Irvine, Orange County, California.

After lunch, Andy Weir came to the office window and looked into the distance to relax his eyes.

In the small square in front of the office building, the statue of the orc wolf cavalry is held high by the battle axe, and the Lich King on the other side is pointing into the distance.

Andy Weir looked down and pulled out a card that recorded the phone number of a publisher who reached out to him to push for the publication of his part-time serialized "The Martian".

It was his most precious child, and he poured countless hearts and souls into it.

Andy Weir stared at the statue of the Lich King and muttered, "My child, how I wish the day you were born, the whole of America would pronounce your name......"

The wish is very good, but the reality is cruel.

Andy Weir pulled out his phone and dialed the number of the publishing house, and there was a busy signal.

After waiting for a while, I called again, and it was still a busy signal.

Andy Weir had a not-so-good association, and the publisher could reject his work.

Hope was given, but there was no hope, and his mentality was confused.

Before going to work in the afternoon, Andy Weir made that last call and still couldn't get through.

Just about to put down the phone, the phone vibrated and the caller ID was an unfamiliar number.

Andy answered: "This is Andy Weir. ”

The voice over there was also unfamiliar: "Hello, Mr. Will, I'm Martin Davis's agent, Thomas Lane, and I'm here on behalf of Martin to talk to you about The Martian." ”

Andy was stunned: "Martin Davis? Hollywood's Martin? ”

"That's right, the Martin you know, Martin, the national hero of the United States." The guy over there asked, "Do you have time now?" Let's find a place to talk. ”

When the hope was dashed, an even greater hope popped up, Andy barely thought about it, and said, "Yes, yes, I'll go and ask for leave now." ”

With all the work and stuff aside, Andy asked the supervisor for leave and drove to the agreed place.

One thing came to his mind, "Wanted" and "Neverending" starring Martin Davis are both literary adaptations.

Unknown Gillian Flynn became a New York bestseller list author because Martin and David Fincher were going to change her "Gone Girl".

To be a code farmer for a lifetime, or to become famous with a book, you don't have to choose at all.

Waiting for the car to park outside the café that had been promised, Andy didn't go in immediately, and after the initial excitement, he calmed down a little and took out his phone to search Martin's agent.

There are quite a few pictures of Martin with his agent on the Internet.

Andy remembered the appearance of the person, got out of the car and entered the café, and when he looked at it, he found the exact same face.

However, there seems to be less hair than on the Internet, and there is still hair on the forehead on the Internet, and now it is a baldness.

Thomas also saw Andy, stood up and shook his hand, invited him to sit down, and went straight to the point: "When Martin was in Washington, D.C., he saw your serialized "The Martian" on his personal blog, and he was very interested in it, and wanted to promote book publishing and film adaptation. ”

Andy asked urgently, "Is it Martin who plays the male lead?" ”

Thomas received a definite answer from Martin and replied, "Yes, that's 100 percent certain." ”

Andy knew that the opportunity to change his fate was in front of him, and the publisher who had contacted him and lost contact was left behind by him: "I am willing to work with Martin!" “

Only he himself knows how much he paid to write The Martian.

In order to write this book, Andy taught himself orbital dynamics, botany, the history of astronautics, the overview of Mars, and so on.

"A wise decision." Thomas smiled and said, "You can call your agent and we'll talk about copyright licensing together." ”

Andy smiled helplessly: "I don't have an agent." ”

Thomas went through the formal process to avoid subsequent disputes: "A lawyer can do it too. ”

Blizzard has a professional copyright lawyer here, and Andy immediately called for help, and the next day began formal licensing negotiations with Thomas.

…………

Astra Studios, Morocco.

While the crew was resting, Martin quietly entered the studio with a centrifuge.

Nolan, who was originally listless, immediately came to his senses when he saw Martin, and hurriedly greeted him, and opened his arms to give Martin a bear hug: "I've been waiting for you to come back!" ”

Martin smiled and said, "As soon as the Washington side was finished, I rushed back immediately." ”

Both Mene and Alan Peggy came running over at this point to congratulate Martin on receiving the Distinguished Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Nolan was just about to beckon, but found that the assistant was already standing behind him with a pen and notebook.

"Write it down." Nolan said directly: "During the filming, Martin Davis received the American Distinguished Medal of Freedom in Washington, and after returning to the crew, the crew held a grand celebration ceremony for him. “

While the assistant took a quick record, he looked to the other side of the studio, where some British actors, led by Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy, clearly had no intention of congratulating Martin.

Nolan paused for a moment, thought of an extremely important tidbit that could be used as publicity, and said: "Maria, the daughter of Guanhai, used her summer vacation time to come to the crew for vacation practice......

