Chapter 498: The Problem with the Gun (Ask for Subscription)
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The roar of the motor came from far and near, and a red Mercedes-Benz G-class off-road vehicle came running wildly, completely ignoring the scattered obstacles on the road, and when it came to a junction, it suddenly braked sharply and flicked its tail, turning towards the overgrown road surface, and the speed became faster and faster, as if chasing something.
Standing on top of a building on the open-air set, Matthew had been staring over there, and the red Mercedes-Benz Big G, in the hands of the stunt driver provided by the Mercedes-Benz side, actually drove the feeling of a top-of-the-line sports car.
This is a huge, dozens of acres of open-air set in the west of Burbank, where the crew built several post-cataclysmic New York street scenes for close-up shooting.
As Matthew's sponsor, Mercedes-Benz provided most of the vehicles for the crew, especially the male lead's car.
The special red Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle is still running wildly, and it is estimated that the crew will shoot a lot of similar shots, so that in post-production, there will be enough material editing and selection, and there will be no need for Matthew to play for a while.
For example, in this kind of extremely dangerous driving shooting, the crew will not let the main actor play, and even if the crew agrees, the third-party guarantee company will not remain silent.
Every crew buys huge insurance for the main actors during filming, especially accident insurance, like Matthew's accident insurance is up to five million dollars, and if he has an accident, a third-party guarantee company may have to pay a huge insurance premium.
This is not the most troublesome, Matthew as the leading actor, once injured, the whole shooting can only be interrupted, the most important responsibility of the third-party guarantee is the completion guarantee, once the film cannot be completed on time, they will be very, very troublesome.
Matthew stood here and watched for a moment, and Bella Anderson crept up to the roof and came to him.
"Is that over there?" asked Matthew.
Bella Anderson whispered, "After moving, Liszt personally led someone to send Miss D'Addario to the north. ”
Matthew nodded lightly and asked, "Is Anna still satisfied?"
"She thinks it's good. "Bella Anderson hasn't been with Matthew for a day or a half, and some things are used to seeing too much," said Miss D'Addario, who said that the rent would not be paid to you until the end of the year. ”
"Hmm. Matthew responded, "There's no hurry. ”
Bella Anderson's face did not change, but she complained in her heart: Everyone lives in your house, I'm afraid I can't run away, of course there is no need to rush.
After complaining, she asked tentatively, "Matthew, did you tell Miss Daddario about the dead man in the house?"
Hearing this, Matthew patted his head lightly, "Oh no, I forgot about it." ”
He really forgot about it, because he didn't care about the murder in the house all along.
Bella Anderson whispered, "I didn't say that either. ”
Matthew shook his head, "It's not a big deal, I'll see Anna another day and say hello to her." ”
He really didn't take it seriously.
Bella Anderson changed the subject, "I met Amanda over there, and she asked me to tell you that the delivery date for the charity supplies was scheduled for October 24th. ”
"I see. Matthew knew that this was an agreed time, thought for a moment, and said, "Bella, you communicate with Gilmour and Awazi in the afternoon to coordinate the shooting time." ”
Bella Anderson nodded slightly.
Matthew asked again, "How's the media contact?"
"Helen informed me yesterday. Bella Anderson replied, "There will be no fewer than thirty outlets, and Warner Bros., Warner Bros., will also be participating." ”
She seemed to remember something, "Oh, yes. When I came from the North, Steven Spielberg's assistant called your public number and invited you to the premiere of "Flags of the Fathers" on October 25 under the name of DreamWorks. ”
Matthew didn't think about it, and said, "I'll send them a message later, just say that I will participate, remember to communicate with the crew for two days." ”
"I understand. Bella Anderson said.
Although he doesn't remember such a film, Matthew decided to go anyway, and the reason for this was his charity dinner, to which Spielberg not only accepted the invitation, but also donated a sum of money.
Accepting the premiere invitation of DreamWorks is also to return the favor.
If the two days are together, it will also help the crew adjust the shooting plan, and the film also has some scenes that do not require him to appear, and Guillermo del Toro can adjust to shoot in these two days.
The red Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle galloped past again, and Mercedes-Benz specially chose this color in order to increase the influence of this car in a relatively young group, especially those rich second generations.
As the spokesperson for Mercedes-Benz's full range of small passenger cars, Matthew knows more or less about Mercedes-Benz's strategy, and in the Stuttgart advertisement, there is a special one for the country where the economy on the other side of the Pacific is soaring, and Mercedes-Benz wants to increase its marketing efforts there.
Although he used to be poor, Matthew has seen a lot of luxury cars on the construction site, and the real estate industry has gathered too many emerging rich people, million-level luxury cars, that is, just getting started.
