The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Country Club.

On the green lawn, as Hawke's putt went into the hole, cheers rang out from all around.

"Eagle!" Tom Cruise clapped his hands, acting more like a lackey than a lamb, and flattered him: "Hawk, your level is improving very quickly. You can go play amateur golf."

Prince Rashid from Abu Dhabi, who was wearing a white suit, followed the local customs and said with a smile: "It was a very exciting goal."

Eric showed off his artistic face and thought to himself, "Everything is different now."

Perhaps because they met Hawke before he became powerful, he could still look at Hawke with a normal attitude, and Hawke treated him like a savior, without much change.

Hawke was very respectful and handed the club to the caddie, saying, "Thank you, it's a great compliment."

Several people got on the electric four-wheeler driven by Edward and went back together.

Arriving at the rest area, everyone went into the air-conditioned room together.

Even though it is autumn, the weather is still a bit hot.

Edward went to ask for a cold drink.

Rashid got to the point first: "I heard our film is finished?"

Eric continued, "All production has been completed, and the premiere will be held in North America in October." As the director, screenwriter and production manager, he extended an invitation: "If it's convenient for you, come to the premiere."

This is the first Hollywood film invested by the Abu Dhabi consortium, and Rashid immediately said: "I will definitely attend the premiere."

Hokla said that the reason for international investment in this film was not to make a profit, but to use it to promote the film. He said: "I have a few suggestions. Invite the victims of the Los Angeles fire to the premiere."

Tom Cruise thought for a moment and said, "The Mills shooting happened earlier this year. If the movie causes them to be emotionally agitated, will there be any accidents on the set?"

"Of course there are prerequisites for inviting them." Hawke was well prepared: "The crew studio has announced that all the profits from the North American box office will be donated to help those affected by the Los Angeles fire."

Eric agreed: "I think so."

Tom Cruise agreed: "There's no problem with North American box office profitability."

Even if a Hollywood movie is a big hit at the box office, the profit it can generate in North America will not be much. The real profit focus of a movie lies in overseas markets and various peripheral products of the movie.

The North American screening is more like a massive cinema advertisement.

The Abu Dhabi consortium represented by Rashid does not care about the profit, but is more concerned about the influence of the film investment. He said: "On behalf of Abu Dhabi, I will donate a sum of money to help those people."

Hawke was also helping Brian resolve the problem. The Philip incident suppressed the public opinion on the Mills shooting incident and the fire insurance contract incident, but the facts are here. The lack of public attention does not mean that it will disappear. Problems will still arise if they are not resolved for a long time.

The Los Angeles City Hall has been mediating the interests of both sides. If this movie becomes popular, it can shift the pressure exerted by the disaster-stricken groups to the Los Angeles Donkey Party again.

The theme of the movie is very clear: the fire is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.

The direct person responsible for this man-made disaster is the former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio, as well as his supporters and the Donkey Party in California.

Again, movies are never just movies.

Hawke said, "How about this, we set up a special relief fund to assist those Los Angeles citizens in seeking justice from the insurance company."

Tom Cruise was very positive about this kind of thing which was good for publicity and put himself in a righteous position: "I will directly announce it at the next press conference."

The rest of the people had no objections.

After all, in terms of fame alone, no one here can compare to Tom Cruise.

Rashid was very concerned about the film he invested in and asked, "Isn't Los Angeles Fire going to win an Oscar according to the plan?"

Eric continued, "Yes, we are ready to compete for the Oscars. Our top goal is Best Picture, and our second goal is Best Director."

This movie is an ensemble drama, and even Tom Cruise, the male lead, doesn't have many roles in the film.

Hawke asked directly: "Which crews are preparing to invest heavily in the awards this year?"

Tom Cruise has been preparing for the Oscars since last year. Most Hollywood movies that impact the Oscars will start working a year in advance. He said: "I have combined information from many crews and identified several major competitors."

He listed them one by one: "The Queen starring Helen Mirren, Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood, and The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese. The latter is the most threatening."

Eric continued, "I've heard that the new film made by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio is aiming for Best Director and Best Picture. It is said that many of Scorsese's old friends hope that he can win the awards. In the style of the Oscars, the most important awards may really be given to The Departed."

As we all know, film quality has never been the only criterion for the Oscar awards, nor even the most important criterion.

Martin Scorsese has such a long archive and such a wide network of contacts that ordinary directors and crews cannot match him.

