America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 479 Best Supporting Actor
In Atlanta, Robert rushed back to the office, turned on the TV and tuned to ABC. The Oscar red carpet live broadcast had already begun.

Jerome pushed the door open with a box of beer cans in his hands.

Robert took it and said, "The red carpet has begun."

Jerome asked, "What are Martin's chances of winning?"

Robert looked at the new 03 Coke on the old-fashioned wooden table and said, "Martin never called me for the ceremonies during the previous two Oscars, but he called me specifically this time."

Jerome knew that Robert was the high priest of the Coke Cult, and he nodded immediately: "It seems that Martin is confident of victory."

Suddenly cheers were heard from the TV, followed by a uniform and thunderous shout.

"The eternal Coke Cult! The eternal Coke God of War! The eternal leader Martin!"

The two saw on live TV that Martin held up a can of commemorative Coke and drank it with many members of the Coke Cult.

Jerome said: "I have never seen a spokesperson who can achieve the level of Martin. In two life-and-death moments, Martin used Coca-Cola to win. The publicity value is so great that no other advertisement can compare to it!"

Robert nodded: "Martin deserves the title of lifetime spokesperson for Coca-Cola."

In front of the Kodak Theater, Martin held Elizabeth's hand and walked into the media area together. They said a few routine words and left quickly.

The recent period has been high-profile enough, so there is no need to show off here again.

When entering the lobby, Martin met Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey.

Donny simply opened his arms, hugged Martin, and said, "Congratulations, man."

Martin shook hands with Susan first, then responded to Donnie: "The results have not been announced yet, everything is possible."

Susan thought of four years ago and said, "Martin, you have developed so fast. In just the blink of an eye, you have become a superstar."

Martin smiled and said, "I'm lucky."

Donnie clenched his fists and bumped into Martin again: "How can anyone compete with you, kid? It's not fair!"

Martin was helpless: "It's just my bad luck."

Donny thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. If Martin had been a little weaker, there would probably have been activities across the United States to mourn or commemorate Martin.

He had seen the peak and experienced the loneliness at the bottom. He was on his way back to the peak. He was in a good mood and nodded and said, "You deserve all this."

Susan Downey seldom speaks, and it is obvious that in front of outsiders, everything revolves around Downey.

The four of them entered the hall together. The two crews were quite far apart and separated quickly.

Martin took Elizabeth to the second row where the Dark Knight crew was. Nolan stood up and took the initiative to shake his hand: "Fully recovered?"

The last time he visited Martin in the hospital, Martin was still an injured patient.

Martin smiled and nodded: "The Martin you are familiar with is truly back."

With the help of this hospitalization, Martin was able to get rid of his mental illness and is now fully recovered both physically and mentally.

Crew members nominated for Best Editing and Best Sound Effects also came over to fist bump with Martin.

In fact, they all knew that the person most likely to win the award tonight was Martin.

Nicholson and Leonardo came over one after another and sat next to Martin.

Leonardo saw that Martin was alive and kicking again, and deliberately said, "You bastard, you almost made Jack and I spend more money to order clothes!"

Martin was surprised: "What does this have to do with me?"

Nicholson responded: "Attend your bastard's funeral!"

Elizabeth looked at these three people strangely, confused about the friendship between men, especially the three idiots next to her who made all sorts of random jokes.

"There is nothing I can do. I rolled around at the door of hell, but Satan refused to let me in." Martin said seriously: "He said hell will accept everything except three things!"

Leonardo cooperated: "Which three?"

Martin pointed at the two of them and himself and said, "Nicholson, Leonardo, and Martin Davis! Because Satan is afraid of us messing with him!"

Both old friends burst into laughter.

Three bastards, hand in hand in the face of life and death, true super best friends.

Nicholson then added: "The three bastards teamed up to kill more than a dozen armed agents and terrorists, and their reputation spread throughout Hollywood!"

Leonardo held his head high, feeling proud.

Without his 11-second -meter run, there would have been no Nicholson's subsequent command, and Martin would not have been able to kill those gangsters.

Martin also laughed: "With the three of us working together, even Satan doesn't dare to take it, let alone others!"

Leonardo replied: "Today, Nicholson and I will both be award presenters."

Martin said: "I originally wanted to seek the Best Picture award presenter, but I have been exposed enough recently, so I will let someone else take over."

Nicholson added: "There will be a surprise later."

As they were talking, Kate Winslet came over and Martin stood up and hugged her.

Kate glanced at Elizabeth and saw that she was smiling sweetly. Her depressed mood due to the problems in her marriage instantly improved. She said, "Your smile is brighter than the sunshine in Los Angeles." Elizabeth smiled and said, "Thank you, Kate. You are the actress I admire most. I was hopelessly obsessed with Ruth when I was a child."

