American fame and fortune

Arriving at Louise's office, Martin pulled out a chair and sat down, saying, "I have a recommendation for the heroine."

Louise sat opposite Martin and asked directly: "Which actress have you fallen in love with again?"

She couldn't help laughing: "In other words, whose wife or fiancée do you like?"

Martin was quite helpless: "Am I so boring?"

Louise crossed her arms and stared at Martin, her meaning very clear.

Martin returned to the topic: "Saoirse Ronan has been practicing singing and dancing since the middle of last year. The only problem is that she is too young."

"Oh, that student of yours." Louise asked, "I remember she is 18 years old?"

Martin said: "She has good acting skills, and her singing is probably at a professional level. She had professional training in dancing when she was a child. In terms of her age...you have seen her a few times. Her appearance is relatively mature, and with the makeup, it is not a big problem."

Louise thought for a while and said, "Let her take part in the audition. After all, she is still a little too young. Let's see how the audition with makeup goes."

"By the way, there is also a musical." Martin added: "Disney Pictures and I are preparing to cooperate in the production of a live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast," and the production aspect will be left to you."

Louise and Martin had become accustomed to cooperating, so she responded: "No problem."

Martin said: "Saoirse is actually more suitable to play Belle."

Belle used to be played by Emma Watson, but now Emma Watson's reputation is often associated with things like being smelly.

Not to mention that Martin would participate in investment and production, even without him, most of the current Disney Pictures would not invite her.

The two of them were talking about the work of the crew.

Daniel Villeneuve passed the interview with Louise and Graham and got the director position of the "Prince of Thieves" project by virtue of a hardcore video he shot.

The crew of "La La Land" is recruiting directors from all over Hollywood, and currently many young and middle-aged directors have submitted their resumes.

The discussion lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon before Martin came out of the studio.

Next door to "La La Land", another production studio has just been established, Marvel Studios' "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

People were coming in and out, it was very busy.

When Martin came out, he called Saoirse Ronan and told her directly: "There are two musicals, one is about the low-level actors in Hollywood, called "La La Land"; the other is Disney Pictures' live-action fairy tale film "Beauty and the Beast," in which the character is Belle."

He asked deliberately: "Which one do you want to choose?"

Saoirse glanced at her mother Monica and asked cautiously: "Teacher, can I choose both?"

Martin said: "Prepare your resume and ask your agent to submit it to the crew of "La La Land" first. The project of "Beauty and the Beast" has not yet been officially approved."

"Thank you, teacher!" Saoirse waved her fist vigorously. Her singing and dancing practice in the past few months was not in vain.

She knew that she was deeply involved with Martin, and she also understood that Martin was her biggest support in Hollywood. She said: "Teacher, I have practiced a lot of dance, and I will perform it for you on my eighteenth birthday."

Martin's advice came over the phone: "Don't stop practicing singing and dancing."

Although she couldn't see it from the other side, Saoirse nodded repeatedly: "I will persist."

Suddenly, a cry of "Oops" came from the receiver, as if there was a collision, and Martin's voice came over again: "Let's do this for now."

Saoirse glanced at the hung up phone, waved her fist vigorously, and said to Monica Ronan: "Mom, I have a new role!"

Monica smiled and nodded: "You take care of it yourself."

Saoirse went over and hugged her mother and said, "I will." She packed her things and picked up the car keys: "It's time for me to go to dance class."

The dance teacher said that when she first came to Los Angeles to work hard, she used to pole dance in a dance bar because she had no money and no job.

If she has time these days, Saoirse plans to ask her dance teacher for advice and study hard.

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Two callers nearly collided at Disney Studios.

Martin was on the phone with his back to the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." studio. A woman on the phone came up from behind. Just when he was about to bump into him, he was stopped by Bruce who appeared in time.

"Sorry, sorry." The woman quickly hung up the phone and apologized hastily: "I was distracted and didn't notice..."

Her long golden-red hair was permed into big waves, and her facial features had the exquisiteness of an Eastern European. Her gray V-neck shirt and leggings highlighted a figure that was no less than that of Blake Lively. Her shining brown eyes met Martin At that moment, his eyes widened: "You are Martin? I was too careless."

Martin's eyes quickly glanced at her, and after saying the last words to Saoirse, he hung up the phone and said, "It's okay."

The red-haired woman clapped her hands on her chest and said tremblingly: "God, I almost bumped into you, the top star in Hollywood."

After all, Martin had experienced the test of Alexandra Daddario. In his eyes, the magnitude of this shaking was nothing more than this: "It's a small thing, don't take it to heart, just leave it alone."

