The Wolf of Los Angeles.

When Kobe and the other two returned to Twitter, they had reached a consensus.

Before getting off the car, Vanessa pointed to the office building outside and asked, "Do we really have to pay them a high fee?"

Steve's words changed Pelinka's mindset a lot. He took the initiative to take responsibility: "This is my fault. I should use money to solve the problem as soon as possible."

Kobe shook his head: "You have nothing to do with it. I just thought too simply that I didn't do it. Facts and justice should be on my side. Public opinion and the law should give me justice."

He looked bitter: "It turns out that I can only play basketball. In other aspects...Steve Nutt is much better than me."

It was still in the same reception room that the two sides met again.

Pelinka asked, “Can you really turn this around?”

Yangtuizi still rushed to the front and said, "As for Twitter's commercial secrets, I can only tell you that Twitter spent a huge amount of money to buy key news materials from Eagle County."

Kobe had made up his mind at this time. This time, he didn't say anything nonsense. He looked at Hawke and said directly, "Mr. Osmond, I would like to hire you as my crisis public relations manager and entrust your West Coast studio to be fully responsible for handling the media public relations matters of the Eagle County incident."

Edward was a little curious. The other party's attitude changed a little too quickly.

Kobe was young and impulsive. He had never given a penny before, but now he has figured it out and said, "I am willing to pay $300 million for it."

Pelinka looked at Kobe and saw Kobe nod, then said, "We are willing to buy out the copyright of all news materials purchased by Twitter related to the Eagle County incident for $500 million, regardless of the specific content, and authorize Twitter to publish it with full authority."

Hawke simply said: "Call your lawyers and we'll sign the contract."

The total amount was a huge sum of $800 million, and even though Kobe and Vanessa were mentally prepared, they still felt a pang of pain.

It’s easier to deal with men, after all, Kobe has a big heart on the court.

Vanessa couldn't help but mutter in her heart that the number Catherine Faber asked for was not much higher.

She asked: "How far can you turn the situation around?"

Hawke was very professional in dealing with clients who paid large sums of money. He could more or less guess what was on the client's mind and said directly, "What would happen if you paid compensation to Catherine Faber and finally reached a settlement? The matter seemed to be resolved, but Kobe would carry the reputation of a brute force offender for the rest of his life, and his value would be greatly reduced in the eyes of fans, the league, and businesses."

This is not difficult to understand, Kobe and Pelinka nodded slightly.

Hawke added: "If Kathryn Faber is framing Kobe, Kobe is just cheating." He looked at Vanessa and said: "That is your private matter, you can just solve it behind closed doors. Besides, there are too many celebrities who cheated in Hollywood and the sports world, and their commercial value will not be greatly affected."

Edward suddenly said, "Dude, it's a good thing you didn't mess with a man, that would be trouble."

The Kobe couple's faces instantly turned darker than Edward's.

Not long after, the lawyer came over and the two parties formally signed the agreement.

Kobe made the first payments to Twitter and West Coast Studios, $300 million and $200 million respectively.

Edward brought the video footage, asked Kobe's opinion, and then played it directly on the spot.

After reading it, Kobe's face looked very ugly and his mood was very complicated. On the one hand, this could prove his innocence.

On the other hand, I was actually photographed by someone.

Kobe asked, "Where did these come from?"

"I bought it at a high price." Caroline said seriously, "As for the specific source, I can't tell you. The Press Act stipulates that the source of news shall not be disclosed, and those who provide news are protected. This is the basic principle of press freedom."

In the past six months, Twitter has been acquiring news materials.

Pelinka had his doubts, but the most important thing now was to get Kobe out of trouble. He said, "We hand this over to the Eagle County police?"

"No, handing it over to the Eagle County police alone will not calm public opinion, but will trigger a new wave of public opinion crisis." Hawke said seriously: "Compared with Catherine Faber, the hotel receptionist, Kobe is a multi-millionaire and an absolute strong man. Even if the Eagle County police announce that they have key evidence to prove Kobe's innocence, public opinion and the public will still not let Kobe go."

Pelinka was thoughtful.

Hawke continued, "Let me ask you, if Kobe is not guilty, will public opinion calm down quickly? Newspaper sales will drop, TV ratings will drop, website clicks will decrease... In order to continue to attract attention, they will question. The public naturally does not believe in celebrities and official statements, and will continue to question Kobe's guilt. Public opinion will still be unfavorable to Kobe."

He emphasized: "Public opinion can kill people! It can make a person socially dead!"

Kobe and Pelinka, one is a sports star and the other is an agent. Although they are not good at public relations, they are not completely unfamiliar with media opinion.

The former suddenly said: "Michael Jackson..."

