The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 56 The Legendary Champagne Opening
The William Morris office building was still busy on Sunday.

Danny received a fax and hurried out of the office, banging open the door of the conference room next door.

Hawke, Johnson, Edward and Caroline, who were chatting animatedly, all turned their heads and looked towards the door.

Hawke responded the fastest: "The statistics are out?"

Dani nodded and said hoarsely, "The box office statistics for The Scorpion King in its first weekend were $1455 million on Friday and $1621 million on Saturday. It is expected to take in around $1100 million today, and it will definitely take in more than $4000 million in three days over the weekend."

Hawke was the first to applaud, standing up and holding out his fist: "Congratulations, Mr. Box Office Champion!"

Johnson fist-bumped Hawke, then hugged him and shouted, "We are the fucking box office champions!"

Hawke let go of Johnson and hugged Dany Garcia again.

Caroline next to him automatically stepped back: "Hey, hey, hey, let's forget it. Your cheap clothes will damage my Chanel."

Hawke didn't even look at her and hugged Edward again.

Several people in the room were hugging each other in celebration, except Caroline.

This made her feel inexplicably excluded.

Johnson came over again, bumped fists with Hawke, and said, "Your plan is unconventional and wild, but I have to say, it works!"

Dani added: "Universal Pictures' most optimistic estimate before was that the film would take in a maximum of $3500 million in the first three days of the weekend, but now it's $4000 million!"

“An incredible experience,” Johnson said.

Caroline couldn't sit still anymore and tried to make herself felt: "Hey, everyone, it's time to open the champagne!"

Dany asked someone to get champagne.

Johnson went out personally and brought back a few handbags.

He handed one of the envelopes to Hawke first: "The remaining $50,000 check is in it."

Hawke took it, looked at it, and put it in his pocket.

Johnson gave each person present a gift package according to their gender.

He had just entered Hollywood, so he had limited connections and power, and could not rely on many people. He specifically said, "This success is all thanks to you. I have prepared a little gift. Please see if it suits your taste."

Dani was the first to open the gift box, which contained a Rolex women's watch.

Caroline too, but in a different style.

Hawke also opened the gift box, and inside was a gold Rolex datejust watch.

Even the silent Edward has a Rolex.

Hawke was not polite and accepted it directly: "Thank you."

The champagne was opened and the atmosphere in the conference room was quite warm.

But the receipt of the final payment also means that the contract between West Coast Studios and Johnson has officially ended.

Hawke had a drink with Johnson and was actively trying to get new business: "What's up with Alison Faith, the person you introduced last time?"

Johnson simply said: "The new record company is collecting new songs for her, and she is also trying to create them. Now is the preparation period, and it is not the time to promote them vigorously."

He could only help introduce: "Joanna has learned about your operation this time. If they need anything, they will call you."

Hawke said no more, called Edward, and went downstairs to leave.

When they arrived at the hall, they heard the hurried sound of high heels hitting the ground. Caroline came over from behind and said, "Country bumpkin..."

Hawke stopped and said, "Miss Baa, what's the matter?"

Caroline was still thinking: "Did you delete the photos?"

Hawke was helpless: "Didn't I tell you that the photo only showed the wall."

Caroline raised her eyebrows: "I don't trust you." She held out her hand: "Give me the phone, I'll believe it after I see it."

Hawke thought of Caroline as Sarah Parker's publicist, and came up with an idea. He quietly gestured to Edward: "First, imitate the bleating of a ewe."

Edward quickly turned on the recording function on his phone.

Caroline was as shameless as Hawke expected. She opened her flaming red lips like a ewe in heat and said, "Baa! Baa! Baa..."

The sound was winding and tortuous, like a woman's.

Hawke said, "You can look at my phone, but I want to look at yours too. How do I know you didn't take pictures of me secretly?"

Caroline didn't want to give it, but the ewe had already mooed, wouldn't it be a loss if she couldn't see it?

She took out her Motorola, unlocked it and handed it to Hawke.

Hawke took out his daily Nokia and gave it to her.

There's nothing shady in this phone.

