America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 45 The Real Audition

In the living room of the hotel suite, Louise put her hands in the pockets of her cropped trousers, leaned against the bar, and watched Martin shaking the cocktail shaker quickly across from her.

Before Martin came over, he deliberately changed into a fitted V-neck T-shirt, outlining his muscular body with perfect lines.

Kelly sat on a high stool with her arms folded across her chest, and felt that Martin's movements and posture when mixing cocktails were more artistic than when he was in the Beast House.

Martin took out a chilled wine glass and poured the wine into it. He then placed an exquisitely folded paper airplane on the rim of the glass as decoration: "Paper airplane, please enjoy."

Louise stared at the bright orange-red wine, picked it up and took a sip carefully; it was elegant, delicate, soft and refreshing.

This was a taste of alcohol she had never tasted before, a completely new cocktail.

This drink alone would make this evening worthwhile.

Martin did not ignore Kelly. He mixed a glass of Caipirinha with sugarcane liquor as the base and handed it to her: "Kelly, this is yours."

"Sweet taste suits me better." Kelly took a small sip.

After taking the second sip, Louise savored the taste carefully. Suddenly, she put down the cold wine glass, cleaned the mist on her hands with a tissue, and extended her right hand toward the bar: "Let me introduce myself to you formally. I'm Louise Mayer from Los Angeles."

This was completely different from how Kelly introduced the two of them. Martin also wiped his hands clean and gently shook her hands: "Martin Davis, a bartender and actor."

"This is a drink that will go down in the history of cocktails." Louise drank the remaining orange liquor in one gulp: "Martin, you are a genius."

Martin said deliberately: "I have tried countless recipes and have had good luck."

Louise thought thoughtfully: "So, there are other recipes? Are there any stronger ones?"

"Strong liquor?" Martin confirmed.

Louise tilted her head and looked at Martin: "Strong liquor is more addictive."

"It may not suit your taste." Martin changed to a new cocktail shaker, poured in the sorghum red wine he brought, added Dongting wine and crushed ice, shook it evenly, poured it into an iced glass, and then added fresh orange slices.

He handed it to Louise: "Welcome to Atlanta."

"Is it called Welcome?" Louise picked up the glass. The wine was mellow, smooth in the mouth, and slightly sweet. She had never tasted it before either.

She was an old alcoholic and could taste the high alcohol content. She drank it in one gulp and her blue eyes instantly became clear, as if water was seeping out. "It tastes a bit strange, but it's still a good glass of wine."

Martin nodded slightly: "Thank you, it has been recognized by the first customer."

Louise was very interested in the wine: "I am honored to be its first customer." She was addicted to alcohol: "What else?"

Martin certainly has other ideas, but he doesn't say so: "I'm currently mixing a new wine, but it hasn't been successful yet."

After drinking the strong liquor, Louise's expression remained unchanged: "We can discuss wine sometime."

Martin's brain reacted very quickly: "Every time a new cocktail comes out, we have to try countless recipes. It's hard to do it alone. Louise, if you have time, let's try it together."

Louise leaned half of her body on the bar, her body twisted up and down in an exaggerated curve, and looked at Martin with interest: "You have a lot of ideas, are you willing to give it up?"

Martin understood: "Not yet."

He couldn't ignore Kelly and asked, "I heard from Andrew that 'The Man from the City' is playing tonight?"

Kelly put down her glass: "The second cable channel, still at the same time."

"A TV series? A movie? A work of your company?" Louise, a drunkard, picked up Kelly's glass, drank it in one gulp, and frowned: "This is a drink, not like wine."

Martin brought a bottle of strong Macallan whiskey and poured it into three new glasses.

Kelly was talking about a movie: "Martin is one of the supporting actors in the late-night movie I invested in." She suddenly remembered the sample film she had seen: "He performed very well."

"Really?" Louise was surprised and asked Martin, "Where did you learn all this? Bartending, performing, and the ability to make people feel comfortable even though they know you are trying to please them, these are not things a poor boy from the slums can learn." Martin was not surprised. With his thick skin, he was not shy and said frankly, "My father, Jack Davis, is the most versatile person in Atlanta."

Kelly said, "I haven't heard of it."

Louise stopped probing and raised her glass: "Here's to my life, my own decision."

Martin and Kelly both raised their glasses, and the three of them clinked their glasses gently, finishing the whiskey.

Louise took the bottle and poured the wine: "Cheers to this wonderful night."

Before the late night show started, the three of them finished a bottle of whiskey.

Martin went to get the wine again.

Kelly staggered over here: "No, you can't drink anymore."

"How can a wonderful night be without good wine?" Louise grabbed Kelly, and the two drunkards fell on the sofa.

The latter rested his head on the former's chest, feeling as soft as if sinking into cotton wool, and murmured comfortably: "Where's the remote control? It's about to start."

Martin brought the wine and poured it again.

Two drunk women in their early thirties, plus a 22-year-old drunk man, continued to drink.

Martin lay sideways on the sofa and raised his glass to Louise: "I will do whatever the director arranges."

Louise reached back and pulled out a pink kettle from the inside of the couch. She put the mouth of the kettle to Kelly's mouth. Kelly opened her mouth, bit the straw, and sucked the water with her mouthfuls of fluid.

She asked, "I heard you are the prototype?"

Martin was prepared: "It's a little exaggerated."

Louise waved, "Come here, come here, it's still early tonight, sit next to me, and we'll drink slowly."

Martin went over with the bottle of wine and just as he sat down, two different hands reached out to him one after another.

There were no special circumstances or anything fancy, it was just an audition.

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The next morning, when Martin woke up, Kelly Gray was getting ready to go out.

She said without any surprise: "I ordered breakfast for you."

Martin waved at her, got up from the carpet and went to open the window: "It smells like alcohol."

Louise took out her personal business card and placed it on the coffee table: "When you are ready to prepare your new cocktail, call me." She glanced at Martin: "If you want to be a star, this is a must."

Martin had been drifting for so many years in his previous life and had seen a lot of messes. Hollywood would only be even more chaotic.

"I don't think it's right. I should be auditioning you." He sat on the sofa and said something particularly nice: "Two young, sexy, beautiful and elegant beauties, in order to get support for the film project, they are willing to feed themselves to the pervert."

Louise laughed happily, got up and went to the study, quickly took out a copy of the document and put it together with the business card: "I have the power to make the decision on this small role, take it back and study it carefully. Although I passed the audition last night, Hollywood is not the same as before, and the audition room routine procedures still need to be followed."

She stopped laughing and warned solemnly: "If you behave badly in the audition room, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"I know the importance of it." Martin collected everything and changed the topic: "Does the crew need extras? The community theater I'm in charges low fees, is very professional, and can endure hardships."

Louise nodded: "When you audition, bring the person in charge."

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