Los Angeles, the base camp of the Face Gang, the VIP room of the Night Club.

Leonardo, Nicholson, and Wes Craven had just finished a round of face washing and were leaning back on the single sofa, savoring the softness and smoothness.

"It always feels like something is missing." Nicholson said.

Wes Craven seemed to be asleep and didn't speak.

Leonardo answered, "The rotten guy who is missing the most bastard." ”

Taking advantage of the bastard's absence, Nicholson asked, "Martin has fucked you and me, but we haven't really fucked him yet, have we?" ”

Leonardo said: "Yes, but it was not a success. ”

Nicholson proposed: "Next time, he gets involved with another woman, and we'll set fire to him and make him sponge tear!" ”

"Great idea!" Leonardo applauded first, and then frowned: "This guy doesn't engage in field warfare, either at home or going to a five-star hotel, it's not easy to do." ”

Nicholson said, "Trick him out!" He asked, "What is that guy doing now?" ”

Leonardo pointed to the east: "New York, today the premiere of his new film." ”

Nicholson remembered: "Never-ending? ”

Wes Craven opened his eyes and said, "This film is especially important to Martin. ”

Leonardo responded: "That's right, this is Martin's real monoclonal antibody box office film, I have seen Warner's test screening, Aniston is a supporting actress at best, Martin is the absolute protagonist." ”

All of you here are veteran Hollywood qualifications who understand the great significance of this kind of film to the leading actors.

Wes Craven added: "If this film can be a box office hit, Martin's career will go further and enter the first line steadily." ”

"If it fails at the box office, it proves that he can't afford the box office alone." Nicholson automatically answered: "If Martin wants to become a superstar or a superstar, the road will be too tortuous, and he will never be able to cross that hurdle." ”

Leonardo remembered the newspaper he had read: "There has been a heavy snowfall in New York recently, and it may fall in the entire Northeast for several days, which will affect the box office revenue there." ”

Wes Craven said: "As long as the film has enough appeal, none of this is a problem. ”

…………

On Long Island, New York, Christian Bale walks through a road that has just been cleared of snow with an umbrella and comes to a detached house to shake off the snow from the umbrella.

The snow was piled up into a round hill.

The door opened from the inside, and Michelle Williams spat out a large cloud of white mist: "Come in, it's snowing so hard, you're still here." ”

Bell entered the house, put the umbrella in a cardboard box by the wall, took off his coat and hung it, and asked, "Where's Hiss?" ”

"Look at the snow in the upstairs study," Michelle said. ”

Bell asked, "How is he doing?" ”

"The mutual aid association is long gone, I suspect ......" Michelle sighed, tears flashed in her eyes, and she rubbed the back of her hand against her eyes: "He doesn't know how to hold on, and I don't know how to hold on." ”

Bell pinched Michelle's shoulder: "When his career starts, his mood will improve, and his attention will not be on it." ”

Michelle led Bale into the living room and said, "It's so big with Martin Davis and Jennifer Aniston, everyone knows what he does on the set, and few crews want to use him." ”

Drugs or something, it's not uncommon in Hollywood, in fact, no one cares, but it happened on the set, and after getting high, I almost bumped into other star actors, who wants to use it? Who bears the risk again?

"I'll figure it out." Bale is very kind of to his friends and has not alienated Heath Ledger after that incident last year, but has been helping him out of the slump.

He pointed upstairs, "I'll go talk to Heath." ”

Upstairs and in the study, Heath Ledger was standing on the inside of the balcony, watching the snowflakes fall outside.

Belle looked around and saw that after a brief period of withdrawal, he had lost weight again, and his face was as white as snow.

"Don't plan to go out to work in the future?" Bell asked.

Heath turned around and squeezed out an ugly smile: "It's not that I don't want to go, it's that no one uses me." ”

He glanced at the newspaper on the desk: "What happened last time made me miserable. ”

Bell came over from his desk and saw the picture in the newspaper that Martin Davis's new film was premiering in New York today.

At this moment, Bell thought of Pinewood Studios, and unconsciously split his legs, feeling that something was wrong somewhere.

Although the police notice was the work of Nicholson and Streep, Bale always felt that the incident had something to do with Martin Davis.

Those three bastards are sworn friends, and they appear together at Pinewood Studios, so they must be related.

Bell came to Heath-Ledger and looked out the window: "Hopefully this snow will fall into the weekend and be cooler when the snow melts." ”

Heath nodded lightly: "It's better that everyone can't go out, can't go out, and the mall and theater are closed." ”

Maybe he really felt wrong for a while, and he was relatively peaceful, but from last year to now, he has never been able to find a job, and he has repeated it after quitting, which has a great impact on people's mood.

