American fame and fortune

In the resting area of ​​the hotel lobby, Ivan slowly flipped through the newspapers and took a sip of coffee from time to time. He seemed very leisurely, but everyone who came out of the elevator would fall into his eyes.

Suddenly, he saw a very familiar person turning out of the elevator.

Ivan had seen this man's picture many times because Bruce had told him that it was one of his daily priorities.

Especially this time, Bruce also mentioned Warner's name.

And this person is Kevin Tsujihara, CEO and Chairman of Warner Bros.

Ivan took out his cell phone, turned on the camera, and quietly took a few photos.

Kevin Tsujihara walked through the lobby alone and left the Burbank Hotel without an assistant or any entourage.

Ivan put away the newspaper and mobile phone, joined the crowd of people going out of the hotel, and followed them out.

In front of the hotel, Kevin Tsujihara got into an ordinary car and left.

Ivan quietly took a few more photos.

The phone vibrated and Ivan answered: "It's me."

Luke's voice sounded: "Charlotte just drove that BMW out of the parking lot."

Ivan has been a part-time paparazzi for so long and has a very keen sense of smell. He immediately connected with Kevin Tsujihara. The tryst between the two ended and they retreated separately?

A few minutes later, Ivan, who was waiting near the exit of the underground parking lot, got into the car that Luke drove up.

The two briefly exchanged what they saw and photographed, and Luke said: "It feels like this Kevin Tsujihara is very likely. The information you brought shows that Charlotte Kirk was killed by Charles Rowan. Introduced into the crew directed by Nolan, Charles Rowan is the most senior producer at Warner. If it were not for Charles Rowan’s personal actions, according to normal inference, only the top big shots at Warner..."

Ivan interrupted: "Your guess is very reasonable. Wait a moment, I will ask someone to help find the owner of that suite."

The car drove into a parking lot and after waiting for a while, Ivan's phone vibrated again.

He answered the phone, and the person on the other side said, "That's one of Warner Brothers' long-term hospitality rooms in Burbank. I don't know the details."

This is enough, Ivan said: "Thank you, the information fee will be paid to you next time we meet."

"Okay." The other side hung up the phone.

Ivan took out his notebook, sorted out all the initially processed photos and videos, uploaded them one by one to his mailbox, wrote the news he just got in the mail, and then clicked send.

Luke stretched out: "Is this job done?"

Ivan nodded: "Okay, go back to sleep."

Luke started the car and said while turning the steering wheel: "It would be great to have a job like this every day. It's less work, more money, and a shorter cycle time."

Ivan didn't sleep well last night either: "Stop talking nonsense and go back and rest quickly."

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Atlanta, Gray Film Center.

Today, the crew did not shoot the male protagonist's scene, but Martin still came to the studio.

There are not many opportunities to follow Nolan and learn how directors actually operate.

Martin still reads more and talks less, trying not to disturb Nolan's normal work.

The crew constantly changed models, and even in the deep space, Nolan still insisted on focusing on real shots.

In order to meet Nolan's shooting needs, a huge props group is either building models or purchasing materials to build models.

Nolan often had disagreements with the crew's scientific advisor Kip Thorne on the space scenes and black hole scenes.

Nolan never wanted to make a purely hard science fiction movie. Everything must serve the theme of the film.

During the break, he played with the black hole model in his hand and said to Martin: "On one side are wormholes and the theory of relativity, on the other side are the needs of the movie. Sometimes the director has to make a choice."

Martin can understand: "It cannot violate the existing laws of physics. All imagination must be based on science rather than the screenwriter's imagination. This is indeed a bit difficult."

He looked at Nolan and asked humbly: "How do you plan to solve it?"

"On the basis of ensuring compliance with the laws of physics, try to simplify some advanced concepts and science in a way that the audience can understand." Nolan is a commercial director after all, and the choices he made are not unexpected: "After all, these , just serves the theme of the film."

