American Fame and Fortune Chapter 688

Chapter 688: Not talking about brotherhood

The sun has not yet come out, and multiple trailers are parked at the entrance of the studio. The set in the studio has already been set up, and the film crew is making final adjustments to the cameras.

 David Fincher takes charge of the overall situation and coordinates the work of the entire crew.

Extras acting as news reporters entered the scene one after another and received old-fashioned equipment from the prop master.

 Veteran actors Alan Arkin and Alec Baldwin entered the studio one after another.

 A few minutes later, Martin came in from outside wearing an old-fashioned suit.

 Because of the makeup and fake beard, he looks much more mature than his actual age.

David Fincher entered the set and pointed to the side door to Martin: "You can just stand over there for a while, don't say anything, and just be a bystander."

 Martin nodded without saying a word, fitting the character's style.

Tony Mendez said that CIA agents like him who are engaged in secret rescue work rarely speak unless necessary.

 Ten minutes later, the crew officially started filming.

Martin stood by the side door, as if he were the most ordinary staff member of the crew, watching the "Argo" crew hold a press conference.

This movie is fake, but all the preliminary operations are real. Only the fake and real crew can confuse the target and achieve the goal.

 When shooting a movie, it is also very interesting to prepare a fake movie in a real way during the shooting process.

“Stop!” David Fincher shouted to stop the filming and said to the camera crew: “The main camera will give Martin a three-second close-up.”

The director of photography replied: "Understood."

 The filming started again, with Martin standing by the door with his hands in his pockets.

David Fincher stopped filming again and said: "Martin, please calm down your eyes and temperament. When you are not acting, you are just an ordinary person."

Martin still responded in a manner consistent with Tony Mendes, without speaking, just nodding slightly.

 The filming started again, intermittently. It took half an hour to shoot the first shot before David Fincher gave the go-ahead.

 Even so, he still watched the footage again.

 The story of this script is very legendary, and it is relatively easy to succeed. As long as it is filmed well, there is a lot to be done.

 Throughout the whole morning, Martin had many scenes outside the country, but he didn't have a single line and was mute the whole time.

 David Fincher announced the end of work in the morning, and the originally quiet studio quickly became lively.

 Martin saw Tony Mendes at a table not far away and asked after passing by: "How did you feel about the first scene?"

Tony Mendes laughed: "Your budget is much more sufficient than mine back then. We only held a small press conference back then, not as grand as you guys."

David Fincher also came over and said: "As for the movie, the scenes are small and unattractive. What happened back then was too bizarre. If the movie is not on a larger scale and more decent, the audience will say that we shot it randomly. "

Tony Mendes stood up from his chair and said, "You guys did a great job and I'm here today."

 He shook hands with Martin and David Fincher: "I'm going back first."

Sent off Tony Mendes, Martin went to the dining car with David Fincher.

David Fincher said as he walked: "A few days ago, Randolph from Netflix told me that he had invited you to star in the Netflix TV series project."

Martin said: "He told me that you would be the director and producer, so I was interested and asked a few questions, but there was no schedule for starring."

 He turned to ask: "A political drama?"

 David Fincher said: "The main content of the series of the same name adapted from the British TV series "House of Cards" is to focus on the internal political struggles of the Washington authorities."

 Martin has watched all of David Fincher's works and is naturally impressed by this drama. He also remembers that the male protagonist is named Underwood.

David Fincher added: "I have reached a secret agreement with Netflix. After the Oscars in 2013, no matter what the outcome is, I will film and produce "House of Cards" for Netflix."

His meaning is very clear: "'Escape from Tehran' may be my last work under the traditional Hollywood production model."

Martin encouraged: "The theme of this film is very suitable. Let's try to win more Oscars."

David Fincher said seriously: "I don't have the perseverance of Leonardo and Scorsese. If this movie doesn't work, I won't play with Oscar."

 Martin remembers clearly that David Fincher later became the first-line director in Hollywood who worked most closely with Netflix.

 After lunch, Leonardo and Nicholson, who had nothing to do, came to the studio to visit.

When David Fincher saw the three famous **** in Hollywood gathered together, he quickly found two assistants and warned them extremely seriously: "You will follow the three of them the whole time. If they want to cause trouble, let me know as soon as possible. ”

 The two assistants saw the seriousness of the matter and responded one after another.

David Fincher glanced at the three **** and thought to himself that Martin would not make fun of the crew he invested in. In the rest area, Leonardo took a book to Martin and asked, "Are you interested in going to Africa together?"

 Martin took the book and asked, "What are you going to do in Africa?"

Leonardo said: "Make a documentary about mountain gorillas to promote the protection of animals. The banner you carry is women's rights, and I carry the banner of environmental protection."

