Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sculpture Basel opens.

In the public development area, the bastard trio, plus Mene, Chard, Marina and Spravina, and other main creators of the crew, came over to cheer Lily on the scene.

More than a dozen reporters chased after him and kept taking pictures of this side.

Martin whispered to Leonardo: "You are the most famous art collector in Hollywood, choose one, and I will pay for it." ”

"No, you don't." Leonardo walked towards a display case and said as he went, "I love Lily's work. ”

Martin was not polite to him either, and whispered: "All my votes are for you this year." ”

Leonardo said: "Congratulations in advance on winning the Oscar? ”

Martin said very seriously: "Of course not, opening the champagne at half-time is often a painful lesson. ”

Because of the presence of the bastard trio, more and more reporters and passers-by came to the audience.

When there were so many people, Leonardo pointed to the marble sculpture in front of him and said to the staff: "How much is this artwork?" I want it. ”

It is not uncommon for exhibitions to encounter high rollers, and the staff immediately contacted the creators and the exhibitor to handle the relevant transactions.

Leonardo then gave a joint interview to reporters.

"I've been collecting art for over a decade, and all of my collections are fine, including several Lily Carter pieces." He boasted without hesitation: "Take this marble sculpture as an example, an ordinary stone, carefully polished and carved by Lily, presents a unique beauty and artistic charm, which makes me fall for it and willingly untie my pocket......"

Martin and Nicholson stood on the periphery, watching Leonardo's performance, and said, "So Leo, deserves to be a best actor, right?" ”

"If you don't have a good choice, a lot of people will choose him," Nicholson said. He added: "Isn't your "Gone Girl" also released on holidays?" ”

Martin said: "I might be nominated for this role, and winning the award almost means that our trio now has four Oscars for acting, but Leo is the one with zero, it's a shame to say it." ”

Nicholson was heartbroken: "I'm the boss and I'm not glamorous. ”

Since talking about Leonardo's award a few days ago, Martin has been thinking about it carefully, and gradually remembered Harvey's last brilliant films for the Oscars, in addition to the two films where Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep won Best Actress, and two Best Picture.

One seems to be a black-and-white silent film, focusing on nostalgia, because he is not half interested, let alone the feature film, he has not even seen the trailer, and he can't remember the name of the film.

The other is the story of the English king's speech, which should be called "The King's Speech" or something.

Martin specifically asked people to check that among all the films released in theaters this year, there are no these two.

If the film had been made by Weinstein Pictures, Harvey might have lost the project after entering early.

If it was bought from overseas and repackaged, the copyright of the film may not have been sold to the United States.

It didn't take long for Lily to come over and say, "Help me greet your friends, the mentor has brought some friends over to cheer, and I want to go over to socialize." ”

Martin waved his hand: "You're busy, you don't have to worry about our side." ”

"She's grown up," Nicholson said. ”

There were a lot of people in the exhibition hall and it was a bit chaotic, Martin was not very relieved, and called Bruce: "Let the bodyguards follow Lily." ”

Bruce nodded, picked up his phone and made a call, saying, "Always following." ”

On the second floor of the exhibition hall, Alison Mack and Katherine Oxenberg, mother and daughter, surrounded Keith Lanier to the guardrail.

From here, you can see the exhibition hall below.

Lanier looked at it for a moment and asked, "The guy who spoke to Lily Carter was Martin Davis?" ”

Alison Mac said, "Yes, Martin Davis, the guy next to him is Jack Nicholson, and right over is Leonardo DiCaprio, who together call the bastard trio in Hollywood. ”

Lanier nodded, "I've heard of it." He asked, "Is that why you're not making progress?" ”

Alison Mack hurriedly denied: "No, Lily Carter has been preparing for this exhibition lately, she is very busy, and she is a little wary of me......"

Lanier took a step forward, grasping the guardrail with both hands, and stared at Lily in the hall below, his swaying grace making him desperate to turn her into a slave girl.

Alison Mac reminded her leader: "I recently checked, Lily Carter has a complicated relationship with Martin Davis, and I heard people in the circle say that Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck have fallen to the point where they are now, and they are related to Martin Davis. ”

Lanier smiled very elegantly, confident to the point of conceit: "Do you think these obstacles can stop your sect master?" “

Alison Mac bowed her head reverently.

"What do you think of Martin Davis Bischgland Wines?" Lanier said lightly: "He has made friends with a lot of social elites through the Coke God Cult, are there few social elites, government officials and billionaires in our Nxivm?" ”

The three women said in unison: "The master is the sun in the sky, and the others are just dust under the sun." ”

Lanier stood with his hands on his shoulders, and his confident demeanor and elegant demeanor were worthy of a personable middle-aged beautiful man.