Martin understood and said: "No matter how hard science fiction looks, wormholes, black holes, space adventures, multi-dimensional space... the core is still family and love."

Nolan nodded slightly: "Science and theory actually serve emotions, wrapping the softest emotions with a very hard shell. Because of this, it will not be a serious science fiction film like "2001: A Space Odyssey", but it will be more full." Feelings."

He specifically said: "As a director, before project preparation, you should know what you are best at, what you want to express through this film, and whether there is a market and audience for these, and the rest must serve this, so that everything The work will have a very clear goal.”

Martin was enlightened: "That was an epiphany for me, Chris, thank you."

Nolan waved his hand: "It's nothing. When you get to know more, you can figure it out yourself."

Martin knows that the reason is very simple, but sometimes it is difficult for people to penetrate the thin layer of window paper.

The prop masters rearranged the models on the set and filming began again.

After the crew finished work, Martin returned to the rest trailer and took out his notebook to write down some thoughts from the morning.

Bruce opened his phone and found a new email. He quickly opened it and looked at it, saying, "There is news from Charlotte Kirk."

Martin turned the pen in his hand: "Tell me about it."

Bruce said in detail: "Ivan personally followed Charlotte Kirk for two days. At noon today, he found Charlotte having a tryst with someone at the Burbank Hotel. He waited for a period of time and found out at Charlotte Kirk. When Clark left the hotel, he found Warner Bros. CEO and Chairman Kevin Tsujihara coming out of another door of the hotel."

Martin stopped writing and asked: "Is it really Kevin Tsujihara?"

"Ivan is not completely sure." Bruce said while looking at the email: "Ivan and his assistant took videos of Kevin Tsujihara and Charlotte Kirk leaving the hotel respectively, with a difference of no more than three minutes. In addition, , Ivan also found out that the suite Charlotte Kirk entered is a long-term commercial private room of Warner Brothers."

Hearing this, Martin directly came to the conclusion: "A coincidence may be a coincidence, but two connected together cannot be a coincidence. The person behind Charlotte is probably Kevin Tsujihara."

He suddenly remembered some inexplicable actions and tone of Charles Rowan that day, and said: "With Kevin Tsujihara's position, it would be difficult for Charles to have Charles Rowan in the crew and arrange an unimportant role for Charlotte. reject."

Bruce agreed: "It's a small thing. Seeing Charlotte, Charles can guess the reason."

He handed the phone to Martin, which had the photos sent by Ivan.

Martin looked through it roughly and said, "Is there a direct connection between the secret filming and Kevin Tsujihara?"

Bruce thought for a while and reasoned in the same way as Jodi: "If you are in Hollywood and say that Charlotte and Kevin Tsujihara have no relationship, would you believe it?"

Martin shook his head: "Are you talking about the plot in a fantasy movie?"

Bruce shrugged: "Jon Berg, the former president of Warner Pictures whom you fired, is Kevin Tsujihara's brother-in-law. It is said that the Kevin-Tsujihara siblings have a very good relationship. The dwarf from this island country may be making people secretly Gather your incriminating evidence.”

He further said: "If you didn't find the secret camera equipment that day and couldn't help but start it with Charlotte, the other party would accuse you in the future. With the increasingly magical social situation, you would be in great trouble."

Martin couldn't help but sigh: "Why don't Warner's management team focus on business?"

Bruce said: "If you don't dance from time to time, how can you be called a heavenly group?"

Martin returned the phone to Lao Bu, sat back on the sofa, and recalled things related to Warner Group.

What impressed him the most was that the Warner team had beaten Yishou Wang to a pulp, and the management that they created had bypassed the producers and directly interfered in the filming and production of the crew. There were often not even a management team, and from time to time there were a few people who directly interfered with the filming and production. The director often complains about the crew's micromanagement.

