America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz-Chapter 922 - 864 Split Personality

Chapter 922: Chapter 864: Split Personality

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Chapter 922: Chapter 864: Split Personality

Los Angeles in summer scorched once the sun climbed high.

Dozens of paparazzi gathered in the shade near the main entrance of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, occasionally glancing at the doorway, waiting for their target to emerge.

Last night, an insider had leaked that Martin Davis spent the night at the hotel with Annie Hathaway and Jessica Chastain.

These Hollywood stars really know how to live it up, with no sense of moral boundaries.

However, the paparazzi were used to it—aren’t all entertainment circles around the world just as rotten?

They didn’t have to wait long before the hotel’s main doors opened, and Martin, wearing sunglasses, came out accompanied by Annie Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, heading toward the parking area along the roadside.

The three of them laughed and joked as they walked, with a fair amount of physical interaction, indicating a relationship that was more than usually intimate.

The paparazzi quickly raised their cameras and camcorders to take pictures. Although Martin’s scandal wasn’t particularly valuable, it could still fetch a few thousand dollars.

The reason it wasn’t as valuable wasn’t due to Martin’s status or lack of popularity but rather the abundance of his scandals.

For instance, if they captured Tom Hanks cheating, that would be a super-hot scoop that would shock all of America.

But capturing Martin was just so-so.

As soon as the three shameless Hollywood stars got into their car, the paparazzi dispersed, either tweeting immediately or contacting other media buyers.

In less than half an hour, the gossip about Martin being with two women had spread across the entire internet.

The public merely gasped in amazement after seeing it.

Martin drove himself, dropping off Annie Hathaway and Jessica Chastain one by one, then headed to the Beverly Mental Clinic.

A few days ago, he had made an appointment with Dr. Laura, who had been his psychologist during his Joker role.

Inside the spacious office, Dr. Laura, wearing a white lab coat, pushed up her glasses, looked at Martin seated across from her, silently opened a cabinet, retrieved a blanket, and said, “I’ve always kept this ready for you, but you haven’t been back.”

Years ago, Martin had claimed that the Joker role caused him serious psychological problems and he came in for therapy every week when, in fact, he just came here to nap.

He didn’t take the blanket, waving his hand, “I’m here to consult, not because I have a problem, but because of a role.”

Dr. Laura put the blanket away and asked, “A role like the Joker?”

Martin said directly, “I don’t know if you’ve seen the news, but I’m preparing to play a character with multiple personalities.”

Due to their past interactions, Dr. Laura always kept up with news about Martin and nodded slightly, “Based on Billy Milligan?”

Martin opened the bag he brought and placed some documents on the table, “These are personal records of Billy Milligan.”

“No need,” Dr. Laura smiled, “Billy has been the focus of study for all North American psychologists. I studied all his cases in detail during university.”

Martin wasn’t surprised; Billy Milligan was a reference for many Hollywood characters with multiple personalities, “I’ve come to ask about issues related to multiple personalities.”

He briefly stated, “Although I’ve met Billy a few times, his illness has progressed to the point where he can’t get out of bed and finds it difficult to speak. I’ve met a few other patients with multiple personalities, but they’re not as clear-cut as Billy; it feels somewhat abstract.”

As they delved deeper into Dr. Laura’s field of expertise, she asked, “What do you mean by abstract?”

Martin pondered and replied, “The patients with double or triple personalities I’ve met don’t express each personality distinctly. It might manifest in various ways in life, but in a two-hour movie, it’s bound to confuse the audience.”

Dr. Laura’s clinic was located in Beverly, and actors were her most common clients. She immediately understood Martin’s point, “I don’t quite understand acting, but the manifestation of a split personality… well, psychologically speaking, everyone has duality or triplet within, which most people can control and decide when to present which facet to whom or what.”

Martin nodded slightly; he was one such person. In fact, most Hollywood stars wore multiple faces to deal with different situations.

Dr. Laura continued, “For some patients with multiple personalities, during the initial stage, the hidden sides are amplified continuously, eventually emerging as partially or fully independent cognitive selves. The latter is rarer but more distinctly expressed.”

Martin enlightened, “So, the patients I’ve met may not have formed a complete self-awareness in their alternate personalities?”

“That’s a possibility,” Dr. Laura analyzed succinctly, “Even in the realm of dissociative identity disorder, cases like Billy’s are incredibly rare. According to records left from that time, each of his personalities had a relatively complete self-awareness.”

Martin asked, “Does each personality also have its own distinct external expressions?”

Dr. Laura was serious when discussing her work, “That’s precisely what I’m getting at. If you want the movie audience to clearly differentiate each personality, this is the angle to approach. Based on what I know, when each personality becomes a complete entity, it has its own character and preferences, varying from food, clothing, and emotional expression to their worldviews.”

Martin mused, “External traits are manifestations of the inner personality; by presenting distinct external characteristics, completely different personalities can be expressed.”