America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 515 The Martian Rescue
The White House, Ballroom.

The girls dressed up gathered together and chatted about topics that interested each other. Elizabeth talked about some interesting stories about Hollywood crews, which attracted the attention of Guanhai's eldest daughter Maria. The two soon started a heated discussion on this topic.

On the other side, Chief of Staff Ram whispered something in Guanhai's ear.

Guan Hai nodded slightly: "I'll go talk to Martin for a while."

Although he just took office at the beginning of the year, Guanhai's team is already preparing for the next term.

The Coca-Cola Cult, which has a broad popular base, is a force that cannot be ignored.

Guanhai talked with several major shareholders and executives of Coca-Cola, and they all admitted one thing: even the Coca-Cola Group’s influence on the Coca-Cola Cult is far less than that of its leader Martin.

Coca-Cola hired Martin as its lifetime spokesperson because it had an urgent need.

Martin saw Guan Hai coming over, turned around and took the initiative to greet him: "Mr. President."

Guan Hai smiled and said, "We are old friends. Call me Barack."

The people around him automatically dispersed a little, including Spielberg, who had been talking about movies with Martin.

Guanhai was chatting with Martin.

Others around him were envious, as the influence of this Hollywood star far exceeded the movie itself.

19-year-old Sasha Spielberg came to her father, somewhat indignant: "Martin Davis has only been famous for a few years, why does he receive such a warm reception!"

Spielberg was sober-minded. He pointed to the big medal on Martin's body and said, "First, he risked his life to get it. Second, he has a Coca-Cola cult with tens of millions of members behind him, and he is the leader. Although the organizational structure is very loose, his influence cannot be ignored."

Sasha still didn't quite understand.

Spielberg turned his head and looked at Elizabeth Olsen who was chatting with Maria. She was only one year older than Sasha, but much more sensible.

Sasha was so well protected by the couple.

Spielberg feels that if Martin turns to politics, his foundation will be much stronger than George Clooney, who is jumping around trying to enter politics.

The lunch did not last too long. Before half past one, the guests said goodbye and left.

When Martin was leaving, Benjamin walked him to the parking lot and whispered, "Master, the brothers who didn't take a photo with you yesterday were very happy to get your autographed photo. Let me express my gratitude to you."

Elizabeth thought that Martin's followers had even spread to the White House.

Martin nodded and said, "In a while, the Coke God Church will hold several events in Washington. I'll have someone send you an invitation."

Benjamin was very happy: “Okay.”

The work of the special forces is actually very boring, but the Coke Cult can bring a lot of fun.

Martin got in the car and asked Old Bull to drive back to the hotel.

When the car left the White House, Elizabeth said, "I talked to Maria, and she is very interested in joining a large Hollywood crew for summer internship."

Martin thought for a moment and said, "Nolan's crew will move to Los Angeles and Canada for filming in a while. I have contacted Nolan and Warner and asked her to join the crew for practice."

Elizabeth said, "Okay, I'll bring a few people of similar age to play with the crew."

Martin praised sincerely: "Liz, you did a great job!"

Elizabeth hugged his arms and said, "Actually, I learned all this from my sisters. They are much better than me. I'd be lucky if I could learn half as much as they do."

Martin kissed her on the cheek.

Lily, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "I had a full lunch. If you feed me dog food again, I'm going to vomit."

Martin said, "Should I let you out of the car?"

"You took a lot of photos?" Elizabeth changed the subject and asked Lily while lying on the passenger seat: "Let's go back and take a look at them together and select materials for your creation."

Lily just laughed cheerfully.

In the lounge of the White House, Michelle listened to what Maria said, thought about it carefully for a while, and found her husband.

While her husband was resting, she quietly went over and told him about this family matter.

"Martin Davis' girlfriend Elizabeth?" Guan Hai listened to his wife's description and said, "Christopher Nolan's crew?"

Michelle said: "For the Warner Bros. project, Nolan is the director who filmed the Dark Knight."

Guanhai knew about his eldest daughter's plan to join a film crew for a summer internship a few days in advance and casually mentioned it to his chief of staff, Ram. After all, his younger brother Ali is one of the most prominent entertainment agents in Hollywood.

With Hollywood's top crew, top directors, and top stars, it is indeed a good fit.

Guanhai called Ram and said after hanging up: "Maria is interested, let her go."

Michelle said, "She must be happy to know you agreed."

Guan Hai was in a good mood today and said, "Martin Davis is a very sensible and interesting person."

Michelle nodded and left to find her daughter. By the way, she called Elizabeth Olsen to discuss her daughter joining the crew after she went to Los Angeles.

…………

In the hotel room, Elizabeth put down the phone and said, "Done." Martin came back and contacted Nolan again, gently tapped her cheek and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Elizabeth asked, "Are you going back to Africa next?"

