The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 247 It sucks

Back at Butterfly, Campos immediately called Betty, Hierro and Fiona and asked them to set off immediately to Brazil, Argentina and Colombia respectively to send emails as planned.

The three men received the funding, drove south, exited the country through San Diego, arrived in Tijuana, and then took a flight from Tijuana.

That evening, they arrived at their respective destinations.

After some makeup, find a local Internet cafe or other public computer, check the media list, and start sending emails.

Emails are transmitted to all parts of the world via optical cables.

But most of them were like a drop in the ocean, without causing any waves.

Ocean Parkway.

In Hawke's office, Megan Taylor stared at the computer screen with a serious face, watching the video playing.

She would pause the video from time to time, zoom in on the video, and identify the faces that appeared on the screen.

There was a big bald head stopped on the screen.

Hawke asked, "Do you know him?"

Megan nodded gently: "His name is Joby Hart, an agent who has worked with Disney for a long time and specializes in providing services for child stars."

Hawke had never heard of this name and asked, "Is this person famous?"

"Not a first-tier agent," Megan said simply, "Unlike regular agents, this one focuses on discovering child stars and works with Disney TV. As you should know, Disney uses a large number of child actors."

Hawke suddenly remembered something. It was revealed that Star-Lord had hosted parties at home more than once, providing a large number of child actors to serve Disney executives and then profited from it.

Think about Wagner and Redford who committed suicide before. Age has never been a problem in Hollywood.

The so-called various child rights organizations, Parent-Teacher Associations, Actors Guilds and other organizations that can fully protect the rights of child stars only exist in fantasy.

Megan played the second video, found the right scene, and paused it.

This time, the person who stayed on the screen was an Asian woman.

Hawke had seen this woman before. She had a typical round face. He concluded, "This woman is Korean."

Megan also recognized her: "This is Janet King, the agent from CAA."

Hawke frowned slightly: "CAA again?"

Strictly speaking, Pat Kingsley is also a member of CAA, and she is at the partner level.

Hawke had a feeling that the videos he captured might be related to Hollywood.

Megan used to work in entertainment news and is very familiar with the entertainment industry.

Sure enough, when she played the next video, she sighed and said, "This is a screenwriter from Hollywood. His works have been very popular in recent years."

Megan said roughly: "Have you seen "G.I. Team" and "Scooby-Doo"? James Gunn is the screenwriter of these two movies. I heard that Universal Pictures is preparing to remake George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead", and he is responsible for writing the script for the new version of the movie."

Hawke stared at the screen. The man on it was unfamiliar, but he had heard of the name.

It seems like he is the director of Guardians of the Galaxy in his previous life.

Star-Lord is involved in a scandal, and now James Gunn has appeared in a video of priests. Is this called birds of a feather flock together?
Megan still recognized the man in the next video: "This man is called Victor Salva. He was a very famous Hollywood director in the 1980s and 1990s. He made "Clown House" and "Flash Miracle". He had a history of pedophilia and was once in prison. Later, Francis Coppola helped him avoid prison."

Hearing that one of the four major Hollywood directors was involved, Hawke was also a little curious: "What exactly happened?"

Megan recalled and said simply: "Victor directed "Clown House", Coppola was the producer. During the filming, the director molested a child star in the crew. The mother of the child star came to Coppola for help, but Coppola threatened her that if she didn't shut up, she would be sued by the crew and have to pay a large sum of money."

She took a sip of water and continued, "But this lady has a certain background. She not only called the police, but also let the media report it. Victor was sentenced to prison for this, but for some reason, Coppola worked hard for him and got him out of prison early. We also continued to cooperate on "Lightning Miracle"."

Hawke could only think of one possibility: Victor Salva had something on Francis Coppola.

Megan's words were very direct: "Roman Polanski is not an isolated case in Hollywood. He just had bad luck and got caught."

Hawke nodded. "Compared to these bastards, Tom Cruise's deviant beliefs are nothing."

Megan said: "Who knows what is hidden behind that handsome face."

Hawke couldn't agree more: "This scene sucks."

Among the seven videos, one is a church priest, four are from Hollywood, and the other two are people Megan doesn't know.

She speculated: "Judging from the identities of those four people, these two should have connections with Hollywood."

Hawke said: "The Catholic Church and Hollywood, the two most famous queer circles in America, have come together in this incident."

Megan thought for a moment and said, "These are all successful people in Hollywood. Money comes relatively easily. In this day and age, it is not easy for churches to ask believers to donate generously. This may be the reason for this."