For entry-level luxury cars, other brands can't compare with the German BBA at all.
In recent days, SUVs and off-road vehicles have become popular, and Land Rover, which is said to be about to go bankrupt, is because the market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has come back to life, and it is estimated that Mercedes-Benz also wants to seize more market share of off-road vehicles there.
Mercedes-Benz's endorsement, Matthew has basically reached the extreme, and the rest is to extend the cooperation time as much as possible in order to obtain the maximum benefit, after all, the annual endorsement income of 12 million US dollars is definitely a huge amount of money.
As long as his film career does not decline rapidly, there should be no problem with cooperation with Mercedes.
It's a pity that Rolex's endorsement is more fond of sports stars, and he and Cindy Crawford have always been just two of the many spokespersons.
There is also Armani's panty collection, and although Helen Herman has been in recent contact with Armani, the Armani side has changed from leaning towards David Beckham to leaning towards him, but Armani's top management has not made a decision.
In fact, Matthew and Helen Herman can also understand that Armani is waiting for the release of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", after all, the poster and trailer have received a warm response, and the film may not have a strong response.
This is a typical business cooperation, business cooperation is always interests first, people who can not bring benefits, what kind of cooperation to talk about.
Conversely, if Armani only offered him an endorsement fee of $1 million, Matthew would not hesitate to refuse.
Just like he will not lower his salary to star in "Iron Man", Marvel is not even willing to open a salary of 20 million US dollars, of course he will not come down, and reducing his salary once will bring a series of chain reactions in the future.
The red Mercedes-Benz Big G stopped at this time, and the staff came over to inform him and asked Matthew to go to the set to prepare for filming.
Matthew went downstairs and came to the temporary set, where another red Mercedes-Benz G had been placed on a platform that could be shaken, and the next thing to shoot was the scene where the actor drove a gun and hunted deer.
Taking the M4A1 handed over by the staff, Matthew glanced at the car, and the German shepherd named Carl was already sitting in the passenger seat, and he was ready to get on the platform with his gun on his back.
Guillermo del Toro walked over and whispered, "Watch your emotions. ”
Matthew nodded slightly, "I understand." ”
"Go ahead. Guillermo del Toro patted Matthew's arm lightly and added, "The handler just bathed the dog this morning. ”
"Hmm. Matthew answered.
Then, he jumped on the platform, sat in the passenger seat of the Mercedes Big G, and turned his head to look at Karl, and the German Shepherd suddenly roared in a low voice, once again showing hostility.
"Carl!" the trainer hurried over and hugged the dog's head, "Relax, relax." ”
Matthew only felt inexplicable, obviously before the start of filming, he got along with this dog very well, why did Carl show so much hostility when it came to filming?
Can a German Shepherd sniff out that he doesn't like dogs?
This kind of thought flashed in my mind, and even people can't see through people's hearts, let alone dogs who are N levels lower than people.
"Uh......h Woo......"
Carl's hostility became more and more apparent, Matthew's eyes narrowed slightly, and Guillermo del Toro's shout was heard at this time, "Pull that dog out of the car for me!"
The trainer hurriedly opened the car door, but Carl refused to get out of the car, staring at Matthew with dog-eyed eyes, and the hostile whine in his mouth became louder.
Matthew pushed the door and got out of the car, he didn't have to worry about a dog, even if he could kick it away.
He untied the automatic rifle from his back, and was about to jump off the platform, the moment his hand touched the gun, he suddenly thought of one thing, all the contact with the German Shepherd before the start of filming, he did not bring a gun, he had a gun in the bathtub scene filmed before, and he also has a gun today.
Could it be a problem with the gun?
Thinking of this, Matthew looked inside the car, Carl had been taken away, he thought about it for a while, and did not say anything about the conjecture about the gun, after these two times, he didn't want to do close contact with the dog anymore, who knows if the dog will take advantage of his attention, pounce and bite?
Getting off the platform, he called Guillermo del Toro over.
"Gilmour, that's not the way to go. Matthew said directly.
"Hmm. Guillermo del Toro nodded slightly, and before he could speak, a representative of the third-party guarantee company came over and preemptively said, "Director Toro, please don't let Mr. Horner directly contact that sheepdog, it has the potential to harm Mr. Horner." ”
Matthew answered just right, "I'm a little worried, too. ”
Guillermo del Toro quickly decided, "Well, let's shoot the model and use CGI retouching for post-production. ”
This method was acceptable to several parties, and the subsequent shooting was also smooth.
Before leaving work, Bella Anderson came over to inform Matthew that she had already discussed with the crew and that he would not have to come to the crew again for those two days.