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Chapter 888 The Ultimate Goal of Fans Chasing Stars

"Martin is a meticulous director who has high standards for himself and his crew."

In an interview with reporters, Robert De Niro was lavish in his praise: "Joker is the best film I've worked on in the last five years. Its artistry, realism, and brilliance are beyond question. You might think I'm exaggerating, but I'm telling you, just wait and see, when this movie is released, everyone will be amazed!"

Saoirse Ronan, on the other hand, was also being interviewed: "Martin is my mentor, my best friend. I'm so excited to be working with Martin again that I can't sleep at night. As for the rumors? I've seen them too. Why doesn't that expert from DC explain why these things are happening? Filming has already started, and he actually demanded that the crew immediately stop filming and make extensive changes to the script."

These words surprised the reporter who interviewed Saoirse, because such a time and degree of revision meant that all the money invested by the production team in the early stages of preparation would be wasted.

Saoirse added, "You're all familiar with the failure of 'Jack the Giant Slayer,' aren't you? You've probably heard about everything that happened during its production. My mentor, Martin Scorsese, didn't want 'Joker' to become like 'Jack the Giant Slayer'!"

Jon Burke's editing style is already etched on Hollywood's pillory of shame, and not only professional entertainment journalists but also North American movie fans are well aware of it.

Warner Bros.' major film projects have been plagued by setbacks in recent years, and the media has followed up with reports. It's not hard to see that Warner Bros. executives particularly like to directly interfere in film production.

Other Hollywood studios have done similar things, but it's relatively rare for several top executives to be involved in the production of the same film, as Warner Bros.

After the interview, Martin came over from the crowd, hugged Robert De Niro, and said, "Thank you for speaking up."

Robert De Niro laughed and said, "Don't mention it. I didn't do anything, I just told the truth."

Seeing Saoirse Ronan approach, he patted Martin on the arm and went to the makeup trailer.

The reporters had already left, and Saoirse came over and took Martin's arm: "Teacher."

The two walked outside together, and Martin said as they went, "I told you to be a little more subtle, but you said everything you should and shouldn't have said."

Saoirse leaned half her body against Martin's arm: "You are my teacher, of course I will fully support you."

She was mischievous in her youth, but as she grew older and more experienced, she became clearer-headed: "Your mark is on me from head to toe, inside and out, so I naturally stand with you."

Martin asked in surprise, "How come I didn't know you also have my mark on you?"

Saoirse leaned close to his ear and whispered, "You can observe carefully tonight to see if there is anything there."

Martin asked, "What new tricks have you prepared this time?"

"Remember the surprise I told you about? The Stallone sisters and the Fanning sisters are in New York," Saoirse whispered. "I'm throwing a party tonight, do you want to come?"

Martin, a man of principle, asked, "Have you spoken to them?"

Saoirse said, "Of course, they're all hoping you can come."

Martin couldn't bear to disappoint his student's hard work, so he replied, "Where? I'll be there."

Saoirse said directly, "They're temporarily staying in the apartment you gave me."

She glanced at her watch: "They should be back from shopping by now. I'll head over first, you wait in the car for a bit, I'll tease them a bit."

Martin found these fun little games interesting and immediately agreed to play them.

The two got into the same car and instead of returning to the hotel where the film crew was staying, they went directly to Manhattan.

Inside a high-rise apartment building in the Spectrum Building, Sofia Stallone, Sistine Stallone, Elle Fanning, and Dakota Fanning are setting up the living room.

The ordered food was placed uniformly on the long dining table.

Several bottles of fruit wine were placed on a small bar counter on one side of the living room.

They don't care about age restrictions for drinking outside of public places.

Sofia opened a bottle of wine, poured it into a decanter, and said, "Tonight we're not just going to drink, we're going to get Saoirse's guests drunk."

Ellie said, "Yes, yes, yes! We must get him drunk."

Sistine seemed to have a different idea: "Can the four of us outdrink him?"

Dakota said confidently, "You underestimate my drinking capacity."

The doorbell rang, and Ellie went to open the door. Saoirse Ronan entered alone.

