America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 530: The aftermath of trouble

Although no one was killed, the LAPD still rushed over as quickly as possible. As it was a top Hollywood production, McClane, who had dealt with Martin in the Burbank Middle School incident, also appeared on the set.

McClain first turned to Martin, an acquaintance: "What's the specific situation?"

Martin couldn't figure it out either: "I was in the lounge waiting for my turn on the set, filming a gunfight, and when an actor fired his pistol for the fourth time, the blank bullet turned into a live bullet."

He pointed to his ear: "You know, I'm a good gunner. I can hear the difference."

McClane lowered his voice and asked, "Not a Russian spy?"

Martin thought about it and said, "Probably not."

He pointed to the props team and said, "You know my manager Bruce. He knows something about the situation and is taking notes over there."

"Let's go over there and take a look." McClane took the lead and walked over there.

Martin followed.

When you arrive at the entrance of the alley where the prop group is, you can see a detective from the Detective Bureau asking Bruce something.

Facing the detective's question, Bruce told the truth: "You know Martin's situation, so when Martin plays the leading role, the agent will list me as the deputy director of the props group as a necessary condition for negotiation."

His words are true, but they can also give people other interpretations: "Before the shooting started in the afternoon, I routinely checked the guns. The gun used by Tom Hardy was also among those I checked, but he refused. He just unloaded the first three bullets in his magazine and asked me to confirm that they were blanks..."

A detective was taking notes. When Bruce finished speaking, the female police officer next to him whispered, "What he said is consistent with the prop master."

The two detectives then went to question another prop master wearing sunglasses.

The prop master swore, "I have been here since I finished work in the morning. I have never left. No one has touched the bullets. I swear to God! And I and two other people loaded the prop bullets into the magazine together. This is also the rule of the crew. We must supervise each other."

He said in a serious and responsible manner: "My professional ethics and work ethic do not allow me to do anything irresponsible."

The two detectives had already questioned the other two prop masters separately. Based on Bruce's reaction, they asked, "You think the problem doesn't lie with you? What about Bruce?"

The prop master in sunglasses said: "Old Bull was checking the gun bullets. I and another person were right next to him. He didn't do anything, but Tom Hardy refused to let Old Bull check his gun and magazine."

He would never tell anyone about his nap at noon, because if he did that the responsibility would fall on him and he would no longer be able to stay in this circle.

Even if you change your industry, you will still be excluded.

The detective asked, "British actor Tom Hardy?"

Speaking of Tom Hardy, the sunglasses prop master suddenly had an idea: "Tom Hardy didn't let Old Bull check the gun he was holding, and he left with the gun alone. The problem may be on the road after he left."

After the detectives finished their questioning, they held a brief meeting on the scene. The prop masters supervised each other, and Bruce performed his daily routine checks. It seemed that there were no problems and the statements were consistent.

It was a bit strange that Tom Hardy refused to check the gun.

There shouldn’t be too many cases like this where a person directs and acts in a movie himself, especially when the other party is a star-level actor and a good actor.

These people go to Tom Hardy.

In the set design team, Clayson and his colleagues curiously acted as qualified spectators.

He did not show any abnormality and just followed what his colleagues in the same group did.

It's just a pity that the person who caused the accidental shooting was not Martin Davis, but the unlucky Tom Hardy.

If it was Martin, given his violent use of guns on many occasions, he would most likely attract backlash from public opinion.

But he has tried everything he can to help, and Clarkson will not try it a second time. He has repaid the favor he owes Brad Pitt.

Martin waited outside for a while, and Bruce went over to check and came back.

"There's good news." Old Bull whispered, "Tom Hardy is going to be taken to the detective bureau."

Martin said: "This is not good news. If something happens to the main actor, the crew will be shut down. Director Nolan will definitely be unhappy."

Representatives from the Actors Guild, Directors Guild, Cinematographers Guild, and third-party insurance companies have all come, so the crew will definitely have to suspend production for a few days.

Bruce said, "You can take a break. Aren't you going to have a meeting with the leader? Time is running out."

Martin walked to a deserted place, waited for Bruce to catch up, and asked in a low voice: "Are there any signs targeting us?"

That's what he really cares about.

Bruce thought carefully: "It's hard to say now. I have checked all the guns, bullets and magazines, except the one in Tom Hardy's hand. The other party pressed the bullet into his pistol magazine, not yours."

He thought about it and said, "I have talked to McClane about the situation. Combined with everyone's feedback, either someone is lying or something went wrong after Tom Hardy got the gun."

Martin asked, "Did the props team find anything special?

"Not yet." Bruce also asked: "Even during lunch, the props team would leave someone to watch over him. That person said that he never left after work in the morning, and other people also confirmed this."

Martin was somewhat uneasy: "You and the bodyguards should pay more attention. I always feel that something is not right. It should not be an illusion."

Bruce said something that couldn’t be more true: “This is the aftereffect of screwing too many people. We screwed too many people, and we can’t just throw them into the Pacific Ocean to feed the fish.”

