The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 141 Miss Mee was fired (asking for monthly ticket)
Hearing Hawke's words, Caroline was puzzled: "Don't you have a West Coast Media Entertainment Studio?"

Hawke said: "It's different in nature. Actually, I had plans in this regard before coming to Los Angeles, but I never really pushed forward with it."

Caroline asked, "Is it the wrong timing? Or is it not enough money?"

"Both." Hawke thought of his cooperation with Brian and the meaning revealed in Erica's words, and said, "The most important point is the lack of strong support."

If the collaboration with Brian can achieve the desired results, we should be able to gain some support.

The media in California is heavily biased to the left, so they may not need a special channel to express themselves.

Hawke didn't rush her, waiting for Caroline to consider it.

It is not certain that Miss Mea is very capable, but Hawke has spent more than half a year training her to be quite obedient.

Although he struggled from time to time, he still sank into the bleating.

Another point is that Miss Mee is well-informed. Having worked at Full Speed ​​​​PR for many years, she has developed her own news channels.

Caroline was weighing the pros and cons. First, it was exciting to work with Hawke, and second, the money was high.

In the past few months, the commission she received from Hawke was seven or eight times the salary she received from Full Speed ​​​​PR.

Salary is always the key to work.

Talking only about ideals and so-called platforms but not about remuneration is just hooliganism.

Caroline said, "Okay, I agree. I'll hand in my resignation letter when I get back. There are no non-compete agreements in this industry."

"You can't quit." Hawke called her out, but it wasn't as simple as asking her to quit: "You have to ask Full Speed ​​PR to fire you."

Caroline wondered, "Why?"

Hawke asked in a low voice.

Caroline thought carefully and said, "I can guarantee that!"

The two chatted for nearly half an hour, and Hawke was the first to leave the cafe and go to Brian's villa on Beverly Boulevard.

Caroline hurried back to the company and received a call from Sasha on the way.

Director Rooney Chasen informed them that the meeting would start in half an hour.

On the other side, Hawke met up with Edward who was out on business and came to the villa where Brian was.

Brian's two assistants, Sandra and Bacon, temporarily moved here to work.

Hawke made introductions for both sides.

Leaving Edward to get acquainted with the two men, Hawke called Brian into the security room that had just been cleaned up.

Brian turned on the computer and tapped the keyboard. Multiple real-time images appeared on three screens. The farthest one could see dozens of meters away on both sides of the road.

Hawke didn't see the surveillance when he came in, and said, "It's efficient enough."

Brian smiled and said, "With money comes efficiency."

Hawke said, "You find a suitable channel to spread the news that the West Coast studio is working with you. Be more natural."

"Voluntarily leaked it?" Brian asked, "What are you planning?"

Hawke simply said, "Find a way to bury the nail and don't mention it to anyone else."

Brian nodded: "I understand." He went out: "Sandra, come here for a moment."

After completing the arrangements here, the two men went to visit the victim.

The first is Rachel Wood, a child star born in 1987. She is already 15 years old. She auditioned for "Interview with the Vampire" as early as 1994, but lost to Kirsten Dunst in the audition for Claudia.

As for whether there were other messy things behind the audition, a long time ago, Hawke might have thought that America has extremely strict child protection and Hollywood is no longer the Hollywood of the past.

But now, Hawke doesn't dare to say such things, because Hollywood has never changed, and it is even worse than it was back then.

It's just hidden deeper.

Rachel's mother was Jewish, but Rachel was still not immune.

Hawke met Rachel, who was accompanied by her mother Sarah, and said directly: "Madam, and Rachel, the following question may be offensive, but in order for us to win this lawsuit, please speak frankly."

Rachel said nothing, but looked at her mother.

Sara forced a smile: "Ask."

Hawke was no more expert than Brian in this area, so he only asked one question: "Rachel once told Brian that during a rehearsal, she was taken into a room by Van Wageren, her hands were tied, a blindfold was put on her, and she was exhibited like a commodity?"

Sarah replied: "She was stripped naked and exhibited like a commodity. Many men came during that time."

She patted her daughter lightly, and Rachel dared to speak: "This happened twice, by two different men. Although I couldn't see them, I could tell from their palms that they were not Director Wagner."

"Thank you." Hawke said something encouraging: "You are a strong and brave girl."

The two men came out of the single-family house and got into the same car.

Brian said: "She is completely controlled by her mother and a cash cow. She agreed to join the prosecution because of the possibility of getting a large amount of compensation."

Hawke asked Edward to start the Mercedes: "The fate of every Hollywood child star is so similar."

"Go to North Hollywood." Brian told Edward the next address, and then said to Hawke: "Hollywood rumors are no secret. The families of these child stars are not bad, at least they are middle class, but they still bring their children into it..."

Hawke reminded: "You are the attorney, the one who has to bring light to them."

The two went to Judy and Amanda's house again. The situation was similar to Rachel's. As minors, they were naturally under the supervision of their parents.

Neither of them wore blindfolds, but the people who assaulted them wore masks.

