In a darkened theater in Burbank, only the screen is shining, and the "perfect couple" on the screen is talking about the secret of a happy marriage and their deep love for each other in front of many media reporters.

The peculiar taste of "framed with dogs, forever" jumped off the screen and was clearly transmitted to the minds of every audience who participated in the preview screening of "Gone Girl".

It seems that this is the marriage that has loved each other deeply, but more often than not, it is an attempt to control each other, resulting in hatred of each other, hurting each other, and finally chicken feathers.

Maybe this is marriage, hating each other, but having to rely on each other.

In the front row, Martin's mobile phone vibrate, he took it out and looked at it, Marina called, and chose to refuse.

Right next to Martin, Elizabeth Olsen frowned tightly, occasionally glancing at Martin, wondering if the bastard had brought himself to the preview screening for another purpose.

Because of the film he starred in, the marriage shown is too terrifying, which makes people unconsciously afraid.

Is marriage really so ridiculous?

Elizabeth was silent.

At the end of the screening, the theater lights turned on, and after a brief silence, hundreds of people attending the preview broke out into applause.

The story is bloody, but it's also wonderful, with an evocative black humor in the absurdity.

Listening to the enthusiastic applause, the author of the original book, Gillian Flynn, stood up, looked back and saw enthusiastic faces.

Daniel, the distribution producer, said: "This is yet another masterpiece and I am sure that the film will be a great success!" ”

Gillian couldn't hide the excitement in her heart: "It's going to work." ”

Warner Pictures' president Jon Berg has a smile on his face, as long as this film is successful, Gillian Flynn's next work "Dark Place" will attract widespread attention, and Warner Pictures' adaptation will also be a success.

This is one of the projects he focuses on.

Jon Berg is convinced that he will do a better job than his predecessor, Alan Horn, and will be remembered in the annals of Warners.

But these are not said by mouth, but need real performance.

Therefore, since taking office, Jon Berg has enlisted the support of the group's CEO Kevin Tsujihara, and has promoted a number of medium-sized and large-scale production projects for more than half a year, such as the filming of "Pharaoh and the Gods", the upcoming filming of "Giant Killer Jack", the script adaptation of "Dark Land" and so on.

He also participated in the investment of "Green Lantern", the first project of the DC Cinematic Universe project.

As long as half of these are big sellers, Jon Berg can not only prove himself and sit under the ass, but also make the people below forget about his predecessor, Alan Horn.

Martin bumped fists into David Fincher and said, "It's so exciting, I want to watch it again." ”

Charlize Theron on the other side deliberately joked: "Dumped by you and my acting skills? ”

Elizabeth said, "Sally, you've done a great job. ”

Charlize was very confident and said, "This is the best role I have outside of "The Witch". ”

David Fincher praised: "Martin and Sally gave a wonderful performance and performed the perfect effect I wanted. ”

The film has a high degree of completion, the response is enthusiastic, and the main creators are in a good mood.

Martin, Charlize and David Fincher then gave brief interviews to the media.

There's nothing to say about it, it's just that the three of them flatter each other.

After the interview, Martin's cell phone rang again, and he looked at the caller ID to find a quiet place to connect.

Marina's voice came from the other side: "Hi Martin, I invited you to dinner in the evening, brought me to Los Angeles, and helped me find a role and a project, I prepared a little special program, I want to thank you very much." ”

"You're welcome, you've paid in advance, and that's what you deserve," Martin said. He cut off Marina's invitation and showed his scumbag demeanor: "I'm very busy here, so be it." ”

At this point, he hung up the phone.

On the other side, Marina listened to the busy tone on the phone and bowed her head in a dejected manner.

Martin's hope was completely cut off, and she didn't know what to do.

Susie Flavor and Catherine Oxenberg came from not far away, and the latter invited, "Have a party on the weekend, do you want to go together?" ”

As an actor, hearing the producer's invitation, Marina subconsciously agreed: "Okay." ”

Susie smiled: "That's it, I'll call you on the weekend." ”

The two sides agreed to come down.

Catherine immediately called the owner.

Lanier took the phone and asked people to get ready, Nixem has a mature coping mechanism, and it is not enough to rely on the brainwashing of words, but also to show the energy of Nixem.

At the same time, a person from the crew of "Game of Dogs" sent a text message out.

Soon, the text message was forwarded to Nicholson.

