Arriving at Nicholson's mansion, Martin had just turned the hallway when he suddenly sensed the danger, kicked the ground with his foot, and the person rushed forward a lot.

When he turned his head to look, he heard a strange sound in his ears.

"Ugh! ......"

Several jets of water flew over, missed Martin, and landed on the marble floor.

Leonardo walked out of hiding with a large water gun in both hands, and pointed the gun at Martin: "Bastard, I'm going to settle the account with you to let you know what it's like to be smacked up!" ”

Martin stepped back, stood near a painting, and said, "Come on, Leo, let me see if your marksmanship is accurate!" ”

Leonardo was just about to turn the muzzle of the gun, but Nicholson, who was watching the excitement, jumped out and hurriedly shouted: "Stop! Stop it! You two bastards stop me! ”

Martin stood next to the painting: "Go on, Leo. ”

Without waiting for Leonardo to speak, Nicholson ran over and snatched his water gun: "If you dare to wet my paintings, I will marry Lorraine to you!" ”

Leonardo hurriedly put down the water gun.

Martin asked, "Did you welcome me in that way when I just got back to Los Angeles?" ”

Leonardo strode inside and gave Martin two middle fingers, "What did you bastard do in Boston?" ”

Martin sat on the single sofa with an innocent face: "What did I do?" I've been making new films. ”

Nicholson brought the wine and the glass, poured them for both, and said, "Leo's dear." ”

Martin understood: "I met Giselle and had a few conversations. ”

"Giselle called me." Leonardo patted Martin's couch back, sat on the other side, and said, "Then ask me what I like to say when I'm drunk!" ”

Martin said earnestly: "Leo, don't you feel my kindness?" I'm helping you find your true love! You should thank me! ”

Leonardo was accustomed to this shameless face: "I will definitely thank you well and tell others that you want to form a coalition of beautiful women, capture the White House, and level Washington." ”

Martin didn't care and said, "It's political correctness, do you understand it!" ”

Nicholson, who was with Leonardo just now, turned to Martin's side and said: "Martin really talks about brotherly righteousness and helps good brothers find true love." ”

Martin nodded at him, "It's still Jack who understands my painstaking efforts." ”

Leonardo said, "What I lack is a woman? It's time to spend time with women. ”

"That's not right!" Martin held back a smile and said, "It's just over 20 seconds in total, you won't even have this little time, right?" ”

Nicholson laughed, almost straight.

Leonardo's cheeks had already been honed and said, "What's wrong with more than 20 seconds?" There are benefits to being fast, you two idiots don't understand at all. ”

Martin and Nicholson looked at Leonardo's eyes with disdain.

Leonardo asked rhetorically, "What are we picking up girls for, huh?" ”

He didn't need others to answer, and said directly: "Of course, it's for his own coolness!" In more than 20 seconds, I am cool myself, enough is enough, I don't care if others are cool or not! ”

Nicholson is turning the wind again: "It seems to make sense!" ”

"What does it mean to make sense? This is the truth! Leonardo said: "There are too many benefits of short time, it does not consume physical energy, it will not make the lumbar spine overwhelmed, it will not affect the normal work and life, and it will not break the ......skin in the critical places."

Martin couldn't argue with it.

Leonardo defended well and immediately began to counterattack: "Look at you again, you can't move for half an hour, and you're tired and tired for those seconds?" Often one-on-two, one-on-three, or even more, what's the difference between the final result and me? ”

He pointed at Martin and sneered: "You are young now, you can't feel it yet, when you are my age, your waist is ruined, your kidneys are out of power, and people are not energetic, you will know how serious the consequences of a long time are!" ”

"It's scary!" Martin looked frightened: "I'm so scared that I almost turned into a 100-meter 24-second like you!" ”

Leonardo patted him on the shoulder and said seriously: "Do you understand what to do in the future?" ”

"I want to learn from you, too, but my strength doesn't allow it," Martin said. He looked at Nicholson, "If it weren't for Jack here, I would have believed your nonsense." ”

Nicholson grinned at Leonardo, revealing two rows of crazed white teeth.

