American fame and fortune

Studio Four in Burbank changed its sign, and the James Franco and Ben Affleck Acting School was officially opened in front of the cameras of dozens of media reporters.

For second- and third-tier stars, especially those who don't have many film contracts, this business is very profitable.

But few famous celebrities do it.

On the one hand, I don’t have time, and on the other hand, I think it’s detrimental to my style.

Ben and Franco gave gifts to every media reporter who came over to increase the school's exposure.

After seeing off the reporters, the two returned to the office to discuss the next plan.

Daben couldn't come up with much cash, so he could only invest a small amount of capital, as well as his own reputation and channel resources. After all, he had the Foot Gang behind him, so it would not be difficult to add some extras and actors to the Foot Gang's crew.

Even helped some girls get dates with Harvey Weinstein.

James Franco is still the school's largest shareholder. Sitting in his office chair, he said: "There is only one important thing next!"

The two were in the honeymoon period of their cooperation, and Da Ben automatically answered the call: "Enroll students! Enroll students as soon as possible!"

It’s not that he has no assets, but he has very few funds that are completely personal. Nowadays, the truly valuable fixed assets are all in the name of the couple. If he wants to sell them, he must obtain the consent of Jennifer Garner.

Big Ben is a good big brother and doesn't want his younger brother to go to jail to pick up soap, so he said: "We need to recruit students as soon as possible and make money!"

Franco said: "Ben, how about we each lead a class group? This can improve efficiency. Halfway through the teaching period, the two groups will exchange teachers, thus realizing the promise of double-star teaching!"

Da Ben was thinking about making money, so he responded: "Good idea, just do what you said."

The previous batch of students had officially graduated after a week of training. Franco called his assistant in and asked her to contact newspapers and advertise for students.

Jennifer Lawrence stayed in acting school, working as an assistant for a while while waiting patiently for what James Franco said was the right opportunity.

After finishing the work of contacting the media, Lawrence dug out the Nokia 1100 specially assigned to her by Nicholson, compiled a text message with only a numeric code, and sent it to the confidential mobile phone Nicholson specially used for this operation.

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In the North District of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, Nicholson was leisurely drinking afternoon tea with Lorraine.

The classic Nokia ringtone rang. He took out a black 1100, opened it, looked at the text message, and said to Lorraine: "Go to the study and get my hard-cover notebook."

Seeing that her father had just made her a lot of pocket money from TMZ, Lorraine didn't say much. She happily went to the study room on the first floor and brought her notebook.

Nicholson opened his notebook and compared it with the code he had written to see what it meant.

There is no way, people are old and their memory is not good.

At that time, he was so excited about coding that he asked Martin and Lawrence to write it all down, but he forgot all about it.

Lawrence sent a text message in code, but Nicholson couldn't understand what it meant.

Nicholson checked down the code and finally found the corresponding content. It turned out that the acting school was preparing to recruit students.

It’s time to take the next step.

Making phone calls was not allowed. Nicholson strictly followed the rules he had set when Martin left Los Angeles. He picked up the Nokia 1100, found the number assigned to Bruce, and forwarded the code.

Lorraine asked curiously: "What's going on? It's mysterious."

Nicholson said: "It's a secret operation, so don't pry."

"Oh, what a secret." Lorraine expressed her dissatisfaction: "Jack, can you pay attention to the fact that your new girlfriend is not older than me!"

Nicholson confirmed that the text message was sent and put down the phone: "We made an agreement that I will not interfere in your private life and you will not interfere in mine."

Lorraine curled her lips: "Okay, I won't interfere with you!" Her voice suddenly changed: "I think Martin is very good. He has a lot of public and private mistresses, and some of them also have husbands and boyfriends. Is there something special about him? Where?"

Nicholson looked up.

Before he could speak, Lorraine said first, "Jack, don't you like to play? Wouldn't it be fun if a brother's best friend turned into a father-in-law?"

Nicholson's eyes widened and he was speechless for a moment.

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Martin and Nolan were recording a program in the TV studio, and Bruce stayed in the background.

The phone vibrated, and he took two steps back, away from the crowd, and took out his spare phone, but what was displayed was a text message code.

Bruce recalled it for a moment and remembered what it meant. It was sent by Nicholson.

He ignored the rules set by Nicholson and directly dialed Ivan's phone number and said, "Please pay attention, they should be recruiting students there."

Ivan's answer was simple: "Roger that."

Bruce hung up the phone directly, took a step forward and continued to guard behind Martin.

After some time, Martin came out of the studio to go to the bathroom.

Bruce followed and whispered, "Jack sent the code, let's get started."

Martin had a headache thinking about the code: "He completely put himself into it and even wrote a page of code."

Bruce said: "You didn't write it down, but you asked me to write it down!"

