American fame and fortune

In the studio of Warner TV, "The Helen Show" is about to start live broadcast. Martin has finished modeling and is familiar with the script for the last time to avoid mistakes as much as possible.

Helen came over at this time, and when she saw Martin, she immediately opened her arms, hugged him, and deliberately complained: "You are finally willing to appear on my show."

Martin said with a smile: "You have to be merciful, I can't stand the torture."

The relationship between the two is unusual, and Helen gave him a reassurance: "Except for the final surprise link, everything else will follow our communication process."

Martin asked, "What surprise have you prepared for me?"

"It's a secret." Helen blinked and said, "It will definitely not embarrass you."

Martin nodded.

Helen put on earplugs, listened to the director's voice, turned from the backstage to the front stage, pointed at the camera and said, "Helen Xiu, meet you on time every week!"

Her expression turned serious and deep: "As for me, I once encountered a terrible attack. I was very lucky. I survived and was under the protection of Martin Davis. Please ask my protector, Martin Davis! "

Wearing a jacket and jeans, Martin, with a very ordinary look, turned from the backstage to the stage, like a friendly big boy from the neighbor's house.

Helen opened her arms and embraced Martin firmly.

At the same time, in Nicholson's mansion on Sunset Boulevard, the old man gathered a group of old friends to drink and chat tonight.

Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, William Hurt and Dustin Hoffman, to name a few.

They also had fights when they were young, but they became relatively peaceful when they were old, and they could sit together and have a few drinks from time to time, remembering the era that belonged to them.

Nicholson took the remote control, switched to Warner TV, and said, "Watch a show, and serve it as our food and drink."

Dustin Hoffman said, "Isn't this the little guy you just met?"

Nicholson chuckled: "A very interesting guy."

William Hurt read the report of Empire Magazine: "It's too easy for young people to become famous nowadays, and we old guys are all out of date."

Robert De Niro said, "Watch the show first."

On the Helen show, the routine greetings at the beginning ended, and the show entered the main topic.

"In The Departed, which is currently being screened, you played an undercover agent, a villain undercover, and you are widely praised." Helen came up and filled the program effect, pointing to the big screen behind the stage, on which Julie and Aniston appeared at the same time picture of.

She was full of gossip: "On the same day, Julie and Aniston praised you at the same time, praising your excellent character creation, dedication and hard work, what do you think?"

It’s one thing to play in private, but it’s absolutely impossible to admit it in public. Martin came up with standard words: “I have worked with Angie and Jen on two films, they are very good and dedicated actors. Friends, it continues to this day."

Helen was very gossipy: "As far as I know, Julie and Aniston are sworn enemies. Have you ever thought of mediating?"

Martin had a thick skin and said, "There is a plan."

"If not, we'll call them to the scene." Helen said suddenly, "You mediate on the spot?"

Martin thought, this is the surprise part of the show?

When the show came to fruition, Helen was full of regret: "We have limited funds for the show, and we couldn't hire two big-name actresses."

"Can you help?" she asked.

Martin shrugged: "I'll communicate with them privately, let's try it."

Helen took the opportunity to change the topic: "You can become friends with big-name stars like Julie and Aniston. Before you came to Los Angeles, did you think about it?"

Martin shook his head: "I dare not think about it. At that time, I thought about having a foothold in Los Angeles."

Helen asked, "Did you ever think of becoming a big star?"

Martin followed her question and continued: "Anyone with my experience would not dare to have too much hope for the future."

Helen immediately asked: "The news reports said that you grew up in a slum, and your family was not very happy, so it was very difficult?"

"It's hard." Martin released his own pain points to win sympathy points: "I grew up in an environment full of gangs, violence, and traffickers. Many of my peers joined them. I was lucky. The multi-talented father who taught me acting and took me as an extra since I was a teenager."

Helen asked, "Is he a remarkable man?"

Martin seemed to be talking about irrelevant people: "No, he took drugs, alcohol, cheated, and all the money I earned from acting was taken away by him. One day he asked me to borrow money from usury. After I borrowed it, he took it. Qian hooked up with a woman and ran away, completely disappeared from my life, I can no longer contact him, and then owed a huge debt, so I can only go to a strip club to work as a bartender to earn money to pay off the debt..."

Such a masterpiece opened the eyes of the audience and made a lot of discussions.

Helen guides appropriately: "You gave up acting."

"No, I don't." Martin completely substituted into the past events designed with facts, and set up a hard-working character: "I don't want to join gangs, let alone be a peddler, I want to change my destiny! But for people like me, It was too difficult to struggle out of that quagmire, especially when I was in huge debts."

