Chapter 661: God Operation
"Guys, on this special day, let's toast Chad." In the entertainment hall of the Angel Club, Martin raised a glass of champagne and exclaimed, "Cheers!" ”
Chard, Mane, Marcus, Chen Hu, Bradt and Kane, among others, toasted together.
Martin didn't let Chad go, and said, "You're the director and producer, come out and say a few words!" ”
Marcus encouraged: "Usually count you a lot, don't be dumb now." ”
Chad came to the front of everyone and said seriously: "Guys, we will rest for two months, and we will start preparing for the third part, the third part will be filmed, we will make more money, only with money can we have a good life, and only with money can we have countless beautiful women!" ”
"Wow!" Mene shouted, "As soon as you say that, I have momentum!" ”
Chen Hu exposed him: "There is Celine Dion, talk about righteousness, don't rob us." ”
The crowd burst out laughing.
Boss Kane was hot for a while, and asked Martin: "Can I play a cameo role in the next film, it's not too demanding, just die at your gunpoint in a few shots." ”
"No problem." This kind of little thing Martin will not refuse: "You go to Chad and Tiger and let them design you a killer character." ”
Chad also heard it and said, "Don't worry, you have good skills, designed as a mini-boss, let you play your true colors and shoot against Martin." ”
Kane replied, "Good! At that time, no matter where your crew is, I will fly over to participate in the filming. ”
Martin beckoned, "Quick, quick!" Write this down this is a real tidbit that can be used in the third part of the promotion. ”
At this moment, he is like Nolan possessed: "Martin and Chad, who have been friends for many years, did not hesitate to fly across the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean to the set in order to participate in the shooting of a scene, and after only a few minutes of filming, they flew back to Los Angeles on the same day. ”
Mene said, "Boss, you've been infected by Director Nolan." ”
Martin shrugged: "Nolan is very good at publicity and marketing, master. ”
Chad seemed to be touched by Kane, and his inspiration suddenly exploded, calling Marcus and Chen Hu to discuss Kane's character and action scene design together, and even had Kane perform a quick gun shooting live.
Mene looked at the watch several times in a row.
Martin said, "You have something to do first. ”
Mene scratched his head embarrassedly: "Celine arranged for a plane to pick me up and go to Las Vegas to attend her wedding anniversary with Rainey." ”
"Wait." Martin was confused, how could this suddenly become chaotic: "Celine Dion's husband, Rennie Angeli?" ”
Mene nodded, "That's right." ”
Martin was surprised: "Does Rainey know about you and Celine?" ”
"Celine took me to see Rainey." Mene didn't feel that there was a problem: "Rennie's cancer has recurred and has entered an advanced stage, and he asked me to take care of Celine in the future and not let Celine down." ”
Martin patted Mene on the shoulder: "You pay a little more attention. ”
Mene smiled: "Boss, don't worry, I'm sure, Rennie and Celine's property is all earned by Celine, and it's basically in Celine's name." ”
Martin didn't say more, but he had heard of Rainey's good deeds, other men were lying flat after a billionaire woman, and he was lying flat after raising a billionaire woman with his own hands.
Rennie is definitely a super master of play, Celine Dion was signed by him when she was 12 years old, and it is said that Celine lived together when she was 14 years old.
Less than 15 minutes later, someone came to inform Mene that the plane to pick him up was about to arrive.
Mene picked up his bag and went to the club's large lawn.
Soon, a helicopter landed, and when the hatch opened, Celine Dion showed her head and waved at Mene.
Mene quickly got on the plane, waved to the old fellows, and left.
Chen Hu said: "There is no better winner in life. ”
Bradt agreed: "I can't get along in the future, so I'll go and be Uncle Mene's sidekick." ”
Marcus chimed in: "I'll go too, maybe I'll find a rich woman too." ”
There was no way, Mene was too successful, and everyone's life goals were shifted to a certain extent.
The helicopter flew away, and Martin beckoned: "Guys, go to the fighting ring, it's time to practice." ”
After a short two-day holiday, the main creators of the crew of "Fast Pursuit" turned on the flight mode again, running promotional announcements around the world.
The North American summer schedule is very full, with heavyweight films being released every weekend, and on the third weekend of May, Universal Pictures' "Bridesmaids" opened in North America.
This is the new work of Paul Feige, the famous director of the Rotten Boys, and the, pee, and fart comedy has always had a market in North America.
"Bridesmaids" and many other new films were released, basically announcing the death sentence of "Pharaoh and the Gods", the opening masterpiece of the summer file, and the weekend box office fell below $3 million in the third week of its release.
But the box office trend of "Fast and Furious 2" is still solid, and the North American box office broke through the $100 million mark before the weekend.
