American Fame and Fortune Chapter 155

 Chapter 155 Seeking a new job (asking for monthly votes)

  In the early morning, while having breakfast at a nearby restaurant, Bruce told Martin what happened last night.

 Martin was a little surprised: "You didn't propose it, but she asked you to be the leading actor in the video?"

Bruce deliberately acted like a jerk: "Hey, man, look at me, the real love saint is here!"

"The pace of evolution is very fast." Martin put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth with a napkin: "The most important question is, Love Saint Bruce, have you agreed?"

"I told her to think about it," Bruce said.

Martin pointed at him and said: "That's it? You have the nerve to call yourself a lover? You are clearly a coward without balls!"

Bruce countered: "Mr. scumbag, do you dare to take pictures?"

 Martin said without hesitation: "If Annie invites me to shoot, I will definitely agree!"

Bruce was really a little timid when faced with King's request, and found a reason and excuse: "Kim will sell the video tape to a distribution company for distribution throughout North America."

 Martin was so considerate that he even found a next home for Lao Bu: “Jenna's company will buy it.”

"That's not the point. Can you listen to me?" Bruce said the reason he found after racking his brains: "A group of traffickers in Mexico are still looking for me. What if they see the video tape and chase me?"

Martin was disdainful: "How about not showing your face? I believe you can do it." He also added fuel to the fire: "Don't forget, who are you? You are Bruce, the man that Sophia will never forget."

After another day of chatting, Bruce threw down his knife and fork, got up and left, never saying a word to Martin today.

 After breakfast, Martin rushed to Warner Studios and, as the production manager of The Mountain Has Eyes, attended the post-production and distribution meeting between the studio and Warner Bros. with Craven and Ajia.

At the meeting, the promotion of the film was discussed specifically.

Given the huge publicity success of House of Wax, Martin's suggestions were taken seriously.

Of course, Martin can provide suggestions and ideas, but for actual implementation, it depends on the crew and the professionals at Warner Bros.

 The large-scale publicity campaign for "Eyes Across the Mountain" will not be launched until after the New Year.

Warner Bros. decided to push ads for the film into the Super Bowl.

In addition, Warner Bros. publicists reminded Martin that it would be best to maintain a certain level of popularity until the film is released.

Craven's golden brand and the success of the wax museum both played a role in blessing the leading actor Martin.

After its third weekend in North America, the North American box office of Wax Museum has accumulated 47.56 million U.S. dollars, and it will definitely exceed 50 million U.S. dollars in another week.

 Overseas, the film has been released in more than 30 countries in Latin America, Europe and Australia, and its overseas box office has exceeded US$30 million.

As expected, the global box office will exceed US$100 million.

 After Martin finished the meeting, he went to Alexander's post-production studio next door, planning to call Louise to have lunch with him.

 When he passed by, Louise was seeing Angelina Jolie off.

Julie had met Martin last time and couldn't help but wonder: “Why don't you introduce him?”

  Louis said generously: "The talented actor I discovered in Atlanta, Martin Davis."

 Martin said proactively: "Hello, Julie."

 Julie shook hands with Martin: "I see a star rising."

 When others say nice things, Martin also compliments her: "Julie, you are the bright moon in the night sky, all the stars are eclipsed."

 Julie said: "I'm just a second-rate actor."

 Martin's words came right out of his mouth: “You are my idol, I like Laura.”

The two chatted for a while, and then Julie's agent came over. She said goodbye and left quickly.

 Martin followed Louise into the office. The walls were covered with promotional materials about Alexander the Great.

He looked at the four final makeup photos on the left. The four final makeup photos of Alexander the Great were all different, and asked: "The male protagonist of this film is Colin Farrell, right?"

Louise raised her head and glanced over there: "Director Oliver Stone's original choice was Heath Ledger, but several other producers and I were very worried about his condition and rejected this choice."

 She took off her black-rimmed eyes and rubbed her eyebrows: "The investment is too high, so we have to be cautious."

 Martin came to sit across from her and asked: "I heard that a preview screening for theater managers was held?"

Louise was worried again: "The test screenings were not very good." She paused briefly and expressed her concerns: "Hollywood has made common mistakes in judging the market. The recent epic films have generally received poor responses, and this project is losing money. The possibility is getting bigger.”

 Martin comforted: "It's okay, I will take care of you when the time comes."

 Louise said directly: "In a month at most, I will turn you into a pauper."

Martin said: "Alcoholics, you have to look at people from a developmental perspective. I am currently earning hundreds of thousands of dollars from the film. If I See Through the Mountain is successful, my salary will be in the seven figures."

Louise smiled and shook her head.

“I have completed all the post-dubbing for The Mountain Has Eyes,” Martin said seriously: “I will be looking for a new job right away.”

Louis asked: "Do you still have enough money left in your support team in Atlanta?"

