Coming in from the office door, Brian's face was rosy and energetic, as if he was a new person.
He took a document and put it on Hawke's desk: "Let's take a look."
Hawke glanced at the dense letters on it and asked, "What is this?"
Bryan simply said: "Part of the economic development plan drawn up by the new governor's office."
Hawke understood: "Reward for merit."
"That's right." Brian pulled out his chair, sat across from the desk, and said, "Policy support, financial assistance, tax credits, etc., there will be a number of companies on the list, among which the number one The priorities are Fox Television Network, Pacific Investment Group and Long-Term Capital Management. The former supported Arnold at critical moments, and the latter two are Arnold's main sponsors."
Pacific Investment Group is a property of the Ferguson family.
Hawke asked: "Long-term Capital Management? Never heard of it."
Brian introduced: "The founder is Peter Thiel, who mainly invests in Silicon Valley. The digital mobile payment company PayPal he founded with Elon Musk and others was sold to eBay last year, and the transaction amount reached 15 billion.”
Hawk heard a familiar name.
But he didn't ask any more questions. He was still burning money, so it was useless to ask anything else. He returned to the topic: "Where is my side?"
Brian understood and said with a smile: "Twitter is among the second priority companies."
He detailed: "Arnold will launch the governor's economic development plan, and will invest a special fund of up to 750 million U.S. dollars every year to support target business groups. As a second-level support object, Twitter will enjoy scientific research subsidies, employment Subsidies, high-tech talent training subsidies, broadband server subsidies and office space subsidies, etc.”
Hawke was not satisfied: "Is there anything else?"
"Of course there is." Brian continued: "Under the financing project plan led by the California Department of Finance, Twitter can apply for a US$20 million interest-free loan."
He looked at Hawke: "Other new employment tax credits, California competitive tax credits, sales and use tax exemptions, etc., once this plan is finalized, let your finance and accountants study it carefully."
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Hawke nodded. Tax credits can increase corporate income. Subsidies are equivalent to redirecting money. Who doesn't like interest-free loans?
No wonder they all like collusion between government and business. Once they win the political battle, the benefits will be huge.
He carefully looked at the documents Brian brought. Not counting interest-free loans and tax benefits, but for subsidies alone, as long as Twitter develops normally, it can apply for tens of millions of dollars in California financial subsidies every year.
Interests determine the butt, and the butt determines the position. Hawke can now make it clear that Schwarzenegger is a good governor.
What is in your hands is the benefit. Hawke asked directly: "When will it be implemented?"
Brian said: "Arnold has taken office as governor and is working hard to promote it. I estimate that it will be passed by the state Assembly in July. This is part of Gray Davis's resignation agreement."
He suddenly laughed: "Under pressure, Gray Davis will temporarily withdraw from politics. Guess which industry he plans to develop in?"
"Publish a book? Give a speech?" Hawke had guessed the common ways for politicians to make money, and couldn't help frowning: "You won't enter Hollywood, right?"
Brian smiled even brighter: "You guessed it, I got the exact news that Gray Davis is temporarily planning to enter Hollywood."
Hawke was somewhat surprised: "A Hollywood superstar seized the governor's seat, while his predecessor got rid of the burden of being a politician and turned around and entered Hollywood."
Brian added: "And it was amazingly fast. It is said that Gray Davis contacted Sony Columbia Pictures and was ready to test the waters in the series "Yes, Dear"."
Hawke thought of another possibility: "It seems that the donkeys have given up on Gray Davis."
Brian nodded: "Yes, that should be the case. I probably won't invest any more resources in him."
There was a knock on the office door, and Edward came in from outside. He first greeted Brian and said, "Boss, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's assistants is here."
Hawke went to the guest room and met a middle-aged man named Daniel Ketchell.
Daniel came here this time mainly to send an invitation on behalf of Schwarzenegger, inviting Hawke to a party this weekend.
Hawke sent the people away and returned to the office. Brian looked at the invitation and said, "I received it too."
"Victory party?" Hawke asked.
Brian said: "It should be a thank you party."
The two chatted for a while longer, discussing some of the latest news about the disappearance.
The case was closed, the LAPD turned it over to the FBI, and the FBI came to a clear conclusion.
As for the missing girls, they may be completely forgotten by the world.
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A neighborhood of single-family homes in the San Fernando Valley.
Aileen drove to a single-family house, pressed the remote control to open the garage, and drove in directly.
She closed the garage door, entered the house with her bag, opened the door to the basement, waited for a while, and then turned on the light.
