America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 461 Vomiting Blood
In the study, Martin was sitting in front of the computer, flipping through various news about Ben. He was enjoying the news when suddenly he heard the sound of an engine outside.

A red lawn mower drove onto the grass in the front yard and began to mow the lawn.

There was a beautiful girl wearing a sun hat sitting in the car.

Martin left the study, went out the side door of the villa, and shouted over there: "Lily, come here."

The lawn mower turned around and stopped beside the road. Lily, who was wearing jeans, jumped out of the mower and walked quickly to Martin: "What's wrong? I still have work to do."

Martin pointed to the lawn and the car: "Why are you doing this all of a sudden?"

"You said it." Lily smiled.

Martin wondered if his occasional care had made the girl stupid. He said, "The last time I asked you to mow the lawn was about ten days ago, right? You never did it."

Lily explained: "That's why I feel guilty. I just happened to have time today, so I quickly trimmed it."

Martin stared at her.

Lily was worried that the iron fist of love would fall, so she said honestly: "First it was Casey Affleck, now it's Ben Affleck. I saw a report in the gossip media that Ben is raising money for his brother."

Martin waved his hand: "Cassie has something to do with you, but Big Ben has nothing to do with you."

Lily didn't listen at all: "I can't help you with anything else, I can only help you with some chores."

Martin asked, "Have you finished carving the statue Leonardo wants?" Seeing Lily shaking her head, he urged, "Hurry up and get to work."

Lily had to put down her lawn mowing and go back to carving.

She got in the car, but did not return to the academy studio immediately. Instead, she took a detour and came to the door of Ben Affleck's house.

There were at least several hundred women gathered there, as well as a large number of media reporters, and a TV broadcast vehicle was parked nearby.

"Punish the murderer severely!"

“Protect women’s rights!”

"Ben Affleck must be sentenced severely."

They held up posters and banners covered with slogans and displayed them in front of media cameras.

Lily took out the carving knife she carried with her from her pocket, but under the protection of Martin's wings, the carving knife was useless.

"This pair of rotten brothers!" She raised her middle finger towards the big house and said, "I hope you will spend the rest of your lives picking up soap in prison!"

After Lily drove away, a business car turned from the street corner and drove into the slowly opening door of Omoto's house.

Matt Damon, Cassie and attorney Cole got out of the car and entered Ben's villa.

Big Ben sat alone on the sofa, holding a large bottle of tequila and pouring it into his mouth with lifeless eyes.

Damon strode over, snatched the bottle from him, threw it into the trash can next to him, put his hands on Ben's shoulders, looked him straight in the eyes, and said loudly: "If you don't want to go to jail, cheer up!"

Big Ben looked up and said, "All the companies I work with have called me and want to end their cooperation with me. What else can I do?"

"You don't have any commercial endorsements, so you won't face claims from commercial companies like Pitt did!" Damon tried to encourage Ben's fighting spirit: "Don't they want compensation? Just pay them! Once this matter is settled, even if you can't be an actor anymore, you can turn to being a director behind the scenes with your ability."

His voice got louder and louder: "This is fucking Hollywood. They never judge people by their morals. As long as you can make money for the major companies, they don't care what you have done!"

Ben's drunken eyes finally had some light: "Where's Harvey? Harvey didn't say anything?"

Damon stressed, "Don't say anything about Harvey, understand?"

Big Ben nodded subconsciously: "I didn't tell anyone about Harvey."

Damon said, "Harvey is not convenient to come to see him, but he asked me to tell you that he will never give up on us brothers! Only if you deal with those women and wait for public opinion to calm down, Harvey will find a suitable project for you to be the director."

At this point, the problem cannot be solved without heavy bleeding.

Cassie said, "Ben, this is all my fault."

Damon raised his hand to stop him from continuing, still staring at Ben: "As a man, it's normal to do these things. There's nothing to be afraid of. What's scary is that you don't have the courage to face it."

Big Ben stood up unsteadily: "I have the courage to face it, but I don't have the money to face it."

With more than a dozen girls in the acting class, plus those girls who jumped out from the previous crew, it would be difficult to deal with them without tens of millions of dollars.

After all, there is Brad Pitt as a ready-made example.

Big Ben turned to look at Attorney Cole: "Can my marital property be sold?"

Lawyer Cole replied: "Jennifer Garner has officially filed for divorce in court, requesting an equal division of your common property..."

Da Ben knew that he had to calm down this mess as soon as possible. If he dragged it on, who knows what would happen. He said, "Then divide it equally. I've had enough of this woman. Since I married her, my career has never been smooth. It has been on a downward slide!"

He said to Attorney Cole, "I want to divorce her and get this done as soon as possible. I need money urgently!"

