On the day of the press conference, countless red cultural shirts crowded into Los Angeles City Hall, dyeing the entire town hall red, and the crowded town hall looked like a movie starring Martin was holding a premiere.

Some of the seats reserved for media reporters in advance have been encroached upon.

Warner Television has reached an agreement with City Hall to broadcast live to the nation.

TMZ bought the rights to live stream.

As soon as the press conference began, the heat exploded.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio was the first to take the stage, first talking about the scene and the significance of today's ceremony, and finally the focus of the conversation fell on Martin.

He made a generous statement: "Martin Davis has brought fighting spirit to the city of Los Angeles, and he has told us time and time again that no matter how difficult the situation on your side is, if you stand up bravely, respond positively, and work hard, you will be a winner in the end!" ”

The audience erupted in extremely warm applause, and the atmosphere was ten times warmer than when Antonio gave his campaign speech!

Antonio waited until the applause fell, and then said: "Martin has an extraordinary meaning to the city of Los Angeles, his strong fighting spirit, and his achievements in the field of culture and art are all loyal to Los Angeles, in order to commemorate Martin's contribution to Los Angeles, we have decided to establish 'Martin-Davis Day'!" ”

The applause rang out again.

Martin's supporters kept shouting loudly.

Antonio said: "Let's have Martin Davis. ”

Martin came up from behind and waved to the audience, and the applause was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and the whole town hall trembled.

TMZ reporter Jody felt something fall on his forehead, touched it with his hand, and found that it was dust.

She looked up and saw dust falling from the roof of the house where the applause had fallen.

Martin came to the stage, and Mayor Antonio gave him a hug and said loudly: "You are a hero, a city hero of Los Angeles!" ”

Politicians are the best actors, and he grabbed Martin's hand, faced the audience, and raised it together.

Martin was also very cooperative, smiling and waving.

Subsequently, Antonio took a golden copper plate certificate and presented it to Martin.

Martin holds the huge certificate in both hands and displays it in front of the media cameras.

At this moment, as a star, his social honor has undoubtedly reached a considerable height.

Martin stepped up to the microphone and said briefly, "Los Angeles is a city with a great spiritual heritage, and I'm proud to live and work in the city!" ”

New York, Natalie Portman watched the live TV broadcast, remembered that she still had an Oscar ballot to fill in, and immediately found out, although she had never seen a Batman movie and didn't know anything about the Dark Knight, but she felt that Martin's thing was not bad, and in the first choice of Best Supporting Actor, Martin's name was filled.

In Los Angeles, Stallone is watching live TV with his three daughters.

The eldest daughter, Sophia, is thirteen years old and knows a lot of things, and said: "Dad, you can only be a hero in movies, Martin can not only be a hero in movies, but also a hero who defeats bad guys in reality." ”

The second daughter, Sistine, said: "So, I prefer Martin to Dad!" ”

The youngest daughter, Scarlett, was still young, hugged her father's arm and said, "Dad, I will always love you, you will always be better than that Martin in my heart." ”

Stallone pinched his little daughter's face dotingly.

Sophia pulled Scarlett apart and asked, "Dad, why can Martin fight and you can't?" ”

was exposed by his baby daughter, Stallone was not embarrassed, and said: "The ones that my father practiced were all for the sake of making movies and looking good, and the ones that Martin practiced as a young man were not only for good looks, but also for actual combat." ”

He frowned and wondered: "Is it so volatile to shoot action movies now?" I don't dare to speak without any actual combat ability. ”

"Dad, why did Los Angeles have Martin Davis Day?" The youngest daughter also became a traitor at this time: "Why is there no Stallone Day in Los Angeles?" ”

Stallone didn't know how to answer for a moment.

He thought about it, and could only bite the bullet and say, "There will be later." ”

Sophia pouted.

Stallone is particularly tired, three daughters and three things, who is willing to take them away, hurry up.

Thinking of this, he was a little envious of his old neighbor Tyson, whose daughter was so stable that she sat there and didn't move much for a day.

Stallone stopped watching TV and looked down at the Oscar ballot, most of the movies on the list of nominees he hadn't seen.

Based on the impressions left by watching newspapers and television, and some people lobbed, Sean Penn was chosen for Best Actor and Martin Davis was selected for Best Supporting Actor......

Anyway, I haven't seen the movie, and whoever I am most familiar with recently, Stallone chooses.

That afternoon, Stallone mailed the ballot to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The eldest daughter Sophia and the second daughter Sistine did not make people feel at ease, so they had to let Stallone find an opportunity to take them to Martin for a photo and ask for an autograph.

