American fame and fortune

The Volkswagen sedan whizzed past the road and turned into the south hillside area of ​​Sherman Oaks. Martin slowed down a little, and a girl with a golden retriever walking her dog was waving in his direction in front of him.

Elizabeth Olsen saw Martin's car approaching from a distance.

The Martin car stopped on the side of the road and lowered the passenger window: "You want a ride?"

Elizabeth shook her head and said with a smile: "Thank you, I woke up from a nap that day and didn't see you again."

"You're welcome." Martin waved his hand: "I have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

The golden retriever suddenly barked at the car.

Martin sped away.

Elizabeth took the dog by the hand and waved at the car.

Martin's car came to the door of Louise's house, the automatic door opened, and he drove to the open space on the side of the villa.

Mary was waiting in front of the door, seeing Martin coming quickly, a flash of relief flashed in her eyes.

"What about her?" Martin asked.

Mary pointed inside: "I'm still drinking, I can't persuade you."

Martin nodded slightly, and when he passed by Mary, he glanced quickly, and quickly stepped into the villa.

Louise was wearing a well-fitting dark business suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. She lay on the bar counter and poured herself a drink.

After drinking a glass, she went to get the wine bottle again, and a big hand pressed her hand.

Martin glanced at the two empty wine bottles, one large and one small, and said, "Don't drink."

Louise hiccupped, grabbed Martin's clothes and pulled them to her side: "You came just in time, drink with me."

Martin took the bottle, went around the bar, went inside, took out two new glasses, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, and poured them into the glasses.

Louise put one hand on the bar, propped her chin, and stared at Martin: "Why are you here?"

"Mary called me." Martin put a glass of water in front of Louise: "I'm worried that something happened to you."

Louise picked up the water glass, but she didn't smell the wine, and put it down again: "Bad bastard, I'm really going bankrupt."

Martin still used the old saying: "If you go bankrupt, I will support you."

Before, Louise took it all as a joke, but at this moment when Martin said it, she became confused instead.

Martin drank a glass of water.

"I want to drink, but I feel bad without alcohol." Louise pushed back the water glass, half-truthfully said: "From morning to now, do you know how many investors have called me and asked to end the cooperation? 15 Home! Do you know what that means?"

Martin didn't take the drink, and asked softly, "A single failure knocked you down? This isn't the female alcoholic I know."

He pulled up the chair and sat across from Louise: "No matter how difficult it is, can it be harder than when I was in Atlanta? I am a rotten person who came out of the slums, and I have earned millions. If you redevelop, you will never be better than me. Was it difficult then?"

Louise stared at Martin: "People always chase success."

Martin continued: "There are people who cherish friendship as much as I do."

Louise suddenly laughed, lying on the table with a smile. She was obviously depressed today, but Kelly and Martin made her a little happy again.

When people are in trouble, even if there is a ray of sunshine, they will feel extraordinarily brilliant.

Martin pushed the water glass back again: "Drink some water and hangover."

"Hold me upstairs." Louise opened her arms directly.

Martin went around and carried Louise up the stairs.

Louise lay on his shoulder and suddenly hiccupped.

Martin was taken aback and said, "Wait until you go upstairs and go to the bathroom before throwing up."

Louise leaned into his ear and said, "Don't worry, I occasionally get motion sickness and seasickness, but I never get airsick."

What to do if you are depressed, then have a hearty flight.

In the past, Louise thought that Martin was good-looking and easy to use, but now she finds that it looks better and works better.

…………

Century City, Starbucks.

Thomas waited for the target person.

Ron Armas, the number one assistant to Martin Scorsese's producer Graham King.

Thomas is an alumnus of him and has known him for many years. After learning that he became Graham's assistant, he has kept in touch.

Ron pulled out his chair, sat opposite Thomas, and said, "In such a hurry?"

Thomas said: "Martin Scorsese's project, I don't know how many people are staring at it." He asked: "Is there any more specific news?"

"I followed Graham to the meeting in the morning, and there will be two screenwriters and directors from the port city." Ron opened his briefcase and took out a box of discs: "This film is super popular in East Asia. Director Seth is very interested and is going to adapt it locally in the United States."

Thomas took it over, and the disc was called "Infernal Affairs", which was about police and robbers.

Ron introduced: "The background of the story will be set in Boston, and the background of the characters is the gangster Scorsese is best at. The two most important characters are undercover agents, one Irish gangster is undercover in the police, and the other is the police who broke into the Irish gangster. Undercover, the latter is the absolute protagonist, and Leonardo is determined to play it."

Thomas immediately aimed at the undercover agent in front of him: "Supporting actor is suitable for my client?"

"First of all, he must have excellent acting skills." Ron said clearly: "Secondly, he must have a certain degree of popularity. In recent years, Scorsese's crew has rarely used unknown newcomers. He is more used to working with famous actors. cooperate."