Because "The Departed" is a remake of "Infernal Affairs", Hawke still remembers that this film should have won the Best Director and Best Picture awards.

In the past, there seemed to be doubts about this on the Internet in both China and the United States. With Martin Scorsese's level, it would be no problem for him to win the Oscar for Best Director, but he should not have won the championship with a film like this.

Because this is an adaptation, and an adaptation of a very successful movie.

Rashid had heard of Martin Scorsese: "I heard he is one of the four great directors in Hollywood?"

"No matter who it is, as long as they stand in front of us, they are our competitors!" Hawke's strategy is not complicated: "If we want to win the prize, we must first pin them to the ground."

He considered and said, “From now on, I will post articles on Twitter and other media to tell all Oscar judges that The Departed is a remake and the original movie was already very successful.”

Tom Cruise took note of it because he would be the one to implement it.

Hawke continued: "It takes a long time to report and impress all the judges. A remake of the movie, strictly speaking, damages Martin Scorsese's style. Adding in the fact that Scorsese remade the movie specifically for the Oscars, the impression will be even worse."

Tom Cruise said: "Last time, many senior members of the Academy criticized Scorsese for winning awards just for the sake of winning awards, which was a direct attack on his vital points."

There is another point that Hawke doesn't need to tell them, which is that Leonardo can also do something about it.

He said, "These are for now, and the rest will be discussed after we enter the awards ceremony."

Afterwards, the topic of the group turned to the Philip incident in San Francisco.

Tom Cruise has already discussed the film adaptation with Eric in detail.

Eric made a simple plan: "'Los Angeles Fire' has been completed. I have taken a break and can start a new phase of work. Now that the Philip incident is gaining popularity and the Occupy San Francisco movement is gaining influence, we might as well announce it as soon as possible and adapt Philip's deeds into a movie."

Hawke thought about it and said, "Sure, my foundation can allocate investment at any time."

Tom Cruise's film company is short of funds because it invested in the filming of "Los Angeles Fire" and "Mission: Impossible 3" at the same time, but this film fits the social situation very well and is obviously a hot project. Even if the box office in theaters is not good, subsequent sales of DVDs and the like to the LGBTQ community can still generate high profits.

Even if he had to mortgage his property, he would keep up: "No problem on my side."

Rashid heard it clearly, raised his hand quickly, and said, "Can the project you are discussing be considered an investment on my side?"

Hawke reminded: "The content and themes of this film involve homosexuality, bisexuality and transgender groups, and your doctrines..."

Rashid hesitated, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "As long as the film is not shown in the Arab world, it won't be a big problem."

How could Hawke refuse when others were willing to open their wallets to invest? “Think about it, and talk directly to the foundation.”

After Rashid acted impulsively, he felt that he needed to think about it carefully.

Eric added, "Now that the propaganda here is over, I am going to San Francisco to participate in the Occupy San Francisco event. Are Philip's parents with Steve Nutt?"

Hawke understood what he meant and said, "Currently in Los Angeles, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has hired personnel from the Butterfly Security Company to provide 24-hour protection. Whenever you want to contact them, tell the Savior in advance and he will take you there."

Eric looked at Edward, and Edward smiled at him with two rows of white teeth.

The group basically finalized Philip's solo movie, then left the lounge and went their separate ways.

Hawke took a call from Campos and walked at the back.

Based on the location provided by Leonardo, Campos identified the villa where Bragging was holding the party in Miami.

Hawke hung up the phone and walked out with Edward.

Edward whispered as he walked, "Can we place a bug or camera in the villa in advance?"

"Not yet." Hawke slowed down his pace and said, "According to Leonardo, before every party, Boast always has someone clean the villa, and electronic monitoring is an essential part of it."

Edward muttered and cursed, "This pervert is very careful."

Hawke said, "I'll ask Erica to get some of the most advanced eavesdropping and secret camera equipment and see how it works."

Edward reminded at this time: "Boss, the clown from New York across the street is looking at us, he has stopped."

Hawke turned his head and first saw the iconic golden hairdo and the slightly exaggerated expression underneath.

This is Mr. Dong, a New York businessman who fled to Hollywood to make a name for himself after his hotel company and casino resort went bankrupt and then made a comeback.

After dealing with him several times before, Hawke carefully checked his current situation, which was not particularly good.

Apart from anything else, it is not easy to drive a large casino bankrupt.

