Los Angeles Satellite City, Sherman-Oakes. Martin drove into the courtyard of a detached villa on the south slope.

The car crossed the lawn and stopped on the side of the villa with a red roof and white walls, and Martin took the co-pilot's gift and got out of the car.

Louise, dressed in a sundress and wrapped in a silk shawl, hurried up to meet her, and before she could get closer, she asked, "Where is my Italian cannon?" Martin presented the gift box: "Drunkard, can you be a little patient?" Louise was not polite to Martin, and took it and opened it directly, and there was a bottle of wine inside.

She understood at a glance: "Liquor? Martin said, "Try it, each with its own flavor." The two entered the villa together, and there was a 40-year-old white woman standing at the door of the villa.

Louise said, "This is Mary, my butler. She briefly introduced Martin: "He is Martin, give him the key to the house, and he can come at any time." Mary answered.

Passing through the vestibule, as soon as he entered the villa's living room, Martin saw a long bar, and the glass wine cabinet behind the bar was densely packed with wine.

In the most conspicuous place of the bar, a crystal glass display case is erected, and several copper plate certificates are placed inside. Creator certificate of three new cocktails of penicillin, expansion screw and romantic halo issued by the International Bartender Association.

Louise warned Martin: "Don't laugh, what you traded for me is mine." Martin pulled over the high chair and sat down: "I didn't laugh, and I didn't say it wasn't yours." Mary then sent the key, and consciously left the villa and went to the annex next to it.

Louise untied her shawl, threw it on the sofa, and sat opposite Martin: "I haven't settled accounts with you yet, why are you and Kelly calling my cell phone?" Do you know how uncomfortable I am? Martin gets to the heart of the matter: "Why don't you hang up?" Louise couldn't explain it at all, she, a drunkard and a pervert, was ruthless, took out her mobile phone and dialed Kelly's phone, waited for it to be connected, and opened it: "If you dare to hang up, I don't have you as a friend!" Martin picked up the flask and mixed penicillin and expansion screws.

Waiting for the female drunkard to come and get the wine, he pressed her directly on the bar. Martin heard a snorting and panting voice: "Kelly, I haven't seen you for a long time, I suddenly remembered a sentence, life is so ***, the posture must be good-looking!" Kelly's voice came from the phone: "Martin Davis, Louise Mayer, you dog man and woman!" Louise tasted the expansion screw first, and then penicillin.

That peculiar flavor, the more you go to the back, the more energetic. After a long time, Louise's phone ran out of battery and turned off automatically.

The dog man and woman quieted down and were finally able to speak properly. Martin took out a pen and paper, wrote two sticky notes in a row, and said: "The Italian cannon is an improved version of the French 75, and the taste is a bit picky." ”

"Uh-huh." Louise lay on the bar, lazily not moving. Martin tore off a piece of sticky note paper and handed it to Louise: "Italian cannon." Louise clipped her fingers between her fingers, tucked into a nearby drawer, jumped down and put on her sundress, and lay on Martin's arm across the bar: "How's Los Angeles?" Martin smiled: "Except for you, everything else is fine." Louise knew that he was coaxing, but she listened happily and asked, "How's the accent doing?" Martin changed to a Hollywood accent: "I've been taking classes and practicing, it's much better than before, you listen, is it a big star." ”

"It's easy to be a star." Louise sighed deliberately: "It's so hard to be a master bartender. Martin supported Louise's lying body with his left hand, and tore the second note with his right hand: "This is a rocket, and the raw materials need to be put into a little effort." ”

"Why is the name of your cocktail always reminiscent of a giant cylinder?" Louise straightened up, walked out of the bar, picked up the black-rimmed eyes and put them on, the drunkard's perverted prodigal spirit dissipated, she opened a cabinet, took out the file bag that had been prepared, and handed it to Martin: "Take a look." Martin found the file bag marked with the words Warner Bros., and when he opened it, there was a script and a plan.

"Look at me, drink and forget." Louise took the proposal, put it back in the cabinet, and said, "I'm back on vacation this time, and by the way, I'm working on a new platter project, which was initiated by Warner Bros., and my Pacific Pictures is ready to participate." "The script has no name, only a code name

"House", Martin quickly flips through it, a typical American two-stroke youth travel horror story.

