Chapter 509: with translation of chapter title

By the way, after "Batman: The Dark Knight" was released worldwide and became a hit, the salaries of the main creators of the whole crew rose sharply.

For example, Gal Gadot.

Actually, before this, she was merely a beauty pageant champion and had not acted in any film or TV drama.

By a fortunate coincidence, she was selected by Lin Mo to appear in "Fast and Furious".

Then, thanks to the Fast and Furious Series, she completely blew up!

This time, in "Batman: The Dark Knight", she is the female lead.

Although..

In this drama, the female lead's screen time isn't that prominent.

But at least she has a decent amount of screen time.

Therefore, thanks to the support of Fast & Furious 1 (Abbrev), Fast & Furious 2 (abbr), and "Batman: The Dark Knight", her pay is also among the top for Hollywood actresses.

"Honestly, I still remember the scene of my first audition." Gal Gadot said laughing in an interview with Hollywood Report, "Lin Mo at the time had me improvise a driving scene, I was so nervous I could barely hold the steering wheel."

Compared to that, Jason Stansen's salary increase wasn't that noticeable.

After all, this tough guy was already a first-rate action star.

"For me, being able to participate in such a groundbreaking work is enough." Jason said in an interview, "Salary? That's just a number."

And the actor who played Batman, Bale, has reached a new peak in his career.

Although the Joker stole the spotlight, as the male lead, his popularity and salary have greatly increased.

"I now have to wear sunglasses when I go out." Bale joked, "But the thing that makes me happiest is that my daughter finally thinks her dad is cool."

As for Brother Cheng Long, there's no need to say more.

For "Batman: The Dark Knight", he didn't take a salary but rather a box-office share.

After all, Brother Cheng Long had long since stopped caring only about salary when making films.

But if we talk about the biggest winner, it's none other than Heath Ledger.

This once-obscure Australian actor instantly became a god thanks to his role as the Joker.

Invitations from famous Hollywood directors keep coming.

Various foreign programs also want to invite him to participate.

As mentioned before, Cameron and Steven Spielberg both had ideas to collaborate with Heath Ledger, and this isn't just empty talk.

Because this is true!

Steven Spielberg is planning a new film, and coincidentally no one has been chosen for the male lead yet.

Having just watched "Batman: The Dark Knight", he was completely won over by Heath Ledger's acting, and moreover, Heath Ledger is also good-looking.

A perfect match!

Australia.

In a seaside villa in Sydney, Heath Ledger is at home accompanying his daughter.

He has a daughter who is already four years old.

Because of his previous filming work, now that he's finished filming and returned home to his family, he must properly fulfill his duties as a father.

Heath Ledger is pretending to be a dinosaur and playing with his daughter, making her giggle.

His girlfriend Michelle is making lunch; seeing the father and daughter having so much fun, she also smiles.

And just then.

Heath Ledger's phone on the table rang.

"Honey, your phone is ringing!" Michelle shouted.

"Can you answer it for me? I'm not able to move right now." Heath Ledger shook his chubby dinosaur claws, making his daughter laugh again.

Isn't that so?

He's currently in a dinosaur costume, hard to take off, so he might as well have his wife answer.

If it's an unimportant call, just let his wife handle it!

Michelle has already gotten used to it; during this period, she doesn't even know how many calls her man gets in a day.

There's nothing to be done.

He's blown up!

Michelle glanced at the caller ID: Steven. Spielberg!

Hiss...

She didn't see wrong, did she?

Steven!!!

Is that the director she had in mind?

Michelle is also an actress, and she certainly knows who Steven Spielberg is!

Just..

It's a little hard to believe!

Michelle took a deep breath, pressed the answer key: "Hello, I'm Michelle, Heath Ledger's wife..."

A warm, magnetic voice came from the other end: "Oh, Michelle! I'm Steven Spielberg, hoping not to disturb your family time..."

Michelle felt her heart racing as if it would jump out of her chest: "Mr. Spielberg, Heath Ledger is currently... uh... playing as a Tyrannosaurus rex with his daughter..."

Saying that, Michelle didn't forget to glance at her husband and her four-year-old daughter.

Spielberg's hearty laugh came through the receiver: "Parental duties come first, Ms. Michelle; you can have Heath Ledger call me back later..."

He hadn't even finished speaking when Michelle hurriedly said: "Wait.. I'll call him right away, please hold!!!"

Just kidding.

This is Steven Spielberg!!!

World-renowned director!

The man called the God of Box Office!

What can he do to find his man?

Surely there's a movie invitation; how could we wait for something like this?

Only saw, Michelle scooped up her giggling daughter in one go, and in three strides she rushed to Heath Ledger's side, her lowered voice trembling uncontrollably: "Heath! Answer the phone, it's Steven, Steven Spielberg!!!"

Saying that, she fumbled to pull off Heath Ledger's dinosaur headset, shouting, "Quickly take off that damn toy!"

Compared to his wife's excitement, he was relatively calm.

Heath Ledger was relatively calm, because the last time the premiere ended, Steven Spielberg had already told him about this.

After taking off the headset, Heath Ledger answered the phone and greeted with a smile: "Mr. Spielberg!"

"Heath!"

The two chatted, laughing and talking.

Michelle stood there holding her daughter while watching her husband make the call.

Seeing him smile and nod.

Michelle guessed that this great director really wanted her husband to act in a film!

Good heavens!

This is too fortunate!!!

On the other side.

During this period, Lin Mo's invitations kept coming.

Domestic and foreign media outlets, TV stations, who knows how many, wanted to interview him.

But Lin Mo refused them all.

But today's interview is hard to get out of.

Er...

A column from CCTV's "Face to Face".

"Okay, Liu Jie, I got it. The time is this Friday, right?"

"OK!"

On the phone, Liu Qin told him about this.

Now, basically all matters of Morning Light Group are handled by Liu Qin alone; unless it's something especially important that she can't decide on, she'll call Lin Mo.

For example, this matter is one she can't decide on.

So she hurriedly called Lin Mo.

"Honey, what's wrong? Where are you going this Friday?"

Re Ba was watching a drama, and seeing her husband hang up the phone, she asked him.

"Oh, I have to go to Yanjing this Friday; CCTV's 'Face to Face' program wants to interview me, and I can't get out of it!" Lin Mo explained.

Re Ba immediately put down her tablet, her eyes lighting up: "That super awesome talk show? I remember Teacher Mo Yan only appeared after winning an award last time!"

Lin Mo chuckled: "That's why I said I can't get out of it."

"Want me to go with you?" Re Ba leaned over, giving a playful wink, "I can be your personal stylist."

Lin Mo pinched her nose: "Sure, perfect timing to go to Yanjing for two days; Jiang Wen Laoge has been calling me every day these days, and I'll catch up with San Ye about the drama 'The People's Property'—I heard it's about to start filming!"

"Mm!"

The "Face to Face" special interview is absolutely a top-authoritative talk show domestically, airing in the golden time slot on CCTV Channel 1.

And the interviewees for such specials have extremely high thresholds, usually being national heroes, industry benchmarks, or core figures of major events.

Lin Mo, of course, certainly qualifies.

A benchmark for cultural export!