Outside the Museum of Modern Art, Martin received a call from Lily, and after saying a few words, he got into Bruce's car: "Go to the East Side Staff Entrance." ”

Bruce drove Escalade over, and as soon as the car stopped, Lily ran out of the door and got into the back seat.

Martin glanced at her, and naturally switched to an Atlanta accent: "You idiot is not stupid, you didn't run to the exhibition hall stupidly, knowing that retreating early would not give him a chance to see you." ”

Lily was a little unconvinced, but instead of refutating, she reminded: "Hey, you told me, it's not good to swear, I don't swear anymore, you still talk." ”

Seeing that she had indeed grown up, Martin said, "Don't call you an idiot in the future, at most call you stupid." ”

"I'm not stupid." Lily muttered, "I'm still a little clever, those practice rags sold for more than 100,000 dollars." ”

Martin turned his head to look at her.

Lily thought that Martin was playing with her money, and hurriedly said: "The money has not yet reached me, and the college will deduct taxes and a large amount of operating expenses, and it may not even be 100,000 US dollars in my hands." ”

Martin didn't want to rob Lily of her money, saying, "Stay away from the Affleck brothers in the future." ”

Although there has always been a bodyguard secretly following, Lily still has less to deal with those rotten people.

Lily nodded repeatedly: "I understand." ”

Martin said to Bruce, who was driving, "Find a place to eat and send her back when you're done." He said to Lily, "If you're willing to clean up in my new home, I'm fine." ”

Lily rushed to say this time: "Lao Bu, I invite you and Martin to have a big dinner!" ”

Bruce had a good idea, and just found a mid-range restaurant.

After getting out of the car, Lily had another large amount of money, and her heels were floating when she walked, humming a few little songs from time to time, and she couldn't help but want to show off, so she asked Martin: "Should I call Elena and tell her about it, so that she knows that I have made a lot of money again?" ”

Then she had another thought: "No, I'm going to take a red-eye flight to Atlanta tonight so I can tell her in person." ”

Martin never hesitated to hit her: "You will feel the hardness of Elena's fists. ”

Lily, who was in a good mood, suddenly became depressed and regretted having a treat tonight.

Martin gave a head-on blow, and then gave a sweet date, and said: "Because the clown is very popular, Warner Bros. will start this weekend to promote the full listing of clown peripherals, and it will be the brainchild of you, an outstanding female sculptor, to the public." ”

Hearing that there was money to be made, Lily's depression immediately disappeared, and people were excited: "I want to have money in the account again." ”

Martin said, "You're a money junkie right now. ”

Lily said, "I'm going to make a lot of money and buy a house bigger than your new home in the future!" ”

What is Martin, he said: "It's okay, I will continue to invite you to clean up at that time, and you will be very happy with the cleaning of two big houses." ”

Lily suddenly regrets coming to Los Angeles, which is completely different from what she imagined.

…………

With a roar, the black Ford Mustang turned off Santa Monica Avenue and entered the neighborhood to park next to the road.

As soon as Cassie Affleck got out of the car and entered the house, he saw six sculptures in a conspicuous place in the living room, some of which were made of plaster, some of which were of stone, and some of which were wooden, all of which were masterpieces of art that he had bought at a high price.

Originally, it was placed in the living room to invite the creator to the house, so that she felt valued, and took the opportunity to control her, and then get more.

Now Cassie only thinks that these carvings are naked mockery.

He did not get angry, and went out of the main house unhurriedly, entered the tool room, and came out with a hammer and an axe.

With an axe in one hand and a hammer in the other, Cassie returned to the main room, first came to the plaster sculpture, picked up the hammer and slammed it on it.

The plaster shattered, and white powder flew all over Cassie's head.

But Cassie didn't care, and picked up the axe and slashed at the wood carving, which fell to the floor with a thud, and there was a deep wound on the surface.

He axed and hammered in unison, and the hardwood carvings soon turned into several pieces of broken wood.

Cassie gasped for breath, still very calm, and even put down the hammer and axe, went to the fridge and took out a can of cold beer, opened it and drank half a can.

Feeling his breath ease, he picked up his tool, aimed it at the next marble sculpture, and smashed it down.

It took a full hour for Cassie to completely smash the six sculptures he had bought into garbage.

Maybe everyone vents their frustration in a different way, smashing these things, Cassie is inexplicably more comfortable.

Out of sight, out of mind.

He sat down on the couch, picked up the remaining half can of beer and drank it slowly, took the remote control next to him, turned on the TV, and Warner TV appeared on the screen.

Cassie read a few pieces of entertainment news, and the report suddenly turned to the hot "The Dark Knight".

