The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 168: Stand and Knife
In the conference room, the thick curtains have been drawn.

The projector data cable was connected to the computer, projecting the video image onto the screen, and strange voices of a man and a woman were heard from the speakers.

A group of Twitter managers, including Hawke, gathered here to watch the show together.

Compared to the secretly filmed video of Will Smith and his wife, the video of Paris Hilton filmed openly by Rick Solomon is much clearer.

Frank sat next to Edward and couldn't figure it out. "Is she crazy? How could she let people take pictures like this? How did the Hilton family raise their children? They are such failures."

Caroline on the other side whispered: "I guess he is not the main heir, and he mainly enjoys life."

Edward continued, "There is almost no news about the male descendants of the Hilton family on the Internet or in the news."

Frank turned his head and looked at him: "It turns out that brains can grow inside cotton."

"Hey, old man." Edward said aggressively: "What's your ex-wife's last name and name?"

After Frank turned the situation around, his confidence soared, and he made up a joke: "Call Elizabeth Taylor, do you dare to go?"

Edward nodded: "I see, so you are the gigolo kept by the marriage madman."

Hawke tapped the table lightly, and several people quickly shut up.

The video material is quite long, adding up to more than an hour and a half.

When the video ended, Edward turned off the projector and opened the curtains in the conference room.

Frank, who is a free consultant for the company, said: "The daughter of a wealthy family and a socialite from the Upper East Side, these two identities are enough to attract attention. This news is no less than that of a top Hollywood actress."

Technical Director Haaland then asked: "When will the website be released? The technical department needs to make some preparations in advance."

"Next week, before the summer movie season." Hawke had already thought about it. "This week, we can still get traffic from the cooperation between LAPD and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but next week, all of that will be used up."

Caroline reminded: "We are a formal online media, we need to censor when publishing, and cannot reveal the key parts."

Hawke nodded and said to Edward, "Choose the clearest part from these videos and edit it. The total length should not exceed 10 minutes. Blur all the key parts and wait for my notification."

Edward removed the storage disk connected to the computer: "I'll go get ready."

Hawke stood up and looked at everyone in the meeting room one by one: "Everyone, this is the company's top secret. It must not be disclosed to anyone before the news goes online."

The meeting ended here.

Edward took the storage disk back to the office to edit it.

Frank, a retired former famous producer, followed Hei Xiaoshuai to give him on-site guidance.

Hawke suspected the old guy wanted to see Paris Hilton a few more times, but there was no evidence.

Caroline followed Hawke into the office and said, "This time the material is more than an hour and a half, and only 10 minutes were edited for online broadcast. Isn't it a little less?"

Hawke said: "There are only three sections that are really bright and clear, and 10 minutes of essence is enough."

"What to do with the rest?" Caroline asked.

Hawke didn't answer, but asked her, "What do you think?"

Caroline didn't speak for the time being. In Hawke's past style, she quickly said, "I can think of two ways to handle this. We have obtained exclusive authorization. The 10-minute highlights can be used as news to ignite heat and also serve as the best advertisement."

She also has the ability: "When the selfie scandal happened, I remember you cooperated with Shenggu manufacturers. We can still cooperate this time. We bought the video for $80 and cooperated with Shenggu to release DVDs and videotapes. Based on the sales of the selfie scandal, we can earn at least $500 million."

Hawke agreed: "This is indeed a good idea. Since the establishment of the company, it has not yet had a large amount of income. If this business can be successful, the profit will be considerable."

Hearing her boss's praise, Caroline smiled like a little lamb in heat and said, "The second way is, if Paris Hilton still has a sense of shame, she will definitely come to us and try to buy back the video. After all, as a formal media, we released a censored version."

Hawke nodded: "As long as she offers a high enough price, I can sell it back to her."

Caroline quickly responded, "I'll go make plans now."

Hawke sat at his desk, turned on his computer and searched the Internet. The Internet was full of gossip about Paris Hilton, the amount of which far exceeded that of ordinary Hollywood stars.

This rich daughter is in the most chaotic, rebellious and craziest stage of her life.

Hawke could guess what most people were thinking.

But this kind of person's head is full of mush, who knows what he is thinking.

Hawke also prepared for the worst.

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Century City, Fox Television Center.

On the set of "Fox & Friends", an assistant knocked on the door of the associate producer's office holding a package. After hearing someone talking inside, he opened the door and went in.

She came to the desk and placed the package on the table: "The post office just delivered it."

