American fame and fortune

Burbank, Warner Bros. headquarters.

Thomas had just entered the lobby and was about to turn into the elevator.

A person approaching greeted him proactively: "Hi, Thomas."

Thomas stopped in his tracks: "Daario, long time no see."

The two were college classmates. The middle-aged man named Dario looked at Thomas slightly and said, "We haven't seen each other for more than a year. You have changed a bit?"

Thomas was slightly taken aback: "Is there?"

Dario pointed to his head: "Why is the forehead starting to be bald?"

Thomas touched his forehead subconsciously. The place where he could touch the hair before was now bald.

A colleague shouted at the door, and Dario hurriedly said: "I'm leaving first, I have time to come out for a drink."

Thomas nodded, entered the elevator room, and took the elevator upstairs.

After getting out of the elevator, he glanced at the mirror at the front of the elevator room. The people inside not only had receding hairlines, but their foreheads were already slightly bald.

Thomas dismissively walked out of the elevator confidently and went to Daniel's office.

As long as he hugs the big tree Martin, so what if he is bald? With his current income and his status in the industry, it is too easy to find a girlfriend.

Thomas just didn't want to look for it.

Knocking on the door and entering Daniel's office, the executives of Warner Bros. should also be polite to him. Daniel came over to shake hands and asked, "Did you go to New York with Martin?"

Thomas followed his words: "I'd like to go to New York for a vacation too, but Martin can't afford me."

Daniel immediately understood that this was a door-to-door debt collector, and said: "The box office share of the arrest warrant has not been settled yet, and it will take a while."

Thomas smiled and said, "It's not a wanted warrant, it's the Wax Museum of Horror, Eyes in the Mountain and Summer of Jeans."

What he was talking about was the offline share of the basic agreement rigidly stipulated by the actor union, which involves all aspects such as DVD, video tape and TV broadcasting.

As a member of the Producers Union, Warner Bros. signed a related agreement with the Screen Actors Union.

Thomas said: "Many actors have received last year's share. I would like to ask Warner Bros. the payment time for Martin?"

If you don't rush, Warner Bros. will deliberately delay for a long time.

This part of the cost cannot be shirked, and the trade union is watching closely. Daniel is the direct person in charge of the three projects, and said: "Let me ask, it should be soon."

He made a phone call in front of Thomas, and said to Thomas, "It will arrive before the weekend."

"Excuse me." Thomas said goodbye and left.

The offline income of actors also falls within the scope of brokerage commissions.

Because of Martin's troubles last year, those three films not only earned a lot of money at the theater box office, but also maintained a considerable popularity offline. Although the basic agreement was divided into a few thousandths, it was only DVD, and the three films added up. Just over $100 million.

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New York, heavy snow, cold wind.

The crew of "Never Ending", which has just started filming, can only change the shooting plan, temporarily cancel all street shooting, and switch to studio shooting.

In the cafe that had been built, as the scene notes were played, another scene began to be filmed.

The heroine and heroine sit together and drink coffee.

Martin was scruffy, with worn clothes and long, greasy hair.

Aniston wore a beige professional attire, revealing a shrewd and capable.

A down-and-out unknown writer and a fashionable beauty in the workplace, the communication will naturally not be smooth.

"Cut!" Director Danny Boyle suddenly stopped, took off his headset and entered the set, looked at Aniston, and said in a more tactful tone, "Jane, there is a problem that you need to solve as soon as possible."

Aniston is smart enough to hear what's going on: "Make me stop looking like Rachel?"

Boyle nodded. "The camera captured you like another Rachel."

Aniston is quite helpless, which is a problem she will encounter in every film crew.

How high Rachel lets her go is how hard it is to get rid of Rachel's shadow on other characters.

Boyle didn't say much and returned to directing.

Aniston turned to look at Martin. Martin had been filming for two days, and the character he played could not see the shadow of the arrest warrant or the eyes of the mountains. From the human eyes to the camera, he looked like a poor poor man.

She thought for a while and asked, "Why can you act out the temperament of a character from the inside to the outside, and what each character sees is a brand new you?"

"It's related to my experience." Martin said simply: "Because I was a poor poor man before last year, and I didn't need to look for a role at all."

Aniston has only worked as an actor in this life, and has not done other work for a long time.

Martin thought for a while, then said: "Personally, first of all, you should forget about Rachel, and don't always think about getting rid of Rachel. Maybe it will be better."

Want to get rid of Rachel all the time, always remember Rachel.

Every actor's situation is different, and he can't apply his own experience to Aniston.

Aniston felt that there was some truth in that if she didn't forget Rachel, others would never forget Rachel.

Filming restarted, still intermittently.

Most of the problems are Aniston, and Martin handles poor Eddie with ease.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, the crew entered a short rest and adjustment state.

