The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Century City, Fox Tower.

20th Century Fox's annual party was held here, and the film and television group and television network invited many partners to participate.

As soon as Roger Ailes saw Hawke, he quickly came forward and shook hands with him enthusiastically: "We have been cooperating for many years and are each other's most important strategic partners."

Hawke also smiled and said: "Fox TV and News Corporation are my and Twitter's partners in traditional media. Our cooperation has led to success time and time again."

Fox's own photographers were in the ballroom.

Hawke and Roger Ailes shook hands, turned to look at the camera, waited for the photographer to finish shooting, hugged each other again, and let the camera continue shooting.

One party is good at new Internet media, and the other party belongs to traditional media. For now, the two sides have a strategic partnership.

The last time Hawke attended a Fox party was two years ago, when Roger Ailes just responded politely.

Today, Hawke looks around and sees only good people around him.

At least they all appear to be good people.

Megan Taylor came over at this time and accompanied Hawke to other places.

During this time, many people came closer and greeted Hawke.

Megan also introduced Hawke to several people.

Among them was a young blond woman.

"This is Harley Wayne, an independent reporter for Fox News." Standing opposite Megan was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and a heart-shaped face: "Harley, this is Hawke, the chairman and CEO of Twitter."

Harley shook hands with Hawke and said, "I registered a Twitter account and often post some news on it."

Hawke was somewhat impressed by this upright female reporter with extremely high professionalism, and said, "I've heard of you and have seen several of your special reports. Your level is quite high."

In front of Megan, he directly poached her: "Harley, are you interested in working at Twitter? The salary will be doubled."

Although she was not a subordinate of Channel 11, she was still an executive of Fox Television Network. Megan spread her hands to Hawke and said, "Can you ask this without me?"

But Harley refused without hesitation: "I am good at traditional media such as newspapers and television. I don't know how new media works. I should stay in the field I am good at."

Hawke didn't force it, and after chatting for a few words, James Murdoch came over.

Megan said goodbye to Harley and left together.

James and Hawke were also old acquaintances. After coming over, he said, "I met Brian this afternoon."

Fox Group also clearly stood on Bryan's side in this gubernatorial election. Hawke smiled and said, "You have gained a lot. Congratulations."

James didn't hide it at all: "Just a little reward."

He turned to Hawke and asked: "Who are you going to support in the 2008 election?"

The candidates within the Elephant Party have been roughly determined: Johnny McCain and Tom Emmerich.

Hawke said directly: "There is no rush to make a decision."

James agreed: "We have the most important media channels, and we shouldn't be the ones who are anxious."

The two skipped this topic, after all, there is still time before the election.

James added: "I am now in charge of 20th Century Fox, and it is difficult to raise funds for many projects now."

Hawke said: "Isn't Hollywood advocating to use other people's money to make your own movies?"

"It's too difficult to get money out of other people's wallets." James found Hawke not only to discuss these things, but also for other purposes: "I heard that one of your foundations has invested in film projects one after another?"

Hawke asked, "You want to take advantage of me."

James is thick-skinned enough: "You can choose any of Fox's big-budget movie projects."

Hawke immediately followed up: "I heard that James Cameron is preparing a new film project."

Hearing this terrifying name, James' face changed: "This guy is a bottomless pit, so scary, he will chase after you and ask for money, money and more money!"

Hawke nodded: "I've heard of it."

James said in an exaggerated tone: "Several executives of 20th Century Fox paid too much sunk costs, and were almost forced to jump off a building by James Cameron later on."

If 20th Century Fox had not been forced to a certain limit by money, it would not have sold the North American rights of the film to Paramount Pictures.

Hawke said: "Maybe James Cameron can create miracles again."

James knew a little bit about the new film project that Cameron was planning. It was a huge investment and would eventually require external financing. Hawke also had Twitter, the most efficient online media platform, and he immediately said, "I'll have someone notify you when the project enters the financing stage."

He took over 20th Century Fox and needed to make achievements. First of all, he had to find money. He asked Hawke: "Do you have any overseas investors to introduce? I plan to contact Bollywood."

"When doing business with Indians, you must be careful because their business reputation is extremely poor." Hawke reminded: "If you invest, you must let the Indians invest in one step. If the Indians want to buy something, make them pay in full."

Because the person who made these suggestions was not an ordinary person, James took it very seriously: "I wrote it down."

Hawke thought that doing business with Indians was just like selling toilet paper in India or selling green hats on the other side of Taiping. The risks were extremely high.

On the other side, Paris saw Hawke as soon as she entered the hall. Seeing James Murdoch leaving, she hurried over, pulling at the hem of her skirt, and deliberately raised her voice: "Hawk!"

Hawke turned his head and looked at her, looking her up and down: "You look really beautiful tonight, and your temperament is much better than before."

