American fame and fortune

In Times Square, New York, the temperature was a bit low in December, but it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of movie fans. Thousands of people gathered in front of a shopping mall.

Today, The Dark Knight DVD is officially released.

At the edge of the square, there were more than twenty street painters alone. They were so busy that there were too many people asking for clown makeup.

Before long, Times Square was filled with clowns.

The mall hadn't opened yet, and Martin was still flexing his wrist in the lounge.

Besides Bruce, there was Thomas in the room.

The agent was a little excited and kept pressing the calculator on his phone.

The Dark Knight has been downgraded in North America, and Martin’s share of the film’s salary is clear at a glance.

According to the salary contract signed by both parties, Martin's basic salary is US$5 million. If the North American box office reaches US$250 million, he will receive a 2% share.

For the portion above US$250 million, if an additional US$50 million is added to the box office, Martin will receive 1% of it, and 2% for US$100 million, and so on, up to a maximum of 6%.

Warner Bros. and DC Comics originally expected it to be around US$300 million, but the North American box office of The Dark Knight was as high as US$616 million!

Thomas raised his head and said to Martin: "It seems that you can get a total share of 26.96 million US dollars."

Martin was very moved when he heard this number and quickly asked: "Is it accurate?"

Thomas scratched his head: "I'm not very good at math. I've basically forgotten what I learned back then." He looked at Bruce: "Old Bruce, why don't you do the math?"

Bruce shook his head quickly. Wasn't this asking him to make a fool of himself on the spot?

He said: "Martin is best at this kind of calculation problem."

Martin, a scumbag, stood up and said, "The mall is open and I'm going to sign a book."

No matter how you calculate it, the share will definitely reach 20 million US dollars. Although it will take a long time to get it, Warner will not deny this kind of contract.

In front of the mall, a special area was set aside for queuing. There were two long rows of clowns. Not far from them, a minibus drove over.

The heater was turned on in the car, but a dozen girls wearing thin clothes were still shivering from the cold.

Their bodies trembled, but their hearts did not.

Toni, the leader, took off her coat, revealing a custom-made white wedding dress underneath. She swayed her pretty face and said, "Sisters, it's time for us to take action."

Aisha took out a pile of cards and handed them to the corresponding people.

Toni reminded loudly: "Be sure to leave the card with Martin so he has a chance to contact us."

There was a girl with a slightly mediocre appearance who was worried that the most beautiful Toni would eat it alone, and said: "No matter who gets it, they must take it out and enjoy it together, right?"

Toni nodded and said, "Sisters unite!"

The others shouted at the same time: "Sisters unite!"

Toni said to the driver: "Open the door."

The minibus door opened, and under the leadership of Toni, a dozen beautiful girls in white wedding dresses walked aggressively towards the queue.

Led by Toni, the girls shouted in unison: "I love Martin! I love Martin!"

Countless pairs of eyes turned around and watched the girls go to line up.

Driven by the girl's shouts, thousands of clowns began to speak out, and soon they shouted together: "I love Martin! I love Martin!"

Toni, Aisha and others who have traveled across the entire North American continent and chased stars from Los Angeles to New York are particularly satisfied at this moment.

They once again became the figures of the hour and once again became the center of attention.

Soon, media reporters came to interview them.

Elsa looked intoxicated and said to the media cameras: "Of course I like Martin! I love Martin! How much do I love him? So much that I want to marry him!"

She showed her wedding dress to reporters: "Is it beautiful?"

The girl with a quick mouth suddenly jumped in front of the camera to steal the spotlight: "I love Martin and I want to give him a child!"

Suddenly, several people wearing Batman costumes lined up.

Thousands of clowns stopped looking at the beauty in the wedding dress, and all their eyes fell on Batman.

The Batmans were under great pressure. One of them wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Shall we go to other stores to buy it?"

The others nodded and stayed away from this land of right and wrong.

On the central side of the square, the bearded man and Victor were paying attention to the people lining up.

The former said: "The groupies are so scary, they are all crazy!"

Victor listened to the shouts of "I love Martin" and agreed with the bearded man: "They say we are crazy, how can we be crazy like these people?"

Big Beard asked: "If we kill Martin in front of them, will we be torn alive by them?"

Victor was unsure: "I don't know." He lit up a cigarette: "I'm only sure of one thing. Stars are so busy. This bastard came all the way from Los Angeles to New York and never stayed in the same city. Is it really fun to run for more than one day, at least three places a day?”

The bearded head suddenly became useful for once: "It must be fun to make tens of millions of dollars every year."

Victor scratched his head: "The boss is already here. That bastard is so busy with work that he keeps changing cities. It's too difficult for us to take action."

Bearded man’s usual style: “Just do it.”

