America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 199 There is a movie called Elephant

In the afternoon, Martin's autograph session continued, and the location was changed to South Coast Commercial Plaza.

Although he was mentally exhausted and his face and muscles were stiff, he still maintained his enthusiasm and signed autographs for every fan who bought the DVD.

There are so many Hollywood starlets, and they are scary when rolled up.

The signing was finally over at five in the afternoon, and Martin, like he had done in the previous days, took a few newspapers and got into the car.

"Where to?" Bruce asked.

Martin took out a copy of the Los Angeles Times and said, "Let's find a place to eat first. After dinner, I'll ask you to wash your face. Only the softest facial cleanser can make people truly relax."

A bad person can understand what a bad person says. Bruce said, "Facial cleanser, your description is very appropriate."

Martin said: "It's obviously a facial cleanser. I was wrong."

Bruce had no way to refute this time.

Martin flipped through the entertainment section and saw no news about Jolie and Pitt today. The two were clearly controlling the pace.

When reading social news, he was attracted by the front-page headlines.

A few weeks ago, the FBI Los Angeles branch arrested three Russian-American businessmen. Just yesterday afternoon, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles formally charged the three with a series of crimes including smuggling, human trafficking, and manipulating underground music sales, and applied to the court to freeze their assets.

Martin asked, "Are many of the streetwalkers in the old town Eastern European?"

Bruce was not sure either: "I heard Mene mention that they seem to be mainly white people from Eastern Europe and Mexicans." He asked: "Do you want to support them?"

"Not interested." Martin said casually, "I don't lack female companions."

After dinner, the two of them went into the underground parking lot to change cars, made sure there was no one following them, and went to the dancers club together. Martin skillfully ordered two young dancers, and he and Old Bu enjoyed the pleasure of washing their faces.

Pay a tip and you'll get a new facial cleanser service that's both refreshing and relaxing.

Bruce enjoyed a round and said, "No wonder you and Wes Craven always like to discuss work here. It really makes people think more actively."

As the facial cleanser rolled by, Martin was refreshed: "If you can't think of a way to solve a problem, you can come here and try it. Your mind will be opened up immediately."

Bruce, this scumbag, suddenly thought of Khloe Kardashian. If Khloe could provide facial cleanser, his mind would definitely be super active and he might even be able to write a script.

Of course, it is not an ordinary movie script, but a creative videotape script.

While the two scumbags were enjoying their face wash, three students they had met during the day arrived in North Burbank.

After entering an apartment, the leader Andre stood in front of the mirror and checked the injuries on his face.

Victor and Sergei sat on the sofa, rubbing the painful parts of their bodies.

They are not thin, but they look like dwarfs in front of the people on the basketball team.

Besides, the other side always has more people and more power.

Sergei touched the painful spot and gritted his teeth: "I'm going to kill those bastards Miller and Jackson!"

These two people are the captain and vice-captain of the school's high school basketball team, and they are also the ones who lead the bullying.

Victor said, "Andre, didn't you break up with Judith from the cheerleading team?"

Ever since Andre caught up with Miller's ex-girlfriend, the two sides have had a grudge.

Originally there was a small group around Andre and others, but when their father got into trouble and was arrested by the FBI one after another, the small group automatically disbanded.

As rumors spread around the school that their family was involved in smuggling and controlling Eastern European prostitutes, Andre and his two companions were completely isolated.

From being a bully to being bullied.

If graduation is not expected by summer, Burbank High School may have to take some measures.

Victor still held on to his fantasy: "It was fine before, why are they so overbearing now?"

Andrei, who seemed to be more silent, said: "Because we are Slavs, because our fathers were investigated by the FBI, and our family members were arrested. They look down on us and believe that no matter how they bully us, no one will stand up for us."

Victor was helpless: "They always target us like this, how can we survive in school?"

"We are all eighteen years old." Andre said through gritted teeth, "We will graduate from high school soon and become adults. We can't rely on others now. We can only rely on ourselves."

Sergei was hungry: "I'll go out and buy something to eat."

Andre patted his stomach and said, "Buy more."

Sergey went out quickly and came back quickly, but he came back empty-handed: "The credit card is locked."

As soon as Andre heard it, he knew something was wrong and took out his cell phone to call his father's lawyer.

The lawyer told him that the court had frozen all of their family's assets and specifically warned him: "You three are not involved, so don't get involved. You can't do anything. Don't get yourself involved."

Andre asked the key question: "What about the universities we applied to?"

The lawyer said frankly: "There is no hope."

The other two people also heard these words and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Victor squatted on the ground with his head in his hands. Sergei paced back and forth in annoyance.

