Chapter 161 Active Exposure
Ocean Park Avenue, Twitter office building.
In the conference room, Hawke, who was watching the court battle between Jada Smith and Nate Dogg, had his two mobile phones vibrating one after another.
He took it out and looked at it. He received the same text message on his phone.
"Anyone who gets my stuff at Lake Balboa Park tonight, please contact CAA and thank you for $1 million!"
At the end of the text message, it was signed Will Smith and several contact numbers of CAA.
Hoke put away his phone and found that Caroline, Edward and Frank were all reading text messages on their phones.
He asked: "Have you received it too?"
Edward was confused: "We were discovered so quickly?"
"Your stupid head is not worthy of it. Go pick cotton!" Frank said sarcastically: "You can't understand such a simple thing, so you can find a place to jump off the building by yourself."
Caroline licked her slightly dry lips and said, "How dare they think that they would spend money to find a communications company to send group text messages."
Hoke said, "Ask."
Caroline was very conscious and immediately picked up her phone and called her friends in different areas.
Edward also called Deborah.
After a moment, Carolyn said: "I asked seven people, living from the Sacred Valley to Malibu to East Los Angeles to Long Beach, and they all received text messages."
Edward added: "Deborah also received it."
Hoke was absolutely sure: "Will Smith's side should send a group text message throughout Los Angeles."
"This is not The key. "Frank is the oldest and most He understands people's hearts: "You should consider the $1 million first!"
He raised his voice and emphasized: "This is $1 million! Let alone selling people, you can even take out a gun and kill someone."< br>
Hoke is already thinking about it.
The phone vibrated again at this time. The four people took out their phones to check the text messages and found that it was still the same text message.
Hoke knew very well that in order to take these videos of Will Smith and his wife, Campos mobilized a lot of people.
Normally, these people are more reliable.
But in front of $1 million, reliability is an extremely rare quality.
Will Smith undoubtedly gave him a problem.
How can one use this method to test people's hearts?
Frank is an experienced man and seemed to have guessed what Hawke was thinking: "Few people can withstand this test. It is only a matter of time before we are exposed to Will Smith."
His eyes suddenly turned to Edward: "Cotton growers, can you stand it?"
Edward dismissed it: "It's only 1 million US dollars, who are you looking down on."
Hoke He raised his hand to stop these guys from continuing to argue.
Will Smith's agency is CAA, and those bastards at CAA gave him a problem.
If this matter is not handled well, Campos’ people will lose their support.
What Frank said makes sense. In the face of big money, it is only a matter of time before Twitter is exposed to Will Smith.
But Hawke is not too worried about this. He got these videos with the intention of posting them on Twitter.
It’s just that the exposure time is advanced.
Hawke immediately made a decision, changed from passive to active, and said: "Since exposure is unavoidable, we take the initiative to expose."
Caroline, a lamb's leg, knows very well what her boss is thinking. He immediately answered: "I'm going to make a call, let me make a call!"
Frank looked at the woman and asked: " Do you want a $1 million reward?"
Caroline raised her chin slightly: "I earn this money for the company."
Hoke said: "Will Smith does it. Although there have been few reports about black people with a background in rap and hip-hop in recent years, he may be involved in gang organizations. Are you sure?”
"Uh..." Caroline's raised chin retracted: "Let's let the savior go."
Hoke didn't think about them, picked up the phone and called Campos: " "Did you see the text message?"
Campos replied: "Yes, I immediately called a meeting with all insiders after receiving the text message. People's hearts... are a little unstable. So far, there is no problem, but people have left. Here, it’s hard to say.”
Hoke had already considered it and said directly: “Find someone you trust, call CAA, tell them that the video was resold to Twitter in the normal way, and let them. Come to Twitter."
He added: "How to ensure safety, how to get and distribute the money, you have to deal with it."
Most of the people on Campos' side had escaped from being chased by Mexican traffickers, which was unusual. He said: "If they dare to use dark methods, there will be one more hot news story in Los Angeles."
Huo Ke said: "You should pay more attention to safety."
In the Flower Butterfly Company on the other side.
Besides Campos, there were eight other people sitting in the conference room.
Carlos and Garcia were guarding the door, one on the left and the other on the right.
Campos looked at the youngest Juan: "In five minutes, you call CAA and explain the actual situation. Tell them that we sold the video at a high price and want to know which company we sold it to. They fulfill their promise."
