Chapter 492 Losers Alliance
The sun was rising high, and Ben Affleck woke up from his hangover. He patted his head that looked like it was going to explode. He opened his eyes and looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost ten o'clock in the morning.
He got up quickly, washed briefly, put on a shoulder bag and went out. When he came to the elevator, the elevator just came down. When he entered, he found a woman in the elevator.
That woman had a protruding belly and her hands were in front of her. She was obviously a pregnant woman, the same woman she met yesterday.
Seeing the vigilance on the other person's face, Daben withdrew his gaze, waited until the elevator stopped, and went out first.
He drove all the way north, and not long after leaving Burbank, he came to the San Fernando Valley, where the film and television industry is equally huge.
Oben has been here before. He walked around and came to a cafe in the valley area, parked the car and walked in.
Brad Pitt, who has long hair and a beard, is sitting in the corner drinking coffee while wearing a baseball cap.
When he saw Da Ben, he was slightly dissatisfied: "You are late."
"There's a traffic jam on the road." Ben found an excuse, ordered coffee and dessert, sat opposite Peter, and asked, "Why did you move here?"
Pitt also made excuses: "I've had enough of Los Angeles, a place of trouble and trouble, and I want to come here to clean up."
Ben looked outside the glass window. There was a studio area opposite. He suddenly thought of a possibility: "Brad, you don't want to change careers, do you?"
Peter was stunned for a moment, and then the smile he squeezed out was full of sadness: "I haven't made a final decision yet. I'm talking to people to see their sincerity and patterns."
He rubbed his face: "Hey, what can I do? The bank won't lend me money. I still have some Fannie Mae shares, but Fannie Mae has been delisted and cannot be traded directly. A company told me that as long as With an upfront fee of US$10 million, I can liquidate tens of millions of US dollars in assets in Fannie Mae. I can only find ways to make money.”
He told Ben that he was miserable, but it would not make Ben feel better: "What about you? I heard that you have been having a hard time in the past six months or so?"
The little pleasure that Ben felt when he heard Pete's misery disappeared in an instant: "Don't mention it, I have experienced divorce, compensation, and attacks from all women in Hollywood, led by Mi Tu, and I am no better than you."
The misery in Pete's smile was visibly reduced. Seeing his friends living worse lives than himself made him feel inexplicably relieved.
But he couldn't see his friend suffering and said, “Don't you consider changing careers?”
Ben's face turned dark. Peter had no children, but he did.
What should I do if my daughter sees his kind of movies on the screen in the future? Shouting "Come on?"
“I still have some money.” Da Ben just sold a house.
Peter's originally good mood suddenly turned gloomy again, and he didn't like the book no matter how he looked at it.
Da Ben came over today, not for this reason, and said: "You and I shouldn't be in the situation we are in today. Our affairs are not a big deal in Hollywood. Didn't you just do some housekeeping under coercion? Didn't I just do some acting? Female students in the class? What does this mean?"
Pete took a sip of coffee and murmured: "Times have changed, and those women have become crazy! I also encountered the most shameful betrayal, and was stabbed severely by my wife and girlfriend."
Ben asked him: "Who is behind Julie and Aniston? Who is hitting them and pushing them from behind?"
Peter could answer this question with his eyes closed and gritted his teeth: "Martin Davis!"
Ben stared at him and asked: "I am similar to you, and I am also related to Martin Davis."
"What?" Pete's first reaction was: "Martin **** your wife Jennifer Garner?"
Oben felt a suffocation in his throat and really wanted to take the coffee cup in front of him and hit Pete on the head! He held back his anger and said, "Don't talk nonsense about things that don't happen! I mean, these bad things that happened to me have nothing to do with Martin."
Pete saw that Ben was depressed and his mood improved, and asked: "What's going on?"
"Martin snatched the rights to adapt a novel I was optimistic about..." From his perspective, Daben roughly told the story of Martin first grabbing the project and then suppressing their brothers.
I don't know why, but Pitt felt happy and angry at the same time. He was happy because of the bad things about the Affleck brothers, and angry because of Martin Davis.
He drank up the cold coffee in one gulp: "Martin doesn't do anything that people do!"
Daben came to Peter to find a temporary alliance: "I sold my last valuable property just to prepare for Martin. Peter, you are also a victim of Martin, haven't you thought about fighting back?"
Pete said: "What can I do if I don't have money? I plan to liquidate my assets."
Daben shook his head: "I can't wait that long."
Pete asked: "What do you want to do?"
"Find Martin's pain point." Ben learned his lesson and did not plan to waste time and energy on the people around Martin, but on him himself: "We must be patient, or we will not take action, or we will make it impossible for Martin to stand up!"
Pitt has been thinking of ways to revitalize that asset, not just for money: "With Martin Davis's current power, we alone cannot deal with him."
