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With Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie leaving Los Angeles and the hype about the duo finally dropping a bit, Matthew also made a special trip to the Wells Gallery in Santa Monica's business district to see a joint exhibition of three famous young postmodernist painters.

Originally, he wanted to ask James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender together, but these two guys were too busy with work to spare time, so they had to come here alone.

The Wells Gallery is an art-like building with marble on the outside, and the entrance is a white marble arch with a red carpet underneath the arch.

Such a high-end art exhibition obviously has a threshold for entry, Matthew came to the door, handed the invitation to the security personnel guarding the door, and the other party let him in.

When you enter the gallery, unlike the crowded and chaotic exhibitions, there are not many people in the gallery, and it is very quiet, and everyone's attention is basically focused on the hanging paintings, and even if someone opens up to discuss, they will try to keep their voices as low as possible so as not to disturb others.

In this kind of public place, even a person with poor cultural literacy like Matthew knows the most basic politeness.

Matthew walked through the spacious foyer to a display directly in front of the doorway, where three paintings hung from which, with his level of appreciation, could not be understood at all, but the people around him were watching with relish, and some were full of praise, and he simply pretended to admire.

This post-modernist painting is really a bit abstract, he looked at it for a while, retracted his gaze and looked around, and found that there were quite a few celebrities invited to this exhibition, Leonardo DiCaprio went to the exhibition area on the left, and Julia Roberts had just entered the door.

"Mr. Horner. ”

A polite voice came from behind the side, "It's a pleasure to see you here." ”

Matthew turned around and saw that it was Robert Fernandez, who had given him the invitation, nodded slightly, and said, "Hello." ”

Robert Fernandez stepped forward and asked politely, "Do you want me to walk around with you......?"

"Thanks, no need. Matthew directly refused, "If there is a need, I will look for you." ”

Robert Fernandez stepped back, pointed to the foyer and said, "I'm right there, you can come to me anytime you need to." ”

Matthew nodded, and when Robert Fernandez left, he left the exhibit as well.

He walked down the long gallery, looking at the hanging paintings, all the way to the exhibition area on the right, and came across brightly colored works, occasionally stopping to look at them.

Of course, it is still very difficult for him to discover the beauty that may exist in it.

Eventually, Matthew stopped in front of a huge oil painting, not the work of the trio, but clearly the background decoration of the gallery, which he had last seen in print from Zack Schneider at his residence.

"Leonidas was in Thermopylae. ”

Suddenly a girl stood beside him, and the girl looked at the background painting and said, "This is the work of Jacques Louis Dawit that has been painted for fourteen years, and the original work is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris." ”

The girl turned her head, stared at Matthew with a pair of bright eyes, her tone was no longer as calm as before, and she said with some excitement, "Hello, Matthew, I finally see you again." ”

Matthew turned his head to look, immediately recognized it, and said, "Hello, Lily." He glanced at the girl, "You've grown taller." ”

The girl was Lily Collins at Harvard's Westlake School whom he once saved.

"Really?" the girl was a little excited, "you can see that." ”

"Shhhhh......h ”

She whispered quickly, "I was just in the corridor, and I saw that your back was very familiar, so I chased it over and took a look, but I didn't expect it to be you." ”

Matthew smiled, looked around, and asked, "Did you come by yourself?"

"yes. Lily Collins nodded busily, "Originally, my mother was going to come with me, but she had something to do on the spot, so she asked the driver to send me over." ”

"Your mother?" Matthew was curious.

He could tell that Lily Collins was not an ordinary girl.

Lily Collins replied directly, "My mom is the president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club. ”

As Matthew could imagine, this should not be an ordinary person's organization.

"Can we see the exhibition together?" Lily Collins asked Matthew, blinking her bright eyes, "You should be alone, right? ”

"Absolutely. Matthew didn't refuse, saying, "It just so happens that I can't read these paintings, and I need someone to guide me." ”

Lily Collins leaned closer, almost into Matthew's ear, and said, "To tell you the truth, I don't understand it either, I'm just here for fun." ”

Matthew laughed, "Well, let's enjoy these incomprehensible works together." ”

Lily Collins smiled brightly, reached out to take Matthew's arm, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and said, "Let's go." ”

The two of them continued to walk forward, chatting while looking at the paintings, but because the level of appreciation was too low, they couldn't understand most of the paintings, and instead focused on chatting in the back.

