American fame and fortune

El Capitan Theater, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

On the poster that occupies the entire wall of the theater, Martin holds a gun with one hand and stares coldly at the world.

Under the poster, it has become a sea of ​​black and red.

The black ones are fans of the "John Wick" series. Nowadays, the concept of suit thugs is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. These people came to the premiere and all wore black suits and white shirts.

The red ones are members of the Coca-Cola Cult, a pan-faith organization with tens of millions of members across the United States. Whenever a new movie by Coca-Cola Cult leader Martin is released, they are the largest support group.

Even if only one-fifth of the people watch the movie, it can bring in nearly 100 million US dollars in North American box office.

Martin's success, like winning major Oscar awards, is not just a success in movies.

All the male members of the cast who walked on the red carpet wore black dresses.

Martin stepped onto the red carpet coolly in Jonathan's style.

"Eternal Coke God Cult, Eternal Coke God of War!"

After drinking the Coke, he came to the entrance of the theater. Martin joined Mene and waited for a while. Director Chad came from behind and the three of them entered the media area together.

Earlier, Blake Lively was being interviewed. In addition to talking about the movie "John Wick 3", he also talked about the new movie with Martin, praising that the new movie will be a thriller that will scare everyone.

Martin, Mene and Chad came over, and the host immediately switched to this side.

"After hearing about this movie, are you planning to expand the universe of "John Wick"?" The questions asked by the host were all discussed before: "When did these ideas first appear?"

Martin pushed Chad forward: "Our director has had relevant plans for a long time."

Chad smiled and said, "The first one was a huge success, which gave us a great surprise."

His words were also prepared in advance. The success of "John Wick 3" is inevitable. The most important task now is to increase the attention of the follow-up "New York Continental Hotel": "After the filming of the first part, Martin and I , Mene, Marcus and Chen Hu got together to discuss, to what extent can the world view of the film be expanded? Can we explore other character stories besides the male protagonist Jonathan? "

The host asked: "You decided at that time to make a film with Winston as the protagonist?"

"It wasn't there yet." Chad pulled Mene over again: "At that time, we didn't really realize that the biggest driving force came from the audience. Winston, played by Mene, was very popular, and the audience's love for this series of films , our love for the character of Winston made it possible for us to continue filming.”

The host asked Mene again: "I understand that you are Martin's most loyal fan?"

"Yes, Martin and I have known each other for ten years. We were friends ten years ago. In addition, I am also Martin's first fan." Mene's words made people feel sincere: "Because of Martin, I joined this series. I dream of being able to challenge my physical limits in a new way like Martin did, and I want to recreate what Martin did.”

His words are full of Martin: "I have cooperated with Martin for so many years. In every action film, more than 95% of the actions are done by Martin himself. Today, when computer CG technology is ubiquitous, actors only need to do It seems that the computer can do everything for him, but Martin still insists on doing those actions himself. Martin allows people to look at action movies in a whole new way.”

The host continued to ask: "Are you ready for the new film?"

"Yes, I have been doing various preparations over the years." Mene said it all truthfully: "It is a huge challenge to play this role well. Not only do I have to do a lot of action training, but I also cannot transform the drama from The separation during the action is also the most difficult and rigorous preparation for all my roles. I hope I can reach half the level of Martin."

The three people were interviewed, came to the sponsor's background board, and took photos with other creative members of the crew.

Clara walked over automatically and took Martin's left arm.

Blake Lively cursed Bichi secretly and stayed close to Martin's right side.

No one is surprised or even surprised. The crew, creators and media reporters present are all very aware of the ecological environment of Hollywood.

After taking a group photo, everyone entered the theater together.

Clara stayed with Martin all the time, and asked as he walked: "Will you come to my house tonight?"

Martin thought for a while: "When you get to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, you still have the same room as last time."

Seeing Clara nodding, he asked again: "Has the filming of "Avengers 2" been completed?"

