American fame and fortune

When ten minutes were up, director Villeneuve's voice came through the electronic loudspeaker: "Attention all departments, prepare to start filming."

In the rest area, after adjusting the style, the stylist glanced at Martin, made sure there was nothing wrong, and hurried away.

Martin had already changed into a gray sports coat, came to the set, and sat on the shabby sofa.

Payne, the prop master, turned on the TV and played the video of the hockey game.

Villeneuve looked here and asked: "Martin?"

Martin nodded.

The camera turned along the slide rail. Villeneuve glanced at the monitor in front of him and said, "Get ready."

The recorder came to the camera to make some notes and the shooting began.

Martin had rehearsed the scene he was going to shoot several times and was familiar with it.

He picked up the beer bottle and knocked it on the edge of the low table, causing the bottle cap to fly out.

The beer foamed and hit his hand.

Martin pulled out a few tissues, wiped his hands, and saw the iron box next to the tissue package. He opened the iron box and took out the plastic bag. He looked at the powder inside, opened it eagerly, and poured some on the white paper.

The camera turned around and began to take a close-up of Martin's face.

Martin exhaled, moved forward with urgency, then raised his head and shouted: "Stop! Stop filming!"

The rest of the crew looked over and it was usually the director who called to stop filming, but it was rare for the actors to call to stop.

Martin sealed the plastic bag and put it in the iron box, then held the iron box in his hand.

Bruce and Martin had a tacit understanding. At this time, they walked directly into the set and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Martin pointed at the blank paper with his eyes: "That's not quite right."

Bruce leaned over and smelled it for a while, his face became serious, he leaned over and whispered: "It's not vitamins, it should be real."

Martin glanced across the set and didn't notice anything unusual.

Director Villeneuve had already walked over quickly and asked: "Martin, what's going on?"

Martin pointed at the white paper: "Aren't these things made of vitamins as props? How did they become real?"

Villeneuve leaned over and took a look. As a practitioner in the art industry, he was no stranger to this stuff, and he immediately realized that what was on the paper was not a prop.

He got up and shouted, "Props, props!"

Payne immediately ran over: "Director?"

Villeneuve pointed to the white paper: "Did you prepare these?"

"No." Payne said: "I purchased the vitamin tablets, but after purchasing them, I gave them to Brandon and he ground them into powder."

Villeneuve asked, "Where's Brandon?"

No one answered at the scene.

The director of the crew's security department had already come over, leaned next to Bruce, and said, "I notified the producer."

The power of Villeneuve as a director is far less than that of Martin, the actor and producer.

Even at this moment, Bruce's words were more effective than his.

But Villeneuve had to show an attitude. After all, he, the director, was the first person in charge of each department of the crew. The vitamins originally used as props turned out to be genuine and were almost used by the actors.

This actor is also the project sponsor and the boss of an investment company!

Villeneuve said: "Get Brandon right away!"

Payne hurried to find his companions.

Bruce winked, and the security director followed with one of his men.

Martin handed the iron box to Bruce and returned to the resting area.

Several security personnel came and stood near him.

Although Villeneuve was a real director for the second time and directed a film in Hollywood for the first time, he still had basic scene control skills. He immediately asked people in each department to return to their respective positions and was temporarily prohibited from leaving the studio.

Soon, Graham, who was in the office area of ​​the studio, rushed over.

But Payne and others did not find Brandon for the time being.

There was no one in the special compartment of the props group, and Brandon's special prop bag disappeared at the same time.

Graham came over to ask Martin for his opinion: "Do I need to call the police?"

"Find someone first." Martin had an impression of Brandon. When the set was cleared, he had just left, within a few minutes: "He can't go far."

Graham's face was extremely serious, and this matter could be regarded as poisoning in a big way.

And the target is still Martin.

Villeneuve came over and said: "We haven't found anyone yet."

The studio was brightly lit at the moment, and the security director led people to search every corner, but no trace of Brandon was found.

Bruce asked people to open a few doors, led people out of the studio, asked people outside, entered the small building next to it, and entered the men's public restroom.

The toilet has multiple separate stalls, one of which has a closed door.

The security director lay down and took a look, found someone among them, and shouted: "Brandon! Brandon..."

There was a strange murmur inside, but no one spoke.

Bruce kept his right hand next to the gun at his waist and winked: "Open the door."

A strong man kicked open the partition door with a bang.

Brandon was sitting on the toilet, lost in thought, with his prop bag at his feet and two small transparent plastic bags on the ground.

The security director said: "I knocked too much."

Brandon was not very conscious and was drooling.

