After get off work, Martin and Bruce returned to their North Hollywood apartment.
Under the umbrella at the door, Antonio set up a table with five burgers and two steaks lined up.
He admired the sunset, tasted burgers, and enjoyed the leisurely life of a millionaire renter.
Martin went over, got a bottle of iced drink, and said, "Rich man, you are too leisurely. If you eat like this, obesity will crush you."
Antonio's leisurely attitude turned into vigilance: "Martin, what do you want to do?"
"You have made a lot of money, right? Invest it. Now there is a good opportunity." Martin tried to attract investment: "I am running a movie..."
Antonio raised his hand to interrupt him: "Stop! Martin, stop talking."
Martin stopped and looked at the fat landlord: "What an opportunity to make money!"
Antonio picked up the burger: "I have food, drink, real estate, and savings. As long as I don't invest, start a business, or get married, I will live very comfortably until I die."
His words suddenly hit my heart: "I am a millionaire, a rich man, why do I have to work hard like you?"
At this moment, Martin felt what Lao Bu was feeling. He turned around and walked towards the door, not forgetting to leave a sentence: "From now on, don't talk to me for a week."
"I have your express mail. Jessica collected it for you." After Antonio said this, he took a big bite on the burger and ate it deliciously.
Bruce looked Antonio up and down and raised his thumbs at him: "You are awesome."
Seeing the strange look in Lao Bu's eyes, Antonio suddenly felt that the burger was tasteless, and he couldn't sit still, so he urged: "Go upstairs quickly, don't disturb me while I'm eating."
After Bruce left, Antonio felt inexplicably relaxed and his butt settled down.
Martin went upstairs, came diagonally across the street, and knocked gently on the door.
Jessica opened the door and showed her face. When she saw Martin, she immediately said, "Are you back? Yes, I have the express."
Behind, Emily held the cardboard box and squeezed past Jessica. The box was delivered to Martin.
Martin said: "Thank you." He pointed to the roof: "I'll have a drink upstairs later."
Jessica responded first: "Okay! We also have something to tell you."
Martin glanced at his watch: "I'll see you on the roof in half an hour."
"Okay." The two of them quickly went back to put on makeup.
Martin returned to the room and Bruce followed from behind.
While Martin was unpacking the express, he called a nearby restaurant to send him wine and dinner.
Martin opened the box and found that it was full of carvings of horns. All the characters had a big mouth and a red nose. They were all clowns modeled after him.
Some are hilarious, some are horrifying.
Bruce picked up one and said, "The carving is getting better and better."
Martin took out the envelope at the bottom again. After opening it, there was a letter inside, written by Lily.
The letter was very short, and it mainly wrote about one thing. Some people at Marietta Public High School slandered "House of Wax Museum of Horror". She led people to clean up those bastards one by one, basically putting a smelly sock in each person's mouth.
Bruce asked, "Do you need a gift in return?"
Martin thought about his collection: "Where's my crocodile tooth pendant?"
"You gave it away once." Bruce reminded: "You want to give the same thing a second time? Man, be a human being."
Martin put away his things: "Let's talk about it later."
Last time Louise and Kelly, two losers, mailed a set of engraving tools back to Atlanta in his name.
Lily mentioned movies in her letter, and Martin said: "Collect some movie materials another day and mail them to her."
The restaurant sent someone to deliver Bruce's dinner. Martin called Jessica and Emily, and then called Antonio downstairs, and they went to the rooftop to have dinner together.
Hearing that there was something delicious, Antonio moved his fat body and rolled up.
Five people sat at the long dining table, chatting while eating.
Jessica asked: "Martin, have you followed the blog recently?"
Martin said: "I watch it occasionally. I'm very busy at the moment, preparing a new movie."
Emily immediately asked: "New movie? How large-scale is the production? When will the filming start? Need..."
Compared to her, the younger Jessica is much calmer.
Seeing her companion's silence, Emily automatically stopped asking questions.
"We have just started planning, and it is still far away from the official preparations." Martin said vaguely and asked Jessica: "What happened to the blog?"
He has limited energy and cannot pay attention to it every day. Thomas is responsible for most of the blog.
Jessica said: "Rachel is going to convene a gathering of activists in the fan section. The fee will be AA for everyone. Your new film will be discussed at the gathering."
Martin asked directly: "What do you think?"
Jessica considered and said: "I think so, bring some pictorials or signed photos about you to Rachel, and ask her to distribute them to the activists in the fan section. They will become a point of support for the fan network..."
She went to a professional art school and is really more educated than Martin: "I think fans need to be managed. A loyal fan may lead five or six people around him, maybe more, especially to buy tickets when the movie is released."
Antonio suddenly interjected: "That's not entirely accurate. Even ten of my biggest fans can't pull me away."
