In the No. 1 Ballroom of the Burbank Hotel, the senior executives of Warner Bros. gathered tonight, and almost all the heads of relevant partners were present, and the halos of celebrities and celebrities lit up the night sky.

The main creative staff of the Dark Knight crew, led by Nolan, Martin and Charles Rowan, cut the cake together in front of the camera, and poured champagne on the champagne tower, and hundreds of people present raised their glasses and drank together.

Nolan, who was relieved of all the pressure, was more than excited, holding champagne in one hand and a microphone in the other, and said loudly: "I suggest, let's raise a glass and celebrate the success of the Dark Knight together." ”

Martin leaned over to the microphone and shouted, "Cheers!" ”

Several cameramen surrounded the film, filming the crowd celebrating together.

It's a great promotional material to turn around.

The only pity is that Bell did not come to the celebration party on the grounds that the filming of "Terminator 4" was tight.

Emma Thomas put down her wine glass and said to DC director Orlin: "I don't think Bale wants to come because of the schedule, but because he is dissatisfied with the film, and Batman's limelight has all been stolen by the Joker." ”

Orlin said: "I still have to appease him, and I'll talk to him myself when I get back." ”

DC is also planning to shoot the Batman trilogy.

"Let's get back to it." Emma Thomas saw Mane: "I saw a friend and had a nice talk to him. ”

On the other side, Martin had just been freed when he was pulled aside by Louise.

"Hey, dear." Martin hugged her hard, pulled away a little, and said, "You're getting prettier." ”

Louise pushed down her black-rimmed glasses: "Go to me at night?" ”

How could Martin bear to refuse: "No problem, when you leave, your car is waiting for me in the underground parking lot." ”

Louise nodded, and said, "One thing you should pay attention to, there have been more and more criminal incidents of imitating clowns in the United States recently. ”

"Isn't that a good thing?" Martin's understanding is completely different from Louise's: "More people will pay attention to the Joker and the Dark Knight because of this, and more movie tickets and merchandise will be sold." ”

He lowered his voice and reminded: "Why do Warner Bros. and DC Comics never hold those street artists accountable for misusing the rights to the clown's image?" ”

Louise laughed: "My understanding of film marketing and promotion is not as good as yours." ”

Martin and she got to know each other's strengths and weaknesses, saying, "It's okay, I'll use my strengths to fill in your shortcomings." ”

"I'm afraid that your advantage will turn into weakness halfway through." Louise shot back.

It's a pity that the two of them, a leading actor and an investor and producer, can't leave here immediately, Martin took the initiative to change the subject: "Don't worry about crimes caused by movies, this has never been a problem in Hollywood, remember the North Hollywood bank robbery, right?" At that time, the media revealed that criminals imitated "The Line of Fire", and not only did the movie have no problems, but the sales and rental of videotapes in the current season exploded! ”

Louise has an impression of this: "Hopefully we can make more money with this wave of crime across the United States." ”

Martin said, "You didn't call Kelly at night to celebrate? ”

Louise said, "We can video her if you want." ”

Martin thought more: "Why don't you do this, wait for Kelly to come over next time, how about I be a director once?" ”

By the way, he also serves as a screenwriter, actor and photographer.

Louise said, "As long as Kelly wants to, I'm fine." ”

The three of them were playing extremely crazy, and she didn't care about these things at all.

"Martin! Martin! Come here! Nolan beckoned not far away, waited for Martin to pass, and said to the person in front of him: "Your script is completely written according to Martin, and the actor should be tailor-made for him." ”

Martin shook hands with Jonathan Nolan: "Just don't write me as an ugly bastard. ”

"Absolutely not." Jonathan laughed and said, "Your character will be more charismatic than the Joker." ”

Production investors, including Louise, Barry Meyer, Alan Horn, etc., all gathered together, and Nolan took the opportunity to promote the new film: "Everyone, you should have heard of my new project, an original sci-fi film, and I think it will be a masterpiece no less than the Dark Knight!" ”

He grabbed Martin's shoulder: "I will work with Martin again, even if the sky falls apart, we can't be separated!" ”

The production investment of more than $150 million in new projects is still original themes, and Nolan believes that it is necessary to attract more investors.

With little hesitation, Louise, Alan Horn and Legendary Pictures have expressed their willingness to invest.

Martin and Nolan, who has just achieved a huge success, the Dark Knight's global box office has gone straight to $1 billion, and the probability of success again is extremely high.

Here we can only finalize the intention, it is impossible to talk about the specifics, and it didn't take too long for the people around it to disperse one after another.

Warner also prepared some performances to add to the fun, and almost all of the singers who sang on stage were famous singers.

Among them was Taylor Swift, who waved at Martin when she plucked her guitar.

Martin smiled and nodded.

Someone had been paying attention to Martin, and when they saw that there was no one on his side, they immediately came up to him.