Bruce took multiple photos and videos in succession and sent one to Martin. Martin called: "Send him to the hospital. You will follow him the whole time. Don't die on the set."

"I understand." Bruce went over and patted Brandon's face, and then tried his breathing to make sure that he had just taken too many drugs and that his life was not in danger. He asked someone to carry Brandon out and opened the door. Take the car to a nearby hospital.

We have rich experience in dealing with similar situations. After a set of treatment measures, the person gradually stabilized.

The hospital quickly followed Bruce's request and sent the person into a single ward.

Bruce personally stood guard in the ward.

Two security personnel remained at the door of the ward.

Everything has to wait until Brandon wakes up.

At the studio, something unexpected happened to the crew and the filming could only be temporarily suspended.

Martin asked someone to save the video he had just taken, as well as the props on the white paper.

Graham issued a gag order and no one was allowed to talk about the incident.

Of course, this can only slow down the spread of this matter, but cannot prevent it from spreading.

There were dozens of staff on site, and since it was an industry like Hollywood, there might be news informants among them.

Villeneuve said: "I informed you that filming will be suspended for one day."

Graham looked at Martin: "Fortunately, you noticed it in time and there was no accident."

Martin took out his cell phone and was looking through his address book. He also knew some people in the Boston Police Department. The relationships he built when he came here to experience life have kept him in touch over the years.

"It's not that I'm lucky." Martin said truthfully, "It's that our circle is so bad and chaotic that we can't tell the truth from the lies. I would have been doomed a long time ago."

Graham nodded: "It's similar in other circles."

Martin's cell phone rang. He looked at the text message and said, "The people over there are waking up soon. Let's go over and see what's going on with Brandon."

Graham and Villeneuve followed Martin out of the studio.

The three people took a commercial vehicle and rushed to the hospital.

Arriving at the door of the ward, the security director immediately came over and said, "Brandon is awake, and Lao Bu is with him inside."

Martin entered the ward first, followed immediately by Glenham and Villeneuve.

Bruce was leaning against the wall, staring at Brandon lying on the hospital bed.

Martin came in and glanced at Lao Bu.

Bruce whispered, "He doesn't know what's going on yet."

When Brandon saw the three giants of Martin, Graham and Villeneuve appear at the same time, he quickly said: "This time it is my problem. I have no objection to any punishment the crew imposes on me. I promise that I will never do it again in the future." If the crew touches those things, it won’t cause any more trouble to the crew.”

Bruce had already started recording.

Martin asked: "Did you bring those things to the crew?"

"Yes." Brandon's prop bag was placed here. Knowing that he couldn't hide it, he admitted obediently: "I didn't control it today, so I brought it into the crew."

Graham asked sharply: "Just today?"

Although Brandon was recruited by the crew, he had cooperated with Graham's company several times. He hesitated and said, "The crew has been with him since the filming started."

Villeneuve knew he had no right to speak and stayed by his side.

Anyway, his position is always on the side of the two producers.

Martin glanced at Bruce and didn't say anything. Bruce walked over and opened the iron box, revealing the plastic bag and the powder inside, and asked: "Is this yours?"

Brandon recognized it and nodded: "It's mine."

After saying that, his face turned pale, and he recognized that the iron box was a prop for the crew or a prop for filming. He quickly defended: "No, I didn't put these things, but vitamins. How is that possible! How is that possible? !”

Martin just looked at him coldly.

Brandon panicked and remembered the stupid things he did during the previous attack. He slapped his forehead hard and said, "I didn't mean it, really! I really didn't mean it! I specially marked the vitamin bag, so I wouldn't do it normally. I took the wrong one! At that time, I...I suddenly had a seizure, my head was in a mess, and I took the wrong one in my panic, I took it wrong!"

Graham said coldly: "Can it be explained by picking up such an important prop incorrectly?"

Brandon said hurriedly: "I really took it by mistake. After I took the props, before the crew started filming, I hurried to the partition of the public toilet. If Lao Bu hadn't discovered it earlier, I might have killed myself."

This sounds reasonable, and what Brandon did was more like a work error than intentionality.

But Martin, a terminally ill patient with persecutory paranoia, didn't believe a word of it.

Even if he didn't look at Brandon like he was lying.

Graham said: "You are not suitable to stay on the crew anymore. I will let people communicate with your agent and agency."

"Mr. King!" Brandon wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Graham: "This is a very serious incident!"

Brandon looked pale, something that had never been a problem in Hollywood, but because it caused problems for the crew, it was difficult to find work later.

Martin handed the phone to Bruce and left the ward.

Bruce finally came out and called the police.