America achieves both fame and fortune

Chapter 679 Domestic Violence

Midway through, Martin received a call from Nicholson inviting him to wash his face, and they exchanged a few words.

Nicholson immediately exploded: "What? You didn't even call me for something this fun? Do you still think I'm the boss? Where are you? I'm coming to find you."

Martin said, "I'm on my way to Beverly Hills, I'll pick you up on the way."

A dozen minutes later, the group entered Nicholson's house, picked up the old bastard, and headed straight for Rodeo Drive.

Nicholson wanted to give Martin the middle finger, but seeing Louise there, he held back and asked, "Do you know how disappointed I am in you?"

Martin protested, "Listen to me..."

Nicholson interrupted him abruptly: "It's been over ten days since this happened, hasn't it? You called me? Such a huge spectacle, and you invited me? If I hadn't called you, would I have been able to join this party?"

Martin was speechless and said, "It's my fault, it's all my fault."

Nicholson, who had no connection with Depp, asked directly, "How far have things progressed?"

Martin gave a brief explanation, and only then could one sentence be discerned: "These messy things are risky, and I don't want to involve you."

"When have I ever been afraid of risks? Who is Jack Nicholson? Would he be afraid of risks?" Nicholson couldn't help but laugh. "What risks are there in this kind of thing? Ever since Pirates of the Caribbean became a huge hit, do you know how many people Depp has offended?"

He stated a fact: "Let's put it this way, when Depp still had commercial appeal, others would be more tolerant. But when his commercial appeal dwindled, for every person and company that had worked with Depp, there would be just as many people and companies cheering for his downfall!"

Martin certainly knew this.

Bruce drove his minivan onto Rodeo Drive and quickly approached the boutique he was looking for. He found an empty parking space on the side of the road and parked the car.

Nicholson took off his sunglasses, wiped them, and looked diagonally across the street: "They haven't come yet?"

Louise said, "They've arrived."

Before long, a large group of women gathered outside the boutique across the street, holding up posters and banners with various feminist slogans and protests against Depp's insults to women.

Depp hasn't come out yet, and these people all look very civilized.

Not satisfied with attacking Depp online, they came over this time with special gifts after hearing the call to action.

Inside the boutique, Depp was in a particularly good mood, about to win the heart of his beloved. After the designer measured Amber's measurements, the two came down from the second floor, ready to go home.

One of his henchmen came over and said, "There are some protesting women outside."

Depp didn't care: "Ignore them."

He led Amber out of the boutique first.

A large group of women swarmed around them.

They were all extremely agitated, spewing curses at Depp.

Depp pretended not to hear and, escorted by his entourage and bodyguards, walked toward the car.

Suddenly, several women jumped out from in front of them, unfurled a large poster, and placed it in front of Depp and Amber Heard.

The poster is composed of two collages of portraits.

On one side, Johnny Depp urinates in public; on the other side, Amber Heard does *that*.

These two are truly a match made in heaven.

Several reporters came over and took pictures of the poster and Depp and Amber Heard in front of it.

Someone even rushed forward with a microphone and asked, "Depp, what's your opinion on your fiancée's lewd photos?"

This guy from TMZ, adhering to the principles of its leader Jody, absolutely does not create fake news, but rather makes news.

So, he asked in an exceptionally loud voice, "Depp, after you two get married, will you one poop anywhere and the other pee anywhere? Think about it, how romantic are you two!"

The women around them burst into laughter.

If we're just talking about Depp, Depp doesn't care at all.

But in Depp's eyes, Amber Heard is his goddess, and he can't stand these jerks talking badly about her.

He rushed forward, intending to attack.

The bodyguard next to Depp held him tightly around the waist, preventing him from making a move.

Another photographer waved to the woman holding the poster, and the women reacted quickly, immediately changing positions so that the reporters and paparazzi could continue to take pictures of Depp and Amber using the special poster as a backdrop.

The scene was in complete chaos.

Finally, several patrol officers arrived to maintain order.

Depp grabbed Amber's arm and pulled her out of the encirclement.

He used a bit too much force, and Amber's arm throbbed with pain. After getting into the car, she moved it around a little, rolled up her sleeve, and saw that it was bruised.

Depp, nonchalantly ignoring it, glanced back through the rear window and cursed, "That bastard Martin Davis!"

The Amber Heard incident has long since subsided. If Martin Davis hadn't used public opinion to attack him, this embarrassing situation wouldn't have happened today.

Back at Depp's mansion, Amber glanced at the fading marks on her arm, then quickly went into the bathroom, rolled up her sleeves, patted the wounds on her arm, and then took pictures of the wounds and her full-body image in the mirror.

