The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 160: Using Money to Attack People
After squatting in an awkward position for so long, Campos felt his feet were numb.

But the appearance of Will Smith and Duane Martin lifted his spirits, and he immediately adjusted the lens to capture the clearest picture.

Next to me, I heard the sound of Juan pressing the shutter of his camera.

Campos noticed from the footage that the two black men were behaving in unusual ways.

They tore off their towels, walked forward, and disappeared behind the window.

Campos cursed inwardly, thinking he was going to miss the most exciting scene, when two black men appeared behind another window.

Los Angeles is sunny all year round, and houses with better conditions pay great attention to lighting, and the windows and doors are always designed to be large.

Campos thanked the house designer in his heart and continued filming.

There was a sofa behind another window, and Will Smith was bent over it, and Duane stood up and pressed him down.

(The above is quoted from Will Smith's assistant Bilal)
The photos taken here are more than enough for future use.

Campos turned off the camera before being discovered and said to Juan, who was taking the photo, "Let's go."

Juan nodded and moved his legs to get down, but he kept that awkward position for too long and his legs were no longer under his control. His moving foot stepped on empty air and his hands subconsciously tried to grab the steel frame, causing the camera to fall.

Campos was quick to grab him.

Juan steadied himself, but the falling camera kept hitting the steel frame.

A series of not-so-loud noises were heard.

The street was very quiet and narrow, and the small noise reached a car on the side of the road and penetrated into the open window, attracting Bilal's attention.

Bilal turned his head and looked in the direction where the sound came from. He found the water tower in the park and saw two men climbing down from the water tower.

Although it was dark, he could still see the camera equipment bag on the man's back with the help of the moonlight.

Bilal opened the car door, got out, took out a revolver and rushed across the road, shouting, "Stop! You two, don't move! I'm going to shoot!"

"Go!" Campos ignored him and urged Juan to leave quickly.

There was a distance of more than 20 meters between the two sides, and that bastard was holding a small revolver. Unless you had the marksmanship of the tough female detective Erica, there was no way you could hit him.

Coming down from the water tower, Juan picked up the broken camera and ran back with Campos.

Bilal did not shoot. If this matter got out of hand, it would be more trouble for them.

He chased the two men across the fence, and at the same time took out his cell phone and called Will Smith's number, reminding him: "Two paparazzi were filming just now, they may have captured something, you should think of a solution quickly."

Will Smith got rid of Duane and asked, "What can they capture if you stay outside?"

Duane said, “They climbed up the water tower in the park across the street to take pictures.”

Will Smith looked up unconsciously, and his eyes just happened to pass through the window, and he vaguely saw the water tower standing tall in the darkness.

He knew something was wrong: "Keep the person here!"

“I can’t stop them!” Pilar gasped. “They got in the car and ran away. I wrote down the license plate number…”

Duane faintly heard the voice coming from the phone and asked, "Will, what happened?"

"It's okay, don't worry." Will Smith said to the phone: "Write down the license plate, don't forget it, I'm hanging up first."

He walked back and forth a few times with his long legs spread out in an awkward posture, then took out his cell phone and called his agent: "It's me, Will, I was secretly photographed by the paparazzi! Yes, it's very important! Once it gets out, I'll be finished!"

In the office of CAA in Century City, James Locke was startled and stood up from his chair: "I need to know exactly what happened!"

Will said, "Duane and I were probably photographed!"

"Fuck!" James Locke cursed, then adjusted his mood: "Don't panic, come to CAA right now, I'm here, you are CAA's top client, the company will mobilize all resources to help you."

Will added, "Pilal wrote down their license plate numbers, check who they are first."

This was not difficult for CAA. James responded: "Now tell me the license plate number."

After waiting for a while, Will said a license plate number. James quickly asked someone to check it. But within a few minutes, news came back that the license plate number was fake.

These are tactics often used by paparazzi.

James was not surprised and immediately made a phone call to initiate CAA's emergency response.

CAA provides a full range of services to its big-name clients. In addition to the main agent, celebrity clients also have other co-agents.

Maha Dakhil, who is in charge of media affairs, received a call and immediately rushed back from the Oscar night party.

Will Smith is also heading to CAA.

…………

On Fountain Street, Hawke was watching the Oscars with Erica when he received a call from Campos and immediately picked up his coat.

Erica asked, "Emergency?"

Before leaving, Hawke did not forget to say: "A key link to becoming a future billionaire."

"Go ahead." Erica picked up the Mercedes-Benz car keys and threw them to Hawke: "Be careful."

