America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 394: Bald Man
In Benjamin's studio, Elizabeth signed her name on the actor's contract and got the first real movie role in her life.

Caroline in her youth, the daughter of the hero and heroine Daisy.

When acting, you have to call Martin dad.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth scratched her face, feeling an indescribable weirdness.

Should I go to Martin to rehearse the play in advance? The eighteen-year-old Elizabeth was full of random thoughts: "Should I call Martin first to express my gratitude?"

After leaving the office, agent Martha reminded her, "Liz, Martin is the key to your getting this role. Don't forget to call and thank him in person."

Elizabeth had already taken out her cell phone, picked it up and shook it, saying, "I'll call when I get out."

After leaving the studio, she immediately called Martin, waited for the call to be connected, and said, "Martin, it's me, Elizabeth. Are you free at noon? I want to invite you to lunch."

Martin replied, "Whenever you have time, where?"

"There's a great restaurant in Sherman Oaks," Elizabeth said cheerfully.

"No problem, we'll meet at the restaurant at 11:."

After receiving Martin's reply, Elizabeth could not help but speed up. She got on the electric car, hung up the phone, and called her agent: "Martha, hurry up."

Martha waved her hand: "You go first, I have other things to do."

Elizabeth stepped on the shop door and the electric bike rushed out with a whoosh.

On the other side, on the roof of Nicholson's mansion, Martin swung the club and the golf ball flew dozens of meters away and hit the iron barrel in the yard with a bang.

Leonardo laughed: "The challenge failed, you lose!"

Martin put down his club, took out five dollars and stuffed it into Leonardo's hand: "You win."

But Nicholson said: "There is progress, just practice more."

Leonardo remembered something: "Jack, did we open another handicap?"

Nicholson is old and his memory is not that good: "What is the handicap?"

"About Weinstein." Leonardo reminded: "Georgina Chapman."

Nicholson remembered, did some calculations, and said, "It's not time yet."

Martin packed up his things: "This shit you guys are talking about has nothing to do with me."

"You were going to place a bet, too," Leonardo said.

Martin heard something faintly, looked at the mansion on the other side of Nicholson's house, and changed the subject: "Someone from Marlon Brando's side is moving things out, and there is also a van."

Nicholson said: "The house was sold while Marlon was still alive. The alimony and the lawsuits for several children consumed all his savings and assets. He also borrowed a large sum of money from the bank with the copyright income as collateral. In the end, he was unable to repay the loan and even lost his union share. He had to move into an RV and live on relief and basic benefits from the Actors Guild."

Martin reminded: "We must never mess up like this in the future."

Leonardo nodded repeatedly and pointed to the neighbor on the other side of Nicholson and said, "We want to be Warren Beatty."

Martin scoffed, "You actually betrayed the trio and wanted to get married!"

Leonardo then remembered that Warren Beatty finally got married, and quickly changed his words: "Warren Beatty before marriage."

He didn't forget to criticize Martin: "Why don't you consider buying Malone's house? Your house on Cotti Road is too small to hold a rave party."

"Let's talk about changing houses later." Martin looked at his watch and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore. I have an appointment at noon."

Nicholson replied, "I heard your call. Why don't you consider taking the two of us with you? With our help, you can succeed this afternoon."

Leonardo put his arm around Martin's shoulders and said, "You won't forget your friendship for the sake of beauty and leave your two old brothers here alone to go date a beautiful woman, right?"

Nicholson said, "Martin is definitely not that kind of person." He was not polite at all, picked up his coat and left: "Leo, hold on tight, you can't keep the lady waiting for long."

"Wait!" Martin stopped them and said, "The beauty said this is a date for two people, and no third person can be present."

He didn't want to take these two guys with him again: "This time is different, I will go explore the way first, and if I need your help, I will call you as soon as possible. Compared with you two, I have less experience, poor skills, and less capital, so I will definitely ask you for advice."

Leonardo was just making a gesture. Nicholson wasn't worried, but he still had to be more cautious.

If he really went to cause trouble, while he was picking up girls, that bastard Martin would definitely dare to light a ton of fireworks to add to the fun.

"Forget it, good luck to you." Leonardo waved his hand casually.

Martin said to Nicholson again: "Don't forget our agreement. It's not appropriate for us to appear outside together now." Nicholson nodded: "That's right, let's wait until The Dark Knight is released."

Martin hurried away and called Bruce while going downstairs. When he arrived at the door of the villa, Bruce had already driven over.

After getting in the car, Martin told the address and warned, "Go around twice more, be careful of those two guys following you."

