The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 145: Sensational in America (asking for monthly ticket)

Inside the apartment, Wagner turned on a computer, plugged in a storage disk, copied the video stored on the computer, and then found the FedEx package.

After the copying was completed, he switched to another storage disk and continued copying. He put the copied storage disk into a package and prepared to mail it out later.

Wagren kept his composure and copied three copies in a row before turning off the computer.

In addition to the two copies that were mailed out, he planned to open a safe deposit box in a bank for the other copy.

Wagren checked the time, picked up his package, went out, closed the door, and walked towards the elevator.

After going downstairs, Wagner opened the door of the Focus, got into the driver's seat and started the car.

He suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the back seat of the car. Before he could turn around, a common revolver was stretched out from behind and pressed against his side and rear.

“Don’t make noise, don’t shout.” The man spoke abnormally, and it was obvious that he had something in his mouth: “Do as I say.”

Wagren quickly glanced at the rearview mirror and saw the man behind him wearing a black hood. He thought he was a robber and said quickly, "Don't shoot. I have money. I'll give it all to you."

The man said, "Drive now. There is a parking lot less than 500 meters south. Drive in."

With the muzzle of the gun pointed at his vital points, Wagren had no choice but to drive over there, trying to talk in the middle.

The man warned: "Don't talk nonsense, I only want money, not life."

Wagren felt relieved. He drove to the entrance of the parking lot, turned in, and followed the instructions of the person behind him. He drove further inside and parked in a dark corner of the parking lot.

The car had just stopped and the passenger door was opened. Another person wearing a mask picked up the package thrown on the passenger seat and deliberately said, "The people above told us to pass on a message: don't take pictures of things that shouldn't be taken."

Wagren's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of Pope who was far away in Sacramento. He thought that Pope was going to kill him to silence him, so he said, "Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

He believed that life and death were just a matter of a thought. As a director, he knew what to say at this moment: "Killing me won't solve the problem. I still have a copy, which I entrusted to a friend abroad. As long as I encounter an accident, he will make it public..."

The two men looked at each other to make sure they were not mistaken.

The person in the back seat suddenly opened a box, took out a handkerchief-like object, and pressed it against Wagren's mouth and nose.

The person on the passenger side also came to help.

Wagner struggled desperately.

At this time, someone said, "This is ether, it will only make you unconscious. If you continue to struggle, I will have no choice but to kill you."

Hearing this, Wagner recalled the plot in the movie and simply collapsed in his seat.

Before long, the ether took effect and he fell asleep.

The person on the passenger side took off his backpack, took out a notebook, turned it on and handed it to the person in the car, while keeping an eye on the outside.

The person in the car inserted the storage disk in the package, clicked on one of the videos, and scrolled back a little. In the disgusting picture, Wagren's figure appeared.

The co-pilot wore gloves and searched Wagner's body, found the only cell phone, removed the battery and communication card, and threw them on the seat.

The person in the back row clicked on another video and saw similar images, confirming that there was nothing wrong with the video.

"go!"

The two men packed up their notebooks and storage drives, left through another exit of the parking lot, walked through an alley, came to 18th Street, got into a car and drove away quickly.

During this time, they came to the bridge hole that had been chosen in advance, took off their hoods, outer clothes, gloves, etc., threw them into an oil barrel, and burned them to ashes.

…………

Beverly Drive, Brian's villa.

Caroline was a little anxious and paced around the living room.

Edward took a bottle of water and handed it to her: "Stop, I feel dizzy."

Brian looked at his watch and asked Hawke, "No news yet?"

Hawke's cell phone rang at this time. He took it out and looked at the screen and found that it was Campos calling.

The other side said: "The things have been obtained, no mistake."

Hawke secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his voice steady as always: "Where are the people?"

Campos replied: "Sleeping in the car, I probably won't wake up tonight."

"Very good." Hawke checked the time and gave the address: "Send it directly to Century City Plaza. I'll have the Savior go and get it."

