America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 468 We Take Action in California

In New York's Times Square, the temperature was a bit low in December, but it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of movie fans. Thousands of people gathered in front of a shopping mall.

Today, The Dark Knight DVD is officially released.

At the edge of the square, there were more than twenty street painters alone, and they were still busy because there were so many people asking for clown makeup.

It wasn't long before Times Square was filled with clowns.

The mall hadn't opened yet, and Martin was still exercising his wrists in the lounge.

Besides Bruce, there was also Thomas in the room.

The agent was a little excited and kept pressing the calculator on his phone.

The Dark Knight has been withdrawn from North American theaters, and Martin's share of the pay is clear.

According to the film salary contract signed by both parties, Martin's basic salary is 500 million US dollars. If the North American box office reaches 2.5 million US dollars, he will get a 2% share.

For the portion above $2.5 million, if the box office increases by $5000 million, Martin will get 1%, 1% for $2 million, and so on, up to a maximum of 6%.

Warner Bros. and DC Comics originally expected it to be around $3 million, but The Dark Knight took in a whopping $6.16 million at the North American box office!
Thomas looked up and said to Martin, "It looks like you can get a total share of $2696 million."

Martin was very moved when he heard this number and asked quickly, "Is it accurate?"

Thomas scratched his head and said, "I'm not very good at math. I've basically forgotten what I learned." He looked at Bruce and said, "Old Bruce, how about you do the math?"

Bruce quickly shook his head. Wouldn't this make him look bad on the spot?

He said, "Martin is best at this kind of calculation problem."

The poor student Martin stood up and said, "The mall is open, I want to go to the book signing."

No matter how you calculate it, the share will definitely be over 2000 million US dollars. Although it will take a long time to get it, Warner will not deny such a contract.

In front of the mall, there was a special queuing area. The clowns lined up in two large rows. Not far from them, a minibus drove over.

The heater was on in the car, but the dozen girls, dressed lightly, were still shivering from the cold.

Their bodies trembled, but their hearts did not.

Toni, the leader, took off her coat, revealing her custom-made white wedding dress. She said with a pretty face, "Sisters, it's time for us to go out."

Elsa took out a stack of cards and distributed them to the corresponding people.

Toni reminded loudly: "Be sure to leave the card with Martin so that he has a chance to contact us."

A girl who looked a bit ordinary was worried that Toni, the prettiest girl, would eat all the food, so she said, "Whoever gets it should share it with everyone, right?"

Toni nodded and said, "Sisters unite!"

The others shouted at the same time: "Sisters, unite!"

Toni said to the driver, "Open the door."

The door of the minibus opened, and led by Toni, a dozen beautiful girls in white wedding dresses walked towards the queue in a menacing manner.

Led by Toni, the girls shouted in unison: "I love Martin! I love Martin!"

Countless pairs of eyes turned over and watched the girls line up.

Driven by the girl's shout, thousands of clowns began to speak out, and soon they all shouted together: "I love Martin! I love Martin!"

Toni, Elsa and others who traveled across the North American continent from Los Angeles to New York to chase their idol were particularly satisfied at this moment.

They once again became celebrities and once again became the focus.

Soon, reporters came to interview them.

Aisha was intoxicated and said to the media camera: "Of course I like Martin! I love Martin! How much do I love him? I love him so much that I want to marry him!"

She showed the wedding dress to the reporter: "Is it beautiful?"

The quick-talking girl suddenly jumped in front of the camera and said, "I love Martin, I want to give birth to a child for him!"

Suddenly, several people dressed as Batman joined the line.

Thousands of clowns stopped looking at the beauty in the wedding dress and all their eyes fell on Batman.

The Batmen were under great pressure. One of them wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Shall we go to another store to buy it?"

The others nodded and stayed away from this place of trouble.

On one side of the center of the square, Bearded Man and Victor were watching the queue of people.

The former said: "Star chasers are terrible, they are all crazy!"

Victor listened to the shouts of "I love Martin" and agreed with the bearded man: "Everyone says we are crazy, but how can we be as crazy as these people?"

The bearded man asked, "If we kill Martin in front of them, will they tear us to pieces?"

Victor was unsure: "I don't know." He lit a cigarette: "I'm only sure of one thing, celebrities are really fucking busy. This bastard ran all the way from Los Angeles to New York, never stayed in the same city for more than a day, and ran to at least three places a day. Is it really fun?"

The bearded man suddenly came in handy for once: "It must be fun to make tens of millions of dollars a year."

Victor scratched his head: "The boss is here, and that bastard is so busy with work that he keeps changing cities. It's too difficult for us to make a move."

The bearded man’s usual style: “Just do it.”

