The Wolf of Los Angeles.

LAPD Headquarters, Parker Center, Downtown Los Angeles.

A small promotion ceremony is taking place.

As a family member, Hawke sat in the spectator gallery and applauded with everyone.

Erica was officially promoted from police captain to police inspector today, and transferred from the Detective Bureau to the Special Operations Bureau.

The promotion ceremony went quickly. In less than half an hour, Erica, dressed in her police uniform, met up with Hawke and prepared to leave the Parker Center.

Hawke drove Erica's Mercedes-Benz G-Class out of Parker Center and said, "I haven't seen you wearing this in a while."

Erica adjusted her braids that were pressed down by the hat, tilted her head and stared at Hawke: "When we go back tonight, I'll wear it for you to see. I don't want this one anymore, you can tear it up as you like."

Hawke braked at a red light and said, "Honey, you're going to get into an accident if you say that."

Erica smiled happily, and her chest, which was supported by her police uniform, seemed to have an earthquake, rising and falling: "You said there was a surprise, where are we going next?"

Hawke said: "The FBI seized the Ackerman family's assets and completed the process of handing them over to the national treasury. The participants had to share the spoils. I bought the Ackerman Manor on the north side of Sunset Boulevard and all the shelters under the Ackerman Charitable Foundation at a low price."

The light ahead turned green and he started the car: "The rescue station only cost $10, while the manor cost $2000 million."

Erica understood: "You want to take me to see the house?"

Hawke turned onto Santa Monica Boulevard: "We need to renovate it. I have an appointment with a decoration company. I have to hear your opinion."

Erica was not the type to be shy, so she said frankly, "Okay, I heard that it is one of the largest estates in Beverly."

Hawke then asked, "When do you report to the Special Operations Bureau?"

"We'll go tomorrow." Erica thought for a moment and said, "A few days ago, a female corpse branded with Satanist symbols was found at the sewage outlet near the Santa Monica Pier. This case seems to be very troublesome. Someone is worried that I should continue to investigate further."

She was ruthless, but she was never a tough guy: "I'm gone, and the case will naturally be dropped. My new position is the deputy commander of Team A of the Special Operations Bureau, responsible for the crime control team, which is Team B and Team C, as well as the training of Team D SWAT."

Hawke said: "These are things you are good at, and you don't have to be on the front line."

Erica smiled and said, "It will be easier if you switch to a management position." Thinking that Hawke has been very busy recently, she added, "Leave these trivial matters of decoration to me."

That's perfect. Hawke said, "Okay."

The two soon arrived at Ackerman Manor, where people from the decoration company were already waiting at the door.

After entering the manor, Erica got out of the car and looked around. She said, "The place is very big. It feels similar to the manor in Woodland Hills. There are basically no manors of this size among the new luxury homes launched in Beverly."

"Let's go and take a look together." Hawke called the designer Randall, first looked at the courtyard, and then went to see the main building and the auxiliary building.

There is no need to make major changes to the auxiliary building. The first floor will be used as a garage and storage room, and the second and third floors will be servants' rooms.

After looking at the main building, several people sat in the living room to discuss.

Erica said directly: "I suggest that the golf course be converted into a shooting range."

Hawke couldn't agree more: "The golf clubs and the accompanying houses will all be demolished and rebuilt into the range control room, gun room and ammunition storage. As for the shooting range..."

He looked at Erica, who said, "I'll come up with a plan as soon as possible."

Randall asked his assistant to write it down.

As for the decoration of the main building, Hawke briefly talked about the style, and the details would have to wait for Randall to come up with a preliminary design plan.

The focus of the project is underground.

The manor has a huge underground floor, which is equipped with a wine cellar, storage room, safe and armory.

There are also underground cells specifically used for imprisonment.

These all need to be renovated, especially the safe and armory.

Both the villa rented by Santa Monica and Erica's villa in the Silver Lake community stored a large number of weapons.

Hawke himself couldn't remember how many guns and ammunition he bought after arriving in Los Angeles.

Decorating a house is a systematic project, especially for such a large estate.

Now Erica has switched from field work to management, which is a big step forward in her career and will give her more free time.

Hawke simply left it to her.

Randall left first.

Hawke drove back to the Silver Lake community.

Not long after, Erica achieved the achievement of increasing the police uniform's wear and tear by 1.

…………

West Los Angeles, Sisters of the Marching Headquarters.

Entrusted by Kamala, Siebel came to visit Michelle, one of the feminist leaders in Los Angeles. Since the Los Angeles fire, the Marching Sisters have suddenly become much quieter.

First, the botched performance during the fire led to heavy criticism from the media, led by Twitter and Fox.

