America achieves both fame and fortune

Chapter 729 Five Million Dollars to Kill Martin

Near Venice Beach, a spacious villa was brightly lit, and dozens of models moved around the huge swimming pool, creating a lively atmosphere.

On the villa's terrace, Michelle Bryan looked down over her kingdom.

Fernandez came up from below and said, "Boss, the goods have been brought."

Michelle smiled and said, "Very good."

Fernandez's phone vibrated. He told Michel, went to the side to answer the call, and when he came back, he hesitated to speak.

Michelle glanced at him: "Just say what you have to say."

"Last time, to appease Depp, you told me to tell Depp's henchmen that they were trying to deal with Martin Davis," Fernandez said cautiously. "Depp's people called me to ask how things were going."

Upon hearing the name Martin Davis, Michelle's good mood vanished instantly.

Fernandez didn't dare say more and quickly left: "I'm going downstairs to check how the distribution is going."

Michelle picked up the glass of wine beside her and drank it all in one gulp. She then took out her phone and made a call: "Come over here for a moment."

A few minutes later, Lynch went up to the terrace and asked, "BOSS?"

Michelle asked, "Have Nikia, Malena, and Mia been found?"

Those three sluts took her money and dared not do anything, they just disappeared without a trace.

Not only did they fail to seduce Martin Davis, but they also fabricated lies to deceive her, causing her to pay a large sum of money.

"No, our people have searched all over Los Angeles," Lynch reported truthfully. "I sent people to check Mia and Malena's hometowns; they didn't go back. They must have gone into hiding after leaving Los Angeles."

Michelle said sternly, "Continue to track them down. I want to see them, dead or alive."

Lynch said, "I'll catch them." He then asked, "What about Martin Davis?"

"Select a few more suitable candidates and find an opportunity..." Michelle thought for a moment, "Don't worry about this, I'll figure something out."

My three best girls have defected. Who should I hire next?

As for Depp, as long as there's enough flour, that bastard will forget about it soon enough.

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Nokia Square, Los Angeles.

Annapurna Pictures' sci-fi blockbuster "Transcendence," distributed by Warner Bros., is currently holding a promotional roadshow here.

Starting around 6 a.m., a large number of movie fans began to gather in the square.

Megan Ellison, dressed in a women's suit, arrived at the door of a nearby film crew's temporary rest area and met Daniel, the head of Warner Bros.' distribution business.

The latter glanced at his watch, somewhat anxiously, and asked, "Hasn't Johnny Depp arrived yet?"

Upon hearing Depp's name, Megan frowned slightly and said, "I've sent someone to urge him; he should arrive soon."

Today's roadshow, with Depp as the absolute male lead, is key to a series of events.

Daniel glanced at the time again. There was less than half an hour before the roadshow started. Normally, Depp would arrive at least an hour early to get ready.

He couldn't hold back any longer and said to Megan Ellison, "The event has to be postponed."

Megan said, "The director and the lead actress will go on stage first, and then we'll wait for Depp to come over."

"There's no other good way now," Daniel added. "Back when Warner Bros. and Depp were working on 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' he wasn't like this, although he was occasionally late..."

Megan thought to herself, "If you saw Depp's performance on set, you'd be furious."

Daniel continued, "Depp was the key to this collaboration with you. Warner Bros. lost Martin Davis, their star player, and I thought Depp could replace him, or even do a better job."

"Was Martin Davis like Depp when he worked with you?" Megan asked.

Daniel shook his head: "No, completely different. Martin is also difficult in some ways, but in terms of dedication and professionalism, he is one of the best in the industry."

Those who haven't experienced the torment of Depp can't understand Megan Ellison's complex feelings right now.

They spent tens of millions of dollars to hire a super old man for the production crew, who then sat on the faces of the entire crew, including the producers and investors, and defecated and urinated on them.

For the sake of hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, these people who were insulted had to endure it and, when facing the media and fans, had to say that Deprax's urine smelled really good.

If the film is a huge success, it will all be worth it.

Megan is very confident and exudes self-assurance, and the internal screenings of "Transcendence" have received a good response.

She asked Daniel, "You and Martin seem to get along well, right?"

Daniel nodded: "An old friend."

Megan, worried she wouldn't be able to get a invitation, suggested: "Could you invite Martin to the premiere of Transcendence?"

For some reason, Daniel suddenly thought of Jon Berg, who had invited Martin to the premiere of "Owls and Gods".

"We're partners now," Megan said, not giving Daniel a chance to refuse. "You wouldn't refuse such a small favor, would you?"

Daniel said, "I will extend an invitation to Martin, but I can't guarantee he'll come."

Megan couldn't ask Daniel to do anything more.

The event outside started, but Depp didn't go on stage, which made the fans scattered in Nokia Square very dissatisfied.

"Johnny Depp!"

