Chapter 615 Sugar-coated bullets
At the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Basel Sculpture Exhibition opened.
At the public exhibition area, the Bastard Trio, plus Mene, Chad, Marina, Spravina and other crew members came to support Lily.
More than a dozen reporters came after me and kept taking pictures.
Martin said softly to Leonardo: "You are the most famous art collector in Hollywood. Choose one and I will pay for it."
"No need." Leonardo walked towards a display cabinet and said as he walked: "I like Lily's works very much."
Martin was not polite to him and whispered: "All my votes this year will go to you."
Leonardo said: “Congratulate me in advance on winning the Oscar?”
Martin said extremely seriously: "Of course not. Opening champagne at halftime often brings painful lessons."
Because of the presence of the **** trio, more and more reporters and passers-by came over.
When the number of people reached a certain level, Leonardo pointed to the marble sculpture in front of him and said to the staff: "How much does this piece of art cost? I want it."
It is very common to encounter high-profile customers at exhibitions. The staff immediately contacted the creators and the exhibition organizers to handle relevant transactions.
Leonardo subsequently accepted a joint interview with reporters.
"I have been collecting art for more than ten years, and all the collections are of high quality, including many works by Lily Carter." He boasted without hesitation: "Take this marble sculpture, an ordinary stone. After Lily's careful polishing and carving, it presented a unique beauty and artistic charm, which made me fall in love with it and willingly unbuckled my pocket..."
Martin and Nicholson stood on the outside, admiring Leonardo's performance, and said: "So Leo, does he deserve to be the best actor?"
Nicholson said: "If there is no good choice, many people will naturally choose him." He added: "Isn't your "Gone Girl" also released on the holiday?"
Martin said: "I might be able to get nominated for this role, but it's hard to win an award. Our trio now has four Oscar acting awards, but Leo is the one with zero Oscars. It's too embarrassing to tell it."
Nicholson was heartbroken: "As the boss, I am also disgraced."
Since talking about Leonardo's bid for the Oscar a few days ago, Martin has been thinking carefully about it, and gradually remembered the films that Harvey won the last Oscar, except for Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep. The two for Best Actress, and the two for Best Picture.
It seemed to be a black-and-white silent film, focusing on nostalgia. Since he was not interested at all, let alone the main film, he had not even seen the trailer, and he could not remember the name of the film.
The other one is a story about the King's Speech in England. It should be called "The King's Speech" or something like that.
Martin specially asked people to check and found that among all the films released in theaters this year, there are no two films.
If the film had been produced by Weinstein Pictures, Harvey might have lost the project if he came in early.
If it was bought from overseas and repackaged, the film rights may not have been sold to the United States.
Not long after, Lily came over and said, "Help me greet your friends. The instructor has brought some friends over to cheer for you. I want to go over to socialize."
Martin waved his hand: "You go about your business, you don't have to worry about us."
“She's grown up,” Nicholson said.
There were many people in the exhibition hall and it was a bit chaotic. Martin was not at ease and called Bruce: "Ask the bodyguard to follow Lily."
Bruce nodded, picked up his cell phone and made a call, saying, "I've been following him."
On the second floor of the exhibition hall, mother and daughter Allison Mack and Catherine Oxenberg gathered around Keith Lanier and came to the edge of the guardrail.
Looking from here, you can have a clear view of the exhibition hall below.
Lanier looked at it for a while and asked: "The person talking to Lily Carter, is Martin Davis?"
Allison Mack said: "Yes, Martin Davis, the person next to him is Jack Nicholson, and the person walking over is Leonardo DiCaprio. They are collectively known as the Bastard Three in Hollywood. People group.”
Lanier nodded: "I've heard that." He asked: "Is this why you haven't made any progress?"
Allison Mack quickly denied: "No, Lily Carter has been preparing for this exhibition recently. She is very busy at work, and she has become a little wary of me..."
Lanier took a step forward, grabbed the guardrail with both hands, and stared at Lily in the hall below. Her swaying graceful figure made him eager to turn her into a slave girl.
Allison Mack reminded her mentor: "The latest I checked, Lily Carter and Martin Davis have a complicated relationship. I heard from people in the circle that Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck have fallen into this To the extent that it's related to Martin Davis.”
Lanier smiled very elegantly, confident to the point of arrogance: "Do you think these obstacles can stop your leader?"
Alison Mack lowered her head piously.
"What do you think of Martin Davis than Seagram Liquor Group?" Lanier said lightly: "He has made friends with many social elites through the CocCola Cult. We Nxivm have fewer social elites, government officials and billionaires. ?"