Martin said: "You have a better memory than me." His mind moved, and Nicholson thought of Chase: "How about letting old Jack play a behind-the-scenes boss at the High Table in the future?"

"His salary is very high." Bruce still holds the title of manager after all: "Unless a single film can make a box office of 400 million U.S. dollars, R-rated action movies are too difficult."

Martin waved his hand: "Let's talk about it later."

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In Los Angeles, Jodi received a call from Ivan. He first picked up the makeup mirror and touched up his makeup before going out and driving to Griffith Park.

Under a pavilion in the park, Jody met Ivan.

"Have you encountered any big news?" she asked directly.

Ivan shook his head: "I haven't been very lucky recently, and I haven't been able to get any big news directly."

Jody took out a cigarette and handed one to Ivan. When he waved his hand, he put it into his mouth and lit it, and said, "You won't come to me without news."

Ivan said: "I just got a piece of news, but I am too old and it would be troublesome to verify it myself."

"You know TMZ's rules. We won't buy news without definite evidence." Jody was very pragmatic: "I can't pay you just for a piece of news."

Ivan fell silent, and after a while, he said: "You can pay later. You verify the information and only give me the informant fee."

The informant fee was very low, so Jodi agreed: "I can make the decision on this. If the information is true, I will give you double the informant fee."

Ivan took out a newspaper rolled in his hand and handed it to Jody: "Let's take a look."

The newspaper is divided into two parts. The first half reports that the James Franco and Ben Affleck acting school was established yesterday, and the second half contains recruitment advertisements.

Jody asked, "Is there something wrong with this school?"

Ivan elaborated: "In the apartment I rented before, there were two girls on the same floor who took acting classes at Franco's Studio Four school. I heard them mention that they were all sexually harassed by Franco in class. , and even asked them to take off their clothes and perform, in the name of art, to perform a large-scale play with Franco, and was even asked by Franco to go to the hotel after class..."

Jody did not interrupt.

After Ivan received Bruce's notice, he really did a lot of preliminary work: "I originally wanted to persuade them, but they were afraid that their interpretation would be terminated and they did not dare to come forward."

Jody said, "I wouldn't do it either."

Ivan continued: "There is also Ben Affleck. He previously worked as a part-time teacher at the Adler Acting School. Not long after, several female students complained about him, and the content was similar to Franco."

Bruce told him that this is a common problem in many acting schools in Hollywood. The so-called red sofa does not start with auditions to win roles. It doesn't matter that girls with no background start to face the choice of red sofa when they first learn acting.

Jody had vaguely heard similar rumors, but didn't understand them very well, so he asked, "Are you sure?"

Ivan asked in return: "Was the information and news I provided you even once false?"

Jody thought back a little, not once.

Ivan said: "I've given you the news, I'm leaving."

Jodi nodded: "I want to win the support of my superiors. You wait for my news."

Ivan smiled slightly, folded his hands and left the park.

Jodi left the park on the other side, drove back to the company, found the relevant information about James Franco and Ben Affleck from the archives, read it carefully, and went to the editor-in-chief's office.

TMZ is different from traditional media. Although it does not dare to really provoke those big shots, it has chosen to expose celebrity scandals more often than it has reconciled with the parties involved.

The editor-in-chief heard Jody’s description and asked, “What do you think?”

Jodi said: "Franco is considered a second-tier star. Apart from being closer to the Bad Boys, his background and network are average. Ben Affleck is a little more troublesome. He is Harvey Weinstein's man... "

The editor-in-chief interrupted: "Harvey Weinstein? It's a bit troublesome when it comes to him."

"He is just one of Harvey's pawns at best." Jody further said: "Since the failure of Daredevil, Ben Affleck's career has declined significantly. He is no longer the glory he was at the turn of the century. A relatively big star."

Her words were very direct: "We at TMZ can totally influence them!"

The editor-in-chief also quickly browsed the information of these two people on the computer: "Yes, but you know the principles of TMZ. We can create news, but we must not publish false news!"

Jodi is still very young, and although she is as skinny as a stick, she is quite beautiful. She said: "I am going to sign up for the acting classes at their acting school to experience the specific content on the spot."

Jodi came to see the editor-in-chief and asked for support: "I will need to use a lot of special photography and recording equipment during this period."

"I will give special approval." The editor-in-chief praised: "Qiao, you are very courageous."

Jodi was extremely determined: “Everything is for the news.”

After receiving support and equipment, Jodi quickly signed up, became a young actor who was eager to become famous, and began studying at an acting school.

Her first teacher was Ben Affleck. When this teacher taught, he did more than just touch and touch the girls.

Jodi doesn't know how to report fake news, but he takes the initiative to create real news. His coquettish performance soon attracted Big Ben's attention.