America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 144 God hates ghosts
At the Fox Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles, a red carpet was laid on the sidewalk, and fans who arrived gathered on both sides of the isolation fence.

Emily and Jessica both had Martin's free tickets in their hands and ran over in the afternoon.

They were thoughtful and brought Martin's character poster.

The number of fans at the event was unexpectedly large, and most of them were holding Paris Hilton's character posters.

The wax corpse poster.

Very popular and sold out.

They also brought various slogans insulting and denouncing Paris.

Both sides of the red carpet were almost occupied by Paris's eccentric fans.

Fans of the leading actress Elisha Cuthbert could only huddle in a corner near the media area.

Jessica is tall and points to the other side of the media area: "There are some people holding Martin's posters over there."

Emily pulled her over there: "Let's go take a look."

On the left side of the media area, there were more than 20 young men and women gathered, led by a young woman wearing glasses who was distributing posters to everyone.

Seeing two girls holding Martin posters, Rachel waved, "Come over here, we're all here!"

Emily was curious, so she entered the crowd and asked, "Are you all Martin supporters?"

A big boy with freckles on his face answered, "Yeah, zombie dancer, that's so cool, I've always wanted to learn the machine gun dance."

Jessica has seen many people who want to practice this dance: "Most people can't achieve that kind of effect."

Several people around echoed: "It's too difficult."

Rachel then asked, "You signed up through the blog?"

Emily shook her head: "We came here on our own."

Rachel said quickly, "We made the appointment through Martin's blog. If you like Martin, you can follow his blog. There is a special fan section on it, and we will notify everyone in advance if there are any activities."

Jessica was quite surprised: "I didn't expect that Martin had so many supporters."

Rachel still remembers her first meeting with Martin: "Martin is a great actor and a very nice person."

Phoebe next to him reminded: "Look, there's a car coming."

People on both sides of the red carpet were very excited. The person who got out of the car was Elisha Cuthbert. This summer's actress next door has attracted a lot of attention.

The screams started.

Bruce drove a black Cadillac from a distance.

In the back seat, Martin was flipping through his notebook.

Bruce said, "If you had worked so hard in high school, you would have been admitted to an Ivy League school long ago."

"I'm a natural poor student. I can't pass the exam." Martin was also a poor student in his previous life: "I know myself well. I'm not cut out for studying."

Bruce understood: "The talent is all in messing things up."

Martin didn't bother to pay attention to him and just memorized the words in his notebook.

These are the greetings that several fans wrote for him at his first fan meeting in his life.

I had a lot of fun doing the reverse signing and easily controlled the rhythm of the entire meeting, but it was a bit difficult to remember the greetings.

Rachel, who was seen on the red carpet at the Saturn Awards, called on supporters to come to the premiere to cheer him on in a blog post.

Martin took it to heart, and if the others came, he would always express that he had not forgotten them.

After reading it carefully, he closed his notebook and vowed never to do that again.

The Cadillac stopped in front of the red carpet. Martin opened the door and got out. The moment the flash lights came on, he smiled and waved.

Unlike previous releases, the publicity for House of Wax was massive, and reporters were able to recognize Martin as the film's leading man.

Martin paused briefly in front of the red carpet, waiting for the reporters to take pictures, and then walked towards the theater entrance, where all he could see were wax posters of the characters played by Paris.

Judging from the premiere, the publicity effect is very good.

Martin waved to both sides frequently, and soon saw the group of fans supporting him, and strode over.

When Rachel saw Martin, she immediately yelled at the top of her lungs: "Martin! Martin..."

Everyone around started shouting, even Emily and Jessica were shouting at the top of their lungs. The voices of more than 30 people temporarily overwhelmed the hundreds of people present.

Martin came to the guardrail where they were, "Hi, Rachel."

Then he nodded to Emily and Jessica and greeted everyone: "Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming to support me."

Rachel handed over a pen and took the poster.

Martin had just reviewed his lessons, so he picked up his pen and wrote: "You are the lightning on a rainy day, lighting up the entire night sky."

Rachel covered her mouth happily, tears welling up in her eyes, not knowing what to say.

Martin gave her a gentle hug: "Come on, Rachel."

Then he signed autographs for other fans.

It was the first time Phoebe saw Martin in person, and she kept muttering to herself, "He's so handsome, so cool and so stylish, he's my idol."

Emily and Jessica live next door to Martin and see him often.

Unlike Martin who has an easy-going personality in real life, he shines brightly in a suit, exuding an aura that is both friendly and classy.

He actually blended these two different temperaments perfectly together.

The noise at the front of the red carpet grew louder again, and another person came over.

Martin turned around and saw an old acquaintance - Kate Winslet.

