America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 518 Kidnapping
After dinner, Martin, Nolan, Emma Thomas and Mordecai went upstairs together.

"When you go to Casablanca, you must come to my house." Mordecai invited very enthusiastically: "Give me a chance to entertain you."

Martin smiled and said, "Professor, you are so polite."

Nolan said: "That will have to wait until my next trip to Morocco to shoot."

Mordechai was sincere: "When you leave Morocco, you can transfer in Casablanca."

Nolan politely declined.

Mordecai got off the elevator first.

Martin and the Nolans' rooms were on the upper floor.

Back in the room, Bruce opened his bag, took out the gift from Professor Mordecai, and gave it to Martin.

Martin opened it and took a look. It turned out to be a piece of old coral, a specialty of Morocco.

Bruce said, "It's beautiful."

Martin handed it back to him: "Keep it."

He went to take a shower, and when he came out his cell phone rang. It was Thomas calling at the exact time.

Thomas has basically finalized the adaptation of "The Martian".

With the operating experience of "Gone Girl", Davis Studio will recommend the novel to Random House, and after it is published, it will be adapted into a film.

Martin hung up the phone and said, "Those FBI guys are really good people."

Bruce asked, "Is that a good novel?"

Martin found the manuscript and handed it to him: "Read it carefully."

Bruce didn't answer at all: "Just kill me."

Martin sneered: "Student scum!"

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An ordinary van drove to the dimly lit area of ​​the hotel, and several women got in one after another.

The plain-looking female assistant stood on the carriage, and a floor plan of the hotel was pasted on the smooth metal wall.

Giselle and three other people got in the car.

The female assistant asked Giselle in French: "Is there an appointment?"

Giselle nodded: "I'll go up in half an hour."

The female assistant took out a lipstick and handed it to her: "It contains a sleeping pill. It will take effect soon after you take it. You will sleep soundly all night and won't wake up easily."

Giselle checked her lipstick to make sure it was okay.

Another woman brought out a large suitcase from the side.

The female assistant said, "After you finish your side, we will pretend to be passengers on the same floor and go up with the suitcases."

Giselle checked the suitcase and said, "Mordecai is small and skinny, so this will fit him fine, but I'll need help moving him."

The bodies of unconscious people are very heavy, and even if they have undergone a certain amount of training, it is difficult for one person to fit in.

The female assistant said, "I and they will go up to help you."

She came to the hotel floor plan and pointed to a location on it: "This is a freight elevator of the hotel. It is basically unused between 11pm and am. We will retreat through this freight elevator, exit from the side rear door for unloading, and head east immediately after getting on the car. Ouarzazate is not far from Algeria, and there are people at the border to meet us."

Several women took note of it.

The female assistant finally said: "Let me remind you again that all communication must be in French. If any unexpected situation occurs, we will be the French people's personal behavior!"

"Understood." Gisele responded, put away her lipstick, made sure that everything outside the car was normal, got out of the car, turned to the front road, and entered the hotel.

She carried her bag and came to the passenger elevator. After waiting for a while, an elevator came down.

Mene, dressed in black, came out of the elevator and saw Gisele at a glance. He smiled and greeted her, "Good evening."

Giselle remained calm and smiled: "Want to go out?"

Mene smiled with two rows of white teeth: "The air in the hotel is stuffy, let's go out for a walk."

Giselle saw the elevator door was about to close, so she quickly pressed it and pointed inside: "I'm going up."

Mene quickly made way for the door and said, "Goodbye."

Giselle entered the elevator.

Mene walked out, and couldn't help but sigh that Professor Mordecai had no vision.

Wouldn't it be better for the professor to find someone of similar age? What's so good about being young?

Mene came out of the hotel, looked at his watch and found that it was still early. Emma Thomas couldn't come out at this time. While wandering aimlessly, he found the earphones and plugged them into his mobile phone. He turned on the phone to play and started learning French.

This was also a preparation for the role she was going to play with Isabelle Huppert.

Although Mene reached a height that is difficult for ordinary actors to reach with his eloquence and Martin's recommendation, he also saw the hard-working side of Martin and gave his all when preparing.

When people concentrate on doing one thing, time always passes very quickly.

An unknown amount of time had passed before Mene heard his cell phone ring. He looked at the caller ID and answered the call immediately, but he didn't rush to speak.

Emma Thomas' voice rang through the receiver: "Chris and I have something else to do, so we'll be out later. Find a secluded place first, and I'll come straight to you later."

She also specifically reminded him: "Don't go too far, just near the hotel."

Mene responded, "No problem."

The person on the other end quickly hung up the phone.

Mene put away his headphones and looked around. The quietest place nearby was undoubtedly the side and rear of the hotel.

There were trees over there, and the street lights were almost nonexistent. No one would go there later in the day, and it was close to a five-star hotel, so there was no need to worry about security issues. If something happened, the hotel security would hear it if they shouted. Mene walked over there, and when he got to the back door, he saw a truck.

Because he was thinking about his goddess Emma Thomas, Mene subconsciously stopped after seeing the car and stood behind a tree, wanting to see if there was anyone in the car.

