The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Hughes Aircraft Company, Playa Vista, Los Angeles.

The aircraft manufacturing plant that Howard Hughes spent all his efforts to build has long been converted into a Hollywood filming base. Its huge aircraft manufacturing plant sheds have now been turned into one film studio after another.

"Nightcrawler", produced by Cruise & Bulgari Pictures and directed by Eric Eason, officially started shooting in one of the studios.

Hawke took the time out of his day to come and take a look. After all, he had reached an agreement with Tom Cruise that he would serve as the public relations manager for the "Nightcrawler" project during the next Oscar awards season.

Although he will not adopt Hollywood's conventional award-winning tactics, he still needs to have a basic understanding of the film.

Catherine still served as a producer of the film, but was one of several producers.

She accompanied Hawke and Edward into the open-air street scene shooting area.

From a distance, Hawke saw Eric standing on the lift, mobilizing the entire crew.

The investment, scale and number of personnel of "Night Walker" are several times that of the previous "Dark Night Travel" project.

After the training of two films, Eric has become more capable and can mobilize various departments of the crew in an orderly manner.

The shooting was about to begin, and the three of them stood in the distance and watched.

Hawke asked Catherine: "Are you also involved in the investment?"

"We invested $800 million." Catherine said directly: "All the profits from the two projects, 'DC Heights' and 'Dark Travel', were invested in it."

Edward interjected: "Eric is worth the investment, and the leading actor is Tom Cruise."

A smile spread across Katherine's square face. "Not Eric, but Hawke."

Edward was suddenly shocked. Is this square-faced girl going to abandon Eric and turn to the arms of the boss?

Catherine continued: "Hawk is going to run the Oscars for this project. I believe in Hawke's ability. Even to this day, I still remember what happened at the Sundance Film Festival. Hawke used god-like operations to sell a movie that no one cared about to Castle Rock."

Hawke smiled and said, "We had no other options at the time."

Catherine had long understood what happened back then, but since she was the beneficiary, she admired him even more: "Indeed, we had no other choice at that time. We could only fight hard."

Hawke said: "Next year when we compete for the Oscars, we will be able to fight side by side again."

Catherine reached out her hand, shook his, and said, "I wish us success."

"Look." Edward reminded: "Tom Cruise is about to climb the lamp pole. The lamp pole god of war on the screen is about to be born."

The crew was getting ready to start filming. Hawke and Catherine said no more and looked towards the set.

Tom Cruise, wearing a black sportswear, carrying a prop camera, stood in front of a reinforced street lamp pole.

In order to win an award next year, he refused to use a body double and demanded to perform all scenes himself.

Tom Cruise may have some problems, but when it comes to professionalism, he is pretty good.

I practiced for half a month to climb the lamp pole.

Because he often shoots action scenes, Tom Cruise is in good physical condition and is ready.

The stunt team also put a safety rope on him.

With Eric's order, the shooting officially began.

Tom Cruise gripped the lamp pole with his feet, hugged it tightly with his hands, and climbed up step by step. Soon he reached a height of nearly nine meters.

He wrapped the rope around his waist around the lamp pole, took off the camera on his back, and aimed it at the second floor facing the roadside.

The shot was over and Tom Cruise slid all the way down.

Then we filmed the running scene.

As we all know, there are always a lot of shots of the protagonist running wildly in Cruise's works.

Running Wild is to Cruise what Furniture Town is to Jackie Chan.

After shooting a few more takes, the crew took a break. Eric was still busy, so Tom Cruise went into the rest area.

Catherine took Hawke and Edward over.

Tom Cruise saw Hawke, stood up, hugged him, and said, "You finally came to our crew to take a look."

Hawke smiled and said, "I've been busy with some things lately. I just came here when I had some free time."

He praised: "I watched the filming for a while, your performance was great."

Tom Cruise has always been confident in this regard: "For this shoot, I specifically sought out reporters and paparazzi to experience life, and also learned photography and climbing light poles, and did several months of preliminary preparation."

He emphasized: "I didn't think so before, but now I find that lamp posts are a shortcut to climb and escape. When I shoot the next Mission Impossible movie, I will ask the director to design a street lamp scene specifically for Ethan Hunt."

Hawke said: "I believe it will become a classic action movie."

Tom Cruise saw Katherine go to find Eric. Edward spotted a woman with child actors in the crew and lowered his voice to Hawke, "Are you free this weekend? I'll take you to a party with masks. It's exciting."

For some reason, Hawke thought of "Open Eye Ring" and declined, saying, "I'm going to visit Erica's house this weekend and I need to prepare in advance. This is my first official visit."

Tom Cruise nodded: "Then we should pay special attention to it and wait for the next opportunity."