Paris winked at him: "Because I have money, I have the confidence."

Hawke laughed: "I heard that you have opened a chain of nightclubs."

"It's all thanks to your planning." After the videotape incident that year, Paris paid Hawke to help her design her life strategy. She began her transformation with "Going with Paris" and at the same time entered the variety show, candy, fashion and other industries.

With the help of the Hilton family's resources, she has achieved success in these industries and is currently using her own fame to invest in a chain of nightclubs in collaboration with others.

The two of them got champagne and had a drink.

Hawke said: "The publicity measures you have taken are very good. They are in line with your personality and can win exposure."

Paris, Britney and Lindsay Lohan form a trio of swinging sisters that regularly make headlines in gossip media.

Many people think this is depravity.

In reality, this was a publicity stunt carefully planned by Paris.

She smiled and said, "Compared to your strategic decisions, these are just some shady little tricks I can use."

Hawke praised: "It's a good idea to bring Britney along."

Paris pointed to her forehead and said, "She's not very good here. She always does stupid things, so stupid that it makes people angry."

Hawke acted curious: "Didn't I help her get rid of Jamie Spears? Is she being controlled by someone again?"

"That's about right." Paris has been Britney's best friend for the past few years and knows a lot about her situation. She whispered, "She has always been a white singer, but she got involved in the black rap circle and is very close to the bragging gang. She recently found a boyfriend from the bragging circle and no one can persuade her to stop."

Hawke thought for a moment: "As I recall, Britney wasn't interested in black people."

Paris looked around, called Hawke to stay away from the crowd, and whispered, "A few months ago, we got drunk together... No, to be exact, Lindsay and Britney got drunk. We discussed this matter. Britney said that Bragging drugged her, and the instigator was her new boyfriend Lou Taylor Pucci, but she likes Lou Pucci very much, so let it go."

Hawke nodded: "This is something Britney can do."

Paris shrugged: "This stupid woman is a total love-brain."

If this happened to other women, it would be incredible, but if it happened to Britney, it would be normal.

Paris added: "I suspect Lou Pucci is cheating Britney of her money. Britney has borrowed money from me twice. Although the amount is not much, she has a high income after leaving Jamie and should not be short of money."

Hawke frowned: "Hasn't she experienced a similar scam?"

"If she learns from her experience, she won't be Britney Spears anymore." Paris, who has some feelings for Britney, said, "Can you please help her again?" Hawke refused at first: "I don't do crisis public relations and strategic consulting anymore."

Paris naturally understood that it was unrealistic to ask Hawke to do these things now.

Hawke continued, "From a friend's perspective, Paris, as you said, Britney and Lou Pucci are in the stage of passionate love, which is when people's minds are most likely to get excited. If you intervene rashly, not only will you not be able to help Britney, but it will also cause your relationship with her to completely break down."

Paris has a lot of experience in love and thinks this possibility is very high.

What Hawke needs is not to save Britney Spears, but how to apply Mrs. Cow's affairs to his own plan.

He asked, “Does Lindsay know about this?”

Paris shook her head: "She was drunk and sleeping like a dead pig."

Hawke said: "Don't make it public yet, wait until Britney is over the honeymoon period."

"I understand." Even someone like Paris was helpless with Britney: "I haven't told anyone except you."

She hesitated, then added, "If you hadn't helped Britney get rid of her father's control, I wouldn't even tell you."

As a friend, Paris found this kind of thing too embarrassing. A pop music queen was drugged and ended up having sex with her.

Only someone with a pig brain like Britney could be so stupid.

James Cameron arrived during the latter part of the party.

After James' introduction, Hawke chatted with him for a while and talked about his new project "Avatar".

This film has no innovation in the plot, it is still the same old routine that Hollywood has used for years, but the key lies in the technology and special effects.

The latter relies entirely on burning money.

James Cameron is still working on the script and is only in the initial stages of development.

On the way back in the car, Hawke put "Avatar" behind his mind and kept thinking about Britney.

If there is a chance, you can invest in "Avatar", but if you can't, it doesn't matter.

Compared to political gains, the film industry makes money too slowly.

Hawke had long understood why Mr. Dong could become someone who surpassed the God of Stocks.

He called Campos and told him what he had learned.

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The next morning, Campos came out of the house, kissed goodbye to the woman who followed him out, and drove to the company.

After his revenge in Mexico, he bought property in Los Angeles and got a girlfriend.

The woman was also from Latin America and was the sister of a mercenary from Hurricane Company who died in Africa.

Campos' car approached the Butterfly Company.

At an intersection that is the only way to enter the company, there is a roadside parking area where many cars are parked every day. In one of the business cars, a man with a scar on his face raised a camera and took a picture of Campos' car.

He said: "These bastards are so rich that they drive bulletproof cars."

