Chapter 225: Stand Firm
In the messy textile mills, Martin held a gun in both hands, fighting against the assassins of the Assassin League, and every time the M9 in his hand rang out with a gunshot, a killer on the opposite side was shot and fell to the ground.
Director Leterrier sits on a rail cart and controls a camera with the DP to capture panoramas and close-ups.
He designed a long shot specifically for this scene.
All the props and looms were destroyed in the shootout, and one killer fell to the ground spurting blood.
The rating of the film can't escape the R rating, and the scale is naturally larger.
Leterrier, a Frenchman, even proposed to let Martin show his bird or something, but Martin sternly refused.
With the completion of this long shot, the studio was in shambles, and most of the props and sets could be sent directly to the garbage dump, and there was no door to check the account.
How much money the crew actually spent, Martin didn't care, the part that belonged to him would be guaranteed.
"Stop! The last shot is over! Director Leterrier stood on the chair of the slide and shouted: "I declare that all the filming of "Wanted" is over! ”
The crew was jubilant, and latte art and color pieces exploded and fell.
Then the spoils began to be divided.
Most people get a souvenir, such as Martin, who gets the two props he used in the film, the M9 pistol.
Producers Louise Mayer and Kelly Gray entered the studio together, and their assistants worked together to bring a large suitcase.
After Louise slapped her palms vigorously to attract people's attention, she said: "In the past two months, everyone has worked hard and cooperated tacitly, very hard, I would like to say thank you to you, on behalf of the crew, I have prepared a special souvenir for you." ”
Assistant Nikki opens the suitcase, revealing a small gift box inside.
Martin sighed to himself.
Bruce whispered, "Do you want to call Australia again?" ”
Martin whispered back, "I'll talk about it later." ”
Louise personally delivered the gift box to everyone in the crew.
Someone couldn't wait to open it and found a fangs pendant in the box, with Martin's name engraved on it.
Morgan-Freeman asked, "It's not like a coyote's teeth." ”
Louise said: "When Martin was filming 'Wax Museum of Horrors' in Australia, he hunted more than a dozen bay crocodiles that were more than six metres long. ”
She also smiled at Martin: "Don't worry, everyone hunts legally, and all the items are legal." This is actually a piece of Martin's heart, and I will give it away on my behalf. ”
No one doubted these words, and no one doubted that Martin would be able to hunt the bay crocodile more than six meters long, and they had all seen how fierce Martin was, and the bandits armed with automatic rifles were all shot in the head by him with Coke.
Martin said in his heart, no matter how hard I bragged, it was only in the size of the crocodile, and by the mouth of Louise, one became a dozen.
All the crocodile tooth pendants were distributed to the crew.
Most people think it's good, after all, Martin's gift will make Martin a superstar in the future, and it is also an extremely special souvenir.
Louise and Kelly then leave, the former catching a flight back to Los Angeles.
Martin invited director Leterrier and action director Chad and others to attend Elena's housewarming ceremony.
Back at the hotel, Kelly happened to be back from the airport and went into Martin's room together.
Martin asked her, "Sent away?" ”
Kelly took a bottle of mulled wine and poured a glass for each of them: "The prodigal who only knows how to ask for it is finally gone." ”
Martin also breathed a sigh of relief, finally no longer had to fight on wheels, and finally had a vacation again.
Kelly told Martin a new message: "Coca-Cola wanted to place an ad in the wanted post, and I responded on behalf of the crew. ”
Martin wasn't disgusted with this: "By joining in late, you're the producer and you have the power to decide. ”
"I feel that this project has a good chance of success." In the face of Martin, of course, Kelly would not tell him what Councilor Erica said, but put it another way: "I will continue to support you, if there are good projects in the future, call me at any time, with my backing, you can fight for opportunities in Hollywood." ”
Martin pulled her over and sat down: "I'm so impressed! How are you going to make me thank you? ”
Kelly raised an eyebrow: "That prodigal is gone, you can watch it." ”
In the face of the female financier, Martin's hands are sincere, his mouth is sincere, and his stick is more sincere.
The reaction is in action, that is, manual action, mouth movement, and stick movement.
Full of absolute sincerity, the female owner sang with satisfaction.
At the same time, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" held a huge world premiere in Los Angeles.
Because of the bloody gossip incident, this film has attracted much attention.
The North American opening weekend grossed nearly $55 million.
For an original film that is not adapted or sequelized, it is a very good commercial achievement.
Under the guidance of Mr. Martin, Julie successfully fought a turnaround battle, swept away the decline in recent years, and successfully became popular.
What's more, the motherly character of the prodigal girl has been recognized by mainstream public opinion.
After the box office of the film was released in the first week, after gaining the support of Twentieth Century Fox, Julie joined the officials of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and went to Africa and the Middle East in front of countless media, holding the big one in one hand and the small one in the other, to visit and help orphans who had lost their families due to the war.
