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Chapter 682: Recovering the Blood Debt

Two days later, Helen Hermann had his first contact with Susan Collins. As Matthew expected later, the contact was not very smooth and much harder than he thought at first.

As a veteran TV screenwriter, Susan Collins also has agents in Hollywood and has agents to give them a point, and it is impossible to sell the copyright of the movie at an excessively low price. Her situation is much better than Stephanie Mel. She has been nominated for an Emmy Award and is relatively economically affluent, rather than rushing to use money.

According to the news that Helen Hermann sent to Matthew, Susan Collins's agent proposed a copyright transfer offer of up to $15 million, including a certain proportion of late-stage income sharing.

A simple low-price purchase will definitely not be achieved. Matthew asked Helen Hermann and Susan Collins to continue to discuss. If it was only a copyright fee of $15 million, it would not be impossible, but it could not involve later sharing, and the conditions for the copyright purchase of the sequel should be added.

This kind of negotiation is to ask for a price everywhere to pay back the money locally. The other party's conditions are so high, of course it is not a psychological bottom-line price.

Helen Herman was still in contact with Susan Collins, and Matthew continued to shoot in the studio at the Hughes Aircraft Plant.

As time goes by, the crew begins shooting more scenes.

On the set, including Matthew, several actors drilled into a huge aircraft model, but the aircraft only had the front half and no rear half. When shooting, the camera was only fixed at the front half of the hatch.

Moreover, the bulkhead of the aircraft has only one side. The other side is not built for cost saving and shooting convenience, and is completely a semi-open structure.

On the aircraft, Matthew leaned against the seat, and the desert camouflage uniform on his left hand dyed red, but he looked extremely strong, as if he ignored the wound on his arm.

"Who are you?" he asked as he looked at Karolena Kokuva.

Karolena Kokuva walked over with a medicine box, squatted in front of him, took out medical scissors from the box, cut open Matthew's sleeve, and then said, "Your wound needs treatment."

Matthew watched her bandage her wounds and didn't even frown. Adewal-Egbaij, who was extremely strong, came over and stuffed the infusion needle into Matthew's left hand in a military-style rough manner.

The infusion shot here certainly cannot pierce the needle into the actor's blood vessels.

The black man was wearing a tight black uniform, raised his hand and patted Matthew's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "You are amazing."

Matthew's face darkened and he said with a little bit of self-blame, "I'm incompetent, I've killed all my brothers."

"It's not your fault." Karolena Kokuva, whose hair dyed red, said, "You have been ambushed, and you are not ordinary terrorists."

Matthew looked around and asked, "Which unit do you belong to? Which department is this?" He stared at Karolena Kokuva and said, "From your accent, this is not a regular unit."

Karolena Kokuva has no expression on her face...

"Stop!" Director Stephen Somos called to stop shooting, "kk, your expression should be richer!"

In fact, when the camera started shooting, he wanted to stop because of Karolena Kokuva's expression problem, but considering the familiarity of the scene, he still filmed it now.

Stephen Somos said again, "Reset, shoot again in five minutes."

Hearing this, Matthew stretched and waved to the crew assistant. The crew assistant immediately ran over with the kettle. Matthew took the kettle and bit the straw and took a sip. He felt a little better.

Although the weather in Los Angeles is still quite hot in October, this studio, converted from a hangar, lacks cooling equipment such as air conditioning, and the huge metal roof absorbs heat, it looks like a can.

Karolena Kokuva looked here and saw Matthew drinking water on his own, opening his mouth, but swallowing the words he was about to say.

Today, she was filming for the first time in the crew, and she was inevitably a little nervous compared to rehearsals.

Matthew could tell that he just took the time to say relaxation and didn't say much.

Being a model, especially a model of a supermodel who can become a supermodel, when shooting a movie, his facial expressions are as rigid as a catwalk, which is almost inevitable.

In contrast, the angels of Victoria's Secret are in better condition, which is also related to the flexible and changeable typhoons of Victoria's Secret.

Otherwise, Matthew would not have chosen Carolina Kokuva, even if she wanted to pay the price.

This shot was then subjected to the problems of Karolena Kokuva and another Arab actor, and it was successfully passed during the fifth shooting.

Stephen Somos's requirements for performance are not strict.

