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“The next lot is provided by Mr. Matthew Horner!”

The charity dinner has come to the final auction stage. A middle-aged auctioneer stood on the auction stand, waiting for the staff to put a display stand on it, looked at the European sword on the display stand, and said, "This is the sword that Mr. Matthew Horner used when filming "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". Will Turner once used this sword to fight Captain Jack Sparrow in a single battle with the Black Pearl, which is very memorable."

While he was speaking, cameramen from many media gathered in front of the auction stand, aimed at the sword, and kept pressing the camera shutter, as if the prop sword was a treasure of art.

"Isn't it just a prop sword?"

At a table near the auction table, Megan Ellison looked at the unique sword and muttered, "I'm so embarrassed to take it out for auction. Matthew Horner is so stingy."

David Ellison glanced at her and said, "Meghan, believe it or not, if this sword is sold for at least one hundred thousand dollars if it is auctioned publicly."

"Don't believe it!" Megan Ellison snorted and said, "Why?"

"Just because Matthew used it to shoot "Pirates of the Caribbean". Although David Ellison is also a newcomer to Hollywood, he has been in this circle for two years and is much clearer than Meghan Ellison who has just entered Hollywood. "This sword is worth at most 500 US dollars in the prop market, but after Matthew's hand touches it, it gives it a huge added value!"

The auctioneer's voice came at this time, "Now start auctioning Will Turner's sword, no reserve price, and each price increase must not be less than one hundred dollars."

Megan Ellison was the first to raise the sign without thinking, "One Hundred Dollar!"

Hearing the offer of one hundred dollars, Kayla Knightley turned her head and looked at it, thinking to herself, what did the girl think? She wanted to buy the sword that Matthew had used for one hundred dollars?

She grabbed the sign and prepared to lift it up. After the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, the sword could be sold for $100,000.

But before Keira Knightley lifted the sign, Johnny Depp next to her shouted, "Ten thousand dollars!"

Megan Ellison looked at Johnny Depp through two tables, and she had no intention of raising her sign. She was not crazy. She spent $10,000 to buy such a broken sword. Is there anything wrong with it?

"Fifty thousand dollars!"

A crisp and sweet woman's voice sounded, right at the table next to Megan Ellison.

Megan Ellison turned to look over and found that the person who was calling out was supermodel Cindy Crawford, and her daughter Kayah Jayber was holding the sign with a smile.

"Hundred thousand dollars!"

Kayla Knightley quickly raised the sign, as if she was afraid that someone would take it away.

Megan Ellison shook his head, these stars have problems with their heads...

"One Million Dollar!"

As soon as this thought came out, the voice of his brother David Ellison shouting around him. Megan Ellison wanted to cover his face and regretted sitting with David Ellison. It was so embarrassing.

The banquet hall was quiet for a moment, and no new offer appeared. David Ellison easily got Will Turner's sword.

"Are you crazy?" Megan Ellison couldn't help but complain, "Buy a broken prop sword for one million dollars? Is your head water in it, David!"

David Ellison looked calm and reminded, "Do you think Matthew Horner is worth a million dollars?"

Megan Ellison was stunned, remembering that the pay for Matthew Horner's latest film was as high as 20 million US dollars!

"This million dollar will further strengthen the relationship between me and Matthew." David Ellison seemed to spend money, but he spent a lot of money with his own purpose. "If the same investment or invitation opportunity appears, Matthew may give priority to me."

Megan Ellison is the real pride of heaven, with a hint of disdain in his tone, "Matthew Horner is just a Hollywood star."

David Ellison solemnly reminded, "But he is a Hollywood star who can easily bring in revenue of hundreds of millions of dollars or even billions of dollars!"

He pointed to the prop sword that was pushed away, "This sword was used from beginning to end when Matthew filmed. If Matthew becomes a superstar, "Pirates of the Caribbean" will continue to be popular, and its value may not be less than a million dollars."

Megan Ellison said nothing because she felt that David Ellison was very reasonable and that even she could not deny the value of Matthew Horner.

Next, a Tiffany's emerald necklace appeared on the auction table. Compared to those messy movie props or the first signature album provided by Britney, Megan Ellison was more knowledgeable about jewelry. After a rough look, he estimated that the value of this necklace from Matthew Horner would not be less than two million dollars.

Again, this is an auction without a reserve price.

