American Fame and Fortune Chapter 520

Chapter 520 The heat is coming

 Los Angeles, TMZ headquarters.

 After getting off work in the afternoon, Jodi packed up her things, put on her computer bag and left the company. When she came to the parking lot, someone waved to her.

 A news source from Warner Bros.

This man wore a baseball cap and held a paper bag under his arm. He walked quickly to Jodi's car and asked in a low voice: "Big news, do you want to accept it?"

Jody asked: "What news?"

The man quickly said: "While the crew of the new film "Inception" directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Martin Davis was filming in Morocco, a physics professor specially hired by the crew was kidnapped. The kidnapper was kidnapped before he left the hotel. Caught."

Jodi's first reaction: "Martin killed another group of gangsters?" She frowned slightly: "If something like this happened to Martin, it cannot be considered top-level news, and the price may not be particularly high."

"Uh..." The man was slightly startled, and quickly said: "It has nothing to do with Martin. Director Nolan used the knowledge and experience he learned while shooting genre films to detect the abnormal movement, commanded the crew's security personnel to set up an ambush, and easily cracked the case. Big case.”

It's not that Martin's news is unattractive, but when the same type of news happens to Martin, it's certainly not as attractive as before. When Jodi heard that the protagonist this time was Nolan, he became interested: “Is there a video? I need to watch it. Click the clip."

The man followed Jody into the car, took out a USB flash drive from the paper bag, and handed it over: "Let's take a look."

Jody took out his computer, turned it on and plugged in the USB flash drive. The video was short, lasting only a few dozen seconds, but bursts of loud shouting could be heard.

In the elevator room, four women were stopped by a dozen tough men with guns. Some controlled the women and opened a trolley case to reveal the old man inside.

 Then, Nolan entered the camera and arranged the relevant matters calmly.

Jody subconsciously doubted: "Not making a movie?"

The man laughed: "You can read the news bulletin issued by the Moroccan Security Bureau."

Jody took out his cell phone and made a call.

A colleague quickly checked the relevant news and replied: "The Moroccan Security Bureau just held a press conference at Astra Cinema and issued a series of statements regarding the incident of Professor Mordechai, the special physics consultant to the "Inception" crew. , saying that they will investigate the matter thoroughly and severely punish the perpetrators!”

 Jody hung up the phone and said, “I want the video.”

 The two parties agreed on the price, the man got the check and left quickly.

Jody returned to the company with the storage disk in the paper bag, and called the department staff to inform them to come back and work overtime.

 The poor social animals were forced to turn the car around before they even got home.

That night, TMZ's homepage once again broke the news of entertainment, releasing a video of the entire process of Nolan solving the kidnapping case and capturing the criminal on the homepage.

Just in case anyone doubts it, Jodi also quoted a press release related to the Moroccan security department on the news page where the video is located.

As expected, public opinion in North America exploded. The popularity of "Inception" skyrocketed, and it climbed to the top of Google's search list the next morning.

Nolan's fans have always been crazy and directly slaughtered the relevant news on the Internet.

“As expected of a director who can make a crime film like The Dark Knight, it was easy to take down a few kidnappers.”

 “With Nolan's command, the prisoner will be captured easily.”

“I think Nolan can adapt another crime-themed movie based on this incident.”

"Inception" has attracted a lot of attention, and Warner Bros. also took this opportunity to announce the film's premiere time in North America.

In the UK, "The Sun" also received a similar video. After the news was published in the newspaper, the British reaction was even stronger.

 Some newspapers and periodicals also targeted Martin, who had just received the Distinguished Medal of Freedom.

“With the so-called American national hero Martin Davis unaware, Nolan has easily resolved a major crisis for the crew, and it is clear who the hero is.”

Morocco, Astra Cinema.

Before the crew started work in the morning, Nolan specifically found Martin and said, "I didn't expect the British media to be like this. I can explain it to them."

Martin waved his hand: "No, Mene and I just provided a clue. Chris, you are the one who really makes the decision. If it were me, I would just rush up with a gun. I don't have the ability to command and dispatch so many people. It's an understatement." He saved the professor."

He added a few more words: "No matter what, the criminal was caught, the professor was rescued, and the news made many people pay attention to this film, and we are all beneficiaries."

Nolan thought about the news response from North America and the United Kingdom, and said, "Martin, there are always unexpected gains when working with you."

This time, his desire to do something was satisfied, and most importantly, the harvest far exceeded expectations.

The painstaking effort to make up 30 real tidbits is not as good as the explosion of the incident.

 Martin goes to the makeup trailer to prepare for today's shoot.

 Nolan stood at the door of the studio with his hands on his waist, an imperceptible smile on his seemingly serious face.

 Emma Thomas and a middle-aged man came over at this time.

Nolan knows Arabat, the deputy director of the Security Bureau.

