The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Pacific Electric has reached out to LinkedIn, so Hawke will naturally pay special attention to it.

He called his assistant Lucart and asked the assistant team to collect public information about Pacific Electric as soon as possible.

That afternoon, some carefully selected information was delivered to Hawke's desk.

Hawke looked through it carefully and soon found one that might be useful.

Hector Cooper, vice president of Pacific Electric and responsible for operations in California, Oregon and Hawaii, led a technical team on a special trip to Hawaii some time ago.

On Maui and several other islands, Pacific Electric's pipelines, lines and other facilities are outdated and accidents often occur. The Hawaii state government has negotiated with Hawaiian Electric Company, a subsidiary of Pacific Electric, many times, but the problem has not been resolved.

The top management of both sides communicated with each other, and under pressure from the Hawaii state government, Hector Cooper took a technical team on a special trip and provided a plan for inspection and renovation.

Hawke remembered another fire, pressed the intercom, and said to Lucat: "I want relevant information about Hawaii's electricity and gas equipment, as well as the construction conditions on the island and the fires that occurred in the past year."

After a while, the newly collected information was sent over by Lucat.

Hawke looked carefully and found that most of the power lines and gas pipelines on many islands in Hawaii were built in the 60s and have not been replaced in nearly years.

Take electricity for example. Maui, an island with a native population of 16, still has the old-fashioned main lines with low wooden poles and bare wires. In urban settlements, the phenomenon of random pulling of wires is extremely serious.

In terms of architecture, Hawaii is similar to Los Angeles, with houses mainly made of wood.

In Hawke's previous life, some farmed animals once widely publicized that the wood used in the American West had far better fire resistance than reinforced concrete and was one of the best fire-resistant building materials in the world.

But in a fire in Los Angeles, all the wooden houses were burned down, while a few brick-concrete houses survived the fire.

Hawke focused on the situation on Maui, where hundreds of fires were caused by power failures, with 911 calls or firefighters being called out to put out the fires.

Because of the independent house structure, no major fire occurred.

Hawke also checked the vegetation and weather of Maui on the Internet. There are many trees on the island, and it is often hit by strong winds in the summer.

After all, Hawaii is isolated in the Pacific Ocean and is hit by storms every year.

After reading the information, Hawke thought about it for a while and felt that some things must be prepared in advance.

Twitter has no business conflicts with Pacific Gas and Electric, and appears to have no conflicts of interest.

But when it comes to the gubernatorial election, the two sides are on opposite sides.

If nothing else, this is directly related to monetary interests.

Once the target of support is elected, the financial subsidies alone will reach hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.

Hawke called Edward and handed him all the information about Pacific Electric Company and the state of Hawaii. He said, "You personally deliver it to the security company and tell Campos to send someone to Hawaii, especially Maui, to check the local electricity and gas equipment... Well, it's better for people to understand electrical equipment."

"Okay." Edward took the file bag, left the office, and quickly rushed to the Butterfly Security Company.

Campos had received Hawke's call, read the information carefully, and called Hierro.

This man is proficient in electronic and electrical equipment and was an expert in this field when he was in Mexico.

After a night of careful preparation, Hierro took his team on different flights and went to Hawaii with different identities and purposes.

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Pacific Electric Company headquarters in San Francisco.

Elliot entered the company, hurried upstairs, walked through the long corridor, entered the president's office, and said to Hector Cooper: "Boss, I just received important news."

Cooper put down the pen in his hand: "Go ahead."

Elliot said quickly, "Someone from LinkedIn called and said Reid Hoffman went to LinkedIn to visit CEO Constant yesterday. It's unclear what they talked about, but he was basically certain that the two discussed the possibility of Twitter acquiring LinkedIn."

This caught Cooper's attention: "I remember Reid Hoffman is a shareholder and board member of Twitter?"

"Hawk Osment has always had a firm grip on Twitter's controlling stake." Elliott briefly explained the details: "Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel began investing in Twitter during its first round of financing and share expansion. Hoffman and LinkedIn's founder and CEO Constant are Stanford University alumni and long-time friends. Constant once invited Hoffman to invest in LinkedIn, but Hoffman ultimately chose Twitter."

Since 2001, Pacific Electric has made investments in Twitter, and Cooper is very optimistic about LinkedIn's prospects in certain areas.

He thought for a moment and said, "Call Constant. I want to meet him in person to talk."

"Yes." Elliot prepared to leave.

"Wait." Cooper stopped him again and said, "I remember there was news that Hillary's representative was coming to San Francisco. Please pass the message on for me. I want to meet him."

Elliot responded and went to work.

Cooper dug out the information about Hillary and started looking through it.

Pacific Electric was founded in San Francisco and has made Northern California its base for many years. In the past decade or so, it has been a staunch supporter of the Donor Party.

The gubernatorial election was no longer a foregone conclusion, and Pacific Electric suffered a defeat thanks to the rapid rise of Twitter.