Even with Karolena Kokuva's performance, as long as it is not too bad, the director will announce it.

The scene was re-arranged, the original set wall was pushed away, and the prop aircraft also turned in a direction so that when the camera shot from the other side, the scene looked more like a hangar of a secret military base.

This scene is entirely dominated by Matthew. Except for General Hawk played by Dennis Quaid, all other characters act as the background wall for the male lead.

"All your subordinates were killed, only you were rescued."

In front of the aircraft cabin on the set, Stephen Somos told Matthew the focus of the next scene, "You will definitely take revenge! You will get back the blood debt from those terrorists. So, these must be reflected in the performance..."

Matthew nodded slightly, "I understand."

As the commander of an elite squad, if the Redhead and Heavy Duti had not led the special forces to provide assistance, Duke would have explained in the battle, and the powerful combat ability of these people also surprised him very much.

This is undoubtedly an army that is more elite than his previous elite squad.

"Get ready." Stephen Somos said to Matthew again.

Matthew didn't speak anymore, and got on the aircraft silently. He waited for the crew assistant to close the hatch door, stood behind Karolena Kokuva, waiting for the filming to begin.

"..." The assistant director's voice came in, "Scene 12, Act 3, now begins!"

After the shooting began, Dennis Quaid took his deputies and strode to the front of the aircraft. The aircraft cabin door opened and Matthew followed Carolina Kokuva and walked down.

"General!" Carolina Kokuva saluted Dennis Quaid with a huge box, "We're back."

Dennis Quaid returned a military salute, "Good job!" He looked at everyone who walked off the aircraft, "Good job, commandos!"

Then Matthew got off the aircraft, looked at the general in surprise, and was stunned for a moment, as if he looked familiar.

"Welcome to the base, Duke." Dennis Quaid smiled and said, "I have long admired your name."

"You are... General Hawke?" Matthew recognized the man.

"Let's go here." Dennis Quaid took him to the elevator and said as he walked, "We have worked together in Afghanistan, although we only once, but you left a very deep impression on me. You are an excellent soldier. I wanted to recruit you a few years ago."

Matthew got into the elevator, looked around, and asked, "What organization is this?"

Dennis Quaid said directly, "This is a special forces called g.i.joe." He explained, "It is composed of elites among the various elite troops and is the top force in the world today."

Just in front of Matthew, Dennis Quaid and others, a huge blue screen began to roll, so that synthetic scenarios such as elevator movement and special forces training outside the elevator can be added during post-production.

"Are you tracking down that group of terrorists?" Matthew said directly, "If yes, I will join you!"

The blue screen stopped rolling at this time, and director Stephen Somos' voice also came, "Stop! This one has passed!"

Then, he shouted loudly, "Stay for half an hour and change to the 12th venue to shoot!"

The set instantly turned from quiet to noise. Matthew walked towards the resting place alone. Before he could go out, Karolena Kokuva followed him from behind.

"Hi, Matthew." She smiled and said hello, lowering her voice, "There is time tonight..."

Before she finished speaking, Bella Anderson walked over and said to Matthew, "I just answered a phone call, something happened."

Matthew waved his hand to Carolina Kokuva behind him and walked towards a secluded corner of the set with Bella Anderson. Bella Anderson was basically working matters when looking for him, and these had nothing to do with Carolina Kokuva.

"What's the matter?" Matthew asked directly.

What Bella Anderson said had nothing to do with work. "Miss Charlize Theron just called and she would come to visit the set in the afternoon."

"Sally?" Matthew was a little surprised. "She's back from South Africa?"

In the past two years, Charlize Theron has been spared no effort in waving the flag and cheering for the South African World Cup in addition to his work.

Sometimes, he felt that South Africa deliberately kidnapped Charlize Theron with that brick.

"It's not very clear." Bella Anderson smiled apologetically, "Miss Theron only said a few words on the phone and hung up."

Matthew nodded slightly, "I understand." He thought for a while and said, "Don't forget to say hello to the crew."

Things like visiting the set usually tell the crew in advance to avoid affecting normal shooting.

Soon, the crew transferred to the 12th venue to continue shooting. All the filming of literary dramas were filmed in the morning, and five or six were completed intermittently. Overall, it was quite smooth.
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