Kate nodded slightly at her and said to Martin, "Good luck tonight."

Not far away, Harvey Weinstein cast a concerned look and secretly sighed that Martin was so lucky that he was not killed and even turned a disaster into a blessing.

Next to him, Georgina Chapman was also looking at Martin, her eyes sparkling.

Compared to the fat old man next to him, Martin looks like a real man.

Invite Martin to your house for a party some other day?
Harvey turned around but didn't notice anything unusual about his wife because his mind was on Martin.

Quentin's big production of a World War II movie was rejected by Martin. Harvey once considered using Ben Affleck, but Ben Affleck was stuck in the vortex and couldn't extricate himself.

Since Martin has been famous for his accurate selection of films and roles in recent years, after the news of his rejection of Quentin's new work spread, several first-line male stars were vague when they received Harvey's invitation, resulting in the project's slow progress.

Harvey and Quentin even had Matt Damon audition, but Damon lacked the gangster energy needed for the lead role.

Thinking of the difficulties he was facing and looking at Martin on the other side, Harvey felt even more unbalanced. If nothing unexpected happened, Martin would get an Oscar trophy tonight.

The music started at this time, and with the appearance of Hugh Jackman, the award ceremony officially began.

This male star who is good at singing and dancing brought a gorgeous opening song and dance performance and ended the performance with the lyrics of "I am Wolverine".

Next to Martin, Nicholson and Leonardo stood up and went backstage.

The latter specifically said: "The surprise is coming soon."

Martin speculated that there had been rumors before that in order to save the declining ratings, the Academy made a lot of innovations at this awards ceremony, such as the award presenters.

As in previous years, the first award to be presented was the Best Supporting Actress, and this time there were five award presenters.

The number of award presenters later on varied, breaking the rigid pattern of the past.

After Hugh Jackman poked fun at the Santa Monica Pier shooting, it was time for the Best Supporting Actor award.

Martin sat upright, feeling a little nervous, but more expectant.

Elizabeth clenched the edge of the seat with both hands, more nervous than Martin. She licked her red lips slightly and murmured, "God bless!"

At home in Beverly Hills, Lily, who was watching the live broadcast, stood up, then sat back on the sofa and laughed happily.

Because she saw the award presenters, unlike the five for Best Supporting Actress, there were only two - Nicholson and Leonardo!

The eldest and second in command of the bastard trio came out together to present the Best Supporting Actor award!
Either of these two people would be more than qualified to present the Best Picture award alone, but they presented the Best Supporting Actor award together.

The answer is self-evident.

Nicholson spoke first: "Leo, the two of us have three Oscars between us. Tell me how you feel about winning the Oscars?"

Leonardo roared with his signature glare and frown: "Don't mention our combined number. It's obvious that you have three and I don't have any!"

Nicholson pointed to the big screen behind him and said: "There will be a new Oscar winner for acting soon."

Accompanying the movie clips playing on the big screen, Leonardo read out: "The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are Josh Brolin, Philip Hoffman, Martin Davis, Robert Downey Jr..."

Nicholson opened the envelope, took out the card inside and placed it in front of the two men.

Leonardo came over and said with him: "The winner is Martin Davis!"

Martin held his face with his hands, feeling surprised and excited, and feeling extremely happy. This feeling was the best!

Elizabeth opened her arms and hugged him tightly.

Martin kissed her, then stood up and hugged Nolan and the rest of the crew one by one.

There was extremely warm applause from the audience.

Angelina Jolie's seat was on the other side. She stood up and applauded, and gestured to everyone around her to stand up.

The same is true for Aniston, who is sitting in the middle.

Many guests in the front row stood up and applauded.

Martin strode toward the stage, all he could hear was applause.

More and more people stood up, and as if pushed by a wave, the audience in the back row also stood up.

When Martin walked to the edge of the stage, everyone in the Kodak Theater stood up and applauded!

Martin walked onto the stage and received the heavy Oscar statuette from Leonardo.

Leonardo hugged him and patted his back so hard that it hurt Martin.

Nicholson was watching the show with a cheerful smile.

In Atlanta, after seeing Martin get the golden statuette, Robert and Jerome opened the champagne, poured a glass each, and clinked their glasses to celebrate.

At home in Beverly Hills, Lily jumped up, yelled, opened a bottle of wine and started drinking.

At this moment, the Coca-Cola Company’s Martin Commemorative Edition Coke sold nationwide is sold out!

(End of this chapter)