It is impossible to withdraw from the acquisition of LinkedIn. This is not only related to face and interests, but also to the situation of the federal election.

The media industry has too much influence on elections.

The American presidential election is essentially the world's largest variety show.

The two major competitors within the Donkey Party have already revealed their true identities.

One is black and the other is a woman.

America has never had a black president, nor has it ever had a female president.

But the woman is white.

Pacific Electric decided to go with white people.

Cooper has planned a special plan specifically for cooperation with Xilali.

As for the black people, appropriate investment can also be made.

After noon, Cooper left the company and came to Atherton in the Bay Area. After handing over the invitation, the car turned directly into a luxurious manor covering a huge area.

This is the main residence of the Niu Sen family.

The slightly old manor is now newly decorated with flowers and green plants everywhere.

Cooper was here to attend the grand wedding of Gavin Newson and Jennifer Siebel.

The latter has added her husband's surname and is now called Jennifer Siebel Newson.

Almost all the upper class in America do this, especially politicians. Even a strong woman like Hillary Clinton has to add her husband's surname.

As soon as Cooper arrived at the crowd gathering area, a fat man in a gray suit came over and shook hands with him.

"Good afternoon, Hector."

The person who came over was Harvey Weinstein, his fat face full of smiles.

Cooper knew that this was a dog that Zipperton and Cilaly kept in Hollywood, so he smiled and said, "Long time no see, Harvey."

Harvey whispered, "I'm going to prepare a party soon. If you are interested in attending, you can contact me at any time."

Cooper was no novice, so he understood what he meant and his eyes lit up: "Will there be Hollywood stars?"

There are many people in North America's technology and wealthy circles who marry Hollywood actresses.

Harvey knows this. When Dimension Films produced "From Dusk Till Dawn", it made Mexican actress Salma Hayek a star.

He also dragged Salma Hayek to the party that year, but the Mexican actress later escaped from his control and took advantage of the opportunity of being nominated for an Oscar to endorse a French brand to meet a French luxury goods tycoon and successfully married him.

The people behind Harvey valued Cooper very much, so he said to Cooper: "If you can come, I guarantee that there will be Oscar-winning actresses attending the party."

Cooper had always wanted to get closer to Hillary, so he immediately said, "Let me know once the time and place are confirmed." Harvey smiled and nodded, thinking about how to get the Australian film queen to the party.

The two separated and each went to find their next social target.

The wedding started soon, and after the ceremony, the bride and groom accepted blessings from relatives and friends.

When Harvey saw Sibel in her white wedding dress, he suddenly remembered the scene in the suite at the Four Seasons Hotel where Sibel massaged his big feet and then he pressed her down and did whatever he wanted to her.

At that time, he didn't think there was anything special about Sibel, but today when he saw Sibel standing next to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newson, Harvey found that she was so charming.

The married Sibel, wife of the mayor of San Francisco, is completely different in charm from the little Hollywood actor Sibel.

Harvey's heart was burning with passion, and he really wanted to find Sibel again to rekindle their old relationship, but the other party's identity was not ordinary, and it was not realistic to use the movie role to control her.

Similarly, Harvey didn't think there was much of a problem with what happened between him and Sibel.

It's like this all over Hollywood. Not to mention the actresses who don't have any backing, even the second-generation stars who want to get ahead still need to take off their clothes and sleep with men.

Friends in the circle have rumors that a certain big boss specifically takes in some goddaughters...

So much so that one of the goddaughters, when she was at the peak of her fame, suddenly became like a madman and her personality changed drastically, she started taking drugs, drinking alcohol, having promiscuous sex and doing other bad things.

In this way, those godfather-level bosses will have concerns when they want to mess with her again.

It would be troublesome if I got infected with some disease.

Harvey thought about these trivial things, came to Gavin and Sibel and gave his blessings.

Gavin shook his hand and chatted with him for a few words.

A hint of unnaturalness flashed across Xibel's face next to him, but soon returned to normal.

But when I shook hands with Harvey as usual, I felt inexplicably nauseous when I thought of this fat, greasy hand that had once grabbed, dug, and pinched me.

But Sibel knew that today's matter concerned the reputation of the Niu Sen family, so he quickly adjusted his mentality and a bright smile returned to his face.

Harvey didn't leave after talking to Gavin. Sibel, who was standing next to Gavin, made him feel like he had missed out on $10 million: "Jane, your retirement from acting is a big loss to Hollywood."

Sibel smiled and said, "Thank you for your care in Hollywood."

Gavin didn't know what was going on between the two of them, so he asked, "Are you familiar with each other?"

Harvey laughed and said, "Jen has appeared in several Miramax films. The casting director was blind and arranged for Jen to play some small supporting roles."

These few words brought back some very bad memories for Sibel. Harvey had promised her the leading role in "Hollywood Row", but he ended up giving the role to the more coquettish Dane Lane.

Gavin then added, "Sibel is planning to develop a film business in the future, and will need your help then."

