America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 618 Choosing Art
Inside the luxurious villa facing the sea, cameras were set up in the huge living room and a few crew members were busy.

In the director's chair, Jenna Jones wore a headset and listened to the live recordings from the previous shoot.

The effect is pretty good and sounds quite pleasant.

Jenna looked up and found that the male actor was in place, but the female actor still hadn't come over.

She glanced at her watch and said, "Where's Bibi? Why hasn't she come yet? She's already ten minutes late!"

Amid the sound of hurried high heels hitting the ground, a woman walked over quickly and said to Jenna, "Director, Bebe suddenly can't go on stage early."

Because of the artistic performance, it is common for actresses to have problems at short notice during filming. Jenna just asked, "Are you sure?"

“I saw it with my own eyes,” the woman said.

There was no time to find another actor, so Jenna stood up, took off her coat, and said, "I'll take over this scene."

She glanced at her assistant and said, "You'll be in the next scene."

The woman nodded: "I'll go make some preparations."

Jenna the director became both a director and an actor, performing the show herself.

After filming several scenes in a row, Jenna wrapped herself in a blanket and returned to the director's seat to watch the playback, carefully examining her scenes with the male actor. If there were any parts she was not satisfied with, she would have to re-shoot them.

The female assistant came over with her phone: "Director, your phone has been ringing several times in a row."

Jenna picked it up and answered, "Hello?"

The person on the other end said directly: "Brad Pitt is out of prison..."

The voice was unfamiliar, Jenna didn't know who it was, but she knew exactly what to do, so she said, "Thank you, I got it."

The person on the other end gave another address and hung up.

She also has a stake in the company where Jenna works, and she owns a considerable amount of shares.

There is no need to even think about Brad Pitt's value.

She wrapped herself in a blanket and went to the empty balcony. She made a phone call without caring about the exposure of her beauty and said, "Anderson, Pete is out of prison. Can you find a way to see him? Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

In fact, Jenna has always wanted to film a scene with Martin. She bought the adaptation rights to so many of Martin's movies, and then filmed a real action scene with Martin. The effect would definitely be explosive.

At first, she still had fantasies.

As Martin went higher and higher, Jenna knew this could only be a fantasy.

So, it would be a good result if the male lead of her next film is changed to Brad Pitt.

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Pasanadi, Los Angeles.

Pete, who was released on parole, walked into the bar alone, sat at the bar and ordered a large glass of beer.

He didn't have much money on him, so he even had to plan his drinking schedule and didn't dare to order expensive wine.

But after experiencing the hellish prison, Pete feels that life now is really not easy.

You don’t have to sleep next to the toilet, you don’t have to worry about being beaten when you go out for exercise, and you don’t have to worry about being fucked when you go out for exercise.

When Pitt thought about the Affleck brothers, he felt that he was a lucky man.

"Two glasses of golden whiskey, please." A man sat down next to him and pointed at Pitt to the bartender: "One glass for Brad, I'm a fan of his."

Pete smiled at him and said, "Thank you." Then he asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

The man introduced himself and handed over a business card: "Anderson, art director of an art company."

Pete looked down at the business card and understood what kind of art company it was. After all, before Ben asked him to return to Los Angeles, he almost signed a contract with another art company.

Anderson said, "Brad, we sincerely invite you to join us. We will form the best team for you, equip you with the best script and costumes, and let the most popular director and leading actress Jenna Jones partner with you."

Pete didn't care about that now, and asked directly: "What about the income?"

Anderson said: "The base salary is $500 million per year, and the sales commission is another."

This is an unprecedented super high salary for artists in the Sacred Valley, whether directors or actors.

Pete is thinking about this matter seriously.

Since he had almost signed a contract with another company before, these were not taboos for him at all.

Money is essential to ensure the quality of life.

Apart from acting, Pitt doesn't know how to do anything else.

He can never go back to Hollywood and everything related to Hollywood.

Pitt made a decision in his heart, but he said something else: "I want a basic salary of $1000 million, plus half of the profits from the work."

For Holy Valley Company, this was tantamount to asking for too much, but Anderson was secretly delighted. Pete's words meant that he was not opposed to joining Holy Valley and everything could be discussed.

After several days of tug-of-war negotiations, in late September, Sacred Valley suddenly broke a shocking news: Brad Pitt, a former Hollywood star who had just been released on parole, officially signed a contract with Sacred Valley Art Company and became a real artist.

The news caused quite a stir and aroused the expectations of people across the United States.

They can't wait to see the artistic masterpiece starring Pitt.

Jenna Jones plans to personally plan the first project for Pitt and has selected a character - Nick Dunn.

