America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 228 Embarrassing Things

The door of the business car opened, and White came back first and said, "I heard something that the media has not reported. Martin Davis had a gunfight with someone in the community."

"Gunfight?" Alex became interested.

White continued, "Several black traffickers broke into Carter's house at night and were driven away by Martin with a gun. The leader was beaten on the butt by Martin and is currently serving his sentence in the state prison. It will take more than a decade for him to be released."

Alex's interest waned, this was not the news he wanted.

White added, "Then there's Martin's father, who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend's mother. That guy is a complete scumbag. Maybe we can use him."

Alex asked, "Any idea where he is?"

White was helpless: "It is said that he ran away to Australia or New Zealand."

Someone knocked on the car window from outside, and Albert came back.

He told White about the relevant information he had learned from several people, which was actually similar to what White had heard.

Alex frowned more and more as he listened, and couldn't help but say, "Martin Davis is simply a typical example of someone who crawled out of a quagmire. He is the real-life version of the American dream."

What the neighbors said was not much different from what was publicly reported in the newspapers.

The only thing that wasn't reported in detail was the gunfight dealer and that bastard father.

But after these are published, Martin Davis' resume will become more legendary and he will become more glorious.

White said, "Can we start with Martin's father?"

Alex asked back, "Are you going to Australia or New Zealand to find someone?"

White fell silent.

Albert said at this time: "Boss, if it really doesn't work, we should publish these news?"

"Posting these useless things?" Alex shook his head and raised his voice: "Do you have any professional pursuits? We are journalists and have an obligation to expose the facts hidden behind the scenes. This is the power given to us by the public!"

After talking about the lofty spiritual level, he talked about the practical things: "You know very well how much reward the newspaper society will give us once news like this breaks out!"

White and Albert pretended not to hear what was said before.

What came next made them excited. The newspaper was extremely generous in rewarding news and did not care or secretly encouraged its subordinates to obtain news by any means necessary.

Alex added: "Martin Davis' ex-girlfriend's family is the key. Find them." He glanced at the date on the newspaper: "Two days later, if there is no new discovery, return to Washington and use our unique skills."

White is good at this. He said, "All the award recipients this time will stay at the DC Hilton Hotel. We have been there several times and we have many news sources there."

They have been successful since 911/, Alex whispered, "There is no news that the News of the World can't get."

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National Airport, Washington, DC.

Martin and Bruce walked out of the exit, met the people who came to pick them up, and got into the car they drove.

The car crossed the Potomac River and soon turned onto Pennsylvania Avenue.

Through the car window, Martin saw the obelisk-shaped Washington Monument and the dome-shaped Capitol Hill Building.

The Secret Service agent who came to meet him at the White House said, "Mr. Davis, your schedule is arranged as follows. When you arrive at the hotel, you will have a media interview, and then you will be free to move around. At 9 a.m. on Independence Day, I will pick you up and take you to the White House to participate in the Independence Day celebration. The awarding of honors is part of the celebration."

"Thank you." Martin nodded slightly: "Can I know your name and contact information?"

The Secret Service agent handed over a card: "Jonathan."

Martin was quite polite and handed over his business card: "When you get to Los Angeles, you can call me."

Jonathan took it: "Thank you."

Arriving at the Hilton Hotel, the car passed through an aisle, and Bruce pointed to a place: "That's where Reagan was assassinated."

Martin whispered: "It's scary when the fans go crazy."

What was the name of the guy in the Beatles? He couldn't remember clearly, it seemed that he was killed by his own fans?

After entering the hotel, Kate, the officially arranged female reporter from the Washington News, was already waiting in the lobby lounge.

There was nothing special about the interview. Kate asked all the formulaic questions, and Martin was responsible for praising the business, praising the LAPD and Los Angeles, and then praising the authorities and so on.

Jonathan stayed by until the interview was over.

Kate was about to say goodbye, and before leaving, she asked, "Can we exchange contact information?"

"No problem." Martin is also willing to have more contact with the media and have multiple channels to express his views.

The two exchanged contact information, and Kate even called Martin specifically.

The hotel had already prepared the suite, and Martin and Bruce went upstairs together.

Bruce took a quick look around the room and said, "Not bad."

Martin asked, "Are Duke and Murphy here yet?"

Bruce glanced at his phone, "They're here. We'll check in once they confirm our room."

He had observed before entering, and sent out the room number and several rooms suitable for the two people: "This is Washington, and Russians generally don't cause trouble."

Martin joked, "I'm afraid they've been drinking."

Soon, Duke and Murphy went upstairs and checked into a room not far away diagonally opposite.