Harvey's mind suddenly became active: "No problem, just come to me about the movie, I promise I can handle it."

Sibel tried hard to maintain a smile on her face and said politely, "Thank you."

"We are friends, you're welcome." Harvey acted like a gentleman: "I may not be able to help with other matters, but when it comes to the film industry, I claim to be an expert, and no one should object."

Gavin, who just got married, cares about Sibel very much.

When Sibel chatted with him, he revealed his unwillingness to give up the film industry more than once.

Gavin's abilities and resources can help his wife realize her dream, and he also praised Harvey a little: "The movies you've made and the Oscars you've won should be enough to fill up a room, right?"

Harvey doesn’t need to be modest about this: “Every Oscar I compete in, I gain something.”

Gavin asked curiously, "The Oscars are coming up soon. Which awards are you going to compete for this time?"

"My film is not participating this year." Harvey did not shy away from talking about this, saying: "This year's Oscars should be a battle between The Departed and Los Angeles Fire."

When hearing "Los Angeles Fire", Gavin frowned slightly, but soon relaxed and said a few polite words.

"Los Angeles Fire" was a huge box office success in North America and was also a huge hit around the world. This film was also a butcher's knife that stabbed the California Donkey Party in the sore spot.

Harvey didn't stay long and left soon.

The smile on Sibel's face faded instantly.

Gavin sensed something and asked, "You don't like him very much?"

Of course Sibel would not tell the truth, wouldn't that be asking for trouble? She smiled and said, "He is quite overbearing and acts like a tyrant at work."

Gavin comforted him, "You are no longer the little actor you used to be. If you return to Hollywood, you will have a special status and position."

Sibel held his hand and said, "Thank you for supporting my dream."

Seeing Harvey's back disappearing in the crowd, Sibel withdrew his gaze and tried hard not to think about the unpleasant past.

When the wedding was really over, someone came over and whispered a few words. Gavin said something to Sibel and followed them to the manor villa to meet Cooper.

The two sides discussed for a long time in the villa, mainly talking about the Silicon Valley acquisition and Hillary's affairs.

Hillary's base is women's rights, and women's rights are also one of the bases of the San Francisco Group.

There is a natural basis for cooperation between the two sides.

As long as Hillary's conditions are right, the San Francisco Group will choose to support Hillary.

On the other side, after leaving Atherton, Harvey Weinstein met the famous producer Graham King who came from Los Angeles in a business club in the Bay Area.

Harvey seemed to know nothing and asked, "What's the emergency that made you come all the way to San Francisco?"

"Actually, I've always wanted to talk to you." Graham has been working as a production manager for Martin Scorsese since "Gangs of New York" and is a person promoted by Scorsese.

He smiled and said, "Some time ago you were looking for suitable film projects in Europe and Asia, and when you returned to North America you came directly to San Francisco, so I had no choice but to come and find you."

Harvey said half-truthfully, "Weinstein Pictures has just been established, and what they lack most is film projects. I can only look around the world for them. If you have a suitable one, please recommend it to me."

"I will definitely recommend a suitable one to you if I find one." Graham quickly got to the point: "I came here this time on behalf of Director Scorsese, and I want to ask Harvey for your help."

The four big directors are all very arrogant and don't have much interaction with him. If Spielberg came, Harvey would think it was normal, after all, Spielberg is also a frequent visitor to Lolita Island.

Seeing that Harvey didn't respond, Graham took the initiative to say, "You have always had a strong influence on the Oscars. Can you help Director Scorsese in the Best Director vote? We will definitely reward you."

Harvey didn't have any movies competing for this year's Oscars, so he didn't care much. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "I heard that The Departed won a lot of awards. Director Scorsese also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director."

Graham was silent for a moment, then said, "Although the results have not yet been announced, we can basically confirm that the Directors Guild Award for Best Director will be given to Eric Eason."

Looking at past Oscar results, the overlap rate between the Guild Awards and the Oscars was over 90%.

Because in the final vote, the judges for Oscar-related awards are mostly the same people as the judges for the union awards.

Harvey immediately understood the key point: "Because the fire happened in Los Angeles? Too many Oscar director judges live in Los Angeles?"

Graham said: "There was also a series of PR, with the media hyping up The Departed as a remake with nothing new, and Director Scorsese was just trying to win an Oscar for the sake of winning one."

"Where's Leo? Why didn't he come to see me?" After all, Harvey is the white glove of the Zippertons in Hollywood.

Graham casually made up an excuse: "After all, this is Best Director, not Best Actor."

Harvey was silent, and after a moment's thought, it was not difficult to discover that behind "Los Angeles Fire" stood the Ferguson family and Twitter, and their strength was beyond words.

They are powerful forces that can clash with Hillary, including traditional political families and emerging business groups.

Hillary can collide with them, but that doesn't mean White Gloves can.

Harvey immediately refused: "I know very little about this year's Oscars, so I'm afraid I can't help you." (End of this chapter)