His self-confidence and conceit come from successes again and again, from the social elite among many believers.

Sisters Claire Bronfman and Sasha Bronfman, heirs to the Sgeland Wine Group, are Lanier's most loyal devotees, contributing more than $150 million to her fortune since joining Nxivm, not to mention their strong social influence.

The Nxivm is not like a loose pan-faith organization like the Coke, with only 17,000 faithful adherents, but the high membership fees of the Nxivm determine that none of these believers are ordinary people, and all of them are social elites.

Among them are the daughters of the former Mexican president, the rich second generation, the rich generation, the Washington authorities and state officials, and the average middle class does not meet the threshold for membership.

These followers are fanatically giving away their money and time, and more importantly, they use their social influence to endorse Nxivm, putting a protective shell on Lanier.

Ranier's abduction and keeping of slave girls has been reported several times, but all of them have escaped easily.

Those who reported him, instead, got into huge trouble.

Lanier looked at Catherine and Intia and said, "Come down with me in a moment." ”

He then instructed Allison: "You are here to observe carefully, and let me know if there is any situation." ”

Alison replied, "Yes." ”

Lanier led Catherine and Intia downstairs, and the three of them walked together like a family of three.

Whoever sees it can hardly imagine that this elegant middle-aged man has a monster living in his body, and that mother and daughter are just his star rage.

The three of them, like normal visitors, went down to the first floor of the exhibition hall to take a closer look at Lily's work.

Lily's work is abstract, and Lanier, like Martin, thinks it's just polished stone, plaster, and wood.

The leader preached to himself among his congregation that he could communicate with people at the age of one, read and write at the age of two, and completed the entire curriculum of secondary school in 19 hours before he was ten years old.

In fact, he is a scumbag who dropped out of the last university because of his studies.

Catherine leaned over and quietly pointed, "Someone over there." ”

Lanier followed the direction of her finger and saw Lily talking to a few people.

Looking closer, he found that this girl was really beautiful, not only with a delicate face, tall and slender figure, but also with a wonderful curvature before and after.

Lanier has seen too many women, and it is not difficult to find that Lily's seemingly quiet appearance hides wildness.

If such a girl can be tamed into a slave, that kind of achievement......

Lanier knew that he had to take it one step at a time, and before he made a deep impression, he told Catherine, "Go and tell the organizers here that I'm going to buy all the Lily Carter pieces." ”

Catherine hurried to find the man in the overalls vest.

With her mother gone, India stood beside Lanier shivering like a chick facing an eagle alone.

"When I get back to Los Angeles, I'll give you a brand," Lanier said. ”

India was even more frightened, she had seen the mark on her mother's waist, which had been branded raw.

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Martin was making small talk with Leonardo and Nicholson, when Bruce walked over quickly and whispered, "Someone wants to buy all of Lily's exhibits." ”

Leonardo was slightly surprised: "Where did the high roller come from, he shot so generously." ”

Martin asked, "Where are the people?" ”

Bruce said, "Lily, her agent, and the bodyguards are going to meet him in the VIP room next to the showroom. ”

Nicholson turned his head as the light shone on his sunglasses, and the lenses shimmered.

He pinched his chin and said, "Judging by my years of experience, this person has bad intentions. ”

Leonardo gave him a disdainful look: "Well, great detective, I don't need years of experience to think of this." ”

"Let's go and see," Martin said. ”

The four of them left the exhibition hall and entered the office area of the art museum, just in time to meet Lily and her agent.

Lily walked quickly to Martin's side and said, "Here are more than a dozen of my exhibits, and the other party wants to buy them all according to the list price, and it costs more than 300,000 US dollars, am I so lucky to meet another Cassie Affleck?" ”

Leonardo said: "The main thing is that I helped you get off to a good start. ”

Lily said, "Thank you, Leo. ”

Nicholson reminded: "Be careful to test the other party's true purpose. ”

"I will." Lily nodded and asked Martin, "Shall I sell them all?" ”

Martin laughed: "Why don't you sell it?" Remember what I told you about sugar-coated cannonballs? “

Back in Atlanta, Lily had heard Martin say, "Eat all the sugar and then shoot the cannonballs back?" ”

Martin nodded slightly.

Nicholson said directly: "What are you afraid of, there are three of us here, not to mention the shells, the missiles can be fired back for him!" ”

(End of chapter)