According to the recollections of the two men, there were mainly four people, three white people and one black person.

The only difference is that Judy and Amanda are still child advertising models and have never appeared in any film or television drama.

Their parents were extremely disgusted with Van Wageren's deception and were certain that their daughters had no hope of becoming stars, so they were more determined to sue and seek compensation.

Riding back to Beverly Hills, Brian asked Hawke, "Now that you understand the basic situation, what do you think?"

Hawke was very direct: "I don't understand the legal procedures. From my perspective, there are loopholes everywhere on our side. Even if the opponent is a goat-like stupid person like Miss Mee, she can still stir up trouble."

He gave an example: "First, the media opinion, without public support and direct evidence, can't nail Van Wageren to death, let alone the people he is associated with; the three victims may change their positions at any time and reach an out-of-court settlement because of money; Hollywood's strong inertia, those who dare to stand out and violate Hollywood's unspoken rules will be crushed by the general trend..."

Brian raised his hand to interrupt Hawke: "I invited you to help because the situation is serious."

Hawke said: "Go back first and wait for a message feedback."

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Full Speed ​​​​PR Company, large conference room.

Director Rooney Chasen stood at the front of the long conference table. On the projection screen behind her were the portraits and information of Judy, Amanda, and Rachel.

On both sides of the conference table sat several senior public relations managers, including Caroline.

Rooney picked up the laser pointer and pointed at the projection screen: "Use all your connections and channels to collect all the information about these three people and their families, friends and classmates, from the time they were born, all the negative information about them. These people entered the entertainment industry early, so there must be a lot of negative information. I want you to find it all!"

She emphasized: "For those who are not from Los Angeles, go to their hometowns and find them. As long as you can find a third party willing to testify, even if they peed their pants on the street, you must bring them back to me!"

This is the company's absolute authority and no one objects to it.

"Meeting adjourned!" Rooney almost shouted, "Bitches, hurry up and act!"

Just as she was about to leave, someone knocked on the door and said, "Director, I just received accurate information that West Coast Media Entertainment Studio has reached a cooperation agreement with the three men's lawyer, Brian Ferguson."

Rooney had heard of this name: "I want detailed information about this company!"

She left the meeting room and returned to the director's office.

Others also left the meeting room one after another.

Sasha quietly came to the director's office when no one was paying attention. Seeing that the glass door was open, she knocked gently and said, "Director."

Rooney glanced at Sasha and asked, "What's the matter?"

Sasha said, "I have something to report to you." As if she was worried that Rooney wouldn't listen, she added, "About West Coast Media Entertainment Studio."

"Come in and talk." Rooney was really concerned.

Sasha closed the door and said, "When Josh Hartnett and director Van Wagren came over today, Caroline called Hawke Osment, the owner of West Coast Studios. And before the call, she asked me to find someone to inquire about this matter. Out of curiosity, I even asked the assistant of the legal department." Rooney put down the pen in her hand and stared at Sasha.

Sasha said, "I didn't think there was anything wrong with this before, but just now in the conference room, I heard the name of West Coast Studios, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt it was wrong."

Rooney interrupted her rambling: "Besides these, is there anything else?"

"Yes, yes." Sasha said quickly, "After lunch, Caroline went out for a while. During that time, you, the director, notified her that there would be a meeting. I called Caroline to inform her, and I heard someone calling Hawke on the phone."

Rooney held out her hand: "Give me your phone, unlock it."

Sasha took out her cell phone, unlocked the keypad, and handed it over.

Rooney checked the communication records and found that Sasha had indeed called Caroline some time before the meeting.

She returned the phone to Sasha and then called the legal department, quickly confirming that Sasha had indeed asked the assistant that morning.

Rooney remembered something again, took out the company's customer records, and quickly flipped through them. She found the information records under the customer records of Steve Nutter and Sarah Parker.

Both of them have worked with Hawke Osment, and both of them have Caroline as their public relations manager.

Rooney closed the notebook and asked, "Why did you do this?"

"I am an employee of Full Speed ​​PR first, and then Caroline's assistant." Sasha replied: "It is the company that pays my salary."

Rooney was quite satisfied: "You did a good job."

She picked up the phone and dialed the HR number. When the call was connected, she said directly, "This is Rooney. I have issued a personnel order. From now on, Caroline Jones is no longer an employee of Full Speed ​​​​PR. You can go and inform her to leave."

Sasha left temporarily and went to the public office area to wait.

The HR director immediately took two people to inform Caroline.

Soon, Caroline rushed out of the office at an extremely fast speed in her high heels, broke into the director's office, and questioned Rooney: "You want to fire me? What's the reason? How could you do this!"

Rooney deadpanned, "Being loud won't solve any problems. Are you friends with Hawke Osment? Did you meet him this afternoon?"

Caroline couldn't deny it: "Yes, I did meet Hawke in the afternoon, but we were just friends and it was a normal meeting."

