Chapter 766: Robbery Prevention Drill

After drinking, Martin exchanged personal contact details with Scarlett Johansson before heading back to the hotel.

Just as they said when they got in touch, Blake Lively stayed directly in Martin's suite.

Jeremy Renner, who lives on the same floor, saw the door closed, scolded the dog man and woman, and returned to the room alone, thinking that what Martin said about the pickled girl was very reasonable, and went back to talk to the Canadian model, maybe he could end the state of a single dog.

Martin got involved with the actresses of the crew again, which is not even news in the crew of "Thieves in the City".

Although the crew gossip in private, everyone has a natural opinion.

In the next few days, the crew was filming scenes related to supporting actresses, including a number of large-scale scenes of Martin and Blake Lively.

After a relaxing weekend, the final shootout scene was put on the shooting schedule by Villeneuve.

This climactic scene is undoubtedly the most important part of the whole film, and Villeneuve made a series of preparations before the official start of filming.

The first is the guns.

Like most Hollywood crews, all firearms were used during filming, and in view of what happened before, the crew established a four-tier security system.

The prop master, the security officer, the blues, and the actor himself.

Then watch and analyze Villeneuve's selection of classic gunfight movie clips, and finally learn the background to the robbery.

The former, which mainly gathered actors, props and film crew, watched the clip of the bank robbery in "The Line of Fire" together.

Especially the shootout part.

Greniuve told Imain and Jeremy Renner: "You'll also watch this and 'Emergency 44 Minutes' before you act. ”

Jeremy Renner asked, "Emergency 44 Minutes?" ”

Martin replied: "A documentary about the North Hollywood bank robbery. ”

Jeremy Renner gets it.

When there are other films in the film, there are copyright issues, and Martin asks Villeneuve: "Got the license?" ”

Greniuve said: "The licenses for both films have been obtained. ”

In this robbery scene, the robbery team led by the actor McRae will have a fierce exchange of fire with the FBI and the Boston police, both sides will use automatic weapons, and the gunfight style is mainly realistic.

After watching the classic film clip, Villeneuve made a phone call to make sure someone had come, and got to the point of today: "Last week, you all received the latest script for this scene, and based on the latest situation at Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park, we adjusted this scene accordingly to be more realistic. ”

Martin confirmed: "Negotiated at Fenway Park? ”

"Starting tomorrow and until the next working day, the crew can shoot at will within the Fenway Park area." Willneuve said: "The entire area of Fenway Park will be open to the crew for free. ”

Martin nodded slightly, and before the crew started filming, Graham had negotiated a collaboration with John Henry.

The Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park logos will be featured in the final film.

In addition to sponsoring the filming of the crew, the Fenway Group will also open the stadium to the crew for filming for free.

The door to the conference room was opened from the outside, and Graham King walked in with a woman in a red dress and a black sky-high woman.

This woman is about thirty years old, tall, delicate and beautiful makeup, with big brown and black waves, diamond earrings on her ears, a Cartier women's watch on her hand, and a wedding ring on her ring finger, which interprets what is called a pigeon egg.

She looked past the others and fell directly on Martin, giggling and walking over quickly: "Hello Martin, I'm Linda Henry. ”

Graham said: "Linda is the head of Fenway's external communications and the wife of John Henry. ”

The crew was working with the Fenway Group, and Martin certainly knew who John Henry was, the owner of the Fenway Group, to which the Boston Red Sox belonged.

The delicate and beautiful woman in red in front of her is the proprietress of the Fenway Group.

Martin shook Linda Henry's hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Linda, who is in charge of the company's publicity business, has known Martin well, and knows that her husband's assets may not be as much as Martin's, and said with a smile: "I hope that through this film, we can establish a good cooperation channel and work together in the future." ”

Martin said politely: "Thank you Fenway Group for your support to the crew." ”

After the polite words were spoken, he got to the point: "I didn't expect that Mrs. Henry would come over in person to introduce the relevant situation. ”

Linda's smile was as bright as the red dress on her body: "I am now in charge of the publicity business of the Fenway Group, and this is my job." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Graham King introduced Linda Henry to director Villeneuve and supporting actor Jeremy Renner, among others.

After Linda's formulaic response, she asked her assistant to connect the notebook she brought to the projector and explain the background of the scene in person.

In the last scene, the four-person team of the male protagonist robbed not the bank, but Fenway Park.

Linda's laser pointer pointed to Fenway Park on the projection screen and said, "Fenway Park has always been the home stadium with the highest average audience size in the league, and it has maintained a full record from May 15, 2003 to the present. ”

Jeremy Renner couldn't help but muttered to Martin, "The Boston Celtics don't have that kind of attendance either. ”

Martin didn't know much about the four major sports leagues in the United States, so he didn't answer.

