The Wolf of Los Angeles.

After Butterfly Security Company inspected the Coast Building, the FBI's professional technicians secretly checked it again and found a total of seven rooms with bugs installed.

These rooms are all located on the top three floors of the building, and are also where Twitter executives work and hold meetings.

Hawke did not say anything and asked Campos to cooperate with Jennifer in the investigation.

The FBI quietly accepted Twitter's report.

After Jennifer led her people away, Hawke found Campos and asked, "Has one of the eavesdropping devices started working?"

Campos checked it himself: "A bug in Conference Room 2 was activated before we found it."

Hawke nodded, a little curious: "I wonder who is over there."

Edward guessed randomly: "Are you jealous of us making money?"

Hawke didn't know whether the person on the other side was a human or a ghost, but no matter what it was, he would give him a generous gift first and see whether the other party would accept it or not.

He took out his cell phone and called Tom Cruise, asking, "Tommy, are there any big projects in Hollywood that have investments worth hundreds of millions...preferably $1.5 million?"

Tom Cruise thought for a while and said, "Spider-Man 3, Transformers, I Am Legend, all of these films cost more than $1.5 million to produce. Including the publicity and promotion, the investment will not be less than $2.5 million... Oh, yes, there is another one. I just heard that New Line Cinema is going to adapt the His Dark Materials trilogy into a magical epic. It is said that the production cost of the first film, The Golden Compass, is estimated to be $1.8 million, and it is currently raising funds from outside."

All that was said before was useless. When Hawke heard the name of "The Golden Compass", he thought of Tom Cruise's beautiful ex-wife and said, "Got it, thank you."

"Are you planning to invest in movies?" Tom Cruise specifically reminded: "Don't invest recklessly in Hollywood. Hollywood has its own set of accounting standards that can calculate a hit movie as a loss, leaving outside investors with nothing."

Hawke laughed: "I'm no stranger to Hollywood, I won't invest recklessly."

After hanging up the phone, he thought about it seriously again, which company has been the most deceptive in recent years?
Hawke called Edward over, gave him some instructions, and then called Tom Cruise.

A few minutes later, the two entered Conference Room 2 one after another.

Hawke pulled up a chair and sat down.

Edward took a stack of documents, put them on the conference table, and said, "Boss, Tom Cruise just had someone deliver it over."

Hawke flipped through the documents, the papers making a rustling sound, and after a moment, he said, "Didn't his people say why they chose this?"

"I have." Edward said quickly, "New Line Cinema invested in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which was a huge success. They have rich experience in the fantasy genre, and this big production is also a fantasy genre."

Hawke said, "Notify the foundation manager and contact the crew first."

Edward took out his cell phone and made a call. He spoke clearly and explained the work in an organized manner.

The two did not leave immediately, but discussed some small matters in the conference room.

Ten minutes later, Hawke was the first to leave the meeting room.

Edward took out his phone again and called Maria Collins, having a fight with his ex-girlfriend.

For the sake of authenticity, the Savior worked very hard.

Edward left the conference room, found Hawke, and asked, "Boss, if it was me over there, I would definitely think it was true."

Hawke smiled and said, "Even if they think it's real, they may not use it. We don't know exactly who they are yet."

He still had to prepare plans for the shareholders' meeting. He glanced at the time and said, "Let's go back to the company."

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In the parking lot not far from the Coast Building, Baldwin walked quickly over with a hamburger and a Coke and opened the door of a black business car.

In the car, Ramsay was wearing a headset and recording. When he heard the car door open, he gestured to Baldwin to keep quiet.

The latter gently closed the door, put down the hamburger and Coke, and waited patiently.

After a few minutes, Ramsay pressed the stop button on the recorder, took off his headphones, grabbed a hamburger and started eating.

Baldwin asked, "Aren't those Mexican scumbags who clean up the garbage complaining about being underpaid?"

Ramsay swallowed the food in his mouth, took another sip of Coke, and asked, "Did you see Hawk Osmond enter the building from a distance?"

"A Mercedes stopped at the main entrance of the building, and the person who got out went straight in." Baldwin pointed at the telescope and said, "I won't make a mistake. It must be Hawke Osment."

Ramsay nodded, looking serious. "I just received a signal from No. 2. Hawke Osmond and his assistant are discussing work."

Baldwin became interested and asked, "What did they talk about?"

"We only talked about work for a few minutes," Ramsay said simply, "and the rest we talked about little things, like life arrangements and the like." He pressed the play button, and the sound of two people's conversation rang out in the car.

Baldwin listened to it and said, "After so many days of monitoring, we finally got something useful. You stay here and I will send the information back."

