The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 365 Fire Adaptation Movie
At noon on the day they reached an agreement with Melman, Hawke and Brian took a flight out of Washington.

To use Hawke's words from his previous life, the evil winds in this place are too strong and their own strength is not strong enough, so they should go back and realize the benefits they have gained first.

As for Elizabeth Stein’s suggestion, if you want to cooperate, you can just pay the advertising fee.

After returning to Los Angeles, Hawke convened a meeting of the company's top executives and discussed in detail the federal subsidies and policy support. He asked Caroline to select appropriate personnel and form a team to go to Washington at any time to negotiate with the authorities.

After the meeting, Caroline followed Hawke into the chairman's office in her high heels and said, "The $3.3 million subsidy from the city of Los Angeles was planned to be spent on the Coast Building and server updates. The money has not yet been fully spent, and you have found new subsidies, half of which is in cash. That's great."

Hawke asked her to sit anywhere she wanted: "The next four years are very critical for us. If we can't quickly expand our scale and become a real Internet giant, Twitter will be in a lot of trouble once the Donkey Party makes a comeback in Los Angeles and California."

Caroline pointed at the blood-red spot on her bulging chest and the tailor-made coat that was propped up. "In four years, California has been completely turned red."

"Southern California is easier, but Northern California is harder." Hawke is not blindly optimistic.

California has two senators, both of whom are from the Donald Trump Party. One of them is running for election this year and the election results are out. Barbara Boxer, who represents the female power of California, stood on the side of the female victims in the Ackerman family incident and repeatedly criticized the actions of her fellow Californians Nunes and Willie Brown. She eventually defeated Secretary of State Arnold Schwarzenegger and won the election.

Although this caused a split within the California Donkey Party, Barbara did not switch sides.

Thinking of women's rights, Hawke went to the office window, looked out at Venice Beach, picked up the telescope next to him, and held it in front of his eyes.

Because the weather turned cooler in November, there were fewer tourists on the beach, and the bright red color could be seen at a glance.

Those are the Baywatch members in red tights.

According to Frank, these were members of the feminist group Sisters of the March.

Hawke thought of the Los Angeles fire, when Twitter revealed one news after another about female firefighters in a miserable state, causing Los Angeles to fall into a greater disaster. He always felt that these women were targeting Twitter.

The Sisterhood of Parade has got so many beautiful women hanging around Twitter. Are they trying to test the cadres in this way?
These people were a bit troublesome, but Hawke was ready to use magic.

From the Los Angeles fire to the Ackerman family incident to the general election, Hawke's horizons have been broadened and his views on people and things have changed after experiencing a series of events that have affected the political landscape of California and even the United States.

These are directly related to the resources that people can control and mobilize.

When you have a millionaire, you will think about cooperating with similar organizations to achieve a win-win situation.

When you have tens of millions of assets, you can mobilize resources to fight against them.

When their wealth skyrocketed to billions and they owned a huge media platform, they would only treat them as tools to achieve their goals.

Caroline came over from behind and looked into the distance curiously. She had been busy with work recently and had been working on the computer continuously. Her eyesight had deteriorated and she couldn't see clearly. She could only squint and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Hawke handed her the telescope: "Look for yourself, those reds."

Caroline took the binoculars and looked towards the beach. She immediately spotted the red tights and frowned. "Bad fashion taste."

She said deliberately, “You’ve been in Los Angeles for two years, and nothing has changed in this regard.”

Hawke chuckled and said, "Men only like one kind of woman."

Caroline looked carefully and memorized all the styles and designs of the red tights.

Then, I felt that it was not good to wear this thing to the company, and I could only meet the boss at the company every day.

Hawke ignored her sheepish thoughts and said, "According to what Frank found out, they are all members of the Parade Sisterhood."

Caroline remembered the group: “We worked with them.”

Hawke nodded slightly. "Yes, it happened when I first came to Los Angeles. We worked together two or three times. The one I was most involved in was the Alison Faith videotape incident."

"We've been on the opposite side of them in recent times." Caroline asked, "Are you a little afraid of them?"

Hawke shook his finger. "It's not that I'm afraid, it's a kind of... how should I describe it? Facing these female fists is like having a pile of stinking dog shit in front of you. If you really use some strength, you will definitely crush them, but your feet will also be covered with dog shit, which is disgusting."

Caroline laughed: "That's a very apt description."

Hawke returned to his office and sat down. "The Sisters March sent people here. Did they want to disgust us? I have to find a way to make them disgust themselves."

Caroline turned to face him: "You are the best at these." She took out a document and placed it in front of Hawke: "The chairman of the charity foundation you want, these are the three candidates for recruitment. The final choice depends on you."

