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Chapter 180

Many studies have shown that major psychological trauma in childhood will have an impact on a person's life. Even though most people seem to be no different from normal people on the surface, their bodies will always remember that pain.

They may be paranoid and stubborn, or sensitive and vulnerable, or indifferent and withdrawn, and lack the ability to establish intimate relationships with others. Some people desire to be loved but cannot correctly feel and accept the love of others, and even subconsciously hurt those around them.

And this kind of individuals with hidden trauma and strong sense of insecurity are the precisely selected targets of the Nxivm organization founded by Keith Ranier and others.

Like Josie Horton.

This popular actress and heiress is a typical achievement-oriented personality, with a strong sense of competitiveness as one of her main character traits, fear of failure to the point of anxiety, and a great desire for approval and admiration.

Because birth is the end of life in the public sense, and her career is so successful, ordinary people's distress about reality can no longer resonate with her, but the empty spiritual world has yet to be filled.

——This gave Nxivm the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Before starting the whole plan, Keith Ranier, together with his think tank and former psychiatric nurse Nancy Salzman, based on the detailed investigation report of the Bronfman family on Josie Horton, believed that a very recent Good time to start.

First of all, after the final trial, the Hollywood mogul who repeatedly threatened Josie Horton faced less than two years of imprisonment, during which time he was even released on working parole.

This means that the shadow hanging over Josie Horton's head has not dissipated, and may make a comeback.

Secondly, in order to cast the Lord of the Rings series of movies, she failed to get help from her father, so she had to mortgage most of the property under her name.

The profit prospects of the film are still unknown, and the pressure of a girl in her early twenties with a loan of hundreds of millions of dollars can be imagined.

In the end, she insisted on choosing an Asian actor as the leading actor in her first action movie, which is a dangerous and irrational choice in both the Hollywood industry and the mass media.

As filming draws to a close, so does the fear and anxiety of failure, which is one of the Achilles' heels of people like Josie Horton.

Once she falls into confusion or anxiety, the whole plan will be half successful first.

But what is surprising is that Nxivm did not hesitate to use the family power of top follower Claire Bronfman to set up a seemingly simple but precise trap, but it did not get the effect they expected.

Even... backfired.

"Hello, Miss Horton."

Inside the room, Keith Ranier said.

He sat upright and relaxed, with his hands folded on his knees, as if he was not affected by Josie's appearance, his eyes were clear and soft, and he only had some proper appreciation of beautiful things, without any extra emotion.

Josie sat opposite him, and said a little casually: "Thank you for your help, Mr. Ranier, tonight is really thrilling enough."

Keith Ranier's eyelids and the corners of his mouth lifted up quietly, his pride and arrogance were well hidden under this gentle and elegant face.

He acted according to his original script, pretending to be indifferent: "It's okay, actually I can't help much..."

"Oh, it would be great if you were self-aware about this." Josie cut off the conversation directly, raised one eyebrow, and was very rude, "Mr. Ranier, look at the bruises on your face, you won't really Think you can save me?"

With Keith Ranier's stiff expression almost fixed, she stood up on her own, poured herself a glass of water, took a sip, and said casually: "To be honest, a person like you who doesn't fight I can knock down at least two white-collar workers who have been lacking in basics and exercise for a long time, but who asked my publicist to tell me that I have to thank you symbolically? Well, let’s put it this way, it’s a waste of time.”

Keith Ranier almost couldn't maintain that gentle face, and was temporarily shocked by her arrogance and arrogance that belonged to a child from a rich family, and even felt a little familiar as expected.

In fact, it's not that no one is as unaffected by Nixvim as she is after stepping into Nixvim's elaborate trap.

For example, his most important student, Claire Bronfman, once tried to introduce his brother to join the club, but Keith Ranier's proud psychological hints and mind control had no effect on that damned egomaniac. Provoked himself to be severely humiliated by him.

But now he is facing Josie Horton!

In the investigation report obtained secretly by Claire Bronfman, Joe, who was psychologically traumatized by witnessing her mother’s suicide, was naturally hostile to men and desperately longed to be loved, and who could make her give up when others unintentionally helped her Sissy Horton!

Because Keanu Reeves helped her casually at the beginning, didn't this woman "justice" for the former like a mad dog, and even went head-to-head with Hollywood bigwigs like David Geffen—— Why, if he were replaced, he would become the female version of Edgar Bronfman Jr.?

This kind of arrogant and rude style is really similar.

Many thoughts flashed through Keith Raniere's mind, but he was always polite on the surface. He laughed off Josie's offense, resolutely gave up the original plan, and said, "If this is the case, then I won't bother you, Holden Miss."

He was about to get up and leave.

