The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 157 Determining the Goal
Santa Monica, the newly replaced safe house.

There was a rhythmic knock on the door. Edward went to open it and Campos, who was wearing makeup, flashed in.

He looked at Hawke, who was wearing a wig and beard, and said, "Boss."

Hawke pointed to the opposite side and said, "Take a seat." He asked, "How is business lately?"

Campos sat down and said, "We have taken on several private detective jobs, all of which are tracking and secretly photographing cheaters. In addition, there are more and more Mexicans in Los Angeles, and we have developed a lot of informants, including people working in hotels, restaurants and film sets."

Hawke had another purpose in looking for him this time: "If you encounter a Mexican policeman like you again, you can absorb him into the company after confirming the relevant situation. You have the channel to apply for legal identity. If it is worth applying for, the company can pay for him, but you have to pay attention to the pace of the application."

Campos understands: "I've made legal status one of the highest rewards in the company."

He then asked, "Is there any important work to be done?"

"Train a group of capable photographers." Hawke's version of Twitter has not yet been officially launched, but preparations have been made: "There will be big news to be filmed later."

Campos also knows what the company's main business is, so he has been tracking and training people in the candid photography business.

The meeting between the two lasted only a dozen minutes, and they soon left.

After changing back into his own clothes and driving the Mercedes, Hawke asked Edward to drive to Brian's law firm.

He signed an agency agreement with Brian on behalf of the newly formed Twitter company.

After finishing all this, Brian called Hawke to his office and said, "The struggle at the top is getting intense, and it may affect the lower levels. You must be careful recently."

Hawke was mentally prepared for this. Whatever he did, he would have to bear the consequences: "Are you going to humanely destroy us?"

"Not really. If both sides really start using guns, the situation will get completely out of control." Brian was still confident: "Both sides have families. Who would dare to fire the first shot of a physical attack so easily?"

Having said that, Hawke was still quite careful and reminded: "Don't overestimate their moral standards. In the eyes of the big guys, we are just pawns."

Brian smiled and said, "Don't worry too much. It will definitely be me first, and then it will be your turn."

Hawke patted him on the shoulder: "Your shield needs to be stronger to withstand most of the damage."

He repeated his old words: "Be careful, they will send a beautiful woman with AIDS to launch a biological attack on you."

When Brian heard the word AIDS, he became very angry and said, "Next time you will encounter a gunfight involving hundreds of people!"

The two hurt each other, and Hawke specifically reminded them: "Did you only test for AIDS last time? That's not right. Look at your neck, there are so many red spots, and your hands are also red. Could you be infected with syphilis?"

It doesn't matter if you don't say it. After saying this, Brian found that his neck and the back of his hands were indeed a little red, but he thought about it and said, "I got it from the sun!"

Hawke was kind: "I strongly suggest you get tested again."

Brian's eyes were dull: "Do you still want me to find a beautiful woman?"

"During special times, of course not." After a circle, Hawke's words returned to Brian's starting point: "You are a shield, you can't fall in front of beauty."

He stood up and said goodbye, and before leaving, he specifically said, "Bring your bodyguards with you every day, don't go out and fool around, and don't let me help you clean up the mess you made!"

Brian spread his hands: "Listen to what you said, it seems like I'm unreliable."

Hawke knew very well that if Brian could hold on, he would have less trouble, so he encouraged him, "Do you remember? Our target is the Oval Office!"

Brian nodded seriously: "We have just started, of course we can't fall down."

Hawke left the office and got into a Mercedes-Benz.

Edward put down the newspaper in his hand and asked, "Boss?"

"Go to the company." Hawke wanted to read the newspaper.

This is Monday's issue of Entertainment Weekly, which contains the latest list of Oscar nominees and various comments on the nominees.

The headline on the second page criticized this year's Oscar nominations.

Black people in Hollywood, led by Will Smith and Spike Lee, angrily criticized the lack of black elements in this year's Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Actress.

Even including the best supporting actor and actress, only Queen Latifah was nominated.

It seems like they all forgot that last year's Best Actor and Best Actress winners were all black.

Spike Lee has hurled obscenities at the Oscars for who knows how many times.

Will Smith also said that the Oscars lack respect for black people.

No special treatment means, of course, a lack of respect.

Hawke finished flipping through Entertainment Weekly, tossed it aside, and picked up the Los Angeles Times below.

The news on the front page headlines caught Hawke's attention.

