America achieves both fame and fortune

Chapter 332 Taking advantage of someone's misfortune and drawing a clear line

The scandal, which went viral in Los Angeles in half a day and spread throughout the United States in a day, was even picked up by media outlets in Europe and Asia. Brad Pitt's nanny scandal became the most sensational entertainment news in December.

Even Angelina Jolie's public apology to Aniston in the Los Angeles Times did not elicit a strong reaction.

"This is a report from Megan from LA2, coming from Beverly Hills. As you can see behind me, Brad Pitt's mansion is locked up, with hundreds of reporters waiting there."

In the Coty neighborhood, the television in Martin's living room is broadcasting the "nanny scandal" news live 24 hours a day.

Aniston lay in Martin's arms, watching with great interest.

The reporter, with the front door of Pitt's mansion in the background, said in the live broadcast: "According to reliable sources, the LAPD has obtained extremely damaging evidence against Pitt from the victims and the complainants. Although Pitt returned home shortly after being summoned, the LAPD has applied for a restraining order, prohibiting Pitt from leaving the area around his residence without permission."

Seeing this, Aniston felt relieved and kissed Martin hard: "Thank you for everything you've done. It's finally made me feel better."

"Honey, this has nothing to do with me." Martin would say this no matter the occasion or the person he was talking to: "Pete has done too many bad things and bullied too many nannies. Eventually, someone couldn't take it anymore."

Aniston stared at Martin, then suddenly laughed, gently stroking the puppy's face, and said, "Yes, this has nothing to do with you. It's Pete, that scoundrel, who deserved it."

She laughed heartily, releasing all the pent-up frustration she'd felt since the divorce: "Will they reconcile with Pitt?"

Martin said, "Who knows? Some lawyers have reportedly contacted the victims to offer free legal advice and services to help them fight a landmark lawsuit, which is sure to take a long time."

In these kinds of cases, lawyers don't ask for money upfront; they only focus on the compensation. Asking for half is normal, and asking for 70% is not uncommon.

Aniston asked, "What about TMZ?"

Martin analyzed, "TMZ is determined to become the number one gossip website in the United States and even the world, to be the Sun on the Internet. They need explosive scoops the most. They have already offended Pitt, so they will definitely keep pursuing them and continue to dig deeper."

Aniston felt a surge of exhilaration: "With the knife in my hand, I'll kill that dog named Pete!"

The television screen briefly left Pitt's mansion and switched back to other news reports.

"In today's Los Angeles Times, Angelina Jolie published a public statement formally apologizing to Jennifer Aniston. In the statement, she said that she was initially deceived by Pitt's sweet talk, but by chance, she not only discovered that Pitt was having an affair with a housekeeper while drunk, but also used violence to coerce her, so she decisively broke up with Pitt."

"Because Pitt pleaded and vowed to change his ways, she thought he was just acting impulsively while drunk and was making a similar mistake for the first time. She didn't expect that he had a history of such offenses."

"For this, Jolie expresses her deepest apologies and has decided to stand with all the female victims and their children, to distance herself from the perpetrators, and to never work with Brad Pitt on any film or television projects, attend the same programs or award ceremonies as Brad Pitt, or use any products endorsed by Brad Pitt..."

Hearing the news reports, Aniston was shocked and asked Martin, "Did you teach Julie these things?"

"I didn't teach her that." Martin had never taught good students to say such things. "Julie has evolved!"

Angelina Jolie, who has already established a saintly image across the United States, publicly jumped out and kicked Pitt hard, which was much more vicious than the media reports.

The practice of using the names of women and children to draw a line is particularly devastating.

If this becomes a trend, the consequences are predictable.

Martin felt it was essential to get Aniston and Jolie to reconcile.

Isn't Pete the only one who made a mistake?

While Aniston was still listening to Jolie's apology and denunciation of Pitt, she suddenly said, "I've discovered she's not so bad after all."

Martin pointed to Pete, who was appearing on the television screen again: "The real bad guys are there."

In this world, someone always has to carry the burden of guilt. Martin doesn't want to, Julie doesn't want to, Aniston doesn't want to, so it can only be Pitt.

Pitt is a superstar; he has strong enough shoulders to carry the load.

Martin pressed his advantage, saying, "Jane, Julie has publicly apologized. Should we talk to her?"

Aniston didn't respond; instead, she began to consider it carefully.

Martin is a man who can stir up a storm even with baseless rumors, and the storm is already raging: "I think you can team up with Jolie and use Pitt as a stepping stone to become a female opinion leader in the industry and push your reputation to new heights."

Aniston always knew that Martin was a very thoughtful person. He initially stole the puppy as revenge, but later found that he enjoyed feeding people, finding it both comforting and satisfying, so he continued to do so.

"I underestimated you, Martin," Aniston said. "Tell me your thoughts now."

"Using the Pitt incident, we want to give a voice to women, especially women in the industry, and call on victims to speak out as well..." Martin briefly explained the concept of #MeToo, of course, a heavily modified version.

Given the different social environment, we naturally cannot be so radical.

This sport would have existed even without Martin.

Martin's goal was to put Brad Pitt on the pillory of shame, so that people would despise him when they thought of the Hollywood women's empowerment movement.

