America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 556 Super News
Davis Studios, Burbank.

Many employees found that their boss Martin Davis, who rarely shows up in public, came to the office early this morning and asked someone to connect to the teleconferencing system.

Martin lowered the newly installed screen in the office, connected the computer to the projector, and projected the homepage of the TMZ website onto the screen.

A new hot news ranking section has been added to a prominent position on the homepage.

Many news items on the hot search list are closely related to Martin. The news video of paternity testing tops the list, and the second is the scene of Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt being arrested by LAPD and put into a police car.

Further down, sixth place is again related to Martin, as paparazzi photographed him and Charlize Theron going out together late at night.

Martin refreshed the page again, and there weren't many changes on TMZ's homepage.

Bruce checked the time and said, "It won't be that fast. Jody will release relevant news before getting off work at noon. She is the deputy editor-in-chief of TMZ and has the power to promote and independently pin news to the front page. Currently, only the editor-in-chief and the boss Harvey Levine can revoke her news. The deputy editors-in-chief do not have such power."

Martin nodded: "You mean if something unexpected happens, TMZ can't handle the pressure, and the news will stay there for a little longer."

Bruce further said: "Every noon, Harvey Levin would go home to eat with his children and wife, and the editor-in-chief would go to a nearby hotel for lunch and would not stay in the company."

Martin asked, "Is Ivan ready?"

Bruce said, "We're ready." He added, "Jessica and Emily brought people to Washington and London respectively last night."

Martin was a very honest person. He took out a card and handed it to Bruce: "This is an anonymous card that I asked someone to apply for. If something serious happens, give it to Jody immediately to shut her up and let her settle in Hong Kong. If that doesn't work, please go to a city adjacent to Hong Kong."

"I gave her an advance payment." Bruce took it without further ado.

His phone vibrated, he glanced at it and answered it, chatted for a few words, and then said to Martin, "Léa Seydoux has checked into the Ritz-Carlton Hotel."

Martin called Léa Seydoux and asked her to adjust to the jet lag and go for the audition in a few days.

There are several important female roles in "Gone Girl". Which one Léa Seydoux is suitable for depends on the audition results.

Thomas knocked on the door and came in, took out a bottle of water from the refrigerator, unscrewed it and took a big sip, and said, "I just got the news that the Los Angeles District Attorney has decided to prosecute Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt."

"What are the chances of them going to jail?" Martin had no sympathy at all and wanted these three bastards who instigated the illegitimate child scandal to go to jail together to pick up soap.

Thomas told the truth: "If our next move is successful, those three bastards will go to jail."

Martin asked Bruce: "I remember Mene was from the black community, and it seems that quite a few of his black friends are in jail?"

Bruce nodded. "Among Mene's childhood friends, very few did not turn to crime. Just like you in the Clayton community, you are an outlier."

Martin said naturally: "Once the results are confirmed, let Mene send some soap to the fellow prisoners."

Thomas thought to himself that Brad Pitt might as well stay in the Sacred Valley and make movies.

Martin asked again: "What's the situation with Toni Fairman?"

"She has reached a plea agreement with the police and the district attorney, and will become a witness to accuse Ben, Pete and the other two." Thomas knew what Martin was concerned about: "Toni's lawyer has officially filed a civil lawsuit against Stuart Townsend, requesting a paternity test."

Bruce interjected, "That kid is probably Townsend's."

Martin nodded: "Let them fight each other, and find a way to push this appraisal forward."

According to Charlize Theron, if the child was not Townsend's, she promised to give him a considerable compensation.

Martin was very considerate of his friend and felt that people like Townsend would be inspired to strive hard only if they were left penniless.

It has nothing to do with anything else but to make Townsend work hard.

Thomas added: "After experiencing this bizarre incident, most of Aisha and his people are planning to leave Los Angeles and return to their hometowns to find a stable job and life."

Martin reminded them, "Remember to give them the compensation I promised them."

Bruce replied, "It has been handed over to them."

There was a knock on the door, and Martin said, "Come in." Louise, who was wearing a dark professional suit, pushed the door open and walked in.

After sitting down, she pushed up her black-rimmed glasses and said, "Kelly said that the most important thing is to build public opinion. Once public opinion is built, everything will be easy."

Martin said: "I made a lot of arrangements, fearing that the Jews would suppress it."

Louise smiled and said, "The Jewish community is also divided into many factions. Take Hollywood for example. A group of people headed by Spielberg look down on Harvey Weinstein. They will only applaud when Harvey is finished."

Martin understood what she meant: "Love won the hearts of the soldiers, and it was done in a city-wide smear campaign. It is said that Spielberg was very angry at the time."

