The Wolf of Los Angeles.

This biographical film, intended to serve as a vanguard for public opinion, had a very tight production schedule.

According to Eric's plan, filming will officially begin in May, all shots will be completed by mid-June, and then the film will move into intensive post-production, with a limited release in North America in December, thus securing a nomination for next year's Oscars.

The target is Joseph Jr., a former collaborator of the Donald Party and Hillary Clinton.

That alone is certainly not enough.

When Hawke left, Brian got straight into his car.

“Grandpa took me to see Reagan,” Brian said. “Reagan expressed his support for the Ferguson family. In addition to working with us to contact the traditional political forces of the Elephant Party, Reagan will also stand up and publicly express his support for us once we officially launch.”

Hawke rolled up the car window and said, "The two long-established powers, the Reagan and Walker families, are on our side."

Brian shrugged slightly: "I still need to help George's eldest son with the Walker family."

This is a common occurrence in American family politics; besides fighting, political families often choose to cooperate.

George Walker's eldest son, Prescott, currently serves as the chairman of the Youth Delegates at the Elephant Party National Convention and is destined to be the future head of the Walker family.

Hawke said, "That's good too. It will give him a suitable job and leave the Walker family with no way back."

Brian laughed. "That's what I think too."

As the car left North Hollywood, Hawke looked at the increasingly dilapidated streetscape of Hollywood, where homeless people could be seen everywhere on the sidewalks on both sides.

Some of them, like zombies in a movie, roam the streets.

In other places, smoke was billowing out; some homeless people had collected discarded plywood, lit it, and gathered together to smoke.

The streetscapes of America are becoming increasingly beautiful, with zombies, people sucking on toads, and people burning plywood...

Hawke thought of a brilliant idea and said, "If you want to win the support of ordinary people, there is actually a very unorthodox way we can use."

Brian knew Hawke's thinking was always unconventional, so he asked, "What method?"

Hawke said softly, "Find an excuse or reason, such as the high cost of prison, and declare that robberies under $1000 will be exempt from prosecution. Those at the bottom who have the right to vote will definitely support it."

This method completely silenced Brian.

He felt that this would plunge America into chaos, but he just couldn't bring himself to say no.

Because Brian knew very well that doing so would win him a huge wave of votes.

The sheer number of them is enough to tempt anyone.

After a long pause, Brian said, "This method may indeed win the broadest support from the lower classes, but the consequences will be too great."

As he pondered, he said, “People at the bottom can freely go to shopping malls and convenience stores and take things. They can easily obtain a living guarantee. If this goes on for a little while, what these people are thinking about is definitely not going out to find a job, but continuously and legally robbing others, which leads to a series of negative effects.”

Hawke said quite naturally, "It doesn't actually affect our interests."

Brian thought for a moment and said, "This can only be used as a backup plan."

Hawke didn't push it too hard; even without his push, the zero-yuan purchase would have become a reality in a few years.

This is essentially caused by American society and institutions.

“We can’t underestimate the Donald Party’s competitors.” As Brian got older, he became more cautious: “The ultimate winner on the Donald Party side will probably be either Obama or Joseph.”

Hawke, however, said, "Joseph is more likely. Obama's base has been almost completely destroyed in recent years, and the leader of the black community has always been Steve Nutter."

Brian nodded, then suddenly asked, "I remember Joseph got involved with Lolita Island?"

“Given the circumstances, Epstein and the others were determined to save their lives and refused to back down.” Hawke considered more: “Whether it’s Sillari or Joseph, they must be deeply involved on Lolita Island. Perhaps we can use Lolita Island to help Joseph make some decisions.”

He took out his phone, checked the relevant information, and said, "Think of a way. While we are still preparing in secret and the news has not yet spread, let's take advantage of the Washington authorities to transfer Epstein to California, preferably Los Angeles, to serve his sentence. Let a few people report the case to the FBI branch office in Los Angeles, so that Jennifer has sufficient reason to reopen the investigation against Epstein. Once the news is out, even if they think we are manipulating things behind the scenes, they will most likely react."

