Shortly after the flight from Atlanta landed at Los Angeles International Airport, Lily dragged her suitcase to the terminal exit.
Although she was wearing ordinary jeans and a sports T-shirt, the young and beautiful brown-haired girl still attracted the attention of many people around her.
A handsome guy with a bag on his back immediately came over: "Hi, beauty, are you coming to Los Angeles for a trip?"
Lily glanced at him and ignored him.
The handsome guy put on his sunniest smile: "It's hard to hail a taxi in Los Angeles and the cost is high. Why not share a taxi together?"
Just five or six meters away, Thomas wanted to pass.
But Louise stretched out her hand to stop him: "Don't worry, check the situation, my bodyguard is over there, nothing will happen."
Thomas took a few steps forward anyway.
Facing the handsome guy, Lily was also smiling: "No, my brother is an agent from the Los Angeles Police Department. He called me just now and will be here soon."
"Really?" The handsome guy stepped back automatically: "I'll find someone else to share a car with."
Lily's parents are not ordinary people. They have been well-informed since they were young and have a sufficient understanding of the sinister nature of people's hearts.
She curled her lips and glanced at the leader on the Coca-Cola advertisement on the side of the terminal. She thought to herself that he was so ugly, so she had the nerve to come and strike up a conversation.
Thomas hurried over: "Hi, Lily."
When the "Wanted" crew was filming in Atlanta, Lily met Thomas and said, "Thank you for coming to pick me up."
Then, she saw a woman walking behind Thomas. She looked about thirty years old, beautiful, sexy, and smart.
"Louise Meyer."
"Lily Carter."
The two of them introduced themselves, and at Thomas' invitation, they got into a business car together.
Louise motioned to the driver to drive and asked, "Are you going to stay in Martin's place first, or go to school?"
Lily tried her best to act mature: "Please send me to school."
The driver went directly to Valencia, a satellite city where CalArts is located.
Louise said: "Martin and I are good friends and partners. He was filming in London and couldn't come back, so he specifically entrusted me to pick you up."
"Thank you." Lily opened her backpack and took out a small gift box and handed it to Louise: "Thank you very much for your help. This is my own handicraft. Please don't dislike it..."
Lily didn't know Louise, but Louise knew Lily somewhat and knew what was in the box without guessing.
But the other party sincerely expressed her gratitude, and she was a young, beautiful and lovely girl. Louise couldn't refuse, so she accepted it: "You're welcome."
Lily took out another one and handed it to Thomas: "This is for you."
"Thank you." Thomas then quietly opened the gift box and took a look while Lily put the other one on the passenger seat on the driver's side.
As expected, there is a hand-carved, very cute clown figure inside.
Thomas wanted to tell Lily that there was no need to give it to me. There were many similar things, including the crocodile pendant you didn’t give.
Louise opened it generously and looked at it, sighing secretly in her heart. Later, she would need to buy a special cabinet to store Lily Carter's hand-carvings.
Lily didn't know that her hand-sculpting skills were becoming popular in Hollywood. She came to CalArts and gave one to Louise's assistant Nikki and Thomas's assistant Natasha.
Natasha and Nikki looked at each other, why do these siblings like to give away sculptures?
Are the bison in Australia too miserable?
Louise accompanied Lily into the academy, met with Vice Dean Diana and her future tutor, went through various admission procedures, and applied for a single apartment.
The journey was smooth and without any trouble.
After putting the luggage into the apartment, Lily didn't forget Louise, who came over specifically to help: "I'll treat you to dinner later."
"No need." Louise took out a business card and handed it to Lily: "Martin is not in Los Angeles. If you have anything, you can call Thomas or me."
Lily took it. The address above was in Sherman Oaks. If I remembered correctly, Martin also lived in Sherman Oaks.
Louise took the initiative to invite: "You can come to my place as a guest when you have time."
"Thank you." Lily couldn't say it, but she had a feeling that this Louise was weird.
After seeing Louise off, she immediately called Martin and focused on Louise's situation.
Martin on the other side said: "If you have anything to do, you can come to her. If you have nothing to do, don't pay attention to her."
Lily said: "I have settled down. Louise and Thomas who sent me here, as well as their entourage, and the seniors and teachers who received them in the school, I gave each of them a small gift."
In the studio in London, Martin had a very bad feeling and asked, "What gift did you give me?"
"It's a horn carving." Lily said, "A clown figure based on you."
"Giving it to many people?" Martin asked.
Lily confirmed: "I gave it to many people."
Martin slapped his forehead and said, "Okay, let's talk after I get back to Los Angeles."
After hanging up the phone, Bruce wanted to laugh, but held it back.
Martin looked at him and said, "Laugh if you want." He snorted coldly: "Sooner or later, Australian bison and crocodiles will become rare animals."
