American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1282 Eavesdropping Device

Cassel couldn't help but look at Jack again, but he didn't know that even Jack didn't know what the so-called plan was.

"Shangri-La" is now in a period of expansion, but it still relies mainly on two legs. One leg is naturally the short video APP that it started with. Now it has created an American version of "Little Red Book", named "LumenNote", abbreviated as "LUNE".

Lumen is the Chinese word for lumen, a unit of luminous flux. It means light in Latin and is also a metaphor for wisdom, inspiration and even romance.

Justin came up with this name after listening to Jack's idea of ​​the positioning of the app. Everyone felt it was good. In addition, LUNE symbolizes the moon in French, which can be extended to mean "swipe every night" or "a community active at night."

Hannah and Jiejie also designed different moon patterns as the LOGO for this APP, which made Jack re-recognize the other emotional side of the two girls to some extent.

Another leg is to imitate the "Netflix" model of Jack's previous life, using streaming media services to broadcast various film and television works, while promoting some of his own film and television works.

This is where the real money is burned. Purchasing IP and scripts, hiring and training screenwriters, directors and producers are all investments with considerable risks.

In comparison, the acquisition of two fashion magazines can only be regarded as an insignificant move in this huge layout. That is why when Jack called before, Chris on the other end of the phone was a little confused, and it took him a long time to remember this.

Of course, this topic is not important. Cassel interrupted at the right time and brought the topic back to the point. "Then how do you explain that you happened to be near the crime scene around the time of Ella's death?"

When asked the key question, Marcus Conway not only did not show any guilty conscience or forced calmness, but his voice suddenly became louder. "Of course it was because she called me. She took the initiative to call me the night before and asked me to meet her."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment; this answer surprised everyone.

"Why? Didn't she reject you before?" Beckett already had a bad feeling that this case might be more complicated than they had previously imagined.

"How should I know? Maybe because she had just been fired by Miranda. Anyway, she told me that she had explosive news about Project Runway, the kind that would ruin the entire magazine if it got out."

"What's the news?" Cassel asked quickly.

Marcus Conway looked a little anxious, "If only I knew, but the problem is that I waited for two hours outside the Broadway Café and she didn't show up.

I can even tell you without reservation that when I heard the news of her death the next day, I was secretly glad. If I had known the so-called secret, I might have been silenced. "

"No, no, no, that doesn't make sense." Beckett was quick to sense something was wrong. "We checked Ella's phone and confirmed all the calls in the communication records. From the time she got off work until the accident in the early morning, she didn't call any unfamiliar numbers."

Marcus Conway sneered and took out his cell phone. "I can prove this myself. All calls to my cell phone are automatically recorded."

As he spoke, he found a call record and pressed the play button.

“Hey, it’s Ella here, I’ve changed my mind and I’m willing to take you up on your offer, I’ve uncovered some scandalous stuff that could ruin Project Runway and bring the damn magazine to its knees.

Meet at the Broadway Coffee Shop in an hour. I'll be waiting for you there." "OK, I need this recording of yours, including the caller ID." Beckett saw the other party's resistance and continued before he could object, "We are not interested in your so-called corporate espionage. Our purpose is just to catch the murderer who killed Ella."

"Also," Cassel continued, "do you also need to explain the eavesdropping?"

Now it was the turn of the two people on the opposite side to be confused. Marcus Conway and the female editor-in-chief Gloria Robbins looked at each other and saw the same expression on each other's faces.

"What do you mean by wiretapping? What are you talking about?" the lawyer asked in confusion.

"We found a bug in Ella's apartment. Didn't you do it?" Beckett asked.

Before the lawyer could speak, the editor-in-chief quickly explained, "Of course not. We would never do anything that would violate the law."
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"I never knew that the process of police investigation could be so interesting. No wonder Mr. Cassel would stay at the NYPD police station to find inspiration for his writing."

After leaving "Elegant Woman" magazine, Andy sighed.

"I think this is all thanks to you. If you weren't there, I don't think they would have been so cooperative." Beckett smiled.

Cassel also expressed his agreement, "Yes, I think we all noticed that the female editor-in-chief seemed to have recognized your identity, so she was eager to clarify herself and the magazine."

"Well, I thought I had gotten away from that circle." Andy spread his hands, "I didn't expect that I still couldn't get rid of the label of 'Miranda girl'."

Jack smiled and shook his head. "Maybe it has something to do with it, but I don't think it has much to do with it. The female editor seems to care more about your current status. A reporter for the New York Times, even though you're just an intern, is still the uncrowned king, isn't it?"

The girl smiled with her eyebrows and eyes curved like two beautiful crescent moons, "Is that so?"

"Of course, but strictly speaking, the reason why she knows that you are now a reporter for the New York Times seems to be because you were Miranda's not long ago. Oh, okay, just forget what I said."

The writer, who liked to tell the truth, was hit by the female detective's elbow and shut his mouth obediently, while Jack and Andy looked at each other and smiled.

Everyone returned to the 12th Precinct. The funny duo was tracking clues about the bug. Cassel sat down at Beckett's desk as usual and looked through the information on it.

"Okay, Kevin just sent a message confirming that Ella used the landline in the apartment to call Marcus Conway, so now the key point of the matter is the bug.

I just checked the map, and she told Conway to see her in an hour, but it only takes 20 minutes from her apartment to the coffee shop, which is near the alley where she was killed.

So the person who heard the call through the wiretap is most likely her murderer."

Although the case became a little complicated, the clues had been basically sorted out. Beckett wrote and drew on the whiteboard, and finally put a big question mark on the word "bug".

(End of this chapter)