American fame and fortune

In the morning, Martin finally crawled out of the entanglement between Jolie and Aniston, picked up his phone and turned it on. A series of text messages were sent, and someone called him continuously.

Fortunately it wasn't Nicholson, otherwise he would have rushed to Sunset Boulevard and set fire to the house where Nicholson stored the fireworks, letting everyone in Los Angeles watch a daytime fireworks show.

Martin went to wash up first, carefully avoiding the things scattered on the floor.

In addition to the clothes of the three people, there are also multiple clown statues of different shapes.

They were all used by Jolie and Aniston from him last night.

When he came out of the bathroom, he picked up his cell phone and called back.

The missed calls were all from his investment manager Flynn. The two made an appointment to meet this morning, and Flynn was ready to rush over.

Martin hung up the phone. Julie and Aniston were already awake. They glanced at each other and turned back. No one wanted to talk to the other.

"You continue to catch up on your beauty sleep." Martin went back to the master bedroom to find formal clothes, and reminded at the same time: "Please tidy up the room when you wake up."

Aniston was dissatisfied: "Are you too mean? You teased us and asked us to tidy up your room?"

"The Lord still has things to do," Martin said.

But Julie stretched out one leg: "Is there anything more important than this?"

"It's a clear day, don't mess with the hair salon. I have business to do." Martin's words were not as strong as usual at this moment. He pointed at the clown statues scattered on the ground and said: "These two bastards can use it as they please."

Before leaving the house, he took out a DV and said, "Remember to take a photo so I can enjoy it later."

Aniston grabbed the pink water bottle on the bedside table and threw it over.

Martin hurried out and only heard a bang from behind the door.

After changing into formal clothes and going downstairs, he waited for a while before a BMW drove into the manor and stopped beside the fountain.

Flynn quickly entered the villa with his briefcase under his arm.

Bruce welcomed the person in.

Flynn greeted Martin and sat on the single sofa on his side: "The last $5 million, after this period of operation, was gradually converted into Apple stocks."

Martin has gained some knowledge in this area recently, and at least has basic discernment skills. After carefully reading the certificate, he said: "I will transfer another 5 million US dollars to buy all Apple stocks as before."

Flynn asked: "Do you want to consider other things? The Apple stock you first bought in 2006 has more than quadrupled in price. In today's environment, Apple..."

Martin thought for a while and said, "Let's buy apples for the time being."

This is what he remembers most clearly.

Martin was not a god. His memory was deep enough only because he had been exposed to it frequently in his previous life. After thinking for a while, he asked, "I remember there is a company called Netflix."

"A company in Silicon Valley," Flynn said.

"Please help me collect relevant information." Martin has watched a lot of Netflix's works, which can be regarded as a guarantee of quality in the early stage. However, as the number of dramas and films produced increases, bad dramas and bad movies will inevitably appear. heap.

Flynn responded immediately: "I'll let someone do it."

The sound of high heels hitting the floor came from the stairs, and Martin and Flynn stopped talking about stock investment.

Jolie and Aniston came downstairs.

Flynn was a little dazed when he saw these two Hollywood A-list actresses. He secretly glanced at Martin with envy.

He is also very knowledgeable, and he can tell at a glance that Julie and Aniston just got out of bed and put on light makeup.

There are rumors in the gossip media that Martin often plays with Jolie and Aniston, but no concrete evidence has been found.

Flynn also grew up watching "Friends" and said that Martin was too happy to be on horseback.

Julie tilted her head and looked at Flynn, seeing that it was an unfamiliar face and said nothing.

Aniston dragged her to the restaurant.

Flynn didn't stay long, said a few more words about Netflix, and quickly left.

The chef specially hired by Martin has already prepared breakfast.

He also went over and had breakfast with her.

Aniston held a knife and fork and looked out the window: "This house gives me a different feeling."

Julie asked, "How long have you lived here?"

Aniston whispered: "Less than a year, and then you..."

At this point, she gripped the knife and fork tightly and stared at Julie's upturned chest, preparing to prick it to see if the gas or blood would come out.

Julie raised the table knife in her hand: "Jane, you seem to have forgotten that I often shoot action movies and have practiced knife throwing."

Martin said: "Okay, stop making trouble, I still remember what I said yesterday."

Aniston was sure that she didn't need to take risks, but could actually benefit, and said: "For the sake of your hundreds of millions, I will help you."

"Yesterday you pushed very hard." Julie's words were strange: "Jen pushed very hard too, and I agreed."

The matter was finalized, Martin said: "You just wait for the news in the media."

Jolie and Aniston left one after another.

Martin went to Warner Studios, came to the "Dark Knight" studio, and met Nolan.

Nolan is now in high spirits and is no longer the same as when he was under great pressure.

Nolan trusted Martin in terms of publicity and hype, and asked: "I have something to ask for your opinion."

