Chapter 416 If you are poor, think about changes
“It's a beautiful house, Martin, and you have a really good eye for it.”
Standing on the highest terrace of the villa, Nicholson took off his sunglasses and looked around: "Whenever we move, we must hold a grand party and invite less than 50 supermodels. You can jump right out of here."
Martin pretended not to have heard the last sentence and said: "The interior needs to be renovated. The plan has just been finalized. The move will not be until summer anyway."
Instead, he remembered the first sentence: "Jack, you have a good sense and can tell that I have extraordinary taste."
Leonardo next to him couldn't stand listening anymore: "I remember this house was newly built by Pete, right? I'm very curious, why is Pete willing to sell you the house at a low price?"
"Because Pete and I are good friends," Martin said.
Leonardo felt that something was not right and asked, "Does Peter know that this house is in your hands?"
Martin waved his hand: "Don't pay attention to these trivial details."
"I understand." Leonardo began to think of bad ideas: "Aren't you going to tell Peter? He doesn't know. If he doesn't thank you properly, don't you feel that something is missing? This matter is incomplete!"
Nicholson patted Martin on the shoulder: "How can you do good deeds without leaving your name?" He took out his mobile phone and dialed his daughter's number: "Lorraine, bring your camera and come to the North District of Sunset Boulevard. You are not short of pocket money. Money? Shoot some videos and sell them to TMZ for money.”
Martin looked at these two scammers and said, "You are really my good brothers!"
He had no intention of stopping it, and he didn't care.
"Who is the neighbor? Let's say hello." Nicholson pointed to the left and right sides and said, "I have a rocket launcher and special fireworks in my car. If you say hello, the neighbor will definitely remember you deeply."
Martin said quickly: "I haven't found out who the neighbor is yet. Don't mess around. Not everyone can mess around like you and Warren Beatty."
Nicholson said: "Man, if it is a beautiful neighbor, you will hit the jackpot."
Leonardo responded: "Martin's grand prize is not a beautiful neighbor, but a beautiful neighbor who is married and has a husband."
Not long after, Lorraine drove into the courtyard, listened to her father's words, took a DV and filmed everywhere, called the TMZ reporter, and rushed over to sell the video.
Martin Davis' new home is somewhat newsworthy.
Nicholson greeted: "Let's go to the nightclub. It's time to wash up. I made an appointment with Warren Beatty and Scorsese."
Martin got into Leonardo's car and rushed to the night club together.
After waiting for a while, Scorsese and Warren Beatty also arrived.
A few people went backstage to select someone, and entered the VIP private room to enjoy the facial cleanser service.
As the facial cleanser rolled over his old face, Scorsese became energetic and looked more than ten years younger. He felt like he was good again. He said, "I took a break for more than a year. I'm really bored and I'm going to make a new movie."
Martin joked: “Are you going to earn money for milk powder?”
Nicolson said a cruel fact: "Alimony."
Martin knew about this. The first four marriages gave Scorsese a huge impetus for artistic creation.
“They're not going to give you another Oscar for Best Director,” said Warren Beatty, who was in the academy.
"It doesn't matter, one is enough." Scorsese solved his Oscar complex and stopped dwelling on it. He looked at Leonardo and said, "Give me the schedule from the second half of this year to the first half of next year."
Leonardo agreed without thinking: "I'll be there when you call."
Nicholson asked Martin: "What about you, what are you going to do?"
Martin's answer was simple and direct: “Of course it's about making money, a gunfight action movie.”
Leonardo said: “Only when you have enough money can you have enough capital to pursue art.”
Warren-Beatty agrees: “Without money, it's hard to even get artistic recognition.”
Although he didn't say it clearly, several people knew that he was talking about the Oscar statuette.
Martin asked: “Isn't it very likely that I will get the nomination this time?”
"You are among the five nominees announced by the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor." Warren Beatty said directly: "If you don't get the nomination, you can throw all the fireworks in Jack's house at my house. ”
Martin and others laughed.
Warren Beatty reminds me: "You don't have to think about winning the award. Ninety percent of this Best Actor award goes to Daniel Day-Lewis."
Subsequently, five people came for a second round of facial cleanser.
Everyone is more energetic than the other when walking away.
Martin also learned about Scorsese's next project, called “Shutter Island.”
Leonardo found a new investor from Asia who could easily solve the production funding problem.
Martin kept the boundaries and had no thoughts of mixing from beginning to end.
New York, Lily got out of the elevator, took out the key, and opened the door to the luxury apartment.
She has never lived in a house like this.
When the Carter family was in poverty, they also had an independent dilapidated wooden house in the Clayton community.
