American fame and fortune

Just three days after filming ended, Ridley Scott convened the post-production department of the crew to start post-production of "The Martian" at Disney Studios.

Even Martin, the investor, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "You can take one more week off."

Ridley is getting older and stronger: "I have no time to rest. I will cooperate with 20th Century Fox early next year to start shooting a new Alien movie."

Martin had seen all the Alien movies and said, "I've been looking forward to your Alien movie for a long time."

Ridley said: "Unfortunately, the new Alien movie does not have a prominent male protagonist, and the most attractive part of the movie is not the human characters. Otherwise, I would definitely invite you to star."

It's really worry-free to work with Martin on a film. There aren't that many messy things during filming.

Martin said politely: "There will definitely be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Ridley said: "After I finish filming this Alien movie, I am going to make another big-budget epic film. Martin, how about we continue to cooperate then?"

Martin said in his heart, I was just being polite, you wouldn’t drag me into jumping into the pit together, right? Still a pit on fire!

But he won't be stupid enough to say that you are not suitable for epic movies. After all, epic movies are Ridley's true love.

Martin asked: "Which piece of history are you planning to film this time?"

Ridley has obviously considered it: "I plan to put the magnificent life of French Emperor Napoleon on the big screen."

Martin found reasons and excuses: "I might not be suitable." He gestured at his height: "I'm not convincing because of my size."

Ridley glanced at Martin, who was taller than him, and nodded: "Let's talk about it then."

Martin didn't want to talk to Ridley anymore, lest he drag him into the trap again, and said, "I'll go check out other departments."

Ridley also wanted to start working. He waved his hand and entered the editing room.

Martin hurriedly retreated. During the recent period, he rarely met Ridley unless necessary. When his schedule was arranged, he would have a legitimate excuse to refuse.

After leaving the studio, Martin went to the crew of "Napoleon's Beauty" at the same Disney studio.

The film has also finished shooting and is in post-production.

Marius and Alexandrovich were busy editing. Martin did not disturb them and chatted with Olina for a while.

The latter took out the finished script of "Servant of the People" and gave it to Martin for review.

Martin read the first third carefully and said: "The idea of ​​the script is consistent with what we originally discussed. It has a strong comedy atmosphere and is very satirical. Although I don't know much about the social situation in Ukraine, reading the script is very helpful for the final film. Very much looking forward to it.”

Olina did not expect that Martin would rate it so highly, and quickly said: "The main reason is that everything that happened in Ukraine was so magical and provided us with excellent creative materials."

Thinking of the irony, Martin asked: "Will there be any trouble broadcasting it in Ukraine?"

"It's not a big problem." Olina is not only a screenwriter, but also a producer before: "Alexandrovitch and I can solve it."

She looked at Martin: "Besides, we still have the support of you, an American hero."

"Your talent deserves support," Martin said with a smile.

There was a knock on the door from outside, and Alexandrovich opened the door and came in. He saw the two of them discussing the script of the next play. He stepped forward to shake Martin's hand and said, "After we finished producing "Napoleon's Beauty," we started planning immediately. Shooting this new TV series project.”

He said something in advance: "This is a drama set entirely in Ukraine and needs to be shot in Ukraine."

"Okay." Martin is still the same as before. His people supervise the financial expenses of the crew, and the actual filming and production is left to Alexandrovich's three people.

Alexandrovich added: "My plan with Marius is that the studio of the series is registered in Los Angeles and goes to Kiev to shoot in the name of American capital. This will save a lot of trouble."

Martin understood what he was thinking and responded: "I will ask someone to assist you."

Alexandrovich believed that Martin was the key to his future development, and took the initiative to say: "Boss, you mentioned last time that you wanted to invest in Ukraine. This studio can be registered as a comprehensive company. I will help you develop it step by step. Business in Ukraine.”

Martin was too embarrassed to refuse such a warm invitation: "Okay, I will send someone over to inspect the investment then."

Alexandrovich smiled warmly and introduced a lot of Ukraine's situation to Martin, even giving people the illusion that if there is an opportunity in the future, it is not impossible to sell the country to Martin.

Martin discussed "The People's Servant" at length with the two men, and it was actually a lot of fun to watch a comedy turned into a biopic and make some pocket money along the way.

By the way, is Alexandrovich the first actor in history to play the role of a president and eventually become the president?

Martin looks forward to the day when Alexandrovich becomes a world hero.

Davis Studio has signed a contract with the Alexandrovich trio. The copyright of this show is completely in its hands. If the first season is successful, a second season will definitely be produced later.

