American fame and fortune

At the Los Angeles Convention Center, an investor exhibition hosted by NASA is underway.

NASA has shown many future plans, such as establishing a moon base, manned Mars landing, outer space travel and Uranus exploration, etc.

Martin was mixed in with the crowd, and from time to time he would stop in front of the exhibition hall of a certain project to pick up some information and look through it.

But these aerospace projects, to him, a scumbag of two generations, were almost like a book from heaven.

Martin will definitely not invest in something he is not familiar with.

Someone came over and greeted him proactively: "Good morning, Martin. I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Hello, Greg." Martin shook hands with the visitor politely.

The two parties have done business before, and Greg Peters bought "Romantic Trouble" starring Jennifer Siebel on behalf of Netflix.

Martin's day-to-day relationship with Jennifer Siebel is now managed by Elizabeth Olsen.

Elizabeth came back from a business trip and told Martin that Jennifer Siebel was planning a new movie project.

Behind Greg was a much older, bald, middle-aged man. He introduced: "This is Mark Randolph, the founder and CEO of Netflix. Mark, I don't need to introduce this guy, right?"

Now Netflix is ​​asking Hollywood Mark Randolph to take a step forward and shake hands with Martin: "I am your die-hard fan. I have watched all your works. I must give me an autographed photo. I can get it when I get back to the company." Come show off!”

Martin is also very good at such things as business bragging: "I have heard many people talk about the story of Netflix's entrepreneurship. I started investing in Netflix's stock a few years ago. Now I am also a shareholder of Netflix. I must tell you this today. A group photo of business legends.”

Greg is very knowledgeable: "Why don't you take a photo now? I'll be the photographer."

Martin and Mark Randolph immediately stood together and asked Greg to take a few photos, who in turn sent them to two people.

Meeting Martin was an accident. Mark Randolph wanted to further expand Netflix's business and said directly: "Netflix is ​​planning to invite David Fincher to direct a project. You and David are good friends. I don't know if you heard him mention it." ?”

Martin nodded: "I heard Director Fincher talk about a political drama. The last time he told me about it, you were negotiating the adaptation rights with the British side."

Mark Randolph said: "The rights have been bought, and we are looking for someone to adapt the script. In addition to David Fincher, a talented director and producer, I also need a leading actor with strong acting skills and market appeal. , I wonder if you are interested, Martin?"

Greg interrupted at the right time: "Martin, you are also a shareholder of Netflix."

"I personally do not object to cooperation with Netflix." Martin said the truth, but it is not the time to cooperate yet, and he expressed helplessness: "I should not have a suitable schedule in the next three years."

Mark Randolph did not doubt this, because Hollywood superstars never lacked invitations, but he did not give up and said: "When the first draft of the script is completed, can you send it to you and help us take a look at the script?"

Martin has purchased large quantities of Netflix shares from the secondary market in recent years for the sake of his own business gains: "No problem, you can come to me at any time."

Martin will not consider directly participating in Netflix film and television projects until he wins the Oscar for Best Actor.

He has no shortage of projects now.

The reality in the industry must be considered. If you star in an online streaming work during this time, it will be twice as difficult to win an Oscar for acting.

This is not seven or eight years later.

After finishing his chat with the two Netflix executives, Martin walked around the various exhibition areas. These aerospace projects such as the moon, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus were really far away from him.

With the little money he has in hand, he can't even make a splash if he throws it into these horribly expensive projects.

As for the return, it is probably difficult to see.

As a person who likes to enjoy life, Martin feels that it is better to invest in something more practical.

Just as he was thinking about it, he came to an exhibition hall marked "SpaceX".

There was a tall, strong white man standing in front of the exhibition hall. Martin thought he looked familiar.

When the man saw Martin, he took the initiative to greet him. As if he was an acquaintance, he pointed at him and said, "Are you Martin Davis?"

Martin remembered who he was: "You're Elon Musk!"

"Are you interested in investing in space projects?" Musk said like a familiar person: "SpaceX is promoting a space travel project and strives to realize manned space travel as soon as possible. Then we can be the first tourists."

Martin ignored him and said, "How about you invest in my movie? I'm making a space movie project."

Musk knew he was talking about "The Martian": "I can sponsor your movie project." He was a standard businessman: "But there is a condition."

Martin motioned for him to continue.

Musk said: "After your endorsement contract with Cadillac expires, how about endorsing Tesla electric cars?"

Martin didn’t know much about Tesla’s situation and asked: “Your electric car is already on the market.”