"Is this necklace very valuable?"

Alexandra Dadario, who was sitting next to Matthew, whispered, "It's rare to have such a pure emerald."

Matthew nodded slightly and said, "Amanda spent $2.5 million on it."

Because it is a charity auction, the auctions used are all without a reserve price. Matthew is not worried about being bought at a low price. At worst, he can buy it himself. Anyway, the money will also flow into his charity foundation.

According to his and Amanda's consultation, at least 50% of the charitable foundations raised by the donations will be used to maintain the operation of the agency and personnel expenses.

As the founder, he certainly has a clear position in the charity foundation, which will also facilitate his expenses to be taken from the charity foundation's books in the future.

After the auction began, Harvey Weinstein watched Britney Spears win the emerald necklace for a high price of $5 million, and his head kept turning. Tonight, Matthew Horner's two charitable foundations raised more than $20 million!

Twenty million dollars is not much, and it is not even as profitable as any film starring Matthew Horner.

Weinstein Pictures works hard every year to plan to win the Oscars. Even in the year when he can get the best film, he and Bob Weinstein's net income in a year is less than 20 million US dollars.

Think about the film companies that rely on Matthew Horner to make a lot of money, even Harvey Weinstein couldn't help but be jealous.

But Matthew Horner rejected his hand of friendship several times in a row!

At the same time as this charity dinner was held, a large number of Hollywood industry insiders were also gathering in a club in North Hollywood.

Unlike Matthew's charity dinner, most of the people who participated in this party had black skin, and some other white skinned people were people who recognized and firmly supported black political correctness in the Hollywood circle.

There are many famous figures among them.

For example, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Oscar's first black actress, Halle Berry, and the famous leftist actress Meryl Streep.

These famous people form a circle, and it is difficult for people with a large gap in fame and status to enter.

Francis Lawrence and Paula Patton sat at the same table, dealing with the two black actors who had just come to say hello. They looked at the circle enviously, but knew that they could not say much to the people in that circle except to say hello.

Since voluntarily withdrawing from the crew of "I Am Legend", Francis Lawrence's career seems to have entered a bottleneck period, because Will Smith signed a contract with Caa and did not get as good as expected. Due to the failure to compete for the male lead in "I Am Legend", Will Smith basically ignored him. It is true that Caa is the number one entertainment agency in the industry, but it has many customers and it is impossible to put too many resources on such an unknown director like him.

During this period, Francis Lawrence has regretted joining Caa.

"Hi, Francis."

The sound of greeting sounded, and Francis Lawrence looked up and saw a middle-aged black man wearing eyes coming over. The other party sat opposite him and asked, "What's wrong? You're feeling very depressed?"

Francis Lawrence knew him, and Spike Lee was the best among black directors.

"Hello, Spike." Francis Lawrence shrugged and said casually, "It's nothing, it's just that my work has not been going well recently."

Spike Lee pointed to Paula Patton and said, "I heard Paula say that you were treated unfairly, bullied by Matthew Horner, and left the crew."

This is no secret, Francis Lawrence nodded, "Matthew Horner tried his best to exclude black actors. In order to help us fight for the rights we deserve, I can only express my dissatisfaction and anger by resigning from the director position."

"There is such a thing?" Spike Lee stretched out a finger and pushed his eyes upwards, saying, "Now there are still crews who openly discriminate against black actors? Tell me about the specific situation, we must not sit idly by and watch this happen."

The dark night sky enveloped the entire Los Angeles area, as if black was the main color of the city.

The charity dinner ended successfully, and the Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle carrying Matthew passed through the dark side, entered Beverly Hills, and soon arrived in front of Horner Manor.

Since tonight's charity dinner requires a large number of people, especially security personnel, except for two guards on duty and a maid left behind the manor gate, everyone else was mobilized to help the dinner. Matthew did not ask them to come back immediately and asked these people to come to work on time tomorrow.

The iron door of Horner Manor slowly opened, and the Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle drove through the straight road and soon stopped in front of the villa.

Matthew entered the villa, handed over the dress and coat to the left-behind maid, went directly to the second floor, pushed open the door to the master bedroom on the second floor, and just planned to take a shower, but found that his bedroom was in a mess, with obvious signs of being turned over, and the window facing the cliff on the side of the mountain was also opened.
Chapter completed!