"The boss wants to capture Martin alive and blow his head off with a Coke bottle just like Martin did to the boss's grandson." Victor spit out his breath: "We are here for revenge, not to die. We not only want to know his whereabouts , We need to make a plan in advance so that we can evacuate after we succeed. We can't take action because Martin is running around like this."

The bearded man shook his head: "You think too much."

Victor asked: "Do you want to die in the United States?"

"I don't want to die here." The bearded man said with a sense of hometown: "Only the Siberian wind and snow can bury me."

Victor's cell phone rang. He took it out, took a look at it, and said, "Boss, he is holding activities in New York. According to reports in the media, he will return to California after finishing two activities today."

After a few words were said there, Victor responded: "We looked at the public itinerary reported by the media. We neither followed him specifically nor inquired from anyone. We definitely did not alert him."

These two people are reliable in their work. Martin is a public figure. They have always learned about Martin's whereabouts through the media.

Victor responded: "Okay, let's rush back to California and start it right there."

His eldest grandson died in California.

The other side hung up the phone.

Victor put away his phone and poked his beard: "Let's go buy a ticket and go back to the West Coast."

In the video store of the shopping mall, Martin's wrist was moving quickly, signing each video disc.

Every time he signed one, he would say: "Thank you for your support."

Even if there are fans taking pictures with cameras, Martin doesn't care as long as they don't use flash.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the store.

Martin also took a look, a little dazed, what is going on?

A dozen girls in wedding dresses came in outside the door, and they waved to Martin.

After all, Martin is well-informed and is familiar with strange things.

He took the DVD from a fan, continued to sign autographs, smiled at him and said, "Thank you for your support."

The male fan dressed as a clown lowered his voice and said, "Martin, they were clamoring outside just now to marry you."

Martin nodded slightly and smiled: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." The clown left with satisfaction.

Soon, Toni came over with a commemorative version of the CD.

Martin glanced at this beautiful girl, took the CD, and thanked her with a smile.

"Can I take a photo with you?" Toni's hands were shaking with excitement.

Martin whispered: "The organizers didn't allow me to take a photo."

Toni did not force it, but said: "I understand! I understand! Once you agree to take a photo with someone, you will definitely ask for a photo later."

Martin signed his name and said by the way: "Long live understanding."

Toni felt that Martin was an extremely good person, and he even explained it to her, which made the hidden impulse in her heart even stronger.

When she took the CD, she shoved the card in her hand in front of Martin, trembling a little as she spoke: "You can hit it at any time."

Toni took the opportunity to turn her head and make a heart sign.

Elsa quickly took the photo.

Toni achieved her goal and ran away with her wedding dress.

Aisha passed the camera back, and while Martin was signing, she made a gesture of kissing in the air, allowing her companions to take pictures.

Martin was helpless, but there was nothing he could do to stop it. The other party did not disturb his normal signature.

Then, he received another small card.

Before Toni left the store, she heard a companion from behind ask directly: "Martin, can I marry you?"

There was an uproar.

Toni turned around to see, it was Bichi who spoke the fastest!

She decided to expel this Bitchi from the sister group.

Although Martin declined all requests for photos with the girls in the wedding dress, the people behind him still took photos of him and the girls in the wedding dress, and at the same time received more than a dozen cards with names and phone numbers.

The owners of several of them had ulterior motives and even wrote measurements and the like on them.

The others followed suit, and some female clowns left improvised notes to Martin, with their phone numbers written on them either with lip gloss or media.

Some male clowns even left cards or notes.

Martin watched a male clown run away in a cowardly manner, and had the urge to throw away the pen and not sign.

But his professionalism was very good, and he ended the signing without changing his expression.

The video store became quiet. Bruce packed up Martin's things and asked, "Shall I keep these notes and cards for you?"

Martin said: "Put it away first."

Bruce's eyes widened: "You are actually such a person."

Martin said casually: "Take it to the back and throw it into the crusher to crush it. I'm worried that these will go out and someone will use my name to deceive people."

Bruce thought about it and realized that this was indeed a possibility, and said, "You should consider it comprehensively."

His voice suddenly changed: "However, those leading female wedding dress fans are really beautiful, don't you think about it?"

"I don't do sleeping powder." Martin said confidently at first, but in the middle he thought of Blake Lively, and his momentum suddenly weakened.

Bruce collected all the cards and notes and carefully checked the autograph table to make sure nothing was missing.

Martin greeted him: "Let's go."

The two came to the office area, met Thomas, and borrowed the mall's paper shredder to shred all the notes and cards.

There is another autograph signing in Long Island in the afternoon. After that, Martin will return to Los Angeles and will shoot an advertisement for Cartier men's watches in a few days.