"There are many Jewish people who look down on Harvey, like me." Louise's mother is also Jewish: "I persuaded my father, who is a veteran billionaire and a senior supporter of the California Donald Trump Party."

Martin regretted it very much: "I should have just leaned on you and laid down."

Louise recalled that Martin had said these words more than once, half-jokingly, but she felt they were inappropriate.

By the time she thought it was appropriate, Martin had become a complete playboy.

Regrets? Louise did have some, but not many.

Martin asked, "Did your father agree?"

Louise said, "His only daughter is being bullied by a disgusting bastard. If things go wrong, the company will go bankrupt and she will become a pauper. Will he not support me?"

Martin exclaimed: "Every daughter is a princess in the eyes of her father." Louise went to get a bottle of water: "Remember what Sofia said when she clashed with Harvey Weinstein in Atlanta and when you first came to Los Angeles? At that time, we discussed how to deal with this fat man, and we had to be cautious. I didn't expect to face him head-on this year."

Martin said: "It's a pity that Sophia can only be used to scare people."

When Bruce heard the name, his butt automatically pressed against the wall and he said, "She only knows how to force things and make things out of control."

Louise was curious: "I wonder what Harvey is doing?"

Martin said something random: "Maybe he was fooling around with some woman and got caught."

Bruce looked at Martin in surprise, thinking, shouldn't it be the other way around?

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At the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Georgina entered the lobby with her assistant.

The assistant felt a little guilty: "Boss, can we just go up like this?"

Georgina said: "Ruth, you followed me here from England, don't you understand one thing, the one who pays your salary is me, not that cheating bastard!"

The assistant stopped thinking about it and followed Georgina into the elevator and took the elevator upstairs.

Harvey has a long-term private room here and often invites actors, especially actresses, to the hotel to "discuss" scripts and roles.

Georgina received news that Harvey had been discussing a play with a famous actress at the Four Seasons Hotel recently, so she came over specifically to catch them in the act.

In the past, even if Georgina heard such rumors, she wouldn't care much.

Because she never married Harvey as a person, but what he could bring.

Now, Harvey's value has been greatly reduced on her side.

Georgina also understood one thing: truth cannot be hidden, especially since she liked to play exciting games.

So what should we do? Take the moral high ground first!

Georgina took the elevator upstairs and quickly found Harvey's long-term private room. She took out the duplicate suite door card she had found at home and nodded to her assistant.

The assistant opened the bag, glanced at the hidden camera, and said, "It's OK."

Georgina swiped her card to open the door, gently opened the door, and slipped into the room. As soon as she turned out of the entrance, she saw Harvey wearing a short pajamas and lying on the sofa.

Nicole Kidman, who was also wearing short pajamas, was giving Harvey a massage. The scene was disgusting.

Georgina forced herself to get angry and yelled, "Harvey, what are you doing!"

The two men also noticed her, and Harvey stood up: "Why are you here?"

Georgina pointed at Nicole Kidman and said: "What is she doing? What are you doing? This is what you call negotiation? Where do you put our marriage?"

She asked sharply, "Is this your promise to me?"

Nicole Kidman didn't say anything. With her status, it would have been easy for her to reject Harvey, but her career had not been going well in recent years and she wanted to win another Oscar, so when Harvey said he had a project about the Princess of Monaco, she only thought about it for a moment and then took the initiative to offer it.

Harvey said, "Honey, calm down."

Georgina came here on purpose to cause trouble today and made a lot of noise.

Harvey was annoyed by the noise and shouted: "Just so you know, this is Hollywood, everyone cheats!"

Georgina sneered: "You betrayed me and found some weird excuses for yourself. We are done!"

Harvey felt a headache and quickly said something nice.

Not long after, an angry Georgina stormed out of the room with her assistant.

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The sun turned to the south and it was approaching noon.

TMZ got off work in the morning and many people left their posts to go out for dinner.

The assistant knocked gently on the deputy editor-in-chief's cubicle door, opened it and asked, "Boss, aren't you going out for dinner?"

Jody opened his wallet and took out two US dollars and gave them to his assistant: "Please pack one for me and bring it back. I'm not feeling well, so I won't go out."

The assistant asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Jody forced a smile: "There are always a few days every month."

The assistant said nothing more and left the office with the money.

Jody waited for a while until it was completely quiet outside. She took out the storage disk, connected it to the office computer, uploaded the edited video, copied and pasted the written document, and clicked upload.

As the deputy editor-in-chief for business, Jody has enormous authority. After passing the news review, he first moved the video news to the homepage, and then selected it as the top of the homepage!

Super News appeared.

(End of this chapter)