Warner Studios, Davis Studios rented a small soundstage dedicated to serving as a training ground for Chad Starsky's project.

Martin, Bruce and Bradt stood on the edge of the training field, watching intently as several people on the field practiced their routines.

Chad is armed with a prop gun and as the male protagonist, he is besieged by a group of killers.

Chen Hu, who was in the lead, wore his medium-length hair and rushed towards Chade from the front.

Later, he was followed by stuntmen such as Lewis and Buck, who had served as Martin's stand-in several times.

Marcus, who has become Chad's assistant, is approaching.

Chad was changing the magazine, Chen Hu rushed forward, and the two fought in close combat, strangled together.

Buck and Lewis rushed up as well.

The actions of several people are naturally designed routines, Chad twisted Chen Hu's neck, elbowed Lewis in the heart, and kicked Buck down with flying feet, completing the replacement of the magazine.

He turned around and made a shooting motion, and Marcus, who wanted to shoot with his head out, seemed to have been shot by a bullet and fell to the ground with a pop.

The gun in Chad's hand was pointed at the heads of the four people and replenished them one by one.

Unlike previous Hollywood action movies, the action design of this project will never give the enemy a chance to fight back.

Those brain-dead episodes that die of talking too much, the Virgin's heart or carelessness, and allowing the downed enemy to take the opportunity to fight back, are all abandoned in the action design stage.

Brandett walked over to Martin and said, "Head, we did a sample survey on the website and asked fans to vote for the most hated movie plot, similar to the design of the two main characters in the Horror Wax Museum who give up the mending knife, and it is very high. ”

Martin nodded: "I'm almost vomiting at that design." ”

Chard, Chen Hu and Marcus came over at this time.

Marcus said: "On the battlefield, you must not show mercy to the enemy, otherwise you will die." ”

Chad answered: "The protagonist's setting is a killer, and if that kind of plot appears, the character will collapse directly." ”

Martin took the prop gun handed by Chad, made a few shooting poses, and said: "What this film wants is that hearty and refreshing feeling." ”

Chen Hu followed Yuan Heping for a long time, and asked: "Like "Bloody Heroes" and "Spicy Detective"? ”

Martin said: "I've seen these two films, like that. ”

Chad has watched a lot of action movies recently and knows a lot about it, so he took over: "In terms of action design, we must not only be close to actual combat, but also not overly pursue actual combat for the sake of actual combat style. ”

Martin completely agrees: "This is a movie after all, and on the basis of the actual combat style, it must take care of the audience's viewing experience, which must be fierce and aggressive, and the action must be relatively good-looking." ”

Chen Hu is responsible for designing melee combat routines: "I agree, in this regard, we can appropriately refer to some gunfight action movies in Hong Kong City. ”

Martin joked: "Don't design it up like Jack Chan, after all, the protagonist is a killer." ”

Chen Hu continued: "It's not the God of War in Furniture City." ”

The others didn't understand what it meant, only Martin and Chard, two people who had watched a lot of Hong Kong City movies, understood.

Subsequently, the group went to the pulling room to watch the video.

In recent months, Chad and others have designed a lot of gunfights and action routines, most of which have been recorded through drills.

Seeing half of it, Chen Hu and Martin deliberately went to the training ground to practice.

The action director also needs to understand how well the actor can go.

Chen Hu asked Martin to follow his routine and rehearsed several difficult movements, and had a certain understanding of Martin.

After he shouted to stop, he said to Martin: "Your basic skills are much better than Keanu's, when filming The Matrix, I took Keanu and them to practice, and it was more difficult to teach than they practiced." ”

Martin had been a martial artist for many years in his previous life, and he had been training physically since Atlanta, and said directly: "I have practiced a lot of action fighting routines, and I have maintained training all year round, and I have a certain foundation. ”

Chen Hu said: "You have a good foundation. ”

Martin is only 26 years old now, and he often trains with Bruce, not to mention difficult movements, even the completion of ordinary actions, which is not comparable to ordinary action actors.

"Let's move on." Chen Hu returned to the training ground: "I want to know more about your body, and design a more suitable action fighting routine for you according to your characteristics." ”

Martin followed Chen Hu's demonstration and continued to practice the action routine.

Chen Hu shouted to stop from time to time, came over to communicate with Martin, and said some ideas for action routines.

Martin used to play action, and sometimes he would make some constructive suggestions.

Of course, the action scenes at that time did not develop with time, but became more and more stretched, and those were the ones who could really support the scenes.

Later, the actors were too expensive, not to mention the brokerage company, even the crew did not dare to let the actors take risks easily.

After all, finger rubbing can cause monstrous public opinion.

After noon, Martin and Chad and Bradt closed the door to discuss the script.

Bradt has completed the first draft of the script, and the main plot line is particularly simple, which is to use a small number of literary dramas to connect the action scenes designed by Chad's team.