She stated a fact: "The biggest problem in Hollywood is pedophilia. It was, is, and will be. This is also the biggest problem in this industry." Hawke turned off the video, stood up and walked around twice, then turned back to look at Megan: "Are you interested in revealing it?" He remembered what Megan said when they first met: "You always wanted big news, and now the big news is here, and it may even win the Pulitzer Prize."

Megan is not an impulsive person, otherwise she would have rushed forward the last time she heard Pat Kingsley's recording: "There is still a chance of getting a bullet."

That's what she said, but she didn't plan to do that: "Last time, there was only an unconfirmed recording, but this time you put the video in front of me, and I still didn't dare to report it. I might as well just resign."

Hawke said directly: "Then you have to act quickly. My people have already sent emails all over the world. It is estimated that more than 350 media outlets around the world will receive relevant emails tomorrow morning."

Mei is a journalist, so he naturally understood what Hawke meant. "That's a good idea. There have been so many news stories about this in the past that have been suppressed by the media. Not to mention the Catholic Church, how many Hollywood stories have been exposed? If you're not an insider, how would you know that Coppola, one of the four great directors, was involved in this kind of case?"

Hawke asked, "Can you convince Channel 11?"

"Let's give it a try." Megan has decided to do this piece of news: "What you do can help me convince the top executives at Fox TV."

Hawke paused for a moment, "I might also add that the LAPD will take action."

But Megan smiled and said deliberately: "Your girlfriend doesn't seem like a righteous person."

Hawke said: "Fox TV exposed it, and the LAPD had to take action."

"This is not like your style." Megan was puzzled: "I don't see what benefit you can get from this."

Hawke was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "It can make the environment around me better, and it can make me feel happier, which will give me more motivation to make money."

Megan knew him well and didn't quite believe what he said.

Hawke wouldn't tell her the other reason.

By doing this, Campos and his people will be more willing to work for him in the future.

Megan took the storage disk, checked the time, and said, "I'll go back to the Fox TV Center and talk to Director Cynthia. If everything goes well, these videos will be broadcast on Channel 11's Ace News tonight."

Hawke saw her out and said, "I'll wait for your good news."

"You've already done the hardest part." Megan didn't forget one other thing: "You can't give me exclusive authorization. The press authorization fee won't be very high. I'll let my assistant contact you later."

Hawke responded, "Okay."

Megan went downstairs, got in the car and drove straight to the Fox Television Center, and on the way she called Cynthia Rothberg, director of Channel 11.

Arriving at the Fox Building, she went straight upstairs to the channel director's office.

Cynthia glanced at Megan who was walking quickly and asked, “Where’s the big news you mentioned?”

Megan handed her the disk: "It involves the Catholic Church and some successful people in Hollywood."

Hearing this, Cynthia’s first reaction was: “They molested children?”

These are not secrets in the news industry.

Megan said directly: "It was filmed by someone."

Cynthia plugged in the USB drive and quickly scrolled through the videos on it.

Megan has marked the order.

Therefore, she first looked at the two priests'.

Megan simply said: "The two priests are Father Michael Baker and Father Steve Weiss of St. Bean's Cathedral, and the place where it happened is St. Bean's Church Welfare School behind the church."

Cynthia nodded, but didn't say anything. Instead, she quickly browsed the video attentively.

She closed the video playback window and looked at Megan: "Are you ready to report?"

"If possible, I hope to be on the news as soon as possible." Megan said bluntly: "This will cause a sensation across the United States."

Cynthia smiled. "And then? Honey, everyone from the Los Angeles Diocese to the cardinal in charge of American affairs to the Vatican will call Fox and put tremendous pressure on him."

Some news can be reported casually, while others need to be reported with caution. She knows the difference between the two: "Let's keep these under wraps for now. I will report this to the higher authorities..."

Megan knew this would be the result, and said, "Director, there is one more thing I need to explain to you. The person who provided me with the news is a family member of the victim. She is a computer expert, so she was able to take these videos. This person also collected the news collection email addresses of more than 300 media outlets around the world and has sent them to them."

Cynthia was quite surprised.

Megan continued: "We will have concerns, other TV stations will have concerns, what about the emerging online media? What about the European media? What about the East Coast media? Some of them will definitely report it."

She continued, "As far as I know, this person has already called the LAPD to report the incident. She is also a Twitter user and can actively tweet!"

Cynthia frowned: “This person doesn’t follow the rules and breaks the default rules of the media circle.”

Megan said: "Director, times are changing. The development of the Internet media has given individuals the opportunity to speak out. This news will inevitably be exposed. Why can't Fox expose it? It is in Fox's best interest for us to expose it first!" (End of this chapter)

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