Chapter 385 One day and one night in Los Angeles

Beverly Hills is very quiet at night, without the hustle and bustle of the city like New York.

Lying on the lounge chair beside the warm indoor swimming pool, Kate listened to the faint scream coming from Nicole's mouth not far away.

Her expression looked a little numb.

The mental activity is not troublesome at all, but is very intense - [Damn stinky woman! Fake! Is it okay now? You screamed so loudly in the afternoon, look at how you scream now! Fake, your voice is hoarse

,Damn...]

"ah……"

In Kate's inner slander.

There was a last long cry from Nicole's side, like a dying white sheep's cry.

Tu'ao Aries finally couldn't bear it anymore and was so tired that he fell asleep directly.

After a while, Kate saw Abel, who had just gotten off the big white sheep, and jumped into the warm indoor swimming pool with a "splash".

Under the blue lights at the bottom of the swimming pool.

Like a powerful killer whale, he shuttled quickly through the water for several rounds.

Wow——

After a while, the "killer whale" emerged from the water in front of the deck chair where Kate was lying.

Kate glanced at him but said nothing.

If she had a choice, she wouldn't stay here.

It was Abel who asked her to stay here.

Even though she is pregnant, she is still in an early stage of instability.

This guy wanted her to be an audience member, and he was full of bad taste.

She was a little angry.

Then - "Whoops", a water arrow was ejected from the mouth of the "killer whale" and headed straight for Cate Blanchett.

"Ah!" Kate finally couldn't keep calm, "Childish! Childish devil! Farke, you are so childish!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Abel's voice finally came from the swimming pool.

"Dear Mrs. Upton." Kate heard the childish ghost say to her:

"By the way, I almost forgot to ask you. Do you like the Christmas gift?"

Kate, who was wiping the water stains on her body, paused when she heard Abel ask.

She remembered a few days ago, on Christmas Day last year.

The guy in front of me asked the staff of Express Company to give him the Christmas gift.

It was a beautiful white gold and sapphire necklace. It was dazzling and exquisitely designed.

At first glance, Kate, like most women, fell deeply in love with it.

Later she learned that this was the "Tears of Antoinette" that had been sold for $4.8 million at Sotheby's New York winter auction not long ago.

This white gold and sapphire necklace is said to come from the French court in the late 18th century.

Its name comes from one of its most famous owners, a Frenchman named Marie Antoinette.

This lady was originally from Austria, but later married a Frenchman and became the Queen of France.

Her husband was the famous Louis XVI, the same Louis XVI who went to the guillotine.

And Marie Antoinette was the legendary prodigal queen who spent all the French treasury.

According to Eastern tradition, the jewelry left behind by such an unlucky queen should be highly taboo.

But Westerners don’t think so.

They feel that only jewelry that can be valued and liked by such an extravagant and lustful queen is truly valuable.

So much so that anything related to Marie Antoinette, as long as it can be handed down, is often valuable in the West.

It is highly admired by Westerners, especially women.

They felt that if Marie Antoinette liked it, it didn't matter whether it was good or not, at least there must be something special about it.

Otherwise, why should she attract Marie Antoinette's love?

After learning that the Christmas gift I received was actually one that had been worn by the Queen of France.

Although she didn't say it, Cate Blanchett was very happy in her heart at that time.

At this time, Kate couldn't help but feel soft when she heard Abel mention it.

After all, those who take advantage of others are short-handed and those who take advantage of others are soft-spoken.

Such a precious gift... 4.8 million US dollars. If Kate were to earn it herself, she would have to shoot at least 2 to 3 movies, all of which would be the heroine, to earn so much money.

And that's before tax, not after tax.

Even after tax, part of this money will still be used as commissions and fees for assistants, agents, etc.

With a pre-tax income of 4.8 million U.S. dollars, for a Hollywood actor of Kate's caliber, the actual legal figure in her pocket is only half at most, and sometimes only 1/3, because public relations sometimes require expenses.

In other words, the $4.8 million is left to Kate to earn or save.

If her current position remains unchanged, she will have to film at least five or six movies to earn so much money.

Except for the top A-level celebrities, the actors in Hollywood generally only get a little more than half.

However, when reporting or comparing in the media, they use pre-tax income.

So many times, except for the head, the income in the entertainment industry is far from as explosive as it seems.

Of course, this also depends on what occupation it is compared to.

If compared with ordinary people, he is nothing but a walk-on.

The other formal actors are all high-income earners with gold collars or above.

This is also an attractive part of the entertainment industry.

It's glamorous and lucrative at the same time.

The premise is that you can withstand the darkness behind the light.

After hesitating for a moment, Kate said softly, "I like it very much...it's very beautiful."

It's just too precious.

It is the most precious gift she has ever received in her life.

It was much more expensive than all the gifts she had received in the past combined in value.

"That's fine. It's best if you like it." Abel said with a smile.

Compared to receiving such an expensive gift, Kate seemed a little embarrassed and touched when he mentioned it.

Abel felt nothing.

The $4.8 million Antoinette Tears, to Abel, was almost equal to a small necklace bought casually on the roadside.

On average, he can get more than this amount of dividends every day in the U.S. stock market!

In fact, on Christmas Day, except for little Laura.

Abel gave away hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts.

Among the Christmas gifts his women received.

From yachts to luxury cars, jewelry, luxury goods, etc., they are all different.

Like little Laura, what she received was a title deed to "Laura's Flower".

In the future, the Smith family's largest piece of land and property on the east coast will have two names on it, one is her and the other is Abel.

She even owns half of the house named after her.

For little Laura, this was the best Christmas gift she had ever received.

They are all future mistresses and wives, so the vital core cannot be touched by her.

This kind of industry, which is relatively less important and has a particularly strong family attribute, would be acceptable to Abel if her name appeared in it.

Like Ikana, she already owns a yacht. Among Abel's women, she is the one who can get the most "remuneration" from agreements and contracts.

The Christmas gift Ikana received from Abel turned into a mansion that her father had to sell when her father went bankrupt many times in her family's early years.

The mansion on Long Island was worth more than 20 million U.S. dollars. After Tedlena regained his fortune, he wanted to buy it back, but he was not tolerated.

He said it wasn't about money, it was just that he didn't want to sell it back to Ted Lerner.

It's useless for Ikana's father to be angry. Before he met Abel, his status in New York was indeed not high.
To be continued...