American fame and fortune

After the fan meeting, Lionsgate Films specially held a miniature reception at a nearby hotel to entertain media reporters and entertainment bloggers.

Like other industries, the production, publicity, distribution and even reviews surrounding the film and television industry are all business.

Martin, Benjamin and Catherine received $5,000 promotional compensation from Lionsgate, so they naturally had to cooperate with Lionsgate and also attended.

In addition, a senior executive from Lionsgate Films named Michelle rushed over.

Blake introduced the three of Martin, Michelle just shook hands with Martin and Benjamin, and then turned her attention to Catherine.

Catherine didn't talk to Martin since the theater, and she obviously had a prejudice.

"Did you offend Catherine?" Benjamin asked while taking a glass of wine.

Martin knew it well, but he wouldn't say it clearly. After all, Benjamin and Catherine had a negative relationship: "I don't know too well, maybe it's menstrual period?"

Benjamin didn't think too much about it: "A woman's emotions are sometimes very troublesome."

How could Martin have time to worry about these things: "Ben, don't worry, I'm not that narrow-minded."

Benjamin's eyes turned to the opposite, Michelle was chatting with Catherine.

Not knowing what he said, Catherine smiled very happily.

Michelle's eyes were like hands, walking around the beautiful actress, but what she said was serious, "Your qualifications are very good, you should come to Los Angeles earlier."

Catherine smiled like a flower: "I want to come too, but I have never had the chance. I can't just come and go and be a passerby."

Michelle's eyes rested on her pretty face, and said: "I have a project in my hand, and one of the characters is very suitable for you."

Catherine hardly thought about it: "Really? Can you explain in detail? I really want to stay."

Michelle sent out the invitation very directly: "I didn't bring the script. If you are interested, you can go to my place and read it carefully. We will study together."

The female lead of "Zombie Gigolo" auditioned, and Catherine just took off her clothes. Facing the invitation from the senior executives of Lionsgate, how could she refuse: "No problem, what time?"

Michelle smiled: "The reception is over, I'll wait for you in the hotel lobby."

The reception ended quickly, and Martin was about to leave and return to the hotel where he was staying.

Benjamin said, "Call Catherine to go with me."

He found Catherine at the entrance of the banquet hall.

Martin was going out too, and followed.

"Sorry, Ben, I can't go back now." Catherine had already made a choice: "Lionsgate Films gave me a chance, and I'm going to talk about it in detail."

Benjamin understood what was going on as soon as he heard it: "Where are we going to talk? The hotel, or his home?"

Catherine simply pointed out: "Michelle has a script and a role, and I can't miss this opportunity."

Benjamin reminded: "You are too stupid, Hollywood is not so simple."

Catherine's head was full of red and purple, and she couldn't listen at all. She said sorry, and walked towards the elevator without thinking.

When Martin and Benjamin came to the hotel lobby, they saw Catherine leaving with Michelle's arm.

Benjamin couldn't help but said, "She's so stupid."

Martin said: "The way she chose to go, you can't pull it back."

Benjamin sighed.

The two got into the Lionsgate car and returned to the hotel.

The hotel I stayed in had a bar, and Benjamin suggested, "Come with me for a drink."

Martin could see that Benjamin was depressed.

There were not many people in the bar, and when he came to the bar, Benjamin asked, "What do you want to drink? I'm treating you."

Martin tried to ask, "Ben, you're not really emotional, are you?"

Benjamin quickly denied: "We just lived together for a few months."

Any man who is kicked by his female partner and then watched his female partner fall into the arms of other men, even if he has no feelings for each other, will not feel good.

The bartender heard Benjamin's words and said, "I recommend you a new type of cocktail, Louise's penicillin, which can heal the wounded soul."

He pointed to a poster and introduced: "This is the famous work of Louise Meyer, the master bartender in Los Angeles."

Benjamin looked closer, surprised: "Isn't she a producer?"

"I don't know," Martin said to the bartender. "Give me a bourbon."

Benjamin asked for penicillin and gestured to the poster with his eyes: "Do you have any contact with her?"

Martin didn't deny it, nor did he admit it: "I heard Kelly say that after the crew of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" left Atlanta, she went to Morocco. What it is, Kelly doesn't know."

"Hollywood movies always like to use code names." The bartender brought penicillin, and Benjamin took a sip and frowned slightly: "It's really healing."

Martin clinked glasses with him, and said, "Ben, watch out, there will be so many beautiful women delivered to your door in the future that your brother can't hold his head up."

I don't know if penicillin worked or Martin's words worked, but Benjamin felt better: "Brother, you can really talk. If I were a woman, I would definitely like you..."

"Don't." Martin looked at his bald head, and quickly interrupted the hot-eared words: "I want to live a few more years."

