American fame and fortune.

Chapter 863 Nolan’s new project
In the twelve years from 2000 to 2012, too many Hollywood movies relied on DVDs to make money.

Take Martin's Davis Studio. Regular DVD versions of popular movies sell for 15 to 20 US dollars, and Blu-ray high-definition versions can be sold for about 30 US dollars. The cost of mass pressing is only one percent.

Excluding channel fees, the net profit of an ordinary DVD can exceed US$10.

With the rise of Netflix, the online on-demand market is expanding rapidly, and is likely to replace DVD as the first offline revenue for a film after its theatrical window.

Davis Studios has an asking price of $1 million for the first year.

This kind of negotiation, if no agreement can be reached in a short period of time, may continue until "John Wick 3" is released from North American theaters.

When Martin and his party returned from vacation in Hawaii, Bruce immediately took people to Paris to meet Olena.

Lily and Elizabeth were not idle either. Through the publicity and public relations team of Davis Studio, they launched an operation to discredit Martin.

A lot of black material about Martin has appeared on the Internet and in the entertainment media.

“Hollywood’s number one playboy—Martin Davis!”

The article describes in detail Martin's emotional experience when he came to Hollywood, each of his girlfriends starting from Eliza Cuthbert, and during the relationship with each of his girlfriends, he often had sex with other beautiful actresses outside, etc.

There are others, such as residents of the North Side of Sunset Boulevard accusing Martin of disturbing the community. Warren Beatty and Annette Bening angrily accused Martin, Leonardo and Nicholson of throwing fireworks into their home. A young boss revealed that Martin had an affair before he became famous and so on.

For Martin today, these are almost zero harm, but they can break the Internet filter and let people all over the world know that he is not a god, but just a person with various emotions and desires, and has done a lot of bad things.

Before the god-making movement created God, God was automatically destroyed.

Still, fans are rooting for Martin.

"I envy Martin's life."

"A member of Hollywood's famous trio of assholes, who are also undoubtedly assholes."

"I think Martin is a lovable bastard."

"Yeah, he's a cute bastard!"

The Coca-Cola Cult is a pan-faith organization without any restrictions. Although the church members like and worship Martin, they will not regard him as the pope of the Vatican.

Malibu Mountain, inside a luxury villa.

Kevin Tsujihara put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at Jon Berg who was sitting on the sofa, and said, "Your god-making campaign has failed. The other party has a very keen sense of smell."

Jon Berg held his cell phone and kept scrolling on Twitter, and also saw the hot news that was being forwarded a lot on the Internet.

Among them were some tweets that exposed Martin’s scandal.

As a practitioner in the media industry, Jon Berg only made a little distinction and determined that these were deliberately released.

He frowned and asked, "Isn't the news leaked?"

"It's impossible." Kevin Tsujihara said: "Only five people, including you and me, know about this god-making plan, and the media we contacted don't know what's going on. The box office of "John Wick 3" has been soaring. Martin -Davis’s momentum was huge, and those media editors thought it was driven by Disney or Davis Studio.”

Jon Berg said: "To lift a person up high, to the point of being a god, and then to break the filter and let him fall from the highest point... I didn't expect that he would go bankrupt so soon."

Kevin Tsujihara analyzed: "It should not be that the plan was leaked, but that Martin Davis was aware of the risks of such publicity in the media."

Jon Berg had a headache: "Does this bastard have delusions of persecution?"

"Let's stop this plan." Kevin Tsujihara shook his head: "Originally, we thought about pushing Martin's reputation to the top before the release of "Joker", and then letting him fall to the bottom after "Joker" has made enough profits. , Now that he has exploded this on his own, there is no point in pushing it forward.”

Jon Berg asked: "Can't we get him through the 'Joker' project?"

Kevin Tsujihara was helpless: "Don't forget, I have strong competitors on the board of directors and Time Warner. If someone gets caught with business problems, it will be very troublesome. The authorization for "Joker" has already been given to Nolan and Martin , the distribution is handled by Warner Pictures, and now the person in charge of Warner Pictures is Daniel, who is not on the same line as us.”

