America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 128: Overall Dominance (Subscription Request)

The audition room door opened and someone called out, "Martin Davis."

Martin took out his cell phone and handed it to Bruce, then strode into the audition room, greeted director Ken Kappis and casting director Heike warmly, and quickly scanned the audition room.

This audition group is unprofessional, no one even plays games!

Capis didn’t let him audition yet, but instead asked, “Do you know English football?”

When in Brisbane, Zomi often talked to Martin about football and many related things, which gave Martin some confidence: "I watch more La Liga and occasionally the Premier League. I am a fan of Ronaldinho. Although he did not lead Barcelona to win the La Liga championship, he is a real football wizard."

Capis nodded and said, "There's a beautiful woman across the street trying to seduce you. Show her how to be interested without showing it too obviously."

Martin understood it as soon as he heard it. Wasn't this allowing him to act in his true self?

A few minutes later, he came out of the audition room.

Thomas came up and asked, "How is it?"

“It feels OK,” Martin said.

Thomas led the way: "Let's go first, we will have news tomorrow."

Bruce handed the phone back to Martin: "There's a text message alert."

Arriving near the front desk, Martin turned on his cell phone and looked at the text message. It was from FedEx, informing him that his package had been collected and was ready to be sent to Atlanta.

He asked Old Bu, "Did you ship to Atlanta?"

Bruce wondered, "No, I never contacted Atlanta."

Martin guessed who it was, walked aside and called Louise: "Slut, what did you send to Atlanta in my name?"

Louise laughed crisply: "It's a serious thing, a set of carving tools, as a return gift. The things are in Kelly and I's hands. If you don't return the gift, we have to be polite."

Martin didn't believe the playboy: "Really? Nothing else?"

Louise said, "You can ask Kelly."

Martin hung up the phone without asking any more questions and told Bruce and Thomas to leave.

He went to the post-production room of "House of Wax" and chatted with Zomi. The post-production of "House of Wax" has reached the final stage and will officially hit North American theaters in October.

Warner Bros. has already begun promoting the film and has already reached agreements with the film producers of "Resident Evil 2," "The Exorcist: The Beginning," and "Alien vs. Predator" for in-film advertising.

In the evening, Martin invited Zomi, Craven, Ajia and others to a barbecue restaurant for dinner and to bond with each other.

Thomas also went along and watched Martin getting along with everyone, hanging out with big shots like Craven, eating, drinking and having fun with them, and discussing how to play with women like an old pervert.

He was born to be in this circle.

The next morning, Martin was practicing action routines with the newly recruited stuntman in the crew studio when Thomas called and told him that he had won the role of the football coach.

He did not spend any effort on this role, but the strong recommendation of a big agency was a guarantee for getting the role.

Thomas will go to the crew to discuss the salary and shooting schedule, and Martin only needs to wait for the contract.

During a break in training, Martin called Robert again and said, "Dude, I got the role. I won't thank you enough. When will you come to Los Angeles to develop?"

Robert said, "I'll stay in Atlanta for now. The team leader is too busy." He developed a pattern and gained confidence: "Call me whenever you need me."

Martin said, "I won't be polite to you."

After hanging up the phone, he asked Bruce, "Bruce, what's the best gift for Robert?"

Bruce pondered: "Robert will definitely not accept your money. I imagine he has always envied Jerome for driving a Cadillac."

Martin said, “After we finish making these two movies.”

At this time, someone shouted at the entrance of the studio: "Martin, there is a man named Mene looking for you, saying he is your friend."

Martin waved his hand: "Let him come over."

Mene came in from outside with a bag on his back. From a distance, Martin noticed that his lips were thick and upturned, like two fat sausages hanging on them.

Bruce was surprised: "Was he beaten?"

Mene took a folding stool and sat at the small round table. His voice changed as he spoke: "I don't know what the female casting director for Land of the Dead used to wash her. I made her sweet and refreshing, but my lips became allergic and turned out like this."

Martin asked, "Didn't you go to the doctor?"

Mene opened and closed his mouth with a strange expression: "I went to see a private doctor, the one Antonio gave me with his business card... I forgot what he said, the doctor nicknamed Hyena, specializes in anorectal medicine."

He added: "The doctor said there's nothing wrong and it will be fine in a few days."

Bruce patted Mene on the shoulder and said, "This is not easy for you, man."

"It's much better than before." Mene is optimistic by nature and finds joy in adversity: "I can find a way to give, and I can get rewards for my efforts. It's better than most actors in Los Angeles. I got that special zombie role."

