American Fame and Fortune Chapter 680

Chapter 680 Those who fail to keep up with the times will be eliminated

 The atmosphere in the banquet hall of the Beauvais Castle Hotel was particularly lively tonight.

 "John Wick 2" was a global box office hit, and many people from the crew to Disney Pictures gathered together.

Robert Egger was also present in person.

“The North American screening of the film went smoothly, and the box office trend has been steady.” He specially found Martin for a drink and said a few words: “I propose to hold the celebration party when the film is released in North America to build momentum for the film's DVD release.”

Martin said with a smile: "You have considered it very comprehensively. Although the box office share alone has made us profitable, if the DVD can sell well, our profits will be even more substantial."

 Robert Egger said: “I'm really looking forward to The Martian.”

 The film has reached the final stage of filming, and Martin is very confident: "The film will not disappoint Disney."

Alan Horn came from the side and laughed and said: "Movies starring Martin are now guaranteed to be box office."

The multi-layered cake was rolled up to celebrate the success. Martin, Alan Horn and Robert Egger all gave up the cake-cutting process and handed it over to the creative team.

Chad leads Bradt, Chen Hu and Marcus on the court.

On the top of the big cake, two numbers are spray-painted on colorful cream: 242.6M and 587.8M.

 Corresponding to the North American box office and total global box office of "John Wick 2".

ˆ 242.6 million U.S. dollars in North America and 587.8 million U.S. dollars globally, which also made the film a lot of money for everyone from the producer to the distributor to the creative team.

Chad and four people made the first cut at the same time, and the rest of the work was handed over to the service staff.

 While the cake was being divided, Mene arrived belatedly and brought a woman with him.

Marcus originally wanted to give this late guy a piece of cake on his face, but when he saw Celine Dion coming next, he quickly stopped.

Meine looked apologetic: "Sorry, I'm late."

 Celine Dion took the initiative to take two steps forward, took Mené's arm, and said: "I came to Los Angeles temporarily, and Mené picked me up at the airport."

 Martin smiled: "It doesn't matter."

Meine stood next to introduce Celine Dion to those present.

 Celine Dion shakes everyone's hand.

 Not to mention Robert Iger and Alan Horn, she knew that the others were all Mene's Hollywood buddies.

While Celine Dion and Robert Iger were talking to each other, Martin asked: "Are you going to make it public?"

“Just within the scope of friends.” Mene elaborated: “Celine came to Los Angeles this time and said she wanted to enter my social circle. I originally wanted to send her to the hotel first. She heard that there was a party and asked to come over.”

 Martin laughed: "This is a good thing, it shows that Celine cares about you very much."

Meine scratched his head: "I have lived freely for more than thirty years, but suddenly I changed, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Chad, who came next to him, was quite speechless at the scumbag's remarks and said, “You did what we all dreamed of doing.”

Martin saw Celine Dion walking this way and coughed slightly. Chad and Mene immediately changed the topic.

 Celine Dion came here, said a few polite words to Martin and Chad, and asked Mene: "Dear, I have an idea, do you think it's okay?"

Meine responded: "If you have any ideas, just say it."

 Celine Dion looked at Martin and Chad: "This weekend, we will hold a party and invite all your friends in Los Angeles to come over, okay?"

 Meine could not refuse and responded: "Yes."

 Celine Dion asked Martin and Chad: "Can I invite you to participate?"

Martin said: "My pleasure."

After tonight's party, there was a press conference. Chad, Martin and Mene appeared together in front of many media reporters and announced that the DVD of "John Wick 2" will be officially launched tomorrow.

 In the next few days, the crew of "The Martian" focused on filming the scenes of the supporting characters. Martin temporarily left the Disney Studio to go to the DVD signing event of "John Wick 2" with Chad.

　　In addition to fans of the CocCola cult and the film, there were also some people holding up banners or posters at the autograph signing site.

 “Never mess with Martin's dog!”

This has become the most famous meme about Hollywood movies on the Internet around the world.

 In recent years, Davis Studio has been building momentum online to make this meme go out of North America and fly to the world.

 The "John Wick" series has attracted a large number of fans around the world.

 These people are all potential consumers of DVDs.

 At more than ten book signing events, Martin signed and sold thousands of CDs.

 However, in the first week of the film's DVD release, it sold US$48.5 million in the North American market alone.

 Due to differences in copyright laws and efforts to combat piracy in various countries, the overseas sales of "John Wick 2" were somewhat lower, but it still sold more than 20 million US dollars in the first week.

  This is also the highest single-week disc sales in North America since 2011.

After "Avatar" created a billion-dollar DVD sales, Hollywood's discs reached the peak, and then began to decline, with overall sales declining since last year.