Caroline quickly flipped through the photo album and soon found the photo of the corresponding date. There was no camel foot in it. It was really a picture of the wall of a conference room. At the same time, Hawke successfully found the personal contact numbers of Sarah Parker and Bro Derick in the Motorola contact list and wrote them down.

Caroline looked at the photo album and returned the phone to Hawke: "Mine."

Hawke returned the Motorola to her and waved, "Goodbye."

Caroline raised her head, picked up her Hermes, stepped on her red high heels, twisted her perky little butt, and walked out the door with a clatter.

Before she even reached the car, Sarah Parker called and asked her to have dinner together in the evening to discuss some of her personal promotional plans for "Sex and the City" next week.

Caroline returned to the company, found the copy that had already been prepared, and familiarized herself with it again.

She developed a complete personal publicity plan for Sarah Parker, which would be officially launched after the promotion of "Sex and the City" in Los Angeles was over.

Sarah Parker was not satisfied with her current achievements and wanted to re-enter the film industry. While having dinner with Caroline in the evening, she made a request to wait until the end of the year during the awards season and strive for the Best Actress in the next Golden Globe Television Award.

A prestigious award will help her further advance her career.

For Caroline, it is a good thing for clients to have ideas and requests, because that is how public relations can make money.

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Sherman Oaks, a mid-level luxury residential area.

It was dark at night. Hawke sat in the driver's seat, raised his telescope, and looked at the mansion of Sarah Parker and Bro Derek a few dozen meters away.

The lights over there suddenly went out.

Hawke continued to look in the light of the street lamp, but no car came out.

Suddenly, red and blue lights flashed and a patrol car approached.

Hawke knew he couldn't avoid it, so he simply didn't leave. He asked Edward to stay in the car and didn't move. He took out the card Erica gave him in advance and got out of the car.

A police car stopped nearby and a patrolman got out. Seeing Hawke's appearance, he asked, "Are you in trouble?"

Hawke held the card in one hand and showed it to the patrol officer: "The car just made a strange noise. I checked it out."

The patrol officer shone his flashlight on the card, recognized it, and said, "Need help?"

Hawke smiled and said, "I got it done."

The patrol officer prepared to return to his car and politely said, "Call 911 if you're in trouble."

The police car drove away with its lights flashing.

Hawke glanced at the card in his hand. This thing was quite useful.

He also got in the car, looked through the telescope again, and said, "Let's go back. There will be no harvest today."

Edward started the car and drove forward: "Boss, if I park here by myself, it will be very troublesome."

Hawke understood and said, "No need to watch behind, let's sneak into the Sex and the City event and see if we can get anything."

He thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow we will go to the theater where the event is being held and get familiar with the venue first."

"We did a story about Sarah Parker once." Edward met Hawke because of this. He asked, "Do you want to do it again?"

Hawke certainly couldn't tell him the truth, and said, "Last time, the whole storm fell on Donnie, and Sarah Parker was forgiven by Bro Derick and was hardly affected. I think this couple is abnormal, and maybe we can dig out bigger news from it. Cheating is very stimulating, and Sarah Parker will never give up. Following her should be rewarding."

This brings us back to what Edward is good at: "Yes, once a woman cheats, she will keep cheating. I have seen it."

Hawke asked, "What happened?"

Edward, a god of war-level figure, suddenly fell silent.

The next morning, Hawke arrived at the Burbank Nova Theater like any other moviegoer.

He entered the ticket office, looked at the movie posters one by one, and finally stood in front of the promotional poster of "Sex and the City".

Tomorrow night, "Sex and the City" will hold a fan meeting here, and all the main creative staff including Sarah Parker will be in attendance.

Hawke confirmed the time was correct and looked at the theater map. In addition to the main entrance, there were two fire safety passages.

One of the lines connects to the backstage and is inaccessible to ordinary viewers.

Hawke went to the ticket office and bought two tickets for tomorrow afternoon, each costing $39.9.

Regular movie tickets are only around $7.

The crew doesn’t expect to make money from this, but rather uses it as a screening procedure.

Few people would be willing to spend so much money unless they are die-hard fans.

Hawke got the ticket and found that there was a note on it stating that no filming equipment was allowed into the venue.

He came out of the theater, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked around the theater several times, carefully checking every exit.

(End of this chapter)