The sun was high and Ben Affleck woke up from his hangover, patted his head as if it was about to explode, and opened his eyes to look at the wall clock on the wall, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.

He quickly got up, after a simple wash, went out with a satchel on his back, came to the elevator room, the elevator just came down, and when he entered, he found that there was a woman in the elevator.

The woman had a bulging belly and her hands in front of her, obviously a pregnant woman, whom she met yesterday.

Seeing that the other party's face was full of vigilance, Big Ben withdrew his gaze, waited until the elevator stopped, and went out first.

He drove all the way north, and after a short time out of Burbank, he came to the San Fernando Valley, where the film and television industry was equally large.

Big Ben had been here before, and he walked around to a café in the valley area, parked his car and walked in.

Brad Pitt, with long hair and a beard, wearing a baseball cap, is sitting in the corner drinking coffee.

When he saw Big Ben, he was slightly dissatisfied: "You're late." ”

"There is a traffic jam on the road." Big Ben found an excuse, asked for coffee and dessert, sat down across from Pete, and asked, "How did you move here?" ”

Pete also made excuses: "I've stayed enough of the right and wrong place in Los Angeles, and I want to come here to clean up." ”

Big Ben looked out of the glass window, and there was a studio area opposite, and he suddenly thought of a possibility: "Brad, you don't want to change careers, do you?" ”

Pete was stunned for a moment, and then squeezed out a smile, full of sadness: "I haven't made a final decision yet, I'm talking to people to see their sincerity and pattern." ”

He rubbed his face: "Hey, what can I do?" The bank wouldn't lend me money, and I still had some Fannie Mae shares, but Fannie Mae was delisted and couldn't trade directly, and a company told me that as long as I had an upfront fee of $10 million, I could revitalize tens of millions of dollars in my assets at Fannie Mae, and I had to find a way to make money. ”

He said that he was unbearable, and he would not make Big Ben feel good: "What about you? I heard that you have had a bad time for more than half a year? ”

Big Ben heard a little joy from Pete's misery, and it disappeared in an instant: "Don't mention it, I've experienced divorce, compensation, and attacks from all Hollywood women led by Mi Rabbit, and I'm no better than you." ”

The sadness in Pete's smile is visibly reduced with the naked eye, and he is inexplicably relieved to see that his friend is worse than himself.

But he couldn't see his friend suffering, and said, "You don't consider changing careers? ”

Big Ben's face is dark, and Pete has no children, but he does.

What should my daughter do if she sees a film like him on the screen in the future? Shouting for cheers?

"I still have some money." Big Ben just sold a house.

Pete's originally good mood turned gloomy again in an instant, and it was not pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at Big Ben.

Big Ben came over today, not to talk about this, and said: "You and I shouldn't be in today's situation, our business is not a big deal in Hollywood, aren't you just coerced to do some housekeeping?" Why don't I just do some female students in acting classes? That's what it counts. ”

Pete took a sip of his coffee and muttered, "Times have changed, and those women have become crazy!" I also suffered the most shameful betrayal, being stabbed by my wife and girlfriend. ”

Big Ben asked him, "Who is behind Julie and Aniston?" Who hit them in the back and pushed them? ”

It's a question that Pete can answer with his eyes closed, gritting his teeth: "Martin Davis!" ”

Big Ben stared at him and asked, "I'm similar to you, and I'm related to Martin Davis." ”

"How?" Pete's first reaction: "Martin your wife Jennifer Garner?" ”

Big Ben stuffed his throat with a mouthful, and he really wanted to take the coffee cup in front of him and smash Pete's head to bloom! He held back his anger and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" I mean, all this bad stuff that happened to me has nothing to do with Martin. ”

Pete saw that Big Ben was depressed and his mood improved, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Martin robbed me of the adaptation rights ......" Big Ben roughly talked about Martin's first grabbing the project and then suppressing their brother from his perspective.

I don't know why, Pete is comfortable and resentful in his heart, comfortable because of the bad things of the Affleck brothers, and resentful because of Martin Davis.

He drank all the cold coffee in one go: "What people do, Martin doesn't do!" ”

Big Ben is looking for Pete, who is looking for a temporary alliance: "I sold the last valuable property, just to prepare to deal with Martin, Pete, you are also a victim of Martin, haven't you thought about fighting back?" ”

Pete said, "What can you do without money? I'm going to revitalize my assets later. ”

Big Ben shook his head: "I can't wait that long. ”

Pete asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Find Martin's sore spot." Big Ben learned a lesson, and he didn't plan to waste time and energy on the people around Martin, but to deal with him himself: "Let's be patient, or we don't do it, or we will make Martin unable to turn over!" ”

Pitt has been trying to find a way to revitalize that asset, not just for the money: "With Martin Davis's current power, we alone can't deal with him." ”

