In the Warner TV studio, "The Helen Show" is about to start broadcasting, and Martin has finished styling and familiarizing himself with the script for the last time, so as to avoid mistakes as much as possible.

Helen came over at this time, and when she saw Martin, she immediately opened her arms, hugged him, and deliberately complained: "You are finally willing to be on my show." ”

Martin smiled and said, "You have to be merciful, I can't stand the torture." ”

The relationship between the two is not ordinary, and Helen gave him a reassurance: "Except for the last surprise link, everything else follows our communication process." ”

Martin asked, "What surprise did you have in store for me?" ”

"Secret." Helen blinked and said, "It certainly won't embarrass you." ”

Martin nodded.

Helen put on earplugs, listened to the director's voice, moved from the backstage to the front desk, pointed to the camera and said, "Helen show, meet you on time every week!" ”

Her expression turned serious and deep: "As for me, I was once hit by a terrible attack, and I was very lucky that I survived, under the protection of Martin Davis. My patron saint, Martin Davis, please! ”

Dressed in a jacket and jeans, Martin looks very ordinary, moving from backstage to stage, like a friendly big boy in the neighborhood.

Helen opened her arms and hugged Martin firmly.

Meanwhile, in Nicholson's mansion on Sunset Boulevard, the old man gathered a group of old friends for a drink and chat tonight.

Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, William Hurt and Dustin Hoffman to name a few.

They also had fights when they were young, but when they got older, they became relatively peaceful, and they could sit together and drink a few drinks from time to time, nostalgic for the time that belonged to them.

Nicholson took the remote control, switched to Warner TV, and said, "Watch a show, when we go with the wine and dishes." ”

Dustin Hoffman said, "Isn't this the little brother you just met? ”

Nicholson chuckled, "That's a funny guy." ”

William Hurt had read the report of Empire Magazine: "It's all too easy for young people to become famous these days, and we old guys are outdated. ”

Robert De Niro said: "Watch the show first. ”

On the Helen show, the routine opening greetings ended, and the show got to business.

"In the Departed that is being released, you play an undercover agent, a bad guy undercover, and he is widely praised." Helen came up and filled the show with a look and pointed to the big screen behind the stage, where pictures of Julie and Aniston appeared at the same time.

Her face was full of gossip: "On the same day, Julie and Aniston praised you at the same time, praising you for your excellent character creation, dedication and hard work, what do you think?" ”

It's one thing to play in private, and openly admitting that it's absolutely impossible, Martin came up with standard wording: "I've worked with Angie and Jane on two films, they're very good and dedicated actors, and we've been friends at work and we've continued to do so ever since." ”

Helen was very gossipy: "As far as I know, Julie and Aniston are mortal enemies, haven't you thought about mediating in the middle?" ”

Martin was thick-skinned and said, "There is this plan. ”

"Otherwise, we'll call them on." Helen suddenly said, "You mediate on the spot? ”

Martin said, this is the surprise part of the show?

When the effect of the show arrived, Helen was full of regret: "Our program has an effective budget, and we can't invite two big-name actresses." ”

She asked, "Can you help?" ”

Martin shrugged: "I'll communicate with them privately, let's try." ”

Helen took the opportunity to change the topic: "Do you think about being friends with big stars like Julie and Aniston now before you come to Los Angeles?" ”

Martin shook his head: "I didn't dare to think about it, I thought I could have a foothold in Los Angeles at that time." ”

Helen asked, "Didn't want to be a big star?" ”

Martin followed her question and continued: "Anyone who has had the same experience as me doesn't dare to have too many extravagant hopes for the future. ”

Helen asked, "It was said in the news that you grew up in a slum and your family was not very happy, so it was not easy?" ”

"It's hard." Martin gave out his pain points to win sympathy: "I grew up in an environment full of gangs, violence and traffickers, and many of my peers joined in, and I was lucky enough to have a versatile father who taught me to act and took me as an extra since I was a teenager. ”

Helen asked, "He's a great man?" ”

Martin seemed to be talking to irrelevant people: "No, he was addicted to drugs, alcohol, fraud, all the money I earned from acting was taken away by him, one day he asked me to borrow a loan shark, after I lent it out, he took the money and hooked up with a woman and ran away, completely disappeared from my life, I could no longer contact him, and then I was in a huge debt, and I could only run to a strip bar as a bartender to earn money to pay off the debt......"

Such a superb product opened the eyes of the audience and discussed a lot.

Helen appropriately guided: "You gave up acting. ”

"No, I didn't." Martin completely substituted into the past designed with facts, and set up a hard-working character: "I don't want to join the gang, let alone be a hawker, I want to change my fate!" But for someone like me, it's too hard to get out of that quagmire, especially when I'm in debt. ”

His voice was sonorous: "I have only one way to go, only acting, I met the nobleman, head Jerome, Ms. Kelly Gray, ......"