The person in the driver's seat received a text message saying, "The shift relief has arrived. We can go back to sleep."

Scar put away his camera and said, "Let's go, let's find a place to have breakfast."

The driver started the car and turned out of the area. As he accelerated, he asked, "Why doesn't Adams let us follow him 24 hours a day? It would be easier to find him this way."

Scar said, "He has a lot of people following him. They all learned bad things from Hawke Osmond."

The driver couldn't help but repeat Scar's words: "These bastards are really rich."

Scar stretched his body lazily. "This is the enemy's base camp. They have money and people. The Butterfly Company alone has hundreds of security personnel, and there are nearly a hundred tough ones. We must be careful. Once we are exposed, there may be hundreds of guns waiting for us."

"The boss is right," the driver praised, "Only if we protect ourselves well can we gain something."

The two found a fast food restaurant, had a quick breakfast, changed a car, and returned to the villa on 14th Street in Santa Monica.

Adams, a bald middle-aged white man, had just finished his breakfast and asked the two, "Did you find anything?"

Scar said the same thing: "Don't get too close, what can you find?"

He walked to the whiteboard in the living room and pointed to the two people in the photo. "We have tried everything we can, but we can't find any information about Sean Ackerman and Melissa Ackerman."

The driver picked up a bottle of wine, unscrewed it and took two sips: "Boss, did anyone else get anything?"

Adams took out a wet wipe and wiped his hands: "No, one of them disappeared in Rosario, Mexico, and the other disappeared on the way back to Beverly from Malibu. All the people accompanying them died. There is no surveillance video and no witnesses."

He threw the wipes into the trash can. "The biggest beneficiaries of the Ackerman family's demise are the Ferguson family. The two most critical people in the Ferguson family's resurgence are Brian and Hawke Osment. According to our understanding from various sources, Brian used to be a playboy, not the way he is now. After he met Hawke, he became much more radical."

Scar continued, "When Hawke first came to Los Angeles, he worked as a paparazzi and later did crisis public relations. From the cases he created, it is not difficult to find that he does things unscrupulously. According to news from Washington, Hawke is very likely to have planned the Covina car accident and the Redford incident, etc., although there is not even a shred of evidence."

Adams came to the whiteboard and stared at the photo of Hawke pasted on it. "After defeating the Ackerman family, the Ferguson family rose again. If the siblings were still alive and were useful to the Ferguson family, where would they hide them?"

The driver replied, "Put it in Mexico? No, that's too far. The Ferguson family's sphere of influence is in Southern California."

That’s what they say, but with a population of several million in Los Angeles, how can we find the siblings?

Apart from anything else, there were more than a dozen of them, and they moved very carefully, never getting close to the target person, and those people also did not notice their presence.

The city is too big and has too many people, and there are very few places with public surveillance.

Adams looked at the map of Venice next to him and said, "You make sense. The most likely place for the Ferguson family to get the siblings is Los Angeles. They have two places to choose from. One is their own security company, but that place is located in the downtown area, and it's not suitable for people coming and going. The other place is here!"

He pointed at the address of the current Butterfly Security Company, the former Venice Yacht Marina. "This place originally belonged to the Ackerman family's club. It is surrounded by tall walls. There should be prison cells or other places inside. It is the most suitable place to detain people."

Scar has been filming there lately, and he quickly found a bunch of photos and looked through them: "The Butterfly Company doesn't look like a company or a private yacht club, it looks more like a simple prison."

Adams had just spoken when his cell phone rang. It was Abedin calling from Washington.

Abedin asked if there was any news about the Ackerman siblings.

Adams could only say sorry.

No one said anything on the other end, but the fact that the phone call came in also showed an attitude.

Adams had been receiving high commissions from the other party and was bound to achieve some results, but after arriving in Los Angeles, he was restricted in his actions.

He said, "There's another call from Washington."

Scar was very conscious: "It seems that if we want to take some action, we must give some explanation."

Adams was still cautious: "It's not easy to get in."

The driver suggested: "What about from the sea?"

Adams shook his head. "We have observed from a distance at sea. There are armed guards on the beach. Don't forget that this is America. It is not a backward place where we have been stationed for a long time. Infrared and monitoring alarm devices are an insurmountable threshold."

The driver still didn't give up: "How about we call the police? Just say that the Butterfly Company has illegally imprisoned many people..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Adams and Scar staring at him with contempt, so he quickly shut his mouth.

Adams said: "This kind of case can only be handled by the FBI, LAPD or Homeland Security. Do you think that when they receive the alarm, will the Ferguson family and Hawke Osment get the news? Will the other party infer that there are people hiding in Los Angeles who are targeting them?"

Scar said: "We can only act secretly and sneak in to find out the news."

Adams nodded: "Look for the construction drawings of this club and other information." (End of this chapter)