The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Beverly Hills, Sunset Boulevard North.

Sean Ackerman stood at the door of the mansion's villa, saw a Yakuza driving over, and hurried to greet it.

The car stopped and Tiger Woods and Johnny Edwards, who had been seen at the country club before, got out of the car one after another.

Sean shook their hands and said, "This way please, my father is waiting for you."

Three people entered the villa, and only Edwards entered the study.

Woods didn't want to get involved in politics directly, so he stayed in the living room and talked to Sean.

Sean looked at him in surprise: "I heard you're getting married soon? Are you so pessimistic?"

Woods said: "Love is love, and going out for fun is going out for fun. They are two different things. Even if I get married, I can still go out for fun."

He said with some regret: "It's a pity that the Venice Beach Club was destroyed by fire."

Sean said: "The fire destroyed a building, but not the wonderful business."

Hearing this, Woods became interested and asked, "Why can't I contact Melissa when I return to Los Angeles this time? No one answered her phone call."

Outsiders didn't know about the internal conflicts of the Ackerman family, and Sean didn't need to make it public. He said, "She has something to do and will temporarily leave North America to expand the business overseas. I will be in charge of this for the time being."

Woods asked, “Any parties lately?”

Sean pointed to the study and said, "If he goes, there will be a party. If he doesn't go, there won't be a party."

Woods has a particularly strong need for this aspect of play, and couldn't help but laugh: "Johnny Edwards is a normal man."

After Edwards came out and joined Woods and left, Sean went to the study to consult his father Buddy Ackerman.

The latter agreed to organize a grand party to welcome Edwards to Los Angeles.

This is the best way for the Ackerman family to entertain people nowadays.

As Melissa disappeared and multiple investigations failed to find any trace of her, Buddy, who was in poor health, had to hand over some of his power to Sean, his only remaining direct descendant.

Even veteran billionaires like Buddy Ackman have to face this reality.

Given his current physical condition, it is too difficult to give birth to another baby. Even if he can give birth to a baby, it will be difficult to raise it.

Sean drove out of the manor, came to Santa Monica, entered the headquarters of the Ackerman Charitable Foundation, and opened the door of the general director's office.

He made a phone call and Chairman Barack Bernanke quickly arrived.

After searching in Mexico for several months without finding any useful clues, Melissa's confidant returned to Los Angeles and found that Buddy had delegated some of his power to Sean, so he simply accepted Sean's recruitment.

On the one hand, Barack wanted to continue working in this well-paid job, which was his only option, and leaving would mean death.

He knows too many secrets of the Ackerman family and there is no way he can leave alive.

On the other hand, deep down in his heart, Barack always suspected that Sean was the one who did what happened to Melissa, because Sean was the biggest beneficiary after Melissa disappeared.

He still held out a glimmer of hope that Melissa was still alive and that he could find clues around Sean and rescue Melissa.

Sean sat in the boss chair and said to Barack: "An important person has come to Los Angeles. We need to hold a party to welcome him."

Barack knew exactly who was coming over: "Senator Johnny Edwards?"

"Yes, that's him." Sean instructed, "Find out what he likes and make targeted arrangements."

Barack was more adept at planning this kind of party than Sean. He said, "We'd better prepare a few more types, black, white, blonde, brunette, redhead, young, and adult. It's best to prepare all of these. Men tend to have more diverse tastes."

Sean thought it made sense, so he said, "Prepare some more tender ones."

He doesn't know about other things, but most men like young girls.

Except for a few individuals, few men like those who are old and about to run out of water and electricity.

Barack left quickly and after returning to his office, he instructed his assistant to do specific work, especially to prepare the ship in advance.

The last time the Venice Club had an accident, out of some tacit understanding, the Ackerman Foundation's new club was built on an island in the sea, far away from Los Angeles.

When looking for party gifts, try to avoid Los Angeles and the jurisdiction of the FBI Los Angeles field office.

The main sources of gifts at present are Africa, Latin America, Ukraine and Russia.

Among them, Ukraine has the best quality.

The Slavs develop early in their youth, and the best of them are like angels before the age of eighteen, but their flowering period is often shorter, even shorter than that of American girls.

In the director's office, Sean called his assistant Fernando and asked him, "Is there any news from Emma Watson?"

Last time, he was targeting Hermione.

Fernando had no choice but to say, "We sent out several party invitations, all of which were rejected. When Emma Watson's agent rejected the invitation for the last time, he clearly told our people that Akerman Pictures had gone bankrupt, and the resources we had could not be exchanged for Emma's efforts."