"Okay." Campos replied with just one word: "Ten minutes."

Hawke hung up the phone and threw the bulletproof Mercedes keys to Edward: "Go ahead."

Edward went out immediately.

He got in the Mercedes and drove to Century City.

Inside the villa, Hawke said, "We succeeded."

"Great!" Brian clapped his hands vigorously, unable to hide the excitement on his face, and waved his fist vigorously: "Next, it's our turn to take the absolute initiative."

Hawke reminded: "Don't get too excited yet, in case the other party gets desperate."

He came to the window, looked out at Beverly Boulevard, and waved for Brian to come over: "Have your people drive over here immediately, get a few heavy vehicles, and block the entrance and the driveway outside the courtyard wall to prevent anyone from driving a dump truck and hitting it."

Caroline had little experience in this area, so she interrupted, "It shouldn't be like this, right?"

Brian didn't say anything, but picked up his phone to make a call. Not only did he do what Hawke said, he also transferred an elite security team from Ferguson's security company.

Hawke then said to Caroline, "Call Sasha and find a safe place to meet her. Bring the balance of the reward and an additional $5 reward."

The ability to develop Sasha into an insider was certainly based on the friendship between Caroline and Sasha over the years, but the $10 reward was the key.

When it comes to spending money, Hawke is never stingy.

Caroline prepared to make a phone call.

Hawke added: "Communicate with her and ask her to travel in the near future, preferably somewhere far away from North America."

Caroline nodded slightly, picked up her phone and called Sasha, and the two agreed on a meeting place.

Brian gave her the check.

Caroline left quickly.

Not long after Miss Mee left, Edward came in with a bag and handed something to Hawke. Seeing that Brian was not there at the moment, he whispered, "According to the plan, Campos kept a copy."

Hawke patted him on the shoulder: "Well done."

He went to the computer desk and connected the data disk.

Brian heard the noise, hurried over, stood behind Hawke, and said impatiently: "Let's take a look at the contents."

Hawke clicked on one of the videos and a screen popped up on the player. A man and a woman came into the empty room.

The video may have been shot too long ago and is not very clear, but it can be seen that the man is Van Wageren and the woman is not very old, most likely not yet an adult.

Wagner lured the girl with roles, pay and beautiful gifts, and that's what happened next.

Hawke asked Edward, "Do you know the girl?"

Edward took a look and said, "I don't know him."

Hawke changed the video to another one, in which Rachel Wood appeared. As Brian knew, Rachel was wearing a black eye mask.

Then, three men appeared, not only Wagner, but also Robert Redford and someone Hawke didn't know.

Bryan clenched his fist, pounded the armrest of the chair, and said, "This is Lawrence Pope from the Governor's Office. Great, we caught him!"

Hawke didn't say anything, but watched each video carefully.

Wagner, Redford and Pope sometimes appear in a video alone, or as two or three of them.

Judy and Amanda were among the victims.

Even boys have it.

Edward finally couldn't help it and cursed, "These Hollywood perverts are even worse than the gangsters in Compton in terms of morality!"

Hawke quickly turned off the video.

There are two videos at the end, the files are very large and the duration is very long, and several guys wearing masks appear in them.

Just from their figures, it's hard to tell who they are.

Brian pointed at the screen and said, "Look, compared to the two masked men in front, they are obviously Wagner and Pope. The new ones are obviously shot in recent years based on the clarity of the video. And looking at their figures and the looseness of their skin, they should be over 50 years old."

"It seems like this." Hawke looked at Brian: "Can you handle it?"

Brian said: "We are not the only battlefield here."

Hawke remembered that there were three more.

Brian was particularly confident: "The leader of this matter is my grandfather Paul."

After watching the video, Hawke asked directly: "What are you going to do about it?"

Brian stood up, walked back and forth a few times, and said, "First, expose it to the media, wait for public opinion to build, and then take the victim to the police." He reminded Hawke, "The process by which we obtained these things is not important, but the subsequent procedures must be formal."