Hawke glanced through it briefly and said, "I'll have Edward call them."

Caroline still had a lot of things to do: "I'll go back first."

Hawke read the information in detail, gave it to Edward, and asked him to call and hold an interview in the afternoon if possible. After lunch, the three of them came over one after another.

Hawke personally interviewed and eventually chose a man named Pierce Madden as the acting chairman of the Osmond Charitable Foundation.

On the one hand, this person has relevant work experience; on the other hand, he has the recommendation of Jet Brown, the headhunting manager of Korn Ferry International.

Over the past year or so, Jet Brown has been looking for professional talent for Twitter, and the people he has recruited are very useful.

Currently, the charitable foundation is managed by an intermediary agency. With the increase in Hawke's income and the addition of several charitable shelters that originally belonged to the Ackerman Charitable Foundation, the Osmond Charitable Foundation will definitely become a real entity.

When Twitter moves to Hai'an Building, half of this four-story building will become the office of the charity foundation.

The other half belongs to the shell company West Coast Environmental Technology.

This is a middleman who legally siphoned off the Los Angeles city budget. When Brian stepped down from the seat of mayor of Los Angeles, West Coast Environmental Technology had reached the end of its mission.

But unlike Twitter, which continues to burn money, this company can bring huge cash flow to Hawke.

After a busy few days, Tom Cruise and Eric Eason came to visit Twitter.

Hawke met the two men in the reception room.

Tom Cruise smiled and hugged Hawke: "Long time no see, my friend."

Hawke smiled and said, "A lot has happened during this period of time."

"Yeah." Tom Cruise was still terrified: "The fire almost burned down Los Angeles."

Eric Eason pinched his nose and said, "The cigarette ash caused my rhinitis to flare up. I still feel like the air in Los Angeles is full of floating ash."

Hawke nodded: "It was too dangerous at the time. I hired two private firefighting teams to guard the company 24 hours a day."

The three of them were talking about the Los Angeles fire, and Eric Eason suddenly had an idea and said, "This fire is so tragic. It is unprecedented in the history of Los Angeles and extremely rare in the history of the United States. The whole process of the fire is full of drama."

Hawke guessed what the old man was thinking and said, "You want to adapt it into a movie?"

"Yes, adapt it into a movie." Eric was very thoughtful: "When the fire broke out, I was in Los Angeles. The fire once burned less than five kilometers away from my studio. I personally drove deep into the fire scene and saw the gorgeous scene."

He smiled sheepishly: "Sorry, I know this description is not appropriate. I took a lot of shots at the time. The fire scene under the blessing of the strong wind had a kind of destructive beauty like the end of the world. It was simply shocking."

Tom Cruise is also thinking about this: "This fire is an indelible scar of our time, especially because of all the crazy mistakes that happened during the fire."

Eric continued: "This incident itself is full of dramatic tension. What happened during this period can be called a collection of mistakes."

Hawke was inspired by Eric and found this to be a promising idea.

Eric also said: "Many Los Angeles stars, directors, producers and film company executives' houses were burned to ashes in the fire. They especially hate the bastards who played various negative roles in the fire. If this movie can be made and participate in the awards season selection, it will naturally have an advantage."

Tom Cruise has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years and has his own film company. He has a keen sense of smell in this area and said: "More than % of the Academy members live in Los Angeles."

Hawke considered more that such a movie could play an excellent publicity role and last for a long time.

If California, especially Los Angeles, turns blue again, Twitter will be in a lot of trouble to some extent. It is in Twitter's interest to prevent the Blue Party from making a comeback.

Hawke said: "The Los Angeles fire was a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. From the former mayor Antonio to the various mistakes made by the fire department and the incompetence of the municipal departments, they should all be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and let all Los Angeles and Californians spit on them."

Tom Cruise suddenly thought of something: "The fire department is involved with the feminist organization. Even if we restore the video according to the news report one to one, those crazy people will still cause trouble for us."

He stated a fact: "In their eyes, there is no reason, and even the law does not exist. They define themselves as being above the entire society."

Eric had only just come to Los Angeles in early 03 to develop his career, so he didn’t have a particularly deep feeling about this: “Are you going to give up just because of this small group of people?”

There is a huge force behind Tom Cruise, and no one wants to mess with those people.

Eric frowned for a moment.

Hawke felt that if the film was well made, it would have a far-reaching impact, even if it did not win any Oscars.

Eric's film "Nightcrawler" received great acclaim and he has excellent abilities in script adaptation and film production.

(End of this chapter)