In the next few days of shooting, Clara was inexplicably much more confident, probably feeling rooted in Los Angeles, and she didn't have to worry about going back to sign a slave treaty if she didn't mix well.

After the filming of the heroine's best friend group four-member cabaret is completed, Mene appears with his black band.

Martin plays the male lead, after a phone call between the heroine and her mother, accepts the invitation of the lead singer to join Mene and join his band as a keyboardist.

On the set set up as a recording studio, the band went into battle to record songs together, with Mene, the lead singer, occupying the C position, Martin, as the leading actor, naturally standing next to him, and the rest of the members were all blurred backgrounds.

During the shooting, Martin could barely keep up with the rhythm compared to several other professionals who were engaged in playing, and there was no problem just looking at the playing footage.

As for the music, it's just swapped out in post-production.

After filming three scenes, Mene drank water to moisten his throat, and came back to clear his throat a little.

Martin moved his wrist and asked, "Ready." ”

"Of course it's ready." Mene winked at Martin and whispered: "In order to play this role well and shoot several singing scenes, I went to Las Vegas to find Celine Dion, and Celine gave me a month of intensive study and training. ”

Martin cocked a thumbs up at him, "Awesome." ”

Mene looked at the rest area, and Chad, Marcus, Chen Hu and others, who had come to visit the class, were pointing at this side.

He knew that the group of bad friends were waiting to see the joke, and said, "Boss, you will soon find out that I have a professional level!" ”

With the slap board, the shooting begins.

The band played normally, and Martin continued to play the musical keyboard to the beat.

Mene sang a modern jazz song.

As soon as he speaks, he has a professional level, full of breath, expressive singing, and a firm grasp of rhythm and beat.

Although it is far from amazing, it is more than one notch stronger than when Martin and Saoirse Ronan filmed and sang.

"Stop!" Damien shouted to stop filming and gestured to Mene: "Well done, stay in good shape!" ”

He shouted to the rest of the crew: "Hurry up and prepare, shoot the next scene in two minutes." ”

The filming crew completed this part of the scene for more than an hour and temporarily entered the rest time.

Martin and Mene returned to the lounge area.

Chad acted as his temporary assistant, handed over a bottle of water, and said, "Man, you're in the wrong business, you should be a singer." ”

Chen Hu doesn't know much about black music, and said that he intuitively feels: "I think you rap and sing much better than many black people." ”

Marcus agreed: "That's right! ”

Martin asked Mene suspiciously: "I remember the last time I heard you sing, there was no such level, Celine Dion's special training for more than a month, is it so powerful?" ”

The three of Chad suddenly realized, and it was not surprising to think that there was a North American pop queen on top of Mene's tongue.

"After a month in Las Vegas with Celine, I've made a lot of progress in all aspects." Mene cleared his throat and said, "You heard in terms of singing, Celine thinks I can release an album, and she is ready to sponsor me to release a music album." ”

Everyone, including Martin, looked at Uncle Mene with unconcealed admiration.

A man who does Uncle Mene's part is really a super winner.

"You say there's progress in every way?" Bruce asked curiously, "What about the others?" What else? ”

Mene, this guy, actually showed a subtle smile.

This is not in his usual style.

Chad punched Mene: "Hurry up and be honest, or ......"

"Drag you to the shooting range of the Angel Club!" Marcus's fat face piled up a sinister smile: "Shoot for ten minutes!" ”

Mene faced the threat of this group of envious, jealous and hateful guys, so he could only dig into his pockets and said in a mocking manner: "It is my best ability that has improved by leaps and bounds again, so Celine is willing to help me release a music album." ”

If you just release an album for self-appreciation, not to mention Mene, who has gradually become a golden supporting role, even Marcus and Chen Hu have such financial resources.

But it's not so easy to get a music company into the sales funnel.

Celine Dion has the channels and resources in this regard, which no one in the room has.

Martin was also curious: "Don't be verbose, hurry up!" ”

"This ...... It's hard to describe. Mene scratched his head with one hand, and pulled a red thread out of his pocket with the other.

The red thread is as thick as the wool of a handmade sweater, stretching out three feet long.

Mene coughed lightly twice and moved his cheeks: "I'll show you a visual show." ”

Martin made a gesture of please.

Chad and Bruce were waiting for Mene's performance.

The movement here attracted many people in the crew to watch, and even the director Damien stood on the edge of the set to see what kind of tricks Mene could do.

Mene picked up the red thread and bit down on the mid-section, his cheeks shaking rapidly, as if his tongue was dangling in his mouth.

He pulled his hand out, and there was a knot on the red line!