Fortunately, Warner Brothers is a big business and can withstand the hardships. If it were replaced by an ordinary small and medium-sized company, it would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Do other companies in Hollywood have similar practices?

Martin can give a clear answer. Other companies have just as many tricks, such as Disney, which let itself go after Robert Iger left office.

The problem is that Warner Bros. has failed miserably on this level, spending more than a decade and investing billions of dollars, and is still far from its goal.

The losers are naturally engraved on the pillar of shame and receive constant scolding and whipping.

This is also the main reason why Martin has a deep impression on Warner Group.

There is no doubt that Kevin Tsujihara is the leader of the Warner team.

Martin has a vague impression that around 2020, Kevin Tsujihara was still the CEO of Warner Bros.

Then it was over.

Martin recalled carefully that the reason announced in the media was that Kevin Tsujihara cheated on an actress due to a cheating scandal.

Yes, that was what was reported in the media at the time, and Kevin Tsuji resigned due to this.

But if you think about it, you will know that it is pure nonsense to overwhelm a top six Hollywood bosses with women's affairs.

Not to mention Kevin Tsujihara cheating on an actress, even if it's more than ten or twenty, it's not a problem.

Martin believes that the reason lies in performance.

Warner Bros. is about to die after being tortured by the Warner team.

Martin murmured in his heart, the woman who made Kevin Tsujihara take the blame and resign, couldn't be this Charlotte Kirk, right?

If so, that would be interesting.

Martin remembered more content and forgot where he could see it in his previous life. It seemed to be an interview with that woman.

Martin didn't remember anything else, but one of them made a relatively deep impression because it involved the "Wonder Woman" movie.

The woman claimed that Kevin Tsujihara promised to land her the role of Wonder Woman, and she didn't know she was deceived until Zack Snyder announced Gal Gadot would play Diana.

That's probably what it means.

Seeing that Martin had been thinking, Bruce did not disturb him and waited patiently.

After a while, Martin opened his eyes, looked at Bruce, and said: "Brother, please pay more attention to this Charlotte, especially the matter between him and Kevin Tsujihara, and make sure that when Kevin Tsujihara attacks us, He has weapons to fight back, after all, he is the CEO of one of the six major Hollywood companies."

Bruce nodded in agreement.

Martin paused briefly and then said: "Also, let people investigate as soon as possible whether Charlotte Kirk has participated in the audition for the crew of "Wonder Woman" or been involved with the role in it."

"I think I've heard someone talk about this before." Bruce took out his cell phone: "I'll make a call first and have someone ask me from the side."

The call was put out, and not long after, someone called back. Bruce answered the call and said a few words. After hanging up, he said to Martin: "Some time ago, I heard someone from the crew talking about the casting of "Wonder Woman." People asked about it, and the rumor probably came from Charlotte Kirk.”

As one of the three giants of the crew, it was difficult for Martin to hear some of the news circulating at the bottom immediately: "What rumors?"

Bruce said: "Charlotte Kirk said she auditioned for 'Wonder Woman' and made it all the way to the third round, but Gal Gadot suddenly came out and stole the role in a dishonorable way."

He reminded: "Most of these words are false. It will be difficult for her to compete for the role of Wonder Woman."

Of course Martin knows that it is not that difficult for an actor to get an important role in a heavyweight project just by sleeping with someone.

The reason is very simple. For a project that invests tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, how much risk can a hole hold?

He thought for a moment: "Send a few people to follow Charlotte for a long time and pay attention to her daily whereabouts, especially her relationship with Kevin Tsujihara."

Bruce will naturally handle these matters, so Martin doesn't need to worry too much.

The "Interstellar" crew's filming in Atlanta is coming to an end, and the crew once again came to the farm to shoot the final outdoor scenes in the cornfield.

Jessica Chastain joined the crew for filming.

In one scene, in order to force her sick brother and his family to leave the farm, she led people to set fire to a corn field suffering from blight.

Nolan required real-life shooting, so the fire scenes had to be real-life.

