Burbank, Davis Studios.

"We've been in contact with all the Academy actors in North America."

Rita, the head of the PR team, was briefing Martin on the progress of the Oscars: "The acting awards only count their votes, and I'm 100% sure that you will get an Oscar nomination." ”

Martin nodded slightly.

Thomas asked directly: "What about the probability of winning?" ”

Rita doesn't mislead customers, telling the truth: "At most, no more than 60 percent, Martin's performance and role are widely recognized, but the inherent flaws of the film's subject matter cannot be ignored." ”

"Lobbying and propaganda don't stop, and after the college ballots are mailed out, they buy the pages of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair and The Hollywood Reporter, and continue to distribute advertising advertorials," Martin said. ”

"I've got in touch." Rita's team has been in close contact with the media.

Martin added: "We keep communicating. ”

Rita left the office.

Thomas said at this time: "Cartier gave notice that a few days later near the old pier of Santa Monica, the advertising location will be filmed. ”

He opened the bag and took out a text: "This is the script, it's simple. ”

Martin took it and looked at it, in fact, there was nothing special, it only added up to a dozen scenes, and if it went well, it could be filmed in one day.

It won't take more than two days at most.

Thomas added: "In order to promote, Cartier has released filming-related information to the outside, and first launched a wave of advertising. ”

This kind of thing is common in commercial endorsements, and Martin has no opinion, saying: "Tell them that I'll be there on time." ”

Thomas said, "I'll write back to them." ”

Martin glanced at the time and beckoned to Bruce: "Let's go, go to Century City Plaza, Warner Bros. has a disc promotion for the Dark Knight today." ”

Before going out, Martin grabbed a few newspapers, got in the car and quickly skimmed through them, and saw all the relevant news released by Cartier on the business and entertainment pages.

The content is almost the same, it all says that he is going to shoot the latest Cartier men's watch advertisement on the old pier of Santa Monica.

Martin understood that this was a notice to the media reporters in Los Angeles in advance, and they should hurry up to shoot and report when the time comes.

Cartier Men's Watch spends $10 million a year on endorsement fees, and it is natural to use it to the extreme.

At the Century City shopping mall, Martin joins up with Nolan and continues to cheer for the Dark Knight's disc sales.

In offline DVD sales, Bell and Martin each enjoy a 2% gross profit share.

The North American box office share is a one-shot deal, and there will be no more after the next grade, although the share of DVD is very low, it is a long-term income.

As long as DVDs are sold, Martin continues to generate income.

Even in the era of the rise of streaming media and the decline of DVDs more than a decade later, the DVDs of many films can still sell 60 or 70 million US dollars in North American sales.

Of course, it can't be compared to the present.

Around 2010, Hollywood was in the era of DVDs, and popular films such as Spider-Man 3 and The Lord of the Rings 3 sold DVDs that even rivaled the North American box office.

Warner Bros. has launched three versions of the Dark Knight DVD, which are $19.9 for the regular version, $29.9 for Blu-ray HD, and $64.99 for the Blu-ray Commemorative Edition.

In addition to the filming discs, the latter can also be chosen from any of the Joker, Batman and Batmobile models.

When the sales statistics for the first week came out, the sales of the clown model accounted for nearly seventy percent.

After The Dark Knight set a series of North American box office records, a series of new North American film market records were set with the release of DVDs.

On the first day of the disc's release, the two Blu-ray versions sold more than 800,000 copies, and the Dark Knight broke the record for Pirates of the Caribbean 2 when the regular version of the DVD set was released, with $66.45 million in sales on the first day of DVD release!

And that's not even counting the lease!

In its first week of release, The Dark Knight's disc sold $155 million in North America alone, also setting a North American record.

This was an era when DVDs created sales myths.

In the era that Martin experienced in his previous life, the sales of the Blu-ray disc of "Avatar" in four days exceeded the cumulative sales of the Dark Knight in more than a year and a half.

The former "Avatar", on the first day of DVD release in North America, sold more than 3.2 million copies in various versions!

Martin, of course, remembered James Cameron's super blockbuster, and the Avatar crew had not yet openly recruited actors, so they let Thomas contact them, but James Cameron directly rejected Martin.

James Cameron didn't think about using A-list stars at all, and he had to put all the money into special effects production as much as possible.

Not to mention bringing capital into the group, major film production companies are vying to carve up the investment share of "Avatar", where is the turn of a star's studio.

Without strong enough strength, James Cameron's project is not qualified for investment even if there is money.

The next day, Martin turned down another public event in The Dark Knight and went to Paramount Studios, where the Benjamin crew had several scenes to record and once again do motion capture.