Bruce looked at his tonnage and said directly: "It's probably not even twenty."
"Movies are all about making money from ordinary people." Martin then said nonsense: "You are a rich man and a miser."
Jessica smiled at Antonio: "You are not in the group I am talking about at all."
"Ignore him." Martin said thoughtfully, "A new film of mine will be released in February."
Jessica knew: ""The Mountain Has Eyes", but except for the main poster, no other materials have been released yet."
Martin looked forward: "I am completely different from the Wax Museum in this film. I am the absolute protagonist. I am applying to the crew for some promotional materials about me. You can bring them to Rachel."
Jessica was pleasantly surprised: "That's great, they really want it."
"Do you have anything to do tomorrow?" Martin saw Jessica shaking her head and said, "I will go to Warner Studio with me tomorrow morning. The crew should have some relevant promotional materials. I will apply for a batch. Then you can Bring it to Rachel.”
Emily said: "Okay, Jesse and I will be waiting for you early in the morning."
The next morning, Jessica and Emily drove with Martin to Warner Studios.
Martin asked them to wait in the front hall, went directly to Craven, and roughly explained the matter.
Craven has been in Hollywood for decades and has made commercial films from beginning to end. He immediately had an idea: "It's been half a month since the first poster was released. According to the normal rhythm, the crew should also conduct a second wave of promotions. , this activity is good, after all, you are the absolute protagonist of the film."
Martin continued his words: "I think so too. This is a formal publicity activity. Unofficial publicity can only be launched after the New Year. Warner Bros.'s publicity budget is still sufficient. Can we start on both sides at the same time?"
The benefits of using him as the center of publicity are self-evident, and Martin certainly wants to promote it: "Wes, this is what I'm thinking about, do you want to make it an official event? I remember you mentioned it last time, the first version of the trailer was cut Come out, take this opportunity to hold a fan-linked release ceremony?"
Craven thought for a while and said: "It's absolutely possible. The crew can release the first trailer at the event and then fully launch it on the media platform. At the same time, they can give away promotional materials to fans and media who come to the scene to warm up the film in advance. .”
There are only a little more than two months until the release of "The Mountain Has Eyes", which is not a long time.
Craven simply called a meeting with the crew and distribution representatives from Warner Bros. to discuss it together.
Bruce went to notify Jessica and Emily and asked them to wait patiently for a while. If they couldn't sit still, they could go to the studio for a walk.
Emily wanted to take a look, but was held back by Jessica: "Let's wait here for a while."
After more than 40 minutes, a crew member came to call them.
The two men saw the famous Wes Craven.
A publicity manager from the crew came over to discuss the subsequent activities with the two in detail.
Emily did not expect that what was initially a fan-initiated event would be taken seriously by the crew and turned into an official promotion.
In order to express his concern, Martin logged into his blog in person and posted a reply under Rachel's appeal in the fan section.
"I just saw that everyone's support is the most important to me. To thank you for your support, I am going to give some support to the event and apply to the crew of "The Mountain Has Eyes" for a batch of the latest materials to be brought over."
I couldn’t finish posting, and many replies quickly appeared below.
Martin calmed down, waited patiently for a while, and posted another message: "I have just contacted the crew of "The Mountain Has Eyes". The crew heard about everyone's support for me and decided to sponsor this event. The crew will be responsible for the event expenses and I will be given a gift on the spot. I will use the information in the film and contact the media to report everyone's support for me, and I will also premiere the first trailer of "The Mountain Has Eyes" at the event."
As soon as this reply came out, the blog immediately became active.
The number of people signing up soared.
Someone may have notified Rachel, who personally asked Martin and posted a new post calling on everyone to support him on the spot.
The wax museum was a hit, helping Martin attract a large number of fans, many of whom used blogs as a base for their activities.
Under Rachel's new post, the number of people signing up quickly exceeded a hundred.
The crew also acted very quickly, immediately mobilizing the budget, planning the event process, contacting the media, and booking the venue.
Jessica and Emily also became the liaison between the crew and the fan base.
"Let them join the crew temporarily." Martin needs labor to help him do things, and the crew will pay the best: "They will be needed for subsequent promotions."
Craven didn't care about this expense and nodded: "Okay."
Martin asked, "Can you?"
Jessica immediately said, "I don't have a problem."
Emily hesitated; she still had roles to audition for.
Jessica kicked her under her feet, and her heart said that Emily's brain was all on her chest.
Emily responded: "I'll join."
When the others left, Wes Craven was still thinking about it.
After a while, he said to Martin: "Just ordinary movie fans, the popularity is still not enough."
Martin's reaction was mixed: "I'll find a way to take Annie there."
Two updates today. Collect manuscripts and prepare for the next round.
(End of chapter)
