America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 558 Domestic Violence Sect

The Times Building, New York.

Sharon Waxman, with her work badge stuck on her collar, waited for the file to be downloaded from her email, copied it to a USB drive, hurriedly left the office cubicle, and knocked on the door of deputy editor-in-chief Jonathan Landman's office.

When Jonathan saw someone coming in, he took off his glasses, pinched his brows, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Boss, I just received an anonymous email from a paparazzi." Sharon placed the USB drive on the desk: "It contains very sensitive news material."

Jonathan took the USB drive, plugged it into the computer, clicked on the video, and watched it for less than ten seconds. His face became extremely serious and he asked, "Where did these come from?"

Sharon told the truth: "Someone anonymously sent it to my news mailbox ten minutes ago."

Jonathan realized the news value of this, and ran a hand through his graying hair, seeming to have trouble making a decision.

Sharon wanted to report it: "This is big news, enough to shock the whole United States."

Jonathan did not answer immediately. He thought carefully for a while before saying, "Harvey Weinstein is an important advertiser of ours. He spends more than seven figures on advertising in Times media every year."

Sharon understood what her boss meant. Although the New York Times is one of the three largest newspapers in the United States, it is not easy to make money.

With annual advertising fees in the seven figures, he is a truly big client.

Jonathan unplugged the USB drive, locked it in a drawer, and said, "Harvey Weinstein is not an elected official and has no news value. This matter ends here."

At this point, he thought more: "You should try to find the person who provided these, talk to him, and get all the original news materials back."

Sharon had no choice but to do as she was told.

Not far from here, in the editorial office of The New Yorker.

Brin sat at his desk, waiting for his boss, Tina, to watch the video material he had just received.

The more Tina looked, the wider her eyes widened, and the happier she felt. In the end, she even couldn't help laughing.

Brin was familiar with his boss' style and knew that the news would definitely be published, so he started writing a draft so that he could finish it as soon as possible.

Tina looked away from the monitor and said to Brin, "Where did you find it?"

"Someone sent it to the mailbox anonymously." Brin asked cautiously: "Editor-in-Chief, do you want to publish it?"

Tina waved her hand and said, "Publish it! Of course we have to publish it. Post it on our website as quickly as possible."

Brin asked, "How big of a scale should it be?"

"The original version will be posted as is!" Tina is a woman who has had a very difficult time rising to the top, and the video resonates with her.

But the key point is another thing: "When we promoted the two films "Chicago" and "The Hours", Harvey Weinstein still owes us $26 in advertising fees, forcing us to invest a high fee and hire lawyers to sue him and Weinstein Pictures!"

Brin understood: "Boss, I know what to do!"

Tina, who is not Jewish, did not hesitate at all: "Fuck him, make Harvey Weinstein look bad!"

Not only in New York, but also in major cities across the United States such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco, the editorial offices of newspapers, radio stations, and television stations with some influence have all received similar news clips.

Martin's strategy is simple. He must cast a wide net to catch more fish.

The first reaction of many of these media outlets was to suppress it temporarily, and some of them even contacted the parties involved.

But among the more than 500 media outlets, there were always some that were influential enough and did not care about Harvey Weinstein and chose to publish the news.

Harvey Weinstein's influence ultimately has limits.

After TMZ, YouTube, The New Yorker, HULU, Yahoo News and other websites all published news related to Weinstein.

The enthusiasm of netizens who have read the relevant information was ignited.

In the news comment section of TMZ, netizens left over a thousand messages in less than half an hour.

"Shocked! In our civilized society, a successful and seemingly righteous person would actually do such a disgusting thing!"

"Harvey Weinstein is committing a crime!"

"Where's 911? Where's the FBI? There's a rapist here!"

"Put in a glimpse and wait for the follow-up. If this matter remains silent, America will be doomed."

In addition to first-tier major websites such as TMZ, the videos uploaded on hundreds of second-tier websites in Europe and the United States quickly attracted attention.

The flames of public opinion have been ignited.

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In a mansion in Beverly Hills, a couple started arguing again.

Georgina looked at her husband Harvey coldly and asked sternly: "Besides Nicole Kidman, is there anyone else?"

Harvey spread his hands: "No one else."

"You still don't admit it at this point?" Georgina looked extremely angry: "You used the role to lure Nicole Kidman, and you must have lured other people too!"

Harvey said stubbornly, "After I married you, Nicole Kidman was the first one."

Georgina asked, "Did you do this a lot before you married me?"

"No." Harvey is not stupid, how could he admit it? "Absolutely not. I'm an investor and producer, I don't want to do this kind of thing..."

Before he could finish his words, the sound of a car door being slammed shut was heard outside.

Amid the hurried footsteps, Harvey's deputy Lombardo ran in from outside, not caring about Georgina's presence, and said, "Something happened, check the news on the front page of TMZ!"

"What is it?" Harvey asked.

“Someone filmed it at the Four Seasons,” Lombardo said quickly. “It’s on TMZ now.”

Harvey was completely furious when he heard this and asked Georgina: "Did you secretly take the video?"

Georgina was stunned at first, her head turned quickly, and she deliberately puffed out her chest and held her head high, saying arrogantly: "Yes, I took the picture." Harvey didn't say anything, but raised his hand and slapped her in the face. This time the slap was hard enough to make a crisp sound.

