America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 422: Uncle Mei has made progress again

On the set, Bruce handed Martin a Nokia Classic 1100 and said, "Don't worry, I put the bullets there myself, they won't fall off."

Martin put it in his pocket, picked up the pistol, picked up the black bag containing the UMP45, and entered the set.

Kloss, a marketing director of Nokia, came to Bruce and handed him a bag: "A little gift."

Bruce didn't answer and asked, "Mr. Director, what does this mean?"

Cross said: "Nokia intends to hire Mr. Davis as Nokia's global spokesperson on a long-term basis. Please help put in a few good words for him."

Bruce took the bag.

Cross smiled and stepped aside.

When the filming begins, all irrelevant personnel must keep quiet.

There is nothing else to do, don’t be afraid, just do it!
With a Martin submachine gun against his shoulder, he marched with standard tactical movements, firing from time to time. Every time a gunshot was heard, a gunman on the opposite side fell to the ground.

The popping sounds of blank bullets spread throughout the open-air set.

The submachine gun ran out of bullets, and Martin took out his pistol.

After shooting the nearly half-minute long shot, he took a breath, and in the next scene, he picked up the rocket launcher he had picked up and pulled the trigger at a fleeing car. The car burst into a fireball with a bang, and the sound was much louder than Nicholson's RPG fireworks.

Throwing away the bazooka, Martin took out his cell phone and prepared to make a call. The camera moved closer along the slide rail and gave a close-up of the Nokia phone. A pistol bullet was stuck in the straight-screen body and the screen was completely shattered.

Martin ignored all that and dialed the number to make the call.

A voice recorded by Mene in advance sounded on the set: "Jonathan..."

"Stop! We've passed this one!" Chad glanced at Martin and said loudly, "Take a break for half an hour."

The crew also needs time to change scenes.

Martin returned to the rest area, threw his Nokia to Bruce, sat down on a chair, took the kettle handed to him by Bruce, drank a few sips, and said, "We should really let old Jack come over to see what fireworks are."

"If you put fireworks like this in Warren Beatty's house, there will be a fire." Bruce added, and then put the handbag given to him by Nokia's marketing director on the small table next to Martin.

He said directly: "Nokia wants you to be the global spokesperson, let me help put in a few good words for you."

Martin glanced at the bag and said, "Keep the stuff. I heard the good words."

The two of them worked very well together, so Bruce took the bag without hesitation: "Give it to Kim and Khloe later."

Mene came over with one hand in his trouser pocket, looking like a big boss. He sat on the chair next to him, and seemed to be completely in character: "Jonathan, if you kill people like this, the high table will be unhappy. They will send someone to deal with this matter."

Bruce continued, "I know that the High Table is going to send a 50-year-old female judge." He turned to Mene's side and patted him on the shoulder. "Winston, we believe that with your verbal skills, you can definitely deal with this female judge."

Mene said, "Leave it to me."

Martin patted him on the shoulder and reminded him, "Be flexible in your actions."

Mene smiled and said, "This is my most important role, I must play it well."

He jumps around a lot. He was talking about work earlier, but now he's talking about what he's best at: "Martin, you were taking photos the other day, guess who I met in the hotel?"

Bruce interjected: "It can't be Paris Hilton's mother."

"It's nice to meet Paris's mother, it's better than that woman who always pesters me. She's too young and doesn't suit my taste." Mr. Mene sighed, and then said, "I met Celine Dion and asked her for an autographed photo."

Bruce asked, "The female singer who was raised when she was twelve or thirteen?"

Martin had a rough impression: "Is it her current husband?"

Mene nodded and said, "I talked to Celine for a while. She seemed to be a little depressed. She came to New York early to prepare for this year's METGALA."

Martin had read related reports in his previous life. It seemed that Celine Dion later changed young male models as quickly as she changed clothes.

It was really something I had lagged behind in the beginning, but I made up for it all as I got older.

Mene asked, "Can you help me get a ticket to METGALA?"

Martin responded: "Leave it to me."

Although the admission tickets are charged, not just anyone can buy them. Martin plans to ask Daniel from Warner to get a few more.

Bruce asked, "You're not going to do anything with Celine Dion, are you? What about Emma Thomas?"

Mene distinguished: "Emma and Nolan."

Martin didn't bother to deal with the two men. When he saw Marcus coming over with the dog, he shouted, "Daisy!"

The dog immediately ran over and circled around Martin, wagging its tail.

Martin found the prepared dried meat and fed it to Daisy. In the next scene, Daisy came on stage and was brutally killed, which also marked the beginning of the plot of "You want my life and I want your life".

After lunch, Martin was about to go into the trailer to rest when Nokia's marketing director, Kloss, came over.