"I advise you to pack up and leave. Don't lose your dignity." Rooney glared at her. "During your collaborations with Hawke Osmond, did you have any money dealings? Did you leak any company secrets? Do you want me to ask the legal department to investigate carefully?"

Caroline's momentum weakened immediately: "We are just doing normal business."

Rooney gave her a chance to choose: "Either leave obediently, or break up completely. It's your choice."

After hearing these two choices, Caroline was still indignant and looked aggrieved. She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go!"

She came out of the office with a gloomy face.

Rooney and Caroline's voices had already come from the open office door.

Many employees sitting in the public office area were secretly looking over here.

Caroline came out of the door, suddenly turned right, saw her assistant Sasha, and walked straight over to her.

Sasha held her head high and stared at Caroline, not taking a step back.

Caroline asked, "You betrayed me?"

"I am an employee of Quanchu and I am paid by Quanchu." Sasha said without any guilt: "You have damaged the interests of Quanchu. I have the responsibility and obligation to report it to the company."

Caroline was furious: "You are a shameless traitor!"

Sasha hit back: "You are the shameless one."

There was a glass of water on the workstation next to her. Caroline picked it up and splashed it on Sasha's face.

She turned and walked towards the office.

People from the Human Resources Department followed us.

Someone nearby handed Sasha a pack of tissues, and she took it and wiped the water, saying, "Thank you."

A few minutes later, Caroline carried two bags, walked out of the office and left the company.

Rooney came out of the office at this time, glanced at Sasha, and said loudly: "That office, that position, belongs to you."

Sasha said, "Thank you, Director."

Rooney nodded slightly. In fact, she had no confidence in Sasha's ability, so she simply said, "Your main task now is to collect information about the three girls and their families."

"I'll do it right away." Sarah walked quickly towards the office.

Rooney returned to the office, and her assistant followed in and asked, "Director, do you want to adjust the meeting arrangement..."

"It doesn't matter." Rooney said, "Even if we don't do it, they will be on guard against it. As long as we find a breakthrough, their defense will be useless. I will defeat them in the most violent way."

She looked at her watch. "I have an appointment with Wagner, Robert Redford, and their lawyer Cheryl. Please call me if there is any news."

The assistant quickly called the driver.

Rooney already has a comprehensive plan, but she needs the cooperation and support of Wagner and Redford, as well as lawyers.

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Arriving downstairs at the company, Caroline turned around to look at the sign upstairs. The name of Full Speed ​​​​Public Relations Company was still dazzling.

She gritted her teeth, no longer reluctant to leave, and walked to the red Mercedes, opened the door and put her few personal belongings in it, got in the car, took out her cell phone, and copied the address book as Hawke had said, removed the signal card, and installed it into a brand new phone.

Caroline removed the battery from the old phone, got out of the car and threw it into the trash can.

After doing this, she breathed a sigh of relief and drove away.

Driving and admiring the scenery on both sides of the road, Caroline suddenly found that the sky was particularly blue, the sun was particularly bright, and the grass was particularly fragrant...

She followed the address Hawke gave her, turned onto Beverly Boulevard, and soon found the villa.

After parking the car, Caroline came to the door of the villa and saw Edward's figure through the floral iron gate.

Edward also saw her and came over to open the door: "Miss Mea, you're here? Please come in."

Caroline pulled a long face and said, "Call me Caroline or Ms. Jones."

Edward led the way and casually replied, "Okay."

Entering the villa, Caroline found that it had become a temporary office space. On a large whiteboard against the wall, Hawke was pasting photos of corresponding people on the mind map.

Brian came over to say hello.

Hawke finished his work and asked Caroline, "Fired?"

Caroline nodded: "I'm unemployed."

Brian took the initiative to invite: "Welcome to our new team."

"Thank you." Caroline said politely, came to Hawke and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

Hawke casually said, "How about shouting a few times first to liven up the atmosphere?"

Miss Mee's face turned black.

Brian reminded him, "When it comes to work, you should be more serious. I've noticed that you always make the team atmosphere too tense."

Edward brought over several bottles of water and handed one to each person.

Hawke looked at the mind map, stared at the photos of the three victims, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your former boss will start with them."

He said directly: "If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who raised the problem, and the problem will be solved naturally."

"You guessed right." Caroline entered the working state, walked to the whiteboard, and pointed at the photos of the victims one by one: "Rooney will mobilize all the forces of the company to thoroughly investigate the social networks of Judy, Amanda, and Rachel, and find out all the black materials that may drag down their reputations since they were young."

She took a sip of water and continued, "Once she finds a gap that can be opened, Rooney will use money, legal and character resources as means to launch the most violent attack."

Edward said, "Now that we know, will she change her strategy?"

"No." Brian shook his head: "This is the most effective way."

Hawke said: "I have met three victims and their guardians today. Unless we put them under house arrest and prevent them from contacting outsiders, we will inevitably be attacked, especially if some of them have dreams of becoming stars. Van Wageren and Robert Redford can provide high-quality resources in this regard."

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(End of this chapter)