The three women said in unison: "The master is the sun in the sky, and the others are just dust under the sun."
Lanier stands with his hands on his back, with a confident demeanor and elegant demeanor, worthy of a handsome middle-aged man.
His self-confidence and arrogance come from his repeated successes and from being among the social elite among his many believers.
Sisters Claire Bronfman and Sasha Bronfman, heirs to the Seagram Wine Group, are Raniere's most loyal believers. After joining Nxivm, they contributed more than $150 million to Raniere's wealth, not to mention their strong social influence.
Nxivm is not a loose pan-faith organization like the Cola Cult. It has only 17,000 loyal believers. However, Nxivm's high membership fees determine that none of these believers are ordinary people and all are social elites.
Among them are the daughters of the former Mexican president, the second generation and the first generation of the rich, and officials from the Washington authorities and various states. The ordinary middle class cannot meet the threshold to join. These followers enthusiastically donated their money and time. More importantly, they used their social influence to endorse Nxivm and put a protective shell on Raniere.
Lanier's behavior of abducting and keeping female slaves was reported several times, but he got away with it easily.
Those who reported him got into huge trouble.
Lanier looked at Catherine and India and their daughter, and said, "You guys will come down with me later."
He then told Alison: "Observe carefully here and notify me in time if there is any situation."
Alison responded: "Yes."
Lanier took Catherine and India downstairs, and the three of them walked together, like a family of three.
Anyone who saw it would have a hard time imagining that there was a monster living inside this elegant middle-aged man. The mother and daughter were just his star fury.
The three of them went down to the exhibition hall on the first floor and looked at Lily's works carefully, just like normal people watching the exhibition.
Lily's works this time are more abstract. Lanier and Martin think they are just shaped stones, plaster and wood.
This leader boasts among his followers that he can communicate normally with others at the age of one, can read and decipher at the age of two, and has completed the entire middle school curriculum in 19 hours when he was less than ten years old.
In fact, he is a scumbag who dropped out of a lower-tier university because he failed.
Catherine came over and pointed quietly: "The person is over there."
Lanier followed the direction of her finger and saw Lily who was talking to several people.
Looking closer, he found that the girl was really beautiful. Not only did she have a delicate face, but she was also tall and slender. The curvature of her front and back was even more wonderful.
Lanier has seen many women, and it is not difficult to find that Lily's seemingly quiet appearance hides wildness.
If such a girl can be tamed and become a slave, what kind of achievement...
Lanier knew that he had to go step by step and leave a deep impression first, so he told Catherine: "Go and tell the organizer here that I want to buy all Lily Carter's works."
Catherine hurried to find the man wearing a work jacket.
After his mother left, India stood beside Raniere and trembled, like a chick facing an eagle alone.
Lanier said: "When I get back to Los Angeles, I will give you the brand."
India was even more frightened. She had seen the mark on her mother's waist, which was branded all over.
Martin was chatting with Leonardo and Nicholson when Bruce came over quickly and whispered: "Someone wants to buy all Lily's exhibits."
Leonardo was slightly surprised: “Where does this wealthy businessman come from to be so generous?”
Martin asked: "Where are the people?"
Bruce said: "Lily, her agent, and bodyguards are going to meet him in the VIP room next to the exhibition hall."
When Nicholson turned his head, the light shone on his sunglasses, and the lenses shone.
He held his chin and said, "Based on my years of experience, this person has bad intentions."
Leonardo gave him a look of disdain: "Okay, detective, I don't need many years of experience to figure this out."
Martin said: "Let's go over and have a look."
The four people left the exhibition hall and entered the office area of the art museum, when they met Lily and her agent.
Lily quickly came to Martin and said: "There are more than a dozen of my exhibits here and he wants to buy them all according to the listed price, which is more than three hundred thousand dollars. Is it possible that I am so lucky to meet another Casey Affleck? "
Leonardo said: "The main thing is that I gave you a good start."
Lily said: "Thank you, Leo."
Nicolson reminded: “Pay attention to testing the other party's true purpose.”
"I will." Lily nodded and asked Martin: "Should I sell them all?"
Martin laughed: "Why not sell it? Remember the sugar-coated bullets I told you?"
As early as in Atlanta, Lily heard Martin say: "Eat all the sugar and then shoot the cannonballs back?"
Martin nodded slightly.
Nicholson said directly: "What are you afraid of? With the three of us here, not to mention artillery shells and missiles can hit him back!"
(End of this chapter)
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