 Davis Studio has communicated with Disney Pictures, and the producers and creative team's share will be fully paid early next year.

 After a busy week of DVD signings, Martin returned to Los Angeles and joined the final filming of "The Martian."

  The crew moved to a studio specially used for filming Wia scenes. During most of the day's shooting, Martin wore a thick white spacesuit, hung a wire, and kept spinning in front of the green screen.

Many space shots are all generated by post-production special effects.

 Ridley Scott is a typical pragmatic director. He does not pay as much attention to real shooting as Nolan. Whether it is film or digital photography, whether it is shooting live models or CGI generation, whichever is more convenient is used.

Since this year, Nolan has launched a campaign calling on Hollywood directors to shoot more with film in order to save Kodak's film production business.

 But few in Hollywood responded.

 The production companies have no interest at all.

 Compared to digital technology, film is too expensive.

 In terms of age and experience in the industry, Ridley-Scott should be considered a conservative among directors, but he is not a supporter of film. During a break in filming, he chatted with Martin and others about film and digital technology.

"Whenever a new film technology flourishes, there are always old technologies that are replaced." He gestured and said: "For example, silent and black-and-white films, digital technology brings more shooting possibilities, and the most convenient ones are Director, it can improve the director's shooting and production efficiency.”

 Martin added: “There are still copies from when it was released.”

 Jessica Chastain asked: “What's the big difference in cost?”

Martin gave an example: "When "The Dark Knight" was released, it used traditional film prints, and each copy cost about $1,500. Then Warner released "Watchmen," directed by Zack Snyder, using The cost of a digital copy is just over a third of "The Dark Knight."

  Jessica Chastain made a mental calculation: "Based on the scale of global release, the cost can vary by tens of millions of dollars."

 Ridley-Scott said: "So, even God can't save Kodak. Kodak has not kept up with the times and can only be eliminated."

 Martin responded: "I heard Nolan say that Kodak still has a lot of film stock in stock, enough for Hollywood to use for a long time."

 Ridley told the truth: "Because there are not many directors in Hollywood who still insist on shooting on film."

 Several people around him laughed.

  Ridley looked at the time and reminded: "Get ready to start filming."

 Martin and Jessica Chastain left the rest area together, put on bulky white spacesuits, hoisted the wires again, and filmed the space rescue scene.

 When the filming started, Martin kept spinning in the air. After filming the scene for more than ten seconds, he had to wait for a few minutes after he came down before he could go on stage again.

More than an hour later, Jessica Chastain came on stage to join the filming.

 The two were connected together by a safety belt.

 Martin hung the Wia and floated forward by the orange safety belt.

 Jessica Chastain was also tugging **** her seat belt.

 The two got closer and closer, and finally bumped into each other.

Maybe they both used too much force and ignored the helmets they were wearing. There was a muffled sound, and Martin's head and Jessica Chastain's head hit each other through the helmet shield.

They held hands and looked extremely excited.

Driven by Wia, the two people's bodies rotated, and the colorful safety belts floated around, giving them an unusual beauty.

 Ridley shouted from behind the director's monitor: "This one has passed!"

 He stood up: "I announce that the filming of "The Martian" has been completed!"

 In the temporary set, Martin and Jessica Chastain slowly landed, and the stunt team came to help dismantle the wire.

  Ridley made a gesture, and an assistant next to him turned on a safety switch.

 The green screen at the top of the set moved to one side, and with a bang, the package on it suddenly exploded, and countless ribbons and sequins fluttered down like snowflakes.

　　Martin and Jessica Chastain, who took off their wires and spacesuits, were right in the center of this colorful storm.

 The latter raised his arms flat and looked up to the sky, seeming to be enjoying this moment.

 Martin caught a bunch of ribbons, flew up, and landed on Jessica Chastain's head.

 Jessica Chastain turned her head and smiled at Martin.

 The model worker who has put on makeup has fair skin and a blush on her face, giving her a different kind of beauty.

Martin said: "I'm going to treat you tonight to celebrate the filming of the crew. Remember to attend."

 Jessica Chastain stared at Martin, decided to follow her inner thoughts, and said, "I'm participating."

The two came out of the set, Martin clapped his hands, and Bruce pulled out several suitcases.

 Jessica Chastain collaborated with Martin for the first time and asked: "Martin's legendary completion gift?"

 Martin opened the box, took out a box and handed it to her: "This is for you."

　　Including director Ridley Scott, everyone on the crew received a completion gift from Martin.

The filming of "The Martian" was completed. After completing the remaining finishing work, the crew, led by Martin, came to the nearby Castle Hotel and held a celebration party.

 After the party, neither Martin nor Jessica Chastain left the hotel and entered the luxury suite on the top floor together.

The story of Snow White and the Prince begins.

 (End of this chapter)

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