The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Amid the occasional falling ashes, Edward drove his Mercedes-Benz G towards the small square ahead.

Hawke looked over there and saw hundreds of citizens, dozens of reporters, and a large amount of supplies gathered in the square.

Brian was standing on top of a pile of supply boxes, giving a speech.

"There are wildfires in Los Angeles every year. Why did it burn into the city this year, reducing 300 square kilometers to ashes? Because Antonio betrayed the interests of all Los Angeles residents. He sold the water that belongs to all of us, causing a water shortage in the firefighting pipes!" Brian shouted at the top of his lungs, "Antonio is the culprit of this fire! He used our taxpayers' money to hire unsuitable people as firefighters, making it impossible to put out the fire!"

He raised the fire extinguisher in his hand: "My brothers and sisters! Los Angeles City Hall and City Council, as well as various public utility departments, cannot protect Los Angeles, and cannot protect our homes! We have to protect our homes by ourselves!"

Hawke sat in the car and watched Brian perform to his heart's content.

After a week of burning in Los Angeles, the fire was not under control, but the winds had subsided significantly.

Brian stood up and launched a direct attack on Antonio and the Donkey Party in Los Angeles, from public opinion propaganda to practical actions to political games.

He mobilized resources and transported a large amount of supplies to the road leading from the north to the south, so that the citizens who were forced to evacuate could use them for free.

The media, with Fox and Twitter as the main platforms, strongly criticized Antonio's series of stupid mistakes.

The usually prosperous Los Angeles, in Antonio's hands, turned into a hellish battlefield raging with flames of hell.

At other times, Brian might not have been able to gain an advantage, but now that the Los Angeles fire has burned the city and the burned area has exceeded 300 square kilometers, and the city hall has no solution, Antonio's side has been defeated.

The latter was helpless in the face of the strong wind and fire.

Twitter's news channel made a special feature on the Los Angeles fire, presenting all users with concise language and videos on issues such as water, firefighting equipment, female firefighters, misappropriation of firefighting funds, and the Smelt Protection Program.

Fox 11's "Ace News" program launched a column titled "The Cruel Truth Behind the Los Angeles Fire", which has been reported for three consecutive episodes.

In each episode, in addition to presenting facts and reporting news, professionals are invited to the studio to analyze on the spot the sluggishness and incompetence of the Los Angeles authorities.

In contrast, Brian appeared at the fire scene, led people to help citizens in urgent need of assistance, sought help from the outside world, and called on environmentalists to remain calm.

Some extreme environmentalists, as well as paid environmentalists, have been keeping a close eye on the relevant state government departments, using the excuse of substandard emissions and pollution of California's air, and have been refusing to allow rescue forces from other states to come in easily.

Los Angeles can burn, but the sweet air of California must not be polluted!
As for the smog caused by the Los Angeles fire, it was caused by a natural disaster, not human emissions.

This special time period, coupled with the special social environment, means that even a pig standing in front of Antonio will have an advantage.

What's more, Brian is a rich, powerful and executive man.

Thousands of citizens gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall for a sit-in protest. The posters and banners they held up all criticized the government authorities and Antonio.

Others held up megaphones and shouted along with those whose homes had been burned down.

"Waste Antonio must resign!"

"The judicial system will thoroughly investigate Antonio's malfeasance!"

"Get the hell out of Los Angeles!"

In a car that quietly left the city hall, Antonio looked at the protesting crowd outside and the reporters who were interviewing and filming in the crowd, and his face looked extremely ugly.

Before the fire, most of these people were his supporters.

At that time, his approval rating in Los Angeles was over 70%.

Re-election is basically a done deal.

Next to him sat his assistant, Gordon, who was also his campaign manager when he ran for mayor.

Antonio retracted his gaze and looked at the newspaper in his hand. Even the Los Angeles Times, which stood on the side of the Donkey Party, published Schwarzenegger's remarks on the front page, fiercely criticizing him as the mayor for inaction.

Some even called him the least capable mayor of Los Angeles in thirty years.

He knew why, as most media workers lived in northern Los Angeles, and many of their houses had been burned down.

Even if the house burns down, the loan still needs to be repaid.

There was no way these so-called homeless people would let the nominal leaders of Los Angeles go.

And then there's the running-around opponent, Brian Ferguson.

They come up with new ways to attack the current government every day.

Antonio asked, "Support has dropped significantly?"

Gordon couldn't mislead him, so he told him the truth: "Less than 30%." He said from the perspective of his job: "I suggest you resign."

Antonio was furious: "Resign? Then all the responsibility will fall on me. I will become the sinner of this fire, nailed to the pillar of shame in Los Angeles, and my political future will be ruined!" Gordon was more realistic: "The current situation is extremely unfavorable. Our supporters are gradually becoming opponents. Even if the fire is finally put out, the responsibility will still fall on us. Sacramento is eager to distance itself from the Environmental Protection Act and the Smelt Protection Act and will not help us."