"I've had people quietly investigate that in recent years Nixem has been simple and effective in attracting its main targets." After reading the text message, Nicholson drank wine and said to Leonardo: "On the one hand, Lanier himself has an outstanding population and has formed a set of very bluffing theories; On the other hand, they will show their energy when the target first joins, and in this way give people a psychological hint that there are many big names in Nikesem, and there will be endless benefits to joining. “

Leonardo poured himself a glass of wine and said, "The latter kind is also used by Martin's Coke Cult." ”

"Don't you think that's the easiest way to do it? ”

Leonardo nodded: "That's true. ”

Nicholson raised his glass and raised it at him, "Hopefully our swallows will be interested." ”

Leonardo said: "It took so much time and energy to break into Hollywood, she probably wouldn't fly straight back to Russia." ”

Nicholson nodded: "Sunk costs." ”

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Burbank Theatre.

Gillian Flynn approached Martin to explain the situation in Darklands.

"I'm sorry, I said I would show it to you when I finished it." She didn't say anything false, and her words were more sincere: "At that time, the people from Warner Pictures came over, and the price was too high, and I really couldn't refuse." ”

Martin smiled and said, "It's okay, Gillian, we're old neighbors, old friends, don't mind." ”

He didn't have a problem with Gillian, because "Dark Land" Gillian gave him priority: "Frankly speaking, even if you get it after the book, I can't give you such a high price as Warner, business is business, and we are always friends." ”

Gillian relieved herself, opened her briefcase, took out a book, and handed it to Martin: "This is a sample book for "Dark Land", and it will be published in North America after "Gone Girl" is released." ”

This is the safest way to operate, and it is also expected by Martin, he took it: "I still want to ask you for a manuscript to see the ending." “

Elizabeth Olsen walked briskly, and Gillian said goodbye just in time.

"Warner's live statistics are out." Elizabeth specifically inquired: "The average score of the theater manager is A, and he thinks that the selling point of the film is very good, and the media reporters and critics rated it 82 points, and the test screening has an excellent reputation." ”

She laughed, "Honey, you've succeeded again. ”

Martin is relatively cautious: "It is not uncommon for films with good word-of-mouth for test screenings and bad results for public screenings. Let's go to David and Daniel, and continue to invest in publicity and distribution. ”

The test screening has a poor reputation, and it is not uncommon for films to explode in public releases, the most typical is "Star Wars", when George Lucas's new film was tested, the film critics who participated in the test screening criticized the film as worthless, and many even directly said that it was a piece of garbage, but as we all know, Star Wars has become the national culture of the United States.

By the time the preview was over, Martin got the latest news that Warner Bros. had secured about 3,600 theaters for "Gone Girl."

This number is lower than Martin's previous films, on the one hand, the film is R-rated, and the schedule is naturally not as good as PG-13, and on the other hand, Warner's resources can only be said to be appropriate.

In the car back, Elizabeth asked, "Is marriage really so terrible?" ”

Martin has never been married, but the examples of people around him have a great influence on him, such as Nicholson and Leonardo, the latter is a staunch unmarried, the former's several marriages, and his parents, not to mention chicken feathers.

If Nick Dunn and the amazing Amy are one pot of dog blood, Nicholson's parents are ten pots of dog blood.

It was only after the death of his mother and sister that Nicholson learned from another sister that for many years the person he had called his mother was his grandmother, and that it was his mother who called his sister, and that the sister who informed him was actually his aunt......

It's crazy to be a normal person.

Martin didn't want to give Elizabeth an illusion, and said directly: "The marriages I see are very scary. Lily's parents, Scott Carter was a jerk with special talents, Emma Carter was once seduced by my father to elope, as for my father...... Haha, that's even better, although my memory of him is running out. ”

Elizabeth had heard Martin talk about his father before and asked, "He hasn't been heard from all this time?" ”

"The last news about him was that he cheated Lily's mother Emma out of all the money and then abandoned her in Hawaii and then didn't know where he went," Martin said. ”

He thought for a moment and added: "With Jack Davis's character, if he knew my current situation, he would definitely come to me, even if the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean were combined, they couldn't stop him, but he never appeared." ”

Elizabeth was relieved, "Maybe he's not the same as he used to be." ”

Martin whispered, "I hope he becomes a good man and sees God." ”

Hearing this, Elizabeth didn't know what to say.

"Don't talk about him." Martin glanced at his watch: "There's a new restaurant in Century City, it tastes very good, let's try it together." ”

Although she was a little dissatisfied with the topic of marriage being diverted like this, Elizabeth did not dwell on it anymore and said, "Okay, we haven't been out to dinner together for a while. ”

In a few days, she will have to go on a business trip with her sisters to promote the brand in which she has a stake.

(End of chapter)