The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Century City Beverly Business Club.

Indian tycoon Anil Ambani entered and saw three people. The one in front, exuding an artistic air, was Eric, the Oscar-winning director he had met in Mumbai. The short man following behind was Hollywood star Tom Cruise.

The dark-haired man standing at the very back, motionless, was clearly the host of the day, Hawke Osment.

The other person was younger than he had imagined, looking to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

Anil dared not underestimate the situation in the slightest, for he thought of his father.

These entrepreneurs who became super-rich all fought their way out of fierce competition.

Eric introduced them to each other, and Hawke said, "Welcome to Los Angeles."

Anil said, "I've wanted to come to Hollywood for a long time, to invest in the Hollywood film industry, and to make a classic Hollywood film full of Indian flavor."

Hawke said, "This year's Oscar-winning Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire, was a great success and brought India to the world's attention."

“The film is somewhat one-sided, and the director has a prejudice against India.” Anil clearly disliked “Slumdog Millionaire”: “He only filmed a small part of Mumbai, but ignored Mumbai’s prosperity and wealth. Mumbai, like New York and Los Angeles, is a world-class international metropolis.”

Eric and Tom Cruise looked at each other and decided to remain silent.

Hawke laughed and said, "British films are always very one-sided. They look down on people all over the world and live in the glory of the British Empire."

Anil agreed: "Indeed, in the eyes of the British, India was still their colony, but they ignored the fact that India's national strength, military strength and technological strength all surpassed those of Britain."

Both sides were able to find common ground on today's insults against Britain.

Anil steered the conversation back to movies: "I've invested in many films in Bollywood and heard a lot of rumors about Hollywood film production."

In terms of investment returns, Hollywood's accounting rules are notorious.

But America's status as a beacon of hope has always attracted film talent and funding from all over the world to Hollywood.

Anil is one of them: "It's mostly negative in this respect."

Eric said, "My reputation and Tom's reputation are a guarantee for our investment."

Tom Cruise flashed his signature smile: "I've worked with dozens of investors over the years. Some people say I'm bad at interpersonal relationships, others say I have unusual beliefs, but no one has ever said I've embezzled investors' money."

Anil said with a smile, "That's why I'm willing to cooperate with you."

Hawke had already received various materials about Anil and knew that his primary purpose in coming to Hollywood to invest was not to make money, but to compete with his brother Mukesh.

Mukesh invested in Spielberg, so Anil naturally wanted to find a company or fund of similar strength to invest in.

Hawke doesn't elaborate on these points, but when dealing with wealthy investors willing to spend money, he adds a few words to give them confidence in investing: "My companies and foundations have partnerships with numerous companies, including ISRO, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, and the New Delhi government, with trade exceeding $50 billion."

Anil understood all of this, which is why he decided to come in person to discuss cooperation with Hawke.

Although his fortune of tens of billions is mostly supported by bank loans, as one of India's top rich kids, he always believed that his abilities far surpassed his brother's and were no less than his father's.

Hawke continued, “One of my professional delegations is currently in Mumbai, preparing to invest in India to establish the world’s most advanced communications satellite and electronic product production line, with an investment exceeding ten billion US dollars.”

Anil smiled broadly: "To be honest, my people have been in contact with your delegation members. They are very capable and full of sincerity in facilitating this great cooperation."

Of the delegation Hawke sent, only two people knew the true purpose; the rest were highly motivated by the promise of a large reward.

He said, "My business dealings with India will only increase in the future."

Anil has already seen that this is the best kind of partner. If the other party really runs into trouble, he can use his various connections in India to make him suffer heavy losses.

After their first meeting and some initial probing, the two sides had a very pleasant conversation and reached a preliminary agreement on cooperation.

In the following days, Eric and Tom Cruise each led Anil and his group on a site visit to the film set and the movie company.

The former also presented its latest project, "Sugar Treasure".

Anil registered as a Sugar Daddy while he was in India. Although he never actually used Sugar Baby, he did tip on the website.

