America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz-Chapter 773 766 Anti-Robbery Drill

After finishing the drinks, Martin exchanged personal contact information with Scarlett Johansson and then returned to his hotel.

As agreed upon during their contact, Blake Lively moved directly into Martin's suite.

Jeremy Renner, who stayed on the same floor, saw the door of the opposite room close and muttered a curse about the promiscuous couple before returning to his room alone. He thought that Martin's words about flirting were quite sensible and decided to chat with that Canadian model again, which might end his single status.

Martin getting together with a female cast member was not even newsworthy at "Thieves of the City" set.

Although the crew gossiped about it privately, everyone had a sense of inevitability.

In the following days, the crew was shooting scenes involving the female supporting roles, including several explicit scenes with Martin and Blake Lively.

After an easy weekend, the final gunfight scenes were added to the filming schedule by Villeneuve.

This climactic scene was undoubtedly the centerpiece of the entire movie; before shooting officially began, Villeneuve made several preparations.

The first was the firearms.

Like most Hollywood productions, real guns were used for filming, and in light of past incidents, a four-tier safety check system was established.

The prop master, safety officer, Bruce, and the actors themselves.

Then they watched and analyzed classic gunfight scenes from movies selected by Villeneuve, and finally, they were briefed about the background of the heist.

The former mainly involved the actors, props department, and film crew, who together watched the bank robbery scene in "The Boiling Point."

Particularly the gunfight sequences.

Villeneuve said to Martin and Jeremy Renner, "Before you act, you will also watch this segment and '44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out.'"

Jeremy Renner asked, "44 Minutes?"

Martin replied, "A documentary about the North Hollywood bank robbery case."

Jeremy Renner understood.

Featuring footage from other movies in this film involved copyright issues. Martin asked Villeneuve, "Did you get the authorization?"

Villeneuve replied, "We got the rights to both films."

In this heist scene, the robbery team led by the protagonist McRae would engage in intense gunfire with the FBI and Boston Police Department, with both sides using automatic weapons, and the style of the gunfight aimed to be realistic.

After watching the classic movie scenes, Villeneuve made a phone call to confirm the arrival of some people, and then moved on to the main agenda, "Last week, you all received the latest script for this scene. Based on the current situation of the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park, we've made some adjustments to the script to make it more in line with reality."

Martin confirmed, "The arrangements with Fenway Park are settled?"

Starting from tomorrow until the end of the next business day, the crew can shoot freely within the vicinity of Fenway Park," Villeneuve roughly explained. "The entire area of Fenway Park will be open to the crew free of charge."

Martin nodded slightly. Before the crew started shooting, Graham had already finalized the cooperation with John Henry.

The Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park's logos would be featured in close-ups in the final film.

Beyond sponsoring the film shooting, the Fenway Group would also offer the use of the park to the crew for filming at no charge.

At that moment, Graham King opened the door of the conference room and walked in with a woman dressed in a red dress with towering black high-heels.

This woman, in her thirties, tall and well-proportioned with fine makeup, her brownish-black waves of hair cascading down, diamond earrings hanging from her ears, a Cartier watch on her wrist, and a wedding ring on her finger, which could be described as a pigeon's egg.

Her gaze swept past the others and landed directly on Martin as she quickly approached, "Hello Martin, I'm Linda Henry."

Graham introduced her, "Linda is responsible for the public relations of the Fenway Group and is also the wife of John Henry."

With the crew cooperating with the Fenway Group, Martin of course knew who John Henry was—the owner of the Fenway Group, which owned the Boston Red Sox.

The elegant and beautiful woman in red was the owner's wife of the Fenway Group.

Martin shook Linda Henry's hand, "Pleased to meet you."

Linda, who was in charge of the company's PR, had done her homework on Martin and knew that her husband's assets might not match up to Martin's. Smiling, she said, "I hope through this movie we can establish a good channel of cooperation and partner in the future as well."

Martin politely replied, "I appreciate the support the Fenway Group has provided to our crew."

After exchanging pleasantries, he went straight to the point, "I didn't expect Mrs. Henry to come personally to brief us on the situation."

Linda's smile was as radiant as her red dress, "I'm in charge of the Fenway Group's publicity affairs now; it's my job."

After a brief chat, Graham King introduced director Villeneuve and supporting actor Jeremy Renner to Linda Henry.

After Linda went through the formalities, she had her assistant connect the notebook she brought to the projector, and she personally explained the background of the scene.

In the final scene, the protagonists' four-man team isn't robbing a bank, but Fenway Park instead.

Linda pointed at Fenway Park on the projection screen with a laser pen, "Fenway Park has been the home field with the highest average number of spectators in the league continuously since May 15, 2003, maintaining a sell-out record."

