America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 467 Revenge is necessary
It was getting late and the guests left one after another. Each person who left had a gift from Martin and Elizabeth.

The courtyard was still brightly lit, but it had become quiet.

Thomas stayed until the end, came to Martin and said, "Ali's lobbying was effective."

Martin nodded and said, "Don't relax with Martha and Rita's PR team. Communicate well with them. I will fully cooperate with you."

"They will be able to come up with a detailed plan and schedule next Monday." Thomas checked the time and said, "I'm leaving now."

Martin said: "Go back and rest early."

When Thomas was far away, Elizabeth whispered, "What can I do?"

"Cheer me up." Martin leaned close to her ear and said, "Give me some facial cleanser from time to time to keep my head clear."

Elizabeth was in a very good mood after being the hostess for the whole night. She said, "I see you are a little confused now. You need to wake up."

Martin said, "Who wouldn't be confused with a girlfriend like you?"

The two returned to the villa together.

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Two tall and strong men were standing on the rooftop of a small villa near the northern exit of Sunset Boulevard.

After Victor and Beard came from Atlanta, they found out the community where Martin's new home was located and rented a small villa not far from the community.

The bearded man held up a telescope and vaguely saw a long line of cars leaving a brightly lit manor.

He measured the distance using the telescope's ranging function and said, "It's more than 2500 meters away from us."

Victor had already looked up the information and said, "The house is located in the center of the community, far from any exits. The community is closed, the house occupies a large area and is sparsely populated, and security management is strict. If a stranger appears nearby, it will easily attract attention."

The bearded man said, "I was thinking that the place where he lives is easy to attack. When the boss comes, we can fire an RPG and take care of him completely."

Victor reminded: "There's no need to talk about these stupid ideas."

The bearded man said, “I just want to be simple and direct.”

A police car drove up the road with its lights flashing.

Victor checked his watch. The lights of the police car had just disappeared from his sight for only a few minutes when police lights faintly lit up on the other side of the community. The LAPD patrols were very intensive.

This is where the rich and famous live, and they pay huge amounts of taxes every year, so it's normal for them to enjoy such treatment.

The bearded man's focus is not on the same channel as Victor's.

He looked at the manor in the distance for a while, then followed the long line of car lights to the security guards hired by the community, calculating how many he could kill in a short period of time once he took action.

After estimating for a while, the bearded man simply asked Victor: "How long will it take for us to quietly take care of the security here, drive in at the fastest speed, quickly eliminate the target, and then withdraw?"

Victor pointed to the road branching off Sunset Boulevard and said, "In about ten minutes at the latest, a police car will pass by the community. If we take action, we will be discovered soon. How will we evacuate then?"

The bearded man's usual approach: "Take a few security guards hostage."

Victor shook his head. "You idiot, killing both the hostage and the murderer is not Alpha's specialty. We will be stuck in Los Angeles and have our magazines emptied by those American pigs."

The bearded man continued with his thoughts: "We use fierce firepower..."

Before he could finish his words, Victor slapped him on the head, who said, "Shut up, we are a gang, not an army! This is America, not Russia! How many people do you think we can bring? If a group of Russians gather together, will it attract attention?"

The bearded man spread his hands and said, "There is another simple way. We can bump into him on the street. He is a Hollywood star. I can catch him by myself."

"Other people are stupid and will just shut up, but what about you? Not only are you stupid, you also like to give suggestions." Victor is actually very satisfied with his partner. Although he often gives some unreliable ideas, the partner listens to him and won't act recklessly.

He said: "This is not a good place to fight. With our strength, we might be wiped out by the LAPD before we even see Martin."

The bearded man frowned: "Is the LAPD so powerful?"

Victor said: "They are the largest armed group in the area!"

The long line of lights on the road gradually dissipated, and he patted his beard and said, "Let's go, it's time to talk to the boss."

The two drove out, away from Beverly Hills, found a nearby pay phone with no surveillance, and dialed a number.

Victor said a few words, quickly hung up the phone, grabbed the bearded man's shoulders and said, "The boss and his team plan to leave the country today and come to North America separately."

The bearded man laughed happily: "It won't be long before we can do something big."

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Begost Oblast, Russian-Ukrainian border area.

After paying some money, the group crossed the border and entered Luhansk.

The car sped along the road and soon drove into a small town.

Boris, with a gray beard, got out of the car and entered the only hotel in the town.

The middleman who was waiting here came forward and said, "Everything has been arranged."

Boris nodded, and several people went upstairs to the room to talk.

The middleman didn't say anything more and took out different passports and plane tickets and placed them on the table.