He reminded: "As long as Brian Ferguson is not a fool, he will definitely launch a recall election once the fire is under control. We have no chance of winning and may be liquidated by then. If I resign now, I can negotiate terms with Brian and land safely."

Hearing this, Antonio remembered former Governor Davis, who was defeated by Schwarzenegger in the recall election.

But as a Mexican, he has worked hard to climb to his current position and he won't give up easily.

Antonio said, "Wait until I try again."

Gordon shut up.

The car entered the business club in the financial district, and Antonio met Nelson, the CEO of Wonderful, in a reception room.

"Where is Stuart? Why doesn't he come to see me?" Antonio made an appointment with the Stuarts.

Nelson smiled and said, "Mr. Mayor, the chairman and his wife suffer from chronic bronchitis and asthma. They cannot stand the smell of cigarettes and left Los Angeles four days ago. If you have anything to ask me to do, I will pass it on to the chairman."

Antonio didn't have time to waste time with him: "I want you to open the floodgates to release water to alleviate the drought in Los Angeles so that Los Angeles will have water to put out the fire."

Nelson's smile faded, and his face became serious: "I'm sorry, I can't agree to this. According to our agreement, in multiple reservoirs and canals..."

"Tens of thousands of Los Angeles residents have already lost their homes." Antonio interrupted him, "Hundreds of thousands more are facing serious threats from fires, with direct economic losses of tens of billions of dollars!"

Nelson said: "The water resources of Wonderwater Water Bank are needed to ensure the water supply of all its plantations. This year's drought is severe and the water is not enough. If the plantations reduce or even stop producing due to water shortage, we will not be able to complete the customer's orders. Not only will we have to pay for the goods, but we will also face huge breach of contract lawsuits. Will the city hall pay for these losses? Or will all taxpayers in Los Angeles pay for them?"

“Call for help,” he advised. “There’s plenty of water in Northern California.”

These words reminded Antonio of the Smelt Protection Act and those crazy environmentalists. He felt so upset that he almost vomited blood.

Those Donkey Party members in the state legislature are a bunch of pigs. How could they pass a bill that would kill themselves?
Are those little fish the size of fingers as important as Los Angeles?
The meeting ended in a bad mood. The Jewish interests amounted to more than one billion US dollars. Not to mention the mayor of Los Angeles, even the Jewish father would not be able to handle it.

When he returned to the town hall, Antonio saw the protesting crowd in front of the square again. Those people not only shouted at him to resign, but also uttered all kinds of insults and curses.

More people were still gathering in the square.

Among them were some victims whose houses were destroyed, some were people who sympathized with them, and some were demagogues with ulterior motives.

Antonio thought about it and realized that continuing to protest would only be disadvantageous to him, so he took out his cell phone and called Karen Crowley, asking her to organize some people to come over and fight.

Most of the protesters in the town square were men.

A group of feminists rushed up, and no matter what they did, they would be put in a passive position!

As soon as he returned to City Hall, Antonio saw Harvey Weinstein, who had funded him.

The fat Jewish man's face was still covered in dust, as if he had just walked out of a fire.

Harvey was furious: "Two of my houses were burned down! There were paintings inside that were worth more than the houses, and those useless female firefighters of yours just sprayed fluoride on them. Millions of dollars worth of paintings were destroyed just like that!"

He was almost mad: "What are you thinking? Recruiting a group of women as firefighters? This is irresponsible to every one of us taxpayers. I demand that you fire them immediately!"

"I'll find a way to solve these problems." Antonio just responded: "Please give me some time."

Some people can make great plans when things are going well, but are helpless when they are really in trouble.

The fire has burned 300 square kilometers. Everything that should have burned has been burned. If Antonio fires Karen Crowley and others at this time, won’t he lose the support for women’s rights?

Harvey left the City Hall, but before he had walked far, the City Square became chaotic.

More than a hundred women rushed into the square, holding up various banners in support of Antonio, shouting slogans, and verbally abusing and attacking the protesting men.

Some radical elements even threw objects, hurled underwear, and spit.

For a moment, the men didn't know how to respond.

Hierro, who was filming here, notified Hawke immediately.

Brian, who was discussing the next move with Hawke, also received the news.

Hawke had a plan for this, so he hung up the phone and said directly, "Please ask the saint to come out."

Brian nodded and dialed Steve Nutter's number.

After Saint Steve left the NAACP in the first half of the year, he founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Covina. After more than half a year of development, it has attracted a large number of blacks and Mexicans.

After receiving the call, Steve immediately activated the emergency plan and gathered more than 200 female members, who took several buses and rushed to the Municipal Square. (End of this chapter)