The luxuriously decorated living room was very messy, with packed items piled up everywhere, and suitcases stacked at the door, and several workers coming and going were transporting them to the car outside, completely disrupting the silence of the mansion, as if it was a big move.

Brad Pitt sat on the couch with blank eyes and seemed completely stiff.

A foreman came running up and asked, "Mr. Pete, I would like to ask, how much will our moving costs ......?"

Hearing this, Brad Pitt's eyes finally focused, and he said, "I'll settle accounts with you later." ”

"This ......," the foreman obviously couldn't believe him, "we all have to pay in advance and settle the bill on the same day." ”

The housekeeping department of the Red Penguin Company specializes in serving the wealthy in Hollywood and Los Angeles, and under normal circumstances, celebrities and wealthy people will pay a little upfront, after all, this is a small amount of money for them, but it is not a problem if they do not pay in advance, and people at this level will still be in arrears of relocation fees?

Just this Brad Pitt in front of you......

Before the foreman arrived, he was reminded by Liszt, the boss of his immediate boss, that is, the second-in-command of the Red Penguin, that Brad Pitt was about to go bankrupt, and in order to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble in the future, the relocation expenses must be settled on the same day.

It's the last truckload of goods now.

Brad Pitt has been in a bad mood these days, and he was about to get angry, but he held back and asked, "How much?"

The foreman pulled out a tablet with a credit card machine from his bag, opened a page and placed it in front of Brad Pitt, pointed to the page with a clear list of bills, and said, "$4,580 in total." ”

So expensive?, Brad Pitt frowned slightly.

However, he didn't speak, this was not the first time he had dealt with the Red Penguin Company, and he had a general idea of their fees, which were more than twice as expensive as ordinary companies, and the bills were extremely clear in front of him.

Seeing that Brad Pitt didn't speak, the foreman reminded him, "Mr. Pete, are you swiping your card or?"

Brad Pitt pulled out a credit card and handed it to the foreman, who swiped it on the card machine, then raised an eyebrow, and then returned the card to Brad Pitt, "Sorry, Mr. Pitt." This card doesn't work. ”

"This can't be!" Brad Pitt frowned, took back the card and looked at it, and seeing that the foreman was urging again, he had to take out another card and say, "Use this one." ”

The foreman took the card and swiped it again, raised his eyebrows higher, and returned the card again, "Sorry, this card doesn't work." ”

"What?" Brad Pitt suddenly realized a possibility and stood up.

The foreman of "Uh......" was startled and thought Brad Pitt was going to do it.

He quietly gestured to the back, and several of the workers who were carrying things immediately stopped and looked this way.

Brad Pitt was just shocked, and didn't mean to do anything, and took out a few more cards for the foreman to brush, and like the previous two, all of them were unusable.

"I'll write you a check. "Brad Pitt wants to find the checkbook.

The foreman was not stupid, thinking of the Hollywood rumors and the phone call from his boss's boss, he immediately shook his head, "Sorry, Mr. Pete, we don't accept checks." ”

Looking at today's situation, it's no wonder that the check is still valid.

He put on a professional smile, "Or...... You give cash. ”

Who would have nothing to do with that much cash on them, Brad Pitt couldn't help frowning, "I'll go to Red Penguin another day to settle the bill." ”

"I'm sorry. The foreman was still very polite, "Please don't embarrass those of us who do things." ”

When will a bankrupt Hollywood star pay off his debts? If he can't get his money back, the company will deduct his salary.

Brad Pitt reached out with his left hand and reached for his wallet, but there wasn't much cash in it.

The foreman saw the watch with his wrist exposed, and as a person who often served the rich and famous, he had a bit of an eye, and he recognized it as a Vacheron Constantin at a glance, and the new watch was about $10,000.

Brad Pitt is finished, this is the consensus in Hollywood circles, and the foreman has heard his bosses talk about it, for people like him, a flopping phoenix can't even compare to a turkey.

"If you really don't have any money. The foreman's tone was still humble, but his words were not so good, "I can help you pay for it first." ”

Hearing this, Brad Pitt stopped and looked at the foreman.

Sure enough, the foreman said, "Mr. Pete, if I help you pay for it, you must mortgage something, right?"

At this moment, Brad Pitt couldn't suppress his anger and rushed up, and even had the desire to do it, but when he saw several workers looking at this side faintly, he thought that he was not a pervert like Matthew Horner, and suppressed the fire again.

As if he had given up on himself, he asked, "What do you want?"

