America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 170 Send You a Little Star
In Beverly Hills, Jody rode his motorcycle, turned toward the main entrance of the Hilton Hotel, and stopped next to the flower bed.

She took off her helmet and raised her camera, just in time to see Martin and Annie get out of the car and walk into the hotel hand in hand.

Jody instinctively pressed the shutter of the camera, thinking: "Don't come out, the couple wants to spend the night together!"

These paparazzi are more anxious for gossip than the parties involved.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Martin still didn't come out.

Jody found a place to sit down and thought about how to write the gossip while waiting.

Soon she came up with a suitable title: Martin Davis holds hands with Hollywood Princess Anne Hathaway, this is what love should look like...

Jody is a dedicated paparazzi. Not only does he take photos, he also runs a gossip column on an entertainment website. When he saw someone who was not around for a while, he took out a pen and a notebook, found a spot under a street light, and started writing a short essay based on his previous thoughts.

Those who work hard will always be rewarded.

After a while, suddenly a tall figure blocked the light above.

Jody quickly closed the notebook to prevent her colleagues from copying her ideas. When she looked up, she saw Bruce's rotten face.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

Bruce said nothing, just hooked his finger.

Jody packed his things and followed Bruce into a sedan.

On the way, she wanted to turn on the recorder again.

Bruce said, "You go back, I'll find someone else."

Jody took out the recorder and disassembled it into parts under Bruce's watchful eyes.

Bruce opened the car door and got in.

Jody got in the passenger seat.

Bruce fished out a memory card, placed it on the armrest box between the two of them, and said, "Photos of Martin and Annie at the hotel."

This was taken by him himself.

Jody nodded, picked it up and put it away, then leaned over to Bruce's side and went straight to the zipper of his pants.

Bruce glanced at the ordinary buttocks lying down, and his heart was calm. He pushed Jody back and said, "Don't use your rotten tricks to harm a good person like me. I won't be corrupted by you!"

Jody stood up and looked at Bruce. Compared to the person opposite her, she felt inexplicably noble: "What do you want?"

Bruce was not overbearing: "For $100 of hard work, the article you write must be biased towards Martin."

Jody took out all the cash he had and stuffed it all into Bruce's pocket: "I will."

Bruce counted it and found it was only over 80 dollars. He didn't care. "Martin won't come out until o'clock tomorrow morning. Go back and have a good sleep."

Jody opened the door and got out of the car, walked to the motorcycle alone, put on a helmet and returned to the rented house. However, she did not go to bed immediately. Instead, she worked on the manuscript overnight, and posted it on the website column with photos she took herself and provided by Bruce.

There were still a lot of photos left, so she called the paper media she cooperated with and sold the photos to them.

Early in the morning, Laura got up, picked up her camera, waited by the door, and watched through the peephole what was happening on Anne's side diagonally opposite.

Martin stayed in Anne's suite last night after returning from Griffith Observatory.

In the middle of the night, Anne sneaked over here, feeling sweet but tired. She said that Martin had tortured her so much that she came here to take a break.

There was movement over there, so Laura opened the door slightly and extended the camera lens, aiming it over there.

She had practiced several times last night and was very familiar with it.

Anne's suite door opened and Martin came out of the room. Anne, in her pajamas, chased him to the door from behind.

One of them was in the room, and the other was outside the door. They first looked at each other affectionately, and then kissed passionately.

Laura pressed the shutter of the camera and took pictures one after another.

Martin held Anne's hand and said, "I have work to do at the studio. I can't accompany you. Please take care of yourself."

Anne leaned over again and kissed Martin on the cheek: "Work is important."

After all, his work is related to her future.

"I was in a hurry last night." Martin said apologetically, "I didn't prepare anything."

Anne's face flushed just right: "You...you performed very well, very perfectly."

Martin smiled and said, "I'll prepare a special gift for you later."

Annie couldn't help but be surprised: "Really?"

Martin nodded: "Of course, a surprise." He looked at his watch: "I have to go."

Anne leaned against the door frame and watched Martin walk into the elevator, looking back every few steps.

Surprise? What surprise? Annie couldn't help but think: a luxury car? An exquisite pigeon egg? Or a set of luxury jewelry?
The door of the room diagonally opposite opened, Laura popped her head out and raised the camera in her hand.

Anne waved her hand and told her to hurry up. Laura returned to the room and called the entertainment media and paparazzi she had collected, preparing to sell the photo of Martin leaving Anne's room.

Anne closed the door, picked up her cell phone, called her agent Maha, and told her agent the latest progress between her and Martin.

Maha said: "I will talk to Martin's agent directly."

Just like two people getting married on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is not just a matter between the two of them, two stars getting together is also not just a matter between the two of them.

On the other side, Martin went downstairs and called Bruce. When he arrived at the hotel entrance, Bruce just drove over.

Martin got in the car and said, "To Warner Studios."

