Manhattan, New York.

Ted, dressed in a jacket, turned into a café and headed into the corner, sitting across from a black boy.

The black boy smiled at him with two lines of white teeth: "Coke God Sect Forever!" Long live the Master! ”

Ted replied, "Long live Master Martin!" ”

"I know you, you're the head of a fan group." After making sure that the code was right, the black boy asked, "You can't get the goods either?" ”

"No way, the North American market is out of stock, and I have a few overseas customers who watched the Dark Knight last weekend, and they especially like the Joker, and they want to buy the Clown handmade statue but can't buy it." In order to work, Ted even gave the statue in his hand to the customer.

The black boy exclaimed: "The clown is too popular, and the handmade statues are too popular, and the goods are not easy to get." ”

Ted simply asked, "Do you have the goods in your hands?" ”

The black boy looked around, as if he was worried that someone would rush over and rob him, so he carefully lifted his coat and took out a black cloth bag from under his armpit, opened it and placed it in front of Ted.

Ted took a closer look at the goods, and inside were a limited edition hand-carved clown figure and a clown statue of the Cult of Coke.

The black boy stared vigilantly at the people in the café, as far as the current market situation in North America is concerned, these limited-edition clown handmade statues and figurines are all hard currency that is difficult to buy with money.

Ted picked up a statue, and the strange smell made his nose uncomfortable: "Why does it smell strange?" ”

The black boy was not embarrassed: "Special period, special way of transporting goods, who do you think would dare to walk on the street with a statue of Martin's clown now?" This is New York, and it can be robbed at any time! ”

He quickly lowered his voice: "Spray more perfume and it will solve the problem." ”

Ted couldn't help it, he really couldn't get the goods, and asked, "How much?" ”

The black boy said: "The figure is 2,200 dollars, and the Coke God Cult version engraving is 5,500 dollars, which is the same price!" ”

Ted's eyes widened as he listened.

The Black Boy picked up the statue and asked Ted to look at the soles of his feet: "Martin and Lily Carter co-branded version, Warner Bros. has launched thousands of them in total, more than 300 million people in the United States." ”

Ted thought of the customer's needs and gritted his teeth: "Okay, I ask to trade now." ”

The black boy received the money and said, "Give you a piece of advice, get the East XZ well and then leave." ”

Ted, despite the smell, wrapped it in a black cloth bag, tucked it under the armpit of his coat, and pulled the zipper again, and then walked out.

The statue is not only a limited edition, but also a flavored edition.

Before he could get out of the alley, Ted noticed a man in a scrap suit with clown paint on his face, and turned around and entered the convenience store.

Thinking of the recent frequent clown robberies, he hurried across the street to the other side of the road, away from the convenience store entrance.

As soon as the clown pushed open the door of the convenience store, he took out his revolver and pointed it at the boss and cashier, shouting: "Take out the money, take out all the money, I just want money, I don't want to hurt anyone!" ”

The boss is not a person who wants money and does not want to die, he opens the cash register and pulls out the money.

Seeing the boss's cooperation, the clown relaxed a little, looked around, and saw the statue of the Coke God Cult version of the clown behind the counter at a glance, and immediately lost interest in money.

He pointed the gun in one hand at the boss and the other at the statue: "Take it to me!" ”

The boss paused, seeming reluctant.

The clown yelled, "Hurry up, don't force me to shoot!" ”

Very reluctantly, the boss picked up the limited-edition handmade clown statue, handed it to the clown with one hand, and quietly touched the counter with the other.

The Joker took the statue and was overjoyed that it could sell for thousands of dollars on the black market, much more than the cash register did.

He also knows how to inspect goods, and he turned over the clown to look at the soles of his feet, and there was Martin engraved on one foot and Lily Carter on the other.

That's right, the real thing!

Just as the clown was distracted from inspecting the goods, the boss pulled out a pistol from under the counter and shot the biggest target in the chest.

Bang bang bang!

In an instant, the pistol magazine was emptied, and the clown was covered in blood and fell to the ground.

The boss changed the magazine, turned out of the counter with the gun, kicked the clown's revolver aside, made sure he was not threatening, first called the police, picked up his own statue, and took out a tissue to wipe the blood on it.

He glanced at the clown robber on the ground and said sharply: "You can rob me of my money, but you can't rob my Martin clown statue!" ”

The clown robber let out a strange grunt in his throat, and then stopped moving.

The boss didn't dare to put a statue in the store anymore, so he quickly put it in the safe in the back, and waited for the NYPD to come to the door, and he was not particularly worried about the surveillance in his store.

…………

Brooklyn Studios, New York.

The crew of Martin Scorsese's new project "Shutter Island" was officially established, and in addition to Leonardo, the second actor Mark Ruffalo also entered the crew in advance to experience life, plus prepare for the role.

