"Hi Martin, congratulations, The Dark Knight has over $500 million at the North American box office!"

In the studio, Chad greeted him and shook his fist with Martin: "If the global box office can exceed $500 million, I'll go to Sunset Boulevard and run naked from the easternmost to the westernmost point." ”

Mene came over from behind to join in the fun: "You underestimate the appeal of Boss Martin too much. “

Martin is clear-headed: "After all, it's just an R-rated medium-sized film. ”

Chad said: "Cut to PG-13, the film loses its most glamorous and essential part of him. ”

Mene nodded, "That's true. ”

The three of them went to the dubbing room together, and some of the dialogue between Jonathan and Winston needed to be tweaked slightly.

Martin and Mene familiarized themselves with the lines again, put on their headsets and went into the studio.

A special table was set up in the studio, and Martin and Mene sat on each side.

When the sound engineer announced, the inconsistency on Mene's face disappeared, and he said in a thick voice that had been cultivated by years of hard work: "Jonathan, if you really want to retire, leave New York." ”

Martin had also adjusted, and said with a little weakness: "I want to stay where I can see Helen." ”

Mene added, "You left a badge of blood oath, and they will come to you one day." ”

"I'm not afraid of them." Martin is like an affectionate husband at the moment: "That's the house where I married Helen, and I'm not going to leave there." ”

Mene's voice grew thicker and deeper, and he uttered the last line: "Jonathan......"

When the recording was over, Chad and the recording engineer listened carefully to the recording again, and asked Martin and Mene to record it again, choosing the best one.

In less than half an hour, the work was completed.

Martin came out of the studio, ready to go to the editing room with Chad to have a look.

Mene leaned over to him and whispered, "Boss, I'll go first." ”

Martin casually asked, "Got a date?" ”

Mene said: "There is a new dessert shop on Nanbo Great Street, and Emma asks me to go for dessert at noon, and I can't refuse. ”

Martin waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”

Mene was just about to leave when he remembered something and said, "For Nolan's new project, I may play a major supporting role." ”

"That's a good thing." Martin felt that Mane had such an ability, and that having a black man in the main character could also appeal to a black audience, and said, "Have a good chat with Emma, she has a lot of say in Nolan's crew." ”

Mene smiled and walked away.

Martin went to the editing room, basically did not speak, and watched Chad direct the editing the whole time.

"I don't need short shots that switch quickly, and I don't need to artificially create a shaky feeling of the lens." Before the start of the work, Chad once again told the editor: "Martin's action shots are completed enough, and the fragmentation of the shots is not conducive to the presentation of action scenes, and stable action long shots are our style." ”

The editing room was edited entirely at Chuck's behest.

Martin watched it for a while, and thought it would be better to wait until the first cut version was completed, and then come to see it, so he made an appointment to meet Nolan today, said hello to Chad, and left the editing room.

Coming to the studio vestibule, Taylor and the agent came in from the outside.

The former also carried an incubator in his hand.

As soon as Taylor saw Martin, he immediately grabbed his arm and said, "You must try the cookies I made myself." ”

Martin replied, "I haven't tasted your cooking yet." ”

Taylor placed the cooler on the table next to him, winking at Martin as he opened it, "I've tasted yours." ”

Ignoring the seductive fox eyes, Martin looked at the cooler, which contained a lot of small boxes of cookies, not so regular in shape, obviously handmade.

Taylor took a small box and gave it to Martin: "Taste it." ”

Martin ate a piece, crispy and sweet, not quite to the taste, still cocked his thumb: "The taste is first-class, but the appearance needs to be improved." ”

Taylor's red lips leaned into Martin's ear and said, "I did it on purpose irregularly, if it is too round, how can others tell if I made it by hand?" ”

Martin really praised Taylor this time: "Honey, no wonder you are popular. ”

"I'm going to deliver cookies to the crew." Taylor's voice was still low: "I'll treat you to dinner later?" ”

Martin said, "I'll invite you, there's a restaurant that will suit your taste." He glanced at his watch: "I'm going to meet with a director and call you when I come out." ”

Taylor nodded, "Okay." ”

Martin left the studio and went to a small building nearby.

In the studio, Taylor carries an incubator, and from the front desk, each office will personally deliver a small box of handmade cookies.

The country mold in the initial stage is very good at being a person.

Because of the huge success of The Dark Knight, Nolan's new project effortlessly received the green light from Warner Bros., and the crew was officially established, and the studio is still set up at Warner Studios.

When Martin passed, the office building was being tidied up, and there was some chaos in the building.

Nolan simply asked him to sit under a sun umbrella on the side of the road and talk, which was the filming area of Warner Studios, and ordinary people couldn't get in.

