After the fan meeting, Lionsgate hosted a miniature reception at a nearby hotel to entertain journalists and entertainment bloggers.

Like other industries, production, publicity, distribution, and even commentary around the film and television industry are all businesses.

Martin, Benjamin and Catherine, who received $5,000 in publicity from Lionsgate, naturally had to work with Lionsgate and were also in attendance.

In addition, a senior executive of Lionsgate named Michelle rushed over. Blake introduced the three Martins, and Michelle simply shook hands with Martin and Benjamin before turning her attention to Catherine.

Catherine has not spoken to Martin since the beginning of the theater, and she obviously has prejudices.

"Did you mess with Catherine?" Benjamin asked, taking a glass of wine. Martin knew it, but he wouldn't say it explicitly, after all, Benjamin and Catherine had a negative relationship: "I don't know either, maybe the menstrual period is coming?" Benjamin didn't think too much about it: "Women's emotions are sometimes troublesome. Martin didn't have time to worry about this: "Ben, don't worry, I'm not that careful." Benjamin's eyes turned to the other side, and Michelle was chatting with Catherine.

Not knowing what he said, Catherine smiled very happily. Michelle's eyes are like hands, wandering over the beautiful actress, but her mouth is serious

"You're in excellent condition, you should have come to Los Angeles sooner." Catherine smiled: "I want to come too, but I haven't had the chance, I can't come and go, be a passerby." Michelle's eyes stopped on her pretty face and said, "I have a project in my hand, one of the roles, which is very suitable for you." Catherine barely thought about it: "Really? Can you elaborate on that? I would love to stay. Michelle sent out a very direct invitation: "I didn't bring the script, if you are interested, you can go to me and read it carefully, and we will study it together." Catherine just stripped out of the audition for the heroine of "Zombie Dani", and in the face of the invitation of Lionsgate's executives, how could she refuse: "No problem, when is it?" Michelle smiled: "After the cocktail party, I will wait for you in the hotel lobby." The reception ended quickly, and Martin was ready to leave and go back to the hotel where he was staying.

Benjamin said, "Call Catherine and go with you." He found Catherine at the door of the ballroom.

Martin is also going out and following behind.

"I'm sorry, Ben, I can't go back right now." Catherine has already made her choice: "Lionsgate gave me a chance, and I'm going to talk about it in detail. Benjamin understood what was going on as soon as he heard it: "Where to talk?" Hotel, or at his home? Catherine simply singled out: "Michelle has a script and a character there, and I can't miss this opportunity." Benjamin reminded: "You're so stupid, Hollywood isn't that simple." Catherine's mind was full of red, she couldn't listen to it, said sorry, and walked towards the elevator without her head.

When Martin and Benjamin arrived in the hotel lobby, they saw Catherine take Michelle by the arm and leave.

Benjamin couldn't help but say, "She's so stupid. Martin said: "The path she chooses to take, you can't pull it back." Benjamin sighed.

The two got into Lionsgate's car and headed back to the hotel. The hotel where I stayed had a bar, and Benjamin proposed, "Have a drink with me." Martin could tell that Benjamin was a little depressed.

There were not many people at the bar, and when he came to the bar, Benjamin asked, "What to drink, I'm in for a treat." Martin tried to ask, "Ben, you're not going to have real feelings, are you?" Benjamin quickly denied: "Just lived together for a few months." "Any man who is kicked by a female companion and sees his female companion thrown into the arms of another man, even if they have no feelings for each other, will not feel good.

The bartender heard Benjamin's words and said, "I recommend a new cocktail, Louise's penicillin, which heals wounded souls." He pointed to a poster that said, "This is the famous work of Los Angeles bartender master Louise Meyer." Benjamin looked closer and was surprised: "Isn't she a producer?" ”

"I don't know." Martin said to the bartender, "Give me a bourbon." Benjamin asked for penicillin and gestured to the poster with his eyes: "Do you have a connection with her?" Martin didn't deny it, nor did he admit it: "I heard Kelly say that after the crew of "Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" left Atlanta, she went to Morocco, as if she was working on a big production with many companies such as Warner Bros. in Molywood, and Kelly didn't know what it was. ”

"Hollywood movies always like to have code names." The bartender brought penicillin, Benjamin took a sip and frowned slightly: "It's really healing." Martin clinked glasses with him and said, "Ben, look at the point, there will be so many beautiful women that your brother can't lift his head in the future." I don't know if penicillin worked, or if Martin's words worked, Benjamin was in a better mood: "Brother, you are really good at talking, if I were a woman, I would definitely kneel down and help you ......"