Boris took it and looked at it. The tickets were scattered, flying to Los Angeles from different cities in the next few days.

"If you all gather together, you will definitely be strictly checked and there will be a lot of problems." The middleman considered everything and said, "We can only disperse."

Boris pointed his finger and someone came over and took out several stacks of cash. The middleman took the money and said, "I can only help you so far. Once you get to the United States, as long as you have money, you can buy a gun."

"Watch your mouth," was Boris's first words.

The middleman nodded and quickly left the room.

Boris asked his men to take the passports and plane tickets and said, "Go get them ready."

People left one after another, leaving only one bodyguard with him.

Boris opened the inner pocket of his coat and took out a photo, which was a group photo of three people.

Besides him, there were middle-aged people and young people.

These are Boris’ son and grandson. The son envies the world’s beacon and insists on going to the United States to develop.

As a result, his only grandson died in Burbank High School and his son died in prison.

In other words, Boris's lineage has been cut off.

Revenge is necessary!

Boris reached out to the bodyguard: "Coca-Cola!"

The bodyguard took out a bottle of Coke from his bag, a glass bottle, opened it and handed it over.

Boris took it and drank it in big gulps, as if he was drinking the blood of his enemy.

After finishing a bottle of Coke, he took out a folded poster from his pocket with his other hand, spread it flat on the table, and smashed it with the Coke bottle.

The small poster had already been smashed into pieces, but you could still vaguely see that the person on the poster was Martin Davis!
Boris said: "That's what he hit my grandson on the head with, right?"

The bodyguard replied, "Yes."

"Very good!" Boris said sternly, "Try to capture him alive. I'm going to use a Coke bottle to smash his head into pieces!"

After being targeted by the bastards from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and being forced to endure it for several years, he could no longer bear it.

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In Los Angeles, Martin began to get busy, striving for an Oscar and receiving rewards from sponsors.

You basically don’t have to spend any of your own money, and if you succeed you can get an Oscar and a total of $600 million in prize money. There’s no reason not to work hard!
As November began, the Dark Knight crew held a series of large-scale dinners, and Martin attended every one of them, chatting and laughing with the academy members.

A large number of gifts were sent out by the crew.

WMA held dozens of free screenings in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, and the audience were basically film critics, media reporters and entertainment bloggers.

Martin was present at nearly every scene, and in his interactions with these people, he hyped up the hard work he put into the characters.

Everyone who attends will receive a handmade Joker statue and a hardcover Dark Knight DVD set.

Martin once again appeared on Helen's talk show to promote himself vigorously.

All the judges of the Academy received Joker statues and The Dark Knight DVDs mailed by WMA and Warner Bros.

Considering that the judges attending the film screening may not have a DVD player at home, the crew was very considerate and "lent" each person a DVD for watching the film.

Because it is loaned out, it does not violate college regulations.

As for the loan time, there is no need to rush.

As for lobbying, Martin completely handed it over to Martha and Rita's professional team.

In this regard, find a reliable public relations team and you don’t have to worry about it. Just follow the public relations schedule.

Old white men like Nicholson, Warren Beatty, etc., if they want, can have free lunch and dinner every day in high-end restaurants starting from October until the end of January, and they will receive a lot of gifts.

If you want to get nominated and then win an award, you need money.

Martin, on his part, has prepared more than 300 million U.S. dollars by combining sponsorship from various sources.

This is just the expense of a supporting role.

Martin vaguely remembered that there was once a Korean film that spent no less than 1500 million US dollars on public relations fees in order to compete for Oscars, setting a new record during the awards season.

Not to mention the quality of the film, even if such a large sum of money is thrown into the water, you can hear a loud noise.

Martin has been extremely busy over the past month. Sometimes he travels to two cities a day. Even if he stays in one city, he has to change work locations at least twice.

If you want to win an award, you have to swallow your pride and do public relations and publicity.

Even Daniel Day-Lewis and Meryl Streep, who are recognized performing artists both inside and outside the circle, do this during award season, let alone Martin, a younger generation.

The college itself encourages public relations and competition.

It has just entered December, and after nearly five months of screening, The Dark Knight was officially withdrawn from the North American theaters, with the North American box office remaining at $6.16 million.

This also allowed The Dark Knight to surpass Shrek the Monsters 2 and Star Wars: Episode 1, and sit second on the North American box office list.

The overseas screenings of The Dark Knight are far from over, with overseas box office gradually approaching $5 million and global box office already reaching $10.88 billion.

The film's removal from North American theaters also means that the DVD will be released soon.

(End of this chapter)