American fame and fortune

In the No. 1 Ballroom of the Burbank Hotel, Warner Bros. executives gathered tonight, and almost all the heads of relevant partners were present. There were so many stars and celebrities that they lit up the night sky.

The main creative staff of The Dark Knight, headed by Nolan, Martin and Charles Rowan, cut the cake together in front of the camera, filled the champagne tower with champagne, and hundreds of people present raised their glasses to drink.

Nolan, who was relieved of all the pressure, was more than excited. Holding champagne in one hand and a microphone in the other, he loudly said: "I suggest that we raise a toast and celebrate the success of The Dark Knight together."

Martin leaned in front of the microphone and shouted: "Cheers!"

Several cameramen circled around and took pictures of everyone celebrating together.

Looking back is excellent promotional material.

The only pity was that Bell did not come to the celebration party, citing the tight schedule of filming "Terminator 4" as an excuse.

Emma Thomas put down her glass and said to DC director Orlin: "I don't think Bale doesn't want to come because of the schedule, but he is dissatisfied with the film. Batman's limelight has been stolen by the Joker."

Orlin said: "We still need to comfort him. I will go and talk to him in person later."

DC is also planning to shoot a Batman trilogy.

"Let's talk about it later." Emma Thomas saw Mene: "I saw a friend, let's chat with him for a few words."

On the other side, as soon as Martin was free, he was pulled aside by Louise.

"Hey, honey." Martin hugged her hard, pulled away a little, and said, "You are getting more and more beautiful."

Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses: "Will you come to my place tonight?"

How could Martin bear to refuse: "No problem, your car will be waiting for me in the underground parking lot when I leave."

Louise nodded and said, "One thing you should pay attention to is that there are more and more crimes imitating clowns in the United States recently."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Martin's understanding is completely different from Louise's: "More people will pay attention to the Joker and the Dark Knight, thus selling more movie tickets and peripheral products."

He lowered his voice and reminded: "Why do Warner Bros. and DC Comics never pursue those street artists who misuse the copyright of the clown image?"

Louise laughed: "My understanding of movie marketing and promotion is not as good as yours."

Martin and she understood each other's depth and depth, and said: "It doesn't matter, I will use my strengths to make up for your shortcomings."

"I'm afraid your advantage will turn into weakness." Louise shot back.

It's a pity that the two of them, one actor, one investor and producer, couldn't leave here immediately. Martin took the initiative to change the subject: "Don't worry about crimes caused by movies. This has never been a problem in Hollywood. Remember the North Hollywood Bank A robbery, right? At that time, the media revealed that criminals imitated "The Wire". Not only did the movie have no problems, but the sales and rentals of the video tape exploded that season!"

Louise remembers this: "Hopefully we can ride on this national crime wave and make more money."

Martin said: "To celebrate, you won't call Kelly tonight?"

Louise said: "If you want, we can have a video chat with her."

Martin thought more: "How about this, when Kelly comes over next time, how about I be the director?"

By the way, he also serves as screenwriter, actor and photographer.

Louise said: "As long as Kelly wants to, I have no problem with it."

The three of them were playing so crazy that she didn't care about these things at all.

"Martin! Martin! Come here!" Nolan waved not far away. When Martin passed by, he said to the person in front of him: "Your script should be written exactly according to Martin. The male lead should be tailor-made for him."

Martin shakes hands with Jonathan Nolan: "Just don't write me off as an ugly guy."

"Absolutely not." Jonathan said with a smile: "Your character will be more charming than the clown."

Production investors including Louise, Barry Meyer, Alan Horn, etc. all gathered together, and Nolan took the opportunity to promote the new film: "Everyone, you should have heard of my new project, original science fiction. movie, I think it will be a masterpiece as good as The Dark Knight!"

He put his arm around Martin's shoulders: "I will cooperate with Martin again. Even if the world falls apart, we cannot be separated!"

The new project has a production investment of more than US$150 million, and it is still an original theme. Nolan believes that it needs to attract more investors.

Without any hesitation, Louise, Alan Horn and Legendary Pictures expressed their willingness to invest.

Martin and Nolan have just achieved a huge success. The Dark Knight's global box office has gone straight to 1 billion US dollars. The probability of another success is extremely high.

It was only possible to finalize intentions here, and it was impossible to talk about specifics. After a long time, the people surrounding him dispersed one after another.

Warner also prepared some performances to add to the fun, and almost all of the singers on stage were famous singers.

Among them was Taylor Swift, who waved to Martin as she strummed her guitar.

Martin smiled and nodded.

Someone had been paying attention to Martin. Seeing that there was no one around him, they immediately came to him.