Why take the kids to such a dangerous place? Julie patched it early, on the one hand, she can't do without her children, and on the other hand, let her children understand the importance of freedom and democracy from an early age.
These are too much in line with the needs of mainstream public opinion in the United States.
A Madonna has already taken shape.
Correspondingly, Julie also knows that Hollywood is her basic plate, and movie results are still very important to her, and in a series of interviews, the name of the new film "Wanted" was not mentioned.
She also praised Martin: "Martin's acting skills are very good, it's hard to believe that he is only 24 years old, he is more like the kind of veteran actor in his fifties who has acted in movies for 30 years, and he is a particularly ideal male partner, with a gentle and humble personality, strong and powerful, if I met him at the age of 20, I would definitely fall in love with him incorrigibly." ”
After the interview appeared in the newspaper, some reporters came to Martin.
Martin specifically responded: "The Julie I know is a really good mother, I have no mother since I was a child, and the concept of mother is vague, but Julie makes my mother come alive in my mind, and a good mother is probably what she looks like." ”
Business blows each other, of course, we have to blow that to the sky: "Julie has a real compassionate heart, when she saw the news of the war when she was in the crew, she often took it out to discuss with me, she is very concerned about those children who have suffered from the war, whether they can eat and drink enough, whether they can receive basic education, she is very courageous, and now she really does it." ”
When you are a star, you must dare to take off your pants when you take them off, you must go up when you are on the line, and you dare to be shameless when you blow them.
Before leaving Atlanta, Martin did another important thing, calling his friends to the Elena siblings' housewarming party.
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Northville Community.
Before the sun set, Elena came to the door to greet the guests.
Harris and Lily were in charge of greeting them in the room.
A nearby neighbor accepted Elena's invitation and came to the door with gifts.
Robert invited several members of the community committee, including Ms. Gianna, one of the leaders.
"Elena is a very good bartender." Robert's identity is not what it used to be, and the partner and art director of Atlanta's largest entertainment agency is quite bluffing.
He was in charge of hosting Gianna: "She won the Georgia Bartenders Contest last year, created cocktail paper airplanes that went viral, and she herself was hailed as a female bartender master in North America second only to Louise Meyer. ”
Gianna followed the new member of the community and said, "It's a great achievement. ”
Robert pointed to Harris again: "The second child of the Carter family, who has been in college since college, and the founder of the Atlantic Astronomical Society, makes more money than me." ”
Gianna hadn't paid attention to Harris before, and couldn't help but be impressed: "Young people dare to fight, and they have a lot of hard work." ”
Of course, I don't take it very seriously in my heart, and the family that has just started my career is not enough.
As soon as I thought of this, several people came in at the door, one of whom Gianna knew, Coca-Cola's senior Justin.
Another familiar one, and soon recognized, is the Atlanta celebrity, the hero of America - Martin Davis!
Those few people were busy greeting people and didn't come here for the time being.
Gianna paid attention to that side, Martin Davis and Harris hugged tightly, and the relationship was obviously unusual.
She couldn't help but ask, "Are they?" ”
Robert doesn't have to blow it, and says truthfully: "Martin and Elena are neighbors and grew up together, to be exact, he grew up in Carter's house. ”
He added: "Shorter is Justin, Coca-Cola's deputy director of marketing, and The Coca-Cola Company is interested in partnering with Elena on a new bottled cocktail drink. The man with a steady temperament was my boss, Jerome, the owner of Atlanta's largest entertainment agency. ”
Gianna smiled and said, "Help me introduce me?" ”
Robert waved at Martin, and Martin, Justin, and Jerome came over together.
After the two sides got to know each other, they chatted politely.
When Morgan Freeman comes out to congratulate her hostess Elena, Gianna is already surprised.
This is indeed a new middle class, strictly speaking, a nouveau riche, but with a good network of relationships and a deep heritage.
In the middle of the party, Gianna extended a formal invitation to Elena on behalf of the Community Council to attend the Community Foundation's fundraising dinner next week.
This represents recognition and inclusion in the community.
The housewarming party was enough for Elena to gain a foothold in the Northville neighborhood.
After the party was over, Martin stayed a little longer.
Elena asked her younger siblings to clean up, and she accompanied Martin to the small garden behind the house: "I announced in the newspaper that I had severed relations with Emma, and your people also helped me get custody of Lily and Hall, they can't threaten me with these anymore, I didn't deal with Clayton's house, it's theirs." ”
Too many times of disappointment, in exchange for despair, she has made up her mind: "The mobile phone numbers of all four of us have been changed." ”
Martin nodded: "Call me if you are in trouble, Robert and Jerome can solve it in general, and if they can't solve it, there are other people." ”
Elena didn't shirk: "I will." ”
Martin then spent three more days in Atlanta before returning to Los Angeles.
(End of chapter)