America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz-Chapter 610 - 603 Black Shadow

18th Arrondissement, Bichat Hospital.

Dressed in black, Nolan, Emma Thomas, and Martin followed a senior police officer as they hurried through the corridors to a treatment room.

Medical staff stopped them, saying, "The patient is undergoing treatment, please wait."

There was a rush of footsteps behind them, and Martin turned to look; it was a stranger.

Emma Thomas recognized him and said, "Tom Hardy’s agent."

Martin nodded.

The agent hurried over and asked, "What’s the situation?"

The senior police officer briefly explained, "Yesterday, a freight truck driver on his way to Charles de Gaulle Airport rescued Mr. Hardy after hearing his cries for help from a roadside drainage ditch in District 93, and kindly brought him to this hospital."

After pausing, he continued, "All hospitals in Paris received our cooperation notice, so we were informed immediately."

The agent asked, "Is Tom injured?"

The senior police officer said, "The preliminary assessment is that he was robbed. When the truck driver found him, he had no clothes on at all, his teeth were knocked out, and later..."

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At this point, he suddenly stopped.

Just as the agent was about to press for details, he remembered something and quickly turned to look at the sign on the wall.

This was the proctology department!

At that moment, Martin also realized that they had come to the proctology department!

Bruce muttered quietly beside him, "Robbery’s one thing, but why add insult to injury? And this type of insult even has a... peculiar flavor."

Martin glanced at Old Cloth and thought to himself that he was really something; America had truly, lost out by his failing to get into an Ivy League school.

The door of the treatment room opened, and a doctor came out.

The agent immediately asked, "Doctor, how is Tom Hardy doing?"

"The patient has severe lacerations, and our hospital’s resources are limited; I’ve only cleaned the wounds," the doctor said responsibly and seriously, "You had better transfer him to a major hospital quickly to have a surgical expert suture the wounds."

The agent wanted to go in, "I need to see Tom."

The doctor stepped aside from the door, reminding them, "The patient has suffered great emotional trauma; try not to talk to him much."

Including Martin, several people entered the treatment room together.

Tom Hardy was lying on a bed, whimpering in pain. His bulging eyes had lost all their sparkle and resembled those of a deep-sea fish hauled suddenly onto a boat.

Nolan approached Tom Hardy and spoke softly, "Tom..."

Tom Hardy lifted his head slightly, and upon seeing Nolan’s black attire, his vacant eyes instantly filled with terror, and he yelled, "Stay away! Black man, stay away! Black man..."

He was restrained in bed, trying to shrink back but unable to, his voice changing with fear, "Black man, go away! Go away! Get out!"

Martin realized that the change in voice was not just because of terror; looking into Tom Hardy’s wide-open mouth, no teeth were to be seen.

What on earth had happened!

The doctor rushed in and said, "Please step outside, the patient is emotionally unstable, please leave."

Nolan and Martin turned and left immediately.

The agent, still dressed in black, was also chased out by the doctor.

The agent went to communicate with the hospital authorities.

Nolan quickly told Emma Thomas, "Go and help his agent with the transfer. Leave the follow-up to Warner Bros."

He’d had enough of Tom Hardy, "If they have any problems, have them talk to Warner Bros. We are just temporary employees of Warner Bros.; we can’t solve the problem."

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Martin said, "Tom Hardy definitely won’t be able to participate in the upcoming promotion tour."

"It doesn’t matter without him," Nolan said to Martin, "As long as you and I are there, there’s enough to attract attention."

Martin was confident in this aspect, "Then let’s create even more news."

Paris police officers turned into the corridor and whispered something to the senior officer.

The senior officer came over to Nolan and said, "We’ve found a few eyewitnesses. They saw a group of black men in District 93 stealing the victim’s clothes and shoes, and some of them assaulted him as well."

Martin and Nolan suddenly realized; no wonder Tom Hardy was so sensitive to the color black.

Nolan asked as a matter of routine, "Did you catch the perpetrators?"

"No," the senior officer said very directly, as if he had a special relationship with Nolan, "District 93 is like a lawless zone. Not to mention us, even the French authorities don’t have good solutions."

Nolan didn’t care to ask further. Once Emma Thomas had helped Tom Hardy’s agent with the transfer, she left the hospital along with Martin and Bruce.

Back at the hotel, after lunch, the crew departed on time, embarking on their journey to Spain.

On the way to the airport, Ellen Page quietly sneaked into the car with Martin, Bruce, and Mene.

The driver had been sent away by Bruce to another car, to drive it back to the hotel after they reached the airport.

Ellen Page didn’t need to disguise her mood, bursting into laughter the moment she got into the car, laughing particularly heartily.

