American fame and fortune

When it got dark, the black car drove through the gate.

Bruce parked the car and said to Martin in the back seat: "I'm going to find Kohler, I won't be back tonight."

Martin reminded: "You can take any gift from the sponsor."

Bruce was not polite, went to the garage to get a few things, drove an ordinary Ford, and left the house.

Seeing the gate close, Elizabeth jumped up and flew at Martin.

Martin quickly caught her, picked her up, and walked to the villa. During the process, he slapped her, which felt very good.

Elizabeth was in the age group full of vitality. When she saw the swimming pool in the vestibule, she suggested, "Let's swim fast, and take the initiative tonight."

It was a bit cold at night in October, and Martin patted her again: "Not at night, the water is too cold, and my swimming pool does not have a heating function."

Elizabeth's living conditions were good since she was a child, so she asked directly, "Is there no indoor swimming pool?"

Martin was not embarrassed, and said, "The house is a bit small, no."

Elizabeth put her hands around his neck: "We will work hard together, and these will be available soon."

"Okay." Martin responded habitually, and then felt that something was not right.

Elizabeth took the initiative to send a passionate kiss, and the two became lingering as soon as they entered the villa.

The villa, which Lily came to clean every week, quickly became a mess, as if there had been a world war.

Elizabeth did not have time to visit Martin's house until she woke up the next morning.

On the side on the second floor, she found an extremely feminine bedroom.

Martin said: "This is the house of Lily, one of my younger sisters in Atlanta who is now studying in California and sometimes comes to live."

Elizabeth thought more: "Shall I move in and live with you?"

"After a while?" Martin told the truth: "You also know that the crew of Benjamin will go to other places to shoot soon, and they may not come back for a long time."

Elizabeth also got the role of the crew: "That's right, we'll talk about it when you come back."

Martin led her downstairs and said as he walked, "I'm looking for a new house. It's a bit small and has few facilities. You may not be used to it."

Elizabeth was very happy to hear Martin's remarks.

She felt that part of the reason why Martin talked about finding a new house must be to take into account her living habits.

Compared with my own home where I have lived for ten years, this place is really cramped. I don’t have the conditions to swim in the indoor pool, and the living room is not as big as her restaurant.

Elizabeth has been rich since she was a child, but she also has ideas: "Look for a good house, let's go to see it together? If you are short on money, I still have some savings here."

Martin smiled and shook his head: "I can get tens of millions of dollars in salary."

Elizabeth sincerely admired: "Martin, you are amazing!"

Martin dragged her to the basement storage room: "Here, I'll give you some good things."

Elizabeth followed Martin to the storage room, and saw Martin open a metal cabinet and take out several gift boxes from it.

Martin gave Elizabeth two and said, "These are Lily's works, one is her hand-carved clown statue, the other is a figure, and it also comes with two pendants of Australian crocodile teeth."

Thinking of these trends that are rampant in Hollywood, he added a special sentence: "I have given it to many friends and crew members. If you are interested, please put it away."

Elizabeth opened it and looked carefully, and said, "It's very beautiful, I like it very much."

Martin opened the safe again, took out a mahogany gift box, opened it and lifted the black velvet cloth, inside was a full green bracelet given to him by Wu Maoting.

Elizabeth picked it up, and under the light, the bracelet was crystal clear. She couldn't help saying, "It's so beautiful."

Martin said, "Here's it for you, put it on."

Elizabeth wore it on her wrist.

After visiting the house, Martin took Elizabeth out for breakfast, sent her home first, and then came to Benjamin's studio.

As soon as he entered the front hall, the girl at the front desk of the crew came over and said in a low voice, "Martin, have you watched it? Our crew has big news."

Martin asked, "What's going on?"

The girl's voice was even lower: "TMZ reported that Cate Blanchett was using yesterday's incident to vent her grievances against the old white man. It said that Blanchett believed that she should win the Best Actress in 1999, while It's not Gwyneth Paltrow, the older white guy at the academy that's causing the upset."

Martin knew that Jody would not disappoint.

From the news many times, he has already seen this point, otherwise Bruce would have changed people to cooperate.

Martin nodded: "Well done."

The girl smiled and said, "It's good if I can help you."

This front desk is one of the information collectors that Bruce helped Martin develop in the crew.

Martin asked again: "Is Blanchett here today?"

"No." The front desk has a lot of information: "Blanchet is on leave."

Martin didn't care about these anymore, and went to the special effects studio to start today's work.

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In a house in Santa Monica, Cate Blanchett flipped through the newspapers and magazines in front of her, all of which forwarded the latest entertainment news disclosed by TMZ.