"We need Depp out here!"

"Give us back our captain!"

The square was in chaos, fans were dissatisfied, and many media reporters were stirring up trouble.

Megan overheard this and asked her assistant on the other side, "Hasn't Depp arrived yet?"

The assistant said, "I just called to urge them, and they said it's still on its way."

Megan took out her phone, walked to a secluded spot, and dialed Amber Heard's number: "Where are you guys?"

Amber, on the other end, said, "We haven't left yet."

"Fuck!" Megan rarely swore; the event had already started, and the male lead was still at home!

With anger simmering in her throat, she growled, "You'd better drag Depp here within half an hour, no matter what!"

After saying that, Megan hung up the phone.

In the penthouse of Columbia Tower, Amber Heard's phone went dead. She glanced at the bed in the bedroom and saw Depp, whom she had just dragged out of bed, lying back down while she was on the phone.

Last night, those bastards were drinking and doing drugs. Who knows how late they'll party, maybe even all night long.

Amber Heard, having taken Megan's money, naturally had to do the job. She reached out to pull Depp, shouting as she did so, "Get up, get up now! You have a gig today, you have to go!"

Depp was in a bad mood after being woken up from his sleep, and he shoved Amber's hand away, yelling, "Get away! Get away right now!"

These words angered Amber, and her hand stung from the slap. She shouted again, "You have an appearance on Transcendence today!"

"Shut your stinking mouth!" Depp drunkenly turned to the other side.

Amber Heard is a fierce woman, her temper flaring up. When she saw Depp, she closed her eyes, filled with disappointment and anger.

She jumped directly onto the wedding bed, took off her pants, squatted down, and did the thing that made her famous worldwide.

Depp heard the sound and smelled the odor, jumped up instantly, sobering up almost completely, and pointed at Amber, saying, "Are you fucking crazy?"

Amber Heard didn't care at all, pulling Depp's down comforter over her shoulder like toilet paper: "Are you awake now?"

Depp went berserk: "You're insane! You're a lunatic!"

But despite the arguments and quarrels, Depp never laid a hand on anyone.

However, after all that commotion, Depp sobered up considerably and eventually went downstairs with Amber Heard.

The nanny who had worked with Depp for many years came in to tidy up the room, saw the lump, and took out her phone to take a picture.

On the way to Nokia Square, Amber really didn't want to talk to Depp and sat in the passenger seat.

Depp swayed in the car, but a bodyguard shoved him, which made him a little more awake. He picked up a newspaper and started reading.

This is a copy of the Los Angeles Times, and the newspaper has a news article prominently displayed.

Depp spotted it immediately.

That's a photo of Martin Davis with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

The report was unrelated to the film; it focused on investment.

In this round of financing, Tesla accepted a $5000 million investment from Martin Davis, who became one of Tesla's individual shareholders.

Depp casually tossed the newspaper aside; his already bad mood worsened upon seeing his arch-rival.

He remembered that matter again: "Coulson, is there still no result from over there?"

Coulson replied, "No, they said it's still operating."

Depp desperately wanted to ruin Martin Davis: "Tell them, if you drive Martin Davis crazy, I'll give them a million dollars... no, five million dollars!"

Coulson tentatively asked, "Isn't the price too high?"

Depp shouted, "I have plenty of money. I'm worth five or six hundred million dollars. What's five million dollars? If any of you can turn Martin Davis into Brad Pitt, I'll still give him five million dollars."

The eyes of the group of followers gleamed, because there was so much money involved that it was worth the risk.

Depp arrived at Nokia Square, where the event had already been going on for over an hour.

Megan Ellison couldn't hold back and came over to criticize Depp.

As a result, Depp had a heated argument with her and refused to wear makeup on stage.

With both sides deadlocked, the fans who attended the roadshow were extremely disappointed. They came to see Depp and their beloved Captain Jack Sparrow.

Many people lined up as early as dawn, and even after the event had been going on for two hours and it was almost noon, Depp still hadn't arrived.

On the outskirts of the crowd, in a car parked by the roadside, Ivan took out his phone, made a call, and said after the other end answered, "Spread the word."

Soon, a rumor spread among the crowd at the roadshow: Depp had partied all night, was drunk and high on drugs, and had just arrived.

Although Depp's die-hard supporters unconditionally support him, many casual moviegoers are extremely dissatisfied, and various criticisms spread like wildfire.

After waiting for a long time, Depp finally walked onto the stage, but judging from the way he walked, he was either still drunk or had taken too much.

Just as Depp arrived center stage, someone in the audience suddenly shouted, "Pee King and Shit Queen! Pee King and Shit Queen..."

Those who had been waiting for a long time and were dissatisfied joined in the shouting.

"Peeing Queen and Shit Queen!"

"After peeing and defecating..."

(End of this chapter)