"Mr. Davis, I heard that you used Nokia phones for a long time during your stay in Atlanta and Los Angeles." He directly stated his purpose: "Nokia intends to invite you to be the global image spokesperson for the brand. I wonder if you are interested?"

Martin thought for a moment and said, "You need to talk to my agent Thomas. I can't make any work commitments without him present."

Cross said, "I'll contact WMA right away."

Martin went into the trailer for a nap, slept for a while, and woke up on time. Not long after, Bruce came over with a cell phone.

He said: "It was a call from Thomas about the Nokia endorsement."

Martin took the phone and called back.

Thomas said: "Nokia is very sincere in its cooperation and has initially offered a four-year endorsement contract worth up to $1200 million per year."

"The salary is okay, but the contract period is too long, only two years at most." Martin recalled carefully. In the previous life, Nokia experienced a serious decline, which should have been 10 years later. He could not remember the exact year, but it was two or three years after 10 years that it fell from the altar.

He added: "If Nokia insists on a long-term contract, we will give up."

Thomas did not ask why. The most important reason why he had been able to cooperate with Martin in the past few years was that he would implement Martin's decisions without compromise. He immediately responded, "I have booked a flight ticket and will go to New York today to meet with Nokia's people."

Martin said a few more words and hung up the phone.

Commercial endorsements are one of his important sources of income. If a brand experiences a sharp decline during his endorsement period, it is impossible to say that there will be no negative impact on him.

Even when other manufacturers negotiate business cooperation with him, they will think of the brands that failed during his endorsement period.

Martin has seen a lot in this regard, such as Jack Chen and a pop king in Hong Kong, many of the brands they endorsed have died.

Especially Jack Chen, the number of brands he endorsed that ended in failure is at least ten. He is simply the king of advertising poison.

Although there are still some manufacturers who don't believe in it, more brands will not consider them when looking for commercial endorsements.

Martin chose a two-year contract, which was also stuck in Nokia's last glory.

Originally, he asked Thomas to pay attention to Apple phones, but Apple's best spokesperson in recent years has been Steve Jobs, and it will not use other celebrities.

The afternoon shoot was one of the rare literary scenes for the crew.

Martin enters the Continental Hotel and has several conversations with Winston, played by Mene.

In recent years, Menet has been using his mouth and tongue for a long time, which may have trained the flexibility of his facial muscles. His acting skills have improved a lot. He plays the mature, steady and introverted owner of the New York Continental Hotel, which is quite impressive.

The vocal cords were watered with special materials, and the sound they produced became heavier, especially when he was acting with Martin, the word "Jonathan" he uttered had a feeling of penetrating people's hearts.

Alexandra Daddario also joined the filming. She didn't have many scenes, but she stayed in the crew for a long time under the pretext of learning and observing.

Her father helped the crew a lot with the location shooting, so of course she couldn't refuse.

This actress, who comes from a well-off family, entered the film and television industry in 2001, but after seven years, she has not become famous, let alone a name.

Alexandra mainly kept an eye on Martin, but she was also very tactful and would never come over to disturb him when he was busy or tired.

Whenever Martin is really free, she will come to him to ask for advice on acting.

“I feel like the character settings in this film are relatively simple.”

In the lounge area, Alexandra held her head high and asked, "This female killer seems a little more complicated than the heroine."

Martin nodded slightly. "She knew Jonathan and had a history with him, but for the sake of money, she still wanted to kill Jonathan and finally died at his hands. In fact, there is no need for anything else in the performance. It is enough to highlight the greed and cruelty."

"Yes, these two are the biggest features of the character." Alexandra knows how to highlight her strengths and always wears tight T-shirts with low necklines.

Martin is a serious person, so he naturally doesn't pay much attention to these things. He said: "If you want to make a breakthrough in your performance, you must first find the biggest characteristic of the character, and then bring out this characteristic to the extreme, which will easily leave a deep impression on people."

Alexandra rubbed her cheeks and said, "What kind of role is suitable for me?"

Martin thought of True Detective, Earthquake, and The Beach, all of which were big-name movies, but he wouldn't say that: "There are a lot of acting classes in Los Angeles, and I'm sure there are many in New York as well. Find a more reliable one and further strengthen your studies."

Alexandra nodded repeatedly. I don’t know if it was a habit, but she nodded particularly vigorously, causing the other two heads to shake up and down. It always felt like an earthquake.

The crew finished work in the afternoon and Martin prepared to return to the hotel.

Alexandra came over again and invited him, "Tomorrow weekend, there will be a party in the cultural and art circles in Manhattan. Are you interested in going?"

Martin certainly couldn't refuse the invitation from others with good intentions.

(End of this chapter)