"The second-generation Model S will be launched on a large scale next year." Musk is very clear that if Martin can be recruited as a spokesperson, Tesla's brand influence will skyrocket: "This is an epoch-making car product that can match the taste of the spokesperson with the Different.”

He gestured and said: "Think about it, when there are a lot of gas trucks driving on the road, but you are riding in a Tesla, will other people's eyes focus on you?"

Martin replied in a standard tone: "Hollywood has rules. I can't discuss work behind my agent's back. You'd better contact my agent about this matter first."

He didn't finish his words: "I'm taking over the space movie project. If you are interested, you can come to Disney Studio's "The Martian" studio to discuss advertising sponsorship cooperation."

Whether it is adding SpaceX or Tesla to the movie, it is not difficult.

Musk was interested: “I’ll talk about it.”

In addition to these, Musk is also very interested in Hollywood. His current wife, Dalulla Riley, is also a well-known actress.

Martin remembered the actress because she had appeared in "Inception," but in a small role.

After leaving the exhibition hall where SpaceX was located, Martin basically saw all the exhibition halls. He simply went to the front hall, waited for a while, met Lily and Elizabeth who were watching the space exhibition, and left the conference center.

The three of them waited until Bruce drove over and got in the car to go home together.

Martin took out his mobile phone, called his investment manager Flynn, and said: "I will have a large amount of remuneration coming in soon, and it will be transferred directly to the investment account. You can buy all Tesla stocks."

He thought for a while and added: "If Tesla has plans to raise capital and expand shares, please notify me as soon as possible."

Opportunities like this may be hard to come by, but always give it a try.

As a close friend, Elizabeth knew something about Martin's financial situation. She knew that all the stocks he had invested in had appreciated in value in the past few years, so she said, "I also have some funds here, so I invested with you."

Martin nodded: "Okay."

Lily also said: "Count me in."

Needless to say, part of Bruce's funds have been invested with Martin.

He spun around and the Escalade sped away from the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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Just after the car drove away, a man not far away left the outdoor cafe, walked alone through the small square in front of the conference center, and got into the Mercedes-Benz sedan that had just parked on the roadside.

The man is wearing a suit and looks like a successful man.

His name is Lynch, and he once invited a trio of Hollywood bastards to a special golf event at the Los Angeles Country Club under the alias Braun.

But he was rejected by three bastards.

Taking off his sunglasses, Lynch looked at the blond woman next to him and said, "Martin Davis and his girlfriend left."

The blonde woman Michelle Bryan was touching up her makeup in the makeup mirror and asked: "Martin Davis and Elizabeth Olsen have a good relationship?"

"Martin has constant scandals, but Elizabeth has never said anything." Lynch learned about it specially when he used the pseudonym Braun.

Michel Braun nodded slightly, remembered something, and asked: "Have you warned those idiots in Fernandez?"

Lynch said: "Fernandez knew the seriousness. After Depp's followers found him, he called you as soon as possible. After that, he did not take any measures. He just pretended that those people in that batch of goods never existed."

Michelle put away her makeup bag: "These Mexicans have some brains." She looked in the direction the Escalade left: "They got rid of my goods and they don't want to pay me."

Lynch reminded: "Boss, people like Martin are very troublesome, you have to pay attention."

"We are taking a high-end route and do not use low-level and boring methods." Michelle has achieved the number one position in a special industry in Hollywood over the years. Even if she was caught in the first two years, she was only sentenced to a fine and Several years of residential surveillance.

Later, some big bosses secretly tried to force her out, and she only had to pay a fine, and even the residential surveillance was ended early.

There were no outsiders in the car, and Michelle said, "These male stars in Hollywood are both lustful and drunk."

Lynch responded: "Martin Davis is a typical example."

"Although I don't know if he is good or not." Michelle smiled: "But how many people in Hollywood can refuse this? Even if he doesn't use it, we can still find ways to develop him into our customer."

She stood up: "The profits he has provided us for a long time will even offset the payment for the goods."

In the past few years, they have used these methods to develop Hollywood clients. Hollywood stars are often very generous with their money. Not only the women's business can make money, like Johnny Depp, there are also other high-profit businesses. Do.

There are too many temptations after becoming famous in Hollywood. Stars who have climbed out of the bottom are like football stars who have emerged from the slums of Brazil. After they have money, they squander their money and body as much as they want.

Lynch then asked: "Boss, how can we develop Martin to become our customer?"