American fame and fortune

In the middle of the afternoon, Martin came out of Louise's house and returned to his home in the North District of Sunset Boulevard. After waiting for a while, Nicholson and Leonardo rushed over.

After viewing Martin's new home, the three of them came to drink tea under the European-style pavilion in the back garden.

Leonardo praised: "You made too much money by buying this place for 12 million U.S. dollars! Martin, where else can there be such a house? You must introduce it to me."

Before Martin could answer, Nicholson said: "You have to first find a rich man like Peter, and then let him be riddled with problems and the liquidity chain is broken, then you can have a chance."

Leonardo picked up a cup of tea, took a sip and then changed the subject: "Does Lily have any large-scale sculptures? While her works are still cheap, I want to buy them at a low price and wait for the appreciation in value."

"Not yet, but if she knows you want it, she will definitely do it." Martin poured black tea for Leonardo again: "She is still a newcomer, and her works want to increase in value. You, a famous collector in Hollywood, say more for her. Good words.”

Although he likes to attack Lily, when it comes to serious matters, Martin is still very reliable.

Leonardo responded: "No problem."

Martin asked Nicholson: "What's going on over there at the Adler School of Acting?"

"It's very interesting." Nicholson was once one of Adler's students, and there are enough channels to find out about Adler's acting school: "Ben Affleck was introduced to the school as a part-time teacher by Judi Dench. As for the teacher, he directly chose your little girlfriend’s class to teach the class.”

Leonardo answered: "I can think of all the evil intentions behind this bag with my butt." He looked at Martin and asked impatiently: "Don't you have any ideas?"

"Yes!" For someone like Martin, Wufeng still wanted to make a big deal out of him. What's more, the other party wanted to do something secretly without telling him, and the target was still on Elizabeth.

He said directly: "I thought of a good idea! Leo, I remember Jennifer Garner has golden brown hair, tall and long legs, which matches your usual aesthetics, so be brave and go!"

Leonardo did not refute, but said otherwise: "Jennifer Garner is over 30 years old and is not within my scope."

Nicholson and Leonardo looked at Martin at the same time, the meaning in their eyes was self-evident.

When others wanted to make nonsense, Martin got down to business: "Ben Affleck's side is not easy to deal with for the time being, but his brother Cassie, I have some ideas."

Leonardo opened his mouth in shock and deliberately moved his chair away from Martin: "You actually..."

"Shut up, Leo! I'm talking about business." Martin briefly explained Cassie's purchase of the Lily sculpture.

Nicholson said: "He's not losing money, right? After the recent wave of popularity, there will definitely be a market for Lily's works."

Martin said: "I was worried that something would happen to Lily, so I secretly sent a bodyguard to follow Casey Affleck for a few days. He smashed all the things he bought and threw them into the trash can outside his house."

He sighed: "I must have been greatly stimulated."

Nicholson understood: "You mean to stimulate him again?"

Martin shrugged: "No way, it's hard to deal with Big Ben. The core members of the Foot Gang also have a certain status in the circle. It's not like we can make him miserable with just a few words."

Leonardo agreed: "Daben has been famous for more than ten years, and there are Harvey and Matt Damon behind him. He is not an ordinary Hollywood star."

He reminded: "If it were an ordinary Hollywood star who messed up several works one after another, how could he still get film contracts one after another and find the opportunity to direct tens of millions of dollars in projects."

Martin said directly: "First do the small ones, and then create opportunities to do the big ones after you finish the small ones."

Hearing that it’s not about waiting, but about creating, Nicholson asked: “Have you figured out a way?”

"I have some clues, and I need your connections at the Adler Acting School to help." Martin expressed his thoughts.

Nicholson became interested: "Then let's try it. If it doesn't work, we won't lose anything."

Martin looked at the time, stood up and said, "Let's go out for a walk and take you to a good show. My people have been keeping an eye on Cassie lately."

"Okay!" Leonardo said, "Where is your wine cellar? I'll get a bottle of good wine, and we'll drink and watch it when we get there."

Nicholson laughed: "A good show goes best with wine."

Leonardo went to the underground wine cellar to get a bottle of Cabeza tequila, drove an ordinary Chevrolet, and left the manor together.

On the way, Martin called Bruce and asked Leonardo, who was driving, to go to the Old Santa Monica Pier.

Arriving near the dock, the Ford followed Bruce's instructions and parked at the edge of the highest parking lot. There was a public phone booth nearby.

The three Martins sat in the car and looked over. Less than twenty meters away was the old trestle of the pier.

This was once a tourist destination and the western terminus of the famous Route 66, but it declined along with Route 66.

There are not many tourists near the pier, they are sparse.

Soon, Bruce came too.

He lowered his head and got into the car and said, "If nothing else happens, the person will be here soon."

"Is everything arranged?" Martin asked.

Bruce roughly said: "The salesman and cameraman are all the people Ivan found. There is no problem."