Brian thought this was more reliable than any free shopping scheme, and quickly said, "It's not difficult to do this, and since we're in Los Angeles, we can control the situation."

Hawke said, "It would be best to get direct evidence of Joseph from Epstein, but not getting it would also make people uneasy."

Brian immediately took out his phone, dialed his wife's number, and said, "Can you leave work on time tonight? Let's go to Hawk and Erica's house for dinner."

"Sure," came the quick reply.

Hawke had no choice but to call home and ask the chef to make arrangements in advance.

At 6:30 p.m., Erica returned home, and the four of them sat around the dining table to continue discussing the matter.

Things need to be done step by step, but fortunately there is plenty of time.

Erica said, "The Los Angeles federal prison is a good place, and we outsourced our security to our family's company several years ago."

This is something Brian did while he was mayor of Los Angeles.

Prison outsourcing is common in California, and companies that can contract to run prisons usually have powerful connections.

Brian recalled saying, "The prison administration and security there were all handled by the Ferguson family's security company; the prison was completely under our control."

Hawke forked a shrimp ball and said, "If the other side wants to take action, there are only two methods: assassination and armed attack. The former can reduce Epstein's chances of direct contact with the outside world, and the latter..."

Erica said, "LAPD Special Operations Bureau's SWAT teams and air support teams are ready to deploy at any time; all it takes to deal with an armed attack is time and location."

Jennifer chimed in, "I can also send elite personnel to provide protection."

Hawke swallowed the food in his mouth, thought carefully for a while, and said, "The federal prison is not in a remote place. I remember there are quite a few shops around. Have Butterfly send people into the outer shops to observe from a third-party perspective."

Brian nodded: "Okay, this way we can spot problems early." The four quickly agreed that Jennifer would handle the filing of a police report, as her father was currently the Attorney General, and with Brian's coordination, they would try to get Epstein transferred to the Los Angeles federal prison as soon as possible.

Hawke will arrange for people from the Butterfly Company to infiltrate the shops around the prison.

Erica will push the Special Operations Bureau to work with federal prisons to hold an armed suppression exercise for a prison riot.

The key point is the rapid arrival of SWAT and air support teams.

The next morning, Hawke summoned Campos and asked him to select capable people familiar with Los Angeles to set up multiple observation points near the federal prison in advance.

Campos left the Coast Building and didn't return to Butterfly Company. Instead, he called Marcelo and Carvajal, and together they went to the vicinity of the federal prison.

That area used to be on the outskirts of Los Angeles, but with urban development, it has long been incorporated into the city.

The prison houses a large number of inmates and a similar number of security personnel, along with the family members who come to visit every day, creating a certain degree of clustering effect.

There are many shops on the nearby old commercial street. Just like there are shops closing down in bustling areas, some shops here are on the verge of closing down, and some still have posters with similar signs for sale.

Campos drove around the prison, then called Marcelo and Carvajal, who were coming from the other side, into the car. He pointed to a shop with a "For Sale" sign outside and said, "Find someone nearby to rent a few shops in a suitable location and replace them with our people."

Carvajal said, "It would be best if we could establish a delivery service with the prison, so that if someone wanted to infiltrate the prison, they would definitely consider us first."

Campos knew who the prison administrator was. He glanced at his quick-witted subordinate and said, "I'll handle contacting the prison. You think about the business."

Carvajal gritted his teeth and began to rack his brains.

“Boss, I have an idea.” Marcelo scratched his frizzy, unkempt hair and said quickly, “I just took a walk around and found that there are quite a few homeless people around. If someone wants to infiltrate the prison to do something, they will definitely need to do some reconnaissance beforehand and observe the prison’s daily routine, the vehicles coming and going, and so on. Disguising themselves as homeless people is undoubtedly a good choice.”

Campos also noticed the homeless as a special group, inconspicuous yet agile.