However, Matthew and Lily Collins were attentive and kept their voices low.

"I've written you a lot, one almost every month. Lily Collins complained a little, "but never heard back from you." ”

Matthew said apologetically, "These letters have always been handled by the brokerage company, and they can't reach me at all." ”

The two entered the exhibition hall at the end of the corridor, and when they saw that there were a lot of people here, they didn't go to the excitement to see the future famous paintings, but simply found a corner where no one was around, and continued to chat together.

Lily Collins added, "I know, that's how my father's fan letters are handled, but I don't have any other contact information for you. ”

During the small talk when he came over, Matthew had already learned from Lily Collins that her father was the famous British singer Phil Collins, and Lily Collins was a veritable star second generation and rich second generation.

"I can't reach you......" Lily Collins seemed particularly disappointed, "I always felt like something was missing." ”

"That's it, Lily. Matthew heard her say this, thought for a while, took out a business card from his pocket, and said, "It has my phone number and personal email address on it, don't call the phone, I usually don't answer, you can send me an email." ”

Lily Collins' eyes widened with excitement, "Is it really possible?"

Someone passing by, who seemed to hear Lily Collins' voice, glanced this way, and quickly left.

Matthew saw more people enter the exhibition hall and continued to say to Lily Collins, "Of course. However, you should know that we are very busy and may not respond in a timely manner. ”

"It's okay! It's okay!" Lily Collins said quickly, "As long as you can reply once in a while, I'll be happy." ”

Matthew laughed, "I'm also very happy to meet you, you're a very active girl." ”

Lily Collins wrinkled her nose, "Of course, I'm in school, and I'm definitely a leader." She seemed to think of something and asked, "You haven't had a movie released for a long time, and the last time I filmed "Dawn of the Living Dead", it was so scary that I didn't dare to watch it." ”

"On Thanksgiving, "National Treasure" starring me will be released. Matthew pondered for a moment and said, "If you're interested, come and see the premiere." ”

Lily Collins nodded immediately, "Okay." ”

The two chatted about the movie, and Lily Collins asked, "Matthew, are you participating in the Junior Hollywood Awards in July? ”

Matthew shook his head slightly, "Disney Studios hasn't notified me yet, and I'm not sure right now." ”

"It's a shame. Lily Collins looked annoyed, "I'm working for the magazine Elle . Girl" writes a column, and when she goes to the red carpet of the Teenage Hollywood Awards, it would be nice to be able to interview you. ”

"It's okay, maybe I'll participate. Matthew comforted her, then asked with a little surprise, "You've started writing for magazines?" ”

Lily Collins shrugged her shoulders slightly and said with a little self-deprecation, "It's all because of my parents' relationship, or they know who Lily Collins is?"

Matthew said, "That's not right. Think about it, Elle. Girl is a very famous magazine, if you don't have enough capacity, will they ask you for a copy?"

"Uh......" Lily Collins thought for a moment and laughed again, "It seems like you have a point." ”

She then reminded, "Matthew, if you are participating in the Junior Hollywood Awards, you must notify me in advance. ”

Matthew nodded, "I will." ”

The Youth Hollywood Awards is an important summer award in the American film industry, founded in the late nineties of the last century, known as the "Oscars of Young Hollywood", the winners are basically young people under the age of 25, and they have a good performance in the American film industry, injecting fresh blood into the film industry, so the annual Youth Hollywood Awards ceremony has also attracted the attention of major media.

Pirates of the Caribbean has received multiple nominations, but Disney Pictures may not be able to deserve such an award.

Matthew also had to prepare for the filming of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and he didn't necessarily have the time to do it, and he couldn't have made a trip specifically for Lily Collins.

Lily Collins left her phone number with Matthew, and was relieved to see that Matthew was on it.

Matthew put away his phone, had just said a word to Lily Collins, was about to leave, and before he could turn around, he found a little girl staggering over, and a tall woman chasing after her, still shouting for the little girl to stop.