Martin replied, "Let's go back and continue filming. Nolan said he couldn't do without me. He said the crew would be dead silent without me, lacking fun and excitement."

"That sounds strange," said Elizabeth, as she went to change into her daily clothes.

"Maybe it's because I'm not in the crew and no one is making trouble, so Nolan is not used to it." Martin could vaguely guess some of Nolan's thoughts: "If there is no trouble, there will be no publicity highlights, and the director will be under a lot of pressure."

Elizabeth almost burst out laughing: "What a strange director."

Martin added: "There has never been a director like Nolan in Hollywood. He is a completely new type."

Elizabeth didn't quite understand: "He's not as good as the four great directors, right?"

"That's not what I'm talking about." Martin said on the other hand: "He has die-hard fans similar to celebrities, like me but not others. His fans can't tolerate anyone saying something bad about him."

Elizabeth thought of the three-way battle on IMDB: "Like the ones that fans of The Dark Knight did on IMDB against The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption?"

Martin nodded: "Almost." He put away the medal and star and handed them to Elizabeth: "I can't stay in Morocco for long. The crew will return to Los Angeles to shoot soon. You and Lily should not go there. Those places in Africa are not safe."

Elizabeth put the Grand Insignia and the Star into her suitcase and said, "Okay, I'll go back to Los Angeles and prepare to receive Maria."

Bruce knocked on the door and said, "There's a call for you."

Martin opened the door and asked, "Who's calling?"

Bruce glanced at Elizabeth, and seeing that Martin didn't say anything, he said directly, "That female editor is Rachel, who mentioned literary adaptation a few days ago. Didn't she claim that she had a suitable novel that she wanted you to read?"

Martin asked Elizabeth, "Are you interested in going with me to see a project?"

Elizabeth smiled and shook her head: "I have to pack my luggage, you and Old Bull go."

Martin picked up his coat and left the room with Bruce.

Halfway through, Martin changed the trio's special mobile phone that Nicholson sent after the Santa Monica Pier incident and called Neves.

"Man, the fishermen are here again," he said.

Neves had heard Martin explain the situation before: "If the bait is suitable, you can eat the bait and throw away the hook."

He emphasized: "Never bring a fishing hook to a private event. You have seen the style of the FBI."

Martin actually participated twice, and both times it was Russia that suffered the consequences.

Neves added, "The leader of that gang is one level lower than me. As long as you don't get caught by the hook, everything else will be easy. I will strike back soon and send him overseas to be a liaison officer."

Martin felt relieved, and went downstairs with Old Bull to the cafe next door, where he met Kate and Rachel again.

Seeing the two people come in, Rachel whispered: "As expected, he didn't bring his girlfriend here, and he still has thoughts about us."

Kate asked, "Are you ready over there?"

After their last meeting, Rachel and her boss analyzed the situation carefully and decided that they couldn't act too hastily. One or two times might not be enough to dispel Martin Davis's vigilance.

When both sides get more familiar with each other, some things will happen naturally...

When Martin came over, he shook hands with Kate and Rachel, then pulled up a chair and sat across from them.

Today, the two women changed their style, wearing long skirts, light makeup, and smiling sweetly, a bit like Elizabeth Olsen's daily style.

Martin suspects that next time the two of them might switch to the style and temperament of Jolie and Aniston.

Kate smiled sweetly and said, "Congratulations on receiving the distinguished Presidential Medal of Freedom."

Rachel said something similar.

"Thank you." Martin asked Bruce to order a few cups of coffee, then got down to business and asked Rachel, "You said on the phone that you have a literary project suitable for movie adaptation?"

Rachel nodded and said, "Yes, we have discussed it internally and feel that it has great potential for adaptation."

This was a work that her team found overnight. In order to make it authentic, they even forged the name of the publishing house and contacted the author.

Of course, they dare not use the works of famous writers, as it would be very troublesome if something went wrong.

Therefore, I specifically looked for a science fiction novel that had some good reputation online, had not yet attracted the attention of publishers, and was only updated on a personal website.

The FBI has a special Hollywood liaison office, where Rachel once worked as an assistant. She roughly estimated that if this novel were to be adapted into a movie, it would require an investment of over 100 million dollars.

Such a project would definitely not be able to be negotiated in a short period of time, so she could work with Martin in many ways to improve their relationship.

Martin asked directly: "Did you bring the work?"

Rachel opened her briefcase, pulled out a document bag, and handed it over.

Martin then discovered that the room was full of printed documents and looked across in confusion.

Rachel explained: "It has not been published yet, but is being serialized online."

Martin nodded, took out the bound printed manuscript, and saw the name on the cover - The Martian!
(End of this chapter)