The red-haired woman quickly opened her bag and took out a pen and notebook: "Can you sign it for me? I know it's rude to do this in a studio, but I am your fan and have watched all the movies you starred in."

Martin took the pen and book and signed them.

The red-haired woman took this time to introduce herself: "My name is Elena Satine, a young actor on the crew of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Nice to meet you." Martin returned the pen and notebook to her.

Elena Satine quickly put it away and thanked her quickly: "Thank you, Martin."

Martin nodded slightly to her and walked towards the entrance of Disney Studios.

Elena Satine originally walked over there and quickly followed him, but when she saw that Martin had no intention of speaking, she did not speak rashly.

Bruce turned his head slightly and glanced at her, pretending not to see anything.

Soon they arrived at the parking lot near the studio gate. When Martin was about to get in the car, Elena Satine stood in front of a Hyundai car and waved to this side: "Goodbye, Martin."

Martin raised his hand politely: "Goodbye."

Elena Satine got into the Hyundai car and left the parking lot first.

Martin got into the passenger seat of the Escalade and asked, "Did she mean it?"

"It must be intentional." Bruce was not surprised, because since Martin became famous, there have been too many women who want to run into Martin like this, not to mention every day, but they always meet a few every week.

He roughly said: "When she was still about five meters away from you, she glanced at you secretly."

Martin sighed: "It's not easy for men outside. You have to protect yourself at all times."

Bruce felt the same way: "Yeah, you have to protect yourself. If you don't protect yourself properly, your pelvis will easily break."

He turned around and drove out of the parking lot: "But that woman is really beautiful. Even if you look at the whole of Hollywood, she is one of the top beauties. Beautiful redheads are rare."

Martin said casually: "Nicole Kidman and Jessica Chastain both have red hair." He received a text message and glanced at it: "Go to Rodeo Drive first, Lily and Elizabeth are shopping there."

At the next intersection, the Escalade turned a corner and did not take the usual road.

The car turned two intersections in a row and waited for a traffic light. Bruce's cell phone rang, and he pressed the connected car phone.

The bodyguard behind said: "There is a Toyota Prado following us."

Bruce asked: "Paparazzi? Reporter?"

"It's not like that." The bodyguards on both sides have been following Martin for several years and are used to seeing entertainment paparazzi. They can recognize him with a little discrimination: "The people in the car didn't bring cameras or camcorders. They don't seem to have the professionalism of entertainment reporters and paparazzi."

Bruce said: "Keep an eye on them."

Martin saw the Toyota Prado through the rearview mirror and observed it for a while: "It's not a paparazzi, nor is it a professional tracking. The tracking technology is very bad."

Bruce cheered up and spoke to the two bodyguards behind him from time to time.

Martin dialed Elizabeth's number and told them that something had happened and they couldn't get through it, and asked them to go home quickly with their bodyguards.

Lily was clever and knew Martin very well, so she immediately replied and took Elizabeth home.

In the Prado following the Escalade, in addition to the driver, there was someone on the co-pilot who kept calling his companions: "Where are you? Why haven't you arrived yet?"

"It will take me some time to get here!" The people over there didn't know whether they were drunk or had taken too much, but there was a hint of excitement in their voices: "The lines you got are completely inaccurate, otherwise they would have been knocked over long ago. Got it!"

The person on the co-pilot said: "They used to take that road. Who would have thought that today they suddenly changed their route."

"Stop talking nonsense! Tell me the exact location!"

"There is only one intersection ahead of this road, Fourteenth Street. Go there in advance and be prepared!"

"almost there!"

"Okay!" said the person in the passenger seat: "For Johnny!"

The person over there shouted: "For Johnny!"

As the Escalade approached the intersection of Fourteenth Street, Bruce's attention remained very focused.

Martin looked at the rearview mirror again and found that the Prado was gradually falling into the traffic flow, and the distance was getting farther.

The intersection light turned green and Bruce's car drove out, but as soon as he left the intersection, he suddenly stepped on the brakes and the car stopped suddenly.

The huge inertia caused Martin to rush forward, but was pulled back by the seat belt.

The brakes were too sharp, and the people behind didn't react in time, and hit the Escalade's rear butt with a loud bang.

Fortunately, the Escalade was very solid and had a heavy body, so it barely moved.

At this moment, a black Hummer rushed past the Escalade at lightning speed.

The Hummer did not slow down at all, knocked over the car in the other direction, rushed onto the sidewalk like a tank, and hit a street light pole.

The speed was too fast and the force was too strong. The light pole tilted and hit the roof of the Hummer.

The car that the Hummer overturned caused another series of car accidents.