The Wolf of Los Angeles

Chapter 34 The Savior

Mondeo turned to Santa Monica Avenue, 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 did a good job, right? He easily angered that old British gangster! Of course, you taught well, and I did not do badly."

Hawke took the digital camera, looked through the photos taken, and said solemnly: "Edward Connor, now you are officially notified that you have passed the induction inspection of the West Coast Media Entertainment Studio and become a formal employee."

Many occasions require Lao Hei to charge forward like a life-threatening situation. He thought about it for a moment and said, "Your weekly salary is $400."

"That's great. I'll find another divorced woman with child support, which is enough to be middle-class." Edward's thinking is not on the same channel as ordinary people: "If I can find two at the same time, I can lie down."

At this point, he thought something was wrong: "No, I will be sucked dry, those women are too hungry."

Hawke ignored his crazy words, took them to his laptop, connected them to the camera and copied the photos, and then looked at the video taken by the camera, with good angles and clarity.

But because of the shooting distance, the two people couldn't hear clearly.

After transferring the photos, he transcribed the video out again.

Edward sobered from the fantasy of a child support and divorced woman, glanced at the notebook screen and asked Hawke: "Does it be time to contact the buyer next and exchange it for money?"

Hawke nodded slightly, and when he finished processing the video, he clicked on it and read it carefully.

Thinking of having Edward come forward this time, he specially wanted to come to his cell phone and make a call in the car.

Hawke also considered selling the videos and photos back to the crew, but he was too weak and had no support from any forces behind him, so he could easily be blackmailed. There are countless cases like this.

News trading has a very mature system and the risk of entertainment news is relatively low.

Most of the Hollywood crews are willing to pay out real money for public relations, which are targeted at the media.

Hawke contacted four companies, "Inquiry", "Us Weekly", "News World" and "Hollywood Life", and this time, "News World" bids higher.

Edward was curious: "Why can the News of the World give you $5,000?"

The difference is 2,000 US dollars, Hawke automatically ignores Jack of the Inquirer: "The original author of the Lord of the Rings is from the UK and has a huge influence in the UK. Ian McLean is a British man, and the News of the World is a British gossip tabloid The weekend edition of The Sun.

The popularity of "Lord of the Rings" and Gandalf's blessings are too obvious.

Edward kept scratching his head: "It's so complicated, it's too troublesome. It's more suitable for me to make money while running and lying down."

Hawke started the car and went to the editorial office of The News of the World in Los Angeles, and said to Edward: "In a while, you will take the photos to trade with someone and sign an exclusive authorization agreement in your personal name."

"I'm alone?" Edward had never done it, and was unsure, and asked, "Aren't you selling the video to them?"

But Hawke said, "The video is another piece of news, it has nothing to do with the photos you took. We are two different reporters, and we took two pieces of news."

Edward was not very smart in this regard and couldn't understand it at all.

"A news signed with an exclusive licensing agreement and cannot be sold to two media outlets, otherwise it will cause some unnecessary trouble."

West Coast Media Entertainment Studios are still weak and cannot compete with the big media.

Hawke's idea is actually very simple. Edward is a reporter and the news he shoots is independent.

And he is another reporter, and the videos taken with a camera also exist independently.

The Los Angeles editorial department of The News of the World is located in a small, independent three-story office building.

Hawke parked in a conspicuous place at the door and told Edward the storage disk and phone number, letting him in and trade.

He had already negotiated the price on the phone, and as long as the photos are fine, the other party will pay $5,000.

Edward closed the storage disk and before getting off the car, he suddenly asked, "Boss, aren't you afraid that I will run away with the money?"

Hawke patted his shoulder and said, "I saved you from the underside of the gun. You are not that kind of ungrateful bastard." "I am a savior complex, the most loyal!" Edward pushed the door and got out of the car and looked at him. The editorial department walked away.

Hawke didn't understand at first, and after thinking a little, he understood what was going on.

Edward Connor, Edward Fran and John Connor’s Savior Package Complex.

Seeing Edward entering the editorial department, Hawke got out of the car and came to the editorial department entrance. He chatted with the guard for a few words. He used a pack of cigarettes to find out that the office building usually only had two exits and the fire safety passage was behind the building.

Hawke gave the doorman another $20, letting him see Edward come out and call himself.

Mondeo at the front door stopped in a conspicuous place.

Hawke went to a nearby convenience store, quickly bought some beer and food, and then walked around the back of the building, staring at the exit of the safe passage.

In the editorial department, because Hawke had negotiated on the phone and the photos were clear enough and attracted the attention, Edward went smoothly and got a check of $5,000 after signing the exclusive authorization agreement.

After leaving the office and coming to the front hall of the office building, Edward looked at the numbers on the check, subconsciously stuffed the check into his jacket, and the idea of ​​running away with the bucket came out uncontrollably.

He glanced outside the door, and under the street lights, the Mondeo was particularly conspicuous.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Edward's eyes fell on the safety passage sign, unconsciously took two steps there, and then stopped.

At this moment, the scene of Hawke knocking down an old black man and saving himself from the muzzle of the electric stun gun.

Edward was not grateful to Hawk, but remembered Hawk's move, and he took a ruthless move and won easily...

He touched his neck and lower abdomen, turned around without hesitation, and walked out of the front door.

When he arrived at the side of the car, Edward found that the car was locked and Hawk was not here.

Not long after, Hawk came from the convenience store with his shopping bags and asked casually, "Is it done?"

Edward was somewhat guilty and quickly took out the check and handed it to Hawke: "It went very smoothly."

Hawke put away the check, handed him the shopping bag, and said, "I bought some wine to celebrate."

Edward laughed out two lines of white teeth, got into the passenger seat, took out a can of beer and opened it, took a big sip, and closed his eyes comfortably.

Hawke said again: "You performed well tonight, and after the news is sold, you will have a $200 bonus."

Edward was very excited: "Boss, you are more generous than all the divorced women I have pursued!"

Hearing this description, Hawke felt that the talent of this guy was all focused on dealing with divorced women.

The first order was completed, and the two of them drank a can of beer and ate something.

Edward asked, “Which video is sold to?”

"TV station." Hawke took out his mobile phone and searched for the contact information: "Video recording is similar to photos for current paper media. If it cannot be sold at a high price, the TV station can fully utilize the advantages of video recording."

Edward asked again, "Do you still need me to trade this time?"

"I'll go this time." Hawke found the phone number, started dialing, and told the other side. The other party was very interested and asked him to go there directly.

Hawke drove into the car, headed west along Santa Monica Avenue, entered Beverly Hills, and soon arrived at Century City.

He called several TV stations including Channel 11, and the first one to go to Channel 11 mentioned by Frank.

After the TV station was acquired by Fox News, it moved to the Fox TV Center and was directly managed by Fox News.

(End of this chapter)