In the 12 years from 2000 to 2012, too many Hollywood movies were making money on DVDs.

Let's say Martin's Davis Studio, the regular version of the popular movie DVD costs $15 to $20, and the Blu-ray HD version can sell for about $30, while the cost of mass compression is only one percent.

Excluding channel fees, the net profit of an ordinary DVD can exceed $10.

With the rise of Netflix, the online on-demand market has expanded rapidly, and it has the potential to replace DVD as the first offline revenue after the cinema window period of a film.

Davis Studios made an asking price of $100 million for the first year.

This kind of negotiation, which cannot reach an agreement in a short period of time, may last until "Fast Pursuit 3" is removed from North American theaters.

When Martin and his party returned from a vacation in Hawaii, Bruce immediately rushed to Paris to meet Olena.

Lily and Elizabeth were not idle, and through the publicity and public relations team of Davis Studios, launched an operation to discredit Martin.

On the Internet and entertainment media, a lot of black material about Martin has appeared.

"Hollywood's No. 1 Playboy – Martin Davis!"

The article details Martin's emotional experience when he came to Hollywood, starting with Eliza Cuthbert's girlfriends, and often messing around with other beautiful actresses outside during his relationship with each girlfriend.

There are others such as Sunset Boulevard North residents accusing Martin of disrupting the community, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening angrily scolding Martin, Leonardo and Nicholson at throwing fireworks at their home, and a small owner in Atlanta breaking the news that Martin had touched porcelain before he became famous.

For today's Martin, the harm is about zero, but he can break the Internet filter and let the world know that he is not a god, but a person with seven emotions and six desires, and has also done a lot of bastard things.

Before the god-making movement created God, God was automatically broken.

Still, fans are supporting Martin.

"Envy Martin's life."

"The members of Hollywood's famous jerk trio are undoubtedly jerks too."

"I think Martin is a cute bastard."

"yes, a cute bastard!"

The Cult of Colea is a pan-faith organization without any constraints, and although the congregation likes and worships Martin, they do not consider him the Pope of the Vatican.

Malibu Hills, inside a luxury villa.

Kevin Tsujihara put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at Jon Berg who was sitting on the sofa chair, and said, "Your god-making movement has failed, and the other party's sense of smell is very keen. ”

Jon Berg held his phone and kept scrolling through Twitter, and also saw the hot news that was retweeted a lot on the network.

Among them are some tweets that broke Martin's black material.

As a practitioner in the media industry, Jon Berg only had a slight discernment and was sure that these were deliberately released.

He frowned and asked, "It can't be that the news leaked, right?" ”

"Impossible." Kevin Tsujihara said: "This god-making plan, including you and me, only five people know about it, and the media contacted don't know what's going on, the box office of "Fast Pursuit 3" has been rising, Martin Davis is huge, and the editor-in-chief of those media thinks it is promoted by Disney or Davis Studios. ”

Jon Berg said, "Lift a guy up high, push him to the point of God, and then break the filter and make him fall from the top...... I didn't expect to go bankrupt so soon. ”

Kevin Tsujihara analyzed: "It shouldn't be that the plan was leaked, but that Martin Davis realized the risk of being so publicized by the media. ”

Jon Berg had a headache: "Does this bastard have persecution paranoia?" ”

"Let's stop this plan." Kevin Tsujihara shook his head: "Originally, we wanted to push Martin's prestige to the peak before the release of "Joker", and then let him fall to the bottom when the "Joker" income was enough, but now he has exploded these himself, and there is no point in pushing it further." ”

Jon Berg asked, "Can't you mess with him through the 'Joker' project?" ”

Kevin Tsujihara was helpless: "Don't forget, I have strong competitors on the board and at Time Warner, and it will be very troublesome if someone catches the handle of the business." The authorization of "Joker" has long been given to Nolan and Martin, and the distribution is in charge of Warner Pictures, and now the head of Warner Pictures is Daniel, who is not in the same line as us. ”

Hearing these words, Jon Berg hated Martin even more, the president of Warner Pictures was himself, if Martin hadn't committed fraud, he would have been reduced to the point where he couldn't get along in Hollywood?