Lawyer Cole nodded and said, "I will meet with Jennifer Garner's lawyer this afternoon."

The focus of the divorce is nothing more than property and children. Ben obviously has no intention of fighting for custody of the latter. It is not difficult to retain visitation rights. The most difficult property division has been agreed upon in principle. The rest are trivial matters. Damon continued to encourage Ben: "You must get through it. We have been through so many difficulties since we met in Boston. Have we not gotten through them safely?"

Da Ben nodded, feeling empty inside when he thought about the property to be divided in the divorce and the large sum of money he might have to pay in compensation.

After more than a decade in the film industry, how much of the wealth he has managed to accumulate will be left for him in the end?
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In TMZ's office building, Jodi received a call from the editor-in-chief and immediately put down his work and rushed to the editor-in-chief's office.

"You did a great job this time, Joe." The editor-in-chief praised him generously: "You are worthy of being our top go-to guy at TMZ."

Jody is not modest about the things he is most proud of: "These are what I am best at. After the news was published, the website traffic was booming?"

The editor-in-chief smiled and said, "The effect is very good. The big boss called and asked me to urge you to implement your reward as soon as possible."

Jody also laughed and rushed to the front to grab the news. On the one hand, she loved this job, and on the other hand, she could earn enough money to satisfy her.

The editor-in-chief looked at the financial director who was also in the office and said, "Just give out the rewards."

The financial director took out an envelope and handed it to Jody: "Congratulations."

Qiao Di took it, opened it and looked at the number on the check, and smiled even more brightly: "Thank you, editor-in-chief, thank you, director."

The editor-in-chief said at the right time: "I am waiting for you to bring more exciting follow-up reports."

Qiao Di signed the financial receipt and was about to leave when he remembered, "There is also an informant fee. I promised to pay the informant two fees."

TMZ constantly receives all kinds of dirty news and secret information, and has always been generous with its tipster fees. The editor-in-chief said, "Go to the finance office again."

Jody went to the finance office and received a check for $2000 without much effort. She called Ivan to make an appointment and drove away from TMZ.

The two met again in Griffith Park.

Jody didn't waste any words and directly gave Ivan $2000, saying, "If you have similar news, remember to find me."

Ivan collected the check with great satisfaction and said, "I got the news that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are about to divorce. You can follow up on the news. This clue is free of charge."

But Jody said, "Any other requests?"

"Your guess is really accurate." Ivan said slowly: "Pay attention to what Ben Affleck can get."

Jody has learned about Ben's situation: "Ben and Jennifer Garner don't have much cash. If they want to compensate the victims, they must sell fixed assets."

Ivan nodded: "This will also help you. It can help the victims get compensation in time."

"Thank you for the news." Jody stood up and left.

Ivan also left the park, returned to the car, and called Bruce.

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"Come on, cheers!"

In the living room, Nicholson picked up the champagne glass and clinked it with Martin.

Martin drank with him.

Nicholson was in a good mood. He picked up the champagne, poured a glass for each of them, and said, "This time, even if Harvey Weinstein comes forward, he can't save Ben Affleck!"

Martin smiled and said: "Even if Harvey saves him, it will be difficult for Ben to come back under the current situation. The key is that his tens of millions of dollars worth of assets will be emptied."

Nicholson is a jerk with no sympathy: "From multimillionaire to pauper, I hope he doesn't go crazy."

"Isn't he going crazy?" Martin thought for a moment and said, "Jennifer Garner is divorcing Ben Affleck. Divorce means property must be divided. Ben Affleck is likely to sell fixed assets to reach a settlement with the victims as soon as possible."

Nicholson has faced accusations of illegitimacy and has had actual experience: "This is the best solution."

"We can keep an eye on Ben's movements." The leader of the trio did not hesitate to do things, and Martin was no ambiguity. He said, "The current economic situation is not very good, especially the real estate market. Ben's fixed assets are mainly real estate. If he wants to cash out quickly, he must sell them at a low price."

Nicholson understood Martin's idea: "And then we buy it at a low price?"

Martin nodded slightly. "The market cycles back and forth. The prime property market cannot remain depressed forever. This has happened several times over the years."

"I heard that you snatched one of Ben's projects, and now you want to snatch Ben's real estate?" Nicholson frowned at first, then laughed: "I love this kind of thing the most."

“I like it, too,” Martin said.

Nicholson suddenly started to think seriously, as if he was thinking about a key issue. After a long while, he said, "There is another very important asset!"

Martin thought about it, but didn't expect it, so he asked, "What is it?"

"Jennifer Garner!" Nicholson said seriously, "After grabbing the project and the house, shouldn't the next step be grabbing the wife?"

Martin recalled Jennifer Garner's appearance, shook his head and said, "If you are interested, you should go."

(End of this chapter)