Martin said the names of those who had helped him, and continued to talk about his experience: "After getting the key role, I was figuring out the role every day, studying how to shape it, asking everyone around me for advice, and I put a lot of effort into it, because I had no way out, and I could only get into the quagmire when I retreated, and I saw with my own eyes a childhood playmate who was shot in the chest and abdomen by a shotgun in a gang fight!" ”

Helen exclaimed a little: "It's terrible! ”

"To avoid these tragedies, I bought a gun to protect myself and my neighbor's family, who have helped me since I was a child." Martin continued: "Thankfully, God forbid, that late-night film worked out and I paid off my debts, but instead of relaxing, I worked harder because I knew that there was a place called Hollywood, which was the temple of cinematic art. ”

He also talked about the experience of going from Atlanta to Los Angeles, emphasizing: "Later, I met a lot of artists, and they made me understand one thing, performing arts is never a sprint, it's a long battle, it's a marathon, you can't stop halfway, you have to persevere, you have to work hard to make yourself better and touch the real performing arts." ”

"Many of the directors you've worked with, including Martin Scorsese, have praised you as a talented actor," Helen said. ”

When Martin should be humble, he will naturally be humble: "There are people who are the darlings of Hollywood and the performing arts, I never feel like I belong to this category, I am more like a conscientious blue-collar worker, willing to work several times harder for the role and the work, and I know that I have no way back." ”

He knows how to make the old guy look more pleasing to the eye, and he works hard: "I have touched the threshold of performing arts, in this marathon like life, I have never thought of relaxing and giving up, from wax museum to wanted notice, from the Departed to the reader, I have been working hard, the support of my predecessors, let me get a little success, the more successful I am, the more motivated I am." ”

The show was ongoing, and in the living room of the Nicholson house, the wine had already been drunk several times.

Dustin Hoffman looked at the show and laughed: "Very interesting young man, much smarter than Tom Cruise when I worked on Rain Man. ”

William Hurt, who was on the move when he was younger, somewhat resonated with Martin's story and changed his perception: "It turned out that it was not easy for him to become famous. ”

Robert De Niro said: "He has a lot of qualifications, but he deserves a chance to work hard. ”

Nicholson spoke more directly: "Old guys, can you find a more pleasing person in the younger generation than him?" Look at the young actors now, from middle-class families, or child stars from wealthy families, or second-generation stars, or the godson and goddaughter of a certain big man, like us bastards, there are fewer and fewer people who crawl out of poverty. ”

At that time, most of them were poor people as actors.

Nicholson, as the boss of the bastard trio, simply canvassed on the spot: "That little bastard is my brother, the nomination votes in your hands, and the votes you can influence, give it to him." ”

"I knew you old bastard's free liquor wasn't good." Al-Pacino said: "I admire Martin, but he's too young. ”

William Hurt echoed: "This year, there are many veteran friends who want to compete for Best Supporting Actor. He seemed to be saying to himself: "They will never win Best Actor in their lives." ”

Dustin said: "I promised to vote for Alan Arkin. ”

William Hurt said: "Me too. ”

Nicholson poured the old lads a full bottle of wine: "It's just a nomination." ”

Hearing this, William Hudd nodded: "I'm fine. ”

Others have also said that they can give Martin a nomination vote, if not the first place, but also the second place on the ballot.

After a quick chat, everyone's eyes returned to the talk show.

The stage background switches to images of rumor-related reports in the United States.

"I watched the Internet, and a lot of people were talking about it." Helen asked, "Is it true?" ”

Martin wanted to raise his head and suppress: "It's true. ”

The audience was in an uproar.

"But they were selective and ignored the cause and effect, and what actually happened was that the gangs in the south of Atlanta had taken over my neighborhood at the time, and they wanted to develop that white business, and the community was disturbed by them, and the friend I just said was dying in the fight, and we were in the slums, and we didn't have that much police, and I and a few other neighbors formed the Community Defense Coalition together." ”

This is very common in the United States, and the audience can understand it.

Helen asked cooperatively, "The Defense Alliance clashed with the gangs?" ”

"Four gangsters were about to burglore and I found out in advance...... Martin didn't exaggerate, telling the truth about what happened that night.

"So, you protected four of your neighbor's friends?" Helen saw Martin nodding and said, "The surprise is coming, one of them came to the show." ”

Hearing this, Martin was quite surprised, who of the four idiots came to the show?

Elena? Obviously impossible.

Hall will only send the earth.

Harris would have told him beforehand.

It can only be Lily's idiot!

(End of chapter)