Outside of Los Angeles, by a small lake.

Joel Mandel, an avid veteran angler, set up his seat, lowered his guards, tied his hooks, and mixed the bait.

The investment manager currently works for Johnny Depp alone and has a lot of free time.

More than a dozen anglers in the same fishing club are scattered on this fishing-friendly shore.

Rogers also skillfully tied the hook and gave some of the nest material to Joel: "This is imported Asian nest material, which is particularly attractive to Asian carp. ”

Although the two have not known each other for a long time, the same profession as an investment manager and a fanatical love for fishing have made them quickly friends.

Joel was also unkindly and accepted it.

These nests are really easy to use, and when the nests are made, Joel is the first to catch fish, which is still a particularly large Asian carp, and he and Rogers take turns to pull dozens of catties of fish to the shore.

Rodgers understood the mentality of the angler and boasted: "Guys, come and see if Joel has broken the club record." ”

Joel hugged the big fish and smiled happily.

Many people from the club came over to take pictures of Joel and Big Fish.

Then weighed, measured the length of the fish, etc., although this fish did not break the club's single record for Asian carp, it was able to rank in the top three.

It was not easy to catch this fish, and Joel and Rogers were so tired that they simply put down their fishing rods for a while and sat in the shade to drink a beer and rest.

Joel glanced at the new BMW station wagon driven by Rogers on the side of the road, the Patek Philippe on his hand, and said: "Famous cars, famous watches and famous wines, every time I see you, it is a new set, and I have made a lot of money recently, is there a special investment opportunity?" ”

Rogers smiled: "How can there be a special investment opportunity, you have been in this business for a long time, like us people, we can only follow the giant crocodile to eat a little scrap, which time the queue is not selected, and even will be swallowed by the predators." ”

He picked up the beer and took a sip: "As for the customers, they only think about profits, and don't care about anything else, this line of work is difficult." ”

Joel agrees, especially with a difficult client: "It's not easy. ”

Rogers answered his question head-on: "It's not the old way in the industry, trying to get customers to invest and reinvest, not giving them the opportunity to cash in, so that their wealth will always be a book number, and we will get a generous commission." ”

Joel couldn't help but be a little disappointed, feeling that Rogers didn't tell the truth.

The two continued to drink, and drank too much, and Rogers began to talk more, bragging about how to get money to find a bunch of beautiful women to have a fishing party with and so on.

Joel did a lot of similar things, and the two chatted enthusiastically, and the conversation turned to the customers he served.

"I worked for coarse bastards, black NBA stars and Hollywood uneducated stars." Rogers complained, "Those people have no knowledge, no vision, no literacy, they are all scum, but they are rich, and God is so unfair." ”

Joel was inevitably touched and said: "It's so unfair that we, high-quality people, can only be poor ghosts when we step on horses!" ”

"Those multimillionaires, billionaires like the scum of society, only know how to squander." Rogers seems to be under the influence of alcohol: "The money should be in our hands, and let these scuttle slums go back to where they are supposed to be." ”

Joel replied, "You're right. ”

Rogers opened another bottle of wine, handed it to Joel, and looked at his new car: "It's not that hard. ”

Joel understood what he meant, and tacitly said, "We just want to live a little nourishment." ”

The more the two talked, the more they had a common language, and the topic went deeper and deeper.

When the sun sets, the anglers have no plans to go back to the city, and it is also fun to fish and camp at night.

Rogers and Joel even talked about how to turn the customer's money into their own money reasonably and legally.

This is the basic discipline of investment managers.

Rogers recounts several "cases" he has personally run to incite Joel's ambitions and desires without a trace.

Others may have scruples, but the person who supervises Joel is his own brother, Robert Mandel.

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Disney Studios, The Martian Crew.

Surrounded by a green screen, Martin wears a spacesuit and sets up various astronautical electronic devices.

Filming was occasionally paused, and Phillips, an officer dispatched by NASA, would enter the set between shoots to instruct Martin on some of the dos and don'ts of using electronic devices.

Movies that tend to be in the style of hard science fiction, although they can't stand up to scrutiny like planting potatoes, the audience looks like that.

Martin is still the only one in the scene filmed today, and as long as Martin's condition is guaranteed, the filming will go smoothly.

After filming a scene where the space capsule was blown up, the crew took a break for a while.

Ridley called Martin over, plus Phillips, and the three of them chatted about the filming of the next programming contact.

Martin didn't know anything about this, and basically listened.