The crew, including Martin, all asked to join in the filming. Murder and arson should be legal arson. It was so interesting.

It's exciting to think about burning 300 acres of cornfield in one go.

In order to prevent the fire from getting out of control, the crew cleared a fire isolation zone around the cornfield.

Martin, Bruce and others put on uniforms, helmets, and carried gasoline barrels to the side of the cornfield.

Jessica Chastain broke off a corn cob, took a look at the tender kernels inside, and said: "This corn can be harvested in a month at most. If you sell 300 acres of corn, you can make a lot of money." .”

"We are a crew, not farmers," Martin said.

The crew measured the wind direction, and Nolan stood under the temporary filming platform, raised a loudspeaker and shouted: "Clear the set, and we will start shooting in three minutes."

Martin picked up the helmet and put it on his head.

Several nearby extras also wore dust helmets.

As the scene notes were recorded, filming began.

Many extras rushed to the edge of the corn field with oil barrels at a distance of about 20 meters, and poured oil on the corn plants and the field.

After Martin finished splashing, he threw the oil barrel in together, took out the fireworks stick from his waist, twisted it to make sparks, and threw it into the cornfield.

The fire suddenly jumped up, and large areas of corn were ignited by the fire.

Martin quickly left and retreated outside the fire barrier.

Not only him, but other actors, including Jessica Chastain, also retreated.

The fire burned fiercely and devoured countless corns.

Nolan and part of the film crew stood high and took pictures of the entire scene.

Jessica Chastain stared at the fire in the distance, as if she couldn't believe that she had set it. After a while, she said to Martin: "No wonder some people like to set fires. It feels really good."

Martin deliberately joked: "You can try it in your bathroom later."

"How about tonight?" Jessica Chastain said directly: "How about I go to your hotel suite and set fire to it?"

Martin looked solemn: "Then I will take on the heavy responsibility of putting out the fire."

Jessica Chastain asked, "How do you put out a fire?"

"Of course it uses water." Martin patted her hand: "It doesn't matter if you don't have water, I will make it for you."

Jessica Chastain's face turned red easily, and she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you to help me make it."

The fire was burning fiercely and the temperature was gradually rising. Martin pulled Jessica Chastain back into the trailer, and the motorcade drove back along the road, gradually moving away from the fire scene.

But the filming team headed by Nolan was still filming scenes of burning fire.

This was the last scene the crew filmed in Atlanta.

Subsequently, the crew took five days off. Martin did not return to Los Angeles, but stayed with Elena in Atlanta for five days.

During this period, he participated in a Coca-Cola event. As a lifelong spokesperson for Coca-Cola, Martin took members of the Coca-Cola Cult from all over the world to visit the Coca-Cola Memorial Hall and the old park.

In August, Martin left Atlanta and came to London, England. After joining the crew, he went to Iceland to shoot the final location scenes.

Nolan has been to Iceland many times for filming and has a special liking for the outdoor scenes here.

There are two scenes on alien planets in the film, all shot in Iceland.

One of them is the frozen planet. In the words of Kip Thorne, the crew's scientific advisor and Nobel Prize winner in physics, the ice planet is the greatest range of artistic freedom he can allow.

The filming in Iceland was all on location. Fortunately, the climate was cool, and Martin moved quickly in a thick space suit without feeling too hot.

Martin wandered around during his free time from shooting. The scenery in Iceland is very special and retains many original ecological scenery.

The crew made sufficient preparations and the filming went smoothly. Martin only stayed in Iceland for a week before completing all the scenes, leaving the crew and returning to London.

He waited in London for several days for an official cultural exchange group organized by Washington.

This is an official event aimed at strengthening cultural exchanges between the United States and Eastern Europe. The reason why Martin participated was to prepare for his trip to Kiev.

The selection event of the Holy Maiden Group organized by Alexandrovich is about to usher in the final unit.