American Fame and Fortune Chapter 603

Chapter 603 Black Shadow

 Hôpital Bissat, Paris 18th arrondissement.

Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Martin, dressed in black, followed a senior police officer hurriedly through the corridor and came to a treatment room.

 The medical staff stopped them and said: "The patient is being treated, please wait."

Hurrying footsteps sounded from behind. Martin turned his head to look and saw a stranger coming.

Emma Thomas knew him and said: "Tom Hardy's agent."

 Martin nodded.

The agent came over quickly and asked, "What's going on?"

The senior police officer briefly introduced: "Yesterday, a cargo driver traveling to Charles de Gaulle Airport was passing by a road in District 93. Hearing Mr. Hardy's cry for help, he rescued him from the drainage ditch on the roadside and kindly sent him to This hospital.”

He paused briefly and then said: "All hospitals in Paris have received our notification of co-investigation, so they notified us as soon as possible."

 The agent asked: "Tom is injured?"

The senior police officer said: "The initial judgment is that he was robbed. When the freight driver found him, he had no clothes on him and his teeth were missing. Behind him..."

At this point, he suddenly stopped.

The agent was about to ask more questions when he suddenly remembered and quickly turned to look at the sign on the wall.

 This is the Anorectal Department!

 Martin also discovered at this time that they were actually coming from the anorectal department!

Bruce whispered beside him: "It's just robbery and money, but why does it still have the color of robbery? The problem is that the color of robbery also has the flavor of riding a horse."

Martin glanced at Lao Bu and said to himself that you are really talented in riding a horse. It is a loss for the United States that you did not get into the Ivy League school.

 The door to the treatment room opened and a doctor came out.

The agent asked first: "Doctor, how is Tom Hardy?"

"The patient's wound was severely torn, and the hospital's facilities are limited. I just cleaned the wound." The doctor was very responsible and solemnly said: "You'd better transfer to a big hospital as soon as possible and find a surgical expert to suture him."

 The agent wants in: “I need to see Tom.”

The doctor opened the door and reminded: "The patient has been greatly stimulated. Don't talk to him too much."

 Including Martin, several people entered the medical room together.

Tom Hardy was lying on a hospital bed, groaning in pain, and his wide eyes seemed to have lost all vitality, much like the protruding eyes of a deep-water fish after being pulled into a boat.

 Nolan turned to Tom Hardy and said softly: "Tom..."

Tom Hardy raised his head slightly, and what he saw was Nolan's black clothes. His dull eyes were filled with panic for a moment, and he shouted: "Don't come over! Black people, don't come over! Black people..."

He was fixed on the bed by the doctor. He wanted to shrink back but couldn't. He was so frightened that his voice changed: "Black man, go away! Go away! Get out!"

 Martin discovered that the change in voice was not just due to fear. There were no teeth in Tom Hardy's open mouth.

What happened to him!

The doctor hurriedly came in and said, "Please get out first. The patient is emotionally unstable. Please get out."

 Nolan and Martin turned around and left.

The agent in black was also kicked out by the doctor.

The agent goes to the hospital to communicate.

 Nolan quickly said to Emma Thomas: "Ask his agent to handle the transfer, and let them discuss the follow-up matters with Warner Pictures."

 He ​​was fed up with Tom Hardy: "If they have a problem, let them go to Warner Pictures to talk to it. We are just temporary employees of Warner Pictures and can't solve the problem."

Emma Thomas responded: "I know how to deal with it."

Martin said: "Tom Hardy will definitely not be able to participate in the rest of the promotional tour."

"It doesn't matter without him." Nolan looked at Martin: "As long as you and I are here, there will be enough to watch."

 Martin is confident in this regard: “Then let's make more news.”

 A Paris police officer turned around from the passage and whispered in the senior police officer's ear.

The senior police officer approached Nolan and said: "We found several witnesses who saw a group of black people in District 93 snatching the victim's clothes and shoes, and some of them also violently assaulted him."

 Martin and Nolan suddenly realized that no wonder Tom Hardy was so sensitive to black.

Nolan asked in a routine manner: "Have you caught the murderer?"

"No." The senior police officer seemed to have an unusual relationship with Nolan and spoke very directly: "District 93 is a lawless place. Not to mention us, even the French authorities don't have a good solution."

 Nolan was too lazy to ask any more questions. He waited for Emma Thomas to help Tom Hardy's agent handle the transfer to another hospital, and then left the hospital with Martin and Bruce.

 After returning to the hotel and having lunch, the crew set off on time for Spain.

　　When going to the airport, Ellen Page quietly got into the car where Martin, Bruce and Mene were. Bruce had already driven the driver to another car, and he waited until he arrived at the airport to drive back to the hotel.

