America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 478 Stallone's Three Daughters

On the day of the press conference, countless red T-shirts crowded into the Los Angeles City Hall, dyeing the entire city hall red. The crowded city hall looked like the premiere of a movie starring Martin.

Some of the seats reserved in advance for media reporters were occupied.

Warner TV reached an agreement with City Hall to broadcast the event live across the United States.

TMZ bought the rights to live stream the event online.

As soon as the press conference started, the heat exploded.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio was the first to come on stage. He first said some polite words and talked about the significance of today's ceremony. Finally, the focus of the topic fell on Martin.

He spoke generously: "Martin Davis brought the fighting spirit to the city of Los Angeles. He told us again and again that no matter how difficult the situation you are facing is, as long as you stand up bravely, respond positively, and work hard, you will be the winner in the end!"

The scene erupted in extremely warm applause, the atmosphere was ten times warmer than when Antonio gave his campaign speech!
Antonio waited until the applause died down, and then said: "Martin has a special meaning for the city of Los Angeles. His strong fighting spirit and achievements in the fields of culture and art are all loyal protection of Los Angeles. In order to commemorate Martin's contribution to Los Angeles, we decided to establish 'Martin Davis Day'!"

The applause rang out again.

Martin's supporters continued to cheer loudly.

Antonio said, "Next, please welcome Martin Davis."

Martin came up to the stage from the back and waved to the audience. The warm applause was like a bolt from the blue, shaking the entire city hall.

TMZ reporter Jodi felt something fall on his forehead, touched it with his hand and found it was dust.

She looked up and saw dust falling from the roof caused by the applause.

When Martin came on stage, Mayor Antonio gave him a hug and said loudly: "You are a hero, a city hero of Los Angeles!"

Politicians are the best actors. He grabbed Martin's hand, faced the audience, and raised it together.

Martin also cooperated and waved with a smile.

Antonio then took out a gold copper certificate and presented it to Martin.

Martin held the huge certificate in both hands and showed it off in front of the media cameras.

At this moment, as a star, his social honor has undoubtedly reached a considerable height.

Martin came to the microphone and said briefly: "Los Angeles is a city with a great spiritual heritage. I am proud to work and live in this city!"

In New York, Natalie Portman was watching the live broadcast on TV and remembered that she had not filled out her Oscar ballot, so she immediately took it out. Although she had never seen a Batman movie and knew nothing about the Dark Knight, she thought that Martin did a good job, so she filled in Martin's name in the first choice position on the ticket for Best Supporting Actor.

In Los Angeles, Sylvester Stallone is watching the live broadcast with his three daughters.

The eldest daughter, Sophia, is thirteen years old and knows a lot. She said, "Dad, you can only be a hero in the movies. Martin can not only be a hero in the movies, but also be a hero who defeats the bad guys in real life."

The second daughter, Sistine, said, “So, I like Martin more than Dad!”

The youngest daughter, Scarlett, was still very young. She hugged her father's arm and said, "Dad, I will always love you. In my heart, you are always better than Martin."

Stallone pinched his little daughter's face affectionately.

Sophia pulled Scarlett away and asked, "Dad, why can Martin fight but you can't?"

Stallone was not embarrassed when his precious daughter exposed his shortcomings. He said: "What my father practiced was for the sake of making good movies. What Martin, the young man, practiced was not only for the sake of looking good, but also for actual combat."

He frowned in confusion: "Is it so difficult to shoot action movies now? You dare not speak without some practical skills."

"Dad, why does Los Angeles have Martin Davis Day?" The youngest daughter also became a traitor at this time: "Why doesn't Los Angeles have Stallone Day?"

Stallone didn't know how to answer for a moment.

He thought about it and could only bite the bullet and say, "There will be sometime in the future."

Sophia pouted.

Stallone is extremely tired. His three daughters are all very troublesome. Whoever is willing to take them away should do it quickly.

Thinking of this, he was a little envious of his old neighbor Tyson. Tyson's daughter was so peaceful, sitting there without moving much all day.

Stallone stopped watching TV and looked down at the Oscar ballot. He had not seen most of the movies on the nomination list.

Based on the impressions left by reading newspapers and watching TV, and the lobbying of some people, the Best Actor was chosen to be Sean Penn, and the Best Supporting Actor was chosen to be Martin Davis...

Since I haven't seen the movie yet, Stallone just picked whoever he was most familiar with recently.

That afternoon, Stallone mailed his ballot to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

However, the eldest daughter Sofia and the second daughter Sistine were a cause of concern. They insisted that Stallone find an opportunity to take them to Martin to take photos and get his autograph.

Stallone asked: "You have met countless Hollywood stars, but I have never seen you ask anyone for an autograph."

