The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, City Hall.

In the conference room, Hawke and Brian each sat on one side of the long conference table, signed the contract in front of them, then exchanged the contracts and signed again.

There was no public ceremony, no media attention. Just like many political subsidies in the United States, the contract was officially signed without the public's knowledge and the money went into the pockets of big companies.

This is a contract for two projects.

A document was signed by the City Hall, in the name of supporting the development of high-tech enterprises in Silicon Beach, to sell the Coast Building to Twitter at a cost price of US$1.5 million.

The other is a financial support plan for key Los Angeles enterprises, in which the City Hall provides Twitter with $3.6 million in subsidies for technology research and development, personnel employment, and skills training.

The contract was signed and the project was implemented.

The procedures for changing ownership of the building will naturally be handled by subordinates.

Hawke and Brian left the conference room and went into the latter's mayor's office together.

Similar to the Oval Office, the mayor's office is not very large. Hanging on the walls are portraits of several outstanding former mayors of Los Angeles, but none of them includes Antonio.

Brian sat on the sofa in the reception area and said to Hawke: "The $1.5 million will be paid in three years. Twitter shouldn't be under too much pressure."

"I thought I could pay it off over 10 years and then have the debt forgiven," Hawke joked.

Brian simply said: "Los Angeles has a default rule in this regard. In cases like the Coast Building, the installment period cannot exceed the term of office."

There are more than just these two contracts on both sides. After the Los Angeles fire, the project of cleaning up the ruins site has been outsourced to West Coast Environmental Technology Company, which in turn subcontracted it to three other companies at a lower price.

In the end, there should be more than ten companies entering the market to work.

Subcontracting at various levels provides a special service that is accepted all over the world.

West Coast Environmental Technology won all the bids in the Fire Department's latest procurement tender, and the business manager who went to the East is preparing to import a large number of fire-fighting equipment.

Because of the fire, City Hall and city councillors have maximized the firefighting budget.

The purchase amount this time was as high as 3200 million US dollars.

There will naturally be more to come.

As we all know, the profits from this kind of government procurement in the United States are incredibly high.

The security company has also signed a contract, and the Butterfly Company is recruiting people, but the contract with the original security company will expire at the end of the year. During these few months, the new security company can train staff.

Brian then added, "Before next weekend, the White House official will come to Los Angeles. Since the Los Angeles fire, the Donkey Party's support rate has continued to decline and is almost on par with the Elephant Party."

He said one more thing: "In the last election, Al Gore won 53% of the votes in California. They did not yet have a dominant advantage."

Hawke has the impression that in ten years, this figure will become more than 60%.

It seems that the boss could only get 35% of the votes in California.

Hawke nodded and asked, "How is your discussion with your fiancée going?"

"Jennifer and I are just boyfriend and girlfriend, we are not engaged yet!" Brian emphasized, and then said, "Jennifer is selecting reliable personnel and contacting the Washington headquarters to have the people there find a suitable reason to send away the second deputy director who is biased towards the Donkey Party."

This is one of the reasons why Hawke waited.

It is no problem for the LAPD to frame ordinary people, but you can't rely on them for things like this. It is not an exaggeration to say that the LAPD is like a sieve.

As soon as the case is filed, it will be passed on to the person who should get the information.

The Los Angeles FBI branch was slightly better, mainly because when Jennifer Huey was transferred there, she brought a group of people with her.

The supervisor here has been working in name only but retired in reality since last year and has completely ignored these matters.

As long as the second deputy director is not in Los Angeles, Jennifer can use the power of her position to suppress many things.

Hawke said: "My people are advancing step by step. It won't be long before the female reporter from Fox TV takes the initiative to attack."

Brian nodded: "I promised Jennifer that we will get engaged immediately after this is done."

Hawke sighed, "Man, you made a brave choice for our cause, and I admire you."

Brian looked sad: "What I lost was countless forests."

"If you need, I can help you organize a grand bachelor party." Hawke still had enough funds: "At least find you five Victoria's Secret Angels and ten models who have walked the Victoria's Secret show."

Brian grabbed Hawke's arm and said, "It's a happy decision."

Hawke added: "Regarding the accountability for the fire, don't relax for a moment. You track down Antonio, and Sacramento holds those Donkey Party congressmen accountable. This is not only to start a war and put pressure on them, but also to attract their attention and keep their focus on the aftermath of the fire."

Brian understood this: "To keep them from noticing, we have opened up a new front."

After the fire, the Donkey Gang sacrificed Antonio, hoping that he could take as much blame as possible and attract public attention.

