American fame and fortune

Gillian Flynn came over just in time, and Martin had just finished eating.

He put down his knife and fork, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, saying, "Is there a new work so soon?"

After completing the script for "Gone Girl", Gillian Flynn has been busy. Although she followed the crew to Cape Girardeau for filming, she rarely showed up on the set.

"I'm used to being busy and can't sit still." She smiled and said the truth: "I'll take advantage of the popularity of Gone Girl and release a new work as soon as possible. I'm still a poor writer now."

The sparse cafeteria was relatively messy, and the people around him may have heard Gillian Flynn's words and cast their eyes with concern.

Martin invited: "Shall we talk somewhere else?"

Jillian nodded: "Okay."

The two of them left the restaurant and went to the coffee shop on the same floor, where they found a quiet booth.

Gillian took out the printed manuscript and handed it to Martin: "The new work is called "Dark Place", and the overall style is similar to the previous one."

"You can tell it from the title of the book." Martin took it, opened it and started reading.

This is a female protagonist novel.

When the heroine was a child, her mother and sister were brutally murdered by a perverted murderer, and she identified her brother as the murderer. However, as an adult, she discovered that there was something fishy about it.

Because of "Gone Girl", Martin watched it very carefully, searching his memory while watching it, but he had no impression at all.

Later, he simply stopped remembering and concentrated on the novel.

Martin looked at the back and asked: "Are you trying to touch on the guiding questions that society has reflected on in recent years when questioning young children about evidence?"

Gillian responded: "Yes, there are elements of that."

Martin nodded slightly and continued to read, finishing the not thick manuscript quickly.

Maybe it's because "Gone Girl" is too stunning, or maybe it's because the novel has not yet been completed, but Martin doesn't feel that this "Dark Place" is particularly outstanding.

Gillian saw Martin closing the manuscript and couldn't wait to ask: "How was it?"

Martin did not want to mislead people and said: "Personally, I prefer "Gone Girl" more."

"When I was writing, I didn't have the same smooth feeling as the previous one." Gillian had a general understanding of her strengths and weaknesses: "The previous one had real-life classic cases to draw from, such as Agatha Christie's response to her cheating husband. The experience gave me enough inspiration.”

Martin returned the manuscript to Gillian: "You finish it first."

Jillian smiled: "Okay."

Martin left the coffee shop first and went upstairs to his room. Just as he was about to take a shower, someone knocked on the door from outside.

He looked through the peephole and opened the door.

Léa Seydoux didn't wait for Martin to step aside, and she and Martin squeezed into the room together.

In order to play the role of Margot, her long hair was cut into a medium-short haircut. Except for the different hair color, she looked quite similar to Martin's memory of her appearance in "Adele's Life".

Of course, the kind of romance and style that is exclusive to French women is even worse, like a blazing flame.

For Martin, it's a completely different feeling than when he was with Charlize.

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In the coffee shop downstairs, Jillian put away the manuscript and waited for a while.

The agent came in from outside, sat across from her, and asked, "How was the chat? What did Martin say?"

Gillian told the truth: "Martin wants to wait until the novel is completed."

The agent frowned slightly and asked, "What about when you were talking about "Gone Girl"?"

"Martin only read the beginning and showed great interest." Gillian recalled the first time she chatted with Martin about the previous book: "He was interested in Agatha Christie's special experience. I understood, so Amy used similar tactics to retaliate against Nick, and he became interested as soon as he heard about it.”

She thought for a while and then said: "I remember very clearly that Martin only read the first half of the novel and decided to buy the film and television adaptation rights and asked someone to come over to discuss cooperation."

The agent said: "You finish the novel first, and leave the publishing and adaptation rights to me."

He specially encouraged Gillian: ""Gone Girl" has entered the top three of the New York Times bestseller list. Your next book is very valued by the publisher, adapted by Martin and David Fincher. The film of the same name has a very high chance of success, so there is no need to worry about the adaptation rights."

Gillian thinks the same way: "I will try to complete the novel before the movie is released and publish it when the movie is released. If it can be on the bestseller list again, the copyright can be sold at a good price."

"Gone Girl" is a new work by a newcomer. Although Gillian has signed a compensation agreement with Davis Studio and a share of the adaptation copyright from the Writers Guild, it will not be able to get as much as after becoming famous.

The agent persuaded: "It is true that Martin helped you a lot in your success, but business matters belong to business, and we don't have to work with Martin alone. There are many Hollywood production companies, and many of them I called and wanted to explore opportunities to cooperate with you.”

Jillian thought for a moment and said: "You keep in touch with them, we will wait patiently for "Gone Girl" to be released."

