American fame and fortune

The week before Thanksgiving, Hollywood and Highland Center.

Disney Studios held a grand premiere for The Martian.

Models of Mars rovers, spacecraft and launch vehicles create a space show-like atmosphere.

The film sponsor SpaceX also opened a special area and brought in its own rocket models and other equipment. Elon Musk personally appeared on the stage to promote the space business, attracting countless media attention.

When Martin walked on the red carpet in a black suit, Musk suddenly shouted: "Beauties, take him home! Take Martin Davis home!"

There were crowds of people on both sides of the red carpet, with female fans shouting like crazy.

"Martin, come home with me!"

"go home with me!"

"Go back and let you have fun!"

The security guard next to him quickly came over to remind Martin that he sped up and passed the red carpet. Even the routine Coca-Cola ceremony was just a formality.

There is no way, the female fans want to take Martin home too much.

Later, Ridley Scott, Jessica Chastain and others walked on the red carpet one after another.

Martin entered the media area and Leonardo was waiting for him with Thomas.

The former came over and asked, "Have you remembered everything?"

Martin said softly: "I have memorized all the manuscripts written according to your ideas. I just familiarized myself with them in the car."

Leonardo, the self-proclaimed commander-in-chief of Martin Davis's plan to sell out the tragedy, encouraged Martin: "If you follow my plan, there will be no problems. The host Thomas has already communicated it."

"No problem." Martin walked into the camera.

The host was very cooperative, chatted for a few words as usual, and then asked: "Martin, I heard that the reason why you took on this movie and this role was because of your dream?"

"It can be said that I had a space dream when I was a child. When I saw TV at that time, I dreamed of going to space one day, boarding the space station, and landing on the moon."

Every actor always adjusts his dream according to the needs of the role he plays, and Martin is no exception: "At that time, I wanted to buy a space shuttle model, but I had no money, so I had to make one myself. Later, my family Something unexpected happened and the model could not be found, and I was still sad for a while.”

The host then asked Martin about the family changes.

Martin doesn't need to make up random things, just tell the truth as it is.

The sale was over, and Martin came out of the media area.

Leonardo praised: "Well done, if you can shed a few tears, it will be even more perfect."

Martin wanted to give him a middle finger but held back in public, reminding him: "I'm not a woman."

Leonardo nodded, entered the theater and joined Nicholson, and they went to the VIP room together.

Martin came to the sponsor's background board and took photos with other crew members who came one after another.

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Atlanta, the titular headquarters of the Cult of Coca-Cola.

High Priest Robert's hair was neatly combed back, revealing his shiny forehead. He placed the 2003 Coca-Cola on an old wooden table and muttered something.

After doing this according to the procedure, Robert heard a knock on the door, went over to open the altar door, and asked: "What's the matter?"

The assistant dressed in red handed over a large envelope: "Ms. Kelly Gray had someone deliver it."

Robert opened it and inside was a stack of movie tickets.

He handed it back to the assistant and said: "Give it to everyone at the headquarters. Each person will have two tickets."

The assistant looked at the movie ticket and the name written on it was "The Martian."

The leader's new work.

The assistant said nothing and went to hand out movie tickets.

Robert returned to the office and looked at the movie schedule for next weekend. In movie theaters in the Atlanta area, more than 70% of the screens will show "The Martian" this weekend.

If the film does well at the box office, this schedule can extend to Thanksgiving next week and the following weekends.

Robert opened a can of the newly released commemorative Coke, took a big sip, wiped his mouth, looked at the distant Los Angeles, and said loudly: "Master, the box office is a hit!"

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On the second floor of a cafe in Highland Center, Megan Ellison sat behind the glass curtain wall and looked at the extremely busy theater opposite.

On the other side, sat her brother David Ellison.

David looked away, took a sip of coffee, and said, "Actually, you made a wrong choice. You don't have to snatch the project of "The Lone Ranger". You can definitely participate in the investment and cooperate with Martin Davis."

"That's your style, not mine." Megan's desire for control is much stronger than that of her brother: "The project must be completely controlled by me. Do you think Martin Davis and I can cooperate?"

David Ellison entered Hollywood earlier than his sister: "I recently heard a rumor coming from within Warner Bros."

Megan didn’t ask, just looked at him.

David said: "There is a saying within Warner Bros. that "Pharaohs and Gods" and "Into Darkness," which just failed miserably at the box office, were originally projects that Martin Davis was optimistic about, and Warner Pictures was behind the scenes. I used my hands and feet to get these projects by working with Martin Davis.”