All we can say is that Mr. Dong is more suitable to be a god - the god of stocks.

Of course, he is also unique in terms of self-promotion in public opinion.

Seeing Hawke coming from the other side of the passage, President Dong whispered a few words to his men and walked over quickly. Before he got close, he had already stretched out his hand: "What a coincidence, we meet here."

Hawke shook hands with him and said, "Yeah, it's been a while." Mr. Dong is a very special person. He came here to play golf today because he got the news and came here specifically to meet him by chance.

It's a bit pretentious to come to someone's house on your own initiative.

Dong Zong deliberately created this chance encounter and asked, "Have you found a place to chat alone for a while?"

Hawke pointed to the lounge and said, "Let's talk over there."

President Dong followed him into the room, adjusted the fake golden hair on his forehead, and said, "I originally wanted to discuss business with you. Now that we've met, it's a good opportunity to talk about it."

This guy seemed to be laughing and scolding, but in fact he had ulterior motives. Hawke was wary of him, but he didn't show it at all. He said, "What business?"

Dong Zong said very seriously: "I am going to participate in the 08 presidential election."

He dropped a trump card at the beginning. Fortunately, Hawke knew him a little bit and was not surprised. He asked, "You are a Democrat now, right?"

Dong Zong is planning for the future, tentatively saying: "Parties can be changed, and I can even participate in the general election as a non-partisan."

The chance of winning is zero. Hawke laughed and said, "Are you planning to use the election to market yourself?"

Dong Zong did not expect that his cards would be seen through. He did not feel embarrassed at all and said, "Even if I fail in the election this time, I will leave an impression on people. I can continue to run for election in the future."

He stared at Hawke with wide eyes, as if he saw the future King of One Word: "I think we should reach a long-term cooperation agreement. If you are willing to push me to the top in the future, you can choose any government subsidies and various preferential policies. Forget the AI ​​Manhattan Project. Even if you want to develop a Mars Project, I can still find a way to help you achieve it."

Hawke was not interested in such empty promises and said, "I remember that the last time you contacted me, we reached a cooperation agreement and Twitter traffic was appropriately tilted towards you."

From being a businessman who entered Hollywood and became a TV star, Mr. Dong understood the importance of media. Traditional media is controlled by those capitalists and the system is rigid and conservative. The Internet represents the future.

He added: "I am going to run for election and it will be public soon. Can Twitter increase its promotion of related news? Of course, I will pay for the advertising."

Hawke said directly: "Twitter has clear charging standards, just send someone to negotiate."

Dong Zong wanted to persuade Hawke to support him, but what Hawke said was far from the result he wanted.

Hawke could tell that Dong Zong was trying to win him over.

Dong Zong was ambitious and thought it would be difficult for him to get support from traditional forces, so he simply said to the tech upstart, "Come to my house some other day. You should have seen my daughter. If you haven't, it doesn't matter. I'll introduce you to her."

"You're very polite." Hawke said noncommittally.

He had some recollection that before Dong Zong came to power for the first time, his daughter married into a traditional Jewish family.

Mr. Dong sighed inwardly. The other party didn't appreciate what he could offer, and he was reluctant to give what the other party appreciated.

He shook Hawke's hand: "We'll keep in touch."

Hawke has already chosen Erica, so of course he won't cooperate with Dong Zong again.

The current situation has changed dramatically from what we remember, and America in the future will no longer be what it used to be.

Hawke drove directly back to Beverly Hills.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard gunshots coming from the shooting range in the backyard.

He changed his clothes, walked out of the back door of the villa, and came to the open-air shooting range.

Erica, wearing a red hunting suit, is shooting at a moving target with an HK416.

Apart from anything else, this gun is absolutely stunning in appearance.

Erica emptied her magazine in one breath, then took off her earmuffs and looked at Hawke: "You're back so early?"

Hawke hugged her from behind and said, "The discussion went smoothly. If we hadn't met President Dong on the way, we would have been back half an hour ago."

Erica remembered this man: "This guy likes to talk big."

Hawke said: "He wanted to win me over and said he wanted to introduce his daughter to me."

"That model?" Erica had some impression of her. "I remember she had very big breasts, which was very attractive to men."

Hawke said: "But she won't shoot, let alone risk her life to shoot to cover my counterattack when I am being shot by the enemy."

The two have experienced many life and death tests and their relationship is much closer than that of ordinary couples.

