MTL - American Fame and Fortune-Chapter 152 People love gossip

Chapter 152 People love gossip

The places where luxury homes in Los Angeles are located basically belong to the three areas with few cars, few people and few houses.

The girl in school uniform stood alone on the roadside, her right hand raised her thumb and shook it in Martin's direction.

Martin saw it once. The car stopped next to the man and rolled down the passenger window.

The girl bent down and looked down to make sure she recognized the right person. She waved her hand to Martin: "Hi, handsome guy, we've met before."

 Martin glanced at the slightly baby-fat face and asked, "Are you Elizabeth from the Olson family?"

Elizabeth Olsen smiled very sweetly: "Are you going to Louise's place? Can I go home for a while?"

 Martin opened the passenger door: "Get in the car."

Elizabeth got into the car and put her schoolbag on her lap: "Thank you."

 Martin Driving: “You can stop other cars without fear of encountering bad people.”

"Are you a bad person?" Elizabeth turned to look at Martin: "I recognize your car, that's why I dared to stop it."

 Martin was surprised: “We haven’t seen each other a few times.”

Elizabeth reminded: "You often go to Louise's place, and you have to pass by my door every time."

 Martin asked: "Are all girls as smart as you these days?"

Elizabeth was coaxed into giggling: "Handsome boy, you speak so nicely. By the way, I don't know your name yet."

 “Martin Davis.”

“It sounds familiar, I think I saw it in the newspaper recently.” Elizabeth thought about it: “The male protagonist of a horror movie.”

 Martin nodded and asked: "The few times I saw you, wasn't it your sister who drove you to and from you?"

Elizabeth simply explained: "They are very busy today. I took a temporary leave and took the bus here. There is no public transportation further ahead. I originally planned to walk back, and I happened to meet you."

Martin said: "You're lucky."

 Perhaps her favorable upbringing environment gave her extraordinary self-confidence. Elizabeth said: "Of course, I have always been very lucky."

As Martin drove up the south hillside, Elizabeth said: "No need to stop the car, go directly to Louise's house, there is no one at home."

 “Really?” Martin didn’t listen to her and instead called Louise first.

Louis said: "The Olson family has gone to participate in business activities, let her come over."

Elizabeth said: "I am not familiar with Louise, but my sister is very familiar with her."

 Martin drove directly into the gate of Louise's house and parked the car next to the villa.

Elizabeth got off the passenger car and saw Louise standing at the door of the villa. She greeted her politely and said, "I have nowhere to go for the time being. Can I stay with you for a while?"

 Louis invited: “Let’s have lunch together.”

 Martin took the gift from the armrest box and went into the villa to give it to the housekeeper Mary.

 Louis asked: "What?"

Martin said: "You can drink a little of the wine I ordered for you from overseas, but don't drink too much. A glass of wine will make a donkey topple over."

 Louise nodded: "I understand."

 Ten minutes later, the three of them were sitting at the dining table.

Elizabeth saw the beautifully cooked barbecue and said, "Meat, I like it best."

 Louise said: "You're welcome, just eat whatever you want."

 Martin doesn’t talk much, and grilling meat is more attractive.

Like last time, Louise specially invited the chef to come over and cook barbecue.

After lunch, the three of them chatted for a while. Elizabeth had a habit of taking a lunch break. Louise asked Mary to arrange for her to rest in the guest room, and then send her home after the neighbor came back.

 Louis got into Martin's car and went to Warner Studios together.

Passing by the next door, Louise pointed: "The real rich woman is here."

 “Sisters Olsen? Are they richer than you?” Martin asked curiously.

Louis said: "Maybe I will be a billionaire one day."

 Martin smiled: "I still want you to take care of me."

 Louise changed the topic and asked: "Is the promotion of the wax museum over?"

Martin said: "It's over. The distribution company has not arranged overseas promotion. Yesterday's celebration party was the last public promotion event."

 Louis sat crookedly in the passenger seat and asked, "What are your plans?"

Martin thought for a while: "I'm going to the Geshan Eyes crew for post-production in the next few days. Some scenes need dubbing." He turned into the main driveway: "Originally, Zomi told a horror story. Yesterday, he received the first draft of the script and went to the bar. It was shown to me when I was working on it, but unfortunately it wasn’t suitable for me anymore.”

 Louis asked: "That dwarf murderer you talked about?"

Martin simply said: "The core of the script written by Zomi's friend is a perverted heroine with dwarfism and a supporting actress. The supporting actor is not outstanding and was killed by the heroine in the end."

　　Martin would have been interested during the filming of House of Wax, but after playing the leading role, it would be impossible for him to play such a role again.

Louis would like to make a point: "Whenever possible, choose the protagonist first. Even if you choose a supporting role, it should be a distinctive supporting role, not a stupid supporting role that complements other characters."

 Martin thought of "Alexander the Great" again: "If you are interested, you can read it. I think the script is very interesting, and Zomi's directing ability is also good."