All this is obviously different from what he expected.

According to common sense, no matter what the purpose was and what he wanted to get, he did help Josie regardless of the danger at that time, which should be able to gain the other party's favor.

But in fact it didn't.

Qiao Qian watched the evil leader walk to the door of her bedroom, and before he was about to go out, she suddenly asked, "Wait, is your spiritual class really useful?"

Keith Ranelton stopped in his tracks, turned his head and smiled, and replied: "Correction, that is a psychological healing course. And, since you are completely unable to deliver trust, our course will not help you, so I personally suggest that you go to a professional doctor."

Josie was a little bit surprised. Regarding Keith Ranier's answer, she didn't continue to keep this dangerous person. Instead, she called Jason in. Even Kelly didn't know that they were discussing inside. What.

But Kelly still had to bite the bullet and knock on the bedroom door, because there was another trouble on her side——

"Boss, Ms. Kidman sent a 'gift' over." Kelly tried to control her expression.

Josie glanced at Kelly suspiciously, first asked Jason to leave here to do something, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"Emmmm..." Kelly hesitated for a moment, and could only say, "The one who is in charge of delivering the presents, seems a little too spicy?"

...

Keith Raniere left the hotel suite where Josie was staying and went to another luxury suite on the top floor. Someone was already waiting there, and the other party even opened a bottle of champagne for celebration.

But all this in front of him made him feel irritated.

After refusing the glass of champagne, Keith Ranier took off his coat, tore off the collar of his blue Oxford shirt, and threw himself onto the sofa in the living room with an annoyed and displeased expression.

"She is completely different from the psychological evaluation results in that investigation report." Keith Raniere said to the young woman: "Claire, our plan A will not work at all, and I am very suspicious now, the next Does Plan B still work?"

The one called "Claire" is Claire Bronfman, one of Keith Ranier's most loyal followers and the heiress of the Seagram Group. She is far inferior to her elder brother Edgar Bronfman Jr. Man, with the air of a rich and noble son, is a rigid young woman with a tall and slender figure.

Claire Bronfman's original smile froze on her face, and she put down the champagne in her hand, "How could this be... My father sent someone to collect all the information about Josie Horton from childhood to adulthood, and asked experts to evaluate her Psychological problems, the results should be very informative."

"But it did go wrong," Keith Ranier emphasized. "She's not just emotional, she's a heartless machine. Did you know that after what happened in the parking lot, she didn't even I didn’t shed a few tears, I found someone to deal with and investigate immediately, even after I left, I was in the mood to call a stripper——Damn, wait, Claire, the person you are looking for will be fine, right? ?”

"If there is any problem, it will not implicate us, Keith." Claire Bronfman is very confident about this, "There must be some accident in the middle, and there should be no problem with the script we made. You talked to her personally Yet?"

Keith Raniere had a headache and said, "To be honest, I didn't have a chance to have a good conversation with her. Maybe it's because I'm not Keanu Reeves. That girl's character is simply..."

Perhaps the biggest flaw in the plan is that no one expected that her three views only follow the five senses. It is also the fact that a hero saves the beauty. Keanu Reeves has successfully become her "hero", but what about him?

Well, he's not as handsome as the big Hollywood movie stars, but in terms of charisma, he thinks he's better than the empty-headed rich kid.

So why exactly?

Thinking of Josie Horton's tone of voice that he was afraid of entanglement with him earlier, Keith Ranier couldn't help but grit his teeth with hatred, but he wanted this Wall Street heiress to become another follower of himself, just like Claire in front of him . Bronfman like that.

Claire Bronfman wondered, "What's the matter?"

"It's like another Bronfman II."

Keith Raniere glanced at Claire Bronfman, successfully reminding the Bronfman heiress of her domineering father and beloved but extremely stupid brother.

Her face turned pale.

"Don't worry, Claire, things are not that bad yet." Keith Raniere reached out and gently held Claire Bronfman's forearm, "Tomorrow you will come to the door with the excuse of thanking her for saving me, trust her Wouldn't turn down friendship from a Bronfman—if she's as smart as the report says."

Claire Bronfman was noncommittal for a moment, but she didn't withdraw her hand, but raised her eyes hesitantly, as if she wanted to find something from Keith Ranier's face.

Obviously, the latter's expression is as gentle and tolerant as ever, which makes people believe.

Keith Ranier let him look at him and didn't speak.

What can he say?

Said that he had long coveted Josie Horton, was fascinated by beauty and wanted to steal her heart, but was ridiculed instead?

O thorny rose, that's fine.

Despite thinking so, the so-called spiritual teacher asked softly: "Claire, you can do it, right?"

Claire Bronfman no longer had any doubts, and nodded obediently.