"The boss wants to capture Martin alive and blow his head off with a Coke bottle, just like Martin did to the boss's grandson." Victor exhaled a cigarette. "We are here for revenge, not to die. Not only do we need to track his whereabouts, but we also need to make a plan in advance so that we can evacuate after we succeed. With Martin running around like this, we can't do anything."

The bearded man shook his head: "You think too much."

Victor asked, "Do you want to die in America?"

"I don't want to die here." The bearded man is nostalgic for his hometown: "Only the wind and snow of Siberia can bury me."

Victor's phone rang, he took it out and looked at it, then said, "Boss, he's doing something in New York, according to the media reports, he'll be back to California after two events today." After a few words from the other end, Victor responded, "We looked at the public itinerary reported by the media, we didn't follow him specifically, nor did we ask anyone, and we definitely didn't alarm him."

These two people are reliable. Martin is a public figure, and they have been keeping track of Martin's whereabouts through the media.

Victor responded, "Okay, let's rush back to California and start it right there."

His eldest grandson died in California.

The other side hung up the phone.

Victor put away his phone and poked the bearded man: "Let's go buy a plane ticket and go back to the West Coast."

In the audio-visual store in the mall, Martin signed on each DVD with his quick wrist.

With each copy he signed, he said, “Thank you for your support.”

Even if fans took pictures with cameras, Martin didn't mind as long as they didn't use flash.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the store.

Martin also took a look and was a little stunned. What was going on?
A dozen girls in wedding dresses came in from outside the door and kept waving at Martin.

After all, Martin is well-informed and is not surprised by anything.

He took a DVD from a fan, continued to sign it, and smiled and said to him, "Thank you for your support."

The male fan dressed as a clown lowered his voice and said, "Martin, they were just outside clamoring to marry you."

Martin nodded slightly and smiled: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." The clown walked away contentedly.

Soon, Toni came over with the commemorative edition CD.

Martin looked at the pretty girl, took the disc and thanked her with a smile.

"Can I take a picture with you?" Toni's hands were shaking with excitement.

Martin whispered, “The organizers didn’t allow me to take a photo.”

Toni didn't force it. Instead, she said, "I understand! I understand! Once you agree to take a photo with someone, they will definitely ask for photos later."

Martin signed quickly and said, "Long live understanding."

Toni thought Martin was an extremely good person and he even explained everything to her, which made the hidden impulse in her heart even stronger.

When she took the disc, she thrust the card in her hand in front of Martin and said with a trembling voice: "You can call anytime."

Toni took the opportunity to turn around and make a heart shape with her hand.

Aisha quickly took the photo.

Toni achieved her goal and ran away with her wedding dress.

Elsa passed the camera to the back, and while Martin was signing, she made an air kiss gesture and asked her companions to take the photo.

Martin was helpless, but there was nothing he could do to stop it, and the other party did not disturb him from signing normally.

Then he received another small card.

Before Toni left the store, she heard a companion behind her ask directly, "Martin, can I marry you?"

There was an uproar at the scene.

Toni turned around and saw the bitch who talked the fastest!

She decided to kick this bitch out of the sisterhood.

Although Martin declined all requests for taking photos with the girls in wedding dresses, people behind him still took photos of him with the girls in wedding dresses. He also received more than a dozen cards with names and phone numbers on them.

The owners of some of these photos had ulterior motives and even wrote their measurements on them.

The others followed suit, some female clowns leaving notes Martin had torn off, with phone numbers written on them using lip gloss or ink.

Even some male clowns left cards or notes.

Martin watched a male clown running away shyly, and he had the urge to throw away the pen and not sign.

But he has good professional ethics and ended the signing without changing his expression.

The video store fell silent. Bruce packed up Martin's things and asked, "Can I keep these notes and cards for you?"

Martin said, “Put it away first.”

Bruce's eyes widened: "You are such a person."

Martin said casually, "Put them in the back and throw them into the shredder. I'm worried that they will get out there and someone will use my name to cheat people."

Bruce thought about it and realized that this was indeed a possibility. He said, "You have considered it comprehensively."

He suddenly changed the subject: "However, those wedding dress female fans are really beautiful, don't you consider it?"

"I don't sleep with my fans." Martin said confidently at first, but then he thought of Blake Lively and his momentum weakened.

Bruce collected all the cards and notes and checked the autograph table carefully to make sure nothing was missed.

Martin called him: "Let's go."

The two came to the office area, met up with Thomas, and borrowed the mall's shredder to shred all the papers and cards.

There is another signing event in Long Island in the afternoon. After that, Martin will return to Los Angeles to shoot a commercial for Cartier men's watches in a few days.

(End of this chapter)