The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Hawke never compromises when it comes to getting paid for his work.

As the truth video was exposed, public opinion on Twitter completely reversed.

The video of Catherine's indictment that Garcia shot in Eagle County also came in handy.

Sasha edited these videos together and put them under the same news headline with the video of Catherine taking off her clothes and passionately seducing people in the suite, creating a sharp contrast between the two.

After sufficient fermentation in the early stage, this news video was forwarded more than one million times in one day.

Under the guidance of Twitter, public opinion on the Internet showed a one-sided trend.

"The false accuser should bear the same responsibility!"

"Just because she's a woman, she can frame people at will?"

"This kind of woman doesn't even have basic morals!"

"As soon as she opens her lips, others will run around to prove themselves!"

Public opinion in traditional media has also changed direction.

Even though some women's newspapers asked, "Doesn't Kobe Bryant have any responsibility?", Katherine was still labeled a "liar".

When things got to this stage, the Los Angeles Lakers, who had remained silent until then, and Kobe's sponsors all came out to support him.

They said Kobe only made moral mistakes and did not break the law.

The Eagle County Police Department received the original video sent by Kobe's lawyer.

After the FBI accepted the case, Catherine was summoned by the Colorado branch.

Kobe's fans also started to show off.

Not only in the media and on the Internet, some fan groups, after receiving a sponsorship, went directly to Eagle County and sat in front of Catherine's home. However, various offensive slogans and posters turned Catherine's home into a public opinion slaughterhouse.

Public opinion reversed and attacks were rampant.

Catherine was a 19-year-old girl and had never seen such a situation before. She was under tremendous pressure.

Pelinka and his lawyers had private contact with Katherine at Hawke's request.

The two sides reached a settlement agreement with almost no effort.

This agreement does not involve any monetary transactions.

There is only one theme: Katherine publicly apologized, admitted that she had made false accusations and slandered Kobe, and withdrew the criminal lawsuit.

On the second weekend of July, Twitter live-broadcasted Catherine's public apology press conference with text and pictures.

By the way, we also harvested the last wave of traffic from this incident.

The Kobe Gate incident in Eagle County has come to an end.

On the business plane leaving Eagle County, Kobe's expression, which had been solemn for many days, finally relaxed a little.

Pelinka looked at the report in the newspaper and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although many sports media are still condemning Kobe's social and moral issues and discussing Kobe's videos, these are minor troubles that are not worth mentioning compared to the Jian Jian case.

Vanessa had a tense face and said nothing.

Kobe looked in her direction.

Vanessa said, "800 million dollars!"

Thinking of this expense, Kobe felt a pang of pain again.

Pelinka was worried that the two would think too much, so he quickly reminded them: "Before coming here, I talked to Biles for a long time. We spent the money, just treat it as if it doesn't exist. Things are settled now, and the rest is not important."

Kobe said slowly: "But I suspect that this is all Twitter's fault."

"I doubt it, too." Pelinka smiled helplessly, "But what can we do? Twitter is now the hottest media company on the Internet. Hawke Osment is a real ruthless man. In addition, Twitter's second largest shareholder, Pacific Investment Group, has huge wealth and power."

He said self-deprecatingly: "And us? I'm an agent and you're a sports star."

Kobe thought of Michael Jackson again.

His influence is not at the same level as MJ's, the difference is too great.

But MJ was powerless to fight back against those media companies and the public opinion controlled by capital.

Public opinion almost killed MJ.

As for the public opinion, there are Sony Records and other companies...

Thinking of this, Kobe made the right choice: "Notify the financial manager and pay the balance to Hawke and Twitter today."

Pelinka agreed: "We have no ability to participate in the games those guys play, and it's wise to stay away from them."

Kobe nodded slowly.

…………

Ocean Parkway, Los Angeles.

Hawke gets a special visitor after receiving a call from Brian.

Juster Bratt from Private Films in the San Fernando Valley came to visit.

This company also has shares in Pacific Investment Group, which is controlled by the Ferguson family. Hawke had worked with Private Films when he was dealing with the Alison Faith and Josh Hartnett selfie scandal.

Private Videos was also the distributor of the SelfieGate videotape.

Therefore, Hawke warmly welcomed Juster and his party.

After a brief greeting, Juster got straight to the point: "Old buddy, does Twitter have the videotape of Kobe and Katherine Faber? Can you transfer the copyright to me?"

He was afraid that Hawke would refuse, so he directly offered a sky-high price: "Private Film Company is willing to buy it out for $1000 million."

Hawke told the truth: "The copyright is now in Kobe's hands. He just authorized Twitter to publish it. I am tempted by the price, but I can't afford it."

Juster was doing business in the Holy Valley, and he had big capital behind him, so he used more and dirtier methods. He lowered his voice and said, "I have a way. The storage disk containing the video was stolen, and then you call the police..." Although Hawke was also cruel and ruthless, there were some things he disdained to do: "Sorry, I can't help you with this."

Soon, Juster said goodbye and left.