Martin said nothing more: "I wish you good luck and hope you can get a more important role soon." Mene smiled cheerfully: "I will be satisfied if I can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year." He patted his backpack and said: "Director Romero asked the actors to join the crew for special training as soon as possible. I came here today to say goodbye to you. I will be leaving this afternoon."

Martin said, "I'm going to Mexico soon too. If you have anything to say, call Old Bull. I guess it's hard to get through to him."

"What can happen?" Mene had his own way of dealing with it: "Don't forget, I have a trick up my sleeve."

Martin glanced at his almost white face. As far as Hollywood was concerned, Mene did have nuclear weapons.

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West Hollywood, an ordinary boxing gym.

Mike Vogel was wearing boxing gloves and punching a training dummy, making it bang.

He gathered strength in his back fist and punched the dummy on the head hard, causing the dummy to shake violently.

Agent Pinto came in from outside and asked, "Take a break?"

Vogel turned and nodded, raising his fists toward his coach, waiting for the coach to remove his gloves and walk over to Pinto.

"Please give us some privacy." Pinto waited for the coach to leave and said, "As expected, the company gave priority to Martin Davis for the role of Eric."

Vogel understood that the other party got the role and said, "I have more experience than him, just because of a Best Young Actor Award?"

Pinto shook his head: "No, I got accurate information that Martin dealt with Craven alone, so he got the award, can you?"

Vogel knew he couldn't, but his strong character didn't allow him to say such a thing. He raised his fist and shook it: "I can beat all the horrible monsters created by Kraven into mud."

Pinto pressed his fist down and said, "There is also good news. You got the role of Costes. Your role is not much less than Eric's, but you have to dye your hair dark."

Vogel said, "You go and negotiate your pay."

Pinto came to the ring and sat down, pointed to the side, waited for Vogel to sit down, and said, "Have you ever thought about changing your image and acting style?"

Vogel didn't understand: "Why?"

Pinto explained: "You and Adrian were originally the highest priority among the fifth and sixth level customers in the age group of 20 to 25 years old. Now the company's resources at this level are prioritized to Martin Davis."

He pointed at Vogel's hair color, face and body and said: "Your temperament, age and style are relatively similar. For suitable roles, Martin Davis must be the first to choose. If you don't take the initiative to change, you can only choose what he has left."

Vogel is not a newcomer and knows that this circle is so cruel, but he is used to everything now. He thought about it seriously for a while and said, "Give me some time, I will think about it carefully."

Pinto persuaded him, "You haven't really become famous yet, so it's relatively easy to make the transition now. Your role in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is similar to Martin's in House of Wax. Martin has now got the leading role in Wes Craven's new film. If you don't make a change, you will continue to live under Martin's shadow for a long time with the same type of roles."

Vogel asked, “I don’t have any other resources?”

Pinto said, "You auditioned for several of the roles Martin picked, and I made a lot of efforts, but the company was unwilling to spend a lot of effort to recommend you, so we didn't get anything out of it."

Vogel jumped off the ring, walked to the dummy, and beat the dummy violently without wearing gloves. When he stopped, his knuckles were already red.

He turned to look at Pinto and said, "I'll make a decision after I finish this film."

Vogel was not Pinto’s most important client, so Pinto said no more: “Okay.”

…………

Three days later, Martin, accompanied by Thomas, came to the "Summer of Jeans" studio and signed an actor contract with producer Brad Ehresman representing the crew.

After signing the contract, the latter shook hands with Martin and said, “Welcome to the crew.”

Martin smiled and said, "It's my pleasure."

Things are different now. As the winner of the Saturn Award for Best Young Actor, Martin has gained some status.

Brad took a special photo with Martin who was holding the contract, which would be used as future promotional material.

In another office, Bruce also signed an assistant agreement with the crew.

Just like in The Hills Have Eyes, Thomas secured a paid assistant position for Bruce.

Among all the actors in the group, except for the four female protagonists, only Martin enjoyed this treatment.

Martin's role is paid $25. In addition to the normal treatment of the main actors in the crew, the crew will also provide him with two business class tickets to and from Los Angeles.

"Summer of Jeans" is also a compilation project, and the main filming location is also chosen in Mexico. The schedule does not overlap with "The Hills Have Eyes". Martin has more time to shoot Craven's film first, and then join another crew.

In addition, the indoor scenes of both crews were shot in Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California Peninsula.

This is a famous resort city and a common filming location for Hollywood crews.

The elephant trunk-like beach arch that often appears in Hollywood movies is located here.

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