Louise must have invited him.

After Martin finished signing, Kate also walked over and stopped to wait for him, and then they entered the media area together. Immediately, a reporter came over to interview: "Kate, are you familiar with Martin?"

Kate looked at Martin and smiled, then turned and said, "I met Martin when I went to Atlanta to film. Didn't you notice that Martin appeared in my movie?"

Most of the reporters had seen "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", but had no impression of Martin.

Martin had seen it a long time ago. In that film, only four of his frontal shots were cut, with only one line of dialogue left, and his total appearance time was only more than 20 seconds.

The reporter asked Martin again about Kate.

Martin praised Kate: "There is no doubt that I am Kate's forever fan. Ruth is the goddess in my heart forever, and so is Kate."

The two stood in front of the advertising background board and cooperated with reporters to take photos.

Then they went into the theater together.

Louise came out of the lounge at this time, greeted the two of them, and came to Kate: "You came back from out of town specially."

"I didn't come back specially. I just finished my work at the Toronto Film Festival." Kate said with a smile, "You are the investor and producer. If I don't please you, I won't have any roles in the future."

Martin followed the two men toward the theater.

Kate said: "Awards season has begun. I am preparing to hold a party and will send you invitations then."

Martin continued, "Please introduce me to some British directors and producers."

"No problem." Kate winked at Louise and said to Martin, "I can also introduce you to a few British actresses."

Louise looked back at Martin: "English Rose."

Martin just smiled and asked, "Does the awards season officially begin?"

Kate said simply: "In a narrow sense, it started in December, but in a broad sense, it started in September at the Toronto Film Festival."

The three of them entered the theater together, and Martin sat in the front row.

Director Zomi has arrived.

The two chatted for a while, and Mene also entered the theater and sat next to Martin, a little excited: "Boss, you don't know, when I walked on the red carpet, the fans on both sides shouted my name together. This feeling is so good."

Martin said, "You are a celebrity now, act in style."

Mene licked his face and said, "I didn't expect that after just one time with Paris... I would get so much. I am a celebrity now!"

Eliza, wearing a red dress, came over and greeted the crew members one by one.

Martin came over and smiled and nodded.

Martin also smiled and nodded, and neither of them spoke.

Guests, audiences and media reporters arrived one after another. Susan and Zomi brought the main creative staff to the small stage in front of the curtain. After a brief group photo and speeches, the film began to show.

This is a traditional American horror film, but the method of killing has changed from knives, axes, and chainsaws to wax.

The crew also made some innovations, such as the gimmick of twins fighting against twins.

The wax figure artist and his conjoined twin brother in the film are twins, and the heroine and supporting actor who kill them are also twins.

Maybe Zomi did it on purpose, or maybe Paris is just born with it, but her character in the film is bitchy as soon as she appears.

The first climax for ordinary audiences occurs when the two characters of Paris and Mene interact closely.

Even though he was sitting in the front row, Martin could hear bursts of curses.

Paris' reputation was already very bad after the videotape, and after the recent storm of publicity and hype, Paris' reputation as a rich and slutty woman hit rock bottom even faster than Martin's in his previous life.

Since the first protagonist is Eliza, Martin's role can only be described as mediocre.

But Zomi, Susan and the editor know how to attract female audiences beyond the scope of horror films.

Whenever Martin appears in the camera, he always stands tall, cool and handsome.

In the audience, Phoebe, who came with Rachel, had a crazy look on her face: "This is my idol!"

Rachel nodded repeatedly: "He is good-looking, has good acting skills and a good personality. Our Martin will become famous soon!"

Jessica replied, "I think the real person is better."

Everyone around agreed.

Emily reminded: "Martin also starred in a horror movie. He is definitely the leading actor. It may be released next year."

Cheers suddenly broke out in the theater.

Everyone stopped talking and went to watch the movie.

It turns out that Paris Hilton encountered a murderer.

The part that many people have been looking forward to has finally arrived.

Paris is being chased by a murderer.

Someone suddenly shouted, "Kill her! Kill her..."

There were actually scattered responses.

If a person can torture himself to the point where he is hated by all gods and ghosts, it is a great talent.

Take Paris for example. She was born into the Hilton family and has a talent that not everyone can possess.

Perhaps "House of Wax" can create a record of audience expectations in the history of horror films.

There has never been a character like this, in which the audience watched so eagerly as she was slaughtered by a murderer.

So, the cinema ushered in the real climax of the night.

When Paris had her ankle ligaments cut by the ogre and was taken to the wax museum to be sprayed with wax to make a statue, the audience burst into applause.

The audience, bombarded by the news media and oppressed by the Paris scandal, vented their frustration and depression freely.

(End of this chapter)