After the meeting, he chatted with Mayor Villalegosa and LAPD boss Bratton for a while, and Martin saw that they had important matters to discuss, and said goodbye in due course.

McLean sends Martin out of City Hall.

Not only did he exchange personal contact information with Martin, but he also gave Martin a "waiver card" on behalf of the LAPD.

Of course, it is not an exemption from violating the law, but it can obtain certain preferential treatment within the scope of LAPD enforcement.

Martin thought of McLean's position and said: "I grew up in Hollywood, and I was also involved in film project investment, and last year I set up a studio, mainly affiliated with Warner Bros. and Pacific Pictures, and in the future, I will be in trouble with LAPD in film shooting." ”

LAPD is arguably one of Hollywood studios' biggest partners, and McLean was already in charge of that, saying, "Call me directly if you need to. ”

Martin shook hands with him and said goodbye: "I'm not welcome." ”

Coming to the side entrance of the town hall, Thomas was waiting and said, "There are a lot of reporters out there. ”

Martin's face changed instantly, his head lowered and his mouth closed, his expression heavy.

When he went out, the flashing lights kept on, and there were reporters clamoring to interview him.

Several PDs stopped the reporters, and Thomas escorted Martin out, saying as he walked: "Sorry guys, Martin is not feeling well now......"

Bruce pulled the door, and Martin slipped into the back seat.

When Thomas got into the car, Bruce started the car and left.

Thomas leaned back in his seat, tired and tired for the past few days, and didn't want to move.

Martin took out a can of Coke and handed it to Thomas, "Refuel." ”

Thomas opened it and took a sip and asked, "What position do I belong to in the Cult of the Coke God?" ”

Martin was not stingy in assigning the position: "Do you want to be a co-leader, or do you want to be an advisor to the leader?" ”

Thomas wondered, "What is the most important position?" “

Bruce, who was driving, chimed in: "Of course it's a saint!" Why does the Cult of Coke have ten holy women? ”

Thomas understood that the saint mentioned here was definitely not Joan of Arc.

"Ten? Lao Bu, do you look down on me? Martin rarely said something from his heart: "Why do you want a hundred!" ”

Bruce reminded, "Okay, the deputy sect leader has one of mine. ”

Thomas didn't want to stay away from Martin's small circle and said, "I'm going to be the deputy head of the sect too." ”

Martin said in his heart that the Holy Maiden had not seen the shadow yet, and the deputy sect leader had come first, all of them were wolves.

Bruce drove to Century City, dropped off Thomas, and returned to the North Hollywood apartment together.

As soon as I entered the apartment door, I saw the landlord Antonio holding the gun of friendship, sitting in the foyer like a door god.

The paparazzi, who followed from afar, saw the gun on the fat man's shoulder, and automatically walked back.

Antonio pointed outside: "Martin, there are more and more paparazzi following you, and the tenants on my side have opinions." ”

Martin said directly: "I'm going to Atlanta soon, I don't have time to look for a house right now, I'll look for a house when I get back." ”

"Somebody got $50,000." It's not easy for Antonio, it's something ordinary people can do to refuse such a big temptation? He's a veteran millionaire: "I can hold on for a few more months." ”

Martin patted Antonio on the shoulder: "Whoever uses the gun of friendship must attach great importance to friendship. ”

Antonio pulled Martin to his side: "Come, let's take another group photo, the hero of Los Angeles is my tenant, there is a new screenwriter on the first floor, when the photo is washed out, I will ask him to write an advertisement to describe our deep friendship in detail." ”

Martin stands behind Antonio and asks Bruce to take a picture.

Waiting for Lao Bu and Martin to go upstairs, Antonio muttered: "If the photo is enlarged and replaced, the rent can be raised again." ”

Martin looked down and said, "I want to give a commission!" ”

Antonio looked up: "You are a big star now, and you have a golden key, will you be short of money?" ”

Martin said no more and went upstairs.

Jessica stood in the doorway with a box at her feet, clearly waiting for them.

Martin asked, "Where did the shipment come from?" ”

Jessica said: "It was mailed by the state of Queensland, Australia. ”

Bruce kicked the box forward, opened Martin's apartment door, and kicked it in.

Martin casually asked, "What about Emily?" ”

Jessica followed Martin into the apartment and said, "Fans have been more excited for the past two days, she went to see Rachel." ”

Martin wondered: "What's going on?" ”

Jessica looked at Martin and whispered, "After the video about the Cult of Coke circulated on the Internet, many people were clamoring to join the Cult of Coke......"

Martin scratched his head for a while: "Come and join in the fun." ”

"Soon there will be ordinary people." Bruce rarely saw a business opportunity, of course, the rotten man could only think of a bad trick: "The opportunity to cash out is here, want to join the Coke God Cult?" Pay the entrance fee! ”

He looked down at the big box of goods: "This can be used as a church badge, $50 is not expensive, right?" ”

Martin gave Bruce a middle finger directly: "Scumbag, don't show off your poor knowledge." ”

He didn't think about any Coke God cult for the time being, and at the time, he said this to distract the gunman on the one hand, and to attract some people's attention through Helen's video.

