first draft of the script. The main plot is very simple, using a small amount of literary drama to connect the action scenes designed by Chad's team.

Among them, there is also space left for the sequel, which involves the killer world controlled by the high table.

Martin asked Chad, "When exactly can we start shooting?"

"I plan to officially start preparations in October and start filming in March or April next year." Chad has made a relatively detailed plan: "The cost of the first film will not be less than 3000 million US dollars, and there are too many large-scale action scenes."

Martin nodded to show that he understood. The effect of the scenes presented in action movies is always proportional to the amount of money spent. Chad added: "There is another premise. Your salary is composed of basic salary and post-production share. Otherwise, you have to increase it by 1000 million US dollars."

Martin said directly: "I will arrange the funding, and you will be responsible for the film production."

Chad felt an inexplicable pressure: "Martin, this is my first time directing a movie. Don't invest hundreds of millions of dollars. I can't handle it."

"No." With Martin's appeal, it is not difficult to get tens of millions of dollars in investment from Kelly, Louise and Sophia.

He comforted Chad: "Don't worry, we will use $3000 million as the investment baseline."

Chad breathed a sigh of relief. If he had to invest more than $1 million, he would definitely suffer from insomnia for a long time.

With Martin's current status and appeal, he can afford to mess up a movie.

But as a new director, his debut film failed and his future was ruined too.

Martin asked Bradt again: "Do you have any questions?"

Bradt said: "Time, I still need some time to polish the script carefully."

"Okay." Martin glanced at the electronic calendar on the wall: "The script will be finalized in December."

How to make the plot more reasonable, or at least conform to normal logic, is a test of the level of action movie screenwriters.

That is to say, let the characters fight in a way that conforms to the logic of the plot.

In the middle of the afternoon, Martin left the studio and went to find Louise in the Warner Building, planning to go to her house to spend the weekend together.

Entering the lobby of the Warner Building, he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

Wu Maoting, an investor from Myanmar, came over to shake hands with Martin and said hello: "Long time no see."

Martin shook his hand and asked, "When did you come to Los Angeles?"

Wu Maoting smiled and said, "I came here last month to help Danny, my daughter, with some school matters, and then I came to Warner."

Although he no longer invests in Martin, he has never thought of completely cutting off contact. He specifically said: "I have benefited a lot from investing in The Departed. I am very grateful that it is you and Ms. Meier who gave me the opportunity to invest in Hollywood and establish a cooperative channel with Warner."

Martin smiled and said, "You're welcome. This is a win-win investment. Mr. Wu's financial support also helped me gain a foothold in the crew."

The two no longer cooperated, but they were not enemies either.

Wu Maoting added: "The people from Warner Bros. went to Hong Kong to find me and strongly invited me to invest in the fourth Terminator film. I couldn't refuse their kindness."

Martin said: "Warner Bros. invited me."

"Actor?" Because of the last success, Wu Maoting still trusted Martin and asked, "Are you the actor of this film?"

Martin shook his head: "The schedule is not suitable, I rejected Warner Pictures."

Wu Maoting sighed softly: "It's a pity that we can't continue to cooperate."

"Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future." Martin couldn't say much, and asked instead: "When will the project enter the shooting stage."

Wu Maoting said: "It will probably take some time. The male lead, Bale, is said to have suffered a great emotional shock when filming the last movie because of too much pressure..."

At this point, he suddenly remembered: “Bell is starring in the same project as you?”

"The role puts too much pressure and stress on me." Martin's face suddenly became heavy: "I have visited a psychiatrist several times, but I am still often awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night."

He didn't need to exert any force at all, and suddenly raised his lips and smiled: "It's like a brand new personality was born in the body."

Even a warlord like Wu Maoting felt a little nervous when he saw Martin's smile, and said, "If there is any problem, we need to treat it in time."

Seeing that the smile on Martin's face was becoming more and more weird and evil, Wu Maoting quickly ended: "It's almost time, I should go upstairs to talk to the people from Warner about cooperation."

"Please do as you please." Martin's voice did not change, but the tone was quite strange.

Wu Maoting turned around and left, secretly beckoning his subordinates, who quickly came over and blocked his back.

Martin's cell phone rang. It was Louise calling. He answered and said, "I'm in the lobby? Let's meet in the underground parking lot."

The two took the elevator to the underground parking lot.

Halfway through, Bruce asked, "Are you staying at Louise's house tonight?"

Martin said: "She won't let me back."

Bruce said, "I'm free tonight. I'm going to Venice to look for gold."

"Good luck, man," Martin kindly reminded, "Don't get it broken."

Bruce asked, "I remember you bought a body-worn camera that you could wear on your head?"

Martin said, "It's in the safe, find it yourself."

Arriving at the underground garage, Bruce drove away alone in the Escalade.

Martin joined Louise and went to Sherman Oaks.

(End of this chapter)