If there are people, go to other places. If there is no one, the back of the car seems to be pretty good.

It can block the view without destroying the atmosphere of the wild.

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Inside the hotel suite, Gisele went to the bathroom to take a shower. At first, she could hear Mordecai making occasional noises. When she came out after the shower wrapped in a bath towel, Mordecai was already asleep, sitting on the sofa.

She quickly changed her clothes and went over to pat Mordecai: "Professor! Professor!"

Mordecai was snoring and did not respond.

Giselle pushed him again to make sure he wouldn't wake up, then took out her cell phone from her bag and dialed the number.

After the phone rang three times, she hung up.

Giselle came to the door and looked out through the peephole. The corridor was very quiet.

She hid behind the door and waited for the contact person to come up.

In the van, the female assistant put away her phone, opened the partition window, and knocked on it gently.

The female driver nodded slightly.

The female assistant asked the other two to get out of the car. One of them got out and looked around. It was pitch black and there was nothing unusual. He said in French, "It's normal. Hurry up."

The female assistant handed her a large suitcase. Seeing that she was about to drag it, she quickly reminded her, "Be careful with the wheels. Don't drag it on the bad roads here. Even if Mordecai is skinny, he is still a man. If the wheels are broken, it will be very inconvenient to drag him and arouse suspicion."

The man picked up the suitcase.

The female assistant and another person got out of the car, closed the trunk door, and walked along the road towards the main entrance of the hotel.

The three men quickly passed by a tree.

Mene in black stood behind the tree without moving. Having been through a lot with Martin, he still had some basic psychological qualities.

His natural advantage also makes him more difficult to detect in the dark.

The three women walked further and further away.
Mene, who had been holding her breath, took a few breaths in a row, waited until they turned the corner, took out her cell phone and quietly followed them.

All the conversations of those people in French fell into the ears of Mr. Mene.

Is there going to be trouble on the set? He's the second male lead!
Martin is the male lead of the crew, Emma Thomas is the producer, and Mene is a man of conscience and cannot sit idly by and watch something really happen to the crew.

Moreover, he recognized the woman in the lead, who was clearly a female assistant in the crew.

The target is Professor Mordecai? This reminded Mene of one thing. Giselle, who hooked up with the professor, sometimes whispered to this female assistant.

Mene had some guesses, and when he arrived at the hotel entrance, he saw three women walking through the lobby and entering the elevator room.

He was an actor, and he imitated Old Bull, walking into the hotel slowly and leisurely, as if he knew nothing, and walked towards the elevator with his hands in his pockets.

I turned to the elevator entrance and saw the suitcase being dragged in.

Mene waited for a few seconds, then walked in quickly and stood in front of the elevator, waiting patiently.

The elevator was shown going all the way up and stopped at the floor where Professor Mordecai and the British actors lived.

Mene immediately got into another elevator, came to the floor where Martin lived, ran to Martin's room and knocked on the door.

Bruce opened the door and saw that it was Mene. He was curious: "Aren't you going on a date?"

Mene walked quickly into the room and closed the door: "Old Bu, Boss, something happened."

In just a few words, he told about what he had just encountered and his guesses.

"Why did they kidnap the professor?" Mene couldn't figure it out.

Martin picked up the phone and said, "Go find the director and producer first and see what they say."

Mene asked, "Aren't we rushing over there?"

Bruce patted him on the back: "Are you going over there to get shot? This is Africa."

When Martin was leaving, he suddenly remembered what Nolan said. The professor was going to Tehran for academic exchanges?
Is there any connection between them? North Africa and the Middle East are close to each other and the relationship is complicated.

While Martin was thinking, he had already knocked on Nolan's door.

Nolan was surprised: "What's the matter?"

Martin walked in first and waved, and Mene and Bruce followed in.

Mene repeated it as Nolan closed the door.

Emma Thomas glanced at Mene and couldn't understand: "Why?"

Nolan shook his head: "I'm not sure." He tried his best to stay calm. Due to his lack of experience in dealing with similar incidents, he asked Martin: "You have experienced more similar incidents than I have. What do you think we should do?"

Time is urgent. Martin said: "My personal opinion is that if we let them take the professor away, we may be in trouble. The crew may have to be investigated by the Moroccan side for a long time."

He said directly: "The bodyguards of the crew and the security personnel assigned to the crew by the Moroccan authorities live on the two floors below. They are all equipped with guns. As long as we notify them, it will not be difficult to stop these women."

Nolan knew that he was far inferior to Martin in this area, so he motioned for him to continue.

Martin knew Nolan well, and it was easy for him to follow his own ideas: "We can record the whole process, Chris. During the filming, the director personally led people to solve a kidnapping case..."

Nolan is not your average director, he immediately thought of the heat this would bring and said, “That makes sense.”

"This matter still needs to be decided by you and Emma." Martin took the initiative to back off because Nolan said that Mordecai was going to Tehran for academic exchanges, and it seemed that he was very good at building centrifuges.

As a director who has the perfect combination of ability and marketing, Nolan made a decision: "Let's do it."

He personally called to inform people.

(End of this chapter)