Martin nodded: "Just say it."

"As the screening time of The Dark Knight increases and more people watch it, the reputation will inevitably decline." Nolan wants to push the box office even higher: "The Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating has dropped to 93%. I have an idea. Now Many film critics who are qualified to smash votes on Rotten Tomatoes have privately marked the price, should we take action?”

Martin asked: “How much does a positive movie review cost?”

"$50." The number Nolan said was not high.

"Is it so low?" Martin scratched his head: "I thought it was still $100."

Nolan said: "There are so many critics in Los Angeles and New York that we can't even count them. Rotten Tomatoes started spending money to score tickets a few years ago, and now it has formed a certain scale of business. In fact, it is also common on IMDB to pay for ratings. "

Martin thought for a while: "It may be necessary for other films, but I don't think it is necessary for The Dark Knight. The film has already brought a large number of crazy fans. As long as they are properly guided, they will make more noise on the Internet. "

Nolan knew that Martin had a lot of ideas, so he asked, "Have you thought of another way?"

"On IMDB, there is a ranking of the TOP 250 best films. "The Godfather" and "The Dark Knight" are now ranked in the top two, and their positions are often interchanged..." Martin briefly talked about what happened in the past, and said: "Currently IMDB Fans from both sides voted wildly, and there has been a trend of opposition."

Nolan immediately picked up the phone next to him and dialed. After waiting for a few minutes, someone immediately called back.

He said: "You are right, the trend in this regard is very obvious. Fans of both films are on IMDB, crazy about praise and high scores for their own films. The momentum is getting stronger and stronger. Even if we don't participate, there will be a lot of trouble." Big noise.”

Martin said truthfully: "I can't tell whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for the film."

"It will definitely attract more attention, but it will also lose some viewers," Nolan said.

He is one of the true leaders of the Dark Knight, and now he has a huge say. After thinking about it for a moment, he said: "No film, even The Godfather, Star Wars and Titanic, can please all audiences. What you get must be appreciated." lose."

Martin didn't interrupt.

Nolan continued: "The North American box office trend is solid and will definitely exceed 550 million US dollars. The overseas response is slightly worse. If we make more noise here, it can also attract overseas attention. Can the global box office of the film exceed 1 billion US dollars? , overseas markets are very important.”

Compared to Spider-Man 3, The Dark Knight's overseas box office share is smaller.

The former numbered 336 million in North America and 558 million overseas.

Martin asked: "I heard that the crew is going overseas to launch a publicity campaign?"

Nolan nodded: "Mainly Europe and Latin America. This is also the overseas market with the greatest potential for The Dark Knight. Over in Europe, Emma will take Bell, Michael Caine and others there, and the two of us will go to Latin America together."

This is a job stipulated in the contract, and Martin did not refuse at all: "There is no problem on my side."

On the afternoon of the meeting between Martin and Nolan, many enthusiastic Dark Knight "fans" posted on many movie websites, including IMDB, proposing to go to IMDB to give high scores to their favorite Dark Knight, so that the Dark Knight can Squeezing out the Godfather and occupying the top spot in the TOP250.

Once people like something to a certain extent, they tend to be very impulsive and emotional.

A large number of movie fans flocked to IMDB and madly set high scores for The Dark Knight, allowing The Dark Knight to once again surpass The Godfather and reach the top of the TOP250.

Fans of The Godfather followed suit and were not far behind. They also issued similar initiatives and prepared to regain the number one position.

Public opinion on the Internet has too many participants and can easily get out of control.

Inevitably, the newly formed Dark Knight fan group and the Godfather fan group started to quarrel. Both sides not only gave high scores to the films they supported, but also gave low scores and negative reviews to the other side.

The trend quickly spread from IMDB to other websites and even attracted the attention of traditional media.

The Dark Knight is once again at the forefront.

By the time Martin was about to leave Los Angeles and embark on an overseas promotional tour, the two parties were attacking each other and dragging the third-ranked "Shawshank Redemption" into the battlefield.

Before leaving, Martin found Nicholson again.

"Jennifer has been staying at Franco's acting school and can keep abreast of the specific progress." Nicholson had a lot of fun recently: "After Ben talked with James Franco that night, there was an accident of initial cooperation. Regarding the situation on Cassie’s side, speed up cooperation.”

He roughly said: "Cassie's lawyer had the first formal meeting with the victim's lawyer. All the evidence was extremely unfavorable to Cassie. If he could not reach a settlement, he would most likely go to jail for it, but Cassie was like As you said, there’s no money.”

Martin nodded: "So, Ben Affleck is going to cooperate with James Franco?"

Nicholson smiled, just like The Shining back then: "It's useless for you to stay in Los Angeles. Go to Latin America safely. I've got the whole situation under control!"