In the Hollywood game of fame and fortune, it's impossible to truly eliminate someone, as doing so would come at a heavy price.

But there are many ways to "kill" a person, besides physical destruction.

From the very beginning, Martin considered the maximum extent that could be achieved.

Regardless of who the feud between him and Pitt originated from, the fact remains that the two have been at odds in the industry ever since the Avalon incident.

Aniston was still thinking, while Martin waited patiently.

After a full ten minutes, Aniston finally said, "Call Julie. I agree to speak with her privately."

Martin went to get his phone.

Aniston made a request: "You have to be there. If you're not there, there's no point in talking."

Martin was slightly taken aback, but then confidently declared, "I promise, I will accompany you the whole time."

Aniston smiled and said, "Martin, if I hadn't been lucky enough to meet you, I wouldn't have been able to get out of depression and hatred so quickly."

Martin smiled and dialed Julie's number: "It's me."

"Teacher, did you see my statement?" Julie asked excitedly when Martin called. "How was it? Haven't I made great progress?"

Before Martin could answer, she added, "I was worried that the bastard wouldn't die, so I deliberately stomped on him a few times, really hard."

"You did a fantastic job!" Martin, like Julie, didn't mention names on the phone.

Julie laughed heartily: "When students do so much on their own initiative, shouldn't teachers give them a little reward?"

Martin glanced at Aniston, and seeing her nod, said, "Jane has read your public apology and is willing to speak with you privately."

Upon hearing this, Julie felt a surge of anger welling up inside her, and desperately needed Martin's help. She asked, "Now? Where are you? I'm coming right away!"

Martin said, "Come to my house."

"Wait for me!" Julie hung up the phone and ran outside.

Her adopted son and daughter chased after her, calling her "Mom," but the heartless mother didn't even turn her head and ran away like a 100-meter sprinter.

The two children started crying loudly, and the nanny quickly came over to comfort them.

All thoughts of sons and daughters were thrown to the back of Julie's mind at that moment; only one thought occupied her mind: "Aniston is at the Martins' house, and Martins invited me to go there immediately. What for?"

Even if the San Andreas Fault were to collapse right now, it wouldn't shake Julie's past resolve!

Is there anything more important in the world?

This is the most important event in my life!

Not long after, Julie arrived at Martin's house in a car and honked the horn.

The iron gate opened automatically.

Julie was too impatient and floored the gas pedal. With the engine roaring, the car sped into the yard and almost crashed into the garage.

Martin heard the noise and went outside to see what was happening. He saw Julie jump out of the car and rush over like a madwoman, just like the agile Laura and Fox.

Aniston asked from inside, "Martin, has she arrived?"

Martin turned back: "She's here..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Julie pounced on her.

Upon hearing Aniston's voice, the woman went completely mad, jumping onto Martin and showering him with a passionate kiss.

With Julie's push, Martin retreated back into the house in a few steps.

Aniston was about to come out when she saw Julie's appearance and rushed up to pull her down, yelling, "You bitch!"

Julie was abruptly pulled down, but she licked her lips and said, "It tastes great."

Like a child whose favorite toy had been snatched away, Aniston shoved Jolie away, yelling, "You shameless bastard!"

Julie replied, "Happiness is more important than your face."

Aniston was furious.

Although both are actors and shamelessness is common for them, Jolie is much better than Aniston.

Martin quickly stepped between the two, acting as a mediator: "You two, stop arguing, let's go inside and talk."

Aniston calmed herself down, took Martin's arm tightly, and sat down on the same sofa, looking at Julie defiantly.

Julie didn't mind at all; her bright eyes blazed with excitement.

In front of Aniston, with Martin...

That's amazing!

Julie had made up her mind. She forced a smile onto her face, her expression particularly sincere: "I'm sorry, what happened with Pitt was my fault, but it's also true that he lied to me. He told me your relationship had broken down, so I made the mistake that women often make..."

Martin seized the opportunity to say, "Pete is a liar who has always climbed the ladder by deceiving women."

Although both men rose to power through women, Martin, that shameless guy, thought he was superior.

"He's a bastard!" Aniston's expression softened considerably when she saw Julie apologize. "He lied to me too."

Julie followed up, saying, "That's right, Pete is a complete bastard, and we're both victims..."

Martin knew the key to the three of them sitting there talking, and said, "We're all people who were hurt by Pete."

Aniston completely agreed: "That's a piece of trash!"

Amidst their back-and-forth attacks on Pitt, Aniston and Jolie's relationship eased considerably, and they even started chatting and laughing together.

Women are peculiar creatures; when they hate someone, they can devour their flesh and drink their blood, but when they love someone, they are like twin lotus flowers.

After Martin shared his idea of ​​having the two women become Hollywood female opinion leaders, they sat down together to discuss how to implement it and how to control and guide public opinion.

The key, of course, lies with Pitt.

A series of plans regarding Pitt's continued injury were thus finalized.

After discussing these matters, Julie said very seriously, "Jane, since we are going to be close comrades-in-arms and face everything that follows together, I think we should put aside all barriers and become even closer."

Aniston agreed: "Internal strife will only harm our interests."

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(End of this chapter)