The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Century City, Fox Television Center.

Lamela from the mailroom entered the office area carrying some mail. She came to an independent office, knocked on the door, and said, "Ms. Wayne, there is mail for you."

Harley Wayne opened the office door, signed for the package, returned to her desk and sat down, first glancing at the sender.

This is a same-city package delivered by FedEx, and there is no information on the sender.

Harley's journalism work, through a series of cases involving the Ackerman family, earned her a very high reputation, and she would receive news packages from time to time.

She quickly unpacked this one and opened it to find CDs, USB flash drives, photos, paper materials, etc.

The photo shows burning houses. Hallie had reported on the Los Angeles wildfire and could tell at a glance that these were the houses that were burned down in last year's fire.

Most of the paper materials are photocopies of housing insurance contracts, as well as some photocopies of indictments and court receipts.

Looking at the CDs and USB drives, they are fire victims whose lives have been plunged into hardship.

The houses burned down by the fire were the only homes of these people. Most of them had bank loans, but the insurance companies refused to pay or simply went bankrupt and ran away, completely pushing them into an irretrievable situation.

Harley had seen the shooting last night and understood the whole process. Seeing this, she sighed secretly.

The Los Angeles fire is over, but its impact remains.

Inside the USB drive was another thing, including the shares and management structure of Eunice Insurance Company, the flow of funds during the Los Angeles fire, and Maria Shriver's charitable foundation.

Harley is not an agent who is well versed in business and finance. She knows about the cash flow of Eunice Insurance Company during the fire and its bankruptcy, so she guessed that this series of actions might not cause any major legal problems.

But the law is the bottom line of this society.

Harley is still the same Harley, still full of sense of justice, but as she grows older and gains more experience, she also knows that news is more than just news.

She looked through all the information carefully and called the chairman's office directly.

The chairman's assistant asked her to come over immediately and report the details to Roger Ailes in person.

Harley hurried upstairs and entered the chairman's office.

Roger Ailes read it carefully and made a call: "Paul, I received some interesting information about Eunice Insurance Company and Schwarzenegger."

The Ferguson family will naturally support their own family in the election for the new governor.

Their influence on Fox TV is much greater than that of Schwarzenegger, a political newcomer.

Paul heard the description, thought of the conversation with Hawke and Brian, and said, "Report it as it happens."

Roger Ailes forced a smile on his fat face: "You owe me a big meal."

Paul laughed heartily: "I'll send a car to pick you up right away."

Roger Ailes hung up the phone and looked at Harley: "Report it as it should be."

Haley is very clear that the support of her superiors is key to pursuing journalistic justice. She is no longer the ignorant girl she was at the beginning: "I want to follow up and do an in-depth report beyond these materials."

Roger Ailes responded: "Yes."

Harley left the office with the materials and was soon informed that Fox News Channel's midday news would reserve a special time for her.

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Ocean Park Drive, Coast Towers.

In the office on the 16th floor, Hawke sat in front of the computer and appropriately enlarged the video on the screen.

This is the live broadcast from Los Angeles City Hall Plaza.

Near noon, hundreds of people arrived in front of Los Angeles City Hall to march in protest.

Butterfly Company sent a film crew over so that Twitter could broadcast the event live via both video and text.

In front of the cameras of numerous media reporters, these people held up banners, raised posters, and shouted slogans.

Unlike the routine of those professional parade tycoons, they were all very excited and roared at the top of their lungs.

Because everyone has a painful experience.

They are fighting for their due rights.

Insurance companies refuse to pay, the media don’t speak for them, and the law cannot give them justice.

In fact, they couldn't even unite themselves before.

Only today, someone connected them and someone awakened them with blood.

As the camera zoomed in, Hawke suddenly noticed that someone was holding up a printed poster of the gunman Mills wearing a black hood when he was arrested, with the words "Hero!" written on it in big red letters.
More people held up the same posters in front of media cameras.

From the shooting last night to the clarification of the case after today's briefing, the mainstream media's attitude towards reporting on Mills has been surprisingly consistent.

Murderers, thugs and murderers.

This is how Mills was described in the media, including the Los Angeles Times, which is on Hawke's desk.

But he also used the Mills shooting incident to criticize Eunice Insurance Company and its major shareholder Maria Shriver. The two are not in conflict, the former represents a basic position, and the latter may be a work assignment.