"Don't." Martin looked at his baldness and quickly interrupted the words of the hot ear: "I want to live a few more years." Benjamin said, "If you don't have strong connections, you might as well go back to Atlanta, you've opened the way in Atlanta." Martin said, "If I can't get out, I'm going to go back to Atlanta and join you." ”

"No, you don't." Benjamin mentions one thing: "Do you have Jenner's contact information?" Not far north of Los Angeles is the San Fernando Valley, and with your natural abilities, multi-millionaires can be a little difficult, and millionaires are definitely not a dream. Martin told the truth: "This was one of the retreats I was prepared for." The two of them had a few drinks, but they didn't stay too late, and went back to their rooms.

Martin put away the autograph book, which he might use in the future. When he checked out the next morning, Martin found that Catherine had not returned.

A Lionsgate staff member came over and took her luggage. Benjamin was going back to Atlanta, and before leaving the hotel, he asked Martin, "Do you have a plan?" Martin said, "Let's find a house and settle down." ”………… On the weekend after Thanksgiving, a blog post by a female blogger in film entertainment was forwarded to the movie forum by B-grade movie lovers, causing some attention.

"It's rare to have a B-grade film that makes me buy tickets twice in a row like "Zombie Dani", the quality of the film itself is average, and there are many shortcomings such as shoddy production and cliché plots, but the actor of the film has dedicated a god-level performance." Below is a Lionsgate-licensed film sticker, as well as a short clip of Martin's zombie machine gun dance and trapeze in the film.

The female blogger seems to have experienced it firsthand: "The hot dance of the male protagonist Martin Davis made my heart tremble to his beat...... When he used his lower body to swoop on the screen, countless female viewers like me followed the lower half of the sudge together, and when the two suddens merged into one, the kind of physical and psychological pleasure made people take off on the spot. "Those female viewers who can watch B-grade movies, after watching the relevant videos, inexplicably became interested and wanted to see the movie with their own eyes.

Lionsgate is not idle, and no one can underestimate the brains of professional marketers. They teamed up with a well-known blogger and a movie forum moderator to post a video of Martin dancing a zombie machine gun dance in the movie on a well-known movie forum.

"Challenge your beat, challenge your manly ability!" The large and violent swaying, so fast that it was suffocating, seemed to send a war cry to all men.

Originally, people automatically ignored and felt bored. It didn't take long for the video to be hung up, and some people actually posted a challenge video, but the rhythm amplitude was obviously a lot worse.

With people taking the lead, the number of people taking on the challenge has increased, and the discussion has increased.

"It's simply impossible to stay that long at that pace and amplitude, that's just a clip from the Zombie Dancer movie, the movie is not reality." Skeptics quickly appeared.

When the voices of skepticism on the forum increased, someone hung up a video of Martin dancing a zombie machine gun dance at the fan club.

"It's true!"

"This actor is amazing! Is his waist mechanically modified? ”

"Worship the man who has four kidneys!" The popularity has increased a lot, although it is not as hot as the hot topics of those popular movies, but it has also attracted a certain amount of attention.

The film has attention, which means that it has a box office. In the weekend after Thanksgiving, "Zombie Dani" expanded to 650 screenings and grossed $3.12 million in North America.

Counting the previous revenue, the North American box office accumulated $3.88 million, far exceeding the cost of Lionsgate's buyout of the rights.

Lionsgate saw hope that it would recoup its investment at the box office and continued to expand its screening to 787 theaters next week.

At the end of a new weekend, "Zombie Dani" surpassed $6 million at the North American box office.

The market potential of the film is also basically exhausted, because the word-of-mouth is really average. On several rating sites, including Imdb, there is only a failing rating of around 5 points.

B-grade films are just niche movies after all, and they can't become the mainstream of the market. The heat caused by "Zombie Dani" and the zombie machine gun dance is like a wave rushing ashore, crashing headlong on the reef on the shore, and it comes and goes quickly.

But there are several newspapers and movie magazines that mention Zombie Dancer and Martin Davis' name.

Zombie machine gun dancing is also popular in many dancer bars. At the same time, Martin began looking for a house in Los Angeles.

Single-family homes in affluent neighborhoods like Beverly Hills and Santa Monica are not considered, and rents are relatively high.

Martin's goal is to be close to Burbank, where entertainment companies are located, with rents that are not too expensive, easy access to transportation, and apartment types.

He looked at multiple homes in the Glendale, Burbank, and North Hollywood areas and decided to choose an apartment in North Hollywood.

It is close to the city of Burbank and a short drive from Sherman Oaks, where Louise Mayer and Robert Patrick live.

Before moving, Martin bought a regular Volkswagen sedan and essential electronics such as a laptop and a small video camera.

After several viewings, Martin finalized the apartment.