As filming was about to begin again, Hawke withdrew from the set.

Tom Cruise glanced at him and knew in his heart that Hawke Osment didn't want to enter his inner circle of friends.

If it were an ordinary person, he would gradually become alienated.

But thinking about Hawke's tweet and the way Hawke easily dealt with Pat Kingsley, Tom Cruise made a choice from his heart and continued to maintain a good relationship with Hawke.

In the afternoon, the crew finished work on time, but Tom Cruise left early because of something.

Eric is inviting Hawke and Edward to dinner.

He asked, "There's a new Japanese restaurant nearby. The sushi and sashimi they make are really good. Do you want to try them?"

Hawke waved his hand: "Let's go get some cooked food."

Catherine continued, "There's a good Italian restaurant here."

The four of them went to the restaurant, and while eating, Eric suddenly felt a little nauseous, as if his stomach was not feeling well.

"You'd better see a doctor," Hawke suggested.

Eric, who came from Los Angeles, smiled and said, "I've made an appointment. I'll have a number next Friday."

Catherine said: "It shouldn't be a serious problem."

Edward then asked, "Do you often go to eat Japanese food?"

"Yeah." Eric nodded: "That store tastes really good."

Edward said seriously, "You'd better get checked for parasites. Two years ago, I found a Japanese woman with a child. She worked as a waitress in a Japanese restaurant at the time and often ate leftover food from customers. She contracted a parasitic disease."

Eric frowned: "No way?"

Edward threatened him: "According to her, there is a parasite that will get into people's brains and turn them into fools."

Eric took it seriously: "I'll contact the doctor and pay extra to jump the queue."

After the four of them finished dinner, Edward drove Hawke home, drove the Audi A8 all the way to Parisat, and drove into the luxurious villa that Eric had once photographed with a lift.

He didn't get out of the car, but honked the horn.

Maria Collins came out of the villa carrying a bag and holding a bouquet of flowers.

Edward then got out of the car, walked over and kissed Maria, opened the back door, and placed the flowers and bag on the back seat.

Maria got on the passenger seat, and Edward got in the car and left the villa, heading straight for the Los Angeles Cemetery which was not far away.

The two of them didn't say anything. They both felt extremely excited when they thought about what they were about to do.

This silent atmosphere even further increases the excitement.

Because the two of them wanted to go to the cemetery to visit Maria's ex-husband Miller Collins under the cover of night.

In less than half an hour, Edward drove the Audi into the parking lot near the cemetery, picked up the bouquet of flowers in the back seat, and accompanied Maria into the cemetery.

He had been to this place before. Earlier this year, he accompanied Deborah to visit Robert Downey Jr., so he was quite familiar with the place.

After passing a fork in the road, Edward looked in the opposite direction, which led to the place where Tony was buried.

Every time he and Deborah came over, Donny would give them positive comments.

Not giving a review, of course, means it is considered a positive review.

The cemetery was built on the mountain. The two walked inside and saw no one else except the dim lights and the gravekeeper at the door.

"This way." Maria turned into a small side road and soon came to a place that covered a large area.

Edward turned on the flashlight and shone it. On the granite tombstone, there was a familiar photo.

A photo of Miller Collins when he was still a star wide receiver.

Edward placed the bouquet of flowers in front of Miller's tombstone and said, "I will take care of Maria and Dorothy in the future, so you don't have to worry."

After waiting for a moment, he added, "Since you don't object, I'll take it as your consent."

Maria had a falling out with Miller Collins, and during the divorce, she took away almost all of his property. She was more than angry at her ex-husband's behavior of preferring to stir up trouble rather than come to her.

At this moment, she came here with her new boyfriend, just like Edward, with one and only one purpose.

Dancing and playing poker in front of the tombstone!

Maria unbuttoned her long windbreaker, revealing her black stockings underneath, and urged, "Savior, come and save me!"

"Please wait a moment." Edward took out a piece of yellow talisman paper from his pocket and stuck it on the side of Miller's photo on the tombstone.

This was the product that the owner of a shop owned by an Oriental man strongly recommended when he went to buy essential oil for Hawke.

It's effective at suppressing the dead bastards.

Edward has already been used by Robert Downey Jr., who gave it a five-star rating.

The night wind blew at this time, making a humming sound in the mountains.

At the same time, the sound of poker cards being played could be heard.

Maria held onto her ex-husband's tombstone with both hands to steady herself.

Edward behind her kept her warm in the chilly night breeze.

In the photo of Miller Collins, the former star wide receiver is always smiling happily.

This scene is full of joy.

(It’s the New Year, happy New Year to all the big guys, may you make a fortune in the New Year! Congratulations on your prosperity!” (End of this chapter)