With a humble but odious smile, the foreman gestured to the watch on Brad Pitt's wrist.

Brad Pitt took off his watch, shoved it to the foreman, and unconsciously raised his voice, "Go to work, now!"

Getting the watch he wanted, the foreman left happily.

Sitting back on the couch, Brad Pitt covered his face with his hands, not wanting to show his painful appearance in front of the others.

He's lost so much lately that a watch doesn't seem to care at all.

"Cloud Atlas" failed, and so did "Alien Battlefield", and the cost of failure was so high that he couldn't afford it.

Think about the high spirits when you invested in these two projects, and then think about the loneliness that no one cares about now, the contrast is almost shocking and people collapse.

Brad Pitt thinks he's still sitting here in good spirits, and he's already very strong.

Letting go of the hand covering his face, the darkness in front of him returned to light, and his gaze fell on the newspaper he had read before.

"Inception" grossed $88.9 million in its first week and grossed $88.9 million, while "Alien Battlefield" grossed $33.85 million in three weeks......

The investment is larger than the other party, and the release time is longer than the other party, and the box office for three weeks is not even half of the other party's three days.

"Is there such a big gap between me and Matthew Horner?" Brad Pitt said to himself, "I'm so far behind Matthew Horner's vision of choosing films?"

Such a thought just flashed, and he suddenly remembered that "Cloud Atlas" and "Alien Battlefield" were also projects that Matthew Horner had been optimistic about, and they were snatched from him by himself!

Why did Matthew Horner's previous favors fail on these two projects?

Brad Pitt couldn't help but ask this question, and then thought about it, he barely interfered with the normal filming and production of the crew, and the two projects were largely completed according to the vision of the Wachowski sisters and Andrew Stanton, why did they fail?

Is there such a big difference between Matthew Horner starring and Brad Pitt?

Thinking of this, he was a little skeptical about life, but after thinking about it, another possibility popped up in his head.

Both of these items were snatched from Matthew Horner's side, did Matthew Horner deliberately let him grab them?

Brad Pitt gasped and then vetoed, who knows if a movie will succeed or fail in the preparation period?

Besides, Natalie Portman, who helped from this, is the heroine of these two films, and she can't join Matthew Horner to pit herself, right?

With Natalie Portman's selfish personality, she would certainly not do that.

Brad Pitt shook his head, suddenly heard footsteps, turned his head to look over, someone was walking briskly in this direction, Antonios, a joint agent of several lending funds and banks.

Seeing this debtor, Brad Pitt couldn't help but get angry and scolded angrily, "I didn't invite you over!"

Antonios sat down on the sofa opposite him with a smile, "Brad, you forgot one thing, from today onwards, this house no longer belongs to you." ”

He said unhurriedly, "We allow you to move out today as a preferential treatment for our past partners." ”

Brad Pitt bit his lip, this house, the house in Los Angeles, the house in New York, the house in Chicago, have all been mortgaged, the house in other places is fine, the mortgage is the loan of "Alien Battlefield", and it is not yet time to repay, but the property in Los Angeles is a loan mortgaged by "Cloud Atlas", the original loan has already reached the repayment period, and the other party is forgiving until now......

"You can auction my house. Brad Pitt gritted his teeth and said.

Antonios shook his finger, "No, it's not your house from the time you don't pay the loan." ”

Brad Pitt didn't bother with this and asked, "I just found out that my account was frozen, you did it?"

"It was we who applied to the court. Antonios said directly, "You owe us a very large amount, this is a normal legal procedure." ”

"I said I'd find a way to pay it back!" Brad Pitt fumed.

Antonios shook his head, "What are you going to pay back? The shares of Plan B have already been mortgaged! Your liquidity has long since dried up! Most of the fixed assets have been mortgaged, and the remaining part has been frozen by law, and your car does not belong to you anymore." ”

He was not in a good mood to chase such a large amount of debt, "You have no other property except the cash in your wallet! ”

The anger on Brad Pitt's face faded away, replaced by decadence, "You're going to take Plan B?"

"Your mortgage is long overdue. Antonios said blandly, "We will find a new owner for Plan B by auction or other means." ”

In fact, they don't want to see those two film projects fail, but if they fail, they want to minimize the possible losses caused by the loans.

Antonios looked at his watch, stood up and said, "Alright, Brad, you still have a morning to move your things." ”

After saying this, he walked away without looking back, a bankrupt, for them money lenders, no different from a homeless man on the side of the road.