"The filming is over." Clara said simply: "Dr. Zhao's role is not that many, but he will be an important role in the new season of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and both Marvel Studios and Disney let me continue. Play this role."

Martin said: "I've said hello to Disney Pictures. You should work hard and don't get involved in the messy things on the crew."

Marvel and Disney are now having a series of conflicts with Joss Whedon, the director of the Avengers series. The two sides are involved in huge interest disputes, and the conflicts may intensify at any time.

Clara’s manager is Natasha, and she also heard Natasha’s advice and quickly responded: “I understand.”

Blake Lively, who was originally talking to his agent at the back, quickly caught up with him, took Martin's arm and said, "Let's have a few words alone."

Clara was very clear about her own position, and tried not to cause trouble to Martin, so she took the initiative to let go of his hand: "I'll ask the director if there will be any part for me in the next movie."

After all, Blake had been in a normal relationship with Martin for a while, and asked: "Honey, can my role be independent?"

In this movie, she plays a female killer with extremely strong combat power, and is also the person in charge of the Casablanca Continental Hotel. She will fight side by side with Martin in the film.

Martin considered Blake's role. Blake is different from Halle Berry in her previous life. Although the latter is an Oscar-winning actress, at this time, except for Storm Girl, there is no other role that can be shown off. Her actual status in the industry can barely be considered second-rate.

Her own appeal is average, and several precedents have proved that she can't support a movie.

If the hunting universe wants to expand, it will naturally not consider Halle Berry's role.

But Blake's situation is different. She is now 27 years old, at the golden age of Hollywood actresses, and she also has the largest number of online fans among Hollywood actresses.

Her movie has a certain audience base. If it is well managed, it is not impossible to make a profit.

Blake's biggest problem is that his acting skills are quite average, but action movies don't require good acting skills, but rather Blake's good figure.

The young Scarlett Johansson's added value to Black Widow is obvious to all.

Martin thought for a moment and said directly: "As long as your role in "John Wick 3" is well received, I will consider taking her out to shoot a new movie separately." Blake said: "I know that you are the best for me." Martin walked and thought, and then said: "In fact, there are more and more Hollywood movies with women as the absolute protagonists, including action movies. Honey, you have mediocre acting talent, and it is difficult to make achievements in the literary and artistic route. Perhaps the positioning of an action actress is more suitable for you." Blake did not hide anything in front of Martin: "Awards are not important. I just want to be a star, I just want to shine, I just want to make a lot of money and enjoy the best life." This side is very real. Martin said: "You will be more famous in the future." Blake smiled happily and said: "If you break up with Elizabeth one day, can you choose me as your official girlfriend again? Don't worry, I don't care how many women you have outside. Even if you want to bring them to play with me, I can do it." Martin just replied: "It's good now." Blake couldn't help but sigh. He was also one of the witnesses of the Burbank Middle School incident. Why did he give up in a daze? It's true that when I was young, I didn't know the importance of money and fame. I just wanted to pursue fresh and exciting love. When I woke up, the best one had been snatched away by others.

The audience of the premiere entered one after another. The guests and media reporters sat in the front row, and the main creative staff of the crew entered the screening hall at the end.

Amid warm applause, Martin and his team came to the first row.

At today's premiere, several heavyweights came to Disney.

Not only did Alan Horn, co-chairman of Disney Pictures, walk the red carpet, but even Robert Iger, CEO of Walt Disney, was present in person.

The latter shook hands with Martin tightly and said, "I read Alan's report on the cooperation with "Beauty and the Beast". Many of your suggestions are very good."

Martin smiled and said, "In fact, we can cooperate on more Disney fairy tale live-action movies."

Perhaps because of him, Alan Horn was greatly affected. After the failure of the live-action fairy tale movie "Into the Woods", Disney Pictures never touched this type again until "Beauty and the Beast".