Hawke took the key, loaded his gun, went out and drove the bulletproof Mercedes, and called Edward first after getting in the car.

Then, another call came to Caroline: "Come to the company right away." Caroline complained: "I'm just about to take a beauty sleep."

Hawke held a carrot in front of the sheep's face and said, "Do you want to be a CEO with a million-dollar salary?"

"I'll leave right away." Caroline knew that she was being PUA, but she was willing to do it.

Edward was the closest and arrived at the company first. According to Hawke's instructions, he woke up Frank in the RV.

Within a few minutes, Hawke and Caroline arrived at the company one after another.

There are people on duty in the Twitter office building.

The four men entered the small conference room, and Hawke gave a brief account of the situation.

His phone rang again. After answering it and listening to a few words, he said, "I just got the confirmed news that there is also a video of Jada Smith and Nate Dogg."

Caroline perked up and walked back and forth in the conference room in her red high heels. "So now we have two cheating videos of Will Smith, one of which was with a man. One is of Jada Smith cheating with a rapper..."

Frank glanced at her and warned her, "Don't be too happy too soon. Will Smith has hundreds of millions of assets. Now that he has noticed the paparazzi taking pictures, they will find a way to find you. CAA is the leading agency in the industry and can put pressure on you through various channels."

Hawke had considered this long ago: "Money can indeed do a lot of things. Twitter has just been established, and this move is crucial to our development."

Frank is old after all: "You are taking too much risks."

“The mall is a battlefield,” Hawke said.

The front desk clerk called and said that a Mexican freelance reporter came to trade news, and the other party said that he had already made an appointment with Caroline.

Caroline went out to make the deal, bought the two videos and the accompanying photos, and quickly took them back to the conference room.

Edward connected the projector to his laptop and played the video recording.

The Smiths are not usually open.

…………

Century City, CAA headquarters.

Will Smith sat in the conference room, the anger gone from his face.

It happened, and now we can only find a way to solve it.

After Maha Dakshir learned about the situation, he kept making phone calls, and dozens of calls had been made.

She is doing everything possible to prevent the video from being released to the media tonight.

As long as the video has not been made public, it may still work.

James Locke was also on the phone, specifically asking questions of the paparazzi in Los Angeles.

But the feedback that came back was very bad. The paparazzi were all watching the Oscars tonight and no one was taking pictures of Will Smith.

James shook his head at Will and sat down to think carefully.

After Maha finished the call, he said, "I called all the media outlets in Los Angeles, big and small. As long as they receive the call, they will definitely notify us."

This is CAA's confidence.

Will didn't waste any words and directly made a request: "The video cannot be leaked."

"There is no doubt about that!" James took over and analyzed the situation: "Based on the current situation, there are three possibilities. One is that the paparazzi didn't take any photos, so they naturally can't sell them to the media."

Maha reminded: "We'd better not have this kind of fluke mentality."

James went on to say: "The second possibility is that the paparazzi took the video but failed to negotiate a price, or didn't know how much to sell it for, and the video is still in their hands. The last possibility is what we least want to see, that the video was sold to a media we don't know, and they are planning how to create a public opinion storm."

Will said: "Whether it is the second or the third one, I don't want to see it."

Maha glanced at his watch and said, "We don't have much time left. We must find a way to find the person as soon as possible."

Not to mention two days, if they had one night, they could also plan carefully.

James is well aware of the tight timeline and said, "Our biggest advantage is that we have absolutely superior resources."

Will understood: "Money is not the problem."

"Those paparazzi must still be in Los Angeles." James thought of a solution: "We use money to drive them out!"

Maha looked at him curiously.

James said: "Contact all major telecommunications companies and ask them to send a text message to all mobile phone users in Los Angeles..."

"This way I will become the focus and arouse the curiosity of the public media." Will wanted to resolve it quietly.

James was more realistic: "At this point, stopping the video is the most important thing. Think about your role on the screen and your public image. Do you think that after the video is released, there will still be A-level productions looking for you to be the leading actor? As many people supported you in the past as there will be people who spurn you now!"

He said: "Let's get the video first, and it will be easy to find reasons and excuses later."

Will thought about it, nodded and said, "Hurry up and use the money to get him out as soon as possible."

James made another phone call, and in order to get the matter done as quickly as possible, he also contacted several other senior partners of the company.

That evening, just as the Oscars ceremony was coming to an end, cell phone users in Los Angeles received a text message.

(End of this chapter)