The Zipperton couple came to Los Angeles to promote Zipperton's rotation and attended a luxurious party hosted by Sean Combs. Other celebrities who attended the party included Leonardo Dicaprio, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez and others.

Accompanying the news was a very clear group photo, which was obviously provided by the organizer specifically to the Los Angeles Times.

In the group photo, the Zipperton couple took the center position, surrounded by many celebrities.

Many of them have worked with Hawke.

Hawke was near Sean Combs when he saw the saint Steve Nutter.

We also spotted the leading actors of the selfie scandal, Josh Hartnett and Alison Faith, in the back row. Hawke speculated that Zipperton came to Los Angeles not only to promote his autobiography and attend parties, but also to support the besieged Blue Party.

Arriving at Ocean Park Avenue, the Mercedes stopped in front of the Twitter office building.

At the top of the company, workers are working on the construction, and Twitter’s little blue bird logo has been erected.

Hawke came to the company and first took a look around the technical department. The trial version had been launched, but it was still a web version for now, and the installation version would be launched later.

On the web version of the hot searched news, the top two items happened to be the news Hawke had just read: the Zippertons attended a party, and a black crowd led by Will Smith and Spike Lee criticized this year's Oscars.

When Hawke came to the office, Caroline was busy making phone calls, contacting for advertisements, forum promotion, attracting celebrity clients, etc.

In Hawke's name, she got Dwayne Johnson, Steve Nutter, Josh Hartnett, Alison Faith and Sarah Parker to register.

Hawke was also busy. He called Eric Eason and Catherine and asked them to help promote the product.

Then he remembered that Brian was very familiar with Tom Cruise, who was even trying to please him, so he called Brian again and asked him to recommend him to Tom Cruise.

Hawke called Susie again and suggested that LAPD open an official Twitter account so that news can be released in a timely manner.

Hawke didn't even let that bastard Frank go.

Frank made only one request: "You promised me to be a consultant for your new company."

Hawke looked out the window and saw the parking lot of Venice Beach across from his company. He said, "I'll help you move tomorrow."

He asked, "Can you handle this side of Venice Beach? Don't get beaten out by the local gangs."

Frank was confident: "I can just make a phone call and it will be done."

Hawke hung up the phone.

"Boss." Caroline came over to report: "Since the new version of the website was launched, there have been 455 new registered users so far."

Hawke nodded: "Don't worry, everything is difficult at the beginning."

Caroline handed over a fax: "This is a fax that Mary Ferguson had someone send."

"I see." Hawke read it carefully and called Mary Ferguson.

Mary said directly: "The website is online. What are your next plans? You promised me that by May, there will be more than 20 active users."

She spoke slowly: "You have to prove the potential and value of Twitter before I can fight for more resources for you on the board of directors."

Hawke responded: "The plan will be implemented soon."

"I'll wait and see." Mary hung up the phone quickly.

Hawke is well aware that the biggest problem now is how to attract users to Twitter.

His plan was to attract users with explosive news.

For the general public, shocking gossip is far more attractive than social and political news.

Unless the latter can achieve the level of 911.

When Hawke was making the plan, he had two candidates prepared. After meeting Gretchen and Will Smith at the Fox Building that day, the number of candidates increased to three.

The first two were from sports stars, one being golf industry superstar Tiger Woods.

Another is the super inspirational cycling star, Lance Armstrong, who has won four consecutive Tour de France titles.

The former is a well-known sex addict.

The latter is a typical American sports star and a doping expert.

Hawke also collected some preliminary information through the Internet and first gave up Tiger Woods. This sex-addicted tiger currently only has a girlfriend and is not married yet. The gossip scandal is not big enough.

Lance Armstrong, a sports star who suffers from testicular cancer, is a good choice.

Hawke vaguely remembered what the key to his doping case was.

But these two people are far less influential than Will Smith.

Now in 2003, Stoudemire is approaching the peak of his career.

In the entire Hollywood, there are only a few stars who are truly on the same level as Stephen Chow.

Hawke suddenly remembered the Los Angeles Times, the Zippertons, and Sean Combs, nicknamed P. Diddy.

These guys definitely throw an unusual party.

But Hawke knew very well that at this stage he should not take the initiative to provoke them.

Strength is the foundation.

In comparison, Will Smith alone as an entertainment star is much safer.

Hawke made the decision, with Will Smith as the first choice and Lance Armstrong as the backup.

He called Caroline and asked her to do some preliminary data collection work.

(End of this chapter)