The van stopped at the door of the villa, and several workers carefully moved the wooden boxes into the living room to unpack them, and under the command of Bruce, placed the snow-white marble statue on the base.

Lily took a check and went to settle the bill with the worker.

Martin called out to Leonardo, who had just returned from New York on vacation: "Come and see your statue." ”

Leonardo and Nicholson followed, with the former saying, "I haven't paid yet, it's not mine." ”

Nicholson said, "You'd better pay obediently, or you won't be able to get out of Martin's house." ”

Martin looked at Nicholson, "What do you think I'm doing?" Devil's Cave? ”

Leonardo ignored the two sand sculptures and walked quickly to the snow-white marble statue to examine the figure about 50 centimeters tall.

The statues are sleek, highly skilled and lifelike.

With his eye for buying art for many years, he is not much worse than those modern artists.

Martin didn't care about that, and he wanted to talk to Lily's agent about how much money Leonardo came up with.

Nicholson answered the phone at this time, and didn't avoid Martin, and directly turned on the speakerphone: "Hi dear, how's it going?" ”

"The house is very beautiful." Lorraine was quite excited: "It was spacious, I haven't lived much after the renovation, the main thing is that it is cheap enough, I like it very much." ”

This is a small villa that the former Big Ben and his wife bought in Brentwood, and after their divorce, the villa was divided into the name of Big Ben, who quickly got rid of it at a low price so that it could be exchanged for cash and settle those troubles as soon as possible.

Martin kept keeping an eye on Big Ben and informed Nicholson as soon as possible.

"It's good, the original owner of that house spent $7 million when it bought it, and now it's only $4 million to buy, and the house now belongs to you, so it's my coming-of-age gift to you in advance, and when you're 21 years old, don't come to me for a gift," Nicholson said. ”

Lorraine is also a superb: "Jack, won't you make up the difference of $3 million?" ”

Nicholson hung up the phone angrily and said to Martin: "It's better for you to be with Leo, don't worry about these family." ”

Martin pointed to the statue, and a carving knife flew up and down between Lily's fingers, and he said, "Without me staring at it, suppressing it from time to time, she is much more difficult to make trouble than Lorraine." ”

Nicholson nodded repeatedly: "Lorraine will not think about stabbing people with a knife, nor will she specialize in studying human medicine in order not to stab people into serious injuries." ”

Lily's ears were always pricked up, and she faintly heard Nicholson's words, and said loudly: "I studied human medicine in order to carve well!" ”

Neither Martin nor Nicholson paid any attention to her, and their eyes flashed with 'Hell, hell' or something.

Leonardo then said, "The statue is very good, I want it." He said to Lily, "Have your agent go to my investment manager to negotiate the price." ”

Lily laughed happily, "Okay, I'll go call." ”

This is not only a small penny, but when the agent publicizes it, Leonardo buys Lily Carter's engraving at a high price, and the value can be raised a little higher.

Leonardo went to the wine cabinet in the living room and took a bottle of wine and three wine glasses, came over to pour them, and asked: "You two are not interesting enough, don't call me when you make trouble!" ”

Martin raised his hand: "I'm just an errand runner." He pointed to the side: "This is the mastermind and commander!" ”

Nicholson has the grandeur of a boss: "There's no place for you to play this. ”

Leonardo said: "The foot gang has hit us in the face, what about our RPG? ”

"It's not a full-scale war yet, so you don't need RPGs." Martin said seriously: "If you really want to start a full-scale war, you are indispensable to the core of the face gang." ”

Leonardo was scrappy: "Foot Gang hand over all the blonde and long-legged unmarried young and beautiful women to me, the married women to Martin, and the other men to Jack." ”

Nicholson and Martin raised their middle fingers at the same time.

Martin's cell phone rang, and after answering, he hung up and said, "Big Ben is going to sell Santa Monica's house, which of you is interested?" ”

Leonardo shook his head: "I can't count the number of houses, and it's not good to have too many fixed assets." Both Pete and Big Ben reminded him: "You still have to keep enough cash in your hand." ”

Nicholson thought of Lorraine: "I bought one. ”

"Looks like I'll have to take over." Martin sighed: "It's not easy to be a good guy, and it costs millions of dollars. ”

He happened to see Lily coming in from outside, and said directly, "You go and buy me a house again." ”

Lily mourned for Brother Affleck for two seconds in her heart, and suddenly became happy and asked, "Martin, when the house is bought, can you rent it to me as a studio?" ”

Martin didn't pay attention to it at all, and replied casually: "Yes, you can pay the rent as you like." ”

Lily asked for the contact information of the real estate agent and hurried to work.

This time there were no complaints, especially positive.

Lily contacted the real estate agent, went to see the house, bargained with the real estate agent, and cut $200,000 at the low price, and went through the relevant procedures as soon as possible.