This made so much sense that Martin didn't even want to refute it. Not to mention that he came to Los Angeles and entered Hollywood, he had to step on other people's heads along the way to get to the top. Even when he was in Atlanta, he made a name for himself by attracting talents.

Since I came to America, I have either been messing with people or on my way to messing with people.

He can hardly remember the names of the first few he met in Los Angeles, like the idiot who was bitten by a rattlesnake.

However, the path he is taking will not allow him to humanely destroy all the scum, and there will definitely be some who are unwilling to give up and will jump out to cause trouble for him.

Martin suddenly felt tired, but when he thought of wealth, beauty and status, he was instantly full of fighting spirit.

It's a lot of fun fighting people!
Martin said, "You should pay more attention to what the crew does in private."

When it comes to investigation, ten of him and Old Bull combined are no match for the LAPD, the largest force in Los Angeles.

The only thing they can really compete with the LAPD is the speed of emptying the magazine. Bruce responded, "I will."

Life must go on. Martin walked forward and said, "Let's go comfort Director Nolan."

Before the two approached the director team, they found that Nolan was in high spirits and full of fighting spirit.

The great director didn't seem to be much affected.

Nolan had just sent away the representative of the Directors Guild and called over his right-hand man Anderson, saying, "Record a true behind-the-scenes video. A shooting occurred during the filming of the crew. A photographer was accidentally injured by a bullet, but he still endured the pain and finished the shot before asking for help!"

Anderson wrote very quickly, and the real behind-the-scenes footage pursues authenticity!

Nolan was still thinking, the shooting happened, negative impacts occurred, these were unavoidable.

But the same thing can still be used in publicity and hype to let more people know about the movie.

After going through countless events, marketing guru Nolan gradually took shape. He added: "Continue to record, Director Nolan remained calm in the face of danger and directed calmly to avoid chaos in the crew and cause greater damage."

Anderson finished writing and looked at his boss again.

Nolan thought for a while and said, "Let's stop here for now. We'll talk about other things after the police give their investigation results."

A new idea came to his mind, and he saw Martin: "Come over and talk."

Martin came over: "Chris..."

Nolan valued Martin's opinion on marketing hype and asked, "Can we edit some of the footage we shot at the time and sell it to TMZ or other entertainment media to build momentum for the film?"

Compared to Nolan, Martin is actually more cautious: "We need to do a good job of guiding public opinion."

"I know." Nolan wanted to do something big since the crew was filming in Morocco. He finally encountered a kidnapping case, but he was nagging by those damn Jews all day long, which made him almost explode.

Those bastards are stingy and unwilling to spend money to cover up their mistakes. They just use their power to force people to compromise.

As for the promised conditions, Nolan didn't believe a word of it.

Now, the big event has finally come again, and Nolan wants to turn bad things into good things: "I believe that the professionals at Warner Bros. can handle these."

"That's not a big problem." Martin has worked with Warner Bros. for several years, and Warner led by Barry Meyer is still relatively reliable.

Nolan had some ideas, but he didn't dare tell others.

He suspected the incident might be linked to the Moroccan kidnapping.

What wouldn't those bastards dare to do?

But considering the influence of Jews in Hollywood, they had to keep their ideas to themselves.

He turned his head and saw Bruce giving him a look, so he followed his face and looked not far away.

Tom Hardy was temporarily invited by the LAPD to have coffee and be questioned.

Nolan was busy again.

After such an incident happened on the set, filming had to be suspended.

The project will also be temporarily suspended.

When the party was disbanded for the day, Emma Thomas came to inform Martin and asked him to wait for further notice.

Martin and Bruce went straight home.

The information that LAPD learned from various sources on the crew was very unfavorable to Tom Hardy. At that time, Bruce and the prop masters saw him unload three blank bullets, but there was a problem with the fourth one.

During the filming, he was supposed to shoot near the stuntman, but he turned a little and pointed the gun at the photography assistant.

Several detectives even believed that Tom Hardy was suspected of premeditated murder.

The British actor did not come out from the LAPD until late at night after much communication with the crew.

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In Burbank, in a car on the side of the road, Cassie saw Toni's car turning and called her brother Ben's cell phone: "She's back from the supermarket."

Big Ben moved his car and seemed to have just come back from outside and was parking it.

Toni drove over and parked in the parking space in front.

Ben got out of the car, and Toni also got out.

Seeing her taking the groceries from the back seat, Da Ben walked over and said, "I'll help you."

When Toni saw it was him, she stepped aside, holding her belly, and said without hesitation: "Thank you, Ben."

Big Ben brought down two shopping bags: "They are all friends, we just happened to meet."

The two of them entered the building together and took the elevator to the floor where Toni's apartment was located. Ben naturally delivered the things to Toni's door.

Toni opened the door and took the initiative to invite: "Come in and sit for a while?"

Ben acted very gentlemanly: "Is it okay?"

Toni smiled, "Ben, we're friends."

Big Ben followed her into the apartment, and as soon as he entered the door, he found Martin Davis everywhere.

It feels like being in a Martin Davis product store.

(End of this chapter)