America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 412: Accountability for Breach of Contract
It was still bright outside when Martin came out of the nightclub in Nicholson's stretched Lincoln.

The three bastards, who had just enjoyed the facial cleanser service, were now full of energy.

Nicholson put on sunglasses and shouted: "Have a party! Have a party, I can beat ten! No... twenty."

Leonardo glanced at the delusional old bastard and said bluntly, "I don't want to attend your funeral tomorrow."

Martin lowered the tailgate slightly and said to the driver, "Come to my place." He raised the tailgate and said, "I just got a few bottles of good wine. Tonight at the Golden Globe Awards, we can drink and look at beautiful women."

Leonardo said: "It's obviously a gathering of demons and monsters, there are no beauties."

Martin pointed at him and said, "You are the one who has too many things to do. When you get drunk, I will call a beautiful woman for you and call Gisele Bundchen."

Leonardo was furious and launched a three-hit combo: "Do you think I'm afraid of these? If you have the guts, call Gisele Bundchen!"

"As long as you propose to her right then and there, I will immediately hire someone to rent a plane to pick up Bundchen." Martin looked very responsible: "I will cover all the expenses for your proposal and marriage!"

Leonardo was defeated, but he was unwilling to admit defeat. He said to Nicholson, "See, Jack, Martin has become arrogant and no longer takes money seriously. Doesn't he look like a nouveau riche?"

Martin leaned back in his seat, and said arrogantly, "You have to show off to a man who just became a multimillionaire."

In fact, he only behaves in this dissolute manner when he is in the asshole trio.

The Lincoln sedan soon drove into Martin's home.

The three bastards entered the living room and found someone home.

Lily was wearing a professional apron and holding a carving knife, carving a half-person-high clay sculpture.

Martin let the two bastards in first and asked, "When did you get here?"

Lily said, "After lunch, I'll come over to help you clean up the house. It's a mess. After you clean it up and have nothing to do, I'll practice my skills."

She took the initiative to greet Leonardo and Nicholson.

Martin also made introductions for both sides.

When Leonardo heard Lily's name, he immediately understood: "You are the original author of the clown statue."

"It's me." Lily has been working part-time on the Dark Knight crew for more than half a year. She has almost become numb to the fact that so many people have the Joker she carved in their hands. "Do whatever you want. Don't worry about me."

Martin asked Leonardo to go to the wine cellar to get some wine. Nicholson turned on the TV and the red carpet for the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was already coming to an end.

Leonardo took three glasses and filled them with wine, then asked Lily, "Would you like a drink?"

Lily shook her head: "I'm not old enough to drink."

Martin came over and patted Leonardo on the shoulder, and kindly reminded: "Don't mess with her."

Leonardo was confused and had to sit on the sofa and drink with Martin and Nicholson.

Lily is about the same age as Nicholson's daughter, Lorraine. Nicholson raised his glass to her from a distance and said, "Your sculpture is very good. Thank you for the statue."

"You're welcome." Lily picked up the can of Coke next to her and clinked glasses with Nicholson from a distance.

Leonardo was just about to pick up the wine glass when he noticed Lily put down the can and picked up a sharp carving knife.

The carving knife fluttered like a butterfly between her slender fingers.

Then, Leonardo saw that the carving knife in Lily's hand was flashing with cold light and poking at the clay figure.

When she stopped, she found that there were more than a dozen holes on the sculpture's eyes, throat, heart, lower abdomen and other vital parts.

This is to poke people...

Leonardo quickly turned around, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, suppressing the feeling of fear.

Martin turned around and asked, "What's wrong, Leo?"

Leonardo quickly shook his head: "Nothing, I just want to drink."

Martin took the bottle and filled it up for him. "Drink as much as you want. Any wine in my cellar is fine."

"Of course." Leonardo thought to himself that people who grew up with Martin seemed to be a little abnormal.

The three of them sipped wine and watched the Golden Globe Awards.

On the other side, Lily saw that Leonardo was frightened, so she repaired the sculpture and pushed it into the storage room on the side. After cleaning up the scene, she said to Martin, "I'm going back to school. You should be careful and don't always make the house so messy."

Martin waved his hand: "Let's go, I won't see you off."

After Lily left, Martin and the other two enjoyed the Golden Globe Awards, drank glass of wine, and discussed the gossips in the circle. It was so pleasant.

For three of them of their stature, the Ballon d'Or is indeed a lot of fun.

For example, Julian Spenaar won the Best Director award for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly".

People like the Coen brothers, Ridley Scott and others all ran as runners-up.

The film that the former is competing for awards this year is called "No Country for Old Men".

When it came to the Best Actress award, Julie Christie won, instead of Kate Winslet who had won various leading actress awards since the awards season began.

