Chapter 616 Female Millionaire
Opening the door of the VIP room, Lily saw a middle-aged man and two women, one older and one younger.
The middle-aged man wears glasses and smiles brightly when he comes, elegant, mature and personable.
A manager of the exhibition introduced: "This is Mr. Keith Lanier." He also introduced two women: "These two are relatives of Mr. Raniere."
“Hello.” Lily shook his hand gently.
Lanier shook his hand and said: "I have always liked collecting art. I am lucky to encounter Miss Carter's art exhibition in New York this time."
Looking at the people in front of her and listening to the words, Lily suddenly felt a familiar feeling and subconsciously turned around, just in time to see the three **** Martin coming in.
She understood immediately that the man in front of her looked very much like Martin, or a middle-aged version of Martin.
Sunny and gentle on the outside, but dark on the inside.
Martin, Nicholson and Leonardo came in, did not speak, and directly found a place to sit down.
In fact, he also used this method to help Lily avoid trouble and tell the other party that there was someone behind Lily.
It's okay to have ideas, but don't act on them.
Lily said casually: "These are my relatives and friends, don't worry about them."
Lanier glanced quickly at Martin and asked: "Can you sell the artwork you participated in the exhibition to me today? I sincerely want to buy it."
Lily thought of Martin's words and said: "There is no problem in selling, but the exhibition has just begun, and I have not prepared other exhibits."
Lanier was very personable: "I think it can be like this. All the exhibits will be sold to me, but they can be kept here until the end of the exhibition, and then I will take them away."
Lily smiled and said, "Mr. Lanier, you are a good man."
On the other side, Martin signaled with his eyes. Leonardo and Nicholson both shook their heads slightly, indicating that they did not know who this Ranier was.
Detective Nicholson took another look at Catherine Oxenberg and seemed to recognize who she was.
Lily's agent quickly negotiated the price with Raniere, and the two parties immediately went through the formalities.
The three of Martin were chatting among themselves without saying a word.
But the attitude couldn't be more obvious.
After signing the transaction contract here, Lanier said again: "Ms. Carter, if you have time in the next few days, can I come over to you and listen to you tell the stories behind the creation of these works of art?"
Lily is always accompanied by two bodyguards, so she is not afraid at all: "Of course."
When they met for the first time, Lanier thought he had left a good impression, so that was enough: “Then we'll see you tomorrow.”
The other party contributed more than 300,000 US dollars at once. Lily was about to go back to the exhibition hall and said politely: "I'll take you out."
“Thank you.” Lanier walked out with the two women.
India suddenly turned her head and looked towards Martin, as if she wanted to speak.
But before the "leader" could say anything, her mother Catherine pulled her to her side and dragged her out of the door.
Lily sent Ranil and his party out.
The matter here is over. There is no need for Martin and the other three to stay here, so they follow them out.
Soon, the group returned to the exhibition hall.
Lanier walked straight out.
Just when Martin was about to ask Nicholson, Marina and Svetlana came over and pulled him and told him that there was a banana posted on the wall in the exhibition hall next door as an art exhibition. What was even more exaggerated was that someone paid a lot of money to buy it.
Lanier turned around and returned to the second floor to join Allison Mack. Looking down from a high place, this time he saw not only Lily, but also the two Russian women.
Three women were surrounding Martin Davis.
Lanier's eyelids twitched unconsciously. He looked at the three women around him, and then at the three women surrounding Martin. They were also church leaders. Why was the gap so big?
The most fearful person is comparison in everything. Comparison is the easiest way to become mentally unbalanced.
Lanier thought that he had quantity, but what he lacked was quality.
He gestured with his chin and asked, "Who are those two women?"
Allison Mack said: “I've never seen that.”
Catherine also shook her head: "I don't know."
Alison was very proactive: “I'll ask someone to find out.”
Lanier said directly: "Ask them who they are, where they come from, and what they like."
“Yes.” Alison lowered her head.
In the exhibition hall, Martin, the three of them and Lily entered the lounge.
With no one else around, Lily's face blossomed with a smile, excitement radiated from the inside out, and she said loudly: "I'm going to be a millionaire! I'm going to be a millionaire!"
She cheered and cheered: "One more dozen of such fools!" Leonardo couldn't see anyone being happier than him, and said: "Be careful that he has ulterior motives and kidnaps you."
Martin warned: “Remember, let the bodyguard follow you at all times.”
Lily thought of the ulterior motives of the last fool Cassie and nodded: "I will be very careful."
Martin asked Leonardo and Nicholson: "What is the origin of this Ranier?"
Leonardo shook his head: "I don't know."