Georgina turned her head to one side.

She was not simple either. When her head was buzzing, she reacted instinctively.

His legs went weak, his feet twisted, and he fell to one side.

Georgina fell on the shelf next to her with a bang, letting out a terrifying scream, and her left forearm hit the edge of the wood, turning red quickly and visibly.

Lombardo was stunned. What was this? But he quickly realized what was happening and said, "It wasn't something that happened now. It happened a few years ago."

Harvey was also stunned for a moment, and was so angry that he wanted to kick Lombardo, but what happened a few years ago made him take it very seriously, and he quickly went to the computer room on the side of the living room.

The two men left quickly.

Georgina's face felt burning with pain. She knew it was swollen without looking in the mirror. She stared at Harvey's fat and ugly back, gritting her teeth in hatred.

I didn't feel that way before, but after getting involved with Martin, I started to dislike Harvey more and more.

Comparison always hurts.

Georgina got up from the ground and looked at a teddy bear on the cabinet.

That thing was placed relatively high and in a special position, overlooking the entire living room.

Georgina turned her face sideways to face the teddy bear's eyes and showed her arms. Because her skin was white enough, the red marks on her arms were very obvious.

This was not enough. She was prepared and took out the iPhone Martin gave her and took a lot of photos of her face and arms.

Georgina remembered Martin saying that there are only zero and countless times a man can hit a woman.

Once you start for the first time, you will do it often and it will never stop!
Georgina thought it made a lot of sense.

After taking the photo and putting away her phone, she thought about what Lombardo had just said, and immediately went upstairs to get her notebook and logged into the TMZ website. As soon as the page was refreshed, she saw the shocking news headlines.

Georgina clicked on it and was slightly dazed by the video. Although she had heard some rumors about Harvey, she always thought it was a consensual deal like the one with Nicole Kidman.

And the young actress in the video was completely forced!

He shouted his refusal, but was pinned down by Harvey.

Although Georgina is scheming and has complicated thoughts about marrying Harvey, and has also cheated on him with Martin, she considers herself a good woman and despises Harvey's behavior!

Harvey, that bastard, betrayed her, in this way!

When Georgina scrolled down the video and saw the comments, she felt that her identity as Harvey Weinstein's wife was too shameful and her face was burning.

It wasn't just the slap from Harvey, it was also psychological, Georgina was a normal woman, she felt sick and wanted to vomit.

I don't even want to have any contact with Harvey for a moment.

She suddenly had an idea and switched to several websites. She found that most of them had video news about Harvey and many victims.

Georgina touched her swollen and painful face, picked up her phone and dialed 911, crying, "Help me! Help me quickly, I'm suffering from terrible domestic violence! I'm almost beaten to death..."

Downstairs, Harvey smelled something wrong, watched the TMZ video, and immediately took out his cell phone and called TMZ's owner Harvey Levine.

As soon as the call was connected, he said, "Are you TMZ going to go to war with me?"

Levine, who was having dinner with his children at home, stood up and left the restaurant and asked, "Harvey, what do you mean?"

Harvey said, "Your website has put a piece of news about me on the front page! Don't say you didn't know..."

"Wait a moment, I'll find out." Levin hung up the phone, went to the study to check the computer, and immediately dialed Jody's number: "You published the news, why did you publish such news? Do you know how serious the consequences are?"

Jody replied: "Boss, you gave me the power to publish news. I still remember when you approached me and asked me to work at TMZ, you said you wanted to be a news website that dared to disclose any dirty laundry. You told me that no matter who was involved, I had to be brave enough to disclose the truth!"

She had already prepared to leave: "It was because of your support, boss, that I persisted despite receiving such serious threats when reporting on Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck."

Levine said: "This time it's different, Pete and Ben are just stars."

Jody reminded: "Boss, the people who provided me with the news not only gave it to us, but also to other media outlets."

Levin opened several websites in succession and found that it was true, and his mind immediately changed.

He was no longer the only one to bear the pressure, so what was there to be afraid of? He said, "Qiodi, you can continue to dig deeper, but without my consent, you are not allowed to publish anything else until you have collected enough information!"

Jody responded, "I understand, boss."

As soon as Levin hung up, Harvey called again, but he didn't answer it. He waited until the ringing stopped and turned off the phone.

Neither refuse nor cooperate.

Levin returned to the restaurant and said to his wife, "We haven't been on vacation for a long time. Why don't we go on a road trip?"

The wife laughed: "Really? That's great!"

Harvey couldn't get through to Levin on the phone, and he got so angry that he cursed a few words starting with F.

Lombardo answered a phone call, his face became even uglier, and he said to Harvey: "Boss, there is more than one website."

Harvey quickly visited several websites, and nearly half of them contained news about him.

"What should we do?" Lombardo asked.

"Don't panic, stay calm." Harvey picked up his phone and called Quentin, Matt Damon and Robert Rodriguez respectively, asking them to help him put pressure on the media.

Then he personally called some media executives.

But after just a few calls, police lights flashed at the gate!
Upstairs, Georgina took out the copied storage disk, handed it to her trusted assistant, and said, "Give it to Martin later and tell him that if he can't contact me by 8 o'clock in the evening, find a way to save me quickly."

The assistant wrote it down, picked up the storage disk and stuffed it into the career line.

(End of this chapter)