Of course, Kate will definitely not be disappointed because she has already won the most important Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

Martin picked up his glass and clinked it with Leonardo's: "I hope Kate can win an Oscar." Leonardo stopped joking: "May God bless Kate."

Nicholson said directly: "Kate has won the Best Actress in almost all the truly trend-setting awards. She will definitely win."

Martin didn't drink: "Let's not congratulate Kate yet. Opening champagne at halftime is a taboo."

Leonardo couldn’t agree more: “That’s right.”

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Tonight, the Golden Globe Awards attracted a lot of attention, and the Los Angeles media's focus was all on the colorful entertainment venue.

Latin woman Caroline finished a day's work and didn't want to go home immediately, so she decided to find a bar to drink.

Since she took the initiative to accuse Brad Pitt, Caroline's life has been much better than before.

Although the small group led by her has never reconciled with Pitt, mainly because they could not reach an agreement on money, the remuneration obtained from selling news and paid interviews has greatly improved the lives of the whole family.

Caroline even felt that Pete was a good man who changed her family's fate.

Of course, you have to hold on to such a good person and try to get more meat.

It was getting dark and she got out of the car very carefully.

The security in this Latin community is not very good. Not to mention that there is almost no surveillance, even many street lights have been smashed.

Caroline had not taken a few steps when someone suddenly called her from behind a lamppost.

"Hey, Caroline, let's chat."

Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Caroline stopped vigilantly, reached into her bag and grabbed the pepper spray.

"Keep your distance. I won't come close. We're just chatting." The man was wearing a hood, and the shadow of the brim of the hat covered most of his face. "Brad Pitt's assets are beyond your imagination. He also has a lot of fixed assets."

Caroline had been making a fuss for almost a year, so she knew Pete's situation to some extent: "I know."

The man's voice was hoarse and quite unpleasant to the ear. "The little compensation you want is nothing to him. Do you know why he has been unwilling to give in? It's not because you want too much money, but because he wants to drag it out. He has enough assets to drag it out until you can't stand it anymore and naturally reconcile with him."

He reminded: "Don't forget, the Los Angeles police have lifted the restraining order on Pitt."

Having said that, the man took out a tape recorder, pressed the play button, and Pete's voice was heard.

"I would rather give the money to the lawyer than give a penny more to those poor bastards!"

Caroline had worked as a babysitter for Pete and knew his voice.

"Who are you?" she asked.

The man said: "He is a kind-hearted person who has a grudge against Pete and sympathizes with you victims."

Caroline didn't ask any more questions.

The man pulled his hat down and walked out of the community alone in the darkening sky.

Passing by a garbage station, he pulled out the tape from the cassette and set it on fire, burning it to ashes.

The so-called words of Pitt, although they are real recordings and come from Pitt's mouth, are lines from one of Pitt's works.

Half an hour later, Jodi, who had just come out of TMZ, was sitting in a coffee shop.

After drinking coffee alone for a while, Ivan hurried into the coffee shop, pulled out a chair and sat opposite Jodie.

Jody asked, "What do you want from me?"

Ivan ordered a cup of black coffee first, then said, "I recently bought some new equipment and moved to a new house, so I'm out of money."

This is an important news channel. Without saying anything, Jody took out his wallet, took out all the cash, and put it on the table: "Now, this is all I have."

Ivan didn't touch it at all and said, "I want to make a lot of money, make more money."

Jody pulled his chair forward and leaned closer to Ivan: "What's the top secret?"

"Remember the agreement we reached with lawyer Camille?" Ivan whispered, "We helped her get the right to represent Pete's victims, and she gave us a certain percentage of the attorney's fees as compensation."

He said directly: "Aren't there still many victims who haven't reached a final settlement with Pete? Can we find a way to increase the compensation? The more compensation the victims get, the higher Camille's lawyer fees will be, and the more commission we will get."

Jody frowned: "This is very complicated..."

"Pete has a large number of high-quality assets." Ivan did his homework: "I have received accurate information that many brands that Pete previously represented are planning to unite and hold Pete accountable for breach of contract during the endorsement period."

This incident is not new, because Cadillac had an incident last year. Jody pondered and said, "As the global image spokesperson for many brands, strictly speaking, Pitt's nanny scandal did cause huge reputation and image damage to the relevant brands."

Ivan pounded the table with his fist. "The business groups are at the front to eat the meat. We follow behind and pick up more scraps. It's enough to fill us up."

With such huge benefits in front of him, Qiao Di was unwilling to give up if he didn't try, so he asked, "Is there any problem with your source of information?"

Ivan said: "Absolutely no problem."

Jody made up his mind: "I'll go find lawyer Camille."

She came out of the coffee shop but did not rush to leave. After getting in the car, she made several phone calls in a row and soon got the exact news that Cadillac had notified its law firm in Los Angeles to restart the pursuit of Pitt's breach of contract.

(End of this chapter)