He said directly: "With all due respect, your client Martin Davis is not famous enough. Scorsese's projects, as long as the wind is released, there is never a shortage of star-level actors."

Thomas knows this, but there are not many quasi-A-level projects that he can really get in touch with. Scorsese's project not only flatters people, but also broadens Martin's play and role types.

Again, the competition will be fierce.

"Martin will release a new film after the New Year, and Craven's horror and thriller genre will skyrocket in popularity." Thomas felt that it was not enough: "Ron, you participated in the two projects of "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator". Director Scorsese's crew works, if Martin wants to win an important supporting role, is there any way to increase the chance of winning?"

Ron said the most simple and direct way: "As long as he has good acting skills, brings money into the team, or wins the support of the main producer and investor, the chance of winning will naturally be high. Scorsese's gangster films have high investment and high returns. …The return on investment ratio is actually not high, most of the profits come from long-term operations, and the investment pressure is relatively high, even artists will compromise in the face of large investment.”

Thomas asked: "Is this how Leonardo formed a long-term relationship with Scorsese?"

Ron nodded: "The Titanic's influence in the world is too great, it has completely changed Leonardo's stardom, there are too many overseas funds willing to invest in Leonardo, he can always easily attract a few With an investment of tens of millions of dollars and strong appeal, which director doesn't like such a leading actor?"

Thomas frowned: "An investment of tens of millions?"

"At least, don't forget the premise, the acting skills are good." Ron said with a smile: "Look at me, I almost forgot the easiest way, if you can handle Graham, Scorsese or Leonardo, everything is OK! "

Thomas found that the difficulty was not so great. Scorsese was not a client of WMA. Although Ali Emmanuel tried to poach him several times, he was unsuccessful.

He asked, "You don't have the right to speak?"

"I'm at most an assistant producer and an assistant director in the crew." Ron was very self-aware: "If it's just a small role, I guarantee there will be no problem, but for the top ten roles, I have no right to speak."

Thomas thought of Martin not abandoning him in the face of the A-level production of the first-line director Ridley Scott, and couldn't help but feel ruthless: "Who among those three people likes men, I'll go find him!"

Ron had seen the video data of Martin, he was sunny and handsome, and his figure was also top-notch, so he said, "Do you want clients?"

Thomas shook his head: "No, it's me! I will do it myself!"

Ron looked at Thomas' receding hairline and shiny forehead, and said, "Don't be kidding, the investment has reached this level, and it can't be solved by selling the bottom alone."

For the first time, Thomas felt that he was so useless.

Ron reminded: "The writing of the script has not yet started, and the crew will not recruit external actors in the short term. There will not be many people who know the news for the time being. Let's act early. If it is too late, there will really be no chance at all."

After the meeting with Ron, Thomas went to the next one. He invited a Warner Bros. production executive to lunch.

From the executive, he got the exact news that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's Plan B Films has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. to invest in Scorsese's new project, and its investment amount is second only to Warner Bros. At Warner Bros. and Leonardo's Appian Way Productions.

Thomas was jumping up and down, almost selling his ass.

Fight, and hope.

If you don't take the initiative to fight for it, you don't have any chance.

…………

At the same time, in the luxury villa in Sherman Oaks.

Martin slept soundly on Louise's plump chest, and the exhaled breath made Louise itch, and she woke up early from sleep.

When Louise moved, Martin woke up too.

He looked at the time and said, "Go out for dinner."

Louise didn't bother to move: "I'll let the kitchen prepare."

Martin said deliberately: "You are bankrupt, I want to support you, or go out to eat."

"You will really spoil the atmosphere. I just threw away the company's troubles." Louise said, "It's just that some investors have terminated their cooperation, and bankruptcy will not happen."

Martin remembered the project Thomas had talked about, half-seriously, half-jokingly: "I was thinking, come up with some new recipes, make you happy, and help me get a good role in the Martin Scorsese project. .”

Louise sighed for a long time: "It's hopeless, I can't afford such a big platter for the time being."

Martin raised his head, gave her a long kiss, and then said: "Then let's do a good job with the arrest warrant project, and if it succeeds, we can restore your blood."

Louise, on the other hand, had other considerations: "During the New Year's holiday, you accompany me to go on vacation, to Hong Kong City and Southeast Asia."

Martin thought of a possibility: "Are you going overseas to invest?"

"The headquarters of the International Bartenders Association is in Hong Kong City, and there will be an event at that time." Louise said roughly: "My father used to do business in the Philippines and Malaysia, and there are many rich people there who are willing to invest in North America."

Martin got it: "Get out of North America, where 'Alexander the Great' had the greatest impact."

Wait, there's a third chapter, I'm writing