The agent agreed: "As long as Martin can drive the film to commercial success, the value of you and the next book will easily rise."

"However, if Martin's bid is suitable, we will give priority to cooperation with Martin." Gillian used to work as an entertainment reporter and knows that Hollywood is full of pitfalls, and Martin is relatively reliable.

She said: "Martin used to live across from my house in the Coty community. I watched with my own eyes how he succeeded step by step, from a third-rate star to the first-tier superstar he is today."

This seemingly quiet weekend was anything but peaceful for the crew.

Gillian Flynn came to Martin to talk about her work, and fell into the ears of someone who was interested.

Just like breaking news, a lot of Hollywood news can be exchanged for money.

In the cafeteria, regardless of enjoying the free food, the production assistant Foster hurried out, found a quiet place, took out his mobile phone and dialed a number in Los Angeles.

When the call was connected, he said, "Mills, it's me. There's something you need to do immediately."

Mills on the other side said lazily: "I'm enjoying the wine and the beautiful women. It's not important. Let's wait until tomorrow."

Foster looked around to make sure there was no one, then raised his voice and said: "Big news about making money, if we do it, each of us can get tens of thousands of dollars!"

"Wait a minute." After a while, all the messy voices disappeared, leaving only Mills's voice: "What big money-making news?"

Foster did not say it directly, but reminded: "Before I came to Missouri, didn't you tell me that someone should pay attention to Martin Davis, especially the new movie project."

"Yes, that's it!" Mills emphasized: "As long as your information is confirmed, I can sell it at a high price!"

He knows how to impress people: "Old man, no matter how much it sells for, each of us will get half of it!"

Foster stopped talking nonsense: "Tonight, Martin Davis is talking to people about a new film project. Gillian Flynn, the author of "Gone Girl" has written a new work, and Martin is talking to her about the adaptation. thing."

Mills was overjoyed and asked one more question: "Are you sure?"

"I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, and there's no mistaking it," Foster said.

Here Mills hung up the phone and immediately contacted a person named Macdonald, who was a member of the assistant team of Jon Berg, the new president of Warner Pictures.

The two soon met at a Starbucks in Burbank.

Macdonald was wearing a formal suit and couldn't suppress the pride on his face. He had followed the right boss and his status within Warner Pictures had risen.

When he saw Mills, he said directly: "Is there any news about what you were arranged to do?"

This doesn't sound right to my ears. It's obviously a transaction where you pay me to do things, so why does it become an arrangement between superiors and subordinates? Mills was slightly dissatisfied and reminded: "I have achieved results here, but where is the reward you promised?"

McDonald frowned: "Let's talk about the results first."

Mills revealed a little more: "I have received definite information that Martin Davis has not been idle during filming and is still looking for and planning new projects."

McDonald asked directly: "Original or adapted?"

Mills said nothing, just looked at him and smiled.

McDonald was able to apply for an activity fund, so he immediately took out his personal checkbook, signed two checks in a row, and pushed them over.

Mills glanced at it and said, "This news is worth half a million dollars! Since we are friends, you have to give me at least one hundred thousand dollars!"

"Are you kidding?" McDonald was so angry that he almost had a fit: "It's just a piece of news!"

Mills said: "This is indeed just a piece of news, but it is related to the project that Martin Davis is planning!" He curled his fingers and tapped the table repeatedly, emphasizing: "The person who is interested in that project is Martin Davis. Weiss!"

McDonald picked up the coffee and took a sip.

Mills added: "You work at Warner and know more about Martin Davis than I do. He has been cooperating with Warner over the years. Has any movie failed at the box office? Which one does not involve the producers and distributors? How can I make more than ten million dollars in profit?"

He sneered: "Compared with the possible income of tens of millions of dollars, such crucial news is not worth even one hundred thousand dollars?"

McDonald put down his coffee cup: "I can only give you $10,000!"

Mills shook his head: "You are insulting the name Martin Davis and the legendary success he represents!"

"Wait for me for a while." McDonald stood up and left the cafe, looking for a place to make a phone call.

Mills waited patiently, and if MacDonald refused to pay, he could find other companies.

There is definitely news that there are companies in Hollywood willing to pay for the projects that Martin Davis is optimistic about!

Not long after waiting, McDonald came in from the outside and asked: "Are you sure Martin Davis hasn't bought the project he's optimistic about yet?"

"He's not that quick yet, but if you guys are hesitant, it's hard to tell," Mills said.

McDonald nodded: "One hundred thousand dollars is too much, I can only give you fifty thousand dollars."

Mills stood up and high-fived him: "Deal!"

Soon someone came to pay, and McDonald also got the key information and reported it to Jon Berg immediately, who asked him to take a red-eye flight to Missouri tonight.