When the time comes, Ridley will act as much as he wants.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Ridley ended the discussion.

Martin returned to the resting place.

Phillips also entered the rest area and sat next to Martin.

Martin asked curiously, "Does NASA have a Mars landing program?" When will we be able to land on Mars at the earliest? ”

"It's unlikely in the next two decades, and NASA has no plans to do that for the time being." Phillips asked, "Martin, are you interested in astronautics?" ”

Martin said casually: "Rockets, spaceships, alien colonization, etc., aren't men all interested?" ”

Phillips thought of Martin's close ties to Washington and said, "In a while, NASA is going to have an investor show in California, would you be interested in attending?" “

Martin was immediately interested: "What do you need to prepare?" ”

"You need an invitation from NASA, that's not a problem, with this collaboration with NASA, it's just a phone call," Phillips said. ”

Martin waved at Bruce behind him.

Bruce notes the incident and texts Thomas to contact NASA.

At the end of the afternoon shoot, Thomas called Bruce, NASA replied, and the invitation to the investor conference will be mailed to Los Angeles next week.

On the way to the dressing room, Bruce asked, "Are you going to invest in a NASA project?" ”

Martin said: "Let's go and see what happens." ”

After putting on makeup, most of the crew hadn't left yet, but it was Andy Weir, the author of the original book, who came.

The signing of "The Martian" has come to Los Angeles from New York.

Andy Weir came over today to give away the original book to all the crew members.

Martin and Bruce also received a copy each, with Andy Weir's autograph on the title page.

"Thank you." Martin was going to go back and collect it.

Andy Weir was very excited, followed Martin out, and said: "Good news for you, 'The Martian' has become the best-selling champion in the new New York Times bestseller list. ”

Martin smiled and said, "Congratulations, Andy. You're a best-selling writer now. ”

Andy Weir said sincerely: "Martin, I wouldn't be where I am today without you, and if I have new works, I will definitely continue to work with you." ”

Martin believes that these words are sincere, but they will fade over time, and if someone pays a higher price, like Gillian Flynn, Andy Weir's new work may not be with him.

Commercially, there's nothing wrong with that.

He asked, "Do you have an idea for a new piece?" ”

Andy Weir said: "Not at the moment, The Martian is taking too much of my energy and I need to take a break to find a new entry point. ”

Martin nodded: "If you have a new work, please notify me as soon as possible, what other companies can give, Davis Studio is not bad." ”

Andy Weir replied, "I will." ”

When I came out of the studio, I happened to meet Louise coming from the office building.

Andy Weir knew that the two had something to talk about, and went to director Ridley after taking his leave.

Louise stood on the side of the road, looked at the studio of "The Lone Ranger" opposite, and said, "All the scenes over there have been filmed, and the filming is officially closed today." ”

Martin came to her: "I heard that Depp and Amber Heard are said to have started preparing for the wedding. ”

Speaking of Depp, Louise looked left and right, there was no one else around, and said in a low voice: "My people have already got along with Depp's investment manager, but this kind of thing involving more than 10 million dollars cannot be completed in the short term, you have to calm down." ”

Martin said: "Take your time and don't let Depp notice. ”

In the opposite studio, Depp and Amber walked out and came to the side of the road together.

Depp saw Martin and Louise.

Several of his attendants glared angrily.

Bruce stared at the men, and the henchmen only dared to stare at them.

The bodyguard drove over in a battery car, and Depp got into the battery car and sat on the side leaning towards Martin.

The attendants got into another car.

Thinking of Hodgson, who was about to go to prison, Depp turned around and raised a middle finger at Martin.

Then, he said to the bodyguard: "Hurry up!" ”

The battery car was stunned and let the bodyguard drive at the speed of a car.

Martin watched the battery car go away and asked Bruce, "Let people follow Depp and see where he's going." ”

Bruce made a few phone calls and quickly said, "They should be going to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and Depp and Amber are said to be going to see their wedding dresses." ”

"It's a good day for them to be happy, shouldn't we give a gift as a congratulatory gift?" Martin said. ”

Louise asked, "What are you going to give?" ”

"Isn't your feminist organization on the Internet a new target for Depp?" Martin won't make Depp happy: "Why don't you protest and demonstrate to Depp, the bastard who has molested women?" ”

"That's a good idea, the women's movement is thriving, and even if you go too far, the police will warn you at most," Louise said. ”

Martin looked at the time: "We also went shopping on Rodeo Drive. ”

(End of chapter)