 The latter walked a few steps quickly and stepped forward to shake hands with Nolan: "The crew encountered such a problem because we were negligent in our work."

"The criminals are so cunning. They actually took advantage of the recruitment opportunity of the crew to sneak in." Nolan did not want to get too serious with the Moroccan officials, so he just said: "Mr. Deputy Director, I only have one request, these criminals must be severely punished!"

Arabat said: "We will definitely give an explanation to the crew. When the results come out, I will personally call Director Nolan and Ms. Thomas."

Nolan got the sensational effect he wanted and did not ask for more: "Thank you for your support." Alabat said with a smile: "Morocco always provides the highest quality service to Hollywood crews."

 Nolan said a few more polite words and said that the work time was coming soon, so he left and went into the studio to prepare for this morning's shooting.

Arabat also felt relieved and drove back to Ouarzazate. As soon as he arrived at the temporary office, his assistant came over and told him that someone was coming to visit.

It was Hamil, a colleague from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who came in and said as soon as he came in: "You just arrested four women?"

"We didn't arrest them, it was the American crew who arrested them." Arabat had some guesses about what happened and pretended to be confused: "They wanted to kidnap the crew, but the great director Christopher Nolan showed up with the crew's bodyguards. ”

"It's a very complicated situation, give them some punishment, like financial, and then deport them," Hamill said.

Arabat had a different idea and said: "Just over half an hour ago, I just met with Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas. They made a request that the criminals must be severely punished."

He emphasized: "How much money has been spent in Morocco to become Africa's Hollywood. If we do not give the murderers the punishment they deserve, the reputation accumulated over the years may be destroyed."

Hamil said: "This is complicated..."

Arabat raised his hand to interrupt him: "It's useless for you to complain to me. Hollywood directors are staring at me. If I make a fuss, it will have negative international consequences."

Hamil understood: "I'll figure it out."

 Arabat pushed the matter aside and felt relaxed.

Whoever is riding a horse wants to take this bad thing into his own hands.

 Inside the studio of Astra Studios.

Martin was sitting on a chair and sleeping. Mene came over and shook him vigorously, but he still couldn't wake him up.

 The wooden walls were shaking, and outside the open glass window, more than a dozen extras made sounds like people running wildly.

Meine grabbed Martin's chair and pushed it back hard. Martin fell back and fell into the large bathtub.

When the water covered his face, Martin grabbed the edge of the bathtub with both hands. He sat up with a strong push and wiped the water on his face. As if he was suddenly surprised from his sleep, he said: "Why is it so early!"

Meine said: "Things have changed."

“Stop, this one has passed!” Nolan was very satisfied with the shooting effect: “Get ready for the next one.”

 Ken Watanabe and another Arab actor entered the set.

 The camera turns to that side through the slide rail.

Emma Thomas came over at this time and said: "Chris, I have your phone number."

Nolan said directly: "We'll talk about it after the filming is over." He didn't look at his wife and asked loudly: "Are you ready?"

 Martin raised his thumb, and the other actors responded.

　　With the sound of a clapper, filming started again.

 Martin filmed scene after scene wearing wet clothes, and only left the set an hour later to take a shower and change clothes.

 The crew is taking a temporary break.

Nolan took the cell phone from Emma Thomas and asked, "What's so urgent?"

Emma said: "London City Hall, a call from your Jewish classmate."

Nolan found a quiet place and called back, and the call was quickly connected.

 Having chatted for a while, things were a bit troublesome. He said that he had seen relevant incidents and asked Nolan politely not to pursue the matter too closely.

 Before I got off work, an executive from Warner Bros. called again.

 Although the words are different, the meanings expressed are similar.

Nolan soon found that he had stung a hornet's nest. He was on the phone one after another at night, calling classmates and friends in the UK, collaborators in the industry, Warner Bros. executives and investors...

Even Martin's lover Louise Meyer, one of the film's investors, called him.

Nolan, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, was not Jewish, but he could not withstand such bombardment. In just a few days, he discovered something. The media was hyping up the kidnapping case, but it never spread to other directions.

It seems that Professor Mordecai's incident was just a simple kidnapping case.

Nolan was well aware of the huge Jewish power and did not put any more pressure on Morocco. When Arabat called to communicate with him again, he just said that it would be handled in accordance with Moroccan procedures.

Media in North America and the United Kingdom are hyping up the heroics of Nolan and the crew, while downplaying the four women.

Although Nolan never said anything, Martin could tell that the great director was annoyed by the constant pressure from Jewish forces.

Mene quietly said to Martin: "I heard from Emma last night that the director was very angry and cursed the vampires several times in the room."

Martin said: "This is none of our business."

Meine whispered: "Boss, you still have a good sense."

After silent observation, Martin had a very clear feeling that he might have changed Nolan in some ways, such as the deterioration of relations with Jewish forces.

I just don't know if this guy will lose control one day and become the new Mel Gibson.

 (End of this chapter)

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