The Wolf of Los Angeles

Chapter 69 You messed with someone you shouldn't mess with

On the business car, Hawke took out Nokia and dialed Megan Taylor's number: "Have you gone to work? I just got a big news, comparable to Donny's shot to death, and the chain reaction may be even greater."

Megan immediately asked loudly, "Where are you?"

Hawke looked out the window: "Santa Monica Avenue, we're at Westwood."

"I live in Ximu District, come to my house directly." Megan reported an address.

Hawke hung up the phone and repeated it to Edward.

The business car turned south at the next intersection and rushed to West Olympic Avenue.

In less than five minutes, the car was parked in front of a single-family villa.

Hawke brought his laptop, got out of the car alone, stood in front of the visual access control, and rang the doorbell.

The door opened and Megan's voice came over: "Remember to close the door when you come in."

Hawke walked through the small courtyard and when he came to the door, Megan had already opened the wooden door.

She was wearing a silk home clothes and had no makeup on her face: "You came too fast, I haven't had time to change my clothes."

Hawke praised: "Have a good foundation, just as beautiful as if it wasn't made up."

"Thank you." Megan got to the point: "You have been too lazy recently. There has been no news for a long time. Who did you get this time?"

Hawke sat on the couch and opened his notebook: "San Diego Charger star wide receiver Miller Collins, he's a GAY, he's messing around with men."

Megan turned around and sat next to Hawke, somewhat surprised: "I remember he has a family."

"The model husband of the NFL has a wife and children." Hawke clicked on the video: "It's a little bit eye-catching."

Meghan has never seen any news, and she is extremely calm. Just like in the past, when the two people have a close-up scene, they will click the Enter key to pause and confirm the identity of the person.

Then when it comes to the critical moment, she also presses pause to determine the scale to what extent.

After reading it once, Meghan is a pity: "The key points need to be coded, and there are many less highlights."

"The other person is not a public figure, he's confused."

"I know." Megan said nothing nonsense: "Let's get a price."

Hawke did not offer a price, but instead said, "Just ten minutes ago, Miller himself called me and offered a price of $1 million, and wanted to buy back the video."

Before Meghan could react, he shook his head slightly: "But I refused. Claire called me before and said that Midnight Entertainment's ratings fell and there was a lack of explosive news. I hope this news can help you. ”

Meghan wanted to tell the truth and falsehood of this sentence, and looked at Hawk with a complicated look: "What do you want to say?"

Hawke said: "First of all, you have to withstand the pressure. Midnight Entertainment must broadcast this news on the headlines, otherwise we won't have to talk about it."

But Megan reached out and pressed her hand on the notebook: "This news is mine."

She took out a small cell phone from her pocket and dialed Claire's number: "You check now, Miller Collins of the San Diego Chargers have endorsed several brands, whether there are Channel 11 or TV main advertisers. .”

Hawke didn't say anything, and Megan didn't completely believe him after he said it.

The phone call came back soon: "There is no main advertiser, but there are advertisements on Fox TV, which is not very large."

Megan hung up: “I promise, it will definitely air.”

Hawke said: "The playback terms are clearer. If you get the authorization to not play, I will give it to other media platforms."

Meghan needs explosive news, and even more, someone who can provide explosive news one after another. She stared at Hawke: "If someone really puts pressure on me, I will resign and fight."

The ratings of the show are directly related to her future.

"$150,000." Hawke stopped her from bargaining: "The higher the cost of sunk, the less pressure you are under."

Megan said: "$150,000 is my highest authority, I can give it to you."

Hawke tilted his head and signaled to the door: "Go to the TV station."

Megan said, “Wait until I change my clothes.”

...

Santa Monica, Parissad.

Miller hung up the phone and returned to the house in a daze.

The whole person's energy seemed to have been pulled away by Hawk from the air.

After a while, he came to his senses and found that Kevin was missing. The gift he gave him suppressed a note.

There is only one short sentence on the note.

"goodbye."

Miller frowned and put it aside for the time being, as both the agent and the PR were coming.

The last one came over was a friend he met when he was a teenager.

Henry, a white man with tattoos on his arms.

Miller quickly said the matter, including those of Hawk.

Public relations and agents are not surprised by his relationship with men. There is no black news or scandal, so is it still a star?

The agent said: "That person is right. It will be very troublesome to get this into the team. You are now in the year of your contract and are discussing a contract renewal with the team. We are still fighting for a big contract."

Speaking of this, his headache was about to explode: "Sponsors are more troublesome. When it is profitable, they will come faster than anyone else. If they suppress it and consume too much resources, the first person to abandon you is them. They will not only Cut it with you as soon as possible, and you may also breach your contract. "Miller also had a fantasy: "Can't they help me suppress it?"