"At first, it was a bit of a mess." Nolan pointed behind him and said, "Every time I start a new project, I have to set up a separate studio, and I always have to make trouble for a while. ”

Martin said: "Accounts are separated. ”

Nolan went to get the briefcase at hand: "Good news for you, the script is complete." “

He pulled out the script and handed it to Martin.

On the cover of the script, there is only one English word, "Inception".

Martin frowned slightly, what is the English title of Inception? He vaguely remembered that it was a word, and he couldn't remember it specifically.

Nolan made a gesture of please.

Martin flipped through the script and read it carefully.

"At dusk, the waves roll.

The waves pushed the bearded man onto the beach, and he lay still. A gun barrel turns the scumbag over, and the security guard with the gun calls his companion!

Behind them is a cliff with a castle on top of it......"

When Martin looked at the beginning, he thought of the movie he had seen several times, and the beginning was almost exactly as written in the script.

That's right, this is Inception.

This is followed by the castle plot of the first act.

Martin reads it very carefully, the script reads more obscure than the movie, and he occasionally stops to corroborate the plot in his head, so he reads it very slowly.

In Nolan's eyes, it is Martin's script that is read very carefully and carefully, and he did not float to the sky because the Dark Knight was a super hit and the joker was popular, and he still maintained a dedicated attitude.

From the time the Dark Knight began to conceive of this new project, Martin was the only male protagonist in Nolan's heart.

Compared with Bell, who messed up a lot of things on the set, Martin is really a model of ability and dedication.

Martin read less than a fifth, closed the script, and said, "I'll take the script back and read it slowly?" ”

Nolan took out the script and gave it to Martin: "Don't worry, it may be a little complicated, you study it carefully." ”

Martin nodded and said, "I don't feel that the actor's mental state is very stable. ”

Nolan admitted: "In reality, people's mental states are unstable, and so are my protagonists. ”

Martin recalls that the protagonist of the memory fragment is an amnesiac, the White Night Chase is a police detective who suffers from insomnia, not to mention Batman and the Joker, who have mental problems.

"I'll go back and study the script and the characters carefully." Martin asked, "When are you planning to start filming?" ”

Nolan said: "The specific time has not yet been determined, but it should be around the summer of next year, and you can keep a good schedule." ”

Martin calculated: "I should have no problem with my schedule." ”

Nolan put his arm on Martin's shoulders and said, "Be sure to show the way you were when you were a clown!" Now he is full of confidence: "Let's work together and shock the world again!" ”

"Definitely." As soon as Martin finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of a battery car passing by, and a familiar fat man was sitting in the car.

Harvey Weinstein also saw him and Nolan and called out to the driver to stop the car and jump out of the car to offer a greeting: "Hi, Martin. ”

He turned to Nolan again: "This is Director Nolan?" ”

Nolan stepped forward and politely shook Harvey's hand and exchanged a casual greeting.

As Martin shook his hand, he asked, "Harvey, how do you have time to get here?" ”

Who in Hollywood doesn't know that the Weinstein brothers and Warner Bros. are inextricably linked.

Harvey laughed: "Warner Bros. and Peter Jackson want to start The Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings, and part of the copyright is in my hands, so they can only ask me to come over and negotiate with Peter." ”

Martin casually complimented: "Harvey, you have a good eye and have mastered a vault." ”

Harvey smiled even more heartily and said, "Are you interested in joining in, I'll introduce you to Peter Jackson." ”

Martin knew that it would cost him a lot to get the benefits of this fat man, and said: "I have to devote all my energy to the new project directed by Nolan." ”

Nolan was a little upset that Harvey was poaching people in front of him, and Martin's unhesitating refusal made him feel embarrassed.

Harvey looked at Nolan, his usual style and style: "New project? Director Nolan, we can work together, you have a commercial breakthrough now, and the awards are ......."

Nolan may not be obsessed with the Oscars now, and said very politely: "Sorry, Harvey, my project investment is too high for independent studios to bear." ”

Harvey's cheeky face did not change: "If you have any thoughts about Oscar, just come to me." ”

Nolan just smiled and didn't speak again.

Harvey's gaze turned to Martin again.

Martin blocked the road before he could speak: "Xavi, I have at least three or four projects in my hands, and this is not counting the agency, my schedule is full in the next few years." ”

Harvey didn't say much, waved his hand and got on the battery car, waited to go away, turned his head to look at Martin and Nolan, and said in his heart: "You are popular, you have a strong appeal, you can't look down on me as an independent producer, wait until you are not popular......"

Martin put away the script, said goodbye to Nolan, called Taylor, and went outside to the Smoke House restaurant for dinner.

After dinner, of course, he wanted Taylor to show off his singing voice.

(End of chapter)