At the beginning of July, Jerry Towne completed all the scenes of "L.A. Confidential".

That night, after having dinner with David, Danny and others, he left the crew with Spacey.

Sitting in Jerry's Mercedes-Benz RV, Spacey held a glass of red wine, gently shook the wine syrup, and said thoughtfully: "Things have finally calmed down, don't think too much, the filming is over, and the previous rights and wrongs will end here." ”

Jerry smiled silently, touched him with a wine glass, Spacey took a sip of wine, and continued: "The actors who are compatible will have a chance to cooperate in the future, as for those narrow-minded actors, this is the only time, and they will not cooperate in the future." ”

Jerry nodded lightly: "I didn't want to trouble him, but everyone has bullied him, and it's not my character to blindly tolerate it, so ...... I couldn't hold back, and I shot a little harder. ”

Spacey pursed his lips and smiled, swallowed a sip of red wine, and said, "Is it just a little heavier? Your kick broke Russell's two ribs and left him in the hospital for six days, which has been almost a month.

In the last scene of the evening, did you find that Russell was like a different person, and he barely supported the filming of the scene, compared to before, it was like two people.

He sees you from a distance now, and I dare say that your kick has caused him a huge psychological shadow. Hehehe!"

Jerry smiled noncommittally and shook his head, "Would you believe me if I told you that I only used three points of force at the time?"

Spacey shook his head when he heard this, Jerry had already guessed that he would react like this, and sighed: "I never thought of having a conflict with Russell, and even, I admired him before, and repeatedly took the initiative to greet him, but people not only didn't appreciate it, but they also looked down on me more and more." ”

Taking a breath of relief, Jerry took a sip of wine and cleared his throat, "It doesn't matter if you don't look down on me, at most it's just a partner in the play, it's best to be a friend, it doesn't matter if you can't be a friend, you won't be filming if you leave anyone."

However, I didn't expect that he had been holding back before, but he suddenly attacked me during filming, and he was killed...... This kind of thing must not be tolerated, you must give him some color and see!"

Spacey nodded with a smile and said, "On the day Russell was hospitalized, his personal lawyer quietly slipped into the crew, collected evidence everywhere, and prepared to sue the court for deliberately hurting someone.

It's a pity that he didn't find any evidence, and none of the hundreds of people in the crew were willing to appear in court as witnesses, which made Russell embarrassed and in a very embarrassing situation after being discharged from the hospital. ”

In this matter, Spacey has always been on Jerry's side, as have Danny DeVito, Strathorn, Cromwell and Kim Basinger, as well as most of the crew, all of whom are on Jerry Donn.

So much so that Russell's personal lawyer could not get any evidence favorable to Russell during the crew's unannounced visit, and it is said that Director Curtis was so angry that he threw away the cigar box, and the supplies on the desk were subsequently replaced.

"My team of lawyers is already ready to wait for the court summons to arrive, and then give him another killer shot. It's a pity ......" Jerry said with a smile, exuding a powerful confidence that made Spacey look sideways and secretly stunned.

He had long heard that Lady Sally was not only knowledgeable and successful, but also had an extremely deep family background, and now it seemed that the rumors were true.

After Jerry Towne injured Russell, he was as calm as if nothing happened, he came to the crew on time every day to report and film as usual, Russell was injured and hospitalized halfway, delayed for a week, and then filmed the opponent scene after being discharged from the hospital, and Jerry, who partnered with him, was not affected at all until all the scenes were filmed tonight.

Speaking from the heart, Spacey really admires Jerry, and if he encounters this kind of thing, he may not be able to calmly insist on finishing the filming, but eighteen-year-old Jerry Towne did it.

Jerry not only did it, he did it very well, always looking his best and putting his heart and soul into the shoot.

This is most eloquently evidenced by the fact that director Curtis later directly favored Jerry, angrily accusing Russell and his personal lawyer in public, forcing him to dismiss the idea of prosecution.

It was precisely because Curtis Hansen and the producer, Warner Bros., intervened, that the dispute that caused a stir within the crew was suppressed, and the producer paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money for it, so that it did not spread the word and finally disappeared invisibly.

Looking back on how it all began, Spacey found it incredible.

For other people, it would have been a big deal, but when it happened to Jerry, it was so simple, it was just a wave and then it was still, and then the wind was calm.

After a glass of wine, the driver, Hansen, had already driven the car to Spacey's doorstep.

Putting down the glass, Spacey asked, "What's next for you?"

"I still have a film appointment on my body, and after two days of rest, I will report to the crew and continue filming. Jerry said with a smile and asked casually, "What about you?"

