The personnel changes on the Warner Bros. side gradually revealed chaos, and the grapevine spread everywhere, Martin got more reliable information that Warner Pictures' spokesman Alan Horn was about to leave and prepare to join Disney Studios, a subsidiary of Walt Disney, as co-chairman and CEO.

In the first decade of the new century, Warner Bros. dominated Hollywood.

In the next ten years, it is likely that Disney will dominate.

Martin held an internal meeting in the studio, and also consulted with Louise several times, and made two preparations.

With every change of power, there are always glorious figures belonging to the previous generation who fall.

No one wants to be the one who falls.

On this day, Ali Emmanuel called and asked Martin to meet.

Because Martin was at Warner Studios' "Gone Girl" studio, he rushed straight over.

The two made an appointment to meet at a cold drink shop.

When Martin arrived, Ali had already arrived.

In addition to him, there is another man, Mark Wahlberg.

Martin isn't embarrassed, after all, the person who stole the role of Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed" is Matt Damon and has nothing to do with him.

Wahlberg took the initiative to shake Martin's hand: "I'm new to the WMA, and I'll mention it more in the future." ”

Martin shook his hand: "You're welcome. ”

Wahlberg was simply direct: "Actually, we have one thing in common, and we don't like Matt Damon's gang." ”

Martin was slightly stunned, then understood what was going on, and laughed: "This common ground is good. ”

The two sat down, and Wahlberg took the initiative to say: "I've heard some about the foot gang and the face gang, and I hate the foot gang, when I auditioned for "The Departed", the crew originally finalized me to play the role of Ding Genan, but under the operation of the foot gang, it was finally snatched away by Matt Damon. ”

Martin's face did not change: "The Foot Gang is really a bunch of bastards!" ”

Wahlberg was clearly currying favor with Martin: "It's a pity that Matt Damon's bastard didn't go in with Harvey, I've heard a lot of media friends say that there are many victims and the media who originally wanted to be exposed, but were frequently pressured by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and finally had to compromise." ”

"These are just moral issues, not legal ones," Martin said. ”

Some time ago, he focused on Harvey Weinstein and didn't care about anyone else.

After all, Xavi is the heart of the foot gang, and it would be easy to deal with him if he killed the others.

Wahlberg said, "I'm not going to let Damon go. ”

"He's definitely going to be a big hit in the future." Seeing Wahlberg licking endlessly, Ali quickly interrupted him and said to Martin, "Old friend, I've been getting to death by Natalie Portman lately, and she's been complaining to me all day. ”

Martin knew what he was saying: "David Fincher and original author Gillian Flynn all picked Charlize Theron in their final audition, and I couldn't help it. ”

Ali said: "I see, she is still not good enough, go back and stop Natalie from her from bothering you." ”

Foreshadowing said enough, and his voice changed abruptly: "Mark watched Marcus's rotation "Lone Survivor", and saw the script here again, and was very interested in Marcus's prototype character. ”

Wahlberg immediately followed, saying: "I have played many GI roles, "Edge Soldier", "Three Kings of Gold", "Life and Death Sniper", and I have experienced a long period of military and firearms training, which gives me an advantage over other actors. ”

Originally, he also asked Saoirse Ronan, who played his daughter in "Lovely Bones", and wanted her to help.

But Saoirse Ronan is slippery than a fish and says a lot of scene crap without coming to her teacher.

Ali looked at Martin and said, "Give Mark a chance, he's brilliant. ”

Martin thought about it, Mark Wahlberg should be able to, and simply took out his mobile phone in front of the two of them, took out his mobile phone and called Marcus and producer Aziva Gossman respectively, and recommended Mark Wahlberg.

The rest is simple, and there is Mark Wahlberg ready to bring makeup to the audition.

When Mark Wahlberg heard this, he simply went to the nearby studio of "Lone Survivor" first.

Ali stayed behind to have tea with Martin.

Martin said: "You've been making a lot of moves lately, just dug up? ”

Ali said simply: "For a while, he has a wide acting path, he is very promising in business, he can play serious roles, and he can also play, pee and fart roles." ”

He put Wahlberg aside and said, "The one I want to dig up most is Christopher Nolan." ”

Martin introduced the two of them, and that's all he could do, without being overly involved, and asked, "Nolan's attitude hasn't loosened?" ”

Ali said: "Not for the time being, but the CAA's persecution of Nolan has caused a huge rift, and as long as I keep going, the rift will expand and collapse the whole wall." ”

Martin smiled: "I wish you to dig down the whole wall soon." ”

"Yes." Ali finished a cup of tea and left.

Behind the counter of the cold drink shop, Mia had been watching Martin, waiting for the two to leave, and seeing that Martin was also about to leave, she quickly picked up her bag and looked for it.

