Under the clear blue sky in early September, Martin, wearing a Dodgers baseball cap, sat alone on a bench in front of the art gallery, patiently waiting for someone to come over.
A few minutes later, Lily jumped down from the steps of the art gallery after class.
She fell behind the bench and shouted to Martin: "Scared..."
Martin turned around and said, "How old are you to still play this kind of game?"
Lily's long hair was simply tied into a ponytail on the back of her head and she said, "It's not fun, I didn't scare you."
Martin stood up: "When I heard the sound of running, I knew it was you."
Lily raised her long eyebrows in surprise: "So you are so interested in me."
Martin walked towards the entrance of the college: "I've known you since you were a little kid. You run around, speak with an accent, have likes and dislikes, and are full of swear words. What don't I know about you?"
"I've changed all my bad words." Lily whispered, "Actually, there are some things you don't understand."
Martin turned to look at her and asked, "What don't you know about you?"
Lily smiled: "I won't tell you the girl's secret."
Someone came over and said hello: "Hi, Lily."
Lily waved her hand over there.
From the art gallery to the parking lot near the entrance of the college, at least six or seven people greeted Lily.
Martin asked: "It seems like a lot of people know you?"
"I have made friends with a lot of people, just like when I was at Marietta Middle School." Lily was once a bully in a public middle school: "There are many bitches who are envious and jealous of my beauty, and they make little moves in private. I always form a group to deal with them."
Martin warned: "Don't go too far."
Lily felt aggrieved: "No way, they all say that I am good."
Martin understands Lily's style. This is a girl who grew up under the iron fist of her sister, and used the iron fist education on her younger brother Hall, and then continued it in school.
Lily and Martin were never polite: "Don't worry, I will call you if anything happens. And that Louise, she knows a lot of people and has called me several times..."
Martin came to the Escalade and opened the driver's door: "Get in."
Lily got into the passenger seat.
The car drove out of the college and headed straight to Sherman Oaks. Martin turned into the Coty community. As he approached his house, he met Jenna who was walking with her cat in her arms.
Seeing Martin's car, Jenna waved to her.
Martin stopped the car and lowered the window.
Jenna walked over, looked at the passenger side, and asked, "Girlfriend?"
Lily immediately greeted with a smile: "Hello, little sister, you are so beautiful."
Martin pushed her back: "This is my sister, Lily."
Jenna nodded and looked at her carefully: "She has a good figure and looks, and her talent is excellent."
Lily's first impression of Jenna was very good, and she rushed to answer: "Everyone I know says so, do you think so too?"
Martin glanced at Jenna, who immediately changed her mind: "I invited you to the set, but you never had time..."
"I'm too busy at work." Martin made a casual excuse and said, "Let's talk about it later."
Jenna nodded and said to Lily: "Little beauty, come to the set with Martin when you have time."
Lily responded: "Okay."
Martin drove to the door of his house.
Lily looked back and said, "She's a nice person."
"It's really good." Martin has some understanding of Jenna through many contacts. Regardless of Jenna's special profession, her quality as a person is still relatively high.
He simply said: "One of your letters of introduction is from her father."
Lily asked: "Should I visit her set to express my gratitude and get closer to her?"
She remembered what Jenna had just said: "What works has she appeared in? She has such an outstanding appearance. I will definitely remember her after watching it."
Martin said directly: "She is the director and the heroine of the film Sacred Valley."
"Uh..." The answer was so unexpected that Lily couldn't turn her head around for a while and didn't even know what to say.
Martin added: "Jenna Jones's family is all engaged in art work. She is doing this because it is said that she has a problem with her own hormone secretion."
As for whether it is true or not, no one is going to explore it.
As the car drove into the gate, Lily's attention shifted. When the Martin stopped at the garage door, she jumped out and said, "What a beautiful house."
Then, she smelled the smell of barbecue and turned to look: "Hi, Lao Bu, long time no see."
Bruce was grilling meat and waved over: "Lily, you are getting more and more beautiful."
Martin pulled into the garage.
A long dining table and a few chairs were placed beside the pool.
Martin didn't call anyone else, just him, Lily and Bruce had dinner together.
Simple grilled meats, vegetables and fruits.
Unlike the people I met after arriving in Los Angeles, the three of them are all from Atlanta and are truly our own people.
The three of them had a very happy dinner.
After eating, Lily visited Martin's house again, got on the big G in the garage, and jumped out immediately.
Martin didn't care and said casually: "If you need a car, you can drive it temporarily."
Blake was very particular and put all the expensive gifts he gave here, except for a few souvenirs.
Lily noticed that the previous owner of the car was a girl and shook her head: "I don't have a car now. When I get familiar with school, I will find a place to work to make money and buy a car by myself."
Before it got dark, Martin sent Lily back to school and told Lily to come to Louise if anything happened.