He sighed: "Warner Pictures is about to become a company independent of Warner Bros., can't you take Daniel?" ”

"Not at this stage, the board of directors of the head office does not trust me enough." Kevin Tsujihara thought about it and said: "Now that the eyes of the entire Warner Bros. and Time Warner are focused on the Justice League cinematic universe, as long as this series is as successful as the Avengers, I can ask for more power with the results and regain control of Warner Pictures." ”

Jon Berg understands the importance of the Justice League franchise, which is far more profitable than the average movie once it has achieved great word-of-mouth and commercial success, because the surrounding profitability is much wider.

Kevin Tsujihara said: "Martin has cheated us, and then we can use Warner Pictures to cheat Martin." ”

Jon-Berg thought of his tragic experience and said, "Where it works for me, just ask." ”

…………

Warner Studios, Interstellar Studios.

Martin, Nolan, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain stood in front of a black curtain in formal suits, allowing photojournalists from Time to take pictures.

The sci-fi blockbuster will be released in mid-July, and the three major producers, DreamWorks, Paramount and Warner Bros., have invested heavily in publicity, with television and online advertisements almost bombarded, and "poetry of time and space" and other propaganda boos are endless.

As for the real shooting footage, it is an indispensable part of the promotion and marketing of each of Nolan's films.

Planting hundreds of hectares of corn and using his daughter's name as the code name for the film are all Nolan's usual marketing tricks.

Warner Bros. contacted Time magazine to get the four main creators, including Martin and Nolan, on the cover of Time magazine in July.

The photographer kept pressing the shutter, and then politely asked Nolan and Martin to change their positions slightly, from the sides to the middle, and continue to take pictures.

After the photo shoot, there was also a short interview.

Martin, Nolan, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain sat in front of the spotlight, turned on the commercial mutual blowing mode, appropriately broke some crew "secrets" and so on.

These are the basic skills of publicity for stars and directors, not to mention that the crew prepared the copywriting in advance.

The group was busy until mid-afternoon, and the work was over.

Martin went to the locker room to change clothes and had just come to the door when Jessica Chastain came from behind next door.

"Have time for the evening?" In Hollywood, Sister Worker has long been accustomed to these things: "Martin, we haven't spent the night together for a long time. ”

The real girlfriend is not in Los Angeles at the moment, and Martin certainly won't turn down such an invitation: "I'm in my room at the Ritz-Carlton, you know, where are we going to have dinner together tonight?" ”

Maybe the skin is too fair, Jessica Chastain's face always looks red: "Okay, I'll be there before seven o'clock." ”

She winked at Martin and went into her dressing room.

Martin opened the door to change clothes and remove his makeup, and had just changed back into his casual clothes when there was a knock on the door.

The bodyguard went over and opened the door, and Anne Hathaway, dressed in a slip on skirt, stockings, and high heels, was standing in the doorway.

Martin said, "Come in and sit down." ”

Anne entered the room and sat down in a chair with her legs side by side and her hands in front of her lower abdomen, like a lady.

She glanced at Martin across from her, and the feeling of regret came back to her heart, and her head was dizzy with discomfort.

Seeing that she was putting on this innocent lady and not speaking, Martin took the initiative to ask, "Anne, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Anne's mouth pursed into a line, first showing a charming smile, and then said: "In the past two years, you have helped me a lot, can I invite you to dinner in the evening?" ”

Martin thought of Jessica Chastain just now.

Seeing that he didn't respond immediately, Anne hurriedly said, "Martin, you must always give me a chance to express my gratitude." She clasped her protruding left chest with one hand: "Otherwise, I will always be uneasy in my heart." ”

Martin thought for a moment and said directly: "Jesse also asked me to come with me for the night, and I promised her to go to the Ritz-Carlton." ”

Anne knew very well that Martin's long-term private room was in this hotel, and also knew that Jessica Chastain had a N-leg relationship with Martin.

About Martin in the evening, the purpose is self-evident.

