In the Northville community, the black Escalade was parked on the side of the road. As soon as Thomas got out of the car, he saw Martin coming out of the door.
Mene got out of the car and looked at the house in front of him curiously.
It is not a particularly large independent villa, with a lawn in the front yard and a small garden in the back yard. The house is not made of cheap wood, but has a brick-concrete structure.
Martin came to the door and invited: "Let's talk inside."
Bruce parked the car and came over, following the group at the end.
Arriving at the door of the villa, Thomas found a beautiful woman in her 20s coming out to greet her. She looked somewhat similar to Lily Carter.
Martin introduced them one by one: "This is Elena, Lily's sister, followed by Harris and Hall, their brothers."
He introduced Mene and Thomas.
Elena was generous and said hello, "Please come inside."
Thomas and Mene handed the gifts they brought to Harris and followed Martin and Elena into the living room.
When Mene saw Hall looking at him frequently, he whispered: "Don't remember me? We met when you visited the crew when filming Wanted."
Hall nodded: "I always remember you because you are famous for liking old women."
Mene seemed to have found a common language with him: "Man, have you found a girlfriend? Do you want me to teach you a few tricks? Whether it is your female classmate or your female teacher, I guarantee that you will be applauded after you try it."
Hall didn't believe it and looked at Bruce: "Old Boo, is he bragging?"
"No." Bruce couldn't tell lies without conscience and told the truth: "Mene does have the ability in this area, especially when it comes to women over forty years old."
Menei was proud of himself: "Many people pay money to come to me, but Uncle Menei doesn't want to deal with them."
Hall took him to the small hall next to him: "Teach me quickly, there is a teacher..."
The two men ran to the side and whispered, while Thomas chatted with Martin and Elena about some interesting Hollywood anecdotes.
Then, he turned to the topic: "David Fincher gave the exact audition date and invited you to Los Angeles to participate in the crew's makeup audition."
Martin responded: "It doesn't conflict with the schedule here. You can just reply to him directly."
Seeing the two people discussing work, Elena stood up and said, "I'm going to prepare black tea."
Thomas waited until she walked away and asked in a low voice: "I heard that Bell caused a lot of trouble on the set?"
Martin said: "Bale is not the kind of actor who keeps himself to himself after all."
Thomas did not ask any more stupid questions like whether it was related to Martin, and said directly: "If there is anything you need me to do, just ask."
Martin smiled: "You do your best in Los Angeles."
"One more thing." Thomas came here this time, firstly to visit Martin, but also for other work: "Cartier is looking for global spokespersons for men's watches, and I made preliminary contact with them."
Although Cartier is not a professional watch company, its watches are also first-line luxury goods. Martin asked: "Have they responded?"
"They have expressed a certain amount of interest." Thomas said roughly: "We still have to talk about the details."
Martin nodded slightly: "You are responsible for negotiating, it's okay if you can win." He then asked: "There is no conflict with other endorsement brands, right?"
Thomas confirmed: "There is no conflict."
Harris brought black tea over at this time and poured a cup for Martin and Thomas each.
Martin turned around to look, but he didn't find Bruce, and asked, "Where's Old Boo?"
Elena came from behind and said, "I went to the small hall at the back with Hall and Mene."
Martin simply asked Harris: "Is the Australian horn issue settled?"
After Bruce told him these things, Martin only paid attention to them at first, and then stopped caring about them.
Harris said with a smile: "Elena, Bruce and Mene and I jointly funded an import and export company, acquired relevant qualifications, and reached a supply agreement with the crew."
Martin understood a little bit and stopped caring about it.
This business currently only has one customer from the "Dark Knight" crew, but the profit is not low, and it is also a considerable amount of income for the four Harrises.
Bruce also specially dragged Mene along. Some business cooperation within the crew was also handled by Uncle Mene.
Uncle Mene has always been good at wars of words.
Mene and Hall came out of the small hall arm in arm, looking like close brothers.
Martin asked Bruce: "What did those two do?"
"Mene taught Hall some of his tricks," Bruce said.
Martin looked at Hall, and he had grown up in the blink of an eye.
It seems that when Harris was Hall's age, he had already tutored a pair of twins, teaching them carefully and even teaching them under the table.
Elena checked the time and took the initiative to invite: "I've prepared dinner, let's chat while eating?"
The group of people moved into the restaurant.
The next morning, Martin continued filming at the Gray Film and Television Center.
Thomas rushed to Coca-Cola headquarters to discuss a new endorsement contract with Coca-Cola.