Aniston's chair was right next to Martin. She sat down and took the sippy cup handed by her assistant, and said to Martin: "I have been in the industry for more than ten years, and it is so frustrating to be suppressed by you who have been in the industry for three years. gone."

Martin has talent on the one hand, but on the other hand, his experience cannot be copied by others, so he put on a confident expression: "This is talent."

Aniston was speechless, but also admitted that the little milk dog is very talented, and said: "You have a face, a figure and talent, and you should eat this bowl of rice."

Martin leaned closer and whispered, "Is that you?"

Aniston is in the tiger-wolf stage in her thirties, and she puffed up her chest: "Go back at night, and I will let you eat until you are full."

Bruce came over at this time, glanced at Aniston, and since it was not a confidential matter, he said: "Thomas called, and the share of the Wax Museum, Geshan Youyan and Jeans has passed through the actors' union and has gone to the brokerage company." side, will turn around soon."

Martin nodded and smiled at Aniston: "Let's go out together on weekends."

Aniston asked, "Looks like you're rich?"

Martin said, "No money, no confidence."

"The share of your offline income is the share of the basic agreement of the actor union?" Aniston said like a confidant big sister, "Let's keep it. I just want to stay in the room on weekends."

Martin understood what she meant: "I'll accompany you." He asked curiously: "Friends has an offline post-production share every year, right?"

Aniston's contract is open, so he simply said: "I signed a supplementary agreement with the producer, and I can get a 2% share of Friends' omni-channel revenue every year. It has been relatively stable for the past few years. It looks like $30 million."

In comparison, the $470,000 that Martin is about to receive is almost unbelievable.

Aniston deliberately asked: "What are you thinking?"

Martin sighed: "I still have a long way to go."

This was beyond Aniston's expectations, Martin is obviously a very motivated actor.

Before her inner feelings were over, Martin's words popped up again: "I must accumulate enough hit movies, not only to get the basic salary, but also to strive for offline and online share in the future, so that I can achieve 30 million yuan every year when I lie down. When I share income in dollars, I retire and live a life of ease."

Aniston has thought about it, especially the relationship with Martin, and said meaningfully: "Then you have to pay attention, don't get married easily, and you have to sign a perfect prenuptial agreement when you get married."

She seemed to be ahead of Martin, and reminded herself: "Do you know why Scorsese still maintains a super high filming frequency today? Because he has been divorced 4 times."

Martin really wanted to say, rich lady, let's get married!

But he knew that marriage was useless.

When Aniston and Pitt got married, they signed a prenuptial agreement, so the divorce was clean and tidy, without delay.

Although the ultimate goal of a man is to find a billionaire wife to lay down, but Aniston is not the right type, and Martin took the initiative to reassure her: "I like Leonardo's life the most."

It was one thing for Aniston to put his heart back into his chest, play happily with the puppy, and embarrass Julie by the way, but it was another thing entirely to get married and start a family.

The little milk dog didn't think about that, so she could play with peace of mind.

After the break, Martin and Aniston went back to filming.

Over the weekend, the snow stopped and it was unseasonably cold.

Martin and Aniston didn't mean to go out for a walk, and hid in the hotel to study the most critical academic topics for all mankind.

Because of the great joy gained.

Aniston has already left Jolie and Pitt and other bad things behind her mind, and just wants to enjoy the crotch.

As the new week began, two more crews moved into Brooklyn Studios.

The family belongs to the crew of "I Am Legend" which also belongs to Warner Bros.

The other house has many big-name stars.

During the filming break, Martin also met people from the two crews. The former actor hadn't come over yet, and the latter started filming immediately after entering the set.

Bruce followed Martin out of the studio and said, "I asked, the new crew is called "I'm Not There"."

Martin looked at a somewhat familiar face from a distance, hurriedly left the studio in a coat, and walked towards the parking lot.

He carefully distinguished it, and said, "Looks like Heath Ledger."

Bruce confirmed: "It's Heath Ledger. I watched "Brokeback Mountain" some time ago, and I won't admit it."

Martin subconsciously took a step forward and asked, "The Kardashians are not good?"

Bruce gave Martin a middle finger: "I'm male, and I like women."

Martin said: "I get it, like big ass sisters."

In the distance, Heath Ledger turns into the parking lot.

Martin couldn't see that way because the building blocked it.

Then, he saw Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett haunting the door of the studio next door, and he couldn't help wondering: "I'm Not There, what film?"

"Bob Dylan's biographical film." Aniston just came out of the studio, heard Martin's words, and said, "I went to this crew to audition in September last year, and there was a reverse role in it. Lost to Cate Blanchett."

"Crossplay? It's normal for you to lose to her." Martin, of course, stood on Aniston's standpoint: "Blanchet is a weird-looking tomboy. Jane, you are so sweet and beautiful, it's inappropriate to play the role in reverse."

Aniston smiled sweetly at Martin: "The main thing is to cut off the long hair, I can't accept it."