He looked around at everyone in the conference room: "If they promise. Half of the money promised will be used as the company's development fund, and the other half will be allocated to each participant."
The rest of the people looked at each other, and soon someone said: "Boss, we listen to you. "Everyone here can escape from Mexico to Los Angeles. They are not stupid. They know that one person's power is limited.
According to the experience in Mexico, you might even lose your life.
Campos looked serious: "I'm going to say something ugly in front of you. If anyone wants to quit, they can leave now."
No one moved.
"Juan, prepare to make a call." Campos also made other preparations: "You prepare weapons."
This night, people attending the Oscars and Los Angeles watching The attention of those attending the Oscar ceremony was suddenly diverted by two text messages received one after another.
What happened to Will Smith became the focus of their discussion.
Harvey Weinstein is quite unhappy, and he was the focus tonight.
In the four most important awards at the Oscars, the film he worked on won Best Actress and Best Picture.
But the limelight was suddenly stolen by Will.
…………
In Century City, several CAA phones kept ringing.
The million-dollar prize attracted too many people to call and try their luck, but no one could get the correct answer.
In the conference room, Will Smith walked around anxiously, looking at his watch from time to time.
James Locke and Maha Darkhir are still calling people around.
Most media still favor CAA.
Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang.
James quickly went over, answered the call and said a few words, then asked someone to transfer the phone to him, asked a few questions in person, and then hung up the phone on his own initiative.
Not waiting for the agent to put on the phone, Will asked urgently: "Any news?"
James said: "I just received a call. Someone claimed to have filmed you in Paris. The video of Boya Lake Park, he also said that the video was taken from the water tower of the park, and there were two men inside Black people."
Will slammed the table and interjected: "Yes, those are the bastards!"
James continued: "They have sold the video, but they want us to pay. The promised bonus will only tell which media it was sold to.”
Maha sneered: "Eating one family and eating another? What a beautiful idea they have."
Will's dark face didn't look like a comedy star at all: "Give me their phone number and I'll find someone to take care of it." They! ”
Compared to these two people, as C James, a senior partner of AA, was more calm: "Will, you have finally gotten rid of the garbage in the quagmire, and you still want to get entangled with the gang? Once you get entangled, you will be in countless troubles."
Then The public phone number I used was completely useless.
James is very clear about what to prioritize now: "Anything that can be solved with this amount of money is not a problem!"
He stressed: "Will, let's spend money to get the video first, and then we'll talk about other things."
Will was able to achieve what he is today as a black man. Luck is important, but his mind is not bad. , calmed down a little and agreed: "It's up to you."
The two parties got in touch again, and then Bilal and two CAA assistants took the cash check and set off.
Within twenty minutes, Bilal called and said a name - Twitter.
Forget about Will Smith, neither James nor Maha have heard of this company.
But with the company name, it is much easier to check other information.
It didn’t take long for Twitter’s public information to be transmitted and placed in front of Will, James and others.
“This company was registered less than two months ago.” James said simply: “The top shareholder is from an investment company in the Cayman Islands, the second shareholder is West Coast Media and Entertainment Studio, and the third shareholder is Pacific Investment Group."
Maha is very well informed: "The Ferguson family's Pacific Investment Group?"
James looked at the information: "It should be"
Maha frowned: "Things are a bit troublesome." She asked again: "Pacific Group only does investment?"
"I know something about this investment company. CAA executive Richard Lovett and Mary Ferguson is an old acquaintance. "James is a senior partner and has heard about some situations: "When Mary Ferguson won the beauty pageant, Richard was one of the actual organizers."
He temporarily. Let’s put this aspect aside: “Let’s take a look at these first. The actual person in charge of Twitter is named Huo Chris Osmond, the founder of West Coast Media and Entertainment Studios, the daughter of Mary Ferguson, and the boyfriend of Los Angeles detective Erica Ferguson.”
Hearing this, Maha automatically won. Come to a conclusion: "Contact and resolve them through legitimate channels."
Will Smith suddenly remembered a person and said: "A friend of mine, Steve Nutt, and Hawke... We have worked together with Osmond, and according to him we have a good relationship.”
Sage Steve Nutt, everyone knows that this is the pioneer of the black movement.
Maha thought for a while: "Hawke Osment has also worked with the LAPD. I have helped Susie from the LAPD. You can try to find her."
Can CAA become a Hollywood The first brokerage company has its own strength and confidence.
James said: "Okay, let's get in touch as soon as possible."
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