The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Coast Building, in the reception room on the 16th floor.

"This is the general situation." Jennifer Hughey quickly recounted the situation she had already grasped.

The online locations of the two eavesdropping teams are very clear.

Hawke had previously controlled the BlackRock Film Foundation, and now hearing about Weekly World News was no exception.

After all, eavesdropping is one of their basic skills.

Time is precious. Hawke asked Jennifer without hesitation, "Can the FBI detain the people involved? And conduct necessary searches of the institutions involved?"

He made preparations before the meeting: "We discussed the artificial intelligence plan at the board meeting. This plan is related to the future development of American technology. The plan has been filed with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and is ready to be submitted to Congress. This involves the national security of the United States."

Jennifer looked at Hawke and thought that if such a huge mountain came down upon them, the people involved would be badly injured if not killed.

Hawke had a lot of thoughts and added, "I had someone do a background check on Eugene Kropov. He is a first-generation Russian immigrant and has been to Moscow. I seriously suspect he is a Russian spy."

Seeing that Twitter had set up the barbecue grill, lit the fire, and prepared the ingredients, Jennifer prepared to make this barbecue dinner: "The FBI will conduct a detailed investigation into Eugene Kropov. Judging from the current situation, this is a serious espionage case involving technological leaks."

She had just taken over as the FBI's Los Angeles director and needed to solve a shocking case.

Peter Thiel and Mary Anderson, who were present, remained silent.

At this time, the two looked at each other and both felt that if Hawke was in charge of Twitter, he would definitely bring more benefits to them.

They don't care whether it is a false accusation or not.

How can it be called false accusation to put the blame on competitors and Russia?
Besides, if these bastards didn't eavesdrop, how would Hawke have the opportunity to frame someone?
Hawke said softly, "What materials have I prepared?"

Jennifer was now in FBI mode. She nodded slightly to Hawke, called her assistant in, and instructed, "Let the fourth team come here, and Twitter will cooperate to collect relevant materials involved in the case and fix the evidence."

"Yes." The assistant hurried to inform people.

Jennifer said to Hawke again, "I'm going back to hosting."

Hawke smiled and said, "Please do as you please."

Jennifer hurried out of the room.

The reception room fell silent. Hawke thought for a moment and said to Peter Thiel and Mary Ferguson, "This time, our main enemy is BlackRock Investment Group. These bastards have been eyeing us covetously and have wanted to take a bite of us since last year."

Stealing people's interests is like killing their parents. Peter Thiel said directly: "Collaborating with Russia and endangering the national security of the United States are good crimes. We are working in this direction and we must make these bastards pay the price."

Mary Ferguson agreed: "I think so."

Hawke said: "Then we will work in this direction. Once the FBI operation yields some results, we will immediately hold a shareholders' meeting to promote the AI ​​plan."

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Back in the command vehicle, Jennifer began to give orders: "I am No. 1. All units, please pay attention. This case is serious and involves national and technological security. We must implement the Level 1 confidentiality regulations! According to the anti-espionage regulations, I now declare that all targets will be arrested, and compulsory measures may be taken against all those who do not cooperate!"

She emphasized: "The primary target is Eugene Kropov, assistant to the chairman of the BlackRock Film Foundation, who turned on the recorder during the operation."

"Understood!" Chick responded.

Jennifer ordered, “Do it now!”

Not far away in Parking Lot B, Baldwin drove a Hyundai sedan into the parking space next to Alpha.

An off-road vehicle drove up behind the Alpha and parked sideways directly behind the Hyundai and Alpha.

Almost at the same time, another Chevrolet SUV blocked the front of the car with the sound of brakes.

Before Baldwin could react, six people jumped out of the two cars, each with a gun in his hand.

Two of them were carrying automatic rifles and shotguns.

The leader shouted, "FBI, let me see your hands! FBI, put your hands up, don't move!"

boom!boom!
Two gunshots were heard, and an FBI agent shot out the front tire of the Alpha with a shotgun.

Hearing the gunshots, Baldwin quickly put his hands on his head, put his head against the car and dared not move.

Ramsay in the car saw someone holding a gun pointing at him through the car window, so he raised his hand and slowly moved out.

As soon as I reached the side door, before I could understand what was going on, someone grabbed my hair, dragged out and pressed to the ground.

The two men were pinned to the ground with their hands handcuffed behind their backs.

An agent took out a black hood, covered the two men's heads, and took them into the car.

Several other agents took control of the two vehicles, and one of them reported back: "Calling No. 1, the parking lot operation is complete, two suspects have been captured, two vehicles, one of which is equipped with a wiretap device, requesting technical support."

Jennifer responded immediately: "Guard the scene, technical support will be here soon."