In the afternoon, Martin and Bruce came to the Angel Club to practice guns to keep their hands.

Just after firing an AR magazine, Thomas's phone call, and Martin simply asked him to come to the club.

More than half an hour later, Thomas came over with a shiny forehead.

Martin handed the gun to Bruce, went to the rest place with Thomas, and asked, "What's the matter so anxious?" ”

Thomas said: "The endorsement agreement with Cartier men's watches was agreed, and the contract was signed in October, with an annual endorsement fee of $10 million. ”

These were within Martin's expectations, and he asked, "What about the others?" ”

"I negotiated a few additional terms." Thomas elaborated: "For awards such as the Oscars or the three major European film festivals, Cartier will help you win the awards, including covering part of the public relations costs, contacting relevant media resources, and if you can win one of the awards, an additional $2 million will be paid." ”

Martin nodded, "Yes." ”

He thought for a moment and asked: "Coca-Cola and Cadillac both have similar terms, plus Cartier men's watches, and the support of the crew and the agency, it seems that there are not many places where I really need to spend my own money for the Olympics, right?" ”

Thomas said: "That's right, just this year, I've negotiated with the Dark Knight crew, and they will do their best to help you hit the Oscars, and I've also been in contact with several brands you endorse, and they said that the intensity will definitely not be worse than going to your "Reader". ”

Martin secretly calculated, not only is there not much place where he actually needs to spend money, once he can win an acting award, not to mention the increase in value, the sponsorship reward of a few sponsoring brands alone will exceed 5 million US dollars.

Such an Oscar award is full of momentum, with both honor and money.

"The Dark Knight's huge success, coupled with an Oscar for acting, and when negotiating a new project with Nolan, $15 million was just the starting point, and $20 million could be sought, and I thought it would be more appropriate to get $10 million plus a later share," Thomas said. ”

"Yes." Martin asked, "How far am I from being a 20+20 superstar?" ”

Thomas told the truth: "There are only a few actors in Hollywood who can get such treatment, and not every film can get it." ”

He also hopes that Martin can become a superstar as soon as possible, but the road to superstardom must also be taken step by step: "Let's get this Oscar first." ”

Martin said: "If it weren't for the comic book adaptation, I would be confident that I would rush for Best Actor this time." ”

Thomas's agent is more realistic: "To get Best Supporting Actor is a victory." I heard that Sean Penn's new film test screening has an excellent reputation, and his goal is Best Actor, and you know, Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn are both super favorites of the college's old white men. ”

Martin asked, "What's Sean Penn's new film?" ”

"Milk." Thomas briefly introduced: "In the biographical film, gay Milk embarked on the road of politics in order to fight for the legitimate rights and interests of homosexuals, and was finally assassinated and died. ”

As soon as Martin heard it, he knew that the Joker was not competitive enough in front of this role.

Thomas continued: "Since Brokeback Mountain won the award, the atmosphere in the circle has changed, and homosexual themes are no longer taboo, but have become a great help in winning the awards. ”

"It's going to get bigger and bigger in the future," Martin said. ”

Thomas asked tentatively, "Would you like to try this subject?" ”

Martin's eyes fell on Thomas's face and he didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

Thomas has figured out how to get along with Martin in the past few years, and quickly changed his words: "When this kind of subject comes to me, I will reject it all." ”

Martin said: "The next thing you do is to focus on the Oscars, and the studio has found a professional public relations team, and you are fully cooperating. ”

Thomas said: "The agency will also fully cooperate, I talked to Ali, and he will personally come forward to canvass for you." ”

He mentioned another thing: "The election is about to begin, Ali's brother is a member of the Guanhai team, and Ali wants to invite you to attend Guanhai's canvassing event in Los Angeles." ”

Martin's position has been on the left since Atra, including Kelly and Louise, and his friends and partners are also on the left, and after a little consideration, he responded: "The time and place have been decided, let me know." ”

Thomas nodded, and after finishing his business, he said something inside the circle that Martin cared about: "Pitt has reached an out-of-court settlement with Cadillac, Breitling, and several other endorsement brands. ”

Martin was intrigued and asked, "How much is the compensation?" ”

Thomas shook his head: "The specific amount has not been disclosed by both parties, but all the liquidated damages add up, there must be 50 million US dollars, originally Pete had a net worth of hundreds of millions, but a large part of it invested in Fannie Mae's stock after he broke up with Jolie, and now it is no different from waste paper." ”

He continued: "Except for a house for his own use, other real estate and fixed assets such as cars, Pitt is almost sold, and now he is in contact with several small studios in the hope of returning to the screen and reinvigorating himself. ”

Martin asked, "How dare you use him for big projects?" ”

"Not to mention big projects, small and medium-sized film projects with investment scale, I don't dare to risk using him." Thomas has detailed it: "No insurance company wants to insure Pete. ”

(End of chapter)