"The weather is bad, and no one is buying tickets to see Martin Davis' new film," Heath said. ”

Bell asked inside Warners that the film's test screening has a good reputation, and the only thing that can stop this film from hitting the box office is bad weather.

"Don't talk about that bastard." He changed the subject: "I have a role here, Warner's project, playing opposite me, filming will start this year, the director is Nolan, who I have worked with several times, if you are interested, I will highly recommend you to him." ”

This rare friendship lifted Heath Ledger's decadent spirit and said, "Will Warner Brothers use me? ”

"They wanted me to continue to play Bruce Wayne and let me star in the sequel to Batman, and of course I had to put forward some conditions," Bell said. ”

In the sequel project, the protagonist actor has a certain initiative.

"Thank you, Chris." Heath Ledger is well aware that the opportunity is too rare for him: "I will definitely take this opportunity to take this role and flip the perception of me inside and outside the industry. ”

Bell patted him on the shoulder and encouraged, "I believe in you. ”

…………

At the Metropolitan Theatre, Ted is completely immersed in the film.

Around him, the other companions were the same.

Ted doesn't know why, this movie is particularly able to take on the role and immerse people in it, as if he is the down-and-out protagonist who hangs up.

At the beginning, I was poor, I encountered smart drugs by chance, and after taking them, people were different, and the manuscript was easily completed, and I earned the first manuscript fee, invested in stocks with the manuscript fee, and easily earned the first pot of gold with strong data analysis and information collection capabilities.

Mix high-end occasions, pick up girls, fool people, invincible, all the knowledge you have learned, all memorize clearly, and you can learn a foreign language or other skills in one day.

Although there are side effects of smart drugs, when the protagonist is sober after taking the medicine, while making money and enjoying it, he does not forget to invest in hiring people to research drugs, and even learn chemical and biological knowledge by himself and start researching it himself.

During this period, villains were also set up, such as gang members who saw the protagonist's fortune and wanted to share a fortune, and frequent death tycoons who also used smart drugs, etc.

The protagonist can always use the ingenuity and agility brought by the smart drug to solve them.

Even the tycoons of Wall Street, the protagonist can deal with them.

Ted feels like he is the protagonist, and his life is like opening a game plug-in, climbing all the way up, and living a life that only exists in his dreams.

Movies are a daydream, and this never-ending daydream is more immersive.

At this moment, the audience feels that Martin on the big screen is themselves, watching the protagonist rise all the way, and that special feeling of coolness arises spontaneously.

There is no endless profound plot, no discussion of human nature and life, no philosophical speculation and lofty art, but it has captured the daydreams of countless people.

The dream of taking off in life after such a hanging, all the viewers here, including those rich people, may have done it countless times.

Alain Green's original book is about the plight of a man, that is, the male protagonist.

But the script of the film, according to Martin's idea, completely changed.

The plot of the film is closer to the Internet cool article that Martin watched in his previous life.

The mainstream audience in the United States is no more tasteful than the audience in other markets, and popcorn was first popularized from the North American market and has endured.

Not to mention the-pee-fart comedy that is only popular in North America.

This kind of daydream-like refreshment is more likely to resonate with people.

Martin's plan and goal are very simple, for ordinary audiences, they don't have to think about any mess when they come in, and they are emotionally immersed in the movie, which is cool enough.

As for what the critics will taste from it, Martin has no guess, after all, they don't think the same way as ordinary people.

Perhaps, it can decipher the profound thoughts that the screenwriter and director have never considered.

Kelly Gray sat in the second row with Louise, saw the subtitles fall, and said: "This film is great, although I am a woman, but there are many things in the film, I fantasized about it when I was a girl......"

Louise nodded slightly, "Me too." ”

Daniel from Warner Bros. next to him answered: "Everybody wants to be the main character!" ”

Louise said, "You've thought about that too? ”

"yes." Daniel smiled: "From an ordinary kid, he quickly became a super-rich and smart person all the way, and since then he has enjoyed life, easily maneuvering between the big guys, and even being able to control them." ”

Extremely enthusiastic applause suddenly erupted, coming from the ordinary audience sitting, mixed with applause.

The main creative staff of the front row stood up collectively, Martin first hugged Aniston, then high-fived Boyle, and shook hands with the main creative staff of the other crew one by one.

The audience applauded all the time, especially enthusiastically.

Under the leadership of directors Boyle and Martin, the main creative staff of the crew went to the stage in front of the screen for a curtain call.

Three consecutive curtain calls, the applause still does not stop.

Hearing the long-lasting applause, the heavy snow that weighed on Louise's heart suddenly stopped, and she said: "Even if the box office in the Northeast is not good, this film will not be an accident." ”

Daniel agreed: "The heavy snow in New York can't stop the box office of this film!" ”

(End of chapter)