America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 162 Fans Event (asking for monthly tickets)

After get off work, Martin and Bruce returned to their North Hollywood apartment.

Under the parasol at the door, Antonio set up a table and lined up five hamburgers and two steaks.

He admired the sunset, savored hamburgers, and enjoyed the leisurely life of a millionaire tenant.

Martin went over, took a bottle of ice drink, and said, "Rich man, you are too leisurely. If you continue to eat like this, obesity will crush you."

Antonio's leisure turned into alertness: "Martin, what do you want to do?"

"You've made a lot of money, right? Take it out and invest it. Now's a good opportunity." Martin tried to get investment: "I'm running a movie..."

Antonio raised his hand to interrupt him: "Stop! Martin, don't say anything."

Martin stopped and looked at the fat landlord: "An opportunity to make money!"

Antonio picked up the burger and said, "I have food, drink, property and savings. As long as I don't invest, start a business or get married, I will live a very comfortable life until I die."

His words suddenly pierced my heart: "I'm a millionaire, a rich man, why should I fight like you?"

At this moment, Martin felt what Old Bull felt, turned around and walked towards the door, not forgetting to say, "From now on, don't talk to me for a week."

"There's a package for you. Jessica received it for you." After Antonio said this, he took a big bite of the burger and ate it with relish.

Bruce looked Antonio up and down and gave him a thumbs up: "You are awesome."

Seeing the strange look in Old Bull's eyes, Antonio suddenly felt that the burger was tasteless. He couldn't sit still and urged, "Go upstairs quickly and don't disturb me while I'm eating."

After Bruce left, Antonio felt inexplicably relaxed and his butt was at ease.

Martin went upstairs, came to the room diagonally opposite, and knocked gently on the door.

Jessica opened the door and looked out. Seeing Martin, she immediately said, "You're back? Yes, the express is here with me."

Behind, Emily squeezed past Jessica, holding a cardboard box, and brought the box to Martin.

Martin said, "Thank you." He pointed to the rooftop and said, "Let's have a drink upstairs later."

Jessica responded first: "Okay! We have something to tell you too."

Martin glanced at his watch and said, "See you on the rooftop in half an hour."

"Okay." The two hurried back to put on makeup.

Martin returned to the room and Bruce followed him from behind.

While Martin was unpacking the package, he called a nearby restaurant and asked them to send wine and dinner.

Martin opened the box and found it was full of horn carvings. They were all human figures with a big mouth and a red nose. They were all clowns modeled after him.

Some are hilarious, some are scary.

Bruce picked one up and said, "The carving is getting better and better."

Martin took out the envelope at the bottom and opened it. There was a letter inside, written by Lily.

The letter was very short, and it mainly talked about one thing: some people at Marietta Public High School slandered "House of Wax", and she led her men to deal with those bastards one by one, basically stuffing a smelly sock in each person's mouth.

Bruce asked, "Do you need a gift in return?"

Martin thought of his collection: "Where's my crocodile tooth pendant?"

"You've delivered it once." Bruce reminded him, "You want to deliver the same thing a second time? Man, be a human being."

Martin put away his things and said, "Let's talk about it later."

Last time, those two sluts, Louise and Kelly, mailed a set of carving tools back to Atlanta in his name.

Lily mentioned movies in her letter, and Martin said, "Collect some movie materials and mail them to her someday."

The restaurant sent someone to deliver the dinner that Bruce ordered. Martin called Jessica and Emily, and called Antonio downstairs to have dinner on the rooftop together.

Hearing that there was something delicious, Antonio moved his fat body and rolled up.

Five people sat at the long dining table, eating and chatting.

Jessica asked, “Martin, have you been following the blog lately?”

Martin said: "I watch it occasionally. I'm very busy these days, preparing a new movie."

Emily immediately asked, "A new movie? How big is the production? When will it start filming? Will it take…"

Compared to her, the younger Jessica is much calmer.

Emily automatically stopped asking questions when she saw her companion was silent.

"We've just started planning, but it's still a long way from official preparation." Martin said vaguely, and asked Jessica, "What happened to the blog?"

He has limited energy and cannot pay attention to it every day, so Thomas manages the blog most of the time.

Jessica said, "Rachel is going to call a gathering for the active members of the fan section. Everyone will pay for it. We will discuss your new film at the gathering."

Martin asked directly: "What do you think?"

Jessica said after careful consideration: "Here's what I'm thinking. Bring some pictures or autographed photos of you to Rachel and ask her to distribute them to the active members of the fan section. They will become a point of support for the fan network..."

