Chapter 34 The Savior
The Mondeo turned onto Santa Monica Boulevard. Hawke slowed down slightly, entered the parking lot in front of a supermarket, and parked the car.
Edward was still excited and asked: "Boss, I performed well, didn't I? I easily angered that old British gangster! Of course, if you taught me well, I did not do a bad job either."
Hoke took the digital camera, looked through the photos, and said solemnly: "Ed. Hua Connor, I am now officially informing you that you have passed the entry examination of West Coast Media and Entertainment Studio and become a regular employee."
Many occasions require Lao Hei to charge into battle desperately, he thought for a moment and then said. : "Your weekly salary is $400."
"That's great. I'll find a divorced woman with alimony, enough to reach the middle class." Edward's thoughts were not on the same channel as ordinary people: "If I can find two at the same time, I can rest easy."< br>
At this point, he was wondering whether Right: "No, I will be sucked dry. Those women are too horny."
Hoke ignored his crazy talk, took a notebook, connected the camera, copied the photos, and looked at I checked the video captured by the camera, and the angle and clarity are both good.
But because of the shooting distance, the voices of the two people could not be heard clearly.
After transferring the photos, he transferred the images to the outside.
Edward woke up from the fantasy of alimony and divorced women, glanced at the laptop screen, and asked Hawke: "Is it time to contact the buyer and exchange money?"
Hawke nodded slightly and waited until the processing was completed. Click on the video and watch it carefully.
Thinking about having Edward come forward this time, I asked for his mobile phone to make a call in the car.
Hoke also considered selling the videos and photos back to the crew, but he was too weak and had no support from any force behind him. He could easily be turned into blackmail. There were countless such cases.
News trading has a very mature system, and the risk of entertainment news is relatively low.
Hollywood crews who are really willing to spend real money on PR are mostly targeting the media.
Hoke successively contacted four companies: "The Enquirer", "Us Weekly", "News of the World" and "Hollywood Life". This time, "News of the World" offered the higher price.
Edward was curious: "Why did the News of the World offer $5,000 when other companies only offered $3,000?"
With a difference of $2,000, Hawke automatically ignored Jack from the "Inquirer" : "The Lord of the Rings" The original author is from the UK and has great influence in the UK. Ian McKellen is a British person, and "News of the World" is the weekend edition of the British gossip tabloid "The Sun"."
The popularity of "Lord of the Rings". , Gandalf’s blessing has an obvious effect.
Edward kept scratching his head: "It's so complicated and troublesome. It's more suitable for me to make money by running or lying down."
Hoke started the car and went to the editorial office of "News of the World" in Los Angeles. Said to Edward: "Later, you can take the photos to trade with others and sign an exclusive licensing agreement in your own name."
"Am I alone?" Edward had never done this before and was unsure, so he asked: "Won't you sell the video to them?"
Hoke said: "The video is another piece of news, and it's not the same as what you shot." It doesn’t matter, we are two different reporters and took two pieces of news.”
Edward is not very good at this and can’t understand it at all.
Hawke said: "A piece of news signed an exclusive licensing agreement cannot be sold to two media, otherwise it will cause some unnecessary trouble."
The West Coast Media and Entertainment Studio is still very weak and cannot compete with the big media confrontation.
Hoke's idea is actually very simple. Edward is a reporter and the news he shoots is independent.
And he is another reporter, and the video captured by the camera also exists independently.
The News of the World's Los Angeles editorial office is located in a small independent three-story office building.
Hawke parked his car in a conspicuous place at the door, told Edward the storage disk and phone number, and asked him to go in and trade.
He had already negotiated the price over the phone. As long as the photos were good, the other party would pay US$5,000.
Edward put away the storage disk and before getting off the car, he suddenly asked: "Boss, are you afraid that I will run away with the money?"
Hoke patted his shoulder and said : "I saved you from the point of a gun. You are not that kind of ungrateful bastard." "I am a combination of saviors, and I am the most loyal!" Edward opened the door and got out of the car and walked towards the editorial office.
Hawke didn't understand it at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on.
Edward Connor, Edward Furlong and John Connor's Savior Package Complex.
Seeing Edward enter the editorial office, Hawke got out of the car and walked to the entrance of the editorial department. He chatted with the doorman for a few words and used a pack of cigarettes to find out that the office building usually only has two exits and that the fire escape is at Behind the building.
Hoke gave the doorman another $20 and asked him to call him when he saw Edward coming out.
The Mondeo at the front door is parked in a conspicuous place.
Hawke went to a nearby convenience store, quickly bought some beer and food, then went around to the back of the building and stared at the exit of the emergency passage.
In the editorial department, because Hawke had already negotiated the deal on the phone and the photos were clear and eye-catching enough, Edward went on smoothly. After signing the exclusive licensing agreement, he received a check for US$5,000.
Leaving the office and coming to the front hall of the office building, Edward glanced at the number on the check and subconsciously stuffed the check into his coat pocket. The thought of running away with the bucket emerged uncontrollably.
He glanced outside the door. Under the street lights, the Mondeo was particularly conspicuous.
Edward's eyes fell on the safe passage sign, and he unconsciously took two steps that way, then stopped again.
At this moment, the image of Hawke knocking down an old black man and saving himself from the muzzle of a stun gun flashed before his eyes.
Edward was not grateful to Hawke, but thought of Hawke's shot, one-on-two, a fierce shot, and won easily...
He touched his neck and lower abdomen, and there was no trace of it. Without hesitation, he turned around and walked out of the front door.
Arrived at the car, Edward found that the car was locked and Hawke was not here.
Not long after the meeting, Hawke came from the convenience store carrying a shopping bag and asked casually: "Done?"
Edward felt a little guilty, so he quickly took out the check and handed it to Hawke: "It went very well."
Hoke put away the check, handed him the shopping bag, and said, "I bought some wine to celebrate."
Edward smiled with two lines of white teeth, got into the passenger seat, took out a can of beer, opened it, took a big sip, and closed his eyes happily.
Hoke added: "You performed very well tonight. After all the news is sold, you will get a bonus of 200 US dollars."
Edward was very excited: "Boss, you are better than me. All the divorced women I have ever pursued are generous!”
Hearing this description, Hawke felt that this guy's talents were all focused on dealing with divorced women.
The first business was done, and the two of them drank a can of beer and ate something.
Edward asked: "Who do you sell the video to?"
"TV station." Hawke took out his mobile phone and looked for contact information: "Video recordings are almost the same as photos for today's paper media. , the TV station can give full play to the advantages of video recording if it cannot be sold at a high price.”
Edward asked again: “Do you still need me to trade this time?”
"I'll go this time." Hawke found the phone, dialed, and talked to the other party. The other party was very interested and asked him to go directly.
Hoke drove into the car and headed west along Santa Monica Boulevard, entered Beverly Hills, and soon arrived at Century City.
He called many TV stations, including Channel 11, and the first one he went to was Channel 11 that Frank had mentioned.
After this TV station was acquired by Fox News Network, it moved to the Fox Television Center and was directly managed by Fox News Network.
(End of this chapter)