"Beautiful house, Martin, you have a good eye."

Standing on the highest terrace of the villa, Nicholson took off his sunglasses and looked around: "When you move, you must have a big party, invite less than 50 supermodels, and you jump directly from here." ”

Martin didn't hear the last sentence and said: "The interior needs to be renovated, the plan has just been determined, and the move will not be until summer." ”

Instead, he remembered the first sentence: "Jack, you don't have a bad eye, and you can see that I have extraordinary taste." ”

Leonardo next to him couldn't listen anymore: "I remember that this house was newly built by Pete, right?" I'm very curious, how could Pete be willing to sell you the house at a low price? “

"Because I'm good friends with Pete," Martin said. ”

Leonardo sensed something wasn't quite right and asked, "Does Pete know that this house has fallen into your hands?" ”

Martin waved his hand: "Don't worry about these trivialities. ”

"I see." Leonardo began to think of bad ideas: "Aren't you going to tell Pete? He doesn't know, don't you thank you well, don't you think something is missing? It's incomplete! ”

Nicholson patted Martin on the shoulder: "How can you do good deeds without leaving a name?" He took out his mobile phone and dialed his daughter: "Lorraine, bring your camera, come to Sunset Avenue North, aren't you short of pocket money?" Take some videos and sell them to TMZ for money. ”

Martin looked at the two of them and said, "You are really my good brothers!" ”

He didn't mean to stop him, and he didn't care.

"Who's the neighbor? Let's say hello. Nicholson pointed to the left and right sides and said, "I have bazookas and special fireworks bombs in my car, and my neighbors will remember you well." ”

Martin hurriedly said: "I haven't asked who the neighbor is, don't be foolish, not everyone can mess around like you and Warren Beatty." ”

Nicholson said, "Man, if it's a beautiful neighbor, you'll hit the jackpot." ”

Leonardo answered: "Martin's jackpot is not a beautiful neighbor, but a beautiful neighbor who is married and has a husband. ”

It didn't take long for Lorraine to drive into the courtyard, listen to her dad, shoot around with a DV, and call a reporter from TMZ to rush over to sell the video.

Martin Davis' new home is still somewhat newsworthy.

Nicholson beckoned, "Let's go, go to the Night Club, it's time to wash your face, I asked Warren Beatty and Scorsese to go with me." ”

Martin got into Leonardo's car and rushed to the Night Club together.

After a while, Scorsese and Warren Beatty arrived.

A few people went backstage to pick people and entered the VIP private room to enjoy the facial cleanser service.

The facial cleanser rolled over the old face, Scorsese was in good spirits, he was a teenager younger, he felt like he was doing it again, and said: "I've been off for more than a year, I'm really bored, and I'm ready to make a new film." ”

Martin joked: "Ready to make money for milk powder? ”

Nicholson, however, uttered a brutal truth: "Alimony." ”

Martin knew about it, and his first four marriages gave Scorsese a huge impetus for artistic creation.

Warren Beatty mixed up at the academy and said, "They're not going to give you another Golden Man for Best Director." ”

"It's okay, one is enough." Scorsese untied the Oscar complex, and he would not continue to entangle on it, looking at Leonardo: "Give me the schedule from the second half of this year to the first half of next year." ”

Leonardo didn't think about it, so he answered: "I'm on call." ”

Nicholson asked Martin, "What about you, what are you going to do?" ”

Martin's answer was simple and straightforward: "Of course it's money, a gunfight action movie." ”

Leonardo said: "If you have enough money, you will have enough money to pursue art." ”

Warren Beatty agrees: "It's hard to get artistic recognition without money." ”

Although he didn't say it explicitly, several people knew that he was talking about the Oscar statuette.

Martin asked, "I have a good chance of getting nominated this time, right?" ”

"The Best Actor announced by the Screen Actors Guild, you are among the five nominees." Warren Beatty said directly: "If you can't get the nomination, you can throw all the fireworks in Jack's house into my house." ”

Martin laughed.

Warren Beatty reminded: "You don't have to think about winning the award, 90% of this Best Actor is Daniel Day Lewis." ”

Then, the five of them came to the second round of facial cleanser.

One is more energetic than the other when walking.

Martin also knew about Scorsese's next project, called "Shutter Island".

Leonardo found a new investor from Asia who could easily solve the production funding problem.

Martin kept the boundaries and had no idea of mixing from start to finish.

…………

In New York, Lily got out of the elevator, took out the key, and opened the door to the luxury apartment.

She had never lived in such a house before.

When the Carter family was destitute, they also had a detached dilapidated wooden house in the Clayton neighborhood.