Among them was her angrily denouncing Nicholson.

Blanchett was still angry: "Jack Nicholson provoked me first. If he hadn't gone too far, I wouldn't have said that. I was mad at him at the time, and he provoked me again and again."

This is not one time, but from Toronto to Pinewood Studios to Los Angeles, the emotions are out of control caused by the overlapping of times.

Actors are naturally emotional people, not to mention the anger value has been stacking up.

Manager Helda Querry pressed her hands down: "Kate, calm down, the problem now is not the cause of the incident."

Dana, the public relations manager, pointed to the newspapers and magazines on the table: "Because TMZ was the first to disclose, print media such as "Hollywood Report" and "Entertainment Weekly" did not follow the traditional procedure. We must consider the consequences of newspapers and periodicals that have exerted great influence in the circle."

She took the laptop, opened the video on TMZ, and showed Blanchett.

Blanchett said angrily: "Despicable and shameless!"

"The key is not these." Dana played the most critical sentences and the circled media reports several times: "These words came out of your mouth, and the video proves it."

Blanchett gradually understood what Dana meant: "Nicholson first provoked me to get angry, and then deliberately misled me."

Dana shook her head: "What those people see with their eyes may not be the facts they understand. Maybe they will think that Nicholson is showing love to you, and putting on such a romantic posture is sincere. More importantly, Nick Nelson is an American, one of those old men, one of those old white men you yell at. And you, Kate, you're just an Australian..."

Blanchett had already wondered who the old men Dana was talking about were.

Querry said, ""Queen Elizabeth 2" is about to start screening, and you want to use this film to win the Oscar for Best Actress."

Dana suggested: "Kate, I suggest you make a public apology as soon as possible."

Blanchett nodded: "Yes, I will apologize for my indiscretion."

Dana suggests more than that: "And Nicholson."

"No, I will never!" Blanchett couldn't accept it at all: "These were all provoked by Nicholson."

Querry also knew that the culprit in this matter was Nicholson, but most of the time things didn't develop according to who was right and who was wrong. She could only persuade: "Aside from showing love to you, Nicholson didn't make any teasing words, let alone Any deviant behavior."

Blanchett found sadly that this was indeed the case, but she really couldn't accept it: "I can publicly apologize for my fierce words, apologize to the group of old white men, even say that I was wrong, and ask them to forgive me, I can't accept it. Nicholson personally apologizes."

She simply used her trick: "I am a woman, he is a man!"

Dana has been an entertainment public relations manager for many years, and she has a special understanding of the circle: "In most cases, this statement is very useful, but you are dealing with a more sensitive group, and they still hold the power of the academy. "

Blanchett insisted: "I would rather give up this Oscar."

"You give up, do you agree with the crew?" Querry reminded her of the seriousness of the matter: "The focus of this film's award competition is already on the best actress. If you voluntarily give up, what will happen to Universal Pictures and various investment foundations?" Think? Now that Hollywood is short of money, you might get blacklisted by some investment fund.”

Blanchett's attitude did not loosen at all.

Querry was really anxious: "Kate, think about it carefully, this is not a matter of an Oscar! Many actors who are not welcomed by the academy, have they really done something too much? It's just a casual talk In a word, what is the result? He has been held hostage for many years."

She said some cruel facts: "You have always been on the route of art awards. If the Oscar road is blocked, what are you going to do? Do you have the appeal of Julia Roberts or Cameron Diaz? If so, don’t worry about those old white men, you can still become a superstar. Once the artistic path is cut off, your acting career will be over soon!”

Blanchett lowered his head slightly, as if thinking about Querry's words.

Seeing that her attitude had softened, Dana hurriedly said, "As long as we make a remedy in time, the matter will not be so serious. At most, it will affect this awards season."

Querry said again: "You have already won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, don't you want to win the Oscar for Best Actress? When you become a queen, you can think of ways to fight back."

She gave an example: "Maybe by then, Nicholson will be as down and out as Marlon Brando."

Blanchett let out a long breath slowly, trying to get all the oppression out of her chest.

Although she knew that with Martin Davis and Leonardo around, it was impossible for Nicholson to become the next Marlon Brando, but what else could she do at this moment?

Could it be that accusing Nicholson of harassment completely offends the old white male group?

Blanchett forcibly suppressed the unwillingness in her heart, and said slowly: "Dana, please help me draft a speech and find a suitable time to face the media."

"I'm going to do it," Dana said.

Querry patted Blanchett's hand lightly: "The momentary grievance is for better development in the future."