America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 450 There is a problem with the acting school

Tonight, in Ballroom One of the Burbank Hotel, senior executives of Warner Bros. gathered, and almost all the heads of relevant partners were present. The halos of so many stars and celebrities lit up the night sky.

The main creative staff of The Dark Knight, led by Nolan, Martin and Charles Roven, cut the cake together in front of the camera, filled the champagne tower with champagne, and hundreds of people present raised their glasses to drink together.

Nolan, now relieved of all the pressure, was more than excited. He held a glass of champagne in one hand and a microphone in the other, and said loudly: "I suggest that we raise our glasses and celebrate the success of The Dark Knight together."

Martin leaned over to the microphone and shouted, "Cheers!"

Several cameramen surrounded and filmed, capturing the scene of everyone celebrating together.

Looking back, it is excellent promotional material.

The only pity is that Bale did not attend the celebration party, citing his tight schedule in filming "Terminator 4".

Emma Thomas put down her glass and said to DC director Orlin: "I think Bale didn't want to come because of the schedule, but he was dissatisfied with the film. Batman's limelight was all taken away by the Joker."

Orlin said, "We still have to appease him. I will go talk to him in person later."

DC is also planning to film a Batman trilogy.

"Let's talk about it later." Emma Thomas saw Mene: "I saw a friend and talked to him for a while."

On the other side, as soon as Martin was free, he was pulled aside by Louise.

"Hey, honey." Martin hugged her tightly, pulled away a little, and said, "You are getting more and more beautiful."

Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses and said, "Come to my place tonight?"

How could Martin bear to refuse: "No problem, your car will wait for me in the underground parking lot when I leave."

Louise nodded and said, "There is one thing you should pay attention to. Recently, there have been more and more crimes imitating clowns across the United States."

“Isn’t this a good thing?” Martin’s understanding is completely different from Louise’s: “More people will pay attention to the Joker and the Dark Knight, which will sell more movie tickets and peripheral products.”

He lowered his voice and reminded: "Why don't Warner Bros. and DC Comics ever pursue those street artists who abuse the copyright of the Joker image?"

Louise laughed. “I don’t understand movie marketing as well as you do.”

Martin and her know each other well, and he said, "It's okay. I will make up for your shortcomings with my strengths."

"I'm afraid your advantage will turn into weakness halfway through." Louise shot back.

Unfortunately, the two, one the male lead and the other the investor and producer, could not leave immediately. Martin took the initiative to change the subject: "Don't worry about the movie causing crime. This has never been a problem in Hollywood. Remember the North Hollywood bank robbery? At that time, the media revealed that criminals imitated Heat, and not only did the movie not have any problems, but the sales and rental of videotapes that season were booming!"

Louise was impressed by this: "Hopefully we can make more money with this nationwide crime wave."

Martin said, "To celebrate, aren't you going to call Kelly tonight?"

Louise said, "We can video chat with her if you want."

Martin thought more: "How about this, when Kelly comes over next time, I can be the director for once?"

By the way, he also served as screenwriter, leading actor and photographer.

Louise said, "As long as Kelly is willing, I have no objection."

The three of them were having so much fun that she didn't care about these things at all.

"Martin! Martin! Come here!" Nolan waved from a distance. When Martin came over, he said to the man in front of him, "Write your script completely according to Martin's style. The male lead should be tailor-made for him."

Martin shook hands with Jonathan Nolan: "Just don't write me as an ugly person."

"Absolutely not." Jonathan said with a smile, "Your character will be more attractive than the Joker."

All the producers and investors, including Louise, Barry Meyer, and Allen Horn, gathered together, and Nolan took the opportunity to promote his new film: "Everyone, you should have heard of my new project, an original science fiction film. I think it will be a masterpiece no less than The Dark Knight!"

He put his arm around Martin's shoulders and said, "I will work with Martin again. Even if the sky collapses and the earth breaks, it can't separate us!"

The new project requires a production investment of more than 1.5 million US dollars and is an original subject matter. Nolan believes that it will attract more investors.

With almost no hesitation, Louise, Allen Horn and Legendary Pictures expressed their willingness to invest.

Martin Garnolan has just achieved a huge success. The global box office of The Dark Knight has reached 10 billion US dollars, and the probability of achieving success again is very high.

We can only finalize the intention here, it is impossible to discuss the details. After not too long, the people who gathered around dispersed one after another.

Warner also prepared some performances to liven up the event, and almost all the singers on stage were famous singers.

Among them was Taylor Swift, who waved to Martin as she strummed her guitar.

Martin smiled and nodded.