Almost at the same time, at a bar in West Hollywood, a team of FBI agents escorted the owner, who was wearing a black hood, out of the door and stuffed him into a car.

Amid the astonished looks of the people around, the FBI convoy drove away at lightning speed.

At the Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Beach, the waiter knocked on the door of room 805.

As the FBI shouted, several strong men rushed over, knocked the man who came to open the door to the ground, and rushed into the room. As expected, after the two men left, there was only one person left.

There are several monitoring devices on the side of the room close to the window.

The leading agent immediately provided protection as requested, waiting for personnel to come over and take over to secure the evidence.

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Universal Studios, office area.

Not far from a small building with a sign reading BlackRock Film Foundation, a car drove up and stopped next to the Cherokee.

The man who got out of the car got into the Cherokee and handed the subpoena and search warrant he had just received to Chick, saying, "This was just issued by the Federal Prosecutor's Office. The commander has made a promise, so we must control this person."

"Even if he flies away from the sky, he can't escape our sight." Chick called to others: "Start moving."

A car drove around the back of the building and blocked the back door.

The other four cars drove directly to the door of the small building. Chick, wearing an FBI blue jacket, led eight agents in work clothes into the office building of the BlackRock Film Foundation.

When the front desk saw the FBI agents rushing in aggressively, she immediately called her superiors and then walked up to them and asked, "Excuse me, are you guys?"

Chick did not answer, but directly showed his ID and search warrant: "I am Senior Agent Chick Hammett of the FBI Los Angeles Branch. I am handling a espionage case. Here are my ID and the subpoena and search warrant issued by the federal prosecutor. Please cooperate."

The words are polite, but the FBI is not polite at all when it comes to actions.

The higher-ups had already classified the case as a serious espionage case that endangered the national and technological security of the United States. Chick ignored the front desk staff and led his men straight upstairs.

The receptionist was about to stop them when an FBI agent gave him a stern look that frightened him.

Chick looked at the schematic diagram of the office building. The people were divided into two groups, one group walked upstairs and the other group took the elevator.

It is only four stories high in total and can be reached in a moment.

Chick and his group turned out of the elevator and ran into Anderson, who had been notified, and Eugene Kropov, the assistant to the chairman.

Several FBI officers simultaneously pulled out their guns, pointed them at them and shouted, "FBI, put your hands up and get on the ground!"

Chick also faced a formidable enemy, pointed his gun forward, and shouted, "Eugene Kropov, get down! Put your hands on your head, get down!"

Eugene knew very well that the FBI was not the LAPD. Facing the black muzzle of the gun, he first put his hands on his head and lay on the ground, shouting, "What do you want to do? I am a legal citizen of the United States..."

Before he could finish his words, a heavy knee knelt directly on the back of Eugene's neck, and Eugene's words came to an abrupt end.

Anderson shouted angrily: "What do you want to do? You are trespassing!"

Chick showed him the paperwork and said, "Your assistant is involved in a spy case. According to the anti-espionage regulations and the search warrant, we need to conduct a necessary search of the office building. Please cooperate."

Anderson was suddenly startled and remembered the tape he had just received.

Chick added, "You are Eugene's direct superior and a suspect. From now on, you must not leave our sight and must not contact the outside world."

Seeing that two subordinates had controlled Eugene, Chick said again: "Search their office."

Anderson was anxious: "You can't do this, we are a legal corporate organization..."

Two FBI agents temporarily detained him.

At this time, Chick was notified that another team of colleagues had entered the building to provide support.

He stopped the person who was searching and said, "Use the recorder to record the whole process."

The man nodded and left in a hurry.

Not long after, the man came back and said, "Boss, I found something."

The FBI found a small recorder in Anderson's chairman's office with a tape in it. After a brief playback, they determined that the contents of the tape were related to Twitter's board meeting.

There were multiple fingerprints on the recorder, and the technicians extracted them.

Chick reported to the command vehicle: "Calling No. 1, Chick's team has captured Eugene Kropov and found the tape..."

He explained the situation here in detail and asked, "Where is Chairman Anderson?"

Jennifer was very decisive: "He is involved in the espionage case. He will be detained temporarily. Take him back first. We have enough time to find evidence."

Chick replied, "Understood."

The case was handled very quickly and key evidence was found in both offices.

In addition to the tape recorder and videotapes found in Anderson's office, several greeting cards sent to Eugene by the Russian Embassy in the United States were also found in Eugene's office.

Under normal circumstances, these are nothing.

But when it comes to espionage cases, these are the so-called evidence.

While Chick was gathering his team, an FBI team from the Los Angeles bureau of World News Weekly in Burbank arrested two people with work badges.

A tape was also found in the office of their superior, the deputy editor-in-chief. (End of this chapter)