Hollywood Road

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Picking up the carbon signature pen, Murphy moved his wrist. He also did this kind of signing activity during the period when Hollywood DVDs were super selling. The activity seemed very simple. Just go to the Blu-ray disc box purchased by the fans. Draw a few specially designed simplified letters, and then communicate a few words with the fans in a timely manner, but it is actually a physical exercise.

Signing hundreds or even thousands of names in one breath is absolutely uncomfortable on the wrist, and it is inevitable to get sore and bloated.

However, Murphy has a unique skill. When signing, he can open the bow left and right, and both hands can take turns to rest. On the one hand, he has a little knowledge. On the other hand, when designing the signature, let people simplify it as much as possible. .

Like the signatures of all celebrities, Murphy's design signatures, in the past, are similar to ghost paintings.

Murphy took off the cap of the carbon signature pen and looked up. The first fan had already walked in.

This is a girl with short blond hair. The girl looks familiar. She is holding a pile of newly purchased Blu-ray DVDs with a bright smile on her face. She seems very happy to be the first to sign.

The other party was familiar, but Murphy couldn’t remember where he had met. Bill Rossis, who was standing behind him, reminded in a low voice, “This girl is Daisy. She is the leader of your IMDB discussion group. She is very hardcore. Fans."

After being reminded by Bill Rossis, Murphy immediately remembered her, the leader of a loose and huge online fan organization.

"Hello, Murphy." Daisy had already walked over. She had too many Blu-ray discs. A staff member hurried over to help her and helped her put the discs on the table. Daisy said The staff smiled implicitly, "Thank you."

Murphy took one from the stack of discs, and while tracing his name on it with a pen, he nodded to the blonde girl, "Hi, Daisy."

"Uh……"

When she heard Murphy calling her name directly, Daisy was stunned for a moment, and then laughed so that her mouth was about to split, "Murphy...you...you remember me?"

"Of course." In addition to signing on the disc, Murphy also added a sentence of "Send to Dear Daisy", and then said, "You are the leader of my discussion group on the IMDB section. We have seen it several times. "

"Yes! Yes!" Daisy nodded hurriedly, throwing behind her head the fact that Murphy had never responded to her emails.

The girl bought more than a dozen discs, and Murphy patiently signed them one by one, and had a brief exchange with her at the same time.

"You came in line early today?" he asked.

"It's five o'clock in the morning." Daisy was not tired from waiting all morning, but was elated. "But it's worth the first one in the queue."

After signing all a dozen discs, Murphy beckoned to the staff next to him. The staff came again and took the initiative to pick up all the discs, preparing to send out this obviously unusual fan.

"Goodbye, Murphy."

"Goodbye, Daisy."

Daisy was satisfied, followed the staff, left the signature area, took the initiative to return her disc, walked out of Santa Monica Commercial Plaza, came to the parking lot, and got in her car, but did not start the car. , Instead of sitting in the driving seat and waiting. Before contacting via mobile phone, there were several members who met in the discussion group who were queuing. They all came by tram. She planned to take them along.

In the Santa Monica Commercial Plaza, Murphy is still continuing to sign, just like Daisy, in addition to signing the name, he will also write a congratulatory message on the disc, "for so-and-so", and at the same time Will exchange a few words with movie fans.

Murphy has always been clear that in the fiercely competitive Hollywood, movie fans are the foundation on which directors like him can build such a reputation and status, and he will not do stupid things that self-destroy the cornerstone.

Ten minutes after the signing began, some large-scale media reporters outside were also let in. This was originally an activity to create momentum for the subsequent film promotion. How could the media's participation be omitted?

However, reporters can only stand outside the isolation zone of the signature area, which is about twenty feet away from Murphy's side, and will not interfere with his normal work.

The reporters of the major newspapers were also more cooperative at this time, and they also knew that the protagonist of the event would definitely be interviewed at the end of the signing.

Some reporters were filming Murphy's autographs and communicating with fans, and several reporters came to the queuing area to interview the fans who were waiting.

"Hello, I'm Cramer from the Hollywood Reporter..."

A young reporter with glasses found a male movie fan in his twenties, "Can I ask you some questions?"

"Of course." The male movie fan said cheerfully.

The young reporter put the recorder in front of the fans and asked, "How long have you been in line?"

Without even thinking about it, the male movie fan said, "It's almost six hours, and I came over before the commercial center opened."