Someone had been paying attention to Martin, and when they saw that no one was around, they immediately approached him. "Hi, Martin, I've always wanted to meet you, but I never had the chance." James Franco had been staring at Martin since the party started. "I admire you very much. Your acting in The Dark Knight is simply lifelike. I've also played villains, but they were suppressed by the protagonist, not as brilliant and outstanding as you."

Martin remembered the actor who was once nicknamed "Rotten Lanlan" and had read some gossip about him, especially his fall from grace. He said: "I like the Green Goblin very much. When I was preparing for the Joker, I also referred to your role as Harry."

Franco was surprised: "Really? It's my honor! Can I tell others?"

Martin looked at his slightly exaggerated expression and said, "This is your freedom."

"No one is better than you among young actors." Franco's praise and flattery were all preparations for what he said next: "Martin, you have such a good acting skill, have you ever thought about teaching others? Most actors of our age are struggling at the bottom."

He recalled Martin's resume and said, "I am an actor who struggled to rise from the bottom. Now that I have achieved a little success, I want to help more actors from the bottom."

These words resonated with Martin to some extent, because he also struggled to climb up from the bottom.

But how could someone like him make a promise so easily?

So Martin didn't respond at all.

Seeing that the tactic of triggering resonance was not effective, Franco said, "One's power is limited, and I can't help so many actors at the bottom. I opened an acting school, thinking that instead of recommending a few individuals, it would be better to let more people have basic survival skills so that they can seize opportunities when they encounter them."

Martin would also say, "James, you are an amazing person."

Franco knew that he didn't have enough talent and fame, but he wanted to make more money. He decided to try: "Martin, are you interested in joining my acting school? Let's help those in need together."

Martin looked at Franco but said nothing.

Franco said with determination, "I'll give you 30% of the shares. You just need to attend two or three classes every week... no, every month."

If Martin agreed, his acting school could recruit actors under Martin's name. Not to mention other things, he could make a lot of money just from the followers of the Coca Cola Cult.

"Sorry." Martin made an excuse: "I am not mentally and psychologically stable and cannot do this kind of work."

Franco wanted to say more, but Martin pointed to the entrance of the banquet hall and said, "I have a friend coming."

Leonardo and Nicholson arrived late.

Martin strode over, looked at the two guys approaching, and asked, "Should I take a piece of cake in my left and right hands and slam it on the faces of you two late bastards?"

Leonardo explained: "It's all because of Jack's old stretch car. It broke down on the way! Martin, can you believe this? I'm going to call a taxi to come to your celebration party!"

Nicholson's eyes swept over Leonardo's increasingly bulging belly: "It's obviously you who have gained weight recently. You overloaded and crushed my car. You should compensate me!"

Martin shook his head: "That's enough for the two of you. Drink ten glasses of wine each, and this matter will be over."

Nicholson glanced at Leonardo: "He will be here shouting my favorite Giselle..."

Leonardo also revealed his past: "You will ask Marlon Brando why you left me so early."

After singing a song, Taylor Swift walked off the stage and, led by her agent, greeted some people before coming to Martin.

Leonardo turned to look at Taylor, but Taylor came over and took Martin's arm. Although she was young, she knew that suddenly changing the person you were close to would cause more trouble than benefits.

Martin made introductions for both sides.

Taylor smiled and greeted Nicholson and Leonardo.

The asshole trio was used to each other changing female companions, so Nicholson took Leonardo away temporarily, giving the two of them time to talk in private.

"You haven't come to see me yet." Taylor looked aggrieved: "I'm still waiting for inspiration to burst out."

Martin has been spending so much time with Elizabeth lately that he has no time to take a vacation. He said, "Just a few more days. The Dark Knight is too busy with work lately."

Taylor nodded: "It's settled this time!"

Martin smiled and said, "I'm still waiting to see you write a song for me."

Everyone at the party was socializing. After Martin sent Taylor away, he finally found some time to find Leonardo and Nicholson and talk freely.

"I've been under a lot of pressure lately, Martin, Jack, let's do something." Leonardo came back to relax: "If I don't have some fun, I'm going to go crazy."

Nicholson looked at Martin. "You bastard kept me waiting for fun, and what happened? Just some bullshit diary scandal."

Martin thought for a moment and asked, "Have you been following Ben Affleck recently?"

Nicholson recalled and said, "I paid attention to him. Someone told me that he was introduced by Judi Dench to work as a part-time teacher at an acting school."

Martin remembered where he had heard about Judi Dench being an acting teacher and asked, "Which acting school?"

Nicholson thought for a while before deciding: "Adler School of Acting, the one founded by one of my acting teachers, Stacey Adler."

Martin remembered that Elizabeth Olsen took acting classes at this school!
(End of this chapter)