America achieves both fame and fortune

Chapter 610 The Test for Joining the Girlfriends Group

The person in the bedroom was still fast asleep, but Martin had already left, preparing to head to the Brooklyn Studios.

When I went downstairs, Bruce was already waiting at the door in his car.

Martin got into the car and said, "Let's go."

As Bruce started the car, he said, "Chad asked me to inform you that the filming schedule for today has been temporarily adjusted. The action scenes will be filmed on Wednesday, and we'll film the dialogue scenes between you and Menez first."

Martin instantly understood: "This guy clearly doesn't have confidence in me."

Bruce glanced at Martin and said deliberately, "Your face is practically screaming 'excessive indulgence'."

Martin pulled down the sun visor, looked in his glasses, and gave Old Brooks the middle finger.

Bruce laughed out loud.

With the traffic increasing and the road becoming congested, Martin turned down the air conditioning, adjusted to a more comfortable position, and said, "I'm going to take a nap."

Bruce said, "I'll call you when we get there."

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Sunlight streamed through the curtains, waking Taylor from her deep sleep. She moved Selena, who was clinging to her leg, and sat up to stretch.

Looking around, Taylor realized Martin wasn't in the room. Then he remembered that Martin had said he would go to the film set early this morning to continue his work.

"This guy, is working more interesting than being with us?" Karlie Kloss, who had just woken up, crawled over.

She was tall and big, and took up a lot of space. Her movement woke up Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne.

The former's first reaction was: "Taylor, let me see the song you wrote last night, let's sing it together, my throat feels really good."

Taylor pushed her away with disgust: "Your breath smells like seafood, go brush your teeth first."

The group went into the restroom together. After washing up, Taylor found the newly written song and handed it to Selena.

Selena looked at the musical notes and hummed a tune: "Shall we try it together?"

"There are no instruments here, so sing a cappella," Taylor said.

The two hummed a verse that Taylor had written the night before.

"We couldn't wait to snatch your passport, drag you away to a deserted island, and thought we could turn you from a scoundrel into a good boy in just a week. So it's either forever or a fiery disaster, and you're into this game too. We're young and reckless, unaware of the consequences, and we're going further and further down this path..."

Taylor didn't finish writing this song; the lyrics ended when the two sang it.

Carly clapped enthusiastically: "That was fantastic! Your voices are even more beautiful than before!"

She laughed frivolously, "It even smells like seafood, Martin's signature seafood smell!"

Kara winked and said in a playful tone, "This song doesn't have a name yet, right? How about 'To Martin'?"

Selena exclaimed, "Great name!"

Taylor, however, had a different idea: "How about calling it 'A Gift for You,' without mentioning the name?"

Carly asked curiously, "Why?"

Rather than hype and self-promotion, with only younger women in the audience, Taylor asked, "Have you seen Inception?"

"I saw it," Cara Delevingne said.

Taylor asked, "Did the ending pique your curiosity?"

Carly continued, "I bought tickets three times in order to find evidence that Martin had returned to reality."

"Suspense breeds speculation, speculation sparks curiosity, and curiosity drives consumption." Taylor analyzed for them: "This ending was an extremely successful marketing campaign."

She cautioned, "Director Nolan said that this ending was Martin's idea, and I got more than just inspiration from him; I also got a lot of publicity from him."

Carly understood: "After the song is released, the lyrics will definitely spark speculation: who are you referring to, who are we, what happened between us, how we were trained, etc. All of these will become news points that the media and fans will pay attention to."

Taylor wrapped his arms around her neck and clung to her: "You're such a clever little thing."

Selena picked up the lyrics again and hummed them once more.

"Wow, your voice is louder than before." Carly shoved Taylor aside, grabbed Selena's face, and forced her mouth open wide. "Let me see, is physical throat-opening combined with high-protein moisturizing really that effective?"

Selena rolled her eyes: "You've tried it before."

Cara Delevingne jumped up: "Ladies, cheer for me! I've achieved a record for the most fans!"

Taylor offered a terrible suggestion: "You should run up to Blake Lively and declare that I've achieved what you've done too."

Kara nodded: "Great idea, I'll go show off to her later."

"Sisters, sisters!"

Taylor stood up, walked to the three of them, clapped her hands, and said, "Our relationship is now extraordinary; from now on, we'll be best friends."

Carly shouted, "Taylor's Girlfriends!"

The other two chimed in: "Taylor's girl group!"

Taylor said with a smile, "As best friends, we help each other and often appear together, which creates a synergistic effect and attracts more attention."

The other three can understand this.