In the three days of the weekend, the film took another $37.85 million, beating the $26.24 million of the newly released "Bridesmaids" and retaining the top spot at the North American box office.
In addition, "Fast Pursuit 2" continues to make efforts overseas, and this week it appeared in 15 new countries and regions.
The film has grossed $275 million worldwide.
At the same time, cinemas, shopping malls, and various chain stores in North America and Europe have appeared on a wide range of film-related merchandise.
Disney's peripheral distribution channels are no worse than Warner Bros., and there is even Disneytown, a big killer.
The merchandise of "Fast and Furious 2" also appeared in Disneytown.
In just ten days, all kinds of merchandise sold nearly $30 million, which is not comparable to Batman, Inception and Pirates of the Caribbean, but it is amazing enough for an R-rated film.
In the relevant statistics, Martin's Jonathan's peripherals sell the best, followed by Winston played by Mene, and the buyers are mainly middle-aged and elderly women who are relatively rational in consumption.
Mane's agent, Munir, has joined the WMA, and he has received various supporting role offers that can be stacked three feet high on his desk.
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Atlanta, Gray Film and Television Production Center.
Kelly Gray has shifted her career focus to politics, but she comes here every week.
Today, the BMW she was riding in had just arrived at the door of the studio area, and before the battery car was replaced, she heard a fierce quarrel on the open-air set closest to the gate.
Kelly looked curiously over there, and saw a somewhat familiar middle-aged director near the slide where the camera was set up, arguing loudly with five or six people, and at the same time, the five or six people were still arguing with each other.
All the cast and crew of the crew are watching the excitement and waiting for them to finish arguing before working.
Kelly asked, "What's going on?" ”
Andrew, Martin's old acquaintance, who has now been promoted to the head of the production center, hurriedly came over and said: "This is the crew of Warner Pictures' "Jack the Giant Catcher", the crew has been filming quietly, and last week Warner suddenly sent a group of new producers and production managers to supervise the director's shooting. ”
Kelly was surprised: "A batch? ”
Andrew said: "It seems that there are six people, since they came over, this crew has been a mess, all six people want to meddle in the filming and daily work of the crew, arguing with director Brian Singh every day, and then the six of them are arguing every day......
Kelly is from a film and television background, and can't help frowning: "Warner Bros. What is this operation?" How does this make a good movie? ”
Andrew shook his head: "I haven't seen it either, Warner Bros. has opened my eyes!" ”
On the open-air set, Brian Singer's head became three big, his throat was so noisy that he smoked, he couldn't stand the six people in front of him, and he didn't bother to continue arguing with them.
These people are all representatives of the management side, and they say how to shoot, how to shoot themselves.
Brian Singer said: "This part of me gave up the scene of giants eating people. ”
MacDonald said: "Good, wise decision. ”
Another shouted, "It's okay not to shoot head-on, but it's better to add human bones here." ”
MacDonald retorted: "It's a PG or PG-13 movie, ...... such a scene"
Before he could finish his sentence, a bald man interrupted: "Don't have skulls. ”
Another middle-aged man with black hair asked, "How can you prove that the skeleton belongs to a human without a skull?" ”
"The pelvis, the skeleton can all be proven!" Someone else chimed in: "You can't be so ignorant, can you?" ”
The six producers and production managers quarreled like key political masters with different views on the Internet, and no one could convince anyone, so they almost did it directly.
Brian Singer silently left the director's chair, away from this land of right and wrong, and found a quiet place to sit down, not wanting to say a word.
Since directing his first work in the early nineties, he has been a director for nearly two decades, and this is the first time he has encountered such a fucked thing.
Brian Singer did not protest, and even called Warner Pictures president Jon Berg a few times, but the other party insisted on doing so, and thought it would be good for the filming.
If it weren't for the fact that more than half of the filming had been carried out, the price paid for quitting voluntarily was too high, and he would have wanted to quit.
There was no agreement over there, and the whole crew was waiting.
Brian Singer vowed not to work with Warner Bros. in the future, even if he was unemployed and had no money.
Which director can stand such a bad thing?
After arguing for more than ten minutes, a compromise was finally reached, and Brian Singh didn't want to argue with them anymore, so he continued to shoot the relevant scenes according to the compromise opinion.
Originally, he was still ambitious.
Now, Brian Singh has no confidence at all.
A $200 million production is a nightmare!
After a short journey of global promotion, Martin returned to Los Angeles and received a notice from Thomas that the people sent by Samsung had already prepared for the filming of the commercial with David Fincher, and were waiting for him to return for the lead actor.
In order to compete with Apple on smartphones, Samsung has invested a lot of money and resources this time.
Of course, there are many others.
(End of chapter)