America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz-Chapter 686 - 679: Domestic Violence

On the way, Martin received a call from Nicholson inviting him to go wash up, so he exchanged a few words with him.

Nicholson exploded immediately, "What? You’re having this much fun and you didn’t call me? Do you still treat me as the boss? Where are you, I’ll come to you."

Martin replied, "I’m on my way to Beverly Hills, I’ll swing by and pick you up."

A few minutes later, the group entered Nicholson’s house, picked up the old bastard, and headed directly for Rodeo Avenue.

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

Martin tried to explain, "Listen to me..."

Nicholson cut him off, "It’s been over ten days since it happened, right? Did you call me? Did you invite me to join this fun? If I hadn’t called you, would I have been able to join in on this carnival?"

Martin was at a loss for words and admitted, "My fault, it’s all my fault."

Having no ties with Depp, Nicholson went straight to the point, "How far has it progressed?"

Martin gave a brief overview, and only then could assert, "These messy affairs are risky, I didn’t want to drag you into it."

"Since when have I been afraid of risks? Who the hell do you think Jack Nicholson is? Scared of risks?" Nicholson couldn’t help but laugh, "What risk is there in this kind of thing? Do you know how many people Depp has offended since ’Pirates of the Caribbean’ became a hit?"

He stated a fact, "Look, when Depp still had commercial appeal, others would give him some leeway. But when his commercial appeal is gone, as many people and companies that have worked with Depp, that’s how many will cheer for his downfall!"

Of course, Martin was aware of this.

Bruce drove the business van onto Rodeo Avenue, quickly approaching the target boutique, found a vacant parking space at the roadside, and parked the car.

Nicholson took off his sunglasses and wiped them, looking diagonally across the street, "Haven’t the people arrived yet?"

Louise said, "They have arrived."

The wait wasn’t long before many women gathered outside the boutique across the street, raised their posters, unfurled their banners, and all the slogans about women’s rights and protesting Depp’s insult to women were pulled out.

Depp had not yet come out, and these people all looked very civilized.

Unsatisfied with attacking Depp on the internet, upon hearing the call, they arrived with special gifts in hand.

Inside the boutique, Depp, about to win his beauty, was in an especially good mood. After the designer took Amber’s measurements, the two of them came down from the second floor, ready to go home.

A lackey came forward and said, "Some protesting women have arrived outside."

Depp was unconcerned, "Don’t mind them."

He led Amber out of the boutique first.

A bunch of women swarmed up to them.

One after another, they were exceptionally excited, spitting out curses at Depp.

Depp pretended not to hear, and under the protection of his entourage and bodyguards, he walked toward his car.

Suddenly, a few women popped up in front, tore open large posters, and held them up in front of Depp and Amber.

The posters were a collage of two people.

On one side was Depp peeing in public, and on the other was a depiction of Amber Heard doing her thing.

These two, truly made for each other.

A few reporters also came over, snapping photos of the posters and the pair in front of them.

Someone with a microphone pushed forward, asking, "Depp, what’s your opinion on your fiancee’s X photo?"

This guy from TMZ, adhering to the principle of his leader Jody, certainly doesn’t do fake news, but creates it.

So, with a very loud voice he asked, "Depp, after you get married, will one of you shit wherever and the other piss wherever? Think about it, how romantic you two are!"

The surrounding women burst into laughter.

If it was just talking about Depp, he wouldn’t care at all.

But in Depp’s eyes, Amber was his goddess, and he couldn’t stand these jerks speaking ill of her.

He charged forward, about to get physical.

A bodyguard on the side held onto Depp’s waist tightly, preventing him from making a move.

Another photographer signaled the women with the posters, who quickly changed their position so the paparazzi could continue to use this special poster as a backdrop for photos of Depp and Amber.

The scene turned into a mess.

Eventually, a few patrol officers arrived to maintain order.

Depp pulled Amber forcefully by the arm, breaking through the encirclement and out.

He used a bit too much strength, and Amber’s arm hurt for a while. Once in the car, she gently moved it, rolled up her sleeve, and saw a bruise forming.

Depp, nonchalantly unaware, turned back and looked out the rear window at the scene behind, cursing, "That son of a bitch Martin Davis!"

The issue with Amber had already died down; if it weren’t for Martin Davis stirring things up in the media, there wouldn’t have been such an embarrassing scene today.

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Back at Depp’s mansion, Amber glanced at the fading marks on her arm, hurried into the bathroom, rolled up her sleeves, and took photos of the injuries on her arm, then took photographs of her full body in the mirror.

She saved the photos to Apple’s cloud storage, which had only been launched this year, and labeled the file with the word "domestic violence."

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The business car returned to Sunset Boulevard North District.