"Why did you come so early?" The young reporter seemed to be inexperienced. The questions asked were somewhat formulaic, "Is it worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it!" said the male movie fan sonorously, "I like Murphy's movies very much, and I like "City of Chaos". I have been looking forward to the second one. I can't wait!"

The line was moving forward, and the fan didn't care about the reporter who was standing there, and quickly followed, as if queuing was more important than being interviewed by the reporter.

"Justin..."

The person in front turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay." The man named Justin shook his head. "I met a fool reporter."

"Then hurry up." The person in front reminded him, "It's almost us."

At the signing table, Murphy's signature pen has been changed to his left hand. It is difficult to write more regular characters with the left hand, but it is not difficult to draw a signature.

"Thank you for your support." Murphy handed a signed disc to the fans and said with a smile, "Please continue to support my film."

"Yes!" the fans were flattered and said vowedly, "I will definitely."

This fan left the signing table and walked outside. The staff on the opposite side let another fan in. This is a man wearing a baseball cap, who looks like he is in his early twenties, with a few hanging under the brim of the hat. The strands of brown hair are a typical white man.

With a grim face, he was holding the disc of "City of Chaos" in one hand, and the other hand suddenly reached into his pocket, as if he was about to take out something.

The pen that Murphy turned in his left hand suddenly stopped because he saw the man drew a spherical object out of his clothes pocket.

Just as Murphy found out, the bodyguards also saw it. The two bodyguards stepped forward. Just when they came to Murphy's side, the man raised his hand and threw the spherical object over.

Murphy was about to hide, a bodyguard was already in front, and then Murphy heard the sound of something cracking.

"Control him!"

At the same time, Bill Rossis shouted loudly, and the two bodyguards couldn't help but say that one of them caught Murphy by one arm and led him to the back. The previous bodyguard was still blocking him, just in case. The other side attacked again.

Murphy didn't stop them, his own safety was the first thing, but he took a look and it was obviously an egg that hit the bodyguard. I don't know if it was a rotten egg.

"You are a bastard, Murphy Stanton, you are a bastard!"

Behind the fan’s roar, "You dare to slander Catholicism in the movie! You are slandering the Father! You have blasphemed the gods, you will go to hell! You will surely..."

It turned out to be protesting for the Catholic Church? Murphy's head turned quickly, seeing Bill Rossis coming over, and quickly beckoned to him.

"What's the matter?" Bill Rossis came over and asked.

The two bodyguards surrounded Murphy. Murphy was inconvenient to speak, and said as concisely as possible, "Don't make him embarrassed, it's just different beliefs."

"I know." Bill Rossis knew Murphy's plan and immediately understood. "Don't worry, go back first. I know what to do."

He said to the bodyguard, "Protect Murphy."

After speaking, Bill Rossis turned and walked back.

Although two bodyguards and a staff member subdued the Catholic believer who threw the egg, the scene was already in chaos. Fortunately, the fans were aggrieved, but the media reporters were different. This kind of news was their favorite, part of it. The reporter directly broke through the isolation zone and ran to the Catholic believer to take a close-up shot. If it would be better to interview, another group of reporters chased after Murphy evacuated.

"You blasphemed the gods! Heavenly Father will punish you, and every Catholic will not let you go..."

The man was still yelling, as if Murphy had violated his most sacred territory.

"Unlucky!"

Looking at the chaos ahead, Justin cursed in a low voice, "This bastard!"

When this happened, even if he was just a movie fan, he could guess that the signing could not continue.

The people in front were constantly shaking their heads, "What a disappointment, where are the fools that popped out!"

The phone message prompt sounded suddenly, Justin took out the phone, opened his eyes and found that it was Daisy, the leader of his discussion group, sending a message to ask him if he was done, and when he was done, go to the parking lot and wait for him.

"No, I didn't get the signature, Murphy was attacked!"

"What? Someone dared to attack Murphy? He was injured?"

"He is fine. The egg thrown by the attacker was blocked by the bodyguard. Now the attacker is subdued by the security at the scene. The signing may be interrupted..."

As Justin was typing, the organizer’s notification sounded again. As he expected, after a solemn apology, the organizer reluctantly announced that today’s signing had to be cancelled due to security issues.

Although the fans were dissatisfied, their anger was basically vented to the Catholic, and a curse sounded at the scene.

Afterwards, Justin received a call from Daisy and told her about the specific situation. Suddenly, he discovered that the assailant had been released by security personnel and was about to leave.

"The attacker was let go."

He said to the phone, the receiver was quiet for a while, and then Daisy's voice rang again, "Follow him and see where he goes."