Bruce asked: "Will you continue to send them in the future?"
Martin was furious: "I want to send it all over Hollywood!"
Bruce, the bad guy, said deliberately: "Everyone in Los Angeles will have one in the future?"
Martin asked: "How many did you bring this time?"
Before coming to London, Bruce specially handed over a large piece of luggage to the crew and checked it in together.
Bruce said: "It is enough to give one to each member of the crew."
Martin nodded: "The filming is almost over, get ready, I want to give away a big gift."
The filming of "The Reader" has reached its final stage, and actors from the crew are leaving one after another. In addition to receiving souvenirs from the crew, each person who leaves will also receive additional gifts from the male and female protagonists Martin and Kate.
Kate sent English black tea.
Martin gave me a tusk pendant and horn carving.
Three days later, the crew completed filming of all scenes.
Sam Mendes announced the closure.
Before Martin could react, Kate picked up a latte art and sprayed it all over his head and face.
Felicity Jones also took one and joined in the fun.
Martin ran away in panic, took the latte art that Old Boo threw, and sprayed it all over Kate's face with a bang.
Kate threw away the latte art, rushed over and hugged Martin, clinging to him, looking particularly excited.
Martin hugged her back: "Kate, you are a real artist, your performance this time was great!"
Kate let go of Martin and held his face with her hands: "I can't do it without you. You are a good actor who can really inspire people. You are a genius."
They both laughed at the same time.
An associate producer from the crew entered the studio and presented souvenirs.
Martin and Kate were given two books that Michelle read to Hannah.
Although the crew will not be disbanded, most people will not be involved in post-production.
Martin handed the book to Bruce, shook hands with everyone one by one with gifts, and came to Sam Mendes.
Originally he wanted to shake Sam's hand.
But Sam took the initiative to hug him, patted him on the back, and said, "You did a great job in this drama. Come on, I'm optimistic about your future."
Martin nodded vigorously: "Sam, you are a true artist. In difficult times, you gave me key guidance and advice, which will benefit me throughout my life."
When it comes to professionalism, he is far behind the Kates.
There's really no comparison.
Martin then left the studio, and when he was taking off his makeup, Bruce suddenly got out of the trailer.
"No! Don't do anything. I'm here to find Martin."
Bruce escorted Saoirse Ronan in from outside. The latter raised her hands and said to Martin: "I heard someone said that your crew finished filming today and came here specifically to find you."
Martin had just changed his clothes and asked, "What do you want from me?"
Saoirse glanced at the makeup artist but said nothing.
Martin picked up the bag, thanked the makeup artist first, said a few words briefly, and got out of the makeup trailer first. Waiting for Saoirse to follow, he asked: "You don't want firecrackers, do you?"
Saoirse giggled: "I still have some in stock." She was not without pride: "Hermione is as proud as a peacock. No one can look down on her. She has bullied me several times. This time she was very embarrassed."
Martin has read the Sun's report, and he doesn't know if it's a PR ploy or if it's true that Emma Watson went to see a psychiatrist.
But Saoirse is very concerned: "I wish her depression soon."
Martin thought to himself that she might take the initiative to have sex with him in the future.
"Many people say that I am very talented and suggest that I go to Los Angeles to develop. My mother plans to take me there in two years." Saoirse has been on more than one crew, and the word naive has nothing to do with it.
She asked: "Martin, can I come to you then?"
For some things, Martin only needs to use his words: "Okay, I will introduce you to the brokerage company then."
"Leonardo is a bastard, you are a good man." Saoirse stretched out a hand and placed it in front of Martin.
Martin took out a business card and handed it to her.
Saoirse put it away: "Thank you."
She smiled at Martin and made another ladylike gesture: "I'm going back."
Martin waved at her.
Saoirse runs away.
Bruce comes from behind.
Martin asked, "I'm a good guy, right?"
Bruce tells the truth: "Among the bad guys, you are the good guy."
Seeing that he had packed his things, Martin said, "Let's go back to the hotel to get our luggage. Let's go back to Los Angeles."
The post-production department of the film crew will continue to stay at Pinewood Studios for post-production. Since there are almost no outdoor scenes, Martin asked Sam if all the scenes did not require him to do post-production dubbing.
His work has come to an end before the film is officially promoted.
After returning to the hotel and packing my luggage, Kate suddenly came.
Bruce left the room on his own initiative.
Kate asked: "What time is the flight?"
Martin glanced at the wall clock: "It won't be too late to set off in three hours."
Kate took out the script from her bag and said, "There is a scene that I need to dub, and I want to get familiar with it again. So hurry up before you leave."
How could a good man like Martin refuse to inject pleasure into others?
During two months of filming in London, Martin learned a lot from the reader's experience, and he also understood how a good actor can become a true artist.
(End of chapter)