Linda continued, "Every Red Sox game day, Fenway Park welcomes 40,000 avid consumers, who treat game day as a Boxing Day and spend lavishly, including on-site ticket purchases, food and beverage services, beer snacks, team merchandise, souvenir stores, etc., bringing in $3 million in revenue for the Fenway Group every game day, many of which are cash. ”

Villaneuve continued: "This robbery scene is to rob the cash proceeds from Fenway Stadium. ”

Martin deliberately asked, "Linda, aren't you worried about the release of the movie leading to imitation crimes?" ”

"We were worried about being robbed, so we chose to work with the crew." Linda said with a smile: "After 911, the Washington authorities took the lead in inviting Hollywood directors, screenwriters and producers to gather together and use their brains to think of some plans for terrorists to attack the United States in advance to prevent them. ”

Martin heard about it and nodded slightly: "It is said that some people's ideas later became the plot of the movie. ”

Linda added: "The scene you did was also a test of our security measures, and John and I were shocked when we saw the robbery scene in the script pretending to be a police officer, and if there were robbers who did this, the success could be quite high." ”

The script is rewritten according to the actual operation of Fenway Stadium, and she said directly: "In addition to the weekly game days, the surrounding stores also have income, and all the cash will be collected into the vault every day, sorted out by the vault staff, and sent to the bank every Monday, with an average weekly income of more than $3.5 million in recent years." ”

Greniuve continued: "The amount of the robbery in the film is set at $3.5 million. ”

Martin knows that this figure doesn't include packages, advertising sponsorships, TV broadcasts, etc.: "The team is making an amazing amount of money. ”

Linda said with a smile: "It's a pity that there aren't enough people coming to the stadium outside of game days. ”

Martin asked, "There should be tourists, right?" ”

"There are some tourists, but Fenway Park isn't hot enough." Linda looked at Martin: "I hope we can deepen our cooperation in the future." “

She doesn't hide the purpose of the collaboration: "John and I want Fenway Park to be the most popular landmarks in Hollywood movies like the Golden Gate Bridge, the Hollywood Hills, the Washington Monument and the Statue of Liberty." ”

I have to say that the Fenway Group is really thoughtful in terms of business operations.

If you really want to reach this level in Hollywood movies, not to mention North American tourists, there will be an endless stream of overseas tourists alone.

The ins and outs of the robbery funds are clearly explained, and it is also convenient for the performance of the protagonists' team.

The preparatory meeting ended quickly.

The next morning, the crew came to Fenway Park to shoot the last robbery scene.

From the robbery to the shootout, all the shots of this scene will be filmed in and around Fenway Park.

The crew mobilized dozens of vehicles and gathered in the parking lot area on the street side of the stadium.

Many of them are police cars provided by BPD on an ad hoc basis.

Police officers who are not on duty can also come over and act as extras after work if they are interested.

Fenway Park was first built in the twenties and thirties of the last century, when it was relatively empty, but today it is a more prosperous business district.

The prop trailer was opened, a large number of firearms were taken out, and several prop masters prepared empty cartridges according to the requirements of the crew.

Director Villeneuve was not at ease, so he came over to check it out in person.

Two safety officers wore recorders at all times and supervised the whole process.

After the guns were prepared, Bruce came over to inspect them again and handed them out to each actor.

Martin received a modified automatic rifle from Bruce.

Unlike the previous two times, this time it uses firearms from the AR series.

Martin and Jeremy Rene followed the filming requirements and put on body armor and a full set of BPD police uniforms.

As the crew cleared the scene, Villeneuve gave an order, and crackling gunshots rang out at the scene.

Martin shot through the window of the underground parking lot and shot the muzzle flames of the gun, which were clearly captured by the camera next to him.

Less than ten seconds into the shot, Villeneuve shouted to stop.

The four of them then gathered together and fired at each other with the FBI's team in an underground garage.

Two accomplices who play soy sauce, the younger of which is soon killed and taken offline at the request of the director.

Villeneuve is constantly adjusting, and the shootout scenes are intermittent, and maybe ten seconds of footage can shoot dozens of minutes of footage.

The scene was filmed over four days, and it wasn't until the day before the Boston Red Sox team's next game day that it was all over.

Actors such as Jeremy Renner and Blake Lively have ended their respective scenes and left the crew.

Martin, the absolute protagonist, will have to hold on for a while longer.

At the start of the new week, an old friend of producer Graham suddenly came to visit the class and became interested in Martin.

(End of chapter)

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