Ellen Page didn't need to hide it. She laughed very happily as soon as she got in the car.

Mene said: "Are you so happy? People who don't know may think you have picked up Monica Bellucci."

"I think so too, can you ask Sophie Marceau to introduce it to me?" Ellen Page is also a fierce person: "She was so beautiful in "Legend of Sicily", but she was dressed in "The Matrix" No, it looks very old.”

Meine gave her a middle finger: "I want to go swimming but can't find a way."

Ellen Page leaned forward, patted the back of Martin's seat, and asked: "Boss, I heard from Emma Thomas' assistant that Tom Hardy was raped by a group of Africans..."

 She looked at Mene: "I didn't say what you meant."

Maine waved his hands casually, like most black people in the United States, and said: "African blacks, that's another species."

 Ellen Page continued to ask Martin: "Is Tom Hardy crazy?"

Martin stated the current facts: "He was physically traumatized and mentally stimulated. He was sent to Pitiersal Petrill Hospital for suturing surgery. In addition, he would be extremely frightened and extremely uneasy when he saw black. "

Ellen Page laughed again: "So handsome! Those black Africans did good things!"

 Martin said casually: "God bless Tom Hardy."

Meine lowered his voice and asked: "Boss, is it..."

 Martin shook his head: "It has nothing to do with us. He was looking for death and hit a big mountain."

Meine didn't understand, but didn't ask any more questions.

 Ellen Page is still gloating: "I wish him to be shrouded in black shadows all his life!"

Tom Hardy will definitely thank Ellen Page for this blessing.

The crew arrived in Madrid, got off the plane and went into the hotel to put down their luggage. The main creative staff, including Martin, rushed to the theater to attend the Spanish premiere of the film.

 The next morning, Martin, Mene, Ellen Page, and Nolan and their entourage also made a special trip to visit Real Madrid Club and the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

 "Inception" is currently in theaters, and the crew will do everything they can to increase exposure.

So, when the crew came to Barcelona, ​​another big city in Spain, the crew and the crew also visited the Barcelona Club and the Nou Camp Stadium.

 At the end of the Spanish journey, the crew took a flight to Istanbul to continue promoting the journey.

"Inception" also spent its third weekend in North American theaters, and the trend is still stable, collecting another US$29.72 million. The North American box office exceeded the US$200 million mark, with a total of US$212 million.

 Overseas, more countries and regions have joined the screening ranks. After this weekend, the film's overseas box office total is close to 150 million US dollars.

The film's box office success also brought waves of popularity, and speculation about the spinning top at the end soon spread from North America to the world.

From newspapers to the Internet, too many people are discussing whether the actor Cobb has returned to reality.

The crew from North America to Europe and then to Asia have been asked this question in turn by the media and fans, but Martin and Nolan have never given a positive response.

Once a topic like this has a definite answer, it loses the value of hype and attention-grabbing.

 Let alone now, there will be no accurate answer in the future.

On the plane to Hong Kong City, Nolan specifically told Martin: "Do not answer this question directly at any time."

 Martin pretended to be completely confused: "Chris, there is no answer in the script you gave me."

Nolan laughed and said: "I plan to keep this topic hyped for a long time. The movie is now released around the world, but there will be DVD releases later. Then we will take it out and speculate again."

Martin thought further: "As long as the topic is hot enough, when your next movie is released, there will still be reporters asking you about the top and whether Cobb has returned to reality."

Nolan is no less capable in marketing than a director. He said: "Even if the media reporters have forgotten it, I can arrange for a reporter to ask questions to awaken the memories of the media and movie fans."

 Martin gave Nolan a thumbs-up and said, "Chris, you are an example of a new era film master!"

"I can't be considered a master, I can only be considered a craftsman." Nolan said modestly, and then said: "I am not as good as you in terms of marketing and hype. You were the first to propose the open ending, and using the top to hype it was also your clever trick. I can only be considered your student in this regard.”

Martin said with a smile: "Don't be modest about this. Let's learn and make progress together!"

 The two men showed a tacit smile.

In Hong Kong City, in addition to promoting, Martin also met Wu Maoting, who had allocated funds to film and produce Jennifer Siebel's "Romantic Trouble" and told Martin that he would continue to invest in Davis Studio projects. .

 The long overseas promotional journey lasted until mid-August. Martin returned to Los Angeles exhausted both physically and mentally, so he took a good vacation for himself.

At this time, the North American box office of "Inception" has reached the US$300 million mark, and the overseas box office has surpassed the North American box office, with a total of US$388 million.

 Warner Bros. predicts that the film's global box office will be around US$900 million.

 (End of this chapter)

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