(Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy New Year!)

Back in Los Angeles, Matthew signed a new endorsement agreement with Rolex to become the spokesperson of Rolex's all-media, and took two days to shoot a new Rolex advertisement. According to the content stipulated in the agreement, he became the spokesperson of Rolex second only to Roger Federer and Rolex's first spokesperson in North America.

He then met Christopher Nolan at the Warner Building. Unlike the last time, Christopher Nolan provided him with the latest completed script.

Matthew read the script and was completely sure that this was the "Inception" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He immediately took away Christopher Nolan's script and shooting plan, allowing Helen Hermann to officially negotiate with Warner Bros. to finalize the contract for the male lead.

Warner Bros. had no doubts about his $20 million in pay and agreed to a certain amount of later box office share, but the specific proportions must be negotiated slowly during negotiations.

There is no hurry in this regard. Christopher Nolan will also make some minor repairs to "The Dark Knight". The preparation will not start after the film is released in July. It will take a look until next year when it starts shooting.

There is plenty of time left for both sides to negotiate.

Compared to the efficiency of Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros., Stephen Sophies and Paramount Pictures have not had the latest news, and Matthew no longer has too much hope for them. It is estimated that due to Hasbro's relationship, it may be difficult to completely overturn the script and start over again.

Hasbro will participate in actual investment in this project, and they will definitely consider selling dolls. For example, the method he proposed to focus entirely on one character and other supporting roles mainly play soy sauce is very beneficial to the absolute protagonist, but is not conducive to the surrounding sales.

But Matthew couldn't sacrifice his own interests to help others.

If Duke cannot be the absolute protagonist, there is no need for both sides to talk again.

He put this aside for the time being. Stephen Somos does not contact him on his own initiative, and he will not contact Stephen Somos and Paramount Pictures on his own initiative.

Anyway, there is no shortage of film appointments now.

And he doesn't have time to focus on this toy series of movies. "Twilight" has been transferred to post-production. Although producers Sean Daniel and Sophia Coppola are there, he also has to pay attention to the progress of post-production from time to time.

Also, "Iron Man" is about to be released in more than half a month.

This film contains his $40 million investment, so you must be very excited.

In the following period, Matthew began to run for "Iron Man" and followed the crew to attend various media announcements and promotion meetings.

"The most important thing about this film is to tell people that Robert Downey Jr. is back!"

At the publicity announcement meeting, Matthew faced the interview with reporters and praised Robert Downey Jr., "This era without heroes has always lacked fictional images that make people worship. Hollywood comic heroes have come out of comic books and come to the big screen. Now, the most popular comic hero for women, Iron Man, has finally been unable to hold back and flew to the big screen."

He was full of praise, "Robert Downey Jr. gave us many traits to this Iron Man who was so loud, very violent, ambitious, and of course very feminine."

There was applause at the announcement, and Matthew and Robert Downey Jr. sat together, looking like a long-lasting friendship.

A reporter asked, "It is said that you recommended Robert Downey Jr. to the crew? Is that true, Matthew?"

The question asked Matthew, and Robert Downey Jr. answered first, "Yes, Matthew recommended me to the crew, and I have always been grateful for it."

Matthew smiled and said, "Donny was so polite." He paused for a moment and said, "Actually we all know that Donny will definitely come back. I can tell everyone responsibly that Donny, who can act, is really back! He still doesn't like to follow the rules and chatter so much."

Speaking of this, Matthew and Robert Downey Jr. both laughed.

Facing media reporters, Robert Downey Jr.'s disgraceful past will always be mentioned. Robert Downey Jr. is also mature and does not shy away from mentioning the bastards of that year.

When a reporter asked about drug use, he said, "In 2003, I once made my career fall to the bottom because of drugs. One day, an experience of mine made me decide to stay away from drugs completely."

Hearing this, Matthew couldn't help but look at Robert Downey Jr. curiously, because as far as he knows, it's really very difficult to quit drugs. Robert Downey Jr. detoxified drugs several times before 2003, but in the end they all failed.

Moreover, Robert Downey Jr. not only has to say an answer, but also interpret this answer in a wonderful and tortuous enough and attractive enough, so that he can achieve the effect of promoting "Iron Man".