His voice was sonorous and powerful: "I have only one way to go, and the only way is acting. I met a nobleman, Captain Jerome, Ms. Kelly Gray..."

Martin said the names of those who helped him, and continued to talk about his own experience: "After I got the key role, I was thinking about the role every day, studying how to shape it, and asking everyone around me for advice. I paid for it. Huge effort, because I have nowhere to go, and when I go back, I can only fall into the mud and I can't get out of it. I saw a childhood playmate get shotgun in the middle of a gangster fight!"

Helen exclaimed a little: "It's terrible!"

"In order to avoid these tragedies, I bought a gun to protect myself and my neighbor's family who have helped me since I was a child." Martin continued: "Fortunately, God protected, that late-night movie was a success, and I paid off my debts, but I didn't Relax, but work harder, because I know that there is a place called Hollywood, which is the palace of film art."

He also talked about his experience from Atlanta to Los Angeles, emphasizing: "Later, I got to know many artists, and they made me understand one thing, performing arts is never a sprint, it is a protracted battle, it is In a marathon, you can’t stop halfway, you have to persevere, and you have to work hard to make yourself better and touch the real performing arts.”

Helen said: "Many directors who have worked with you, including Martin Scorsese, have praised you and think you are a good actor with outstanding talent."

When Martin should be humble, he will naturally be humble: "Some people are the darlings of Hollywood and performing arts. I never feel that I belong to this category. I am more like a conscientious blue-collar, willing to pay several times for the role and work. I know I have no way out."

He knows how to make the old guy look pleasing to the eye, and he talks about his hard work: "I have touched the threshold of performing arts. In this marathon like life, I never thought of giving up. From the wax museum to the arrest warrant , From the Infernal Walker to the Reader, I have been working hard, and with the support of my predecessors, I have achieved a little success. The more successful I am, the more motivated I will be to work hard."

The show was going on, and there had been several rounds of drinking in the living room of the Nicholson home.

Dustin Hoffman laughed watching the show: "Very interesting young man, much smarter than Tom Cruise when I worked with "Rain Man"."

William Hurt was a wandering young man, and he somewhat resonated with Martin's experience, and his perception changed: "It turned out that it was not easy for him to become famous."

Robert De Niro said: "His qualifications are junior, but a person who works so hard deserves a chance."

Nicholson was much more straightforward: "Old guys, can you find someone more pleasing to the eye than him in the younger generation? Look at the young actors today, who came from middle-class families, or child stars from rich families. , or the second generation of stars, or the godson of a big boss, like us bastards, less and less are climbing out of poverty."

Back then, most of them were poor people who became actors.

As the leader of the bastard trio, Nicholson simply canvassed votes on the spot: "The little bastard is my brother, you have the nomination votes in your hand, and the votes you can influence, so give it to him if you can."

"I knew it, you old bastard's free wine is not good." Al - Pacino said: "I admire Martin, but he is too young."

William Hurt echoed: "This year, many friends with senior qualifications want to compete for the best supporting actor." He seemed to be saying to himself: "It is impossible for them to win the best actor in this lifetime."

Dustin said: "I promised to vote first for Alan Arkin."

"Me too," William Hurt said.

Nicholson filled the old guys with wine one by one: "It's just a nomination."

Hearing this, William Hurt nodded: "I'm fine."

Others also expressed that they could give Martin a nomination vote, even if they could not give the first place, they could also give the second place on the ballot.

After a quick chat, everyone's eyes returned to the talk show.

The background of the stage switched to pictures of reports related to American rumors.

"I read the Internet, and many people are discussing it." Helen asked, "Is what's published on it true?"

Martin wanted to exaggerate before suppressing: "It's true."

The audience was in an uproar.

Martin added: "But they are selective reports, ignoring the cause and effect. The actual situation is that the gang members in South Atlanta took over the community I was in at the time and wanted to develop that kind of white business. The community was troubled by them. There is no peace, the friend I just mentioned died in the struggle, we are a poor area, there is not so much police force, at that time, I and a few other neighbors formed a community defense alliance together."

This is very common in the United States, and the audience can understand it.

Helen asked cooperatively: "There was a conflict between the Defense Alliance and the gang members?"

"Four gangsters were going to rob the house, and I found out ahead of time..." Martin did not exaggerate, and truthfully told what happened that night.

"So, you protected four friends from the neighbor's house?" Helen nodded upon seeing Martin, and said, "Here comes the surprise. One of them came to the show."

Hearing this, Martin was quite surprised. Who of the four idiots came to the show?

Elena? Obviously impossible.

Hall will only attack the earth.

Harris would surely have told him beforehand.

It can only be Lily, an idiot!