Martin looked Leonardo up and down: "It's just some nominal publicity, why do you need to work so hard? Why don't you go to Africa?"

Leonardo seems to be serious: “The place we are actually going to is the Congo. There is a civil war going on there, and various forces are competing for natural resources. Many poachers are armed poachers.”

Hearing this, Martin didn't even read the book and threw it directly to Leonardo: “I'm crazy to go to a place like that!”

　　Leonardo revealed his true purpose: “If you don't go, I won't know what to do!”

"Look at me!" Martin pressed the flesh on his face: "A flesh-and-blood creature is not made of steel. If a bullet hits me, my head will explode."

Nicholson interjected: "I'm not going either."

Leonardo was helpless: "Look, if you don't go, Jack won't go either. I'm still thinking that the three of us will work together again."

Martin ignored Leonardo and looked at Nicholson's old face: "Is there a hole in your head? When you get to the tropical rain forest of the Congo, you are not afraid that a female orangutan will suddenly run out and do you something? We will expel you then. Census!”

"Originally I heard Leo said it was interesting, but I wanted to go see it. After all, there is fun to be had." Nicholson thought clearly: "Listen to what you said, I might as well forget it if I go to have fun where I might turn into a gorilla. "

Leonardo pointed at them: "You two **** are so disrespectful of brotherhood."

Martin dismissed it: "I have tens of millions of dollars in cash, hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, a few CocCola saints who are all about me, a dozen confidantes and muses, and the only member of two famous female groups. The tester is still a member of the Face Gang and the Bastard Trio who can find fun anytime and anywhere..."

He asked Leonardo: "Dollars are not fun to spend? Are you not happy with beautiful women? Or are you still not having enough fun? Why go to an African country with a civil war to suffer?"

 After listening to Martin's words, Leonardo suddenly found that these conditions also applied to him.

His head immediately turned around. Martin was not rejecting or showing off, but was clearly persuading himself.

Nicholson said: "I feel uncomfortable thinking that if something happens to me there, the money has not been spent and the fun has not been enough."

Leonardo lost interest for a moment and said, "Okay, no need to say more, I won't go either."

Martin said: "If you want to make a documentary, invest some money in it, find a filming team in this field, and just go to Congo to shoot. Are our brothers short of money? Don't you still have Asian donors?"

Leonardo said: "I am going to personally invest 1 million US dollars and find a suitable partner." He frowned slightly: "My manager contacted major TV stations and studios, and they are very stingy about this. I'm not interested in money-losing projects.”

Nicholson added: "Studios and television stations are not charities. They are very realistic. Their investments must pursue commercial profits."

Martin thought of a suitable partner: "What do you think of Netflix? I heard that Netflix is ​​arranging homemade content. You are just an investor and producer, and you don't need to appear on the scene. Compared with streaming media like Netflix, Cooperation is not a big problem.”

Leonardo understands what the problem Martin said is: "Now I have won the Oscar for Best Actor. This is another documentary. Even if it is featured, it is just to call for the protection of mountain gorillas. What's the problem?"

 He looked at Martin: “But I'm not very familiar with Netflix.”

The two best friends often helped him make trouble, and of course Martin would not shirk it. He took out his mobile phone and called Netflix's content director Greg Peters, who happened to be in Los Angeles, and they even made an appointment in Beverly for the evening. Meet at the villa.

Leonardo said: "I will go to Kailu Pictures to get the plan. When you finish shooting here, we will meet in Beverly Hills."

In this set, Martin is both the actor, producer, and investor. It is impossible for him to cause trouble and have fun. Nicholson simply said: "I will go with Leo, it is too boring here."

 Martin waved his hand: "Let's go."

Not long after the two people left, the afternoon shooting began.

  The crew took the lead in filming all the scenes in the studio.

 After finishing work in the afternoon, Martin rushed to a business club in Beverly Hills first and met Greg Peters, who had made an appointment.

 The latter shook hands with Martin extremely enthusiastically and said, "I really don't know what to say, Martin, you are a friend of Netflix!"

He still finds it difficult to introduce Leonardo's project to Netflix, even if it is a documentary that is not taken seriously.

 This kind of cooperation is always the most difficult the first time.

Martin said with a smile: "I am only responsible for the introduction. Whether the negotiation can be concluded depends on you."

Greg said: "Netflix is ​​very sincere."

A few minutes later, Leonardo and Nicholson rushed over. After Martin introduced both parties, he took Nicholson out of the reception room and went to play bowling outside without interfering in the business talks between the two parties.

By the time they came back, Greg and Leonardo had basically reached an agreement.

 (End of this chapter)

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