“I drove out with a bunch of drugs in 2003, and when I felt hungry, I came to Burger King fast food restaurant.”

Robert Downey Jr. said it very calmly, as if he had gained a new life. "I have to thank Burger King. At that time, I bought a very disgusting burger and a large drink, and I felt an ominous feeling in my heart. After eating that burger, I felt very uncomfortable. I felt that I was overdose, so I threw all the drugs into the sea and decided to seriously resolve my dependence on drugs."

Matthew nodded slightly, probably this would become a joke that people will inevitably mention when talking about Robert Downey Jr. in the future.

However, Burger King is one of the sponsors of "Iron Man". Is Robert Downey Jr. really good to say that Burger King?

After Matthew deliberately refused, the reporters' subsequent questions were directed at Robert Downey Jr.

"What made you choose this role?" asked a reporter from Entertainment Weekly. "It seems that this role is very different from your previous screen image."

Robert Downey Jr. is also an old man in Hollywood, so it is easy to deal with it. "Many of my friends have participated in the production of this movie. It is no longer arbitrary to shoot science fiction movies or movies adapted from comics. Didn't Malone Brando also play a villain in "Superman"? My previous sneering attitude towards comic movies was obviously too arbitrary. Of course, my choice this time was shocking."

He has a very good attitude, "My friends will ask me when they see me: Man, what's wrong with you? Are you going to collect drug money again?"

This made another laughter sound at the announcement.

Matthew was also laughing. Maybe others might not succeed in playing Iron Man, but Robert Downey Jr. is born funny and undoubtedly more in line with Tony Stark's personality.

A reporter from the New York Post asked a rather unreliable question, “If you met Tony Stark on the street corner, what would you say to him?”

Robert Downey Jr.'s answer was also unexpected, "I will tell him that you must be an impostor."

He thought about it and said, "I may not necessarily imagine the scene where I meet the protagonist in the movie. I am already past the age of fantasy. I can already widen the aesthetic distance between me and the character. I used to film "The Passion Under Zero" and "Chaplin and His Lover", but I couldn't be so open-minded. In "The Passion Under Zero", when the makeup artist appeared unexpectedly, I was nervous and fainted. For me at that time, I was not just dancing 16 hours of veneer dance with the character every day, I couldn't be so free and easy."

A reporter from tmz asked a very tmz question at this time, "In order to play Tony Stark well, have you met some playboys and find the shadow of Tony Stark from them?"

"There is no need to ask someone for advice, because I have experts in this field around me." Robert Downey Jr. turned to Matthew as agreed in advance and said with a smile, "Matthew is more popular with women than Tony Stark. With a popular lover like him, I feel very relaxed in dealing with this."

Matthew took over the topic at the right time, "I tell Donnie that the most important thing is humor!"

This is the same thing he said in an interview before.

Of course, everyone knows why Iron Man is popular among women, which can be described in one sentence.

For example, if someone asks him what Iron Man’s special ability is, he will not answer that it is Iron Battle Clothes, but that it is rich!

The interview ended with laughter and joy, and after being published by the media, the effect was particularly good. News like "Professor Matthew Horner picks up girls" is also very attractive.

Looking around the world, people are actually buying the "prodigal son will not change the gold" set. The crew also formulated a similar strategy based on the characteristics of Robert Downey Jr.

Paramount Pictures' promotion of "Iron Man" is also in full swing, "Iron Man's air combat F-22 Raptors", "Iron Man's ultimate trailer leaked, and all shocking special effects leaked", "Iron Man" new stills were revealed, beauties surrounded by Robert Downey Jr.", "Tony Stark's cool bombing of tanks leaked", etc., similar soft-promotion and hard-promotion emerged one after another.

Even the heroine Gwyneth Paltrow was hyped by the crew, saying that she was overworked by filming "Iron Man", which led to health problems.

"Overload work has caused Gwyneth Paltrow to lose weight and overdraw his physical strength."

As long as the boundaries of the law are not crossed, Hollywood movies are enough to be dazzling.
Chapter completed!