Stallone asked, "You've seen countless Hollywood stars, and I haven't seen anyone you ask for autographs." ”

"Because Martin is unique!" Sophia said: "When we were children, we always admired you as the father in the movie, and when we grew up, we realized that movie characters and reality are two different things." ”

Sistine answered: "Martin is your movie role into reality, when we were children, we admired your movie role, and now we worship Martin, isn't it normal?" ”

Stallone found that he couldn't talk about his two daughters, so he simply said: "Okay, I'll take you to him for a photo when I have the opportunity to ask for an autograph." ”

In the days that followed, the media was full of reports about Martin.

Martin's public relations team, as well as the Dark Knight crew, are also continuing to work hard to continue to build momentum for Martin to compete for Best Supporting Actor.

Beverly Hills, Martin's neighbor's home.

Charlize Theron was sitting in the living room with the Oscar ballot and Oscar nominations in front of her.

She held a pen in her hand, got it to the top of the nomination list, closed her eyes and let go, where the pen fell, which name was closer, she gave priority to the corresponding award.

Charlize didn't have that much time to go to the movies, so he used this kind of voting method that is recognized as the fairest and most impartial among the Oscar judges.

Stuart Townsend came down from upstairs with two bags of garbage and came over to take a look, and found Charlize filling out the Oscar ballot, thinking of the newspaper he had just read, and neighbor Martin Davis had been in the limelight lately.

The last time Martin Davis had a party, he didn't know why, he had a bad impression of that person, and he always felt that it was not a good thing to have such a wonderful neighbor.

Stewart cautioned: "Don't vote for Martin for Best Supporting Actor. ”

Charlize was about to close his eyes and throw the pen, when he heard this, he opened his eyes and asked in surprise, "Why?" ”

Stewart said directly: "Because I don't like him." ”

Charlize felt inexplicable: "He's good, he's in the hospital, and I've had Lily Carter bring us gifts for the holidays." ”

"What? Did he send a gift? The fire in Stewart's heart lit up at once: "Why don't I know?" ”

"You weren't home at the time," Charlize said. ”

Thinking of Martin's exposure in the past month or so, as well as the heroic deeds he has done, Charlize picked up the pen and filled in the name 'Martin Davis' at the top of the ballot for Best Supporting Actor.

Stewart was furious: "Didn't you hear what I said? ”

Charlize was very calm: "This is my vote, choose who is my freedom." ”

"You ......" Stewart glared at her.

Charlize just looked up and looked at him.

Stewart eventually took a step back, turned around and walked out of the villa, picked up two large bags of garbage, and went out the side door to the laneway between the Martin Davis mansion and threw the garbage.

There are two rows of bins in the laneway, and on the other side of the roadway is the Martin Davis family's dedicated bin.

Stewart came out and found two girls in community work uniforms standing in front of the dumpster over there, rummaging through the contents.

He couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" What are you doing? ”

Toni, who had just joined the company for a few days, turned her head, put on a smile on her face, picked up the spray bottle, and said: "Recently, I have received a response from many helpers at home that there are cockroaches in the garbage bins, and we are here to put insecticides. ”

When Stewart saw that the two were wearing community uniforms and had work permits pinned to his left chest, he didn't think much about it and didn't say more.

Toni and Elsa packed up their things, closed the bins, took off their work gloves, smiled at Stewart, and left.

As soon as she went out, Aisha stroked her chest again and again: "I'm scared to death." ”

Toni was much more daring than her: "What are you afraid of, we are now regular employees of the community!" ”

Aisha was still not very relieved, and pulled Toni to hurry away: "Go back quickly, don't let people find out again." ”

Toni carried her bag and regretted: "It's a pity that there is no gain." ”

I didn't find what I was looking for.

Inside the alleyway, Stewart threw two large bags of garbage into the bin, but did not immediately go back.

He is a man with a small heart, and when he thinks of Charlize Theron's attitude just now, the fire in his heart that was ignited is getting stronger and stronger.

All over his body, the whole person was about to be set on fire.

But Stewart didn't dare to vent his anger at Charlize at will since last year, because once they break up, the house he lives in, the luxury car he drives, and even the card he swipes may all disappear.

Looking at the garbage bin in front of him, Stewart couldn't control it, raised his foot and kicked on it again and again, using so much force that the garbage bin made of iron sheet was slightly deformed.

After venting, he felt a little better.

I opened the side door, returned to the house, picked up two more bags of garbage, and continued to throw them out.

After throwing it away, Stewart seemed to take the dustbin for Charlize and kicked it a few times in a row to relieve his hatred.

The deformed place is slightly larger.

Back at home, Stewart found Charlize sealed the Oscar ballot and was going out to mail it.

He asked, "Do you need me to help you?" ”

Charlize shook his head: "No need, I'll go out by the way." ”

With Oscar ballots mailed from Academy members to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the 81st Academy Awards is about to kick off.

(End of chapter)