Hawke asked Kobe: "Do you want to live in the doubt of public opinion for the rest of your life? Do you want to always bear the reputation of a strong suspect?"

"No, never!" Kobe shook his head quickly: "That's too scary!"

Pelinka also thought of the serious consequences. The losses from commercial endorsements alone would be extremely exaggerated.

Kobe asked, "What are you going to do?"

Hawke had already thought about it and said, "Catherine has been blinded by money. She will only make one choice and stick to it. We will first release the two videos of you and Catherine kissing. Catherine is active in the videos. This will not change the direction of public opinion, but it will attract Catherine to stand up and refute. She will definitely have to make up new lies."

He reached out to Caroline, took the water handed to him by Lamb Leg, unscrewed it and took a sip, then continued, "The more lies she makes up, the greater the backlash she will suffer when the video in the room is released."

Vanessa asked, "Does the video have to be made public?"

"The release of the video has two effects," Hawke explained. "First, it can expose Kathryn's lies and prove Kobe's innocence. Second, it can effectively divert public attention, and the focus of future discussions will be on the video itself."

He added: "Twitter is a legitimate media, the video will be blurred." Kobe and Pelinka looked at each other and said, "Okay."

Hawke said to Caroline, "Prepare for execution."

Caroline went from being a lamb to a female elite, left the reception room, called Sasha, and started the next step.

The plans have been prepared in advance, and now that the customer has paid, they must be executed without fail.

That afternoon, Twitter released news again about the Kobe incident.

"This site has received a new video mailed by a Kobe fan, and there seems to be a new story behind the Qiangjian case."

Below the news headlines are two videos.

The content of the video is all about Katherine Faber kissing Kobe.

Twitter has once again become the focus of the entire Internet.

There was an uproar in Eagle County.

There were hundreds of reporters, including the paparazzi, gathered there, frantically digging for news. Although they did find some, it was all said verbally, with no photos or videos at all.

Twitter, far away in Los Angeles, not only grabbed exclusive headlines and changed its stance, but also continuously revealed exclusive news.

These reporters became even more crazy. While digging deep for exclusive news, they began to surround Catherine Faber, one of the parties involved.

Some of those who had a keen sense of news had a feeling that Catherine was about to collapse.

When Katherine went out to the Eagle County Police Station for routine questioning about the video, she was blocked by dozens of reporters.

A reporter asked: "In the latest video posted on Twitter, you took the initiative to kiss Kobe. How do you explain it?"

Juan was among the reporters, shouting at the top of his voice: "Did you have sex with Kobe voluntarily, and then you wanted to make money from it?"

This prompted other reporters to ask questions one after another, and each question hit home.

Katherine had never experienced such a scene before. She was so shocked that she said loudly, "I had a crush on Kobe and liked him very much, so I kissed him, but I didn't expect him to use violence against me."

The next morning, what Catherine said to the reporters was published by countless print and online media.

On Twitter, voices questioning Catherine gradually emerged.

There were so many users who pushed the issue that it soon affected other websites.

Public opinion on the Internet has been affected.

Taking this opportunity, Twitter released another video.

The title this time is quite offensive.

"Katherine Faber's scars appear to be fake!"

The video was shot at the door of the hotel's female staff locker room. It can be clearly seen that before Catherine entered the locker room, there were no scars on her face or neck, but when she came out, her face was covered with bruises.

In addition, below the video, there is an appraisal of the authenticity of the video by a third-party organization.

The entire Internet was in an uproar, and public opinion online was changing.

"This woman is obviously lying. Her words cannot be trusted."

"If the so-called assault evidence is false, can the other evidence be true?"

"She must want money!"

There are also peers, such as the Twitter account of the Los Angeles Times, which @ed the official Twitter account and asked for the source of the news.

Twitter officially announced that the video came from another fan of Kobe, who had more important evidence in his hands and was rushing to Los Angeles from Eagle County.

These news drew the attention of all those who were concerned about the Kobe Gate incident, as well as media reporters, to Twitter.

In just two days, more than 50 media outlets contacted Twitter and wanted to open official Twitter accounts.

Announcing in advance that so-called important evidence is about to be obtained is also a kind of "see you on Monday".

Catherine of Eagle County fell into complete silence.

After two days of fermentation, just when the media and public expectations reached their peak, Twitter released the news again.

This time, there was no news headline, just a video with key parts blurred out.

In the video, Catherine was proactive and passionate. Not only did she take off her clothes, she also stopped the man from using safety measures, claiming that using those rubber products would not allow her to enjoy herself.

Afterwards, accompanied by his lawyer, Kobe walked into the FBI Los Angeles branch to report the case to the police. While providing video evidence, he claimed that he had been slandered and framed.

The FBI announced that it had officially accepted the case. (End of this chapter)