Chapter 160: Throwing money at people
After squatting in an awkward posture for so long, Campos felt that his feet were numb.
But the appearance of Will Smith and Duane Martin cheered him up and he immediately adjusted the lens to capture the clearest picture.
Next to him, there was the sound of Juan pressing the camera shutter.
Campos discovered from the camera that the actions of the two old men were unusual.
They took off their towels, walked forward, and disappeared behind the window.
Campos cursed secretly, thinking that he would miss the most exciting scene, when two old black men appeared behind another window.
Los Angeles is sunny all year round, and houses with better conditions pay more attention to lighting, and the windows and doors are always designed to be large.
Campos thanked the house designer in his heart and continued shooting.
There was a sofa behind another window. Will Smith bent down on the sofa, and Duane stood up and suppressed him.
(The above is quoted from the original words of Will Smith’s assistant Bilal)
After shooting here, it is more than enough for use.
While not being discovered, Campos turned off the camera and said to Juan, who was taking the photo: "Let's go."
Juan nodded and moved his legs and feet to prepare to go down, but this was an awkward posture It had been too long, and my legs and feet were not working properly. The moving foot suddenly missed the point, and I subconsciously grabbed the steel frame, causing the camera to fall.
Campos had quick eyes and quick hands and grabbed him.
Juan stabilized his body, but the falling camera kept hitting the steel frame.
A series of not too loud sounds sounded.
This street is very quiet and relatively narrow. The small noise reached the car on the side of the road and got into the open car window, attracting Pilar's attention.
Bilal turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, found the water tower in the park, and saw two men climbing down the water tower.
Although it was dark, he still used the moonlight to see clearly the photography equipment bag that the man was carrying.
Pilar opened the door and got out of the car, took out a revolver and rushed across the road, shouting: "Stop! You two are not allowed to move! I'm going to shoot!"
"Let's go!" !" Campos ignored him and urged Juan to leave quickly.
More than twenty meters apart on both sides, that bastard was holding a small revolver. Unless he had the shooting skills of Detective Erica, he would not be able to hit anyone.
After coming down from the water tower, Juan picked up the broken camera and ran back with Campos.
Bilal didn't fire a shot. Once this thing gets bigger, it will be even more trouble for them.
He chased the two people through the fence, and at the same time took out his mobile phone and called Will Smith's number, reminding: "Two paparazzi just took secret photos. They may have captured something. You should think of a solution quickly."
Will Smith got rid of Duane's entanglement and asked: "You guard What can they take outside?"
Duane said: "They climbed up to the water tower in the park opposite to take some secret photos."
Will Smith looked up unconsciously and looked right through the window. , faintly saw the water tower standing tall in the dark night.
He knew something was wrong: "Keep the person!"
"Can't keep it!" Pilar gasped: "They got in the car and ran away, I wrote down the license plate number..."
Du An faintly heard the voice coming from the phone and asked : "Will, what happened?"
"It's okay, don't worry." Will Smith said to the phone: "Write down the license plate, don't forget it, I'll hang up first."
He split a pair Long Legs walked back and forth a few times in an awkward posture, took out his mobile phone and called his agent first: "It's me, Will, I was secretly photographed by the paparazzi! Yes, it's very important! Once it's revealed, I will be finished." !"
In the CAA office in Century City, James Locke stood up from his chair in surprise: "I need to know what happened specifically!"
Will said: "Duane and I were probably photographed!"
"Fuck!" James Locke cursed, and then adjusted his mood: "Don't panic, you guys are going to do it right now!" Come to CAA, I'm here, you are CAA's top customer, and the company will mobilize all resources to help you."
Will said again: "Bilal wrote down their license plate numbers, you check who they are first."
This is not difficult for CAA, James responded: "Now tell me the license plate number."
After waiting for a while, Will said a license plate number, and James quickly asked someone to check it. Within a few minutes, news came back that the license plate number was fake.
These are tactics often used by paparazzi.
James was not surprised and immediately called to activate CAA's emergency response.
CAA provides a full range of services to its big-name clients. In addition to the main agent, CAA also has other co-managing agents.
Maha Dakhil, who is in charge of media affairs, received the call and immediately rushed back from the Oscar night party.
Will Smith is also rushing to CAA.
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On Fountain Street, Hawke was watching the Oscars with Erica. He received a call from Campos and immediately picked up his coat.
Erica asked: "Emergency matter?"
Hawke did not forget to say before setting off: "A key part of the future billionaire."