Lily changed her shoes and walked through the hallway into the living room, the house had never been inhabited before, everything was brand new.

She came to the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room, overlooking Central Park.

"Pete has a great eye for buying a house." Lily admired: "It's much better than Martin." ”

But on second thought, Martin doesn't need to have a good eye, just stare at Pete, and there is a gain.

At the end of the day, it's Martin who's good.

Lily has decided to live here tonight, a luxury apartment of more than 300 meters, and she will be the first person to move in.

Two blocks away, in an apartment nearly half the size of the building, Pete lay alone in his bed, unable to sleep all night.

Lacking sufficient cash to pay compensation and attorneys' fees, he had to sell fixed assets at low prices one after another to raise funds.

Pete felt a financial crisis, so it was difficult for him to enjoy life.

It's almost impossible for Hollywood to go back to the past, and he was kicked out of the board of directors of Plan B, and the corresponding dividends are not known to be withheld by Jennifer Aniston, maybe until they go to court.

When he used to get paid $20 million, Pitt felt that money was just a number for him.

Encountering these bad things, the economic crisis caused the liquidity he invested in Fannie Mae to be almost wiped out, and he was constantly attacked by the women led by Mi Tu.

Pete really felt how hard it was to make money.

He didn't sleep all night, analyzing what other capital he had that could be used to make money.

Naturally, Pete thought of his fame.

Even if it stinks, he's a celebrity.

Even a so-called celebrity like Kim Kardashian can sell tens of millions of dollars for a videotape, and he will definitely make more money in exchange.

Pete just has an idea for the time being.

…………

Beverly Hills, the press room of the Ritz-Carlton.

The Oscar nominees luncheon is underway.

Academy President Sidney Gannis and renowned Hollywood sweetsister Jessica Alba hosted the luncheon.

Martin sat at the same table as Kate and Sam Mendes.

Jessica Alba announced the list of nominees one by one, and it soon came to Best Actor and Actress.

Both Martin and Kate are relatively calm about the nomination, because the nomination of the Screen Actors Guild is in most cases a copy of the Oscar nomination.

Sure enough, with the voice of Jessica Alba's introduction, the names of Martin and Kate appeared on the big screen in the press room.

"The nominees for Best Actor are, George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Davis...... Actress nominees include Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, ......"

There were constant cheers around, especially at the table next door where the "Juno" crew was located, and the celebration was loudest.

It is indeed worth celebrating the success of small-budget films in both art and commerce.

Martin stood up and spread his arms, "Congratulations, Kate." ”

"Congratulations, Martin." Kate hugged Martin.

After all, it's just a nomination.

Sam Mendes then got nominated for Best Director.

The Reader was nominated for six Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

The nominees pose for a group photo, with Alan Page standing in front of Martin.

The latter looked back at him and hurriedly greeted: "Hello, Martin, congratulations on your nomination for Best Actor." ”

Martin smiled and responded, "Congratulations as well, you played a very good role." “

Alan Peggy was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Did you read it? ”

Martin hadn't seen her film at all, and slightly deflected the topic: "My favorite is still your Phantom Cat and Fruit Hard Candy, especially the Fruit Hard Candy, which is too impressive." ”

Ellen Page added, "I really enjoyed your performance and hope to have the opportunity to work with you. ”

At the beginning of the group photo, Martin didn't say much and took a group photo with hundreds of people.

In addition to being nominated for an Oscar, he will continue to be the guest of honor.

Stimulated by the good news of the Oscars, "The Reader", which had been declining rapidly in North American screenings, returned to the light and came to a wave of box office climax.

In the weekend following the nomination luncheon, the film expanded its screening scale to 1,457 theaters in North America, and lasted for two weekends, collecting another $8.74 million in North America, bringing the total box office to $68.11 million.

The final North American box office will definitely exceed 70 million US dollars, but that's it, the type of film determines that the North American box office cannot exceed 100 million.

The same subject matter related to the Nazis and the Holocaust, "The Reader" is really far worse than "Schindler's List", and it doesn't even have the kind of sensational ending of the reunion that North American audiences love.

In addition, the film has been released in Germany and the United Kingdom, thanks to the story background and the appeal of the actors, etc., the combined box office of the two countries has now exceeded 10 million US dollars.

Other overseas markets will also be released one after another.

After the Oscars, it was time for the DVD market to revel.

Martin was preparing for the Oscars, and Louise, who was on her way to New York to play the front stop for "The Fast and Furious," rushed back to Los Angeles and brought back a new sponsor.

(End of chapter)