America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz

The sun had just risen, and Martin was still jogging when an old stretch Lincoln burst through his gate, racing toward the villa. Your adventure continues at empire

No sooner had the car come to a stop than Nicholson leapt out, shouting, "Martin, the bullet hit the target!"

Martin ran over and called out, "Let's talk inside."

The two entered the first-floor study together, and Martin immediately booted up his computer.

Nicholson said, "Quick, get on the TMZ website. TMZ released it early this morning, and although it's out of our control, TMZ is pretty reliable."

Martin opened his browser, and the TMZ website was the homepage.

Everybody loves a good gossip story.

There, on the most prominent spot of the TMZ homepage, hung a large headline in bold black letters.

"Ben Affleck Accused of Bullying, Serious Sexual Harassment and Abuse Against Actress!"

Martin clicked on the link, and without paying attention to the text, he went straight to the video.

A very pretty blonde girl, in front of the camera, presented her Jann and Ben acting school student ID, a payment receipt, and a group photo of the students with their teacher, Ben Affleck.

"My name is Hailey Porter, and I joined Ben Affleck's master class a week ago. I thought this was the start of my dream of acting, but it turned out to be the beginning of a nightmare," she said.

Facing the camera, the blonde girl wept bitterly as she recounted her horrendous experience, "But teaching the class was just an excuse; he was just satisfying his own predatory urges. The lessons I experienced were mostly about teaching female actors to perform in 'beautiful creative scenes'."

She spoke of her personal experiences, "His favorite thing was to pin down the students in class, and he wanted us to perform the creative and ensemble scenes in front of him. According to regulations, these scenes are supposed to have protective measures, but he made us remove them all. If we didn't comply, we were thrown out of the class."

"The worst part was that Ben Affleck himself would get involved under the pretense of hands-on teaching, and then he would touch us with his fingers..."

If it were just the verbal accusations of the actresses, given the current climate in Hollywood, it wouldn't really amount to much. There wasn't much damaging power to it.

But following the actress's interview video, there came one video and audio clip after another, all relating to Ben Affleck.

Even though all the female students in the videos were pixilated, anyone who saw them realized that the video content was far more severe than what the actress had accused.

Many scenes were not just harassment; they were enough to be called assault!

Nicholson chuckled and said, "What do you think? I told you everything is under my control, didn't I?"

Martin gave a thumbs up, "Jack, you're an excellent commander."

Nicholson felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction, a feeling far from what an eighteen-year-old girl like Jennifer Lawrence could compare to.

He couldn't help showing off, "When I was stirring up trouble with Marlon Brando and Warren Beatty, you weren't even born in Atlanta yet."

The once Sunset Boulevard Trio was no ordinary trio.

Martin acknowledged this, "The boss indeed has the boss's decisiveness and control."

It hadn't even been an hour since the news was released, but the comment section below was already boiling over.

When such things are not exposed, everyone treats them as entertainment.

Once they are revealed, it is inevitably a public denunciation.

"Seeing it's Ben Affleck, why am I not surprised at all?"

"Because he's Casey Affleck's brother?"

"This is really disgusting!"

"Those actresses should go to the police!"

"They must go to the police!"

Perhaps encouraged by the netizens, or maybe having come to a decision herself, as Martin refreshed the page, TMZ posted the latest news that the victim had already formally filed a report with the LAPD.

After reading this news, Nicholson laughed and said, "I hear the Affleck brothers are very close. This is what you call brotherly unity, huh?"

No one would think that old bastard was a good person, "At the Oscar ceremony, when the Affleck brothers faced the three of us, I always remember their smug looks. Did they really think that with Harvey Weinstein behind them, no one could touch them? Ridiculous!"

Martin said, "Jack, with you stepping in, it was easily resolved."

However, Nicholson replied, "You have a good eye for people, predicting that Ben would be in trouble, and sure enough, he is. What's your basis for judgment?"

Martin shrugged. He surely couldn't tell Nicholson that he vaguely remembered Ben also being a fan of nannies and students, could he?

Then Nicholson continued, "I get it, because we're all the same kind of rotten people."

"Jack, you are indeed rotten," Martin denied without hesitation. "I, however, am not that kind of rotten person."

......

Ben Affleck, who drank himself into a stupor last night, was still in a deep sleep. Jennifer Garner was organizing the clothes the kids had worn when she suddenly heard a commotion outside the front door.

She went up to the rooftop to take a look and discovered that many reporters and paparazzi had gathered at the door.

Garner was puzzled; their careers had been mediocre for the past two years, and without any notable works, they seldom enjoyed the treatment of media reporters blocking their door.

Especially recently, they hadn't produced any works or participated in any events.

As Garner wondered, Sandra Bullock, who lived next door, also came up to the rooftop to see what was happening.

Seeing Garner's perplexed face, Bullock knew she might not be aware of the situation.

The warm-hearted American girl headed towards Garner, especially when it came to other women.

Garner, too, saw her approaching and quickly walked over.