"It is reported that this weekend, the clown statues and figures based on Martin Davis will be on sale, and all the peripheral products this time are designed and carved by the young genius carver Lily Carter, and at the same time, there is also a limited collector's edition clown statue carved by Lily Carter herself......"

"Despite being only 19 years old, Lily Carter is incredibly talented, having won numerous engraving competitions and has been collected by top artists such as Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep!"

Mr. Jones, deputy director of the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art and a master appraisal at a well-known art auction house, believes that Lily Carter's work is already collectible and has room for appreciation in the future.

The beer can in Cassie's hand slammed to the ground, and he turned to look at the garbage in the living room, crying without tears.

He has not seen similar art hype, and maybe there will be room for appreciation in the future of Lily Carter's work?

Now, let him smash all over the ground!

Cassie leaned back and lay on the sofa on his back, like a super sensitive literary youth, with two lines of unassailable tears flowing from his red eyes.

This Lily Carter is also too bullying!

Cassie wiped her eyes, tears streaming out.

The phone rang, and Cassie quickly wiped away her tears and answered the phone.

It was Big Ben who called: "The exhibition is over, are you done there?" ”

"Not yet, give me some more time." It's so embarrassing that Cassie is embarrassed to tell Big Ben, so she simply asks, "Is it going well over there?" ”

Big Ben said: "I went to Adler Acting School and had given them two acting lessons, but I didn't see Elizabeth Olsen, and I asked Judi Dench to help inquire, and she hasn't been to acting classes since that bastard Martin Davis came back to Los Angeles from New York. ”

Cassie grasped the key at once: "A little girl with a mind full of love." ”

Big Ben thinks more: "I think we might be able to get Martin Davis's attention, Cassie, don't mess around, settle down for a while." ”

Cassie looked at the garbage all over the floor, sighed, and said, "I won't be going to Lily Carter again anytime soon, she's ...... Very unusual. ”

The two brothers didn't say much either, and quickly hung up the phone.

…………

As more and more people watch The Dark Knight, the film has become a social phenomenon that has endured in popularity.

Just like the big ships and Star Wars back then, the topics that people discuss after tea and dinner are always inseparable from the Dark Knight.

And the clown is the focus of the hot spots.

On the second weekend of The Dark Knight's release, with the near-crazy popularity, the Joker series of merchandise was fully launched in North America.

In front of a number of toy stores in North America that have signed sales agreements with Warner, there were long queues this weekend without exception, and the clown peripheral products that had just been put on the shelves were swept away, and the business phone of the crew's studio was directly blown up.

Not to mention the mass-produced clown merch merch that is not very expensive, the hand-engraved version signed by Lily Carter and Martin and sold for thousands of dollars is also sold out.

There is also upselling in the market.

Especially the hand-engraved version, you can earn hundreds of dollars if you grab it.

Among them, the hand-carved clown wearing a version of the red cultural shirt of the Coke God Cult was originally priced at $2,499, but was shouted to $5,000 on the Internet.

In North America, after street painters made a fortune by taking advantage of the popularity, a new profession emerged - a dealer who resold or robbed the handmade statues of clowns.

In addition, after the diary door exploded, many fans wanted to buy and collect Martin's handwritten "real clown diary", but Martin refused all.

Warner Bros. immediately announced that it would publish the "Clown Diaries" to meet the needs of fans.

On the one hand, the popularity of the clown's surroundings comes from the popularity of the market, and on the other hand, Warner Bros. has adopted hunger marketing.

Topics such as the empty shelves and the shortage of goods in the market and the high price for transfer have further promoted the popularity and popularity of the Dark Knight.

In particular, the posts on the Internet that cost thousands of dollars to buy the clown's limited edition hand-carved are constantly published and forwarded by the media, and it is easy to attract more people's attention.

This weekend, there were still a large number of people walking into the theater to continue watching the Dark Knight.

The film's North American box office trend is stable, and the next weekend it won another $85.14 million, while winning the North American box office first, the North American box office has accumulated as high as $338 million!

Echoing the high box office, the film's reputation is extremely strong, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes has been maintained at more than 95%, and the IMDB score is 9.6 points, squeezing out "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption", ranking first on the IMDB movie TOP list.

Also this weekend, the Dark Knight has landed in overseas markets such as Europe, Australia, Latin America and East Asia.

Although Batman's influence overseas is far less than that of North America, the popularity of the Joker has spread, and there is still $166 million in the first weekend overseas.

Even the most conservative market estimates that the Dark Knight's global box office is more than $1 billion.

(End of chapter)