Arriving in the basement, Erin quickly found the tool cabinet that her boyfriend Guerrero had mentioned.
The cabinet was large and had a mezzanine inside. She opened the mezzanine according to her boyfriend's instructions. There was a large amount of cash inside, most of which were old banknotes of 20 US dollars.
There were several boxes next to it. Aileen took them out and opened them one by one.
Some boxes contained gold jewelry, and some contained gold watches, all of which were easily cashable.
Finally, she looked at the box sealed in a plastic bag. After opening it, she found some photos, storage disks and written materials inside.
Aileen looked through the photos, and the content on them made her extremely uncomfortable.
There are women and children in the photos, all suffering inhuman torture.
Some of those tormenting men looked vaguely familiar. Aileen packed the things and put them away. The first thing she thought of was calling the police, but as soon as the idea came to her mind, she gave up.
Boyfriend Guerrero committed suicide by jumping off a building!
Everything was as they said before they separated.
The FBI and LAPD both ruled it a suicide.
There must be something fishy in this, neither of which can be trusted.
Thinking of this, Ailin's eyes turned red. She was still studying and still believed in love.
Guerrero couldn't die like this.
Ailin looked at the information in her hand and reached out to wipe away the tears that fell from her eyes.
Before leaving that day, Guerrero once told him to find an online media and mail the things there.
It was obvious that her boyfriend was prepared for this.
Aileen carefully thought about online media, and suddenly thought of Twitter. It seemed that this website was very brave. Some time ago, it also exposed an indecent video of Paris Hilton, the daughter of a wealthy family.
Further ahead, there are Will Smith and his wife.
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Erin decided to try mailing it to Twitter.
Although the girl who is still studying has anticipated the possible dangers, her eyes are too clear and her ideas are too simple.
She didn't even reproduce a copy of the information.
Aileen found Twitter's news delivery email address from the Internet and bought mail packages to seal these things.
She put her valuables away, left the house with them, drove north to Santa Clarita, found a suitable mailbox, and delivered the mail.
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Century City, Fox Television Center.
Harley Wayne sat in her office partition, staring at the white paper in front of her.
There were several names written on it, two of which she highlighted, namely Bro Derek and Guerrero Ent.
Both committed suicide.
There is no such coincidence in the world. The disappearance case of the superstar training school was exposed, and the two leaders committed suicide one after another. All the blame fell on these two dead people.
The FBI announced such outrageous case investigation results, but instead of questioning it, all the mainstream media remained silent.
Are those missing girls still alive? Where are the people? Or where is the body?
No one cares.
Even Fox News, which exposed the incident, no longer reports the news.
Harley didn't give up, but she knew Fox wouldn't support her.
She also fully understood the danger from the two people who committed suicide.
If words teach people, maybe people will not grow very fast.
But teaching people by teaching can always make them grow quickly.
Harley was more cautious than before.
If you want to investigate this clearly, and if you want the world to remember those missing girls, you must first ensure your own safety.
This dirty world is like a monster that eats people without spitting out their bones.
Harley didn't go to Gretchen, she didn't go to Roger Ailes.
As an investigative reporter, she now only believes in herself.
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Beverly Hills, Hyatt Regency Hotel.
A team from a Bay Area consulting company led by Emma Bateson has been staying for a few days.
These days, they have done a lot of market research on Twitter.
There are other companies operating similar social networks in North America, but the number of users and the level of response are far less than Twitter.
Emma, who mainly develops her business in Silicon Valley, can easily judge that this company has great market potential.
In addition, the composition of Twitter’s shareholders is also placed in front of the team.
Excluding the negligible number of black shareholders, there are only three major shareholders: West Coast Media and Entertainment Studios, an investment company from the Cayman Islands, and Pacific Investment Group.
In the conference room, assistant Isabella said: "There are various signs that the shares of the first two should be in the hands of Hawke Osmond. According to our understanding, Hawke Osmond was in the early days of Twitter's founding. A gambling investment agreement was signed with Pacific Investment Group, and Hawke eventually won the agreement and held an absolute controlling stake of more than 67%.”
Emma asked: "Are there any signs that he is currently in contact with other investment institutions?"
"No." Another assistant said: "The news from Sacramento is that Twitter has been included in the development plan list of the new state government and will soon receive high subsidies and large interest-free loans."
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Emma thought for a while: "I'll find an opportunity first to contact Hawke privately to see the situation."
Isabella said: "He will go to a party this weekend." (End of Chapter)