Lily put on her shoes and walked through the entrance hall into the living room. The house had never been lived in before, and everything was brand new.
She came to the huge floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, overlooking the entire Central Park.
"Pete's vision for buying a house is really good." Lily admired her very much: "It's much better than Martin." But then I thought about it, Martin didn't need to have good vision, he just had to keep an eye on Peter and he would gain something.
At the end of the day, Martin is still the best.
Lily decided to live here tonight, a luxurious apartment over 300 meters away, and she would be the first one to move in.
In an apartment two streets away that was nearly half the size, Peter lay alone in bed, unable to sleep all night.
Because he lacked enough cash to pay compensation and legal fees, he had to sell fixed assets at low prices one after another to raise funds.
Peter felt a financial crisis, and it was difficult for him to enjoy life with only going out and leaving.
It is almost impossible for Hollywood to go back to the past. He was kicked out of the board of directors of Plan B. It is not known when the corresponding dividends will be withheld by Jennifer Aniston, and it may be delayed until he resorts to law.
When he was receiving a salary of 20 million U.S. dollars, Pitt felt that money was just a number to him.
Encountering these bad things, the economic crisis caused almost all the liquid funds he invested in Fannie Mae to be wiped out, and he was constantly attacked by public opinion led by women led by Mi Tu.
Pete really felt how difficult it was to make money.
He stayed up all night, analyzing what other capital he could use to make money.
Naturally, Pete thought about his fame.
Even if he is stinky, he is still a celebrity.
Even a so-called socialite like Kim Kardashian can sell tens of millions of dollars for a video. He would definitely earn more.
Peter just has an idea for the time being.
Beverly Hills, the press room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
The Oscar Nominees Luncheon is underway.
Academy President Sidney Gannis and the famous Hollywood sweetheart Jessica Alba hosted this luncheon.
Martin sat at the same table as Kate and Sam Mendes.
Jessica Alba announced the nomination list one by one, and soon it came to Best Actor and Actor.
Both Martin and Kate are relatively calm about nominations, because the Screen Actors Guild's nominations are in most cases a replica of the Oscar acting nominations.
Sure enough, along with Jessica Alba's introduction voice, the names of Martin and Kate appeared on the big screen in the press hall.
"The nominees for Best Actor include George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Davis... The nominees for Best Actress include Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page... "
There were constant cheers from all around, especially the table next door where the "Juno" crew was sitting, celebrating the loudest.
It is indeed worth celebrating that small-budget films can achieve both artistic and commercial success.
Martin stood up and opened his arms: "Congratulations, Kate."
“Congratulations to you too, Martin.” Kate hugged Martin.
It's just a nomination after all.
ˆSam Mendes subsequently received a nomination for Best Director.
"The Reader" received six Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
The nominees took a group photo, with Ellen Page standing in front of Martin.
The latter turned around to see him and greeted him quickly: "Hello, Martin, congratulations on your nomination for Best Actor."
Martin responded with a smile: "Congratulations to you too, you played a very good role."
Ellen Page looked surprised: "Really? Have you seen it?"
Martin has never seen the film she acted in, so he changed the topic slightly: "My favorite is the Phantom Cat and Fruit Candy you played, especially Fruit Candy, which left a deep impression on people."
ˆ Ellen Page added: "I like your performance very much and hope to have the opportunity to collaborate with you."
The group photo began. Martin said no more and took photos with hundreds of people.
In addition to being nominated for an Oscar, he will continue to serve as an award presenter.
Stimulated by the good news from the Oscars, "The Reader", which had been declining rapidly in North American screenings, has rebounded and enjoyed a box office boom.
On the weekend after the nomination luncheon, the film expanded its screening scale to 1,457 theaters in North America and maintained it for two weekends. It collected another US$8.74 million in North America, and the North American box office total reached US$68.11 million.
The final North American box office will definitely exceed 70 million US dollars, but that's it. The type of the film determines that the North American box office cannot exceed 100 million US dollars.
It is also a subject related to the Nazis and the Holocaust. In terms of entertainment, "The Reader" is far worse than "Schindler's List", and it does not even have the happy ending that North American audiences like.
In addition, the film has been released in Germany and the United Kingdom. Thanks to the story background and the appeal of the actors, the combined box office of the two countries has exceeded 10 million US dollars.
Other overseas markets will also be released one after another.
After the Oscars, it's a carnival moment in the DVD market.
Martin is preparing for the Oscars, and Louise, who went to New York to do the pre-production for "John Wick", rushed back to Los Angeles and brought back new sponsors.
(End of this chapter)
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