The anger of the little people at the bottom of society is absolutely unacceptable to the rich and powerful.

Hawke looked through the comments of ordinary users on Twitter.

Twitter has limited tweets and criticisms against Bryan through its background algorithm, but ordinary users are free to express their opinions on the case.

Ordinary people have a completely different view.

Many photos of Mills wearing a hood appeared on the Internet, and many Twitter users quoted them.

"I have learned about the whole case, and I just want to say that there is no hatred without reason."

"When 19-year-old Mills was rejected by the insurance company and tried to defend his rights through legal means, but failed miserably, he must have felt so desperate."

"If ordinary people like us were in Mills' situation, what would we do? Is there any other way besides picking up a gun?"

“A modern day Robin Hood.”

“He’s my hero!”

There are also people who used to work at Eunice Insurance Company who exposed it through Twitter.

"I used to work at Eunice. The Los Angeles fire changed the fate of this company. Too many of their residential insurance customers' houses burned down, so they planned to transfer assets and let the company go bankrupt. Let the innocent child go. The real culprits are the management and major shareholders of Eunice Insurance."

This is a very typical case of class conflict in public opinion.

Another voice appeared on Twitter, with some people constantly posting on Twitter, directing the case to Brian and Schwarzenegger.

Because Hawke had Twitter prepared in advance, the part leading to Bryan automatically sank.

But the one that led to Schwarzenegger was reposted by many people.

"The fact that Eunice Insurance Company was able to do this is directly related to the identity of its major shareholder, Maria Shriver. Her status as the governor's wife allowed her to receive care outside the rules. When Governor Schwarzenegger casually used his power, hundreds of Los Angeles residents lost their homes and lives."

“This is the good governor you elected!”

"California made Schwarzenegger a superstar and a billionaire, and he is ungrateful!"

"Schwarzenegger should be held responsible for this incident and resign!"

Not only on Twitter, but also on other websites, there were calls for the overthrow of Schwarzenegger.

Hawke switched back to the live video feed, and Brian appeared on the screen.

The Los Angeles mayor stood in front of the crowd, speaking loudly into a megaphone.

Because of the chaotic noise at the scene, it was difficult to hear clearly in the live broadcast, but it was probably about fully understanding the situation and providing them with legal aid and basic assistance.

It is almost impossible to resolve this matter through conventional legal channels.

Many things in the insurance industry can be said to have been ruined in America and then spread to other parts of the world.

All Brian could get for these people was partial compensation through settlement.

After all, it will cost a lot of legal fees for the insurance company to respond to the lawsuit.

At noon, Fox News Channel's midday news program broadcast a special news program related to Mills and Eunice Insurance Company, reporting in detail the whole incident, not only revealing the shareholders and management structure of Eunice Insurance Company, but also the flow of funds before and after bankruptcy.

One third of the funds eventually went to Maria Shriver's charitable foundation in the form of charitable donations.

Fox News pointed the finger at Schwarzenegger.

Edward came over and said, "Boss, the main firepower is aimed at Schwarzenegger."

Hawke understood why: "I guess there are two forces behind this. One is the Ferguson family. This is a good opportunity to force Schwarzenegger to back down."

Paul Ferguson is a veteran politician who once called the shots in Southern California. This kind of person has his own ideas and can't help but take action when he sees an opportunity.

He added: "Another force was the one who pushed Mills to shoot. The more violent the attack on Schwarzenegger was, the more doubts he had in his heart would grow, even if his reason told him that it was not Brian who did it."

Edward asked, "What's the power behind this?"

"It's easy to verify." Hawkben was about to make a call, so he took out his cell phone and dialed Megan Taylor's number: "Please help me find out where the news reported by Harley Wayne at noon came from."

Megan said, "Wait a moment."

Given her position, it wasn't difficult for her to get such news. Ten minutes later, she called back and said, "I went to see Harley. The email was just received this morning. It was sent by FedEx in the same city. I took a picture of the mail label and sent it to you via Twitter."

"Thanks." Hawke didn't say much. He hung up the phone, opened Twitter, glanced at the email label, and forwarded it directly to Edward: "Give it to Campos, send someone to check it out."

Edward pulled out his phone and muttered, "These bastards are actually copying us!"

Hawke said, "This method seems very familiar."

He remembered immediately: "Mail from New York to Erica."

Hawke and Brian suspected that San Francisco was responsible for this. (End of this chapter)