"Hi, Martin, I've always wanted to meet you, but I haven't had the chance." James Franco has been staring at Martin since the party: "I admire you very much. Your acting skills in The Dark Knight are so lifelike. I have also played a villain. , but he is a villain who is suppressed by the protagonist, and is not as brilliant as you."

Martin remembered the actor who was once nicknamed "Fu Lanlan" and had read some gossip about him, especially his fall. He said: "I like the little Green Goblin very much. When I was preparing for the Joker, I also referred to you. Well played Harry."

Franco looked surprised: "Really? This is my honor! Can I tell others?"

Martin looked at his slightly exaggerated expression and said, "This is your freedom."

"Among young actors, no one is better than you." Franco's praise and flattery are all preparations for the next words: "Martin, your acting skills are so good, have you ever thought about teaching others? Like us? Most of the young actors are struggling at the bottom.”

He recalled Martin's resume and said: "I am an actor who struggled from the bottom. Now I have achieved a little success, and I want to help more actors at the bottom."

These words somewhat resonated with Martin, because he also struggled to get up from the bottom.

But how could a person like him give such a promise casually?

So Martin didn't answer at all.

Seeing that the resonance effect was not obvious, Franco added: "My personal power is limited, and I cannot help so many actors at the bottom. I opened an acting school, thinking that instead of recommending individual people, it would be better to let more people People have basic survival skills and can seize opportunities when they encounter them.”

Nice words Martin would also say: "James, you are a great man."

Franco knows that his strength and fame are not enough, but he wants to make more money. Anyway, he is trying: "Martin, are you interested in joining my acting school? Let's help those in need together."

Martin looked at Franco but said nothing.

Franco said cruelly: "I will give you 30% of the shares. You only need to take two or three classes every week... no, every month."

If Martin agrees, his acting school will be able to recruit actors under Martin's name. Not to mention other things, he will be able to make a lot of money from the members of the Coke Cult alone.

"I'm sorry." Martin's excuse came readily: "I am not mentally and mentally stable enough to engage in such work."

Franco wanted to say more, but Martin pointed to the entrance of the banquet hall: "I have friends here."

Leonardo and Nicholson arrived belatedly.

Martin strode over, looked at the two guys approaching, and asked: "Should I take a piece of cake in my left hand and right hand, and put it on the faces of you two late bastards?"

Leonardo said: "It's all Jack's extended classic car that broke down on the way! Martin, can you believe it? I'm going to call a taxi to come to your celebration party!"

Nicholson's eyes glanced at Leonardo's increasingly protruding belly: "It's obvious that you have gained weight recently, and your car was crushed by being overweight and overloaded. You should compensate me!"

Martin shook his head: "That's enough for you two. Each of you drinks ten glasses of wine and this matter will be over."

Nicholson glanced at Leonardo: "He will be shouting my favorite Gisele here..."

Leonardo also exposed his background: "You will ask Marlon Brando why you left me so early."

Taylor Swift, who sang a song, came off the stage, was led by her manager, greeted some people, and then came to Martin's side.

Leonardo turned to look at Taylor, but Taylor came over and took Martin's arm. She was not old, but she knew that suddenly changing the person she was close to would bring more trouble than good.

Martin introduced both sides.

Taylor smiled and said hello to Nicholson and Leonardo.

The bastard trio were used to each other changing their female partners, so Nicholson pulled Leonardo away temporarily, leaving the two of them to talk privately.

"You never came to me." Taylor's face was full of grievance: "I'm still waiting for inspiration to burst out."

Martin has been spending a lot of time with Elizabeth recently, so he has no time to take a vacation. He said, "In a few days, the Dark Knight is too busy with work recently."

Taylor nodded: "It's settled this time!"

Martin smiled: "I'm still waiting to see you write a song for me."

Everyone at the party was socializing, and Martin sent Taylor away. Finally, he found time to find Leonardo and Nicholson, who could talk freely.

"I've been under a lot of pressure recently, Martin, Jack, let's do something." Leonardo was relaxed when he came back: "If I don't have some fun, I'm going to go crazy."

Nicholson looked at Martin: "You bastard kept me waiting for fun, and the result? It's just a shit diary door."

Martin thought for a moment and asked, "Have you paid attention to Ben Affleck recently?"

Nicholson recalled it and said: "I paid attention, and someone told me that he went to an acting school part-time as a teacher after being introduced by Judi Dench."

Martin remembered hearing somewhere about Judi Dench being an acting teacher and asked, "Which acting school?"

Nicholson thought for a while before confirming: "The Adler Acting School is the one founded by one of my acting teachers, Stacey Adler."

Martin remembered that Elizabeth Olsen was taking acting classes at this school!