American fame and fortune

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

In the public exhibition area, the bastard trio plus Mene, Chad, Marina, Spravina and other crew members came to support Lily.

More than a dozen reporters chased me and took pictures.

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

"No need." Leonardo walked towards a display cabinet and said as he walked: "I like Lily's works very much."

Martin was not polite to him and whispered: "This year all my votes will go to you."

Leonardo said: "Congratulate me in advance on winning the Oscar?"

Martin said extremely seriously: "Of course not. Opening champagne at halftime often brings painful lessons."

Due to the presence of the Bastard Three, more and more reporters and passersby came over.

When there were enough people, Leonardo pointed to the marble sculpture in front of him and said to the staff: "How much does this piece of art cost? I want it."

It is very common to encounter high-rollers at exhibitions. The staff immediately contacted the creators and the exhibition party to handle relevant transactions.

Leonardo then accepted a joint interview with reporters.

"I have been collecting art for more than ten years, and all of my collections are of fine quality, including many works by Lily Carter." He boasted without scruple: "Take this marble sculpture, for example, an ordinary stone. After Lily's careful polishing and carving, it presented a unique beauty and artistic charm, which made me fall in love with it and willingly unbuckled my pocket..."

Martin and Nicholson stood on the outside, admiring Leonardo's performance, and said, "Leo is so worthy of being awarded the Best Actor, right?"

Nicholson said: "If there is no good choice, many people will naturally choose him." He added: "Isn't your "Gone Girl" also released on the holiday?"

Martin said: "I might be able to get nominated for this role. Winning an award is almost meaningless. Our trio now has four Oscar acting awards, but Leo is the one with zero Oscars. It's too embarrassing to tell."

Nicholson was heartbroken: "As the boss, I have no shame."

Since talking about Leonardo's bid for the Oscar a few days ago, Martin has been thinking carefully about it, and gradually remembered the films that Harvey won the last Oscar, except for Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep. The two for Best Actress, and the two for Best Picture.

It seemed to be a black and white silent film, focusing on nostalgia. Since he was not interested at all, let alone the main film, he had not even seen the trailer, and he could not remember the name of the film.

The other one is the story of the British King's Speech. It should be called "The King's Speech" or something like that.

Martin specially asked people to check and found that among all the films released in theaters this year, these two films were not included.

If the film had been produced by Weinstein Pictures, Harvey might have lost the project if he came in early.

If it was bought from overseas and repackaged, the film rights might not have been sold to the United States.

Not long after, Lily came over and said, "Help me greet your friends. The instructor has brought some friends over to support you. I want to go over to socialize."

Martin waved his hand: "You are busy with your business, you don't have to worry about us."

"She's grown up," Nicholson said.

There were many people in the exhibition hall and it was a bit chaotic. Martin was uneasy and called Bruce: "Ask the bodyguard to follow Lily."

Bruce nodded, picked up the phone and made a call, saying, "I've been following you."

On the second floor of the exhibition hall, Allison Mack and Catherine Oxenberg, mother and daughter, surrounded Keith Lanier and came to the edge of the guardrail.

From here, you can have an unobstructed view of the exhibition hall below.

Lanier looked at it for a while and asked: "The person talking to Lily Carter, is Martin Davis?"

Allison Mack said: "Yes, Martin Davis, the person next to him is Jack Nicholson, and the person walking over is Leonardo DiCaprio. They are collectively known as the Bastard Three in Hollywood. People group.”

Lanier nodded: "I've heard that." He asked: "Is this why you haven't made any progress?"

Allison Mack quickly denied: "No, Lily Carter has been preparing for this exhibition recently. She is very busy at work, and she is a little wary of me..."

Lanier took a step forward, grabbed the guardrail with both hands, and stared at Lily in the hall below. Her swaying graceful figure made him eager to turn her into a slave girl.

Allison Mack reminded her mentor: "The latest I checked, Lily Carter and Martin Davis have a complicated relationship. I heard from people in the circle that Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck have fallen into this To the point where it’s related to Martin Davis.”

Lanier smiled very elegantly and was confident to the point of arrogance: "Do you think these obstacles can stop your leader?"