Erica turned around, kissed him, and said, "Go get your gun."

Hawke went to the large warehouse where the guns were stored, took out another HK416 and ammunition, and started practicing shooting with Erica.

…………

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington.

Huma Abedin emerged from her room at the Hilton Hotel and hurried to the elevator.

Before the door at the back was closed, it was pushed open from the inside. An Indian man popped his head out and said, "Honey, you didn't bring your phone."

Abedin quickly ran back, took the phone and put it in his bag, then kissed the Indian man hard on the face and said, "Wenner, I will reward you when I come back in the evening."

Wenner returned to the room and changed his clothes. Since he had nothing to do today, he decided to go to the pet market and buy a cat or a lizard as a pet.

I heard that there is a pet store in Florida that specializes in selling green mane lizards from there to Washington to be used as playthings.

Abedin worked very late last night. He got up a little late, drove fast all the way, and finally entered Capitol Hill before Hillary.

She tidied up Xilali's desk, checked the time, and made a cup of coffee on time.

When the coffee cooled down a little, Hilary came into the office.

Abedin took her bag and reminded her, "Mr. Tristan from the Board of Education will visit at ten o'clock in the morning."

Silarie sat behind her desk and said, "Prepare a glass of bourbon. He likes to drink it when he talks about things."

Abedin opened the cupboard, picked up a bottle of wine, and said, "I prepared it yesterday."

Since 1996, Abedin has been an intern at the White House, and Hillary Clinton chose her as her assistant. She has always been very satisfied with Abedin.

Abedin left the office and sat in the outer room. He turned on his computer, logged into Twitter first, and checked his private messages and news.

San Francisco is still in turmoil, with no sign of stopping.

Philip's relatives have sued the San Francisco city government in court.

The court held the first hearing. Philip's relatives demanded $3000 million in compensation, while the San Francisco City Hall was only willing to give $100 million. The conditions offered by the two sides were too far apart, and a settlement was nowhere in sight.

Abedin has a feeling that it won't be long before California switches from a swing state to a red state.

Gavin Newson and Jerry Brown, who are now in charge of California, are too young and lack sufficient experience, and their abilities are questionable; the other is too old and conservative and should be thrown into the conservative wing of the Elephant Party.

Abedin also watched it with an attitude of watching onlookers. The California side was not in the same faction as them, just like the traditional regional differences between the East and West Coasts.

She logged into Yahoo Mail again. It was a private mailbox, but she used it as a work mailbox and often sent work emails to Hillary.

According to regulations, this is absolutely not allowed.

But lawmakers on Capitol Hill have always done what they want in their jobs, and many don't care.

Abedin first looked at the work email forwarded by Hillary. There was nothing important, so he looked at the lower part.

Suddenly, the title of an email caught her attention.

"Zipperton's Satanic video fell into the hands of Hawke Osment and the Ferguson family!"

Abedin didn't know what this so-called video was about, but he knew about Hillary's layout through Satanism. It can be said that the people attracted by Satanism are Hillary's base.

If there is a problem in this regard, Hillary's dream of becoming the first female president of the United States will only be a dream.

Abedin did not dare to neglect it. He picked up his laptop and immediately went into Hillary's office: "Madam, there is an email that you need to read immediately."

"What email?" Xilali motioned for her to put down the notebook.

Abedin put the computer away, pointed to the email on the screen, and said, "This is it."

Apart from the title, the email only contained a photo in its content. It showed a man in a black robe with his back to the camera abusing a girl tied to a cross.

Xilali remembered this scene and was slightly shocked. She asked, "Who sent the email?"

Abedin said: "It was sent anonymously."

Cilaly's eyes fell on the title, staring at the line that read Hawke Osmond and the Ferguson Family.

The footage was a surveillance video, part of which had been circulated that year. She sent people to retrieve it in time and killed all the bastards who had taken action.

Those people said there were no copies, and of course Hillary didn't believe it, but a few years had passed and there had been no problems, so she almost forgot about it.

Unexpectedly, it appears again now.

Xilali rubbed her forehead, feeling a little headache. She couldn't help complaining in her heart, how much trouble had that husband who couldn't control his crotch brought him because of the woman's mess?
Can't men control their crotch?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Xilali shook her head slightly again. Women are actually all the same, and she herself couldn't control her crotch.

Abedin asked, "Madam, what should we do?" (End of this chapter)