These two were good at observing and spotting stalkers. Martin was quite satisfied with them because they were the ones who spotted Pratt following him in Atlanta.

When Duke went to open the door with the room card, Murphy, who was lagging behind, raised his phone and took pictures of the portraits of several hotel employees in charge of this floor on the bulletin board.

In a hotel like this, each floor is managed by a fixed staff.

Inside the room, Martin had just packed his luggage and came to the balcony of the master bedroom.

You can see the White House from here.

Bruce came over and said, "They're OK over there."

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Atlanta, Northville.

Lily, who had just transferred to another school, walked out of the private middle school alone and walked along the sidewalk. The clown pendant on her backpack swung back and forth as her long legs moved.

The weather was a bit hot, so she went into a cold drink shop and ordered some fat-free ice cream.

Lily sat at an empty table with her ice cream.

Before we started eating, a very stylish man in his twenties with a kind face sat down opposite us.

Albert tentatively said: "Hello, I'm Martin's friend."

Lily took a bite of ice cream and said habitually: "That idiot and bastard has a friend like you?"

When Albert heard the little girl scolding Martin, he felt that he had found the right person. The little girl's attitude towards Martin was very bad.

He added: "Martin is a star, and I work in the media industry."

Lily understood that this was a reporter. Her mind started to race, but her face became more innocent and cute.

Albert added: "I came here mainly to learn some basic information about Martin and write a comprehensive news report. Martin will soon be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom."

Lily thought of the video she had seen, where Martin foolishly rescued those irrelevant people, and said, "What else can that idiot do besides doing stupid things?"

Albert asked, "You have a bad relationship with him? Did he do anything excessive to you?"

Lily didn't answer. She blinked her innocent eyes and asked, "Which newspaper reporter are you from? Are you a bad guy?"

Albert glanced at the harmless pretty female high school student and took out his work ID to show her: "World News."

Lily had never seen this newspaper, but the name sounded unusual: "A world newspaper?"

"Yes! It is distributed in many places around the world!" Albert did not even mention his relationship with The Sun, and asked in a suggestive way: "Did Martin bully you?"

Lily subconsciously touched the top of her head. It seemed that she had been punched many times since Martin broke his leg.

But she could tell the reporter's question was not right, so she said, "It's not bullying, he just lives off my family. My family was very poor before, we didn't have enough food, we had to rob for food."

Albert was quite disappointed and continued to induce: "Nothing else? He stayed in your house for a long time. Your house is small and girls have many private matters. Will many embarrassing things happen?"

Lily thought to herself, it happened many times, but I didn’t tell you.

She was absolutely sure that this was not a good person: "Embarrassing things? It seems like there was one time..."

"What?" Albert asked.

Lily is not Martin, so it takes some time to make up a story: "There are some bullies in the community who always like to bully girls. One time they bullied me, and Martin saw it, beat them up, and told them to call me Big Sister. As a result, those bullies stopped and called me Big Sister every time they saw me. I was embarrassed."

Albert's expression remained unchanged, but he was disappointed again. He continued to ask Lily questions, but didn't get anything useful.

Martin filmed here for more than two months and did a lot of patching.

Everyone just needs to tell the truth, there is no need to make up good things for him. The normal bad things that happened in the slums in the past will make his image more full.

Those who actually knew what he had done, like Elena and Bruce, wouldn't talk to the media.

A few minutes later, Albert was completely disappointed. If the stupid things that came out of Lily's mouth were actually reported, it would only become proof of Martin Davis' struggle to escape from the quagmire.

This is true for the Clayton community, and so is Lily Carter...

Albert felt that White would gain nothing in the Beast House.

"Thank you." Albert said goodbye in a friendly manner and left.

He crossed the street, got into a car diagonally opposite, and shook his head at Alex: "It's no use."

"There was no gain from White either," said Alex.

Albert suggested: "Boss, how about changing the target?"

Alex objected: "Don't you think this is a bit unusual? Stars like Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, who have risen from the bottom, all have a lot of scandals. Why has Martin Davis been doing positive things to get rid of poverty in recent years? Is this reasonable?"

Once he makes up his mind, he will not change it easily, just like he treats some politicians, the families of the 911/ victims, and the injured veterans of the Afghanistan war.

No grudges or hatred, just for the news.

Alex didn't hesitate any longer: "Call White and ask him to return to the hotel immediately. We're going to Washington."

On the other side, Lily waited for a while, immediately took out her cell phone and sent a text message to Martin.

There will be another chapter later.

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(End of this chapter)