Hearing these words, Jon Berg hated Martin even more. He was originally the president of Warner Pictures. If Martin hadn't committed fraud, would he have been reduced to the point where he couldn't survive in Hollywood?
He sighed: "Warner Pictures is about to become an independent company from Warner Brothers. Can't you win Daniel?"

"It's not possible at this stage. The current board of directors of the parent company does not trust me enough." Kevin Tsujihara said thoughtfully: "Now the eyes of the entire Warner Bros. and Time Warner are focused on the Justice League movie universe. As long as this series is like Revenge If I succeed like that, I can use my results to ask for more power and regain control of Warner Pictures."

Jon Berg understands the importance of the Justice League series. Once it achieves great critical and commercial success, its profitability will far exceed that of ordinary movies because the surrounding profits will be wider.

Kevin Tsujihara added: "Martin has tricked us. Then we can use Warner Pictures to trick Martin."

Jon Berg thought of his tragic experience and said: "If there is any use for me, just ask."

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Warner Bros. Studios, the studio behind Interstellar.

Martin, Nolan, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain were dressed in formal attire and stood in front of a black curtain, allowing photographers from Time to take pictures.

This sci-fi blockbuster will be released in mid-July. The three major producers, DreamWorks, Paramount and Warner Bros., have invested heavily in publicity and promotion, with television and online advertisements almost bombarding the film, and endless promotional gimmicks such as "Poetry of Space and Time and the Universe".

As for the actual filming behind-the-scenes, they are an essential part of the promotion and marketing of every Nolan film.

Planting hundreds of hectares of corn and using his daughter's name as the film's code name are all Nolan's usual marketing tactics.

Warner Bros. contacted Time magazine and prepared to put Martin, Nolan and other four creative staff on the cover of Time magazine in July.

The photographer kept pressing the shutter button, and then politely asked Nolan and Martin to change their positions slightly, from both sides to the middle, and continue taking pictures.

After the photo shoot, there was a short interview.

Martin, Nolan, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain sat in front of the spotlight, started the business mutual bragging mode, and appropriately revealed some "secrets" about the crew and so on.

For stars and directors, these are all basic skills in publicity, not to mention that the crew has prepared the copy in advance.

The group of people were busy until mid-afternoon, and the work didn't end until mid-afternoon.

Martin went to the locker room to change. When he came to the door, Jessica Chastain from the next door came from behind.

"Do you have time in the evening?" Living in Hollywood, the model worker sister has long been used to these things: "Martin, it's been a long time since we spent the night together."

His real girlfriend is currently not in Los Angeles, and Martin will certainly not refuse such an invitation: "You know, I'm in my room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Where can we have dinner together tonight?"

Maybe because her skin is too fair, Jessica Chastain's face always looks red: "Okay, I'll be there before seven o'clock."

She winked at Martin and entered her dressing room. Martin opened the door to change clothes and take off his makeup. As soon as he changed back into his casual clothes, there was a knock on the door.

The bodyguard went over and opened the door. Anne Hathaway, wearing a skirt, stockings and high heels, was standing at the door.

Martin said: "Come in and sit."

Anne entered the room and sat on a chair, with her legs side by side and her hands on her lower abdomen, like a lady.

She glanced at Martin across from her, and the feeling of regret surged into her heart again, making her head feel dizzy.

Seeing that she was acting like a pure lady and not saying anything, Martin took the initiative and asked, "Annie, do you have anything to do with me?"

Anne pursed her mouth into a thin line, showing a charming smile first, and then said: "You have helped me a lot in the past two years, can I treat you to dinner tonight?"

Martin thought of Jessica Chastain just now.

Seeing that he didn't respond immediately, Anne quickly said: "Martin, you must give me a chance to express my gratitude." She clasped her protruding left breast with one hand: "Otherwise, I will always be uneasy."

Martin thought for a while and said directly: "Jesse also asked me to spend the evening together, and I promised her to go to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel."

Anne knew very well that Martin's long-term private room was in this hotel, and she also knew that Jessica Chastain had an affair with Martin.

The purpose of meeting Martin in the evening is self-evident.

Annie asked: "Can I go?" She looked at the wall that separated the dressing room: "Jessie, I'll go find her and tell her, she shouldn't refuse."