"Into the Woods" invested hundreds of millions of dollars and brought together many big-name stars in a live-action fairy tale movie, which lost miserably in business.

Robert Iger nodded slightly, but did not respond. Instead, his eyes turned to Alan Horn.

Alan Horn continued, "Beauty and the Beast will have an important crew meeting in a few days. Martin, the producer and the second largest investor, will also attend. We will talk in detail then."

Martin said, "Okay."

Disney's large investment projects will also raise funds from outside. Compared with ordinary investors, Davis Studio is more popular with Disney.

Robert Iger's biggest advantage is that he lets professionals do professional things and will not interfere casually.

Whether it is Disney Pictures or Marvel Pictures, as long as they do not touch Walt Disney's warning line, the head office will not interfere with normal operations.

The movie screening is about to start and everyone sits down.

Blake came to Martin again and whispered about his cooperation with Disney Pictures.

Martin responded with a few words and reminded, "Watch the movie carefully."

As the lights on the ceiling went out, "John Wick 3" began its premiere.

This is a top-notch action visual feast.

Martin's outstanding skills ensure that the film is realistic and cool enough from fighting to gunfights to horse battles.

Compared with other action movies that like to use dazzling fast editing, the "John Wick" series prefers to use stable long-range shots to give the audience a comfortable and smooth viewing experience.

Long-range shots not only reflect the director's choreography skills, but also have higher requirements for actors in fighting.

In the past, Hollywood action movies were very fond of using hand-held photography and ultra-short shots and quick editing to create a pseudo-presence. This shooting technique is not bad, but it is a measure forced to cover up the actor's action skills. .

In Martin, this situation does not exist, so the "John Wick" series frequently uses long lenses.

In the third film, there was even a nine-minute one-shot action shot.

The effect far exceeds those seemingly sharp short shots and quick cuts, making the audience hooked.

Of course, these are not the first in Hollywood. Strictly speaking, Chad studied Hong Kong action movies.

Among Hong Kong action movie actors in the 1980s and 1990s, there were a large number of people with martial arts or juggling skills, unlike Hollywood, which relies heavily on editing.

The quality of the actors themselves determines the shooting mode of action scenes.

In addition to close combat, the gunfight scenes in the "John Wick" series are also very particular, which also relies on Martin's own marksmanship.

Therefore, in the film, Martin kills God when God blocks God, and kills Buddha when Buddha blocks Buddha.

Three steps to kill, ten steps to lie down, punches to the flesh, guns and spears to draw blood.

As long as the basic logic of the plot makes sense, as long as the fights get better and better, the audience will like it.

Fans who chose this film did not expect to see high-level things such as the meaning of life or philosophical speculation in this kind of film.

In fact, once these are added to the film, the reputation may collapse.

There is only one word for the feeling that "John Wick 3" brings to the audience - cool!

To deal with the enemy, you must kill them in one go!

Throw the flying knives with both hands and turn the killers into hedgehogs!

The sight of a dagger piercing the eye sends chills down the spine.

Reproduce the pencil killing stunt and kill three people in a row with a pencil.

Horseshoe killing is not only efficient, but also cool enough to have no friends.

For American and American audiences, such a refreshing film is like taking drugs and being transported to the paradise world.

When the film ended and the subtitles flashed on the screen, the audience was so excited that they could not contain themselves. The applause was like waves under a super hurricane, both violent and lasting!

This film may not be too memorable, but the process of watching it and the period just after watching it will make people excited.

The crew and crew stood up amidst wild applause. Martin hugged Chad first and said, "Did you see that? They love your movie!"

Chad was very happy and excited, but without losing his mind, he said, "No, they love you!"

As the crew director and producer, after letting go of Martin, he hugged the other creative staff one by one and thanked everyone loudly.

Martin greeted everyone on stage for the curtain call.

The cast and crew took three curtain calls in a row, and the applause finally subsided.

The North American screening tour of "John Wick 3" has just begun.