American Fame and Fortune Chapter 478

Chapter 478 Stallone's Three Thousand Gold

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 overcrowded City Hall was like a premiere of a movie starring Martin.

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

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

TMZ bought the rights to the live broadcast.

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

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio took the lead and spoke about the scene and the significance of today's ceremony. Finally, the focus of the topic fell on Martin.

He made an impassioned speech: "Martin Davis brought a fighting spirit to the city of Los Angeles. He told us time and time again that no matter how difficult the situation opposite you is, as long as you stand up bravely, respond positively, and fight hard , you will be the winner in the end!”

The scene erupted into extremely warm applause, and the atmosphere was ten times more enthusiastic than when Antonio delivered his campaign speech!

Antonio waited until the applause fell and then said: "Martin has extraordinary significance to the city of Los Angeles. His strong fighting spirit and achievements in the fields of culture and art are all loyal guardians of Los Angeles. In order to commemorate Martin As a tribute to Los Angeles, we decided to establish 'Martin Davis Day'!"

 The applause rang out again.

 Martin's supporters kept cheering loudly.

 Antonio said: “Now I'm going to invite Martin Davis.”

Martin came on stage from behind and waved to the auditorium. The warm applause was like a thunderbolt in the sky, shaking the entire city hall.

TMZ reporter Jody felt something fall on his forehead. He touched it with his hand and found that it was dust.

 She looked up and saw dust falling from the roof where the applause shook.

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

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

 Martin was also very cooperative, smiling and waving.

 Subsequently, Antonio took a golden copper plate certificate and awarded it to Martin.

Martin held the huge certificate in both hands and showed it to the media.

 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, and I am proud to work and live in this city!"

In New York, Natalie Portman was watching the live TV broadcast and remembered that she still had an Oscar ballot to fill out, so she immediately found it. Although she had never seen a Batman movie and knew nothing about the Dark Knight, she felt that Martin's actions What he did was pretty good. Martin's name was placed on the first ballot for Best Supporting Actor.

 In Los Angeles, Stallone is watching live TV with his three daughters.

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

 The second daughter Sistine said: "So, I prefer Martin to Dad!"

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

Stallone pinched his little daughter's face lovingly.

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

Stallone was not embarrassed after being exposed by his baby daughter, and said: "What dad practiced was all for the sake of looking good in the movie. What young man Martin practiced was not only for good looks, but also for actual combat."

 He frowned and wondered: "Is it so complicated to shoot action movies now? I don't dare to speak without any practical ability."

“Dad, why is there a Martin Davis Day in Los Angeles?” The youngest daughter also became a traitor at this time: “Why is there no Stallone Day in Los Angeles?”

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

 He thought for a while and could only bite the bullet and said: "It will happen in the future."

 Sofia curled her lips.

Stallone is very, very tired. He has three daughters and three busy people. If anyone wants to take them away, he should take them away as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, he was a little envious of his old neighbor Tyson. Tyson's daughter was so stable, sitting there and not moving much all day.

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

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

  Having never seen the movie anyway, Stallone chose whoever I am most familiar with recently.

 That afternoon, Stallone mailed his ballot to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The eldest daughter Sofia and the second daughter Sistine were not worried. Stallone had to find an opportunity to take them to Martin for a photo and an autograph.

Stallone asked: "You have met countless Hollywood stars, and I have never seen anyone asking for an autograph."

“Because Martin is unique!” Sofia said plausibly: “When we were children, we always admired you, dad, in the movie. Only when we grew up did we realize that movie characters and reality are two different things.”

Sistine continued: "Martin is your movie character who has come into reality. When we were children, we admired your movie character. Now we admire Martin. Isn't it normal?"

Stallone realized that he could not talk to his two daughters, so he simply said: "Well, when I get the chance, I will take you to him to take a photo and ask for his autograph."

 In the following days, various reports about Martin appeared in the media. Martin's public relations team and the crew of The Dark Knight are also continuing to work hard to build momentum for Martin's bid for Best Supporting Actor.

 Beverly Hills, Martin's neighbor.

 Charlize Theron is sitting in her living room, Oscar ballots and Oscar nominations in front of her.

Hold a pen in her hand, hold it above the nomination list, close her eyes and let go. Wherever the pen falls, whichever name is closer to her will give priority to the corresponding award.

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

Stewart Townsend came down from upstairs carrying two bags of garbage. He came over to take a look and found that Charlize was filling out the Oscar ballot. He thought of the newspaper he just saw. His neighbor Martin Davis had been in the limelight recently.

The last time Martin Davis had a party, he didn't know why, but he had a bad impression of that person. 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. When she heard this, she opened her eyes and asked in surprise: "Why?"

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

 Charlize felt baffled: “He is a nice person, he is in the hospital, and he even asked Lily Carter to give us gifts during the holidays.”

 “What? Did he send a gift?” Stewart's heart was instantly ignited: “Why didn't I know?”

 Charlize said: "You were not at home at the time."

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

 Stewart became angry: “Didn't you hear what I said?”

 Charlize was very calm: "This is my vote, and it is my freedom to choose who I want."

 “You…” Stewart glared at her.

 Charlize just raised her head and looked at him.

Stewart finally took a step back, turned around and left the villa, picked up two large bags of garbage, went out the side door and threw the garbage in the lane between the Martin Davis mansion.

There are two rows of trash bins in the alley. The one on the other side of the alley is the special trash bin for the Martin-Davis family.

Stewart came out and found two girls in community uniforms standing in front of the trash can, looking through the contents.

 He couldn't help but ask: "Who are you? What are you doing?"

Toni, who had only been employed for a few days, turned around with a smile on her face, picked up the spray bottle, and said, "Recently, we have received reports from many people's homes that the garbage bins are infested with cockroaches. We are here to put out pesticides. ”

Stewart saw the two of them wearing community work clothes with work ID cards pinned to the left side of their chests, so he didn't think much about it and said nothing 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, Aisha touched her chest repeatedly: "I was scared to death."

Toni is more courageous than her: "What are you afraid of? We are now official employees of the community!"

Elsa was still not at ease, so she pulled Toni and hurried away: "Go back quickly, don't let anyone discover her again."

 Toni carried her bag with regrets: "It's a pity that there was no gain."

 What I wanted was not found at all.

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

He is a man with a modest mind. Thinking of Charlize Theron's attitude just now, the fire in his heart was ignited more and more.

 His whole body was about to be set on fire.

 But Stewart has not dared to vent his anger at Charlize at will since last year, because once they break up, the house he lives in, the luxury car he drives, and even the cards he swipes may all disappear.

 Looking at the trash can in front of him, Stewart couldn't control it. He raised his foot and kicked it repeatedly. The force used was so strong that the iron trash can was slightly deformed.

 After venting, he felt better.

 Open the side door, return home, pick up two more bags of garbage, and continue to throw them out.

After throwing it away, Stewart seemed to mistake the trash can for Charlize and kicked it several times to relieve his hatred.

 The deformed area is slightly larger.

Back home, Stewart found that Charlize had sealed the Oscar ballot and was about to go out to mail it.

 He asked: "Do you need me to help you?"

 Charlize shook his head: "No, I'm going out by the way."

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

 (End of this chapter)

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