"I don't know him." Nicholson pushed up his sunglasses and said, "But I know the woman next to him, Katherine Oxenberg, a well-known actress in Hollywood. I remember her appearance in "Baywatch" I've seen her in “Team” and “Deadly Game”, but she doesn't seem to have any works in recent years.”
Leonardo recalled: "I used to watch "Ambulance" when I was young, and there seemed to be such a person."
Martin looked at Bruce: "Ask about the specific situation."
Bruce immediately contacted Thomas and Jody to learn about it from both agents and media reporters.
The purpose of coming to cheer Lily up today has been achieved. The three of them, Martin, left the exhibition hall together and went to visit some academy members who settled in New York.
Although there is still some time before the Oscars, the race for awards has already begun.
Martin Scorsese realized his dream of winning the Oscar for Best Director with "The Departed". This time, the resources of "Shutter Island" will be focused on Leonardo.
At Robert De Niro's house, Martin met a large Italian family. De Niro has six children and a large number of grandchildren.
The youngest son has a nephew who is more than 20 years older than him.
Coming out of his home, Martin said: "No wonder Scorsese and De Niro have been reluctant to retire. This is the biggest motivation for artistic creation."
Nicholson shrugged: "It's nice to be like me, with money, leisure and fun."
Leonardo said: "My goal in life is to become Jack when I grow old."
Martin reiterated an old saying: "If you are willing to get married during the awards season, I can guarantee that your chance of winning the Oscar for Best Actor will triple."
He saw Leonardo's murderous eyes and quickly changed his words: "Actually, there is another way. You can sleep with all the female judges one by one. Someone said that this is the fastest shortcut to a woman's heart! You are Leonardo DiCaprio, you can conquer them easily."
Nicholson responded: "Your idea is too unreliable. It will only prevent Leo from getting nominated. Then a group of dissatisfied female judges will vote for Leo?"
Martin understood the meaning of this as soon as he heard it, and took the initiative to admit his mistake: "It was my lack of consideration and ignored Leo's greatest attribute."
Leonardo got into the car first, closed the door, and asked the driver to drive away.
Leaving helpless Martin and Nicholson, they had to take a taxi to follow them.
Back at the hotel, Bruce came over and the four of them entered Martin's study together.
Martin asked: “Have you heard about it?”
Bruce handed three faxes in triplicate to Martin: "Keith Lanier is also a leader, the leader of the so-called self-help organization Nxivm. He claims to lead a new era of human evolution and provides expensive potential training. Catherine Oak Sunberg is one of his assistants, responsible for handling Hollywood business."
He emphasized: "Nxivm is similar to Tom Cruise's Scientology, but the number of members is far less. They mainly attract elite female members, with members spread across the political and business circles, and there are many important figures."
Martin understood clearly: “This is an elite organization.”
Leonardo nodded: "I have heard of this organization, and it seems to have been involved in cases of abducting women in the past few years."
Bruce then added: "More than once, but all of them were not followed up, and even the whistleblower suffered retaliation."
Nicholson is well-informed: “There are many organizations like this across the United States, and most of them are very difficult to deal with matters involving faith.”
As a trouble-making guy, he specially reminded: "If they don't take the initiative to provoke us, we'd better ignore them."
Martin nodded: "I don't want to cause any trouble."
He specifically said to Bruce: "Remind Lily, um... you will follow Lily during the exhibition until she returns to Los Angeles."
Nicholson said: "I have warned you about these things in advance. With Lily's intelligence, she shouldn't be fooled."
"I'm not worried about Lily." Martin knew what Lily was like at heart, and said half-jokingly: "I'm worried about Lily stabbing that Raniere with a knife."
Leonardo and Nicholson looked at each other.
In the following days, while Martin was filming on the set, he was also paying attention to the situation on Lily's side.
Bruce has been following Lily, and for the first two days, Lanier went to the exhibition every day, but apart from talking, there was basically nothing else.
Lily was also vigilant enough to keep all her conversations in public and declined Raniere's dinner invitation.
At the end of the exhibition, Lanier did not show up again, but Catherine Oxenberg came to receive the exhibits.
At the same time, all the scenes related to Marina were filmed. Marina did not return to Russia and went to Los Angeles with Svetlana.
They plan to live in Los Angeles permanently.
Detective Nicholson also ended his secret investigation, called Martin and Leonardo, and said: "Through this period of observation, I found that Marina is simply a drama queen. She frequently acts in daily life and lies when telling lies. Without blinking."
Leonardo said: "Let's go back to Los Angeles and keep an eye on her!"
Martin reminded: "Don't mess around, she is our common property."
(End of this chapter)
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