American Fame and Fortune Chapter 297

Chapter 297 Heaven and Hell

Parker Town, located near the Mexican border, has less than a thousand permanent residents and retains many buildings from the pioneer period. Some Hollywood western-style scenes are often shot here.

 The advertising crew assembled by CocCola arrived here half a month ago to prepare for the preliminary work.

Once the two main characters, Martin and Sam Mendes, arrived, filming began immediately.

On the gravel road, Sam Mendes came to the set and said to Martin: "Forget your identity as the leader of the church, you are just a cowboy who just founded the CocCola Cult and came to the West to promote the gospel of the Cult. Show off the temperament of a cowboy Come!"

 Martin nodded to express his understanding: "No problem."

 While filming was never ending, he carefully studied the old cowboy in "Unforgiven."

 Martin took the two old-fashioned revolvers handed over by Bruce, inserted them into the holsters on his waist, and asked the stylist to wrap them in a red scarf and a torn red cloak.

The words CocCola are all missing, which shows the difficulty of the male protagonist's journey, but it also allows people to distinguish it at a glance and understand what the male protagonist represents.

 The jockey brought over a horse.

 After Martin came over yesterday, he had already made a basic familiarity with it and immediately took over the reins.

 Elizabeth Olsen, wearing a cowgirl outfit, rode another shorter horse and slowly walked into the set.

 She waved to Martin: "Hi, Martin."

Martin saw her skillful control of the horse and praised her: "Her riding skills are good."

Elizabeth smiled sweetly: "I have been practicing horse riding for more than five years."

 When Martin got on the horse, she whispered again: "I'll tell you a secret. Being able to get this role requires good riding skills."

 Martin raised his thumb at her: "Excellent people can shine wherever they go."

 In today's society, unless the family runs a ranch, generally people in cities, including many actors, who can practice horseback riding for a long time, are mostly from wealthy families.

 Elizabeth's denim jacket and scarred cloak are based on red, which can highlight her figure.

With the addition of red, your combat power skyrockets!

Director Sam Mendes shouted: "Get ready to start shooting!"

 Two jockeys came over and led Martin and Elizabeth's horses to the starting point.

　　The cue sheet is written and filming begins.

 Martin drove the horse and trotted forward, and Elizabeth followed from behind.

Horse hooves splashed up sand and dust, which was swept to the rear by the blower.

 Arriving at the door of the old-fashioned Western bar, Martin pulled the horse and dismounted.

 “Very good!” Mendes kept improving: “Let's shoot it again.”

 Advertising is divided into two types: online version and TV version.

ˆThe former will be played in the form of short videos on major portal websites and emerging video websites.

  The latter is mainly to edit highlights from it and serve as normal TV commercials.

 Sam Mendes is in control with ease, and so is Martin's performance.

 At five o'clock in the afternoon, the crew finished filming on time, and all outdoor scenes were successfully completed.

 The interior scenes will have to be shot for at least one more day.

 Martin can only stay in the small town for the time being.

 “Let's go have a drink.” Sam Mendes invited Martin.

 The western bar used for filming has been booked by the crew and will not accept customers other than the crew. Martin responded: "Have a drink."

 He followed Sam Mendes into the bar: "When Kate and I met, you had just gotten married."

The two sat at the wooden bar and each ordered a glass of whiskey. Mendes said: "Kate told me about you. You met in Atlanta, and you gave her a crystal peach.

 Martin almost forgot about this. At that time, he tried his best to seize even one percent chance.

 Later on, I did get a lot of help from Kate.

 Martin was frank: “Kate also invited me to London as a guest.”

“Call us when you go to London.” Mendes smiled and said, “Kate is traveling by car and will come from San Diego tomorrow.”

 Martin toasted to him: "Cool!"

Mendes smiled: "She said some time ago that she wanted to talk to you, and she only came here when she found out you were here. It seems that I was there by the way."

Martin and Winslet have nothing to talk about, so he said frankly: "At the Oscars ceremony, she mentioned to me that I have been busy with two projects recently, and Kate has been traveling again, so we haven't met each other."

 He deliberately lowered his voice: "Sam, can you reveal a little information in advance? I won't tell Kate that you said it."

Mendes thought for a moment and whispered: "It seems to be about the movie and the character." He roughly said: "You know, Kate is obsessed with the Oscar and wants to win the Best Actress once. She found someone to buy it. Film and television rights to a novel.”

 Martin nodded, remembering that Kate told him about the novel about the Nazis.

Mendes said: "To be specific, we'll wait until she comes over and then you two can talk."

He spread his hands and said, "You must keep it a secret. Don't tell her that I have leaked the information. Kate is super fierce and I don't dare to offend her."

Martin said: "How can you talk to women about topics that are between men?"