Taylor added, "We'll definitely make new friends in the future, so what if they want to join our group of girlfriends?"

Selena came up with an idea: "Let's beat up Justin Bieber!"

"We're ladies, ladies!" Carly protested, "How can we get handsy with men?"

Taylor clapped her hands again and said, "I have an idea and I'd like to ask for your opinions. I don't know if you've heard of it, but there's a supermodel group in the fashion industry, and the only test for joining is Martin. Should our group of girlfriends also set up a test for joining?"

Karlie Kloss chimed in, "Is Martin the only condition?"

Selena said, "I think so!"

Cara Delevingne shouted, "Agreed!"

"Okay, it's a unanimous vote now." Taylor made the final decision: "Only when the members of a group of best friends have used something special together can they build the most basic trust."

Karlie Kloss said, "Yes, if she can't even do this, she doesn't deserve to be our best friend!"

Taylor walked out of the room and said, "Ladies, get your makeup and clothes done. We should go shopping. My agent has already contacted the street photographers."

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Brooklyn Studios, in a soundstage set up like the Continental Hotel.

Martin changed into a black suit and went onto the set.

Menez came from the other side, dressed in the same suit and tie.

Director Chad approached the two and said, "Keep the dialogue scenes in the style of the last film." He then turned to Menez and instructed, "You need to be profound enough."

Menez nodded and said, "I understand."

Chad turned to look at Martin and said, "More wounds and bloodstains."

The makeup artist rushed in.

Martin sat still and let the makeup artist apply makeup to his face.

Chad also instructed, "The wounds should be concentrated on the forehead and near the ear, so as not to affect the close-up effect of Martin's face."

Not long after, filming officially began.

Martin walked in from outside and headed toward the bar where Menez was.

Menez turned to look at Martin and said, "Jonathan..."

Martin said, "He burned down my house."

Menezes said sternly, "Because you rejected his insignia!"

Behind the director's monitor, Chad watched the two actors' performance intently.

Martin still handles the role with ease, and Menez's acting has also improved, especially his deep voice, which is very intimidating when he speaks.

After filming wrapped, Chad called "cut" and announced that the take was complete.

During breaks in filming, Martin took out the script and familiarized himself with the lines.

Menez had already picked up the script and started memorizing it.

The two then have a long dialogue.

After a morning of filming dialogue scenes, Martin's head was full of cool-looking lines.

Menne's way of speaking has even become like Winston's.

During lunch, Bruce said to Menez, "Buddy, are you having too much fun as a hotel owner? Don't you want to come out anymore?"

Menez's face was somber, and his tone was deep: "Bruce, you can register at the Continental Hotel and become an assassin."

Martin said, "All the big-butt female assassins are going to be in trouble."

Bruce chimed in automatically: "It's not just a big ass."

Martin asked curiously, "Did Jody pique your interest in another area?"

Bruce didn't want to say anything more and lowered his head to eat.

Martin knew that after Bruce and Jody had their first time together, it happened countless times afterward.

Chad brought over a tray, sat down next to Menez, and said, "You've improved significantly since the last one. It seems filming European scenes has really honed your acting skills."

Mennet said, "Huppert often plays role-playing games with me, letting me play different roles such as son, brother, tycoon, beggar and policeman. The more I play, the better I get."

Martin exclaimed, "The French are truly remarkable."

"Oh, by the way, there's something we should discuss beforehand," Chad steered the conversation back to the main topic. "Yesterday, someone suggested that since Winston was second only to Jonathan in popularity in the first film, could we create a Winston solo film or TV series based on the John Wick franchise?"

Martin first affirmed, "Your idea is good; it can maximize the commercial value of this series."

Chad smiled and said, "I was inspired by someone else."

Martin then added, "We'll complete the trilogy first, solidify the foundation of this series, and then build upon that foundation for further development."

Menez also said, "I want to be Morgan Freeman, but I don't have the ability to be Denzel Washington."

The trilogy has only reached its second installment, and Chad himself doesn't have the energy to develop spin-offs, but with each additional film in the series, he, as the planner and director, can earn more.

He wasn't in a hurry, saying, "Let's finish the excellent trilogy first."

Martin specifically said, "Have you noticed? Online video websites are expanding now. From Hulu to Netflix, they are all trying to attract online users. To get users to pay, they need to have excellent content. They don't have their own foundation, so they can only pay a lot of money to buy it."

Chad knew a little about it: "I've heard rumors that Netflix wants to get into the production industry and they're lobbying David Fincher."

Martin smiled and said, "I've also been talked about by Netflix."

(End of this chapter)