Public relations breaks his fantasy: "You are not Jordan, not Manning, not Woods, they don't have such great value in their eyes. Videos fall into the hands of big media. How much does it cost to suppress the news for you? Abandon What about you? Just start the default clause and replace a new spokesperson. If celebrities encounter public relations crisis in the past, the first thing the sponsors do is to split!”

Miller's heart was half sank, almost to the bottom of the sea.

"You met an opponent this time. According to what you said, that person is very difficult." The agent's face was full of seriousness: "Before the filming, he conducted an investigation on you, and calculated this."

The PR said again: "That Kevin is probably the bait released by the other party."

This happened to Miller when he recovered slightly from his panic.

The agent really wants to say that you have messed with someone you shouldn't have messed with, but he didn't say anything after all.

Miller looked at the PR manager, then at the agent, and asked directly, "What should I do next?"

Public relations stood up and took a few steps, saying, "It is divided into three parts, the first part, continue to contact those people, whether it is apologizing for the door or seducing with a large amount of money, temporarily preventing the video from flowing to the media, it is best to reach a confidentiality agreement, as long as If the video does not fall into the hands of the big media, we can still find a way."

Miller said, "I offered a million dollars and was rejected." He was helpless: "I just bought a house in Los Angeles and didn't have that much money in my hand. I wanted to trick them into it. These **** are very alert."

The PR nodded and continued, "Part 2, put pressure on the media. I will do my best in this regard, but don't have too much hope. It's okay for the video to fall into the hands of small media. If it falls into the World News or It will be very difficult for Fox's media to deal with, and you may have to prepare more than $5 million in cash."

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Miller couldn't get such a large amount of cash.

It takes time to realize fixed assets.

Miller is a traditional white family and has no relationship with the squid circle in the media industry.

The public relations said again: "In addition to conventional means, there are also some unconventional means. What are the names of the two people you just mentioned?"

Miller said: “Eric Ethan, a young director, I checked him, he only had one video movie; the other was Edward Connor, nicknamed Savior, a low-level worker who came out of Compton, and There is one, but I haven't found it yet."

The agent said: "If you are mingling with the two of you like this, you won't be a high-end person."

High-end PR, like high-end business wars, is often unpretentious. PR said directly: "Check them and we should try our best to hold people up with conventional means."

He looked at Miller's partner Henry: "We can do nothing we can do without the rules."

Henry said, "Leave it to me."

The broker called to contact people inside and outside the industry and in the media industry.

Hawke and Edward have sold a lot of news and photos.

Not long after, the agent asked the name West Coast Media Entertainment Studio from the National Enquirer and Hollywood Life.

Then, more information was found through the company name.

Henry came from a white gang organization and quickly gathered people.

...

Century City, Fox TV Center.

Hawke signed the agreement and received a check of $150,000.

Megan has returned from the Director's Office of Channel 11 and called Hawk into her office directly.

Hawke sat on the sofa in the hospitality area and asked, "You've got the director's side."

"Don't worry, the news will definitely be broadcast." Megan said simply: "To prevent leaks, currently only three people including me, Claire and channel director Cynthia know the specific content, because it involves three advertisers. According to the agreement, we will Three hours before the program was broadcast, the three manufacturers were officially notified. "

"I believe you can withstand the pressure." Hawke was about to say goodbye.

Megan stopped him, "Hawk, remind you one thing."

Hawke looked at her.

Megan said: "A media friend called me to ask about this news, and I made excuses, but she revealed something to me that someone asked about the West Coast Studios everywhere."

Hawke nodded, "I get it."

Megan reminded: "Be careful, I'm still waiting for you to provide exciting news."

"Thank you." Hawke came out of the office, went downstairs, gathered Edward and Eric, and let the former drive back to East Hollywood.

He said, "We're looking for us there."

Edward said, "Someone called my phone one after another, and I pressed what you said, but I didn't answer."

Hawke reminds: “Driving up your energy.”

Eric was a little nervous: "Is the high-end business war coming?"

Hawke nodded slightly, took off his sports jacket, put on the underarm gun bag, took out the legally purchased Glock 19 from his bag, and inserted it into the gun bag.

He flipped through his pockets of clothes again and found the gun certificate he had just obtained the day before yesterday.

The business car went smoothly and returned to East Hollywood.

Hawke pointed to Ranch Park: "Don't go back to the studio, go into the parking lot, go to Frank."

He had long considered that he might face a high-level business war this time, so he made some preparations.

(End of this chapter)