The two parties will sign a new global endorsement contract, and Thomas is prepared to increase Martin's endorsement advertising fees to tens of millions of dollars a year.
In the studio of Gray Film and Television Center, the crew held a producer-director meeting before filming started today.
Martin was also invited to participate in the meeting because of the key scenes involving the Joker.
Emma Thomas said: "We bought an abandoned candy factory in the outer suburbs, where we filmed the scene where Rachel was killed, and then painted and renovated the exterior. From the outside, it now looks like A hospital building.”
She sent the photo to Charles Rowan and Martin: "In a few days, this place will be completely blown up."
Martin looked carefully at the photo. It showed a very large building.
Nolan said to Martin: "This is the hospital building that the Joker is going to blow up."
"It's very interesting." Martin asked with a smile: "No one will come to us to ask for compensation, right?"
Charles Rowan responded: "This place has been abandoned for many years. There are no residential areas nearby. We have also passed the relevant review."
Emma Thomas added: "You can just blow it up."
Martin nodded: "I have no problem."
Nolan gave him a few pages of a brand new script: "I made some slight modifications to the script based on the on-site conditions. If you study it carefully, the crew will shoot according to the new script."
Martin glanced quickly and still said: "There is no problem on my side."
The director's requirements do not exceed the terms of the contract, and the actors must maintain quality and quantity, and maintain basic professional qualities.
Charles Rowan warned: "Emma, please contact the Atlanta fire management department, just in case."
Emma said: "We're all ready to say hello."
The crew has received great support, not only from Georgia’s tax rebate, but also from Atlanta’s full cooperation.
The meeting ended in less than ten minutes, and the group entered the studio to start today's shooting.
After a short break to adjust, Bell returned to the set.
Martin went over to say hello and said loudly: "Hi, Bell, I heard that you have encountered some difficulties. If you need help, just ask. This is Atlanta. Maybe I can think of some solutions."
Hearing these kind words, Bell instead stared at Martin with wide eyes, his bloodshot eyes filled with suppressed anger and severity.
Because Bell felt that this bastard was clearly mocking him.
There were many people in the crew, and many people heard Martin's words and saw Bell's ferocious eyes, and their senses for him dropped again.
"Go! Go away!" Bell's words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, and they were harsh and harsh: "Stay away from me, and don't pretend to be a good person in front of me!"
The white paint on Martin's face could not cover up the injustice that appeared all over his body at this moment: "I'm pretending to be a good person? Haha..."
He shook his head and smiled, then turned and left.
Bell was like a mad wolf, staring at Martin fiercely.
There was sudden discussion around.
"Why is this person like this? He did something bad and took his anger out on others."
"Martin has good intentions. If he doesn't accept it, forget it. He still behaves like this!"
"That's right. Compared to Martin, he is less capable and has a bad temper. He acts like he is so great."
Bell turned his head following the sound and found that it was a few Atlanta extras muttering, and he got angry.
But thinking that Director Nolan had been very dissatisfied with him in the past few days, the curse words that jumped to his lips did not break through his teeth in the end, but he swallowed them hard.
Bell took a sip of water, shook his head vigorously, and suddenly realized that there were no good people in this crew!
Even Morgan Freeman and Maggie Gyllenhaal spent a lot of time hanging out with Martin Davis.
The words of ridicule and ridicule did not completely disappear until filming started.
Bell's angry state did not affect the filming, because most of the remaining Batman scenes were after being angered by the Joker.
During the filming of one scene after another, that pale face was always smiling in front of Bell, laughing so wildly that it made him want to punch him hard on it.
During the break, Morgan Freeman sat with Martin again and said, "I have been filming for decades, and the Dark Knight crew is the most interesting crew."
Martin grinned: "Really? It's more fun than the crew in the 1970s and 1980s? It is said that they had more fun at that time."
"It's different." Freeman thought for a while and said, "In those days, actors were actors and directors were directors."
He gestured to the director's monitor with his eyes: "Look at this crew now, the director doesn't look like a director, and the lead actor doesn't look like the lead actor."
Martin agreed: "So, Morgan, we are the crew of the new era. Filming is only a small part of the job, and the rest is the key to the success of the film."
Freeman shook his head slightly: "I'm old and can't understand anymore." He pondered and said, "Maybe directors like Nolan will become mainstream in Hollywood in the future."
Martin asked: "Why?"
"The gimmick, the hype, the marketing, it's more about whether the movie is a hit or not," Freeman said.
(End of chapter)