Before the car entered the Davis Estate, Louise requested to stop and get out, as her car had followed behind.

Martin remembered something, got out of the car, took several new Samsung phones from the trunk, and handed them to Louise, asking, "Why do you suddenly want to go back?"

Louise took the phones and said directly, "I reached an agreement with Elizabeth that I would try not to enter your estate when she’s not home."

Martin was surprised, "When did you two reach such an agreement, and why didn’t I know about it?"

Louise responded, "I knew Elizabeth when you were still going to school in Atlanta."

Martin said, "I see."

Louise deliberately gave him a look, "Elizabeth is a very smart girl."

After seeing off Louise and returning to the estate, Martin asked, "Has Leo not come back yet?"

Nicholson responded, "He’s filming in New York. I heard he’s partying every day, the cast is full of beauties."

Martin said, "We should go visit him in New York."

"No need, he’ll be back soon." Nicholson changed the subject to the events of the day, "Regarding Depp’s situation, let me think about it. If ’Transcendental Hacker’ and ’Lone Ranger’ sell as well as the ’Pirates of the Caribbean’ series, Martin, you’re going to have trouble. I need to prepare some remedial measures."

Martin gave a thumbs up, "You’re really the leader of our trio, always so thoughtful."

Nicholson looked at his watch, "Time is about right, let’s go check the computer, the news from earlier should be out by now."

The two went to the first-floor study, opened the computer, and logged onto the TMZ website, indeed they found the latest gossip about Depp, right from in front of the boutique.

Nicholson, the gossiper, thoroughly enjoyed it.

He first watched the video, then read the news article, and then excitedly looked at the comments.

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"I really hope this prince and princess can live happily ever after."

"Whoever becomes their neighbor sure has bad luck, the summer smell must be unforgettable for life!"

"If they were to quarrel, would they throw feces and urine at each other?"

For Nicholson, reading these comments was like watching a Los Angeles Lakers game, exceptionally entertaining, and he occasionally replied to a few.

Martin totally understood; at Nicholson’s age, the need for female company wasn’t as strong, even a Jennifer Lawrence’s face wouldn’t satisfy him, wealthy and idle, of course, he would look for some entertainment in life.

"Jack, when I’m your age, I’ll definitely cause as much trouble as you do," Martin said. "Troubles come with fun."

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Nicholson sneered, "Don’t talk nonsense, you’re better at stirring things up right now than I am! In terms of causing trouble, even Leo and I together can’t match up to you."

After browsing the comments, he stood up, patted his buttocks, "I’m going back, getting ready to set off some new fireworks. When Depp and Amber get married, we’ll go celebrate for Depp."

When Nicholson left, he even took some ready-made fireworks from Martin’s storage.

Martin suspected that he was planning something against his old neighbor, Warren Beatty and his wife.

Depp once again grabbed the entertainment headlines, still in a negative light.

While on a certain level, it increased Depp’s fame and popularity, his likability continued to take a serious dive among the wider audience of casual viewers.

Countless Hollywood movie cases have proven that it’s difficult for a movie with a massive budget to rely solely on a core fanbase.

With a string of extremely negative news, Depp’s appeal to casual fans had deteriorated significantly.

But Hollywood still believed in Depp’s star power, considering the brilliance created by the ’Pirates of the Caribbean’ series and ’Alice in Wonderland’ was too dazzling.

Warner Bros. had already signed with Anna Purna Pictures and secured global distribution rights for ’The Seventh Son’, ’Transcendental Hacker’, and ’Lone Ranger’.

In the Disney Studio, Martin met his old friend Ellen Horn, who came for a set visit.

She brought some of the latest market dynamics.

"’Pharaoh and the Gods’ and ’Green Lantern’ have practically finished their screenings worldwide," said Horn, clearly in high spirits at the misfortune of her former employer who had kicked her out, "The former grossed $46.38 million in North America and $112 million worldwide, while the latter did poorly too, grossing $72.55 million in North America and $122 million worldwide."

After accounting for the theaters’ cut, Warner Bros.’s revenue from box office sales was negligible compared to the investment.

Martin asked about the key point of profitability for Hollywood films, "What about DVD sales?"

Horn laughed with delight, "Horribly bad, unimaginable. ’Pharaoh and the Gods’ DVD has been on the North American market for two weeks, only selling less than $800 thousand, ’Green Lantern’ sales entered the North American market last week, and until yesterday had just made $410 thousand."

She concluded, "These are two severely loss-making projects, they can only hope to slowly recuperate costs over a very long time, perhaps 20 years, or even longer."

Martin said with a smile, "Should I be celebrating?"

Horn added, "Disney Studios is preparing to throw a celebration party for ’John Wick: Chapter 2’."

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