She saved the photos to Apple's cloud storage, which was launched this year, and labeled the stored files with the name "domestic violence".

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The van returned to the northern section of Sunset Boulevard.

Before the car entered the Davis Estate, Louise asked to get out, and her car had already followed from behind.

Martin remembered something, got out of the car, took out the newly delivered Samsung phones from the trunk, gave Louise a few, and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to go back?"

Louise took the phone and said directly, "I have an agreement with Elizabeth that I will try not to enter your estate when she is not home."

Martin asked in surprise, "When did you reach this agreement? Why didn't I know about it?"

Louise said, "When I met Elizabeth, you were still studying in Atlanta."

Martin said, "Understood."

Louise gave him a knowing look: "Elizabeth is a very intelligent girl."

After seeing Louise off and returning to the manor, Martin asked, "Leo hasn't come back yet?"

Nicholson said, "He's filming in New York, and I hear he's partying every day, with a bunch of beautiful women on set."

Martin said, "We should go to New York to visit the set."

"No need, he'll be back soon." Nicholson turned to today's events: "Let me think about Depp. If Transcendence and The Lone Ranger become as big as the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Martin, you're in trouble. I need to prepare some remedies."

Martin gave a thumbs up: "As expected of our trio's leader, you've really thought of everything."

Nicholson glanced at his watch: "It's almost time. Let's check the computer; the news should be out by now."

The two went to the study on the first floor, turned on the computer and logged onto the TMZ website. Sure enough, they saw the latest gossip about Depp, which was exactly what happened in front of the boutique.

Nicholson, the bystander, was thoroughly enjoying the spectacle.

He watched the video first, then read the text news, and then read the comments with great interest.

"Don't you think Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are a perfect match?"

"I really hope that the prince and princess live together forever."

"Anyone who lives next to them is doomed; the smell in the summer is absolutely unforgettable!"

"If they argue, will they poop and pee together?"

Watching these videos, Nicholson seemed to be watching a Los Angeles Lakers game, showing great interest and occasionally replying with a few words.

Martin could completely understand. At Nicholson's age, his need for women wasn't as strong anymore. One Jennifer Lawrence's face wasn't enough to cover him up. With money and free time, of course he wanted to find some pleasure in life.

"Jack, when I get to your age I'll definitely be causing trouble like you," Martin said. "No fun without causing trouble."

Nicholson chuckled coldly: "Stop with the hypocrisy. You're much better at causing trouble than I am right now! When it comes to causing trouble, Leo and I combined can't match you."

After browsing the comments, he stood up, dusted himself off, and said, "I'm going back now. I'm going to get some new fireworks ready so we can celebrate Depp's wedding with him."

When Nicholson left, he also took some ready-made fireworks from Martin's warehouse.

Martin suspected that he was going to mess with his old neighbors, the Warren Beatty couple, again.

Depp has once again grabbed entertainment headlines, this time with negative news.

While it increased Depp's fame and popularity to some extent, it also caused a significant drop in his popularity among a wider general audience.

Countless Hollywood film examples have proven that it is difficult to support a multi-million dollar production market with just a group of die-hard fans.

With a series of extremely negative news stories, Depp's public image has deteriorated to a certain extent.

Hollywood still believes in Depp's aura, after all, the brilliance created by the Pirates of the Caribbean series and Alice in Wonderland is too dazzling.

Warner Bros. has signed a deal with Annapurna Pictures for the global distribution rights to Seventh Son, Transcendence, and The Lone Ranger.

At the Disney studio, Martin met up with his old friend Alan Horn, who had come to visit the set.

The latter brings some of the latest market developments.

"The release of 'Owls and Gods' and 'Green Lantern' has basically ended worldwide." While his former employer, who ousted him, is in a bad mood, Alan Horn is clearly pleased: "The former film grossed $4638 million in North America and $1.12 million worldwide, and the latter was also bad, with $7255 million in North America and $1.22 million worldwide."

After deducting the theaters' share, Warner Bros.' box office revenue is negligible compared to its investment.

Martin asked, "What about DVD sales?"—a key factor in Hollywood film profitability today.

Alan Horn laughed gleefully: "It's unbelievably bad. The Pharaohs and Gods DVD has been on the market in North America for two weeks and has only sold less than $80. The Green Lantern DVD entered the North American market last week and has only sold $41 as of yesterday."

He concluded: "These are two severely loss-making projects that can only recover their costs over a long period of time, possibly 20 years or longer."

Martin laughed and said, "Should I celebrate?"

Alan Horn said, "Disney Studios is preparing to throw a celebration party for John Wick 2."

(End of this chapter)