Ben reminded: "Have you forgotten Harvey?"
Harvey is the real boss of the Football Association. He has already contacted Harvey: "Harvey has invited Martin many times, but he has ruthlessly rejected them all. Martin also stole Wes Craven. Harvey has long been unhappy with him. , As long as we can find Martin's pain point, Harvey can launch a targeted attack.”
Pete couldn't believe Harvey and asked: "What do you want to do?"
"Harvey will bring Quentin's film to compete head-on with Martin's new film at the Cannes Film Festival in May." But Ben had great hopes for Harvey: "Brad, I believe in you and me. Likewise, there are still some connections within the circle, so we mobilized our last connections to find the key to Martin Davis.”
These are not difficult. Peter thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Okay."
“Kill Martin!” Big Ben stretched out his hand.
Pete took his hand.
Beverly Hills, Davis Estate. The black Escalade was parked in Fountain Square. Lily, who was driving, raised the trunk and went down to pick up the luggage with Bruce very consciously.
Elizabeth picked up the two bags Martin had brought with him and called the housekeeper to ask the kitchen to prepare lunch.
On the contrary, it was Martin who entered the villa gate empty-handed like an old man.
Martin took a bag, took out the gift box and gave it to Lily: "Your gift."
Lily was very conscious and took the gift box and winked at Elizabeth: "I'll leave now."
Bruce never needs anyone to urge him and disappears from the villa on his own initiative.
Martin watched Lily walk out of the villa door in surprise. What happened during this time? In the past, she would not leave unless I chased her away.
Elizabeth asked: "Where is my gift?"
Martin took out three gift boxes and handed them to Elizabeth: "These are for you."
Elizabeth opened it and looked at it, and she liked it very much: "The new Hermès bag, Chanel's perfume set, and this Cartier women's watch are very similar to your favorite ones."
Martin smiled: "I picked it specially for you."
Elizabeth picked them all up and walked upstairs: "I'll put them away first."
She walked upstairs, turned back and asked Martin: "Aren't you coming?"
Martin has just returned from South Korea and has been tortured by a nine-member girl group. He is particularly determined.
But this kind of moment is not the time to be stubborn.
The old boy could not refuse the Scarlet Witch after all.
Martin followed without hesitation and used all kinds of martial arts to make Elizabeth change into his shape again.
After her emotions calmed down, Elizabeth asked: "Can you stay in Los Angeles for a while this time?"
Martin said: "By mid-May, I will first go to Cannes to attend the film festival, and then go to Morocco to join Director Nolan to participate in the filming of his new film. I estimate that I will have to travel all over the world."
When Elizabeth came back from Martin, she never mentioned the gossip that had been stirred up in the entertainment media. She didn't even ask about it, as if nothing had ever happened.
This also gave Martin a sense of warmth and comfort at home, isolated from the distractions of the outside world, and able to enjoy a world to himself.
Elizabeth added: "Lily and I have agreed that we will visit the class often."
Martin nodded: "Okay."
It was almost noon. The two of them took a shower, changed clothes, and went downstairs to have lunch.
In addition to Lily and Bruce, Thomas also came over and was chatting about his girlfriend with Bruce.
"I'm sure I've found true love this time. Victoria is living with me." He saw Martin and Elizabeth going downstairs and said, "Martin, Liz, I'll invite you to my new home for a party some other time. I have a girl there." Owner."
Martin asked with a smile: "Then I must go."
Elizabeth said: "Congratulations."
Martin invited everyone: "Let's have lunch together."
Entering the restaurant, the five of them chatted while eating. Bruce also talked about some of his experiences in Korea: "I suffered from prosopagnosia there. Many women's faces looked very similar, as if they were made from the same mold. I couldn't tell the difference at all. It's not clear who is who.”
Martin said: "It's normal, I can't tell who is who."
Thomas asked: "I heard that Koreans want to invest in your movie?"
Martin roughly said: "I am going to use their funds to make a biopic of Marcus. You should pay attention to the suitable director."
Then, the topic turned to "John Wick".
This film has been released in North America for three weeks, with a total box office of 141 million US dollars.
In addition, it was screened in more than 30 overseas markets, and the combined overseas box office gross was close to US$60 million.
Starting from this weekend, Latin America, one of Hollywood's back garden markets, will also be fully screened.
Just after eating, Martin received a call from Leonardo.
"I heard you are back?" Leonardo said, "It's a very interesting event. Let's go and participate together."
Martin asked curiously: "What activity?"
Leonardo said with a smile: "Hugh Hefner is about to hold his annual pajama party, and Jack and I are planning to go there."
Martin became interested and asked, “Can you get the invitation?”
"Jack and Hefner have an old relationship." Leonardo said exaggeratedly: "Dozens of invitations are not a problem."
Martin said: "Very good, give me a few more, I have a lot of friends here."
(End of this chapter)
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