Hearing the cameraman, Nicholson said, "Why don't you let Lorraine come over and take some pictures? You can still make pocket money by selling them to TMZ."

Leonardo couldn't help but said: "Jack, you are such a good father."

Martin said: "Okay, but you ask her to shoot a little further away."

Nicholson laughed: "Don't worry, Lorraine has recently studied photography carefully in order to make more pocket money."

Leonardo asked: "You didn't consider letting her change her career."

Martin said: "Lorraine worked as a paparazzi, specializing in secretly photographing Nicholson's privacy in exchange for money. It was a perfect closed loop of the industrial chain."

"You can't get as much money as you can by secretly photographing me." Nicholson was not to be outdone.

Leonardo asked him: "Aren't you afraid that Lorraine, the little sheep, will be put into the mouth of Martin, the big bad wolf?"

Martin immediately stood on the moral high ground: "Jack, I treat you like a brother, but you plot against me like this?"

Nicholson was speechless for a moment by this bastard's shameless face.

Not long after, a car drove over from a distance and stopped near the trestle.

Casey Affleck got out of the car, carried a bottle of wine to the beach, lay down on the guardrail of the trestle, bit off the bottle cap, and poured wine into his mouth.

The sun that fell into the sea had a few remaining rays of light that fell on his face. A gust of sea breeze blew by, and his hair turned into a bird's nest. He looked as decadent as a harmless vagabond.

Just like Martin, who looks like a sunny man on the outside, Hollywood stars always have one thing in front of them and another behind their backs.

Cassie wiped the wine stain from the corner of her mouth and suddenly saw several tourists with their faces painted like clowns walking by. She thought of a person and couldn't help but said to herself: "Lily Carter!"

He decided to sober up for a few days, and then go to CalArts to find Lily Carter.

Everything must have a beginning and an end.

After the clown tourists left, another tourist came.

He sat on a nearby bench with the bag in his hand on one side, facing Cassie.

A young man wearing a baggy coat came from the other side. After seeing Cassie, he walked over quickly and said, "Hey, man, do you want some goods?"

Cassie looked at the man's attire and thought he was a dealer, so he asked, "Any good stuff?"

The young man came over and said mysteriously, "Top quality goods."

Cassie was familiar with this and said directly: "Take it out first and take a look. If it suits me, I will buy it."

The young man took out a paper bag from under his coat, opened it and showed it to Cassie: "It's the hottest and most in-demand item on the market right now. It's definitely a good thing."

What Cassie saw was a hand-carved version of the Coca-Cola version of the Joker, the Dark Knight's Joker.

The young man specifically showed Cassie the feet of the statue: "The name Lily Carter is absolutely authentic!"

The moment she heard the name, Cassie became even more decadent.

But the young man enthusiastically promoted: "Lily Carter is a new generation of carving masters. Even many artists in Hollywood are collecting her works. The limited edition clowns she carved by herself have great room for appreciation in the future. They are definitely comparable to the original version of Da. Svidal!”

Cassie took a sip of wine and waved her hand: "I don't need it."

The young man did not give up and continued: "Man, this is a rare opportunity. If you buy it, you will make money! Only an idiot would miss this kind of art with huge potential for appreciation!"

Cassie stopped moving and looked at the young man like a statue.

The latter is still gushing: "A friend of mine was very lucky and bought several Lily Carter works, but he was mentally ill and was deceived by extreme environmentalists. He insisted on paying attention to environmentally friendly materials and smashed all the statues. It’s broken into pieces. Even if a fool like him begs me to sell it, I won’t sell it to him!”

Cassie looked at the young man blankly, as if looking at the statues he bought.

The young man continued: "How stupid do you think he is? First he was deceived, and then he smashed a valuable work of art. Even pigs are smarter than him!"

Cassie is sure that this guy is a statue!

He didn't hesitate at all, and there wasn't even a sign of anger on his face. Just like he smashed the statue that day, he picked up the bottle and smashed it at the young man!

The young man ducked his head, but not his shoulders, and fell to the ground with a scream.

Cassie's bottle flew from his hand, but he didn't stop. He kicked the young man who fell to the ground.

The young man held his head, tightened his body, and shouted: "Are you sick when you step on the horse?"

He opened his throat: "Help! Help!"

A few tourists not far away were looking this way.

High in the parking lot, the three of them were drinking wine and watching the show with great interest.

Martin drained the wine in his glass and asked, "Who wants to be a good citizen of Los Angeles?"

Leonardo was about to stand up, but was stopped by Nicholson: "I have lived in Los Angeles for so many years, and the entire Sunset Strip praises me and is proud to have a good neighbor like me. This good citizen must let me Come and do it!”

While he was talking, he got out of the car, ran to the public phone booth, and dialed 911.

This place is close to the Santa Monica beach villa area, and the police cars came very quickly.

Nicholson followed Martin's example and did good deeds without leaving a name. Hearing the sirens in the distance, he got into the car and said, "Let's go, change places!"