Seeing that only Saoirse had returned, Sofia grabbed her and demanded, "Why did you come back alone?"

Ellie and the others were equally disappointed, and Sistine bluntly said, "You can leave now. You're not welcome here."

"Wait!" Saoirse pointed to the house. "This is my home, you know!"

The oldest member, Dakota, slapped the bar and said, "Following the principle of majority rule, and given that Saoirse Ronan hasn't completed her work, I propose a vote to disqualify her from attending tonight's party. Those who agree don't need to raise their hands."

No one moved. Saoirse didn't react for a moment, thinking that those who agreed would raise their hands, but she was tricked and didn't raise her hand herself.

Sofia pointed at her and said, "See? You yourself feel guilty towards us, so you don't even object."

Who is Saoirse? The wicked woman who single-handedly brought Emma Watson down! She put her hands on her hips and said, "You bunch of bitches, are you trying to rebel?"

She picked up the glass next to her and took a big gulp: "Come on, tonight I'm going to beat you all to a pulp!"

"Dare to lie down before us?" Dakota sneered. "You? You don't even have any tools. What will you use?"

Ellie laughed so hard she almost fell over: "It seems there's a special shop on the first floor of the building where you can buy some rubber products."

Saoirse pulled out her phone: "Believe it or not, I can make one phone call and the most powerful tool in the world will appear and completely defeat you all... no, I mean, completely defeat Sofia and Dakota!"

Sistine was displeased: "Why aren't Ellie and I included?"

Saoirse said, "Since you are all minors, I have booked rooms for you at the hotel. After the party, you can take the elevator down to the hotel to rest."

Dakota understood immediately and said to Saoirse, "You bitch, you lied to us! You clearly invited Martin!"

Saoirse shrugged, her face full of innocence: "When did I say I didn't invite Martin? It's you bitches who, seeing me come back alone, didn't even ask me anything before rushing to judge me!"

Sofia grabbed Saoirse's arm and asked, "Where's Martin?"

Saoirse glanced at her watch: "He's a director, so he's quite busy and gets off work a little later. He'll be there in a bit."

Ellie said, "Quickly call and ask who's going to soothe the ladies' itch since the party's missing a male lead!"

Saoirse dialed Martin's cell phone and asked, "Where are you? When are you coming?"

Martin got out of the car with the phone in his hand and said, "We're downstairs, I'll go up now."

After entering the main entrance of the Spectrum Building, Martin turned into the elevator lobby and took the elevator upstairs.

This apartment was originally a gift from Martin to Saoirse. He had been here before, and after getting off the elevator, he went to the door and rang the doorbell.

The door opened from the inside, and Martin saw several pretty girls being forcibly dragged inside by several hands, like hostages kidnapped by terrorists.

With the door slamming shut, tonight was destined to be anything but peaceful.

The girls in the apartment all set their sights on their idol, Martin, and one after another, they raised their glasses, insisting on drinking with him.

In Hollywood, countless predecessors have staged a grand drama—the ultimate goal of female fans chasing stars!

There's a well-known fact in the entertainment industry that female fans are far more fanatical than male fans when it comes to idol worship.

After drinking very little, Saoirse Ronan drove away Elle Fanning and Sistine Stallone, leaving her, Sofia, and Dakota to launch an exceptionally fierce battle against Martin.

After a night of madness, Martin felt all the pressure he had been under recently was released, and he felt completely relaxed.

The relationship between Saoirse and Martin was that of teacher and student with negative distance between them, a relationship that had existed for countless times.

As Dakota grew up, she lost the spirituality she had as a child.

Sofia gave Martin a rather special feeling.

In his previous life, many of the actors Martin joined saw reports about Stallone's family and jokingly referred to Stallone as his father-in-law, since he had three daughters.

There are too many traitors like Cao Cao and his son-in-law; some are even willing to go after Tyson's three thousand jin (a unit of weight), as long as Tyson writes a will or something.

Martin has fulfilled the dream of many of his fellow group members from his previous life.

Of course, he wouldn't forget that Stallone has three daughters.