The story takes place mainly in a wax museum in an abandoned town. Louise said simply: "The remake of Warner Bros.'s "The Demon King of the Wax Museum", the Hilton family's wave *** will bring money into the group. Speaking of which, she began to be indecent again: "Have you seen her videotape?" Honestly, how skilled is she? Martin really saw it: "It was as if her eyes were not the same size as her breasts." Louise was curious: "I'll take a look at it when I have time, and we'll see it together." Martin was still flipping through the script and asked, "There are two heavy male characters." ”

"Whichever you like, you can apply." Louise gave a general account of the project: "The cost of the film is $40 million, and the actual investment is ...... You've experienced "Zombie Dancer", this kind of film doesn't cost much to produce, you have the qualifications of a leading actor at the North American box office of nearly $7 million, and it is very competitive. Martin closed the script: "The key is to have you." Louise reminded: "Pacific Pictures is only the fourth investor in addition to Warner Bros., Fox and Lang***, I am involved in an epic production in Morocco, and I don't have the energy to care about this crew when I go back to North America, and if you want to win the role, you have to work hard." She doesn't give Martin unrealistic illusions: "I can't guarantee you the role, but you must be the strongest contender." Martin picked up the script and asked, "Shall I discuss it with my agent?" ”

"Yes." Louise agreed. Martin remembered Louise's words: "You invested in an epic masterpiece? Working with Warner Bros.? Louise said, "The film is almost over, so don't think about it." ”

"That's not what I meant." Martin explains: "I've heard that Warner Bros. and Brad Pitt have collaborated on a new Trojan Horse Massacre. Louise shook her head: "You're talking about Troy, and I'm investing in another one, about Alexander the Great." Martin wasn't incorrigibly rotten and asked, "All the money was put in?" ”

"Of course." Louise went to get her glasses and poured a glass for herself and Martin: "So, I'm going to keep an eye on the crew." "Martin didn't know what to say, it wasn't right to say anything, he had no qualifications to speak of.

Louise toasted to Martin and said, "Let's go take a shower first, and then we'll see the Hilton family's prodigals together." Martin picked her up directly: "You have a videotape?" Louise hung on Martin: "I got it a long time ago, and I haven't seen it." It didn't take long for Louise to be in her private screening room, with Falke on the screen and Falco below.

Louise pulled out Martin's cell phone and dialed Kelly's. Connected over there, Kelly shouted: "Dog man and woman, hurry up if you want to open it out!" Martin clicked on the phone to talk outside.

Louise was going to Brentwood for dinner with her family in the evening, and when it was dark, she got into a Bentley and left the villa.

Martin grabbed the script and headed straight to Century City. Competing for this critical role, brokers are essential.

It was dark, but Martin had always considered Thomas to be a very professional agent.

I definitely don't mind coming out at this time to talk about work. He made a special call to Thomas halfway through. …… In Century City, in a high-end restaurant, Thomas is very gentlemanly to help his girlfriend pull out a chair, wait for her to sit down, and then go to the opposite side.

He asked someone to book a place and apologized: "Amanda......" Amanda turned her head to look at the night scene outside the window, and said softly: "I'll give you a chance to see your performance." Thomas loosened his tie and laughed.

The waiter brought the menu, Thomas asked Amanda to order, and the two had just finished ordering when Thomas's mobile phone rang suddenly.

Amanda's face drooped. Thomas was so ruthless that he cut off the phone. But less than ten seconds later, the phone came again, and the name on the caller ID - Martin Davis.

"There may be an emergency." Thomas quickly explained: "I'll just ask one sentence, just one sentence." Amanda was not unreasonable, nodding slightly.

Thomas answered the phone and pinched the fuse that burned to his chest: "Something to say." Martin is a very particular person, without any nonsense, and said directly: "Very important work to talk about, the actor of the $4,000 project, the Warner Bros. and Fox co-production, Pacific Pictures participating in the platter, Louise Mayer fighting for the opportunity for me." He stressed: "I just got the script from Louise, Thomas, we've got a head start! Thomas immediately realized the importance of this opportunity to Martin and to him, and without thinking, "Where are you, we will meet now...... At this point, he suddenly realized.

AP things shouldn't be like this, tonight I took the time to apologize to Amanda, and then went to the hotel.

Thomas covered the microphone of his mobile phone: "Amanda, you listen to my explanation......" Opposite, Amanda put on her coat, regardless of being in a high-end restaurant, and gave Thomas a middle finger: "We're done." Thomas looked at the phone in his hand, and then at Amanda, who was leaving quickly, and hesitated.

Martin's voice rang again on the phone: "$40 million production, actor, we can't miss it!" Thomas cursed Martin 10,000 times in his heart, and if he could kill with his mind, Martin would definitely explode on the spot.

Love and career, licking the dog and success, what choice should be made? Thomas was still hesitating, and Martin's voice came out again: "Where are you?" I'm looking for you. The outstanding newcomer cultivated by the veteran entertainment agency made a man's choice, Thomas pounded the armrest of the sofa and said, "I'm in Century City, you hurry up." "This *** life, this *** customer.