Back in the studio, Martin entered the office and Jessica sent an invitation letter, but it was an invitation letter from NASA's investor exhibition.

The show will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Martin received the invitation and called Disney Pictures to inquire about the schedule of "Napoleon's Beauty."

Although this film will be completed earlier than "The Martian", its release will be later. Disney Pictures has reserved a release date of late January or early February next year, but the specifics will depend on the scheduling situation.

The three of them, Alexandrovich, will be able to truly break into the North American entertainment market by then, and they are very motivated.

The success of "John Wick 2" has made a good start for the cooperation between Martin and Disney Pictures.

Martin opened the company's film library and checked the latest scripts and novel manuscripts submitted.

Although the quantity received has increased recently, as in the past, most of them are of poor quality.

Of the thousand scripts that flow into Hollywood every year, not one of them can enter the review process, and Martin also understands that it is normal to not encounter them.

Not to mention the submitted novels, many of which were rejected by various publishing houses. After seeing the success of "The Martian", they chose to try their luck with Martin.

These are people who dream of becoming the next Gillian Flynn or Andy Weir.

Martin is not their boss.

After spending half a day reading dozens of scripts and the beginnings of novels, Martin found nothing. The quality of these was so poor that they could not be used to deceive people.

The kind of scripts that can deceive people are often quite neat and even brilliant in the script stage.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Martin asked Bruce to drive into a commercial vehicle and arrive at Los Angeles International Airport on time.

Not long after, Elizabeth Olsen and Lily walked out of the terminal together.

Seeing Martin coming to pick him up at the airport, Elizabeth immediately ran over and hugged Martin for a passionate kiss, regardless of the paparazzi and crowds surrounding him.

Lily waited for a long time before the couple separated. She whispered, "Let's go home and do the rest. Don't let anyone watch."

Martin glared at Lily, put away their luggage, and pulled Elizabeth into the car.

After getting in the car, Elizabeth fell directly into Martin's arms.

Lily took out her phone, adjusted the lens, and said, "You continue."

Martin was not polite to her at all and asked directly: "We haven't seen each other for a while. You miss my fist, don't you?"

Elizabeth held his hand: "We just came back, and you threatened people again."

Lily said: "Old Bu, I heard that you guys had another shootout?"

"Ask Martin!" Bruce directly climbed up the front and rear fenders without talking to the three people.

Martin looked at Lily: "What happened to you today? Did you eat explosives?"

Lily shrugged, "Meeting a fool on a plane."

Martin was surprised: "What's going on?"

Lily said nothing.

Elizabeth roughly said: "On the plane, someone was discussing politics with Lily, and Lily was rarely defeated by someone using magic."

Martin looked at Lily: "Can women also control politics?"

"It was that woman who started it. She is a Jewish designer." Lily elaborated: "Because of sculpture, I took classical art history as an elective, and she happened to have also studied it. The two of us started chatting about ancient Rome. , Canaan, King David and now the Middle East, divisions arose.”

"You guys are so boring," Martin said.

Elizabeth smiled cheerfully.

Lily said: "Originally, the conversation between me and her was quite speculative, but she suddenly said that the entire east coast of the Mediterranean is the land of Israel. I naturally retorted and asked her what legal basis she had, and then she held up a Bible and said That’s the evidence.”

Martin asked: "Where's the back?"

Lily added: "I told her about the divisions of the United Nations back then, and she told me that the United Nations was an illegal organization."

Elizabeth burst into laughter.

Lily was quite helpless: "No matter what she said, she made sense. In the end, I was too lazy to talk to her anymore."

"No one can convince anyone about this kind of thing." Martin said casually: "Next time we meet, don't argue with others."

Lily nodded: "Yes, she always has a reason and thinks that what she says is the truth."

Martin also laughed: "Isn't that the case? The truth is only within the range of the cannon. The Israeli cannon over there has the longest range and the most powerful explosion. Naturally, it has the truth."

Back at Davis Manor, as soon as Martin brought Elizabeth's luggage in, Elizabeth pulled Martin hurriedly upstairs. Before reaching the second floor, she was hanging on Martin.

Martin hugged her directly.

Elizabeth said, "I want to know what truth feels like."

Martin carried someone into the master bedroom.

Lily came in dragging two heavy suitcases downstairs. She saw neither Martin nor Elizabeth. She guessed where the couple had gone and couldn't help but raise her middle finger to the second floor.

She also secretly scolded Elizabeth for not talking about sisterhood and for not asking her to join her when something fun happened.