Both of these objectives have been achieved.

Martin said to Jessica: "You tell the members of the fan group that joining the fan group will automatically join the Coke God Cult, we are just a loose interest organization, and we have no plans to officially register for the time being, and when we actually register, we will notify them as soon as possible." ”

Jessica responded, "Okay." ”

Bruce then opened the box, took out the crocodile tooth pendant and bison horn, and placed them in the large box on the side of the living room.

Jessica went over to help.

Martin dragged another box out, took out a mahogany gift box containing jadeite jewelry, and placed the golden key away.

I'm going back to Atlanta soon, and I'm going to have some gifts to prepare.

Although Martin rejected Lao Bu's rotten idea of using the Coke Cult to monetize, in the highly developed business society of the United States, personal fame and influence can really be translated into commercial value.

In the week since the Burbank Middle School incident, sales of "Wax Museum of Horrors," which sold less than 3,000 copies a week in North America, skyrocketed, and the latest week sold more than 70,000 copies.

"Eyes Across the Mountain", which has been removed from North America, was once again pushed into the screening channel by Warner Bros. and many theaters, and it received nearly $5 million at the box office that week.

This also made the film's North American box office exceed $110 million.

The related news also spread overseas, especially in English-speaking countries and regions, and the overseas box office made waves again, and raised its head suddenly, and the overseas box office collected another $4.15 million that week, with a total global box office of $180 million.

The film's newly released DVD sold well, selling $19.54 million in its first week.

Although it is far from the DVD of "Spider-Man 1" that can sell fifty or sixty million dollars in the first week, it is only a horror film with a small investment.

Even "Zombie Dancer", which has long been in the corner, has been turned out by many fans, and in the past week, even the sales of rental tapes and videotapes have generated more than $1 million in revenue.

But the film has no direct commercial ties to Martin.

When Martin filmed the zombie dancers, he had not yet joined the Actors Guild, so naturally he would not enjoy the post-revenue share of the union-producer alliance agreement.

The higher the post-production income of the DVD and the other two films, the more Martin can enjoy.

Many veteran stars who spent a lot of time drinking during their active periods, after fading out of the film industry, survived by eating the later dividends of many films they starred in.

As long as it's not as profligate as Marlon Brando, most of them live very nourishingly.

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Warner Studios, "Wanted" Studios, the crew is packing all kinds of luggage and preparing to move to Atlanta.

The project will soon move into the filming phase.

Director Leterrier went to Atlanta ahead of schedule with the film crew and stunt crew.

Jessica and Emily were staying in Los Angeles, and Martin had just finished explaining his work to them when Mene ran in from outside.

"Boss!" Mene pointed to the door of the studio and said, "There's a tall girl looking for you, it seems to be the heroine of the jeans crew." ”

Martin knew who it was, and Blake had called him yesterday.

He came to Bruce, and Lao Bu handed him a small handbag and said, "The grade has been upgraded." ”

"I used to be poor, and I couldn't help it." Martin carried his handbag and walked out of the studio, only to see Blake in low-rise jeans and a crop top.

He pointed to the front: "There will be a truck here, let's go to the coffee shop in front, where the cold drinks are good." ”

Blake wanted to reach out and hold Martin's arm, but for fear that the male god would not agree, his hand was raised halfway and retracted, pretending to organize his small backpack, and followed Martin forward.

"I'm worried about you during this time, and I can't get through after calling a few times." She read a news report that said Martin went to see a psychiatrist: "Are you alright?" ”

Martin's real situation will not be told casually: "I was a little autistic, I turned off my phone and didn't want to contact anyone, but now it's much better." ”

Blake finally reached out and grabbed Martin's arm: "If you have something in your heart that no one to talk to, you can tell me." ”

Martin met the coffee shop and said to the brown-haired girl behind the counter, "Mia, have a cup of black tea and a skim ice cream." ”

He and Blake sat by the window, and Mia quickly brought a drink.

Martin placed the handbag in front of Blake: "This is for you, a kind of talisman, wear it with you to ward off bad luck." ”

Blake was surprised, but more excited, and hurriedly took out the gift box and opened it, saw the emerald jade plate, and asked, "Emerald?" ”

"Emerald." "I was looking for an investor from Asia, where there is a lot of this gemstone, and I bought a few of them," Martin said. ”

Blake picked it up and hung it around his neck: "Is it pretty?" ”

Martin nodded: "Very worthy of you." ”

Blake was a little annoyed: "I didn't prepare a gift for you. ”

Martin smiled: "You can talk to me here, it's the best gift." ”

Blake was full of joy: "Yesterday you said that you were going to Atlanta to film? ”

"I'll leave the day after tomorrow." Martin said simply: "An action shootout movie, I'll come back when the jeans premiere." ”

Blake counted the time, it was a critical time for her to apply to college, and it was difficult to go to Atlanta to visit the class.

If you think about it, let's wait until after August.

(End of chapter)