After leaving Twitter, he got in the car and asked the driver to go back. He took out his cell phone and called San Francisco: "Hawk refused. I can't help you. This matter ends here. I have repaid the favor I owe you."

The other side said: "This person is alert, so let's leave it at that."

As the company develops and the pie gets bigger, there are pitfalls everywhere.

The next morning, Twitter's three shareholders held an internal meeting.

Edward watched the whole thing without saying a word.

Mary Ferguson asked Hawke directly: "Twitter is already a star Internet company. Its data has been growing rapidly recently, right?"

Hawke said directly: "According to yesterday's statistics, there are 3300 million registered users worldwide, and the number of active users has exceeded 2000 million."

Mary couldn't help but praise: "Using celebrity gossip to attract topics and traffic is really effective."

Hawke laughed: "It's easy to make enemies. I heard from Dwayne Johnson that many stars like to use Twitter, but they hate Twitter. Hollywood even put me on the unwelcome list."

"Don't worry about them." Mary said seriously: "If any of these stars dare to retaliate, just suppress them with thundering means."

Hawke nodded: "Many users have already formed the habit of using Twitter. Twitter is the undisputed leader in terms of the number of users among social networking sites."

Mary was very satisfied with the investment and said, "If you have any difficulties, just call me directly."

"I will," Hawke responded.

Mary said goodbye.

After sending her away, Hawke found Caroline and asked her to get ready and take people to Sacramento.

According to the agreement reached between the donkeys and the elephants during the handover, the economic development plan of the new governor Schwarzenegger has been successfully passed by the state legislature.

Twitter will receive a series of support including financial subsidies, tax incentives and interest-free loans.

The subsidies will be disbursed gradually, but the $2000 million interest-free loan will be received within half a month.

Before leaving get off work, Hawke received a call from his bank account manager, saying that the final payment of $100 million for Kobe Bryant's public relations fees had been received.

Twitter's finance department also received the final payment for copyright fees.

Hawke drove home and turned his Mercedes onto 20th Street. He found that new residents had moved into the villa diagonally opposite.

The car drove into the garage, Hawke came out of the garage door and saw his neighbor, headhunting manager Jett Brown and his model girlfriend Diana.

The latter was half a head taller than Jet, with a pair of pencil-like legs of astonishing length.

It can be said that his legs are longer than his life.

Jeter waved at Hawke, "Just got off work?"

Hawke nodded, greeted Diana again, and signaled across with his eyes: "New neighbor?"

Jeter pointed at the man standing next to the van and said, "It should be him. I haven't seen him before."

The man was about thirty years old and had an ordinary appearance, nothing special about him.

Diana put her elbow just enough to press on Jet's shoulder and said, "It seems he is a bachelor. He didn't see the hostess."

She asked Hawke: "Where's Erica? I haven't seen her for a few days."

Hawke said vaguely: "The detective bureau has a lot of cases, she's busy with work, sometimes she comes very late."

Jeter said, "The crime rate in Los Angeles is rising. Three nights ago, there was a robbery in the neighborhood next to us. Two black men robbed a convenience store. It is said that the store owner has a bad temper. He pulled out a gun and started fighting with them. One black man had his neck artery broken and rushed out of the store with blood spurting out. The other was shot in the chest. I heard that his intestines were broken and his stomach was full of..."

"Shut up, damn it." Diana was disgusted by his words. "Why are you saying that?"

Jeter was helpless: "What I mean is that community security has deteriorated."

Hawke agreed: "The safety of Los Angeles is indeed getting worse step by step. The news reports are not all exaggerated. Crime is spreading to wealthy areas."

Jeter is short and insecure: "Looks like I need to learn from you and keep some guns at home."

Just as the three were talking, the truck opposite unloaded the goods and left.

The newcomers noticed them and walked straight over across the narrow 20th Street.

He introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, I'm Tim Wilson, and I just moved here."

Hawke and Jeter shook hands with him and exchanged a few pleasantries.

Tim said politely: "I just moved in, please forgive me if there is anything I can't take care of."

The other party was polite, so Hawke also said politely: "We are all neighbors, you are welcome."

Tim asked, "I heard there was a robbery on the street next door a few days ago. Is there a neighborhood watch committee in our community?"

In response to the increasing number of crimes, communities have formed organizations such as neighborhood defense leagues where permitted by law.

Hawke wasn't quite sure and looked at Jet.

Jett nodded, "Yes, if you want to participate, just go to the community committee."

"I'm not very good at using guns." Tim explained, "Communities with joint defense associations are safer."

Jeter joked, "Don't worry, Hawke is a sharpshooter."

Hawke said, "It's not that exaggerated."

Having just moved here, Tim stopped and said, "I'll go back and clean up, otherwise we won't be able to live here tonight."

Hawke said, "Please go ahead."

When Tim walked away, Jet looked at the villa opposite and said, "It seems that the new neighbors are not difficult to get along with."

(I will have to go to the hospital for an IV drip soon. The high fever has subsided. I have been infected with influenza A. Everyone should wear masks when going out.) (End of this chapter)