This method is indeed effective. With the resignation of the former mayor of Los Angeles, the Democratic Party has been under much less pressure from public opinion.

But the Elephant Party is still pursuing it relentlessly, as if it is using the Los Angeles fire to turn the situation in California around in one fell swoop.

The two discussed for a long time, and it was almost noon before Hawke left the Los Angeles City Hall.

This place was not far from the detective bureau, so Hawke called Erica, confirmed that she was free at noon, and asked her to come out for lunch.

The two ate and chatted, and the topic turned to the case that happened in Beverly Hills a few days ago.

Hawke asked, "Are there any clues in the case?" Erica said simply, "The suspect has not been identified yet, but all signs indicate that the case must have been done by a super-rich person. This rich person is not only rich, but may also have set up a secret sect, or be a secret member of Satanism."

Hawke understood: "Someone above is putting pressure on you to obstruct the investigation?"

Erica shrugged, "I can't get in touch with them, but both chiefs of the detective bureau are going to put the case on hold."

Hawke said: "LAPD protects taxpayers and donors. If others pay a lot of money for protection but don't get the corresponding protection, who will donate to LAPD in the future? Is that right?"

Erica nodded slightly: "About the same."

Neither of these two men are the type to seek fairness and justice, and they don't have any special opinions on this.

Hawke remembered something and said, "I upgraded Campos' company to a security company, and I need to apply for a batch of gun licenses."

Erica said directly: "You ask him to give me the personnel information. It will take at most five days."

She stopped cutting the barbecue with her knife and fork and added, "I'll get it done as soon as possible. Bring more bodyguards with you when you go out and drive the car with the highest bulletproof level. What you and Brian planned is likely to lead to a fierce counterattack."

"I will," Hawke said. "If it happens, I will call you."

Erica said seriously: "I will specifically tell Grandpa to have the security company prepare two helicopters to be on standby at all times. If anything happens, they will be able to support you as quickly as possible."

After the two finished their meal, Hawke left the city first and drove back to Twitter, then followed Haaland from the technical department to the newly acquired office building.

The interior decoration of the Coast Building has been suspended and construction will resume after Twitter makes more specific requests.

The main changes are in network lines and security systems.

Among them, the server is the top priority.

In the middle of the building surrounded by 16-story buildings on all four sides is the server and supercomputer building, which also has 16 floors.

Hawke followed Harland into the building, discussing some technical issues as they walked.

Because this building was designed with Silicon Beach's information technology companies in mind, the middle building was originally designed for installing servers and did not require any major changes.

Dedicated network communication lines, state-of-the-art servers, this building alone would cost the Los Angeles City Hall a subsidy.

The development of online social media is too expensive.

Hawke thought of the commander-in-chief who was about to come to Los Angeles. If the other party wanted to gain an advantage in Los Angeles, he would definitely leave something behind.

Hawke will not do business that loses money.

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Exposition Park, downtown Los Angeles.

Harley Wayne took a copy of Sports Illustrated and sat on a bench by the Rose Garden Plaza.

Since it was a weekday, there weren't many people in the park.

Harry glanced at the people coming in from time to time.

Yesterday, the email address that sent an email to Harley suddenly replied.

The other party claimed to be one of her news informants.

Harley immediately made an appointment to meet at Exposition Park.

She looked at her watch and couldn't help shaking her head, trying to relax herself. She had arrived a little early, and there was still half an hour before the agreed time.

The park is less than three kilometers away from the parking lot.

After the Venice Beach Club fire, Irene, the girlfriend of Guerrero Ente, who committed suicide, took out the printed materials and familiarized herself with them again.

Beside her, Betty squeezed her hand and encouraged her, "You are a smart girl, you can do it."

Ailin put down the information and looked up at the sky: "He is watching me in the sky."

Irene had read all the things Guerrero left behind and knew that her boyfriend was not a good man. However, he was very good to her, but his death was unclear.

Erin still remembers that last night, if Guerrero hadn't chased her away, she would have died.

Irene couldn’t care less about other people’s lives, but she had to avenge Guerrero.

After Fiona and Betty found Irene and showed her the things she had mailed, Irene followed them without much discussion.

After learning about the situation, the college student was determined to take revenge.

In the past six months or so, Ailin has been undergoing various trainings, preparing to launch a fatal attack.

Target Ackerman Charitable Foundation!

Erin took the car keys, put on a Dodgers baseball cap, got in the car next to her, and said, "I'm going."

Betty nodded: "Don't worry, I will always follow you."

"Yeah," Irene responded, starting the car and driving towards Exposition Park.

Betty and several others followed. (End of this chapter)