Bruce drove out of the hotel and said simply, "There is a lot of news about you and Annie on the Internet and in entertainment newspapers. It's very popular."

Martin asked, “What’s the reaction on the blogs?”

"Your fans are discussing this very enthusiastically, and they think you and Anne are a good match." Bruce paid special attention to this morning: "It attracted quite a few Anne's fans, and it was very lively. I think they want you to treat Anne well."

Martin anticipated this. There are differences in fan culture on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Here, things like celebrities falling in love don't have that much impact on fans.

Of course, there are also crazy and brainless fans.

Bruce continued, "Thomas called you, but your phone was turned off, so he called me. He said that you should keep up the rhythm with Annie and extend the time from one week to ten days, preferably until The Hills Have Eyes is released. If a small part of the popularity is converted into market data, you will make a lot of money."

Martin nodded slightly, took out his cell phone and called Thomas.

After the call was connected, she said a few words and mentioned an important matter: "Annie's agent Maha asked me to have an interview. She said that Annie mentioned it to you."

Martin said, "Annie told me last night that you should go talk to Maha."

Anne simply said last night that the two of them were attracting a lot of attention together, and the agency had contacted her specifically, and if she and Martin were to be together, there would be some things that needed to be discussed.

Martin certainly agrees.

Just after hanging up the phone with Thomas, Daniel, who was in charge of the publicity for "The Hills Have Eyes" at Warner Bros., called again and discussed with Martin specifically how the scandal could effectively increase the exposure of "The Hills Have Eyes".

The seemingly simple relationship between two people actually involves interests from all aspects.

Bruce was all numb: "This rotten circle is full of shit."

Martin said: "It is essentially no different from the marriages between political families."

Bruce remembered something: "For example, Schwarzenegger married a woman from the Kennedy family."

Martin asked, "I want to give Anne a special gift. What do you think?"

"What does she like? I think she must be interested in jewelry, luxury cars and luxury goods." Bruce repeated his old words: "Get her a big diamond. I heard that there are artificial ones that are purer and more beautiful than natural ones."

Martin shook his head: "This is too ordinary. Let me think... I have it. How about giving her a star?"

Bruce didn't want to talk to this man anymore.

Martin has always been a man of action. He takes out his cell phone and dials Harris' number. "It's me, Martin. Give me a star that is easy to observe. It's called Anne Hathaway. Yes, the princess. Make the star map and certificate more exquisite, using the most high-end materials. Yes! It should be high-end and classy, ​​highlighting the high style. Mail it to me when it's done."

Harris agreed immediately.

Martin solved the gift problem easily, making it romantic yet unconventional.

This time he gave stars, next time he could give real estate. Last time he mentioned to Harris about developing the lunar project.

Compared to those who often give away beach villas, this is much higher quality.

After all, one is in heaven and the other is on earth.

Martin came to the Hills Have Eyes Studio at Warner Studios and attended a new promotion and marketing meeting for the film.

Because the film was recognized by theater managers during preview screenings, the male lead Martin himself is very popular, the previous film was a huge success, and Wes Craven has the brand name, The Mountain Is Full of Eyes will open in about 3300 theaters in North America.

In addition, House of Wax will be taken off the shelves around January 2005, 1, when Warner Bros. will release the DVD. An advertisement for The Hills Have Eyes has been added to the DVD disc being pressed.

Martin then followed Craven and Aja into the producer's office.

Craven took some documents and handed them to Martin: "Take a look, newly printed top-secret information."

Martin sat in the chair and looked carefully at the document in his hand. The paper was a little old, with a red seal of "Top Secret" on it and the logo of the U.S. Atomic Energy Evaluation Agency on the top.

Ajia was also watching: "It won't cause any trouble, right?"

Craven smiled and said, "No, it's just a little bit similar. In fact, there is no such organization. We made it up."

Martin recalled a phrase often said in Hollywood: "As long as you don't blackmail the IRS, you can blackmail other departments and agencies."

"That's right." Craven said, "These are just small things. No one will care. We are not just making up fake news. The poster and the first version of the advertisement for the film have been released. When the public sees them, they will quickly associate them with movie promotion."

Ajia asked: "Viral marketing?"

Craven said simply, "It's a form of viral marketing. It was Martin's idea. In the past few months, there has been a lot of buzz about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The political struggle caused by the election has also caused a split in the media. Someone even came out and broke the news that Iraq only had laundry detergent."

The crew and Warner Bros. adopted Martin's idea based on the current social situation: "The public is paying special attention to weapons of mass destruction now, so let's add fuel to the fire."

(Let me talk about The Departed. First of all, I think the Hong Kong version is better, far better than the American version. Personally, I don't know much about the gangs and social environment in the American version, and it looks boring. But this movie is highly praised in North America. Before The Wolf of Wall Street, it was Martin Scorsese's highest-grossing movie. North American critics called it Martin Scorsese's best movie besides Goodfellas. It seems to be around 100th on the IMDB 50 best movies.)
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