"As for the result." He smiled: "You know it."

Megan sneered: "What do you want to say? Martin Davis dug a hole, and I jumped in? Will it fail like those two idiotic works of Warner Brothers?"

"You know that's not what I meant." David spread his hands.

Megan said: "You don't understand how these projects of mine came about." She briefly talked about the theft: "Could he have predicted it and deliberately put two scripts in the company safe to seduce me? I had never crossed paths with Martin Davis at that time."

David also felt that this could not be a trap deliberately dug for Meghan to jump into, and said: "According to what you said, it is indeed not the case."

Megan has strong self-confidence: "Even if the idiot Warner's project fails, it will still succeed in my hands."

David really didn't know what to say.

Meghan turned her head and looked out the window again. It was getting dark and the lights on the opposite side were bright.

She said: "We will know if Martin's film succeeds or fails. If he can succeed in several of my projects, he will be successful as well."

David feels that Meghan 100% inherited her father’s super confidence.

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"Unfortunately, we couldn't save Kodak's film business."

In the VIP room of the theater, Christopher Nolan was making an impassioned speech to several producers and directors: "Film should not disappear from the film industry. It can give movies a real texture. If Kodak's stock of film runs out, film movies will no longer exist." Will say goodbye to Hollywood."

Susan Downey responded: "Kodak is about to go bankrupt, and the failure of film is irreversible."

Graham King sighed and said: "The Kodak Theater will soon be renamed the Hollywood and Highland Center, and I don't know who will be the next company to name it."

Many directors and producers disagreed with Nolan's words and took the opportunity to change the subject. Nicholson was always well-informed: "I heard that Dolby Laboratories is discussing naming rights."

Warren Beatty then added: "There are differences over the naming fee, and we can't reach an agreement in the short term. Maybe by the time of the Oscars, this place will still be called the Hollywood and Highland Center."

Martin came in from outside and greeted everyone one by one.

Nicholson pulled him to the side and asked, "Have you started executing Leo's plan to betray him?"

"There was just a wave of sales in the media area," Martin said.

Leonardo came over and said, "Martin's performance is quite brilliant, with Oscar-level acting skills. If he doesn't win the Best Actor, there must be something shady."

Martin and Nicholson looked at each other and had the same idea. If they couldn't win the Best Actor, Leonardo's plan was too bad!

Nolan came over at this time, and Leonardo and Nicholson went elsewhere.

"Soon, we will be clients of the same agency." Nolan made final confirmation: "Is the WMA environment more free than CAA?"

Martin would not mislead people in this regard, saying: "Chris, I have never been under other agencies, and I don't know the situation of other agencies, but I am very happy working with my agent Thomas."

As he spoke, he glanced across the VIP room, and through the reflection of the light, he was ready to find Thomas and smiled at him.

Thomas touched his completely bare forehead and nodded in Martin's direction.

Seeing Martin, he always felt extra powerful.

Nolan said at this time: "If nothing else happens, my space movie will start shooting after "The Dark Knight Rises" is released next year. Please make sure to save your schedule."

"I'm ready for the schedule." Martin has two films planned for next year, one is "Prince of Thieves" with Graham King as the producer, and the other is the third film of "John Wick" department.

Chad, Chen Hu and Marcus are working on action design, the latter of which may not start filming until the second half of next year.

It was almost time, and the guests entered the venue one after another. The main creative staff, including Martin, led by Ridley Scott, entered last.

Amid thunderous applause, a group of people took their seats in the front row.

The premiere screening then kicked off.

The science fiction flavor of this film is actually not that strong. It is more of a Mars version of Robinson Crusoe with science as the background and added optimism and perseverance.

Ridley Scott is always at ease when dealing with works with science fiction background themes.

Strictly speaking, he changed the style of science fiction and told a light-hearted and interesting story. Although the style changed drastically, the optimism and comedy elements of the protagonist were well received by the audience.

This also makes the film more real and down-to-earth, no longer a mysterious unknown world, nor does it have advanced theories and speculations.

Instead, it goes from shallow to deep, telling a story in a very popular way that is easy for the audience to understand.

In the prior publicity and marketing, one of the highlights of the film was how Martin grew potatoes on Mars.

Martin also used the qualities of a professional farmer, coupled with self-deprecation, optimism and ups and downs of the plot, to win applause from the audience.

As the male protagonist, Martin is indispensable for his halo, but he is more about expressing "how humans should survive in desperate situations."

Therefore, the whole film is not as obscure as hard science fiction, but more like a drama film with science fiction elements.