Anne asked, "Can I go?" She looked at the wall separating the locker room: "Jesse, I'll go to her and tell her that she shouldn't refuse." ”

Martin glanced at the time: "Director Nolan is looking for me, it's almost time, I'm going to go now, if you're okay, we'll see you at the Ritz-Carlton at seven o'clock in the evening." ”

"Okay, I'll go find Jesse." Anne got up and went next door.

Martin took his belongings out of the locker room and went to the director's office.

Nolan was waiting for him, and said with a smile, "Good news for you." ”

Martin sat on the couch next to him: "The advance ticket office is high? His remuneration includes a tiered share of the box office: "I hope to have $50 million at the advance box office." ”

"There are only $18.5 million in pre-sales at the moment." Nolan is well aware of the film's market prospects: "This is an original and hard sci-fi film, and it can't be a super hit like your "Fast and Furious 3". ”

Martin agreed: "That was the final chapter of the trilogy, and the first two parts laid the audience base. ”

The market for original films, especially when they first opened, is much narrower than adaptations and sequel films.

Nolan said: "The North American box office of this film can finally be half of that of "Fast and Furious 3". ”

Martin laughs, "I don't think $300 million is a problem. He then asked, "What is the good news for you?" ”

Nolan said simply: "Spielberg and I invited many directors in the industry, including Ridley Scott, James Cameron, George Lucas, David Fincher, etc., to hold an in-house private preview screening,"

He added: "I was going to invite you, but you went to Hawaii at that time." The test screening effect was okay, and they all spoke highly of the film. ”

Martin has worked with Nolan many times, and this is the first time he has invited many of his peers to hold an internal test screening.

He immediately grasped the key to Nolan's words and asked, "Chris, are you ready to let "Interstellar" hit the Oscars?" ”

Nolan said: "Yes, I have already communicated with the filmmaker, mainly to impact the nominations for three awards, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture. ”

Martin has already gained fame and fortune, and Nolan is no different, but he is missing one key thing compared to Martin: recognition of heavyweight awards.

Nolan has never won an Oscar, no three major European film awards, or even a British Academy Film Award.

Although there are no these awards, it will not affect the status of the rivers and lakes, but something is missing in the end.

Nolan asked directly: "Do you have any special suggestions for public relations?" ”

"Not yet." Martin didn't think about these at all, and said: "Normal publicity and public relations is enough, with the accumulation of your and me's reputation, it is not difficult to get the nomination." ”

He told the truth: "It may be more difficult to win the award. ”

Nolan predicted this: "This time I will be nominated first, and I will go all out for the next film." ”

Martin has memories and is not surprised, just asking, "Do you have a new project?" ”

Nolan opened the office drawer, took out a thin piece of text, and handed it to Martin: "The synopsis and setting of the script, these two have just been written." ”

Martin took it and looked at the cover, which was written with the name of a place - Dunkirk!

Nolan said: "It's a group play, the main characters are all British, and there are no heavy characters. ”

Martin understood what he meant, briefly flipped through the synopsis, and said, "This really doesn't suit me, you should use British actors." ”

This is a film that broke his filter on Hollywood movies and Nolan movies in his previous life, and needless to say, the beach in Dunkirk, which is cleaner than a dog has licked, is simply speechless.

I don't know, I thought the British went home after lying down the Germans.

The decline of Hollywood movies is not without reason.

Nolan's words continued: "It's too difficult for a science fiction film to win an Oscar, and a film based on real events is more suitable for the taste of the Oscar." ”

Martin nodded: "That's true, the Dunkirk retreat is world-famous, almost as famous as the Normandy landings, and it can naturally attract attention." ”

Nolan said: "The theme of this film, I am going to focus on humanistic care and civilian rescue, rather than a grand retreat. ”

Martin had the impression that this was a great escape after the failure of the British appeasement, and he didn't know much about other aspects, so he didn't say much.

In contrast, he believed that the key to the European theater of World War II lay in Stalingrad, in the former Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.

But the right to speak in this world is in the hands of the Western world, and it is the American GIs who have saved everything.

Martin just told Nolan about the Oscars and didn't say anything about his new project.

The two chatted for more than an hour, and Martin left Warner Studios and went to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

What World War II, what East and West, and so on, were quickly thrown into his mind.

Martin is enjoying the present.

(End of chapter)