Including Martin and Bruce, the melon-eating crowd was amazed one by one.

And that's not all!

Mene grabbed one side of the thread and pulled it out, and the other side of the red thread was pulled into his mouth, and his cheeks moved like an electric motor.

The red thread he drew out, the knots on it were connected one by one, as neat and orderly as the clasps of a chain.

This is much faster than the average person knotting by hand!

As if this is not a mouth, but the entrance and exit of an electric knotting machine.

Martin muttered, "That's too much of an exaggeration! Worthy of Mene! Don't talk about Celine Dion, even if Madonna comes, raise your hand and surrender. “

Bruce's eyes widened, and he said that if he had this ability, let alone Kim and Khloe, even if he added Kendall and Kelly, he could easily do it.

Chard, Chen, and Marcus don't know what to say anymore.

Only Marcus muttered, "This guy is really a genius!" Super genius! ”

On the set close to the director's team, Damien rubbed his eyes, making sure that he was not dizzy from work, and what he saw was all the truth, and he couldn't help but bared his teeth.

Some things that he didn't understand before, he suddenly realized, no wonder many people in the crew said that Mene is the real winner in life.

With such a prominent skill, it is difficult not to become a winner in life!

At this moment, there was silence in the studio.

Uncle Mene shocked the audience!

What is technology? That's what technology is called!

"I'm convinced!" Chad picked up Mene's knotted red thread and looked at it carefully, and exclaimed, "Man, you really eat with real skills!" ”

Chen Hu and Marcus nodded next to each other.

Bruce simply walked over and patted Mene on the shoulder: "We've known each other for eight years, right?" You even hide a trick and refuse to say it! The old man must teach me that I don't want to be as good as you, but I can have a third of it. “

Mene smirked: "Good to say, easy to say!" ”

Bruce couldn't help but wonder if at the same time, the underneath, the left and right hands, plus Mene's stunt......

Martin also heard Bruce's words, and suddenly thought of one thing: How many Kardashian sisters are there?

Not only Bruce, but Chard, Chen Hu and Marcus are also humbly asking Mene for advice.

After a while, a few young people from the crew also came over.

They are good-looking, and they hold positions such as assistant directors, camera assistants or art assistants, and they can easily meet star-level actors.

If you really want to get one, your life may take off.

And these seemingly assistant positions are also easier to get into a relationship with female stars in Hollywood.

Like Julia Roberts, Jessica Alba, and Kylie Knightley, etc., there are often similar boyfriends who have dated.

After this day, Mene's reputation in the crew rose sharply, and many studious people circled around Uncle Mene after filming.

Not only men, but also many women.

In Hollywood, the upward channel is much wider for men than for women.

But if women can master a skill to the extreme, they will undoubtedly get a lot more opportunities.

However, this skill requires talent.

Catherine D'Addario couldn't learn anything, and Clara watched Mene perform twice and asked about the technique, and after a night of hard practice, she gradually mastered it.

Clara soon gave Martin a one-on-one debriefing performance.

Martin is very satisfied, and believes that with Clara's ability, there will definitely be a future in the circle.

So, after Clara finished her role in La La Land, Martin recommended her to the crew of "Fast and Furious 3" for an audition for a female role.

In this sequel, there are two main female characters.

Blake Lively passed the audition and got the role of a dog lover.

Clara's role as the Inquisitor representing the High Table is the one who auditions for the audition.

Chad quickly contacted Martin to approve Clara's audition and made a suggestion to adjust the role slightly according to the actress's particularly good figure, and the judge's daily attire to be adjusted to a black tight-fitting leather suit.

Martin has no problem with that.

The "La La Land" crew left Disney Studios and began filming locations in Los Angeles.

Among them, there are 48 locations including the Griffith Observatory and the Angel Cableway.

The most troublesome is the opening song and dance scene on the elevated road.

This scene not only had to be filmed on the road, but also involved hundreds of singers and dancers.

Since May of this year, Mandy Moore and Damien have rented the open-air area of the Disney studio for extensive rehearsals.

The filming of the Griffith Observatory was also troublesome, and the rent of $10,000 a day for the exterior area alone could not affect the normal tour of tourists, and no one was allowed to enter the filming inside.

The crew could only set up a set in the studio to shoot the scenes inside the observatory.

Filming entered December, when the main filming of the heroine was filming, Martin temporarily left the crew to deal with matters related to "Escape from Tehran".

After seven weeks of screenings, the film grossed $178 million in North America, and it was only a matter of time before it surpassed $200 million.

At the same time, the film's reputation has always been very good, which is also the basis for a series of operations of the crew during the awards season.

(End of chapter)