American Fame and Fortune

 Chapter 94 The biggest competitor (please subscribe)

 Before the New Year, Warner Bros. held a press conference and officially announced that it would cooperate with multiple companies to invest in the remake of "The Devil in the Wax Museum" with a production budget of up to US$40 million.

 Everyone who has read the script knows that this number is quite exaggerated.

 How much is actually invested and how much money needs to be laundered, no one outside the market knows.

The producers of the film are Robert Zemeckis and Joe Silver, but Susan Levin is responsible for the specific work.

Warner Bros. has a mature preparation process for filming, and key behind-the-scenes personnel from directors to directors of photography to casting directors sign contracts on the same day.

 Before Louise returned to Morocco, she made a special appointment with Susan Levin to go out for a drink.

 Martin drove the car and accompanied her there.

"The heroine has been finalized. Eliza Cuthbert is a former child star. She has accepted Hillary's invitation for an exclusive interview with the White House." Louise sat in the co-pilot and said the latest information she learned: "The style is up. It’s very high, it’s rising rapidly, and it’s popular with the audience.”

“The role I competed for was her twin brother,” says Martin.

Louise is one of the investors and is naturally well-informed: "Your biggest competitor is Paris Hilton's current boyfriend Jason Sean, who is a model and actor."

She reminded: “Don’t underestimate other people. At least five people who participate in role auditions must have the support of investors.”

 Martin held the steering wheel with one hand and patted his head with the other: "Just thinking about it gives me a headache. The competition is so fierce that I can't even sharpen my head to get in."

It wasn’t for Louise’s participation in the platter that he didn’t even get a chance to audition.

 Louise’s words go straight to the core: “If you have the appeal of a superstar, only the type of role is suitable and the conditions offered by the film studio are suitable.”

 Arriving at the appointed nightclub, Martin accompanied Louise into the reserved private room.

Susan had already arrived. When she saw Martin, her eyes stayed on his sunny and handsome face for a few seconds, and asked Louise: "Who is this?"

"Martin Davis, my driver and actor." Louise said: "If you drink too much, just make a phone call, and Downey Jr. will come over obediently. I can only bring Martin, the driver, to meet him." Filmmaker."

Susan understood, and shook Martin's hand gently without giving him a chance to speak: "Handsome man, can you please leave some private space for the lady?"

 “Call me if you need anything.” Martin didn’t say much and left here on his own initiative.

 Louis snapped her fingers at the bartender in the private room: "Two cups of expansion screws."

Susan said: "A masterpiece from master mixologist Louise."

 The wine was served quickly, and Louise said, "He has a good image."

The two have been working hard in Hollywood for many years. Susan was not reserved: "Seeing him, I understood why you came to see me personally. You are a pervert."

"Do you like ugly ones? Men and women, who doesn't like good-looking ones." Louise took a sip of wine: "Martin Davis is still a treasure boy. I dug it out from the mire of Atlanta with my own hands. It's valuable." It’s because he is motivated and willing to climb out of the quagmire.”

Susan became interested: "Tell me about it."

Louise roughly said: "When he was a teenager, he went astray and got involved with smugglers. Those guys smuggled goods from Mexico to Georgia. Martin worked as a low-level mule and a scavenger. As he got older, My horizons broadened, and I knew that continuing would be a dead end, so I secretly ran away to become an extra. I learned a lot in just two or three years..."

She boasted about Martin's skills and added: "Originally, he had hope in life, but he was caught by the original gang and forced him to sign a loan shark and work in a gigolo club to pay off the debt. Later, he got lucky. When he met me, I saw his heart beating out and gave him a hand."

Susan took a sip of wine, waited for the bubbles to pop in her mouth, and said, "It's not easy for a prodigal to turn back."

Louise shrugged: "He has tasted the bitterness and bitterness of life, but he is optimistic like Peter Pan."

Susan suddenly thought of Downey: "Here's to our treasure boy."

 Louis had a drink with her and took out a disc from her handbag: ""Zombie Gigolo" starring Martin, you can watch it if you are interested. It's very interesting."

"I will watch his audition carefully." Susan took the disc and put it away: "You tell him that the focus is on the masculinity of the character and the life-saving protection of his sister."

 Louise picked up the wine glass: "I respect you."

Susan clinked glasses with her.

Nearly an hour later, Martin entered the private room and helped Louise leave.

Getting in the car, he looked at the female drunkard who drank too much and said, "If you drink like this, your body won't be able to bear it."

 Louise waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm still young and in good health. Besides, I drank too much, so it's not like you deliberately used wine to seduce me."

 Martin patted her leg and said, "Sit tight and don't make trouble."

 The car left Sunset Boulevard and returned to Louise's villa.

 The next morning, Martin sent Louise to the plane, drove to Century City, and entered the WMA office lobby.