The citizens of Los Angeles, who had suffered numerous losses, stood directly against them.

When real interests are damaged, people's brains will become clearer in the pain.

In the Ackerman family incident that broke out later, most of the victims were women. Under normal circumstances, the Marching Sisters should speak up for women.

But their sponsors and political stance have forced them to remain silent.

During this period, Michelle could clearly feel that the organization's influence was gradually shrinking.

"The fire in Los Angeles has caused damage to our interests. Even the people in City Hall have been replaced." Siebel obeyed Kamala's call and first went from Los Angeles to San Francisco. After receiving the other party's instructions, he returned to Los Angeles to act as a liaison between the two parties.

She looked at Michelle and said, "Twitter and Fox attacked us the most fiercely during and after the fire. Twitter was also one of the organizations that benefited the most after Brian Ferguson came to power."

Michelle was almost ruined in the fire department. She said: "The founder of Twitter is Hawke Osment. The sisterhood has cooperated with him before. I didn't expect him to stand on the opposite side of us."

"He's completely on the opposite side of the fence," Siebel said. "Twitter played a big role in the California vote, and now a lot of people are unhappy with them and the sororities."

Michelle understood immediately: "They want the sisterhood to deal with Twitter?"

This made her feel like asking the two-winged angels to kill Lucifer: "That is a large company with a market value of over 10 billion US dollars. You overestimate the sisterhood."

Both Siebel and Kamala are women, and their coping strategies are also common among women: "Hawk Osment is a normal man. We have combined previous information and found that he has other mistresses besides his girlfriend Erica Ferguson."

Michelle’s first reaction: “Expose this to put him at odds with Erica and split his alliance with the Ferguson family?”

"Don't be ridiculous. This kind of alliance of interests cannot be influenced by the feelings between men and women." Sibel is also trying to enter politics: "Do you think Erica Ferguson doesn't know that he is entangled with Megan Taylor of Fox TV? The women of those big families are just pretending not to know. In the face of family interests, things between men and women are just small issues."

Michelle asked, "What do you want to do? Let's not talk about temptation and strength. According to what you said before, Hawke Osmond went through it before the last governor recall election, and the vigilance will be very high."

Xibeier said: "Find a woman and make her his lover. It would be best if she could influence his position and decision. Even if that is not possible, we can still get some key intelligence."

Michelle thought for a moment and said, "I got a few people on Venice Beach in front of the Twitter office building and had dinner with Hawke Osment."

Xibel shook his head: "Normative women can't do that. A true beauty trap doesn't rely on simple looks. There are other factors, such as hobbies, abilities, tastes, etc."

Michelle understood now: "Find a young woman who is beautiful enough, meets Hawk Osment's aesthetic standards, has outstanding abilities, and is from our side, and lurk around Hawk Osment?"

"If we do it right, we'll have a billionaire and one of the most powerful Internet media as an ally," Siebel said.

Her words carried an irresistible temptation: "Just think about it, if Twitter becomes a platform that supports women's rights and recruits people like us as employees, our lost influence will soon come back and become even stronger, making men consciously become our slaves."

These last words touched Michelle's heart.

Because what they want is never equal rights, but privileges.

Riding on men... no, riding on the heads of other men and women, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and doing whatever one wants.

The idea was good, but Michelle had experienced the Los Angeles fire, so her mind was somewhat clear, and she said, "According to your conditions, there are not many suitable candidates in Los Angeles."

If there really were such people, they would have stood out from the feminist crowd long ago.

Sibel sighed: "If only I were a few years younger."

Michelle glanced at her, without judging.

Sibel took out a photo and handed it to Michelle: "Look at this person."

Michelle took it. The person in the photo was wearing a pink Chanel dress, red high heels, a limited edition Hermès bag, a Cartier jewel necklace, and her long honey-gold hair was cut into bangs.

The man is thin, the thunder is big, and the thin branch bears great fruit.

Her palm-sized face looked like a ewe opening its mouth when she smiled.

Michelle knew her and had dealt with her more than once: "Caroline Jones, formerly the PR manager of Full Tilt PR."

"We've done a lot of research on her," Siebel said. "Before joining Twitter, Carolyn Jones was a womanizer and had worked with you on several occasions."

Michelle nodded slightly: "She wanted to join us at that time, but now..."

"Try it," said Sibel.

…………

Before the weekend, Hawke and Bryan flew to Washington to attend George Walker's victory party.

Originally, George Walker also invited Paul Ferguson and others.

But the Ferguson family finally decided to let Brian go.

This is also pushing Brian to the top. (End of this chapter)