He has spent several hundred million to negotiate with Louise.
When Lily left, Martin gave her a big bag filled with gifts.
Although she had ten thousand opinions in her heart, Lily still accepted it with tears in her eyes.
Awards season is about to kick off, and Martin will soon be heading to Canada to attend the Toronto Film Festival.
The promotion and awards competition for "The Departed" started at the Toronto Film Festival.
The film premiered during the festival and will be released generally in North America in October.
"At present, the film has held an internal preview meeting, a preview meeting for theater managers and media people, and the response has been very good."
In the conference room of the Warner Building, producer Graham King introduced the current basic situation to the crew and creative staff: "The MPAA has rated it R-rated, and the distributor has secured about 3,200 theaters to open the film. The North American box office is not expected to be Less than $100 million."
Many people's eyes are on Leonardo and Martin.
Except for Matt Damon, who was filming "The Bourne Supremacy" in London, among the creative staff present at the meeting, these two people are undoubtedly the ones with the strongest commercial appeal.
Nicholson, who was sitting next to Martin, suddenly said: "Don't look at me. If I don't hold you back, you should thank me."
Leonardo couldn't help but laugh.
Scorsese said, "Jack, what new tricks can you come up with."
Nicholson pointed his finger at Martin: "For bad ideas outside of regular publicity, you have to go to him."
Martin spread his hands: "I just came back from London and I haven't figured out the situation yet."
In front of others, he is very fond of praising the eldest and second child of the trio: "With Leo and Jack here, commercial appeal will not be a problem. Leo can kill everyone, young and old, and Jack is an idol for middle-aged and elderly women."
"You three were going to every big promotional event for the film at the Toronto Film Festival and in Los Angeles," Graham said.
All three Martins said there was no problem.
Later, the discussion focused on matters related to competing for the Olympics.
The crew is focusing on Best Picture and Best Director, and Martin will also strive to win a nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
The only surprise is that Leon Ando will not use this film to challenge for Best Actor.
After the meeting, the trio of bastards naturally came together.
Martin asked curiously: "You don't want to compete for Oscars with your role in this film?"
"The resources for this film are concentrated on Best Picture and Best Director, and too little is allocated to other areas." Leonardo considered it very realistically: "I used the character of Billy. It will not be difficult to get nominated and win. There is no hope at all.”
There is no one else here, just the three of them. Nicholson did not forget to hold back: "With your three-step acting skills of staring, frowning and roaring, there is no hope for other roles."
Leonardo was so angry that he wanted to kill someone: "Okay! Okay! Your acting skills are good, you are amazing!"
Nicholson imitated his example, widened his eyes, and deliberately showed off: "I am nothing special. I only have two statuettes for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor."
Leonardo was hit hard and was speechless.
Nicholson delivered another fatal blow: "Let me say, Martin has a better chance of winning an Oscar than you do."
Leonardo stared at the sky speechlessly, almost to tears from the shock.
"You're not depressed, are you?" Compared to Nicholson, Martin is still a human being: "There are so many beautiful models with blond hair and long legs waiting for you."
Leonardo approached Martin: "Man, you are my brother."
Martin didn't finish his words: "They all want to see what the 11-second sprint is."
"I'm going to kill you!" Leonardo used three consecutive moves, glared and frowned and roared: "You two bastards!"
Nicholson said: "You see? Compared to this bad guy like Martin, I am a good person."
The three of them were laughing and chatting about having sex with Nicholson's extended Lincoln.
Martin put away the impropriety and asked: "Leo, which film do you plan to use to compete for the Oscar?"
"Blood Diamond." Leonardo briefly introduced: "I made a film before The Departed, with Jennifer Connelly. The male protagonist in that film had a heavier role than in The Departed. The important thing is the crew. My first goal is Best Actor.”
Martin still has an impression of this film, an incident caused by a red diamond.
It seems that it has also caused criticism. Dibis Company was worried that the film would have too much influence, which would lead to consumers' resistance to diamonds, and it also united with some diamond companies to boycott the film.
Martin mentioned.
Leonardo said: "They have already protested to the crew. It doesn't matter. This is a good thing from an artistic perspective."
Martin understands: “The artist who defies power.”
Nicholson interjected: "That's right, Oscar-winning actors and actresses all need packaging." He looked at Martin: "You didn't do packaging over there?"
Martin revealed something appropriately: "Okay, the agency has invested a lot of resources, and I plan to be a children's love ambassador."
Leonardo nodded: "This won't collapse easily."
"That's why I picked this," Martin said.
At first, he planned to take the road of equal rights, but for some inexplicable reasons that cannot be explained, he could not go down this road.
The three of them went to a bar to drink together and made an appointment to go to Canada together in a few days to participate in promotional activities for the Toronto Film Festival.
(End of chapter)