 The reason why I mentioned this to Louise was not because he had a good response in his previous life.

Many Hollywood films that have been popular on the other side of the Internet have a high chance of becoming box office flops in North America. There are too many films that have great reputations but have poor box office performance.

 Martin's judgment is based on the fact that this film has a sequel.

Louise is somewhat interested. After all, Zomi has just achieved success: "When his script is completed, let him submit a copy to Pacific Pictures."

At Warner Studios, Martin called Zomi and reminded him to finalize the script and send a copy to Pacific Pictures.

The post-production studio where the "The Mountain Has Eyes" crew is located is right next to the Alexander crew. When Martin and Louise came over, they saw Angelina Jolie.

 Louis seemed to know her relatively well and even chatted with her for a few words.

In the first half of this year, some gossip media published rumors about Pitt cheating on Jolie, but not many people paid attention to it, and it has not caused an uproar yet.

 When Martin entered the post-production studio, he looked back at Julie.

 It is said that this woman never hires professional public relations, and all public relations and self-marketing plans are all done by herself.

Julie fully embodies one thing: no matter how good the movie is, it is not as good as the promotion.

 Martin found director Ajia and went to the post-dubbing studio. Many of the shots shot on location were disturbed by the environment and did not achieve the desired effect. They could only be solved through post-dubbing.

 He spent half the afternoon in the dubbing studio, and his work efficiency was pretty good, re-dubbing more than 30 scenes.

Wes Craven was returning from a meeting at Warner Bros. when Martin came out.

 Including Ajia, the three of them entered the producer's office together.

Craven talked about the important things first: "The Wax Museum received a good response at the box office and earned you a lot of points for Martin. Warner Bros. attaches great importance to this film with you as the absolute protagonist. It was originally planned to be released in April, but finally decided to put it forward." Not until early February, the weekend after the Super Bowl.”

Martin asked: "Will the video be advertised in the Super Bowl?"

Craven said: "I mentioned it, but it depends on Warner Bros.' arrangements."

Ajia flipped her hair and said: "It is said that the Super Bowl advertising effect is very good."

“The most-watched show in America.” Craven watches it every year: “In terms of TV commercials alone, there is nothing better than the Super Bowl.”

 Martin pondered for a moment and said, "I have some ideas about the promotion of the film."

Ajia was curious: "I heard that a lot of your suggestions were used in the promotion of the wax museum?"

 Martin is not one to be modest about this kind of thing: "Part of it."

  Craven is a mature man: "It's definitely not the regular publicity ones, those have been ruined. So, Paris Hilton?"

Martin just laughed, neither admitting nor denying.

Craven said: "In a few days, Warner Brothers will hold a film announcement meeting. One of you is the director and the other is also the production manager. You will attend together."

 Martin responded: "I have no problem, just call me when you set the time."

 Craven has acted as the producer countless times and reminded: "Martin, Eyes on the Mountain is entirely about you. You are the main focus of public opinion."

 He ​​gave similar advice to Thomas: "The Wax Museum brings you some popularity. You try to maintain the popularity as much as possible, which will benefit your next film."

Ajia’s brain was very responsive: “I’m going to have a party and call some French female stars over? Martin, can you pick one up?”

Martin was upright: "Why do you think of women first when it comes to creating buzz and topics?"

Ajia spread her hands and said: "Because the public loves to read gossip, it is easiest and most effective to create gossip about men and women."

Martin said: "Unless you invite Sophie Marceau."

"It's useless, you'd better find a Hollywood female star." Craven has been in the industry for decades and understands the market and audiences better than Martin and Ajia: "Sophie Marceau has no appeal in North America, and she doesn't have much popularity. "

 Martin reacted, not only Sophie Marceau, but also Monica Bellucci, their appeal in North America is average.

 It is not Europe after all.

 Then, the three of them went into the post-editing room together to watch the first cut samples.

 Craven and Ajia discuss how to perform secondary editing.

 Martin listened carefully and said nothing.

Although I am not a layman in this area, I have indeed had relatively few contacts in the past, not as much as Craven and Ajia.

 The final edit of the film rests with Craven.

The title of the Godfather of modern Hollywood horror films is not earned for nothing.

　　After two days in the post-production studio, Halloween is coming soon. At this time of year, all the monsters and monsters in Hollywood and even the United States are out.

 Martin originally wanted to ask Louise to attend the Halloween parade, but Louise was not interested.

 He thought for a moment and called Anne Hathaway.

“I remember your crew hasn’t started filming yet. Are you free for Halloween?” Martin invited: “Let’s go to the Halloween parade together.”

Adhering to the principle of not refusing or taking responsibility, Anne said: "The crew will have a holiday at that time. I have participated in the Halloween parade in Greenwich Village, but not in Los Angeles."

 Martin immediately said: "My Princess, can your loyal guard accompany you to patrol the territory?"

 Annie smiled: "Yes, but you have to be responsible for the princess's style and dress."

 Martin responded: “No problem.”

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