Marcelo continued, "We've sent people infiltrated among the homeless beforehand to familiarize themselves with the area, so that if anyone sneaks in later, we'll be able to detect it quickly."

Campos had been a homeless person and almost died, so he had a good understanding of the homeless community, which often had its own organizations.

He nodded slightly and said to Marcelo, "You're in charge of this. Find someone who knows homeless people or has been homeless before."

“No problem,” Marcelo said with a smile. “Many of the people from Mexico who work for the company have been homeless.”

Campos drove around the prison again, but found nothing unusual. He said, "Let's go back and make preparations."

Marcelo and Carvajal got out of the car and returned to the Butterfly Company.

Campos then contacted Hawke's side, and Edward was put in charge of communicating with the Ferguson family's security company.

…………

FBI branch office in downtown Los Angeles.

Inside the small conference room, Delphi, Bernardo, and Cheek waited for a moment before their boss, Jennifer Ferguson, entered and sat at the front of the conference table.

Jennifer opened the folder in her hand and handed the documents inside to her confidants.

Chick took it first and found a familiar face in the top photo—Epstein.

The man has been tried and sentenced to 105 years in prison, and is being held in solitary confinement in a special prison.

More than two years have passed, and Epstein is still alive and continues to enjoy special protection.

The FBI set up a special team to keep a close watch on Epstein in order to prevent him from committing suicide in prison.

Delphi and Bernardo both looked at their superior, waiting for her to give them orders.

Jennifer said directly, "Get ready. We recently received reports from two female victims. We will be interrogating Epstein again soon to understand the specifics of these two cases. I have already applied to my superiors to transfer Epstein to Los Angeles for detention."

These people, like Chick, were already in cahoots with Jennifer and Brian back in the last election.

Next year is an election year, and even without Jennifer explicitly stating it, they could guess that these so-called new victims and new cases must be related to the election.

Delphi asked, "Should we release this information to the outside world?"

“First, the operation must be kept top secret and treated with the highest level of secrecy from the Los Angeles branch.” Jennifer had already communicated extensively with Hawke and Brian beforehand. “Second, the information must be leaked inadvertently, especially to those people we’ve planted here, to ensure the message gets out.”

Bernardo laughed and said, "Boss, no matter how careful and perfect we are, the other side will still suspect that we deliberately leaked the information, waiting for them to fall into the trap."

Chick agreed: "Those people are all experienced, not newbies."

Jennifer didn't underestimate the people the opponents had planted. She slowly said, "You're right, they're very likely to have guessed, but so what? Epstein has always been in our hands. He knows a lot of the Democrats' shady stuff. As long as we make a move, what will those Democrats think? Will they just watch us open a breach, or will they try to silence Epstein forever?"

Bernardo stopped laughing and began to put himself in Bernardo's shoes.

The last Lolita Island incident was almost entirely targeted at Sylvia. After Sylvia lost the election, the matter was dropped, and the pursuit was stopped, allowing Epstein to face legal judgment.

Everyone knows that Epstein and Lolita Island involve far more than just Hillary Clinton and the Richards couple; there are other Donald Party bigwigs involved as well.

In the past, some members of the Donald Party had tried to completely eliminate this hidden danger, but Hawke and Brian had long been prepared. They were not afraid of the other side coming; they were only afraid that the other side would not come.

Delphi understood: "As long as we make the right gestures, even if they know there's a chance it's a trap, they'll still take action, and once we catch them in the act..."

Chick chimed in, "They're about to slip up."

Bernardo was involved in the entire Lolita Island case and knew it was extremely complicated. He said, "Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. If they are pushed to a certain point, they may resort to violence. We must be prepared to respond with force."

Jennifer said, "Epstein will soon be transferred to a federal prison in Los Angeles, where we can not only mobilize the branch's special operations team, but also get support from the LAPD Special Operations Bureau."

The trap is ready; we're just waiting for the prey to jump in. (End of Chapter)