After the car drove out of the gate, Brews turned around twice to make sure that Nicholson and Leonardo did not follow before rushing to Sherman Oaks.

Martin was worried, so he turned back and stared for a while. He didn't see anything else, but he found that the van in Marlon Brando's yard turned north from a three-way intersection.

This reminded him of what Leonardo had said about the house and the party, and he asked, "Should we move to a bigger house?"

Bruce said, "Is the current one too small?"

Martin said, “Let’s wait until next year.”

Bruce suddenly remembered something and said, "Pete has reached a settlement with several victims and will pay a considerable amount of money. I heard that he was short of cash and sold several properties on the East Coast."

"Old Bud, if you catch Pete masturbating alone, he will become bald." Martin said this, but he thought it was worth paying attention to.

He asked, "I remember that Pete has a super mansion in Beverly Hills?"

Bruce pays attention to Pitt from time to time and knows more about him. He said: "In 2001, before Pitt married Aniston, he spent nearly 1300 million US dollars to buy a super luxury house. It was his pre-marital property and is also Pitt's current residence."

Martin wondered whether he should be a good person to the end.
Bruce added: "The mansion was built in 1934. When Pete bought it, the house was quite run-down, so he hired a company to renovate it. It is said that it cost tens of millions. Although the architectural appearance of the mansion has not changed, it was actually built only a few years ago."

Martin made a decision: "Let Ivan keep an eye on that place. If Pete plans to sell this mansion, remember to notify me."

Bruce said: "I think Pete will thank you for considering his worries in advance."

Martin was determined to be a good person: "If Pete is anxious to sell it at a low price, we will help him. If he doesn't want to sell it, we can talk about it later."

Soon, the car arrived at the commercial district of Sherman Oaks and stopped in front of a French restaurant.

Martin got out of the car and entered the restaurant. Before he asked the waiter, he saw Elizabeth Olsen in a white dress walking towards him quickly.

"You're here." Elizabeth smiled sweetly, and her fitted white dress highlighted her youthful and slender curves.

Martin made a phone call gesture: "I got your call and rushed over immediately."

Elizabeth walked over to the booth, invited Martin to sit down, and sat opposite him, raising her head and chest, and said, "When I called, I seemed to hear Leonardo's voice. He and Jack Nicholson..."

"They didn't come." Martin smiled shyly, "I'm sorry about what happened last time."

Speaking of the last time, Elizabeth felt a little uncomfortable. She had spent so much time preparing, but it was disrupted. Later, Martin did not even take the initiative to ask her out to explain it properly.

Martin was a man who could roughly guess what Elizabeth was thinking, and he specifically said, "In February, I took on a role and locked myself in a hotel for more than 40 days, cutting off contact with the outside world, and was constantly studying the role."

Elizabeth remembered and said, "Clown? Did Nicholson argue with you about this?"

Martin said solemnly: "This role is really difficult to grasp. It is easy to mess up people's mentality. I was completely immersed in the role and even had problems with my mental state. I scared many people on the crew. When Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Caine were acting opposite me, they were scared by me and forgot their lines."

He was helpless: "This is a very scary role. You will see it when the trailer of The Dark Knight is released. I was too immersed in the role and forgot everything. The only thing in my mind was the Joker. Bale, who was also too immersed in the role, even attacked me during non-filming time..."

Elizabeth covered her mouth in surprise. She was an insider and had heard of similar examples. This was not particularly uncommon in Hollywood.

"The crew asked us to keep this a secret. I..." Martin paused, "I just want to explain it to you clearly."

Elizabeth nodded vigorously: "I will never tell anyone." She asked with concern: "Are you feeling better now?"

Martin said honestly: "I go to the psychological clinic every week, and the problem is not particularly serious."

Elizabeth thought of the rumors in the industry. Many people who have worked with Martin said that he is a dedicated and good actor. She said, "Martin, you work so hard."

Then, he added with some envy: "It would be great if I could have half of your acting talent."

Martin encouraged her, "You are also very good. We have worked together before, and I know how good you are. Given the right opportunity, Elizabeth, you might become more famous than your sisters."

This was nice to hear, and Elizabeth couldn't help but smile sweetly: "I hope so, thank you for your encouragement. By the way, I also want to thank you specifically. I got the role of young Caroline. Thomas said you said hello to the crew."

Martin smiled and said, "It's just a small matter, don't take it to heart, we are friends."

"I owe you so much." Elizabeth waved to the waiter to take our order.

The two of them returned to their previous state and chatted animatedly.

(End of this chapter)