Andre was the leader of the three and said, "We still have some cash. What are your plans for the future?"

Sergei couldn't help but say, "I'm going to kill those people who oppress us! Just because we are immigrants, they have always discriminated against us, even before our family was in trouble!"

Victor raised his head and looked at his two friends.

Sergey continued, "You know, ever since we came to Los Angeles and entered school, those people have been treating us like wild beasts from Siberia. What do they call us in private? Stupid bears!"

The family suffered a sudden change, and he went from being a bully to being bullied, and was beaten up again. It was the age of passion and impulse. Even Victor said: "I drink Coke, and they laugh at me saying I only deserve to drink car antifreeze. I want to find a girlfriend, and the bitch in the cheerleading team laughs at me saying I should go to the zoo to find polar bears."

Andre said nothing, but walked to the TV cabinet, picked out a disc from a pile of discs, put it into the DVD player, and pressed the play button on the TV.

"You guys watch this movie first." Andre invited his two companions to sit down.

The three of them sat on a long sofa and watched a movie made by Americans. The name of the movie was "Elephant"!
Seeing the introverted and weak male protagonist just blindly tolerate the bullying of others, Sergei was extremely dissatisfied: "Fight back, idiot!"

Tolerance brings more bullying.

The two protagonists in the film purchased guns through the Internet and decided to make a big splash.

Victor waved his fist vigorously: "Yes, that's what we should do. Kill all those sons of bitches!"

Andre remained silent, appearing mature and calm on the surface, but in fact the impulsive beast had already awakened in him.

As the movie reached its climax, gunshots continued to ring out and Victor and Sergei kept cheering.

Without waiting for the film to finish, Andre suddenly turned off the TV and asked, "How did our parents come here and establish themselves and develop?"

Although they do not participate in their parents' affairs, they know something about their parents' history of success.

Andre didn't need an answer from them: "Our future is ruined! Our home is gone, our property is gone, and our future is gone!"

Viktor and Sergei both looked at the turned-off television.

Andre said seemingly calmly: "I'm going to kill all those bastards."

Victor and Sergei looked at each other and said almost at the same time: "Count me in."

Andre took out a bunch of keys from the drawer next to him: "Remember? A fool at school lost his driver's license, so I used it to rent a small warehouse and secretly hid some stuff."

The three of them went downstairs and bought some food with cash at a convenience store. They drove to a warehouse rental company at night and found the warehouse rented by Andre.

The warehouse is not big, only about twenty square meters.

Andre turned on the light, closed the warehouse door, and dragged out the wooden box covered with tarpaulin.

Sergei couldn't wait and opened the long wooden box, revealing the guns inside.

From long guns AR to Glock pistols, we have them all.

I don’t know how many times these people have played with guns. I dare not say that their shooting skills are very good, but they are familiar with it enough.

Victor picked up an empty magazine and loaded it with yellow-orange bullets.

Andre said: "Now that you have made the decision, don't regret it. If anyone regrets it, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Sergei picked up the AR without a magazine, aimed at the wall, and with a weapon in hand, he became arrogant: "Tell me, how do we do it?"

Andre has made up his mind: "In a few days, Burbank Middle School will have an open day. Not only will there be a large number of people visiting, but Burbank Middle School and North Hollywood Hall Middle School will also host a basketball game. Those basketball team members who laughed at us, as well as the bitches on the cheerleading team, will all be present."

He picked up a gun and made a shooting gesture: "When the time comes, we'll take care of them all!"

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In order to take advantage of Martin's popularity, Warner Bros. launched Martin's personal poster for the promotion of "Summer of Jeans" and gave him the title of leading actor.

In the remade title sequence, Martin's name is listed above the other three actresses, alongside Blake Lively.

What’s even more exaggerated is that producer Brad and director Capis even made adjustments to the post-production editing. In the re-edited version, Martin’s shots nearly doubled without affecting the plot.

He didn't have many scenes during the filming, so most of the shots were used.

Martin is the only actor in the project cast who can truly be called a star.

The crew also released posters of the male and female protagonists Martin and Blake, in which the two looked at each other affectionately.

If Blake was not old enough, the crew would definitely ask the media to spread the rumor that Martin and her fell in love during the filming.

The friendship among the four heroines naturally became the focus of the crew's publicity.

No matter how many small groups Blake, April and the other two set up on MSN, when they appear in front of the media and the public, they are bound to be sisters with deep affection.

Jeans is a youth film, and its main audience is people around 18 years old.

The focus of this wave of publicity is naturally the Burbank High School Open Day event, which will be attended by Martin and the four heroines.

(End of this chapter)