Gretchen took it and took a look. It was a package mailed from Las Vegas. She sent her assistant away and opened the package.

Inside was a stack of printed materials and several photos. The girls in the photos were all very young and had outstanding looks. They could be considered top-notch in Hollywood.

Gretchen was sure that she didn't know these girls.

She went to read the relevant information and the more she read, the more she felt something was wrong. According to what was written in the information, all these girls were missing, with no one seen alive or dead.

The disappearance of a beautiful young girl is not uncommon in the United States and Los Angeles. But Gretchen felt something was wrong, so she read the information again.

Having worked in front-line journalism for many years, she had a good nose for news and quickly found common ground in the information.

Two girls went missing from the superstar acting school and another girl went missing from the set.

The name of Akerman Films appears in all three.

Gretchen checked online and found that billionaire Buddy Ackerman was the number one shareholder of Ackerman Pictures, and Super Star Acting School was one of the many subsidiaries invested by Ackerman Pictures.

It was obvious that someone had mailed it on purpose.

Gretchen understood such a simple truth.

When she hosted "Ace News" in the past, she received countless similar news clues.

Some of them became hot news.

But this time was different. Gretchen searched the Internet for news about Buddy Ackerman.

What appears at the forefront are all charity news.

Buddy Ackerman donated money to a blood disease research institute.

The Ackerman Charitable Foundation sponsors blood tests for children to screen for potential diseases.

We also provide food, water and temporary shelter to the homeless, and provide medical examinations and assistance to the sick.

Among these charity news, Gretchen discovered a piece of current political news.

Newspaper photo from the Los Angeles Times showing Buddy Ackerman with current Governor Gray Davis and Lt. Governor Wilson.

Gretchen was not surprised by this, as the Jewish forces in Hollywood tended to be deep blue.

Fox's management is also filled with many Jewish people.

These people even help each other in some ways.

Under normal circumstances, such news clues would be put directly into the filing cabinet and people would pretend not to know about them until the right time, when they would be brought out to cause trouble.

But Gretchen thought more about it. There were three hosts on "Fox & Friends", and she was just the last one in line.

An anchor without power is just a puppet of the producer and director.

Gretchen thought for a moment, picked up the phone and made a call. When the call was connected, she said, "Hi, it's me, Gretchen. Is Roger free? I want to see him."

"Wait a moment." Then he was silent for a moment, and then said, "Come up in half an hour."

"Thank you." Gretchen hung up the phone and quickly went to change her clothes.

She took off her casual clothes and put on Roger's favorite short skirt, stockings and high heels, then brushed her teeth and sprayed some perfume.

When the time was almost right, Gretchen took the news clues, took the special elevator upstairs, and came to the office of Roger Ailes, the emperor of Fox Television Network.

Entering the office, Roger Ailes, who looked like a meat mountain, sat on the single sofa and waved to her: "Come here, come here, let me see you."

Gretchen has gotten used to it, and habit is a terrible force.

She does not feel ashamed, but makes full use of them in exchange for the resources she wants.

Gretchen gave Roger a full service.

But Roger will not make important decisions because of these.

He read the information and said coldly: "Someone wants to use Fox as a knife."

Gretchen probed, "The other party belongs to Deep Blue and stands on the opposite side of us."

Roger didn't say anything, but instead wondered who got the information.

The first person he thought of was Arnold Schwarzenegger.

This guy was the candidate put forward by some people on the Red Party to compete with Gray Davis for governor, but there were also voices of opposition within the Red Party.

Is he planning to provoke a more intense red-blue battle in order to win the full support of the red side?
The powerful Fox is not afraid of Ackerman. Strictly speaking, the two sides are not in the same league.

Roger Ailes thought for a moment based on Fox's political stance and said, "Well, go check it out. If you can find substantive content, don't report it yet. Send it to me."

Fox will take the initiative first.

Gretchen achieved her goal and quickly said goodbye and returned to the office.

She called in her right-hand assistant, Harley, and handed the information to her. "Study this carefully. In the future, you and your news team will be responsible for investigating this news. When you get the results, don't make them public. Send them to me."

Harley was originally frustrated, but Gretchen came here and promoted her.

As a young journalist who has just entered the industry, Harley is full of energy and her idealism has not been completely extinguished.

She flipped through the information briefly and found that it was a girl similar to herself who went missing. She felt a little empathy and a bit of girls helping girls, so she said, "I'll investigate!"

(End of this chapter)