"These scumbags really need to be exposed to the public," Hawke said.

Brian asked, "Judge Bremer just issued an injunction. Will Fox still dare to broadcast it?"

Hawke knew Fox's style too well. Fox did not fight the restraining order before because Megan Taylor had no confidence. After all, there were only sheep sounds in the storage disk.

But these things were placed in front of the executives of the already red-leaning Fox Television Network. Not to mention a blue-leaning local judge, even if a federal judge came, there was a high probability that Fox would not be able to stop its determination to break the news.

He took out his cell phone and dialed Megan Taylor’s number: “What are you busy with?”

Megan said: "News preparation meeting to formally confirm the content of tonight's program."

Hawke said directly: "Cancel the meeting. I have super explosive news. I got the video of Director Van Wageren and Robert Redford committing adultery."

Megan believed Hawke's words: "Time is urgent, come here immediately."

Hawke said, "I'll be in Beverly Hills in fifteen minutes at most."

In the "Ace News" column, Megan hung up the phone, pushed open the door of the conference room, faced a group of subordinates, and said: "The meeting is cancelled, all the scheduled content of the program is cancelled, and there will be key news next, you wait here."

She picked up the cardboard box next to her and handed it to Elsa: "To prevent leaks, everyone's cell phones must be handed in. From now on, even if you go to the toilet, you must go together in groups of three."

Aisha carried the box to collect the cell phones.

Everyone realized that there might be shocking news.

Megan checked the time and called the security supervisor she was familiar with: "Lyle, please go downstairs to the door and wait for Hawke Osmond. When he arrives, escort him up directly."

The other side responded: "I'll be right there."

Beverly Boulevard, this side of the villa.

An elite security team rushed over.

In addition to the storage disk, Hawke, Edward, and Brian, who had concealed carry permits, all carried pistols.

Edward, who had the best driving skills, drove a bulletproof Mercedes, with a car in front and behind to escort him, and headed straight for the Fox Television Center.

The two sides are not far apart.

The movement of the convoy alarmed the people guarding here.

They called Redford immediately.

Redford, who was in the Sacred Valley, was also confused about the situation and called Rooney, Cheryl and Wagner separately.

The calls to the first two went through, but Wagner's phone was busy.

Redford was just about to call the person left outside the hotel when the call came in.

"Boss, something is wrong. We followed Director Wagner from the Four Seasons Hotel to the Griffith Observatory, and then from the Observatory to Burbank. Now we are at Century City Plaza. The person who got off the car was not Director Wagner, but a woman!"

Redford was confused: "Who is it?"

The other side replied: "There are too many patrol cars here. We dare not get close. It looks like Director Rooney's assistant Sasha, and a very beautiful and fashionable woman. We don't know them."

The man unconsciously raised his voice: "Sasha abandoned Director Wagner's car and got into the other woman's car. They joined a convoy of three cars and went to the Fox Building."

Redford asked, "Is the car in the middle of the three cars a black Mercedes?"

"Yes."

Hearing this answer, Redford realized that the situation couldn't be any worse. He said, "Follow them and see what's going on. Don't do anything rash."

The other side replied: "Okay, I saw our people, Belisa's car was following them..."

Redford hung up the phone and quickly called Rooney and Cheryl: "Where are you? We need to meet immediately. The situation is very bad. Wagner is out of contact now!"

The three agreed to meet in a private room at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Redford forced himself to calm down. Maybe the situation wasn't that bad. That bastard Wagner liked to mess around too much...

He apologized to the manager of Sangu who he met and asked the driver to hurry back to Beverly.

In the offices of Channel 11 at the Fox Center.

Megan scrolled through the videos as quickly as she could, even her breathing became heavy.

As a journalist who has been working in the industry for many years, she has seen so many dark sides of society that she has become numb.

When I saw this video, a long-lost anger rose in my heart.