Benjamin said: "If you don't have strong connections, you might as well go back to Atlanta to develop. You have already opened the way in Atlanta."

Martin said: "If I can't get out, I will definitely go back to Atlanta to join you."

"No." Benjamin mentioned one thing: "Do you have Jenna's contact information? Not far north of Los Angeles is the San Fernando Valley. With your talent and ability, it may be difficult to become a multi-millionaire, but a millionaire is definitely not a dream. .”

Martin told the truth: "This is one of the retreats I prepared."

The two drank a few cups, did not stay too late, and went back to their rooms.

Martin specially kept the autograph book, maybe it will be used in the future.

When checking out the next morning, Martin found that Catherine had not returned.

A Lionsgate employee came and took her luggage.

Benjamin was going back to Atlanta. Before leaving the hotel, he asked Martin, "Do you have a plan?"

Martin said, "Find a house and settle down first."

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On the weekend after Thanksgiving, a blog post by a female movie entertainment blogger was forwarded to the movie forum by fans of B-grade movies, which attracted a certain amount of attention.

"It's rare to find a B-grade movie that made me buy two tickets in a row like "Zombie Gigolo". performance."

Below are Lionsgate-licensed stickers from the film, as well as short clips of Martin's zombie machine gun dance and trapeze in the film.

The female blogger seemed to feel it personally: "The hot dance of the leading actor Martin Davis made my heart tremble with his beat... When he chugs with his lower body on the screen, countless female audiences like me chug along with his lower body." Dodo, when two kinds of Dodo merge into one, the physical and psychological pleasure makes people take off in place.”

Those female viewers who can watch B-grade movies, after watching the related videos, became inexplicably interested and wanted to see the movies with their own eyes.

Lionsgate is not idle, and no one can underestimate the brains of professional marketers.

They teamed up with a well-known blogger and a moderator of a movie forum, and posted the video of Martin dancing the zombie machine gun dance in the movie on the well-known movie forum.

"Challenge your beat, challenge your manhood!"

That large and violent swing, with a suffocating rhythm, seemed to issue a letter of war to all men.

Originally, people automatically ignored and felt bored.

It didn't take long for the video to be uploaded, and some people actually posted a challenge video, but the rhythm was obviously a lot worse.

With people taking the lead, the number of people who challenged began to increase, and related discussions also increased.

"It's impossible to maintain that kind of rhythm and amplitude for such a long time. It's just a fragment of the "Zombie Gigolo" movie, and the movie is not reality."

Doubters quickly emerged.

When the questioning voices on the forum increased, someone posted a video of Martin doing a zombie machine gun dance at the fan meeting.

"It turned out to be true!"

"This actor is amazing! Is his waist mechanically modified?"

"Worship the man with four kidneys!"

The popularity has increased a lot. Although it is not as hot as those popular movies, it has also attracted a certain amount of attention.

The attention of the film means that it has a box office.

The weekend after Thanksgiving, "Zombie Gigolo" was screened in 650 theaters, earning a box office of $3.12 million in North America.

Counting the previous income, the North American box office has accumulated a total of 3.88 million US dollars, far exceeding the cost of buying out the copyright of Lionsgate.

Lions Gate Pictures sees the hope that it can recover its investment by relying on the box office, and will continue to expand the scale of screenings to 787 theaters next week.

At the end of the new weekend, the North American box office of "Zombie Gigolo" broke through $6 million.

The market potential of the film is basically exhausted, because word of mouth is really mediocre.

On several rating sites including IMDB, there is only a failing grade of around 5.

After all, B-level movies are only niche movies and cannot become the mainstream of the market.

The enthusiasm caused by "Zombie Gigolo" and Zombie Machine Gun Dance, like waves washing ashore, hitting the rocks on the shore, came and dissipated quickly.

But several newspapers and movie magazines mentioned Zombie Gigolo and Martin Davis.

Zombie machine gun dancing is also popular in many gigolo bars.

Meanwhile, Martin began house hunting in Los Angeles.

Single-family houses in wealthy areas such as Beverly Hills and Santa Monica are not considered, and the rent is relatively high.

Martin's goal is to be relatively close to Burbank, where entertainment companies gather, the rent will not be too expensive, the surrounding transportation is convenient, and the apartment type can be used.

He looked at a number of homes in the Glendale, Burbank and North Hollywood areas and settled on a North Hollywood apartment.

It is close to the city of Burbank, very close to Sherman Oaks, where Louise Mayer and Robert Patrick live, and it takes only ten minutes to drive there.

Before moving, Martin bought an ordinary Volkswagen sedan and essential electronic items such as a laptop and a small video camera.

After several viewings, Martin settled on the apartment.