"Hi Martin, I've always wanted to get to know you, but I didn't get a chance." James Franco has been staring at Martin since the beginning of the party: "I admire you very much, your acting skills in The Dark Knight are simply brilliant, I have also played villains, but I am a villain who is suppressed by the protagonist, not as brilliant as you." ”

Martin remembered the actor who was once nicknamed "Rotten Lanlan", and also watched some gossip about him, especially his downfall, and said: "I like the little Green Goblin very much, and when I was preparing for the Joker, I also referred to your role as Harry." ”

Franco was pleasantly surprised: "Really? It is my pleasure! Can I tell anyone else? ”

Martin looked at his slightly exaggerated expression and said, "It's your freedom." ”

"Among the young actors, there is no one better than you." Franco's praise and praise are all in preparation for the next words: "Martin, your acting skills are so good, you haven't thought about teaching others?" The vast majority of actors of our age are struggling at the bottom. ”

He recalled Martin's resume and said: "I am an actor who struggled from the bottom, and now I have a little success, and I want to help more actors at the bottom." ”

This resonated with Martin a little bit, because he also struggled to get up from the bottom.

But promising this kind of thing, how can someone like him give it casually.

So Martin didn't answer at all.

Franco saw that the effect of this trick of resonance was not obvious, and said: "The power of the individual is limited, and there are too many actors at the bottom to help me, so I opened an acting school, thinking that instead of recommending individual people, it is better for more people to have basic survival skills and seize opportunities when they encounter them." ”

Pretty words Martin will also say, "James, you're an amazing guy." ”

Franco knew that he was not strong and famous, but he wanted to make more money, so he tried anyway: "Martin, are you interested in joining my acting school?" Together, we help those in need. ”

Martin looked at Franco, but didn't speak.

Franco was ruthless and said, "I'll give you thirty percent of the shares, and you only need to ...... every week No, every month, it's okay to go to two or three classes. ”

If Martin agrees, his acting school will be able to recruit actors under the banner of Martin, not to mention anything else, he will be able to reap a lot of money from the members of the Coke God Cult alone.

"I'm sorry." Martin's excuse came at hand: "I'm not mentally and mentally unstable to do this kind of work." ”

Franco wanted to say more, but Martin pointed to the entrance to the ballroom: "I have a friend here." ”

Leonardo and Nicholson are long overdue.

Martin strode over, watched the two guys approach, and asked, "Am I taking a piece of cake in my left hand and right hand and putting it in the face of you two late bastards?" ”

Leonardo distinguished: "It's all to blame for Jack's extended classic car, which broke down halfway!" Martin, can you believe it? I'm going to call a taxi over to your celebration party! ”

Nicholson's eyes swept over Leonardo's increasingly upright belly: "Obviously, you have been fat again recently, and your overweight and overload have crushed my car, you should compensate me!" ”

Martin shook his head: "Enough for the two of you, drink ten glasses of wine each, and this matter is over." ”

Nicholson glanced at Leonardo: "He'll be shouting my favorite Giselle here......"

Leonardo also revealed his old bottom: "You will say Marlon Brando, why did you leave me so early. ”

Taylor Swift, who was singing a song, got off the stage, led by his agent, greeted some people, and then came to Martin's side.

Leonardo turned his eyes to look at Taylor, but Taylor came over and grabbed Martin's arm, she was not very old, but she knew that suddenly changing the person she was close to would cause more trouble than good.

Martin made presentations on both sides.

Taylor smiled and greeted Nicholson and Leonardo.

The bastard trio is used to seeing each other change female partners, and Nicholson pulls Leonardo away for a while, leaving the two to talk in private.

"You never came to me." Taylor's face was full of grievances: "I'm still waiting for inspiration to explode." ”

Martin has been tired of being with Elizabeth recently, how can he have time to take a vacation, and said: "In a few days, the Dark Knight has been too busy with work recently." ”

Taylor nodded: "It's okay this time!" ”

Martin smiled, "I'm waiting to see you write me a song." ”

Everyone at the party is socializing, Martin sees Taylor off, and finally finds time to find Leonardo and Nicholson, who can talk freely.

"I've been under a lot of pressure lately, Martin, Jack, let's get some trouble." Leonardo came back relaxed: "If I don't have some fun, I'm going crazy." ”

Nicholson looked at Martin, "You bastard kept me waiting for fun, and what happened?" Just a shit diary door. “

Martin thought for a moment and asked, "Ben Affleck, have you been following lately?" ”

Nicholson recalled, "I followed, and I was told that he was introduced by Judi Dench to an acting school to work part-time as a teacher. ”

Martin remembers hearing about Judy Dench as an acting teacher and asked, "Which acting school?" ”

Nicholson thought for a moment before he decided: "Adler Acting School, the one founded by one of my acting teachers, Stacey Adler. ”

Martin remembered that Elizabeth Olsen was taking acting classes at this school!

(End of chapter)