"Damn it!" Sean slammed the desk angrily.

The so-called top actors and stars, except for a few selected ones, are just playthings. Even Leonardo is no exception.

The Ackerman family has many informants in the Deep Blue camp and has received some information from their party rival, P. Diddy. The last time the Zippertons came to Los Angeles, the strong Hillary was alone with Leonardo for a long time on the night of the party.

These are indeed just rumors, but since last year, Leonardo's figure has been getting out of shape and his face has been getting more and more ugly.

Any normal man would not give up on himself like this under normal circumstances.

It is not difficult to guess what happened during this period.

Sean knew that he was not as high-ranking as Hilary, and could not date a female star of Leonardo's level. But Emma Watson actually refused...

What you can't get always makes you restless. Sean looked unhappy and asked, "I remember the new Harry Potter movie will be released in North America this summer. Emma Watson will come to Los Angeles for the premiere, right?"

Fernando quickly persuaded: "We can't do this in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. won't let anyone touch their cash cow."

Sean raised his finger and shook it. "How can we possibly do something as crude as violence?"

He thought more: "By then, the candidate of the blue camp will have been determined. Invite him to enjoy it together. Those politicians like people of this age group the most. There is also the added bonus of star effect. Once he wins the election, we will get rich rewards."

Fernando stopped talking because the Ackerman family had manipulated the election in the past, but not the general election, but other voters.

These are the methods that enabled the Ackerman family to rise to prominence and accumulate billions of wealth.

It is said that there are also wealthy people in New York doing similar things.

Sean couldn't sit still in the office, so he left quickly to find a place to have fun.

Nearly a year has passed since the Venice Beach Club fire, and the Ackerman Charitable Foundation has gradually recovered in terms of location and personnel.

As long as you have money, the supply channels in Europe and Latin America can be kept open, especially the good products from Ukraine, which are of high quality and low price.

Barack had no trouble planning the party, and by the weekend it was ready.

Sean originally wanted to send a car to pick up Tiger Woods and Johnny Edwards.

But the latter must come along in the former's car.

On Friday afternoon, at the entrance of the Venice Private Yacht Club, Sean was standing in the lobby early, waiting for the arrival of distinguished guests.

Woods drove the Hyundai Equus he was endorsing, turned onto a side road that led only to the club, and drove straight into the club with Edwards.

The Cherokee driving in front of the Equus never stopped and kept going far away.

In the car, Garcia called the people behind through the in-car intercom system: "Don't stop, don't turn onto that road, it will attract attention."

Carlos, who was driving, observed the terrain, turned into the winding mountain road in the distance, and drove towards the higher ground.

In another Dodge car behind, Juan came to the traffic light, squeezed in the traffic, turned around and drove back.

He looked at the club at the end of the fork in the road again and saw someone looking out from a high place and surveillance cameras all around.

If you want to get close, you will inevitably be exposed.

Juan drove away, entered a multi-storey car park in the distance, and went straight to the third floor.

The distance was a bit far and he couldn't see the club clearly, so Juan took out a telescope and quickly determined that it was a yacht club. On the side of the club facing the sea, there were two piers specially built for parking medium-sized yachts.

A white yacht was parked in front of one of the boardwalks.

Juan opened the trunk of his car, took out a professional camera, set it up on the sea side, and started filming the club.

Not long after, the white yacht slowly sailed out of the dock and headed towards the open sea.

Hearing a car coming up from below, Juan dismantled the camera and quickly returned to the car.

He took out a telescope and observed, while communicating with Garcia about what they saw.

From Juan's perspective, see the other side of the yacht.

Garcia told Juan that a group of people, including Woods and Edwards, boarded the yacht.

Not long after, Campos called and asked about the specific situation.

After Juan and Garcia each told their stories and transmitted the pictures and videos they had taken, Campos asked them to stay at their respective positions for the time being and that someone would be sent to take over their shifts soon.

The staff of the Butterfly Company guarded for one day and two nights. It was not until Sunday morning that the white yacht returned from the open sea and slowly stopped at the dock of the yacht club.

Over in the parking lot, Juan continued to watch as Hierro slowly drove out.

On the other side, on Garcia's side, Carlos was also ready.

Not long after, the black Equus drove out of the yacht club.

Carlos drove past and found that the driver was not Woods, but a stranger.

When the Equus returned to Beverly, Hierro sent back a message that Woods and Edwards were walking unsteadily and seemed exhausted. (End of this chapter)