After a busy day, the work was successfully completed, and Martin found David Fincher.

The two went to the studio's rest area together.

Martin handed David Fincher part of the manuscript of "Gone Girl" with him: "This is the theme of love and marriage that I told you about last time, I was supposed to bring it to you last time, and the author Gillian informed me that another part of the content is about to be completed, and I have been waiting for her for a while." ”

"I'll take a look first, you're free." David Fincher flipped through the manuscript, ignored Martin, and read it carefully.

In just a few minutes, he was immersed in the plot.

The suspenseful and nervous plot, with a very dark theme, is too much to David Fincher's appetite.

Among Hollywood's A-list directors, David Fincher's style is undoubtedly the darkest one.

Martin asked for a cup of tea and waited patiently.

After a long time, David Fincher couldn't help but laugh when he saw the heroine in the middle section, exactly the same reaction as Martin did when he saw this one.

After laughing for a while, David Fincher said, "It's so funny, dark suspense mixed with black humor. ”

Martin put down the teacup and said, "You saw the heroine officially debut?" ”

David Fincher nodded slightly: "Yes, the heroine is on the stage, this is a masterpiece." ”

He knew why Martin brought it over, and said directly: "Can you wait for me for a while?" When I'm done with all the post-production of Benjamin, I can focus on thinking about how to adapt it and whether it's right for me to direct. ”

Martin didn't hesitate: "No problem, David, I can wait for you for a year." ”

Finishing, republishing and listing, may not be completed in a year, he has time to wait for David Fincher.

David Fincher was very particular, returned the manuscript to Martin, and said, "I'll call you when I have time." ”

Martin nodded, "Yes." ”

…………

Santa Monica Commercial Plaza, on the makeshift stage set up by the Dark Knight crew, Bell and Nolan are answering questions from fans.

A large number of fans gathered around, and Boris, who had shaved his beard, was not conspicuous at all.

He sat on a bench and waited all afternoon, not waiting for the target to appear.

Victor came up from the sidewalk, sat down next to him, and said, "Boss, he shouldn't be coming." ”

Boris asked: "What's going on?" ”

Victor whispered: "Just now I asked the bearded man to dress up as a clown, and I asked the entertainment reporter about it, and Martin Davis temporarily pushed off the event. ”

Boris got up and said, "Inform everyone, withdraw it." ”

The layout has been planned for so long, and even the retreat route has been planned, but no one came......

Back in the car, the bearded man was very angry and said: "These Hollywood stars, who have no work ethic at all, are lazy at every turn, a bunch of bastards with a bright surface!" ”

Boris's gaze swept over, and the bearded man quickly closed his mouth.

Victor drove back to a detached house he rented in Santa Monica.

Not long after, two other cars parked near the back door of the house, and the bodyguards quietly slipped into the house with five people.

Several people were carrying long guns in their bags, and Boris told them to put them away.

The blonde man said: "Boss, these old and beautiful firearms are not very good, it is best to make a few AK series." ”

Boris said: "This is the United States, not Russia, you can get any guns, you can use whatever guns!" ”

Victor answered: "The AR series is also very easy to get started, and you will get familiar with it later." ”

The Russian underground in Los Angeles has been being swept away by the LAPD since the Burbank Middle School incident, and Boris and Victor and his party could not find their own people, so they could only rely on the introduction of intermediaries to buy firearms from the black market, but the black market merchants were only willing to sell them the AR series at a high price.

Playing away from home, a lot of things can only be adapted.

For example, there were originally more than a dozen people coming over one after another, but six people were blocked out of the customs because of bad records and had to return the same way.

"We can't wait." The closer he became, the more Boris thought about the enemy: "It must be solved as soon as possible, I don't want to stay in this damn country for a day." ”

Victor had been flipping through the newspaper when he said, "Boss, in two days, Martin Davis will be shooting a men's watch commercial for Cartier at the Santa Monica Pier!" ”

"Are you sure?" Boris asked: "It won't be like this again?" ”

Victor said: "Cartier's announcement, confirmed by Martin Davis' agent, can't be wrong. ”

The bearded man brought a map from the side, spread it flat on the table, and pointed to the seaside: "The old pier is here. ”

Boris looked at it and asked Victor: "Can you retreat from the sea to the safe house?" “

Victor said: "I'll go over and take a look later, and it shouldn't be difficult to prepare the speedboat and car in advance." ”

Boris took the glass bottle of Coke, opened it and took a big sip, and said: "Priority is to capture him alive, you can make him injured, but you can't kill him, I will use these glass bottles to smash his head at once!" ”

(End of chapter)