The assistant feels that so far, Martin has won the Medal of Outstanding Freedom and Guanhai's daughter has come to the crew to participate in the practice, which is the most eye-catching.

"Let's do that first." Guanhai's daughter came to the crew to practice and could write dozens of different tidbits and news, and Nolan felt that Martin, who was not troublesome, could also create an eyeball effect, which made him feel a lot more at ease.

In recent days, Nolan has even considered going into battle with Martin in person to create some news and highlights.

But he was also very worried that if he really Martin off, would he become the next Bell.

After a little quiet in the studio, Nolan found Martin again and said: "The crew has been receiving the Distinguished Medal of Freedom recently, and Professor Mordechai has won the Moroccan National Physics Award." ”

These can be used in promotional marketing.

"Where's the professor?" Martin didn't see Mordechai: "I want to congratulate him. ”

Nolan looked for it and pointed behind the centrifuge: "There." He said again: "The professor can't stay in the crew for too long, and he will go to Tehran for academic exchanges after a while." “

Tehran? When Martin looked over there, he saw Mordechai walking out with the beautiful woman named Giselle.

Mordechai also saw Martin and walked this way: "Congratulations. ”

More than just saying congratulations, he took out a small box from his pocket: "For you." ”

Martin next: "Professor, I would also like to congratulate you on winning the award. ”

When Bruce saw Mordechai take out the gift box, he opened the bag he was carrying, took out the Coke God Cult version of the clown gift box, and walked over quickly.

After Martin finished congratulating him, Bruce, who cooperated with the tacit understanding, had already delivered the gift box to him, and he gave Modichai again: "My family carved it by hand." ”

Mordechai smiled and said, "Then I'm welcome." ”

He took it and gave it to Giselle next to him.

After resting for a while, the crew was almost ready, and Nolan raised the megaphone to inform the actors to prepare.

In the next action scene to be filmed, Mene is the absolute protagonist.

Several actors all entered the spiral hallway.

There was no scene for Martin today, and Martin came behind the director's monitor and quietly watched Nolan dispatch the entire crew.

The director is the chief conductor on the set, even if he is the producer, he will be based on the director's opinion on the set.

After a period of training, Mene was able to handle the action scenes of the spiral corridor.

However, Nolan designed hundreds of scenes in this scene, and other actors, including Martin, had to cooperate with Mene.

Martin watched it for a while through the director's monitor, and whether it was an action scene or a Wia scene, Mene did a pretty good job.

In between shoots, Giselle went to help Mordechai make coffee.

Another mediocre-looking female assistant also came over and asked in French, "How's it going?" ”

Giselle also uses French: "He trusts me now and I'll try again." ”

The man looked outside, and said: "The information obtained from above is correct, Mordechai has made a breakthrough in some aspects, there are instructions from above, it is better to take it out, he is valuable to us, if not, we must also try to catch it alive." ”

"He will go to Tehran next month for an academic exchange, and we don't have much time left," she stressed. ”

There were footsteps outside, and Giselle nodded slightly and walked away with the brewed coffee.

At lunchtime, she went to the restaurant to get her food and took it to Modecei's office to eat together.

In the past few days since Martin left, the relationship between Giselle and Mordechai has grown by leaps and bounds, and they are like a couple.

"There are ten days at most, and the scene using a centrifuge can be filmed." Giselle said while eating: "You said last time that you were going to take me to the Mediterranean after filming......"

Mordechai scratched his head and said apologetically: "Maybe I can't go, I'm going to Tehran for academic exchanges." ”

Giselle was very surprised, but his face did not show it: "To Tehran? ”

"It was supposed to be next month." "But after discussions between the University of Casablanca and the University of Tehran, the itinerary was changed, and some things had to be dealt with two weeks in advance," Modechai explained. ”

Disappointment flashed across Giselle's face: "That's ......"

Mordechai is a well-known physicist in Morocco who has a lot of research on centrifuges, which is why the crew invited him over.

Giselle worries that some centrifuges can be used in special industries.

Mordechai added: "When you come back from the academic exchange, I will take you to Europe." ”

Giselle couldn't object, so he should come down first: "Okay." ”

After lunch and when he went to take out the garbage, Giselle met up with the ordinary female assistant again.

"Mentioned?" The female assistant asked.

"Things have changed." Giselle lowered his voice and said quickly: "Mordekai is going to Tehran in advance, and there may be very important things to deal with. ”

Hearing this, the female assistant groaned for a moment and made up her mind: "I can't wait any longer, find a chance to do it tonight." ”

"You'd better have a plan," Giselle said. ”

The female assistant nodded: "I'll go back to the hotel in advance in a while, and think of a way not to let Modekai go back to Casablanca." ”

(End of chapter)