　　The crew checked into the only hotel in town, and the group quickly returned for dinner.

Elizabeth Olsen held a dinner plate and sat opposite Martin: "Are you alone?"

Bruce, who was coming over, randomly found an empty table.

"Yes." Martin asked: "Your sisters are not here?" Elizabeth said: "The agent came with me. My sisters are very relieved to know that I am cooperating with you this time."

 Martin thought to himself, so I am so reliable?

 In fact, Elizabeth lied, because her sisters cooperated with CocCola, and it was rest assured that CocCola managed the staff of this crew.

She specifically reminded: "You forgot, Burbank Middle School, it was you who saved me!"

 Martin looked unconcerned: "Every little thing is over."

"You saved my life!" Elizabeth puffed out her bulging chest and said specifically: "If you come to me for anything in the future, no matter what, I will do it."

Martin just glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and changed the topic: "You are about to graduate from middle school, right?"

 Elizabeth took a sip of her soda and said, "Next summer."

 Martin had an idea.

Seeing that Martin was not very interested, Elizabeth suddenly came closer and said, "When it gets completely dark later, you go up to the top floor and I will show you the scenery."

 Martin was surprised: “What scenery?”

Elizabeth looked around and said mysteriously, "You will know then."

　　After dinner, it quickly became dark. Martin changed into shorts and a T-shirt, and called Bruce to go to the top floor with him.

The hotel in the town only has four floors in total, but it is the tallest building in the town.

As soon as Martin went up, he saw Elizabeth wearing denim shorts and a tank top.

 White women are very mature at the age of 17 or 18.

Elizabeth waved to Martin: "Come here quickly, let's start!"

 Martin was puzzled and walked over quickly.

Elizabeth opened the bag she was carrying, took out a telescope, and handed it over: "Look at Tijuana on the opposite side."

Before Martin picked up the binoculars, more than a dozen people came up one after another, including the crew director Mendez, CocCola's head of the crew Milner, the security director Paul, and so on.

 Each of them brought a telescope.

Milner said to Martin: "The crew had a pre-shooting meeting last night and missed a lot of good scenes." He pointed in the direction: "Look across the way, it's very lively."

Martin knew he was talking about the other side of the border, beyond Tijuana's outskirts.

He raised the telescope and saw faint fire and explosions. One of the burning spots was just a jumping red dot at first, but soon turned into a flaming cloud.

Elizabeth said: "In the past few days since I came, there have been explosions and fires every day."

 Martin saw more fire spots.

 On the south side of the border, there seemed to be a small war.

 On the north side, the entire Park Town is quiet.

  Comparing the two is like heaven and hell.

Paul, the security supervisor, comes from a certain PMC and knows some of the situation there: "Tijuana has been uneasy recently. Several gangs have been fighting for goods channels and markets. The fighting has lasted for almost a week, and it seems that it will not stop in a short time."

A bright light suddenly appeared, and the sound of explosions was faintly heard.

Martin couldn't help but say: “They are not like gangsters, but more like warlords.”

Paul said: "It can be understood as a warlord who acts as a trafficker."

　　Since they were far away and could only see the fire and explosions, Elizabeth, a young girl from a wealthy family, not only was not afraid, but actually watched with great interest.

 Half an hour later, the agent called Elizabeth away.

 After watching for a while, Martin also came down from upstairs.

 Back in the room, he asked Bruce: "The Mexican gang that caused you trouble was destroyed?"

"The small and medium-sized gangs over there were established and annexed at an alarming rate. It is said that they are gone." Bruce said roughly: "Gangs also pursue profits, and they will not do things that are risky and unprofitable."

 Martin returned to the room and slept peacefully all night.

 Bruce sat in the living room, gun in hand, and kept watch all night.

 After Martin got up, he saw Bruce moving his body and didn't say much.

The two of them have faced the old black robber together, trembling together under Sophia's terror, framed others, and been framed by others, and even experienced the Burbank Middle School incident.

Some things simply cannot be expressed in words.

 After breakfast, the crew started work on time, and Martin entered the trailer outside the bar to put on makeup and style.

Milner called out the stylist who was doing the makeup for the supporting characters alone and asked: "Have you seen the video of the Avalon Bar?"

The stylist is not stupid and said: "The part between Martin and Pitt?"

Since the other party has seen it, it's easy to talk about it. Milner pointed to the Western Bar: “Don't you think this advertisement is somewhat similar to that video?”

“The male protagonist is Martin...” The stylist realized: “I understand how to style the supporting characters.”

Milner nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, if you do it well, you will get an extra bonus."

 This advertisement originally came from the fight between Martin and Pete in the Avalon Bar.

 Martin represents CocCola, so the villain naturally has to be played by a character similar to Pete.

 (End of this chapter)

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