Martin pointed to Nicholson and said, "Jack played a lot more than I did when he was younger, and the result?" Now that Jack is 75 years old, he can still make Jennifer Lawrence call Daddy. ”

Nicholson lifted his chin: "I've never been absent from our group activities. ”

Martin coughed lightly: "On the other hand, a few famous Hollywood 100-meter athletes who are too fast are not good after the age of forty. ”

He deliberately counted with his fingers: "Leo, you will be forty soon, I heard that when people reach forty, their energy will drop seriously, 100 meters and 10 seconds or something like that is not terrible, don't ...... it when the time comes"

"Enough! You shut up. Leonardo hurriedly changed the subject: "The project you called me about, are you going to take it down?" ”

"I've already sent someone to reach out," Martin said. ”

Nicholson answered: "I heard Leo mention a few words, I also read the original book back then, twenty-four personalities, not very easy to act, your acting skills are barely okay, but the director is not well chosen, it is easy to collapse." ”

Leonardo also said: "It is difficult for the average director to master such a theme. ”

"I had an appointment with David Fincher in the afternoon to talk to him and see if he was interested," Martin said. ”

Nicholson nodded: "David Fincher's style is perfect for this genre. ”

Leonardo reminded: "Since you are optimistic, you must act quickly, you are not short of money now, don't worry about hundreds of thousands of dollars, many people in the circle are staring at you." ”

"I'm going to make it quick." "The few projects that were snatched away all failed, and the people who were staring at me were a little hesitant to do it again," Martin said. ”

Thomas and Jessica were really fast, and just this morning, Billy Milligan himself was found in a nursing home.

Billy Milligan has a tumor and is in dire need of money.

He spent the most important period of his life in a psychiatric hospital, had no medical insurance, "24 Billy" was not a popular work that sold well, and although the ghostwriter did not have the copyright, he could share the royalty income, and the income from two non-fiction biographies was only enough for him to barely survive now.

As for raising money for a film adaptation, Billy Milligan has long since lost the idea.

A few years ago, there was a wave of hype by hired people, but the money was spent, but the copyright was not sold, even though many Hollywood movies have borrowed from his deeds.

In the hospital room, the emaciated Billy Milligan looked sluggish, unable to see the slightest symptom of a schizophrenic, looked at Thomas and Jessica with cloudy eyes, and asked, "You mean, Hollywood superstar Martin Davis wants to buy the rights to the film and television adaptations of my two biographies?" ”

Jessica continued: "I'm the vice president of Davis Studios, and I'm here on behalf of Martin, and Davis Studios is interested in adapting your biography and life into a film and television series, and I want to buy the sole license. ”

Billy Milligan knew very well that he couldn't stay up for long, wiped his eyes and said, "I originally wanted to adapt it into a movie myself, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity." ”

He asked, "Is it Martin Davis himself starring?" ”

Thomas understood, saying, "Yes, Martin will star in a character based on you. ”

Billy Milligan's conditions were actually set a few years ago, and at this time he was not verbose, and said directly: "$1.5 million, two autobiographies plus the script of "Crowded Room", the only license is given to you. ”

Thomas and Jessica have been told by Martin that as long as the price is not outrageous, it should be resolved quickly and not delayed.

The two exchanged a look, and Jessica responded, "Yes." Mr. Milligan, do you have a lawyer or an agent? ”

"I have a lawyer." Billy Milligan picked up the landline next to him, dialed the lawyer's number, and said, "Please wait, the lawyer will be here in an hour." ”

By the time the lawyer arrived, the two sides had negotiated more carefully, and by the afternoon, the copyright agreement had been initialed.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Martin entered the Disney studio, and on the way to the studio of "Escape from Tehran", he received a call from Thomas, and the copyright was basically settled.

Surrounded by hungry wolves, it costs hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars more, and Martin doesn't care.

Cutting through the mess quickly and taking the rights before attracting the attention of other companies is the right way.

Arriving in the studio vestibule, Thomas's assistant had already taken the script for "The Crowded Room" and was waiting here.

Martin took the script and went to the director's office.

David Fincher was waiting here when he saw Martin come in and said, "You've come just in time, and I have something to discuss with you." ”

Martin sat on the couch and asked, "Is the film finished?" ”

David Fincher shook his head: "There is one last fine cut, and the final cut will be completed by the end of August." ”

"I'm going to put the premiere of the film at the Toronto Film Festival, use the festival to build momentum, and then release it on a large scale in North America," he said. ”

Martin agreed: "I'll get people to communicate with Disney Pictures. ”

From the transfer to post-production in October last year, eight months have passed now, and the post-production of the film is still not completed.

The two discussed "Escape from Tehran" for a while, and Martin turned the conversation to the new project.

"During this trip to Boston to shoot a new film, I stumbled upon a biography of one person, Billy Milligan's 24 Billy." He elaborated on the specific situation: "I'm basically sure that I've got the only authorization here, I don't know if you're interested, David?" ”

Martin put two biographies and a screenplay in front of David Fincher: "The Screenplay 'The Crowded Room' was adapted by Billy Milligan and can only be used as a reference. ”

David Fincher picked up the book and said with a smile, "I learned more about Billy as a person back in 1996. ”

(End of chapter)

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