Martin looked at the time: "Director Nolan is looking for me. It's almost time. I have to go over now. If you guys have no problem, we will meet at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at seven o'clock in the evening."

"Okay, I'll go find Jesse." Annie got up and went next door.

After Martin took his belongings and left the dressing room, he went to the director's office.

Nolan was waiting for him and said with a smile: "I have some good news for you."

Martin sat on the sofa next to him: "The pre-sale box office is high?" His salary includes a stepped box office share: "I hope the pre-sale box office can reach 5000 million US dollars."

"Currently, there are only 1850 million US dollars in pre-sales." Nolan is very clear about the film's market prospects: "This is an original and hard science fiction film, and it is unlikely to be as big a hit as your "John Wick 3". "

Martin agrees: "It was the final chapter of a trilogy, and the first two films established the audience base."

The market that original movies have to face, especially when they are just launched, is much narrower than that of adaptations and sequels.

Nolan said: "The North American box office of this film will eventually be half of that of John Wick 3."

Martin smiled and said: "I think $3 million is no problem." He turned to ask: "What is the good news you are talking about?"

Nolan simply said: "Spielberg and I invited many directors in the industry, including Ridley Scott, James Cameron, George Lucas, David Fincher, etc. An in-house private preview was held,"

He added: "I was going to invite you originally, but you went to Hawaii at that time. The test screening was okay, and they all spoke highly of the film."

Martin has collaborated with Nolan many times, and this is the first time that he has invited many colleagues to hold an internal preview.

He immediately grasped the key to Nolan's words and asked: "Chris, are you ready to let "Interstellar" compete for Oscars?"

Nolan said: "Yes, I have communicated with the film studio, mainly targeting nominations for three awards, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture."

Martin has already achieved both fame and fortune, and so has Nolan, but compared to Martin, he still lacks one key thing: recognition from heavyweight awards.

Nolan has not won an Oscar, the three major European film awards, or even a British Academy Film Award.

Although the absence of these awards will not affect his status in the world, there is still something missing.

Nolan asked directly: "Do you have any special suggestions for public relations?"

"Not yet." Martin didn't think about this at all and said: "Just normal publicity and public relations. With the reputation you and I have accumulated, it will not be difficult to get nominated."

He told the truth: "Winning a prize may be difficult."

Nolan predicted this and said: "I will get nominated first this time, and I will try my best to win awards for my next film."

Martin had a memory and was not surprised. He just asked: "Do you have a new project?"

Nolan opened his office drawer, took out a thin text, and handed it to Martin: "The script's story outline and setting, these two have just been written."

Martin took it and looked at the cover. There was a place name written on it - Dunkirk!
Nolan said: "This is an ensemble drama, the protagonists are all British, there are no heavy roles."

Martin understood what he meant, briefly read the synopsis of the story, and said: "This is really not suitable for me. You should use British actors instead."

This is a film that broke his filter on Hollywood movies and Nolan movies in his previous life. Needless to say, in other aspects, the beach in Dunkirk is cleaner than a dog licked, which makes people speechless.

For those who didn’t know, they thought the British guy had beaten the German guy and then went home.

The decline of Hollywood movies is not without reason.

Nolan's words continued: "It is too difficult for science fiction films to win Oscars. Films adapted from real events are more suitable for Oscar tastes."

Martin nodded: "Indeed, the Dunkirk evacuation is world-famous, almost as famous as the Normandy landing, and it naturally attracts attention."

Nolan said: "The theme of this film, I plan to focus on humanistic care and civilian rescue, rather than a grand evacuation."

In Martin's impression, this was a great escape after the failure of British appeasement. He didn't know much about other aspects, so he didn't express much opinion.

In contrast, he believed that the key to the European battlefield of World War II lay in Stalingrad and the former Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.

But the right to speak in this world is in the hands of the Western world. In the end, it was the American soldiers who saved everything.

Martin only talked to Nolan about Oscar competition and did not express any opinions on his new project.

The two chatted for more than an hour before Martin left Warner Studios and went to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Things like World War II, East and West, etc. were quickly forgotten by him.

Martin enjoys the present.

(End of this chapter)