Allison Mack lowered her head piously.

"What do you think of Martin Davis than Seagram Liquor Group?" Lanier said lightly: "He has made friends with many social elites through the Coca-Cola Cult. We Nxivm have fewer social elites, government officials and billionaires. ?"

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

Lanier stands with his hands on his back, his confident expression and elegant demeanor, worthy of a handsome middle-aged man.

His self-confidence comes from his repeated successes and from being a social elite among his many believers.

Sisters Claire Bronfman and Sasha Bronfman, heirs to the Seagram Wine Group, are Raniere’s most loyal believers. After joining Nxivm, they contributed more than $150 million to Raniere’s wealth, not to mention their strong social influence.

Nxivm is not a loose pan-faith organization like the Cola Cult. It has only 17,000 loyal believers. However, Nxivm's high membership fees determine that none of these believers are ordinary people and all are social elites.

Among them are the daughters of the former Mexican president, the second generation and the first generation of the rich, and officials from the Washington authorities and various states. The ordinary middle class cannot meet the threshold for membership.

These followers fanatically donated their money and time, and more importantly, they used their social influence to endorse Nxivm and put a protective shell on Raniere.

Raniere's behavior of abducting and keeping female slaves was reported several times, but he got away with it easily.

Those who reported him got into huge trouble.

Raniere looked at Catherine and India and his daughter, and said, "You guys will come down with me later."

He then ordered Alison: "Observe carefully here and notify me in time if anything happens."

Alison responded: "Yes."

Raniere took Catherine and India downstairs, and the three of them walked together, like a family of three.

Anyone who saw it would have difficulty imagining that there was a monster living inside this elegant middle-aged man. The mother and daughter were just his star wrath.

The three of them went down to the exhibition hall on the first floor and looked at Lily's works carefully, just like normal people watching the exhibition.

Lily's work this time is more abstract, and Lanier's work is similar to Martin's, feeling that it is just shaped stone, plaster and wood.

This leader boasted among his followers that he could communicate normally with others at the age of one, could read and decipher words at the age of two, and completed all middle school courses in 19 hours when he was less than ten years old.

In fact, he is a scumbag who failed to graduate from a lower-tier university.

Catherine came over and pointed quietly: "The person is over there."

Lanier followed the direction of her finger and saw Lily who was talking to several people.

Looking closer, he found that the girl was really beautiful. Not only did she have a delicate face, but she was also tall and slender. The curvature of her front and back was even more wonderful.

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

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

Lanier knew that he had to take it step by step, leaving a deep impression first, and then told Catherine: "Go and tell the organizer here that I want to buy all Lily Carter's works."

Catherine hurried to find the man in the overalls and vest.

After her mother left, India stood trembling next to Ranier, like a chick facing an eagle alone.

Lanier said: "When you get back to Los Angeles, I will give you my brand."

India was even more frightened. She had seen the mark on her mother's waist, which was branded all over.

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Martin was chatting with Leonardo and Nicholson when Bruce came over quickly and whispered: "Someone wants to buy all of Lily's exhibits."

Leonardo was a little surprised: "Where did the high-roller come from to be so generous?"

Martin asked: "Where are the people?"

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

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

He held his chin and said, "Based on my years of experience, this person has bad intentions."

Leonardo gave him a look of disdain: "Okay, great detective, I don't need many years of experience to figure this out."

Martin said: "Let's go over and take a look."

The four people left the exhibition hall and entered the office area of ​​the art museum, when they met Lily and her agent.

Lily quickly came to Martin and said: "There are more than a dozen of my exhibits here and he wants to buy them all according to the listed price, which is more than three hundred thousand dollars. Is it possible that I am so lucky to meet another Casey Affleck? "

Leonardo said: "The main thing is that I gave you 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: "Should I sell them all?"

Martin laughed: "Why not sell it? Remember the sugar-coated bullets I told you?"

As early as in Atlanta, Lily heard Martin say: "Eat all the candy and then shoot the cannonball back?"

Martin nodded slightly.

Nicholson said directly: "What are you afraid of? With the three of us here, let alone artillery shells and missiles, we can hit him back!"