 Thomas was sitting in the partition, constantly talking on the phone. He had been working a lot of overtime recently, and was thinking and stressing a lot, and he had bags under his eyes.

 Martin sat on another chair and said, "Brother, try harder. The crew has announced the recruitment notice for actors. It's a critical moment."

Thomas took out a medicine bottle, took out the vitamins and threw it into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it: "How are you doing there?"

Martin said: "I did everything I had to do, and Susan also said the key words for the audition." He asked: "What about your side?" Thomas said: "The casting director is Mary Gale. She hates men staying. Long hair, I like young people with light brown hair.”

 Martin touched his hair: "I'll cut it shorter and dye it later."

Thomas looked around and lowered his voice: "There are also people competing for this role within the company. Don't talk to anyone about the situation we have, understand?"

 Martin said viciously: "Whoever dares to ask me, I will beat his son of a bitch."

Thomas reminded: "Adrian, the male protagonist of the series you filmed, please pay attention."

Martin lowered his voice: "Louise said that the biggest competitor is Paris Hilton's current boyfriend Jason Sean."

 Thomas rubbed his chin: "He is indeed a big threat."

 Martin joked: "I'll give you a gun, and you go and kill him?"

 Thomas was stunned.

 Martin patted the table: "I see you are too nervous. Relax."

 …

After finishing filming "Entourage", Adrian came out of the glass cubicle office of his agent John, called his short and ugly follower Tony, and walked outside together.

Tony asked: "Is there any hope?"

Adrian is very confident: "For cost reasons, the crew plans to use new faces. My qualifications and acting skills are obviously better. John contacted Robert Downey Jr. and prepared to use his connections."

Tony knows a lot about industry gossip: "I remember Downey proposed to Susan Levin last month."

Adrian smiled: "So, I have high hopes." He whispered: "In the worst case, I will go and have a bag with Donnie."

Tony said: "I'll get the goods if necessary."

"We'll talk about it later when necessary." Adrian stopped laughing: "There are two other people in the company who are interested in this role. John is a higher level and has found out the relevant information. The Martin Davis from last time is one of them."

 The two people came to the first floor, Tony went to drive, and Adrian waited for him to come over.

The car didn't arrive, and Adrian saw Martin coming down from upstairs.

His heart moved, and he smiled and waved over there: "Hi, Martin, long time no see."

Seeing the enthusiastic Adrian, Martin responded with an even more enthusiastic smile: "Man, when will the series be broadcast? You are going to become a big star soon."

Adrian said: "Don't mention it, I've been through it for so many years and I haven't come out yet." He turned the topic to Martin: "There are rumors in the company that you are on the rise and are competing for Warner Bros.'s horror film The leading actor of the film.”

"It's not really a leading actor, it's a role for the heroine." When Martin spoke, his mind was spinning rapidly: "I mainly want to see how the movie audition goes. I can be sure that I will accompany him throughout the whole process and it is impossible to get this role. "

 Adrian felt that Martin had information that he did not understand: "Why do you say that? You are very good at acting."

Martin was helpless: "The slutty daughter of the Hilton family is the one who made the video. She joined the cast with money and was confirmed to play the supporting actress role."

Adrian said: "I heard about it."

“Her boyfriend Jason Sean is a model and actor, and she recommended him to the crew.” Martin spread his hands: “In this situation, can someone else win?”

He waved his hand: "No more, I have to go, I have to go to class."

Seeing Martin's lack of interest, Adrian felt a huge threat and took out his mobile phone to call his agent John.

Tony drove over and Adrian got in the car. Not long after driving, his agent called: "I asked several people and I can confirm that the news is true. He will be your main competitor. You are fully prepared." At one point, I’ll go find out more about the situation.”

 “Damn nepotism!” Adrian couldn’t help but cursed.

Tony asked: "What's going on?"

Adrian said it carefully: "Fortunately, I got the news from that idiot Martin Davis."

Tony didn’t take Martin seriously at all. After all, on the set of “Entourage” a while ago, Martin Davis was just a supporting actor with a small role.

 He asked again: “How much lower will our chances of winning be?”

Adrian thought carefully and said, "At least half." He tapped the seat lightly: "The audition will start soon, and we don't have much time left. We have to think of a solution."

"That Jason Sean doesn't care about the tape?" Tony couldn't stand it: "He, a **** like Paris Hilton, is serious?"

 “There’s money!” Adrian raised his hand to tell Tony to stop talking and think carefully.

　　In 2004, just after the New Year holiday, the crew of the show officially named "Horror Wax Museum" announced the audition time, and at the same time sent audition notices and short character scripts to the actors who had passed the selection.

The male protagonist is named Nick Jones, the twin brother of the heroine.

Including Martin, after preliminary screening, there are still more than 20 actors vying for this role.

 For those who can pass the first round, basic acting skills, ability and appearance are not problems.

 (End of this chapter)