Big Ben reminded, "Have you forgotten Harvey? ”

Harvey is the real boss of the foot gang, and he has already contacted Harvey: "Harvey has invited Martin many times, but he has ruthlessly rejected them, Martin also snatched Wes Craven, Harvey has long seen that he is unhappy, as long as we can find Martin's sore spots, Harvey can launch targeted strikes." ”

Pete couldn't trust Harvey and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Harvey will be competing with Martin's new film at the Cannes Film Festival in May with Quentin's film." Big Ben has great hopes for Harvey: "Brad, I believe that you are like me, you still have some connections in the circle, and we will launch the final network to find the key point of Martin Davis." ”

These are not difficult, Pete thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Yes." ”

"Kill Martin!" Big Ben held out his hand.

Pete grabbed his hand.

…………

Beverly Hills, Davis Manor.

The black Escalade stopped in Fountain Square, and Lily, who was driving, lifted the trunk and went down with Bruce to pick up her luggage.

Elizabeth lifted the two bags Martin had brought with her and beckoned the butler to let the kitchen prepare lunch.

On the contrary, Martin, empty-handed, like an uncle, entered the gate of the villa empty-handed.

Martin took a bag and took out the gift box to Lily: "Your gift." ”

Lily was very conscious, took the gift box and winked at Elizabeth: "I'll leave now." ”

Bruce never had to be rushed and disappeared from the villa on his own.

Martin watched in amazement as Lily walked out of the villa door, what had happened during this time? She didn't leave if she didn't chase her before.

Elizabeth asked, "What about my gifts?" ”

Martin took out three gift boxes and handed them to Elizabeth: "These are for you." ”

Elizabeth opened it and liked it very much: "Hermes's new bag, Chanel's perfume set, this Cartier women's watch, it looks like a couple's model with your favorite to wear." ”

Martin smiled: "I picked it out specifically for you." ”

Elizabeth picked them all up and walked upstairs: "I'll put it away first." ”

She went upstairs, turned back and asked Martin, "Aren't you coming?" ”

Martin has just returned from South Korea, and after being tortured by a nine-member girl group, he is exceptionally determined.

But this kind of moment is not the time to be hard.

The old boy couldn't refuse the Red Witch after all.

Martin followed without hesitation, using eighteen martial arts, and once again made Elizabeth take on his shape.

When the mood calmed down, Elizabeth asked, "Can you stay in Los Angeles for a while this time?" ”

Martin said: "By mid-May, I will go to Cannes to attend the film festival, and then go to Morocco to meet director Nolan for the filming of his new film, and I guess I will have to travel all over the world. ”

Elizabeth came back from Martin without mentioning the gossip that was so much in the entertainment press that she didn't even ask, as if nothing had happened.

This also gives Martin a sense of warmth and comfort at home, isolated from the distractions of the outside world, and can enjoy a world to himself.

Elizabeth added, "I agreed with Lily that I would visit the class often. ”

Martin nodded, "Okay." ”

It was almost noon, the two took a shower and changed their clothes, and went downstairs for lunch.

In addition to Lily and Bruce, Thomas also came over and was talking to Bruce about girlfriends.

"I'm sure I've found true love this time, and Victoria is living with me." He saw Martin and Elizabeth coming downstairs and said, "Martin, Liz, I'm going to invite you to my new home for a party another day, I have a hostess there." ”

Martin smiled and asked, "Then I must go." ”

Elizabeth said, "Congratulations. ”

Martin invited the crowd to "have lunch together." ”

Entering the restaurant, the five of them chatted while eating, and Bruce also said something about what he saw and heard in Korea: "I have face blindness over there, and many women have very similar faces, like a mold, and I can't tell who is who." ”

"It's normal, I can't tell who's who," Martin said. ”

Thomas asked, "I heard that Koreans want to invest in your films?" ”

Martin roughly said: "I'm going to use their funds to make a biopic of Marcus, and you look out for the right director." ”

Then, the conversation turned to "Fast Pursuit".

The film has been in theaters for three weeks in North America and has grossed $141 million at the box office.

In addition, more than 30 overseas markets were screened, and the overseas box office combined was close to $60 million.

Starting this weekend, Latin America, one of Hollywood's backyard markets, will also be fully opened.

Just after eating, Martin received a call from Leonardo.

"I heard you're back?" Leonardo said: "It's a very interesting event, let's go together." ”

Martin asked curiously, "What activity?" ”

Leonardo smiled and said, "Hugh Hefner is about to have an annual slumber party, and Jack and I are ready to go over." ”

Martin became interested and asked, "Can you get an invitation?" “

"Jack and Hefner are old friends." Leonardo exaggeratedly said: "Dozens of invitations are not a problem. ”

Martin said: "Very good, give me a few more photos, I have a lot of friends here." ”

(End of chapter)