Among them, a blank space was also made for the sequel, which involved the killer world controlled by the high table.

Martin asked Chad, "When can filming start?" ”

"I plan to start preparations in October and start filming in March or April next year." Chad has already made a more detailed plan: "The first part will cost no less than $30 million, and there are too many big action scenes. ”

Martin nodded to understand that the effect of the scenes presented by action movies has always been proportional to the amount of money burned.

Chad added: "There is another premise, your salary is composed of basic remuneration and post-sharing, otherwise it will increase by $10 million." ”

Martin said directly: "I'll plan the funding, and you'll be in charge of the film." ”

Chad felt inexplicable pressure: "Martin, it's my first time directing a movie, don't invest hundreds of millions of dollars, I can't bear it." ”

"No, it won't." With Martin's appeal, it is not difficult to get tens of millions of dollars to invest from Kelly, Louise and Sophia.

He reassured Chad: "Rest assured, we will use $30 million as the investment baseline." ”

Chad breathed a sigh of relief, if he really had to invest more than $100 million, he would definitely lose sleep for a long time.

With Martin's current coffee position and appeal, even if he messes up a movie, he can withstand it.

But as a rookie director, his debut film is over, and his future is over.

Martin asked Bradt again, "Do you have a problem here?" ”

Bradt said: "Time, I still need some time to polish the script. ”

"Yes." Martin glanced at the electronic calendar on the wall: "The script will be finalized in December. ”

How to make the script more reasonable, at least in line with normal logic, is a test of the level of action movie screenwriters.

That is, to make the characters conform to the logic of the plot.

In the middle of the afternoon, Martin left the studio and went to the Warner Building to find Louise and prepare to spend the weekend at her house.

Entering the vestibule of the Warner Building, he unexpectedly met an acquaintance.

Wu Maoting, an investor from Myanmar, took the initiative to come over and shake Martin's hand and say hello: "Long time no see. ”

Martin shook his hand and asked, "When did you come to Los Angeles?" ”

Wu Maoting said with a smile: "I came here last month, I helped Dani first, that is, my daughter, dealt with some things in the school, and came to Warner again." ”

Although he no longer invests in Martin, he did not think about completely cutting off contact, and specifically said: "The Departed has benefited a lot from investment, and I am very grateful that you and Ms. Mel gave me the opportunity to invest in Hollywood and establish a cooperation channel with Warner." ”

Martin smiled: "You're welcome, this is a win-win investment, and Mr. Wu's financial support has also helped me gain a foothold in the crew." ”

The two did not work together again, but they were not enemies.

Wu Maoting also said: "The people from Warner Pictures went to Hong Kong City to find me and strongly invited me to participate in the investment of the fourth part of the Terminator. ”

Martin said: "Warner Pictures invited me. ”

"The male lead?" Because of the success of the last time, Wu Maoting still trusted Martin more, and asked: "You are the leading actor in this film?" ”

Martin shook his head: "The schedule is not suitable, I turned down Warner Pictures." ”

Wu Maoting sighed softly: "It's a pity, we can't continue to cooperate." ”

"Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future." Martin couldn't say much, and instead asked, "When will the project go into filming?" ”

Wu Maoting said: "It is estimated that it will take a while, and the actor Bell is said to have suffered a great emotional impact when filming the last film, because of the excessive pressure......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered: "The same project that Bale starred in with you?" ”

"The role is too stressful and mental." Martin's face instantly became heavy: "I've been to the psychiatrist a few times, but I still often wake up in the middle of the night with nightmares. ”

He didn't need to exert any force at all, and suddenly hooked his lips and smiled: "It's like inside the body, a new personality was born." ”

Rao is a warlord like Wu Maoting, and when he saw Martin's smile, he also chuckled in his heart, and said, "If there is a situation, it must be treated in time." ”

Seeing that the smile on Martin's face was becoming more and more weird and evil, Wu Maoting hurriedly ended: "It's almost time, I should go upstairs to talk to Warner's people about cooperation." ”

"Please." Martin's voice hasn't changed, but the tone is rather weird.

Wu Maoting turned around and left, secretly beckoning, and several subordinates came quickly and blocked his back.

Martin's cell phone rang, but it was Louise calling, and he answered, "I'm here in the front room?" We went to the underground parking lot to meet. ”

The two took the elevator to the underground parking lot.

Halfway through, Bruce asked, "Are you staying at Louise's house tonight?" ”

"She's not going to let me go," Martin said. ”

Bruce said: "I'll be free tonight, I'm going to Venice to look for gold." ”

"Good luck buddy." Martin kindly reminded, "Don't be broken. ”

Bruce asked, "I remember you bought a body-worn camera that you could wear on your head?" ”

"In the vault, you go find it yourself," Martin said. ”

Arriving in the underground garage, Bruce drove away alone in the Escalade.

Martin joins Louise and goes to Sherman Oakes together.

(End of chapter)