Martin had already seen Mia and greeted, "Long time no see." ”

Mia said carefully, "Martin, can you delay a few minutes to talk?" “

Martin had known Mia since he was a young actor, and there was no urgency at this time, and he pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down and talk." ”

He asked, "I remember you didn't leave here to concentrate on your career in Hollywood?" ”

Mia smiled embarrassedly: "No way, life is compelling, Sebastian concentrates on creating, but the works he writes are too classical, not in line with the current trend, and I lost my job in the smoke house, so I can only find a way to make more money." ”

Martin nodded slightly, these two are just a microcosm of Hollywood's tens of thousands of low-level cast and crew.

In the whole of Hollywood, there may be hundreds of thousands or millions of employees, but only a few of them can get out of the way.

"I'm probably average in acting." Mia was quite helpless: "I got a role with lines, but I still haven't changed my situation, and my acting career hasn't improved." ”

Martin knows that this is the majority of the actor industry: "A lot of times, hard work doesn't necessarily pay off, and I've had similar experiences, but I'm just a little luckier than you. “

Mia nodded, and said, "Martin, do you remember what I mentioned last time?" I wanted to try to write a script, and I have been working on it in my spare time, but I thought the story I wrote was terrible, and I overturned it again and again. ”

Martin asked, "Write the right story?" ”

Mia opened the bag she brought, took out a manuscript and handed it to Martin: "I can't write a fantasy story, so I just used my experience with Sebastian as a prototype and adapted a script, and now I have written the beginning, can you help me read it?" ”

Martin took it and found that it was a hand-copied manuscript, and kindly reminded: "Next time the original manuscript is collected, only a copy will be provided, and if someone takes away your manuscript, you will lose the lawsuit." ”

Mia is not even an official screenwriter, and she is not prepared for these, so she quickly nodded: "I remember." ”

Martin quickly browsed, and the heroine in the script story is indeed very similar to Mia, and it can even be said that she is similar to many low-level actresses in Hollywood.

As for the male lead, the Sebastian Martin met was all pianists playing music in the Smoke House, and he didn't know much about the rest.

The heroine is set as a low-level Hollywood actress and playwright, working part-time as a waitress at Warner Studios, and often taking time off work to attend auditions, but she has never received any important roles, and can only support herself part-time.

The actor is naturally a pianist who plays in a restaurant, and his concept is too old-fashioned, and he has been sticking to jazz.

The two met because of a traffic jam, and later the identity of Hollywood downtroddens resonated, and they came together to encourage each other in their careers.

The last scene of the manuscript, which Martin is familiar with, shows that the hero and heroine visit the Griffith Observatory together at night and confirm the relationship between the lovers.

And then there is no more.

Obviously, the script has not yet been completed, and even the parts that have been completed, Martin, a layman in writing, can also see that there are many problems in the design and conversion of the scene.

Mia is a newbie, and it's normal for things to go wrong.

Martin asked, "Not done yet?" ”

Mia said directly: "I was writing and writing, and suddenly I lost confidence, and there was a disagreement with Sebastian about the script. ”

She elaborated: "Sebastian read the script and thought it would be more appropriate to add music such as jazz and design it into the song and dance genre, but the song and dance film has long since declined, and I think romantic comedy is better." ”

Martin nodded slightly: "The story is not bad. ”

Because of her experience working at the bottom, Mia's stories resonate with Martin.

And Martin saw the shadow of a movie that he once remembered, "La La Land" starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

Martin was impressed by that film, on the one hand, the time distance was relatively close, and on the other hand, it made a big oolong at the Oscar for Best Picture.

Black Lives Matter gay, who won the best picture, said that it was "La La Land" when the guests announced the results.

Is there an interior in it? Martin didn't know that the titles of Black Lives Matter gay films had been forgotten, but "La La Land" always remembered.

Seeing that Martin didn't speak, Mia asked, "Is it worthless?" ”

Martin thought for a moment and said, "You wrote the script very roughly, and there are many things that need to be revised. ”

Mia lowered her head, wondering if she should leave Los Angeles and go back to her hometown.

Martin's words continued: "So, Mia, you first finish the story of the script. ”

Mia looked up, her eyes shining again, and promised, "I'll keep writing it." ”

Martin glanced at the counter and said, "I need you to concentrate on creating, you quit these part-time jobs and go to my studio to find Jessica, you've seen her." ”

Mia nodded: "I know." ”

"She'll give you a full-time creative job, and you can write the script with peace of mind." Martin said in advance: "In addition, there will be a script copyright buyout money, you are a newcomer, the price is definitely not high, I will give you the screenwriters Guild newcomer screenwriter medium buyout price." ”

According to the new agreement signed by the Screenwriters Guild last year, the script of the new screenwriter is only $30,000 at most.

Mia answered.

(End of chapter)