Megan turned off the video, turned to look at Hawke and Brian who were sitting on the sofa in the reception area, and said directly: "I want to play this, I must play it, even if it costs me my career."

Brian waved his hand: "It's not that exaggerated."

"The first two times you were put under some unnecessary pressure." Hawke was equally direct: "When I got the video, the first person I thought of was you."

The first two times, Megan did take risks.

Brian's request was simple: just to be reported in major media.

But Hawke had a different idea: "Megan, there are nine videos in total. We will ignore the length. You name a price."

Megan said: "The total price is $100 million. I can't give more. Even so, I need to take them to the director's office to apply."

Hawke made a gesture of invitation: "Go ahead, please as soon as possible."

Megan made a phone call, closed her laptop, walked out of the office, took the elevator upstairs, and came to the director's office of Channel 11.

The assistant director had already opened the office door for her.

“Thank you.” Megan smiled and nodded, then entered Cynthia Rothberg’s office.

Cynthia wondered, "What kind of news would make you offer $100 million and risk violating a restraining order to do it."

Megan opened her notebook, clicked on a video, and placed it in front of Cynthia: “There are a total of nine such videos, involving seven victims, all of whom are children.”

Cynthia had seen and recognized the people on the screen: "Robert Redford and Sterling Van Wageren, they are not top stars in Hollywood, but they are also bigwigs. The latter also assisted the former in establishing the Sundance Film Festival."

She switched to another video and after a while she said, "I know this guy. He's Lawrence Pope."

Megan looked at her boss and said, "I want to do this news."

Cynthia did not answer immediately, but asked: "Who is the provider?"

"Hawk Osment and Brian Ferguson," Megan replied.

"It turned out to be Hawke. No wonder he made such big news." Cynthia was a little surprised: "His previous performance seemed a little blue. Why did he suddenly change direction?"

Megan knows Hawke better than she does: “Hawk only leans in the direction of the dollar.”

Cynthia nodded, her face becoming unusually serious: "This news will put us under tremendous pressure. You should be familiar with the situation in Hollywood. This kind of thing is by no means an isolated case. As for the Blue Party, you don't have to care..."

At this point, she suddenly laughed: "Fox TV Network has been established for less than ten years and has become one of the four major TV networks in the United States. The support of News Corporation is important, but without the ability, courage and attitude, it would be impossible to achieve all this."

Megan understood: "I'll go back now."

Cynthia added: "This news is too big. It was first broadcast on Trump News and then transferred to Fox News. It will be broadcast 24 hours a day. I will call Roger."

Megan nodded vigorously and walked back with the notebook.

Back on the "Ace News" show set, Megan shouted, "Aisha, come here!"

Aisha came out of the conference room and ran to Megan.

Megan said: "Prepare the video news copyright transfer agreement and apply for a $100 million copyright transfer fee as quickly as possible, now!"

Elsa immediately got busy.

Because of Cynthia's intervention, the finance department was very quick and directly requested the West Coast Studio's account number to transfer the money as quickly as possible.

After Hawke signed the agreement, the video was immediately taken into the conference room by Megan.

Brian didn't know whether he was excited or nervous, but his hands were shaking a little as he sat on the sofa.

Hawke patted him on the shoulder and said, "You should experience more big scenes."

Brian told the truth: "I have lived a rich and smooth life since I was a child. I have never experienced anything so exciting."

He looked at Hawke and found this guy more pleasing to the eye. As a partner, he could wake up smiling in his dreams.

But standing on the opposite side, can you still sleep at night?
Brian quickly said, "You got the video, and the transfer fee belongs to your studio."

Hawke didn't hesitate to answer him: "Okay."

The two didn't have to wait too long before "Ace News" kicked off.

Considering the long-term driving effect of the program, Megan only selected three of the videos and put them on the news.

But once the news was broadcast, it immediately caused a sensation across the United States.

The names of Van Wageren, Robert Redford and Lawrence Pope became super hot spots.

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