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Jeremy Renner couldn't help muttering to Martin, "Even the Boston Celtics don't have this kind of attendance."

Martin wasn't familiar with America's four major sports leagues, so he didn't continue the conversation.

Linda went on to say, "On Red Sox game days, Fenway Park welcomes forty thousand enthusiastic consumers. They treat game days like holidays, spending generously on tickets, food services, beer and snacks, team merchandise, and souvenir shops, etc. Each game day brings in three million US dollars in revenue for the Fenway Group, much of it in cash."

Villeneuve added, "The robbery scene in the film is about stealing the cash revenue of Fenway Park."

Martin asked deliberately, "Linda, aren't you worried that the movie's release will lead to copycat crimes?"

"We're concerned about being robbed, which is why we chose to cooperate with the film crew," Linda said with a smile. "After 9/11, authorities in Washington once took the lead, inviting Hollywood's directors, screenwriters, and producers to brainstorm potential terrorist attack scenarios against America, to preemptively prevent them."

Martin had heard of this and nodded slightly, "It's been said that some of those ideas later turned into movie plots."

Linda continued, "The scenes you're filming are also a test of our security measures. John and I were quite shocked when we saw the robbery scene in the script where the crooks disguise themselves as police. If robbers really did that, their chances of success could be quite high."

The script was rewritten based on the actual operations of Fenway Park, so she spoke directly, "Apart from the game days every week, the surrounding shops also have income on normal days. All cash is collected daily in the vault, sorted by the vault staff, and escorted to the bank every Monday. These past few years, the weekly income has averaged above three and a half million US dollars."

Villeneuve took over, "The amount of the robbery in the film is set at three and a half million US dollars."

Martin knew that this figure didn't include season tickets, advertising sponsorships, and television broadcasting rights, "The team's income is staggering."

"It's a pity that there aren't enough people coming to the park on non-game days," Linda said with a smile.

Martin asked, "There should be tourists, right?"

"There are some tourists, but Fenway Park isn't popular enough," Linda looked at Martin, "We hope we can go into deeper cooperation in the future."

She didn't hide the purpose of the cooperation, "John and I want Fenway Park to become like the Golden Gate Bridge, Hollywood Hills, Washington Monument, and Statue of Liberty, the kind of landmark buildings that Hollywood movies love to destroy."

It had to be said, the Fenway Group really did have ideas for its business operations.

To reach that level in Hollywood movies, not even counting North American tourists, just overseas tourists alone would be endless.

Having a clear explanation of the robbery funds also made it easier for the main characters' performances.

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This preparation meeting ended quickly.

The next morning, the film crew arrived at Fenway Park to shoot the final robbery scene.

From the robbery to the gunfight, all the shots of this scene would be filmed on location at Fenway Park and its surroundings.

The crew assembled dozens of vehicles in the parking area on the streetside of the stadium.

Many of them were patrol cars temporarily provided by the Boston Police Department.

Off-duty officers who were interested could even come over after work to play extras.

Fenway Park was originally built in the 1920s and 1930s, which was probably quite open back then, but now the area has become a fairly busy commercial district.

The prop trailer opened, and numerous firearms were taken out. A few prop masters prepared blank cartridges as required by the crew.

The director Villeneuve, not reassured, personally came over to inspect them.

Two safety officers always wore recorders, supervising the entire process.

Once the firearms were ready, Bruce came over to inspect them again personally, distributing the guns to each actor.

Martin received a modified automatic rifle from Bruce.

Unlike the previous two times, this time they used AR series firearms.

Martin and Jeremy Renner, following the filming requirements, dressed in bulletproof vests and full BPD police uniforms.

With the crew cleared, Villeneuve gave an order, and a rattle of gunfire rang out on set.

Through the underground parking garage window, Martin fired continuously outside, with the muzzle flashes clearly captured by the adjacent camera.

This shot lasted less than ten seconds before Villeneuve called a cut.

Next, four of them gathered together to exchange fire with an FBI squad in the underground garage.

Two minor accomplices, the younger one, was quickly killed off based on the director's demands.

Villeneuve adjusted constantly. The gunfight scene was shot intermittently, and just ten seconds of footage could take tens of minutes to film.

They filmed this part for a full four days, not stopping until the day before the next game day of the Boston Red Sox, when it was declared completed.

Actors like Jeremy Renner and Blake Lively finished their scenes in turn and left the crew.

Martin, the absolute protagonist, still had to persist for a while longer.

After the start of a new week, one of producer Graham's old friends suddenly visited the set and took a keen interest in Martin.

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