Outside the studio, Ruffalo received a call from a friend: "I was on the same set as Martin, but he was still in Atlanta at the time, he was just an extra, and he wasn't in the habit of giving gifts to the crew, so I didn't have a hand-carved version of the clown statue in my hand." ”

The friend said: "Find a way to get one for me, the three children in the family, all clamoring for clowns, I have no way to buy them now if I have money, I have heard people mention, many of Lily Carter's handmade clown statues in the black market are from the hands of Hollywood crew members who have worked with Martin." ”

Hearing this, Ruffalo remembered his partner in the project and said, "I'll give it a try." ”

The clown was so hot that the children in the family liked it so much that the man could only say, "Mark, please." ”

Ruffalo hung up the phone, entered the studio, and found Leonardo, who was alone in a daze: "Hi, Leo. ”

Leonardo nodded at him: "Play? ”

"It's not." Ruffalo smiled embarrassedly: "I have something to ask you for help." ”

He said directly: "I have a few friends who want Martin's clown statue, just the clown in the Dark Knight, but they can't buy it on the market, and they can't find a suitable channel if they have money......

Leonardo laughed: "Martin, this bastard has made a fortune!" His little sister has also made a fortune! ”

Ruffalo asked curiously, "Do you know Lily Carter?" ”

"Acquaintance." Leonardo has a large collection of artworks and some connoisseurship: "Her talent for carving ...... No, it should be said that the manual talent is excellent. ”

He was quite atmospheric: "How many?" ”

Ruffalo has understood, the clown statue is super popular, listening to Leonardo's tone, it seems that there are a lot of them in his hand? But he has a number of people, and he doesn't ask for much: "Is there four?" ”

Three are for friends and one is for themselves: "I pay ......"

"Don't mention money to me, I've got a lot of Martin's gadgets." Leonardo put some in his house in New York: "So, I'll bring it to you in the afternoon." ”

Ruffalo hurriedly said, "Thank you so much, Leo, you helped me solve a big problem. ”

"You're welcome." Leonardo said that the ones in his collection seem to be able to exchange a lot of money for a lot of money, but there is no need for this, so keep it.

By the time Ruflo left in high spirits, Leonardo found Martin Scorsese.

He was stunned to find that the old man was holding a cotton cloth and was wiping the statue of the clown given by the bastard Martin.

Leonardo asked, "You like clowns too?" ”

"Martin's character is really good, it's a classic." Scorsese pointed to the statue: "I didn't look at it carefully, but now I realize that the carving is really good." ”

Leonardo was helpless: "You are influenced by the media. ”

"Don't you think Martin Ganolan, publicity and marketing have been done to the extreme?" Scorsese meant something.

Leonardo has worked with him for many years, and he doesn't understand that he is disgusted.

He said: "There are not many people in Hollywood like Martin!" He's thicker than Jack and I combined. ”

Scorsese thought of his married career, full of motivation, and urged: "Leo, you have to work hard in this area!" ”

"Aren't you going to make trouble? I'm no worse than Martin. Leonardo decided to take a stand: "I came to you, just to ask for leave, to go back to Los Angeles, Warner Bros. is going to hold a celebration party for the Dark Knight, this time Martin got such a good business result, I can't say it." “

The point is not here, he added: "Recently, I have been in frequent contact with information related to psychiatric hospital patients, and I have to experience life on the spot, so if I don't go back and relax, in a few months, Martin and Jack will really visit me in Presbyterian Hospital." ”

"Yes, it's okay to go back and rest and relax." Scorsese's voice changed abruptly: "When you met Martin, help me get a clown statue of Lily Carter's latest carving." ”

Leonardo was surprised: "Why didn't I see it, you also chase stars?" ”

Scorsese coughed: "Everyone has a young time, although I am old, but my heart is still young. ”

Leonardo answered.

In the afternoon, he brought the clown statue and gave it to Ruffalo, and took a private flight back to Los Angeles that night to surprise Martin and Jack at the Dark Knight's celebration.

When the North American box office exceeded $300 million and the global box office exceeded $500 million, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros., as producers and distributors, announced that they would hold a grand celebration party for the film, and invited many celebrities to attend.

In addition to the box office, the film also earns an amazing amount of peripheral products, with the combined income of various peripheral products exceeding 70 million US dollars.

In particular, all kinds of clown products have become the head of peripheral sales.

Compared to the box office, the profit of this part of the income is frighteningly high.

He can get 20% of the gross profit from all the peripheral products that use Martin's image rights, and this income alone may reach tens of millions of dollars by the end of the year.

Of course, this kind of more adult-oriented movie can't be compared with Di Baobao's top children's works, and Elsa's skirt once sold hundreds of millions, or dollars.

(End of chapter)