Ramsay waved his hand with his mouth full of burger.

Baldwin took out the tape, got out of the car, got into the Hyundai next to him, and drove to West Hollywood.

There was a bar here that was closed during the day, so Baldwin handed the things to the bar owner.

An hour later, the tape appeared at Universal Studios and was placed on the desk of Anderson, chairman of the BlackRock Film Foundation.

BlackRock Film Fund entered Hollywood with its first project in collaboration with Focus Features, also choosing to rent an office from Universal Pictures.

Anderson waited for a while, and Haas, who was the mastermind behind Overheard, came to the office.

Haas asked, "Any results?"

Anderson pointed to the tape: "It was just delivered. It's waiting for you."

"Finally, we have some news." Haas pulled out a swivel chair and sat across from Anderson. He said, "Headquarters keeps putting pressure on us to get information from Twitter, regardless of how difficult the actual work is."

Anderson understood this very well, frowning: "The higher-ups still have ideas about Twitter, especially with Hawke Osment, which is a life-and-death feud."

Both men worked under Douglas Coster, president of BlackRock's San Francisco branch, and are familiar with the feud between BlackRock and Twitter.

Anderson inserted the tape into the recorder and pressed play.

The sound of two men talking was heard.

"One is Hawke Osmond. I've heard his voice." Haas is the planner of Overheard and has some knowledge of Twitter and the target person. "The other one should be Edward Connor, nicknamed the Savior. Yes, that's him."

Anderson nodded and listened carefully.

The two listened to it and found that only a small part of the content was useful, and they didn't know where to use the other trivial things.

That Edward, after Hawke left the meeting room, had an argument with his girlfriend on the phone.

Anderson took out the tape, called in a trusted assistant, asked him to make a digital copy, and asked Haas: "They mentioned Tom Cruise, New Line Cinema's magical production, and Hawke Osment's personal foundation, which seems to be interested in investing in this project."

Haas picked up the phone: "Let me ask."

The BlackRock Film Foundation also invests in films and will collect the most basic information on newly established or planned film projects in the industry.

A few minutes later, the detailed information was delivered.

Anderson looked at the film project on the file: "New Line Cinema spent a lot of money to obtain the film and television adaptation rights of Philip Pullman's best-selling magical children's book "His Dark Materials Trilogy". The first part, "The Golden Compass", is about to be launched. The production plans to invest 1.8 million US dollars. It has been confirmed that Tom Cruise's ex-wife Nicole Kidman will star in the film."

"No wonder Tom Cruise recommended this movie." Haas recalled: "I remember Nicole Kidman publicly expressed her affection for him some time ago, saying that Tom Cruise is her eternal love. Will these two reconcile?"

Thinking about the relationship between the two, Anderson felt that what Haas said made sense. There are too many breakups and mergers in Hollywood.

From the perspective of film investment, he said: "The Brokeback Mountain we invested in did not achieve its goal. Now the foundation is directly under the jurisdiction of the headquarters. Last week, I went back to the headquarters to attend a meeting. Many people expressed dissatisfaction and believed that BlackRock should cancel the film foundation and promote marginalized population programs from a commercial investment perspective."

Haas said: "If we really withdraw, the two of us will definitely be on the bench when we return."

Anderson nodded: "We have to achieve some results! You see, The Golden Compass is a fantasy film, and the most successful Lord of the Rings trilogy in New Line Cinema's nearly 40 years of existence is also a fantasy film. Moreover, both are best-selling children's books!"

Haas smiled and said: "Based on this, the chances of this film being a success are very high."

"I think so too." Anderson has only been in Hollywood for a few years, and analyzed it more from a business perspective: "It is easier to succeed if you follow a successful model."

Haas suddenly had an idea and lowered his voice: "We can invest more money in this project."

Investing is not only about business, but also involves office politics. Anderson immediately understood: "As long as the money invested is large enough, the headquarters will definitely not consider revoking the Film Foundation in the short term."

The two have the same interests in this regard. Haas said: "As it involves an investment of nearly 100 million US dollars, we need to report to the headquarters."

Anderson thought for a moment and said, "Add Hawke Osment. Let's say this bastard's newly established foundation wants to invest. After we invest a huge amount of money, we can set up exclusive clauses with the crew studio and strictly prohibit accepting investment from people or companies we disapprove of."

Haas nodded: "Good idea, the headquarters will definitely agree."

Anderson asked his assistant to collect relevant information and soon confirmed that Tom Cruise had contacted New Line Cinema to inquire about film investment.

A detailed report was produced and sent to BlackRock's headquarters by the two. (End of this chapter)