"I'm the same, I took one a year ago, and I've already started filming, and I took another film appointment not long ago, and after the filming of the two films, it is estimated that it will be March next year. ”

Spacey lowered his head and got out of the car, stretched his slightly wrinkled clothes, held on to the car door, and said, "If we have the opportunity to work together a few more times, I am looking forward to playing against you, and it is not bad to play a partner, it makes me excited to think about it." ”

Jerry smiled, "Okay, I'm looking forward to partnering with you again......"

The words were abrupt, Jerry's eyes flashed, and he continued: "I just thought of a good theme, which is very suitable for you to play, but there is only one actor, I ......" After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and said: "I don't mix, let it be given to you, who made us good friends, maybe it can make you take off the actor crown!"

"Oh?" Spacey's eyes lit up, and he saw Jerry's facial expression, which was really distressing.

At this point, Spacey suddenly perked up and excitedly asked, "Really? Are you sure you're not kidding?"

"Of course, I'm never joking about that. ”

Jerry smiled and nodded, "But it's just an intention now, I'll write it out in my free time, and I'll let you know in advance when everything is ready."

At that time, you don't have to open your mouth and ask for a sky-high price, you must know that my company is not big, and if the salary is too high, I can't afford to hire you. Hahaha!"

After getting Jerry's affirmative reply, Spacey was relieved and said with a smile: "The salary is good, as long as the script is good enough, I can act for free without taking a penny." Hehehe!"

"That's a word, I'll call you before filming. Jerry said.

"Ok!" Spacey nodded in response, waving goodbye to Jerry.

“Bye bye……”

Jerry waved his hand, and the driver, Hansen, turned around and drove towards the Sini apartment.

……

On the way home, Jerry suddenly caught a glimpse of the poster of "Maguire" on the stop sign on the roadside, and as he turned his gaze to the car, more and more posters came into view.

More than half of the light boxes and roadside billboards in commercial plazas, civic parks, and street pans are promotional posters for the upcoming release of "Maguire".

Seeing that the promotion of his first film had been fully rolled out, Jerry was in a trance.

Recently, the contradictions and disputes between him and Russell have made him have no time to take care of them, so much so that he actually ignored the fact that his first film written and acted in will land in major theaters a month later.

Jerry was busy talking to Spacey just now and didn't pay attention, and it wasn't until this moment that he remembered that "Maguire" was scheduled to be released on August 9, and the preliminary publicity work had started as early as mid-June.

On June 18, the first 2-minute and 15-second trailer for "Maguire" aired simultaneously at 9 p.m. on the five major television networks in the United States.

At the end of June, the second series of trailers, movie posters and new film flyers were released into major cities across the United States.

Entering July, the movie promotion was fully rolled out, and the trailer time was shortened to 55 seconds, which was changed once a week and broadcast on a rolling basis around the clock.

At the same time, major broadcasting networks and news newspapers launched propaganda simultaneously, and the trailer of the new film landed on major web portals to launch an online propaganda offensive.

In order to increase the publicity in the early stage, after Jerry signed the distribution contract, the additional publicity fee of 4.5 million US dollars was transferred to the special account of Paramount's publicity department, and Paramount followed up and issued a publicity fee of 5 million US dollars, and the publicity work was officially launched.

In other words, the two partners have invested 9.5 million US dollars in publicity funds, which is equivalent to half of the production cost.

In this regard, the consensus reached by the two sides is that the reputation is not enough, so they will make up for it with overwhelming propaganda offensives, and the high publicity expenses will come from this.

Even so, Jerry still felt that he would have to increase the publicity fee, even if it exceeded the production cost, and continued to increase the publicity efforts, and Paramount took a wait-and-see attitude towards this.

However, judging from the current propaganda efforts, Paramount is still quite powerful, almost all-round coverage bombing, and the propaganda efforts are quite large.

There is also a credit to Jerry, such as launching an online campaign, offering a price of $2 million to major portals, and signing a three-month homepage special recommendation.

Jerry didn't need to worry about other aspects of the publicity plan, Paramount's publicity department did a great job, and the publicity work was quite in place.

However, the Paramount family has a big business, and there are more than 30 popular films released in the summer alone, and the publicity department is under huge pressure and is completely overloaded.

The pre-publicity work was led by Paramount, and Jerry's Towne Pictures participated in the whole process.

The two sides have a clear division of labor, Paramount is responsible for mainstream media such as radio and television, and Tang Pictures is responsible for entertainment newspapers and online publicity.

Jerry's mother, Lady Sally, and his grandmother directly controlled or participated in more than 20 newspapers and magazines, and the Gannett family was an American newspaper tycoon, so newspapers and periodicals were the strength of Down Pictures.

Jerry is naturally happy to see the movie come to fruition, so that he can free up more time to devote to the filming of the new film, and will not delay the filming schedule in order to promote the movie.

………… (To be continued)