She studied at a professional art college, so if we compare their education level, she is better than Martin: "I think fans need to be managed. A loyal fan may lead five or six people around him, or even more, to buy tickets, especially when the movie is released." Antonio suddenly interrupted: "That's not entirely accurate. For someone like me, even ten of the most loyal fans can't pull me away."

Bruce looked at his tonnage and said directly: "I guess even twenty won't be enough."

"Movies are all about making money from ordinary people." Martin then said nonsense: "You are a rich man, a rich man, and a miser."

Jessica smiled at Antonio and said, "People like you are not even in the group I'm talking about."

"Don't pay attention to him." Martin thought for a moment and said, "My new movie will be released in February."

Jessica knew: "The Hills Have Eyes, but apart from a main poster, no other materials have been released yet."

Martin looked forward and said, "I am completely different from the wax figure in this film. I am the absolute protagonist. I have asked the crew for some promotional materials about me. You can take them to Rachel."

Jessica was pleasantly surprised: "That's great, they really wanted it."

"Do you have anything to do tomorrow?" Martin saw Jessica shaking her head and said, "Come with me to Warner Studios tomorrow morning. The crew should have some related promotional materials. I'll apply for a batch and you can bring them to Rachel then."

Emily said, "Okay, Jesse and I will be waiting for you in the morning."

The next morning, Jessica and Emily drove with Martin to Warner Studios.

Martin asked them to wait in the front hall and went straight to Craven to tell him what had happened.

Craven has been in Hollywood for decades, and has worked on 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 carry out the second wave of publicity. This activity is good. After all, you are the absolute protagonist of the film."

Martin continued, "That's what I think. This is a formal promotion. Informal promotion can only be launched after the New Year. Warner Bros. has enough budget for promotion. Can we do both at the same time?"

The benefits of using him as the publicity center are self-evident, and Martin certainly wants to facilitate it: "Wes, this is what I'm thinking, how about making it an official event? I remember you mentioned last time that the first version of the trailer has been edited, so why not take this opportunity to hold a fan-friendly release ceremony?"

Craven thought about it and said, "That's entirely possible. The crew can release the first trailer at the event, and then launch it on all media platforms. At the same time, they can give promotional materials to fans and media at the event to warm up the film in advance."

There are only a little over two months left until the release of "The Hills Have Eyes", which is not a long time.

Craven simply called a meeting with the crew and Warner Bros.' distribution representatives to discuss the matter together.

Bruce went to inform Jessica and Emily, asking them to wait patiently for a while, and if they really couldn't sit still, they could go around the studio.

Emily wanted to go and take a look, but was stopped 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 and discussed the subsequent activities with the two in detail.

Emily didn't expect that what was initially a spontaneous activity initiated by fans would be taken seriously by the crew and turned into official publicity.

In order to express his concern, Martin personally logged into the blog and posted a reply under Rachel's call post in the fan section.

"I just saw that everyone's support is the most important to me. To thank everyone for their support, I plan to give some support to the event and apply to the crew of "The Hills Have Eyes" for a batch of the latest materials to be brought over."

After the post was published, many replies quickly appeared below.

Martin calmed down and waited patiently for a while before posting another message: "I have just contacted the crew of The Hills Have Eyes. After hearing about everyone's support for me, the crew decided to sponsor this event. The event expenses will be covered by the crew. My information in the film will be given away on site, and the media will be contacted to report everyone's support for me. The first trailer of The Hills Have Eyes will also be released at the event."

As soon as this reply came out, the blog immediately became active.

The number of people signing up skyrocketed.

Maybe someone informed Rachel, and she asked Martin personally and posted a new thread, calling on everyone to support her on the spot.

The wax museum was a hot seller, helping Martin attract a large number of fans, many of whom used blogs as their base of activity.

The number of people signing up for Rachel's new post quickly exceeded 100.

The crew also acted quickly, immediately mobilizing the budget, planning the event schedule, contacting the media, and booking the venue.

Jessica and Emily also became liaisons between the crew and the fan group.

"Let them join the crew temporarily." Martin needed labor to help him with his work, and it would be best if the crew paid for it: "They will be useful for subsequent publicity."

Craven didn't care about this expense and nodded, "Okay."

Martin asked, "You can?"

Jessica immediately said, “I have no problem.”

Emily hesitated because she still had a role to audition for.

Jessica kicked her with her feet and thought that Emily's brain was all in her chest.

Emily responded: "I'm in."

After everyone else left, Wes Craven was still thinking about it.

After a while, he said to Martin: "Just ordinary movie fans, the enthusiasm is still not enough."

Martin responded quickly: "I'll try to bring Annie there."

Two updates today. Collecting manuscripts for the next round.

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(End of this chapter)