Martin knew that she was talking about Vincent and Sophia, and said: "As long as The Mountain Has Eyes is successful, they will definitely continue to participate in the platter and even invest more money. They are waiting for the release of The Mountain Has Eyes." He asked shamelessly: "Honey, do you have a suitable role or project to recommend to me?"

 Louis did not answer and reminded emphatically: "The debt you owe me has not yet been repaid."

Martin spread his hands: "Hey, drunkard, don't we have sincere feelings and sacrifice for our feelings at all costs? I unspoken rules for you, you became an international bartending master. You unwritten rules for me, I should become Internationally famous movie star, right?”

 Louis threw away her worries and smiled happily.

 After laughing, she said again: "You are very good at making people happy."

"Are you in a good mood?" Martin saw her nodding and said crisply: "Ms. Louise Meyer, international bartending master, I heard that you have invented two new cocktails?"

Louise understood: "Yes, I am planning to publish it soon to truly establish myself as the world's master of bartending."

 Martin came prepared and gave her a notepad: "Master, can you sign it for me in advance?"

Louise opened it and took a look, then put it away with satisfaction: "Since you have a support team and can form a platter, for the sake of fairness, I will give you a good chance."

She thought for a moment and said: "Pacific Pictures' script project library is open to you. It includes scripts submitted by screenwriters, projects self-recommended by directors, and some initial plans for investment by producers. It cannot be compared to the six major companies. , but there are still tens of thousands of scripts and initial plans for hundreds of projects.”

 Martin was very moved when he heard it, and the film company's script library would not be easily opened to the outside world.

Louise poured cold water on them first: "Most of them are useless. Every year, tens of thousands of original scripts are registered in Hollywood, thousands of projects are initially planned, and only a very small part of them are eventually turned into movies."

 Martin asked the latter: "Initial plan for the project?"

Louise simply said: "Just like House of Wax Museum and The Mountain Has Eyes, most Hollywood movies do not have a script first, but the producer thinks of a suitable idea, or encounters a literary work or real life story that is suitable for adaptation, and then starts Organizing the game, including attracting investment, finding producers, finalizing directors, hiring screenwriters to write scripts, etc..."

She focused on adaptation: "Many initial plans only remain on paper. Some producers submit adaptation plans that are almost worthless if they don't invest, because they don't even have the copyright."

Martin carefully calculated, if he wanted to form a game, what were the chances of success?

The funds must not be used by himself, and his little money is not enough to make a movie. He can only wait for the box office of "Eyes on the Mountain" to be released.

Contacts, he glanced at Louise, it really didn't work and there was a brokerage company behind her.

Thinking of this, Martin shook his head secretly. The project has not been found yet.

Louis said: "You come with me to Pacific Pictures this afternoon and pick whatever you want."

"You really know how to do business! Drunkard, is this what you call a fair deal?" Martin said fiercely: "You have already taken out the valuable projects on a platter, and the rest are all moldy garbage thrown in the warehouse, and then thrown away Throw it to me and treat me as a garbage bin? "

 Louis told the truth: “I don't have any suitable projects at the moment.”

 The opportunity to browse and select from a film and television company's script library would certainly not be missed by Martin.

 At noon, Louise had lunch with Martin, and the two came to Pacific Pictures next to Warner Studios.

This company does not directly produce films and has a small number of employees. The three-story office building is also rented from the Warner Studio office building.

Louis drank wine and planned to take a lunch break, so she asked her assistant Nikki to take Martin to the database on the first floor.

 The custodian has received notification from Louise and led Martin into the warehouse.

He pointed at the computer: "There is a catalog search here. You can search for project outlines. Except for scripts whose copyrights have been bought out by the company, they will be retained for a long time. Other scripts, planning books, etc. will be cleaned up once a year."

 Martin nodded: "Thank you."

 “As you wish.” The custodian left.

 Martin sat in front of the computer and was about to turn it on when the most important thing suddenly rang. He quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed Robert's number: "It's me, please help me again."

 The other side automatically replied: "I understand, the ceremony will be held immediately."

 Martin said in his heart, has it evolved into a specialized ritual? He said, "Robert, thank you."

"You're welcome." Robert seemed to be saying a prayer: "I wish Martin Davis all the best."

 Martin was confident, pressed the power button, opened the database, and searched for scripts and project information in the past year.

 He first read the script, glanced at the name, and then read the synopsis of the story.

 Before many Hollywood movie scripts are pushed into production, the names may have been changed several times. Some of the movie titles in the previous life are not literal translations in English.

Even a small company like Pacific Pictures has thousands of contents.

As long as the name is unfamiliar and the synopsis of the story is unfamiliar to you, Martin will pass directly.

 After searching for a long time, I didn't feel familiar.

 Martin is considering that if it doesn't work out, he should wait for the market response of “One Man, One Gun, One Dog” and continue with this style.

  However, without strong social media to boost the momentum, it is difficult to say the effect.

His current fame and appeal are much worse than those of Keanu.

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 (End of this chapter)

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