Now that I'm in Los Angeles, I can't miss the chance to experience it for myself.

Roger Keane, director of the West Coast Investment Fund, negotiated extensively with Anil's investment manager and secured a $10 billion film investment package.

When signing the investment agreement, Anil told Roger Keane directly, "My requirements are simple: the film invested in must surpass DreamWorks' films of the same period in terms of major awards, global box office, and audience reviews."

Even though Spielberg is getting old, his movies are formulaic, and his emotional appeal is often overdone, he's not someone anyone can easily piggyback on.

But none of these are problems when faced with a $10 billion investment.

Roger Keane earnestly promised, "You have to believe in Eric Ethan's talent; his films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture for two consecutive years."

Anil glanced at the artistic Eric and said, "I believe him."

The Indians left behind a $10 billion investment and departed North America.

In his office at the Coast Building, Hawke obtained Anil's latest information.

As shown above, behind Anil's billions of dollars in wealth are large loans from more than a dozen banks in several countries.

This person is not good at business; since inheriting part of the family fortune, very few of his investments have been profitable.

Rather than going bankrupt and being taken over by the bank, it's better to contribute more to the development of the West Coast Investment Fund.

Hollywood movies need Indian money.

Under Hawke's influence, Hollywood films have already begun to develop in a distorted direction.

In many of the latest mid-sized investments, the roles of homosexuals and transvestites have increased significantly.

Those production companies and directors with a keen sense of smell have already regarded adding Black people and LGBTQ elements as a guarantee of winning awards.

Out of respect for the $10 billion, matters concerning DreamWorks' live-action films and Spielberg's recent situation were also put on Hawke's desk.

Edward, speaking from his firsthand investigation, said, “Mukesh Ambani has one requirement for investment: the film must be directed by Spielberg himself. Spielberg has prepared two projects: one is a big-budget commercial film, and the other is a film aiming for an Oscar.”

He explained: "The former is adapted from 'The Adventures of Tintin,' originally a Peter Jackson film project, which was later bought by Spielberg, with an expected investment of around $1.5 million. The latter is called 'War Horse,' adapted from a novel by a British author, with an expected investment of around $7500 million, aiming for an Oscar."

Hawke quickly glanced at the information and said, "Don't worry about commercial films; their success or failure is hard to predict. As for the Oscars? We'll target 'War Horse' then."

This film is just beginning pre-production, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should be competing in the same awards season as Eric's new film. Jennifer's latest list of nominees for Lolita Island includes Spielberg and her good friend Tom Hanks.

Hollywood not only leads the world in commercial films, but also in the variety of creative and entertaining films.

To put it bluntly, all the scandals in other countries' entertainment industries were first started by Hollywood.

Of course, the Korean entertainment industry has already surpassed it in this respect.

It's extremely rare, even worldwide, for a girl group to be manipulated during a public performance.

Hawke's initial agreement with Blackwatch quickly received a response.

Black Ocean used his influence to persuade the local government of New Mexico that Elephant Reservoir was ready to join the Birdball Water Conservancy Project.

This is the largest reservoir in New Mexico.

Due to the extreme and unusual drought that has persisted since summer, the water level of the Elephant Reservoir has dropped drastically under intense sunlight, reaching its lowest level in forty years.

The conservation plan promoted by California has been a huge success in the media coverage.

The New Mexico state government and its residents also hope that this plan will protect their extremely precious water resources.

With the added impetus from Black Griffiths and several Elephant Party members, the New Mexico legislature passed the relevant proposal in the fastest possible time.

A massive project with a total investment of $4.25 million was thus launched.

A 10-cent polyethylene sphere can still be profitable on the other side of the Pacific.

The West Coast tech company has paid a substantial deposit, and their factory workshops are practically smoldering with activity.

This deal even caught the attention of the local provincial government, becoming a key project under its supervision and receiving appropriate resource allocation.