"Because Martin is unique!" Sofia said confidently: "When we were young, we always admired you, the dad in the movie. When we grew up, we realized that the movie character and reality are two different things."

Sistine continued, "Martin is your movie character that has come into reality. When we were little, we worshipped your movie character, and now we worship Martin. Isn't that normal?"

Stallone realized that he couldn't win the argument with his two daughters, so he simply said, "Okay, I'll take you to take a photo with him and ask for his autograph when we have a chance."

In the following days, various reports about Martin were seen everywhere in the media. Martin's public relations team and the Dark Knight crew also continued to work hard to build momentum for Martin's bid for the Best Supporting Actor.

Beverly Hills, Martin's neighbor's home.

Charlize Theron sat in her living room with her Oscar ballot and list of Oscar nominees in front of her.

She held a pen in her hand, placed it above the nomination list, closed her eyes and let go. She would choose the corresponding award wherever the pen landed closest to a name.

Charlize doesn't have much time to watch movies, so she used this voting method, which is recognized as the fairest and most just among Oscar judges.

Stuart Townsend came downstairs carrying two bags of garbage. He took a look and saw Charlize filling out her Oscar ballot. He remembered the newspaper he had just read that his neighbor Martin Davis had been in the spotlight recently.

The last time Martin Davis held a party, he didn't know why, but he had a very bad impression of that man. He always felt that having such an outstanding neighbor was not a good thing.

Stewart reminded: "Don't vote for Martin for Best Supporting Actor."

Charlize was about to close her eyes and throw the pen away, but when she heard this, she opened her eyes and asked in surprise, "Why?"

Stuart said directly: "Because I don't like him."

Charlize was puzzled: "He is a nice guy. He is in the hospital and he even asked Lily Carter to send us gifts during the holidays."

"What? He sent me a gift?" Stuart's anger ignited: "Why didn't I know?"

Charlize said, "You weren't home at the time."

Thinking of Martin's exposure over the past month and the heroic deeds he had done, Charlize picked up the pen and wrote the name 'Martin Davis' at the top of the ballot for Best Supporting Actor.

Stuart got angry: "Didn't you hear what I said?"

Charlize was very calm: "This is my vote, it's my freedom to choose whoever I want."

“You…” Stuart stared at her.

Charlize just looked up and looked at him.

Stewart finally took a step back, turned around and walked out of the villa, picked up two large bags of garbage, went out the side door to the alley between Martin Davis's mansion to throw away the garbage.

There are two rows of trash cans in the alley, and the one near the other side of the alley is the special trash can for Martin Davis's family.

Stuart came out and found two girls in community work clothes standing in front of the trash can, looking through the things inside.

He couldn't help asking, "Who are you? What are you doing?"

Toni, who had just started working for a few days, turned around, put on a big smile, picked up the spray bottle, and said, "Recently, we have received feedback from many people's domestic workers that there are too many cockroaches in the garbage bins. We are here to put out insecticide."

When Stuart saw the two men wearing community work uniforms with their work ID cards pinned to their left chests, he didn't think much about it and didn't say anything more.

Toni and Aisha packed up their things, closed the trash can, took off their work gloves, smiled at Stuart, and left.

As soon as she went out, Elsa touched her chest repeatedly: "I was scared to death."

Toni was much braver than her: "What are you afraid of? We are official employees of the community now!"

Elsa was still worried, so she pulled Toni away quickly: "Go back quickly, don't let anyone find out again."

Toni put on her backpack and said with some regret: "It's a pity that I didn't get anything."

I didn't find what I wanted at all.

In the alley, Stuart threw two large bags of garbage into the trash can, but did not go back immediately.

He was a man of modest means, and when he thought of Charlize Theron's attitude just now, the anger in his heart grew more and more intense.

My whole body was almost on fire.

But since last year, Stewart no longer dares to vent his anger at Charlize, because once they break up, the house he lives in, the luxury car he drives, and even the credit cards he swipes may all disappear.

Looking at the trash can in front of him, Stuart couldn't control himself and kicked it repeatedly with such force that the trash can made of iron sheets was slightly deformed.

After venting, he felt better.

He opened the side door, returned home, picked up two more bags of garbage, and continued to throw them out.

After throwing it away, Stewart seemed to treat the trash can as Charlize and kicked it a few more times to vent his anger.

The deformed area is slightly larger.

When Stewart returned home, he found that Charlize had sealed her Oscar ballot and was about to mail it.

He asked, "Do you need my help?"

Charlize shook her head: "No, I'll just go out for a while."

As Oscar ballots are mailed from Academy members to PwC, the 81st Academy Awards ceremony is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)