"Go "Erica picked up the Mercedes-Benz key and threw it to Hawke: "Be careful."
Hawke took the key, loaded his gun, went out and drove the bulletproof Mercedes-Benz. After getting in the car, he called Edward first.
Then, another phone call came to Caroline: "Get to the company right away." Caroline complained: "I was just getting ready for beauty sleep."
Huo Ke took out a carrot and dangled it in front of the sheep's face: "Do you want to be a CEO with an annual salary of one million dollars?"
"I'll leave now." Caroline knew that she was being PUAed, but she was willing to do so.
Edward came to the company first, and according to Hawke's words, he woke up Frank in the RV.
In a few minutes, Hawke and Caroline rushed to the company one after another.
There is someone on duty in the Twitter office building.
The four people entered the small conference room, and Hawke briefly explained the situation.
His cell phone rang again, and after answering the call, he listened to a few words and said, "I just got the confirmation that the video of Jada Smith and Nate Doug is also available."
Caroline was in high spirits, walking back and forth in the conference room on red high heels: "In this way, we have two cheating videos of Will Smith, one of which is still with a man. One of Jada Smith and The rapper's cheating video..."
Frank glanced at her and reminded: "Don't be too happy too early. Will Smith has hundreds of millions of assets. Since he has noticed the paparazzi filming him, there is always a way to find him. you On top of that, CAA is the leading agency in the industry and can put pressure on you through various channels."
Hoke has already considered: "Money can indeed do a lot of things. Twitter has just been established, we can. This move is very critical to whether we can develop."
Frank is old after all: "You are taking too many risks."
Hoke said: "The mall is a battlefield."
The front desk clerk called and a Mexican freelance reporter came to trade news. The other party said that he had made an appointment with Caroline.
Caroline stepped forward to make a deal, bought two videos and accompanying photos, and quickly took them back to the conference room.
Edward connected the projector to his laptop and played the video recording.
The Smiths are not playing in an ordinary way.
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Century City, CAA headquarters.
Will Smith sat in the conference room, the anger on his face had disappeared.
Things happened, and now we can only find a way to solve it.
Maha Dakhir learned about the situation and kept making calls. Dozens of calls have been made.
She is doing everything possible to prevent the video from being released to the media tonight.
As long as the video hasn't been made public, it's still possible.
James Locke was also on the phone, specifically asking the paparazzi in Los Angeles.
But the news coming back is very bad. The entertainment paparazzi are all staring at the Oscars tonight, and no one is following Will Smith.
James shook his head at Will and sat down to think carefully.
After making the call, Maha said: "I have called all the media in Los Angeles, big and small. As long as they receive it, they will definitely notify us."
This is the confidence of CAA.
Will didn't talk nonsense and directly asked: "The video cannot be leaked."
"There is no doubt about this!" James took the words and analyzed the situation: "Based on the current situation, there is There are three possibilities. One is that the paparazzi didn’t take pictures, so they naturally can’t be sold to the media.”
Maha reminded: “This is a fluke. We'd better not have it."
James then said: "The second kind is that the paparazzi took the photo, and the price has not been negotiated, or the price is not known, and the video is still in hand. What we least want to see is that the video is sold to a media that we don’t know, and they are planning how to create a public opinion storm.”
Will said: "No matter the second or third kind, I don't want to see it."
Maha glanced at his watch: "We don't have much time left, we must find a way as soon as possible, Find people.”
Not to mention two days, if they can have one night, they can plan carefully.
James knew very well that time was tight and said: "Our greatest advantage is that we have absolute superior resources."
Will understood: "Money is not a problem."
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"Those paparazzi must still be in Los Angeles." James thought of a way: "We use money to smash them out!"
Maha looked at him curiously.
James said: "Contact major communication companies and ask them to send a text message to all mobile phone users in Los Angeles..."
"In this way, I will become the focus and arouse the curiosity of the public media. ." Will wanted to solve it quietly.
James is more realistic: "When things have reached this point, blocking the video is the most important thing. Think about your role on the screen, think about your public image, do you think it will be better if the video is released? Are there any A-level productions looking for you to be the leading actor? How many people supported you in the past, and how many people spurned you!”
He said: "Let's get the video done first. The subsequent reasons and excuses will be easy to find."
Will thought for a while, nodded and said: "Hurry up and use money to throw people out as soon as possible."
James called again. In order to resolve the matter as soon as possible, he also contacted several other senior partners of the company.
That night, just as the Oscars ceremony was ending, mobile phone users in Los Angeles received a text message.
(End of this chapter)