Pitt can only officially join the filming of Sacred Valley after he completes his testimony against Harvey Weinstein, so we will have to wait for a while.

By then, Gone Girl had already been released in North America. Janet Jones had acquired the rights to remake almost every hit movie starring Martin, and she felt that it would not be a problem to get the rights to the Sacred Valley for this one.

And regarding this copyright issue, after Pitt signed the contract, Jenna had a special phone conversation with Martin.

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The Ritz-Carlton, New York.

Inside the luxury suite, Julie started from the wall of the hall, kept accelerating, rushed across the hall, and hit Martin's back at the speed of a hundred meters.

Then Aniston started yelling.

Hearing the roar, Julie smiled and took a few steps back, then rushed out and bumped into Martin again.

Aniston yelled, "Are you crazy tonight? Running back and forth, bumping back and forth, aren't you tired?"

Julie's laughter was particularly crisp: "Aren't you going to celebrate Pete's joining the Sacred Valley in the most special way?"

She bumped into Martin again.

"Yes, this deserves the craziest celebration!" Aniston has been often attacked by Martin and Julie in recent years and is about to turn evil: "Angie, you didn't eat tonight, why are you so weak and have no strength at all?"

With a bang, Julie bumped into Martin again.

The crazy woman's elbow hit Martin's waist, causing him to grit his teeth in pain.

Martin said, "You two, don't you want to ask for my opinion?"

Julie smiled and said, "You are just a tool for us to celebrate now, and tools have no right to express opinions."

"You want to make trouble?" Martin grabbed Julie and pushed her onto the sofa.

He held Aniston down with one hand and picked up the clown statue next to him with the other.

That is a standing clown statue carved based on him.

Martin twitches the clown statue and decides to teach Julie a lesson.

Soon, a duet was heard in the room.

After a round of poker competition, the three of them went into the bathroom to take a shower, and when they came out, Martin opened a bottle of champagne.

He poured three glasses, raised the champagne glass, and said, "The good news you brought deserves a drink."

Aniston and Jolie clinked their glasses with him and drank from them.

Martin poured more wine.

Aniston looked at Martin, then at Jolie, and said, "When I got divorced, I never dreamed that we would end up sitting together as three people."

Julie raised her eyebrows. "I made all of this happen. You should thank me."

"I will." Aniston turned to Martin and said, "I'll have someone modify the statue and make it electric, so the clown's head can rotate quickly."

Julie was not afraid at all. Instead, she was very excited: "Make two, and then let Martin dual-wield them."

Martin ignored the two men's nonsense and said seriously, "You have considerable influence in Hollywood."

Aniston said: "It can influence a group of people."

Julie puts it differently: “I’m a leader.”

Martin said, "This year, on your Oscar ballots, for the Best Actor, choose Leo first."

Aniston was a little surprised: "I thought you said you wanted us to vote for you."

"There are four Oscars among the bastard trio, but not one of them belongs to Leo." Martin sighed, "If we tell anyone about this, Jack and I will be ashamed."

Julie said, "You can vote for him, but you have to work harder tonight."

Aniston said, "Let's do round two."

Martin thought to himself that he must tell Leonardo that he risked his life for him to win the Oscar for Best Actor, and it was for free.

Martin hadn't had a drop left for half the night.

After Jolie and Aniston fell asleep, he ran to the study and called Leonardo. Regardless of the fact that Leonardo was sleeping soundly with his girlfriend in his arms, he angrily accused Leonardo of being a bad person, leaving Leonardo confused until the next day.

Jolie and Aniston only stayed in New York for one day before going about their own business.

In the following days, Martin received a lunch invitation from Warren Buffett, the largest shareholder of Coca-Cola, in addition to filming.

This was certainly not the Buffett lunch that was auctioned, but a private gathering.

Later, Martin visited Buffett and enjoyed a very ordinary steak meal in his apartment.

The two people's topic mainly focused on the Coca-Cola Cult and the Coca-Cola commemorative brand.

Buffett believes that Martin can further leverage the Coca-Cola Cult brand to expand the influence of the Coca-Cola brand.

The two chatted for a long time, and Martin didn't say goodbye until mid-afternoon.

The crew then finished filming in New York, and most of the staff returned to Los Angeles. Only Chad led a small group and accompanied Martin to Italy to shoot street scenes in Rome.

There aren't many scenes like these, most of them are Martin walking on the street, which makes them relatively simple to shoot.

In October, the crew of "John Wick 2" completed all the filming in Rome. Martin did not stay in Italy for long and returned to Los Angeles with Chad.

(End of this chapter)