The trade volume was enormous, and the profit margin was astonishing, so Henderson personally made a trip to the other side of the Pacific Ocean for this reason.

Upon returning to Los Angeles, he immediately went to the Coast Building to report to Hawke.

“They’re operating at full capacity over there, with workers working in three shifts to ensure we get supplies,” Henderson said, describing the situation. “When I arrived, the latest shipment had already been loaded onto ships, enough to cover the surface of five reservoirs.”

Hawke nodded slightly: "Very good. We need to complete this project as soon as possible. Otherwise, if some people unite to fight back, its inherent flaws may be magnified infinitely. At that time, under the pressure of public opinion, the plan may be called off."

If the bird ball is thrown into the reservoir, the West Coast company can get 90% of the payment. It would be best if they could get the remaining 10%, but it wouldn't matter if they couldn't get it due to unforeseen circumstances.

Because the profit margin is too high.

Henderson said, "Arizona is also conducting relevant research and has sent a professional team to Los Angeles to investigate. I found a professional team to receive them."

Hawke wouldn't concern himself with these specific little things: "Just do it."

Henderson naturally had a way to get the Arizona delegation to provide relevant data in accordance with the wishes of West Coast technology.

He mentioned another key matter: "During this trip, I met with officials there who are roughly equivalent to governors. They had someone inquire with me, and they wanted to invite me to a business visit."

Such matters are usually discussed privately beforehand, so Hawke wasn't surprised. He said, "Tell them the timing isn't right yet, let's wait and see."

Even if you go there, it's just a quick visit, and you won't get involved any further.

Hawke's goal has always been very clear.

Henderson said, "I'll go and get back to them."

Hawke, considering the various inexpensive goods available there, said, "Try to be tactful."

It would be hard to find a manufacturer that offers such high quality at such a low price anywhere in the world.

After Henderson left, Hawke summoned Pierce Madden, the chairman of the charitable foundation.

During this recent tax season, Hawke himself and his various companies widely used the charitable donation tax deduction that is most commonly used in the United States.

A large sum of money was transferred to the Osmond Charitable Foundation.

Under U.S. tax law, charitable foundations must allocate at least 5% of their assets to charitable activities each year.

The hundreds of millions of dollars in donations were distributed through multiple channels.

The private school in Inglewood received a large donation from the Osmond Charitable Foundation.

This money is primarily used to support the offspring of security industry employees such as Hurricane and Butterfly.

The charitable funds were also donated to several collaborative laboratories at Caltech and Stanford University, such as Professor Grealish's water conservation project.

At crucial moments, these experts and professors would step forward and use sets of "scientific data" to endorse Hawke's company.

In addition, several medical laboratories also received charitable donations from Hawke.

Previously, when the Butterfly employees were tracking Sillari's mercenaries, they discovered that one of the mercenary leaders was connected to the Fort Detrick biological laboratory.

Hawke suspended the tracking and temporarily sealed the data.

With his current strength, it's not the right time for him to get involved in these things.

Who knows, maybe an F-15 will come along for training near Los Angeles and suddenly lose control and crash into the mansion of a wealthy man in Beverly Hills.

Hawke quietly approached the Fort Detrick biological laboratory from the outside through charitable donations.

He may not make a move, but if he does, he needs to have a trump card up his sleeve.

The organization that receives the most charitable donations is the "Green Africa" ​​program, a joint initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme and the African Union.

This massive tree-planting campaign in Africa has been underway for several years now, but the results are only marginally better than nothing.

Expecting hired African black laborers to successfully cultivate trees on a large scale is tantamount to asking them to evolve again, which is far too difficult.

Moreover, it involves more than one partner company like Hurricane Security.

With this funding in hand, Hurricane Security will continue to recruit and upgrade its weaponry in Latin America and Africa, equipping itself with more modern weapons, especially drones.

Developing an air force is impractical for mercenary companies; drones are the best alternative, even capable of inflicting lethal damage on heavily armored ground units. (End of Chapter)