For the next two days of the weekend, Martin accompanied a few people around New York, and shopping and everything else were no problem.

He has been very generous with gifts over the past few years.

Back then, Martin sent stars and stones not because he was stingy, but because he was too poor.

When you don't have money, you can only resort to some strange and unusual methods.

In the past two days, there has been a constant stream of news reports about "Joker" in the media and on the internet.

Following the publication of interviews with Robert De Niro and Saoirse Ronan in the media and online, most movie fans in North America expressed their support.

"My cousin's uncle works at Warner Bros., and he has mentioned more than once that Warner Bros. management should bear the main responsibility for the failures of films such as Green Lantern, Oz the Gods and the Giant Slayer, and Jack the Giant Slayer."

"There's a saying circulating in Hollywood that came about after Jon Berg's brilliant editing of 'Jack the Giant Slayer,' and many people call Warner Bros.' current management team a dream team."

"Who could have imagined that DC, which once held a monopoly, would end up in this situation?"

Now that the two sides have clashed through the media, DC will certainly not sit idly by and watch Martin gain public support.

Moreover, with "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" about to be released, they have been trying to create trending news.

DC co-chairman Hamada personally addressed the issue, stating in an interview: "Joker is not a DC film and has nothing to do with the Justice League universe. It's just a product of some people's arrogance. I don't think it's a DC film."

He made a veiled attack: "Some people are used to taking shortcuts. Their directing abilities are mediocre. They deliberately use the names of the Joker and Batman to gain public and media attention. Here's a reminder: open your eyes and don't be fooled by these stupid tricks."

Martin is busy filming and doesn't have time to engage in verbal sparring with DC.

Louise gave an interview, saying, "DC should really learn from the lessons of their previous films' poor reception."

Hamada has started firing off again.

He did this not only because he had a problem with Martin and Daniel Craig, but also to publicly separate the Justice League universe from Joker, so as to prevent Joker's release from affecting the Justice League movies.

Another point is that "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" will be released in North America in July, and DC is also using this method to generate buzz for the movie.

The hype was mutual; the news about "Joker" quickly became a hot topic and received widespread attention.

Martin Scorsese's new film, which he directed and starred in, has maintained a high level of popularity.

Moreover, the appeal of Batman and the Joker is undeniable after the huge success of The Dark Knight.

After a month and a half of hard work, filming for "Joker" in New York is coming to an end.

The crew left the Brooklyn studio and began filming some location scenes.

Many of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Queens, which was much more convenient than filming in Manhattan.

Queens isn't a very safe area, but the film crew hired a large security team and didn't encounter the same unpleasant things that Nolan experienced in Port City.

Nolan's film crew was filming in Hong Kong when they were extorted for protection money by gangsters.

After filming in Queens for a week, the crew moved to Manhattan to shoot a scene in front of New York City Hall.

This is a nighttime scene.

With Martin's command, filming began.

A dozen or so piles of garbage caught fire, illuminating the square in front of the city hall. Countless protesters began vandalizing the area, some even setting fire to several cars parked on the roadside.

The rioting crowd occupied the city hall.

During the subsequent filming, the rioters climbed onto the roof of New York City Hall.

The poster of Martin's new version of the Joker was hung from the roof of the city hall and fell to a height of less than two meters from the ground.

The Joker became a symbol of Gotham's rebellion against the powerful and wealthy.

This was also the final scene, with Martin surrounded by a group of supporters standing in front of the city hall's main entrance.

Assistant director Steve Downton called a halt, and the crew took a short break.

Thomas, who had just arrived in New York, came over with an invitation. After Martin watched the footage on the monitor, he said, "It's an invitation from Warner Bros. to attend the premiere of 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' next month."

Even though filming for "Joker" is about to wrap up, Martin will still attend, even if it's just for publicity and to generate buzz.

He took it, glanced at it, and said, "Reply to Warner Bros. that I will attend the premiere."

Zack Snyder's films, putting aside everything else, have a very unique visual style and are never short of things to watch.

After two consecutive nights of filming, the shooting of "Joker" was successfully completed, and Martin then led the crew back to Los Angeles.

(End of this chapter)