Mene said, "Are you that happy? Anyone who doesn’t know better might think you’ve hooked up with Monica Bellucci."

"I wish, can you get Sophie Marceau to introduce me?" Ellen Page was fearless, "She was so beautiful in ’Malena’, but not in ’The Matrix’, where she seemed quite old."

Mene gave her the finger, "I’d like to hook up with her but can’t even find the way in."

Ellen Page leaned forward, tapping the back of Martin’s seat, and asked, "Boss, I heard from Emma Thomas’s assistant that Tom Hardy got... you know... by a bunch of Africans..."

She looked at Mene, "I don’t mean you, of course."

Mene waved his hand indifferently, like most African Americans do, "African blacks, that’s a whole different species."

Ellen Page continued asking Martin, "Has Tom Hardy gone mad?"

Martin stated the current facts, "His body has been traumatized, his psyche has been stirred, and he was taken to the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital for suturing surgery. Moreover, he reacts to black people with extreme panic and unease."

Ellen Page broke into laughter again, "That’s so cool! Those African guys did a good deed!"

Martin casually said, "God bless Tom Hardy."

Mene asked in a low voice, "Boss, is it possibly...?"

Martin shook his head, "It has nothing to do with us; he courted death and collided with a mountain."

Mene didn’t understand but didn’t ask any further.

Ellen Page continued to revel in schadenfreude, "I wish him a lifetime shrouded by dark shadows!"

Tom Hardy would certainly ’appreciate’ this ’blessing’ from Ellen Page.

After arriving in Madrid, the crew disembarked the plane, checked into the hotel to drop off their luggage, and the main creative personnel, including Martin, promptly hurried to the theater to attend the Spanish premiere of the film.

The next morning, Martin, Mene, Ellen Page, along with Nolan and others, also made a special visit to the Real Madrid C.F. and Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

"Inception" was still in hot screening, and the crew would do everything possible to increase exposure.

Therefore, when the crew visited another major Spanish city, Barcelona, the main creators visited FC Barcelona and Camp Nou as well.

After concluding their Spanish journey, the crew took a flight to Istanbul to continue the promotional tour.

"Inception" had its third weekend in North American cinemas, maintaining a strong performance, pulling in another $29.72 million, pushing past the 200 million US Dollar mark with a cumulative $212 million.

Overseas, more countries and regions joined the screenings, and after this weekend, the film’s cumulative overseas box office approached 150 million US Dollars.

The runaway success at the box office sparked wave after wave of interest, with speculation about the spinning top ending quickly spreading from North America around the world.

From newspapers to the internet, there were too many people discussing whether the protagonist Cobb had returned to reality.

The crew, traveling from North America to Europe and then to Asia, constantly faced this question from the media and fans, but Martin and Nolan never provided a direct response.

Once a certain answer to such a topic exists, it loses its value in speculation and attracting attention.

Not just now, even in the future, there will not be a definitive answer.

On the plane heading to Harbor City, Nolan specifically instructed Martin, "At any time, never give a direct answer to this question."

Martin played dumb perfectly, "Chris, there is no answer in the script you gave me."

Nolan laughed, then said, "I’m planning to keep this topic simmering for a long time. The movie is now released globally, but we still have the DVD launch to come when we can stir the pot again."

Martin thought even further ahead, "As long as the topic stays hot, the next time you release a movie, reporters will still ask you about the spinning top and whether Cobb has returned to reality."

Nolan, no less savvy in marketing than in directing, said, "Even if media reporters forget, I can arrange for a reporter to ask the question, reviving the memory of the media and the fans."

Martin gave Nolan a thumbs up, "Chris, you’re the epitome of a new era film master!"

"I am no master; I’m just a craftsman." Nolan modestly countered, then added, "I’m not as good as you in marketing hype. It was you who first proposed an open ending, and it was your clever idea to use the top for buzz. In this respect, I’m just your student."

Martin said with a smile, "Don’t be modest about that; let’s learn from each other and make progress together!"

The two shared a knowing smile.

In Harbor City, in addition to promotion, Martin also met with Wu Maoting, who had already allocated funds to film and produce Jennifer Siebel’s "The Trouble with Romance" and expressed his intention to continue investing in projects at Davis Studio.

The lengthy overseas promotional journey continued until mid-August, when an exhausted Martin returned to Los Angeles and took a well-deserved break for himself.

By this time, "Inception" had smashed the 300 million US Dollar mark in North America, and its overseas box office had surpassed North America, accumulating 388 million US Dollars.

Warner Bros. predicted that the global box office of the movie would settle around 900 million US Dollars.