Chapter 12: The First Play

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out from the speakers of his notebook, and Murphy looked at the screen, where the two black men jumped into the car and left, not panicking, not looking like the kind of novice robbers who were in a hurry.

This is the video that Murphy cut out last night, the police have just announced a $100,000 bounty, and if you hand over this video, there is a great chance that you will get the $100,000.

With the $30,000 he has already gotten, Murphy will earn $130,000 through this news video!

For ordinary people, this is a lot of money, but for Murphy, who wants to start a career in the film industry, it is really not a lot of money.

Human greed knows no bounds, and Murphy is no exception, and he wants more.

Therefore, in the plan he formulated, he never thought of handing over the video to the police, but was ready to direct a good show himself.

After much deliberation, Murphy already had the right script framework, a great lead actor, and himself as the director and cinematographer, as long as he chose the right location, the show could be filmed.

This is a very rare opportunity to direct, a Steven? Spielberg and James? A directing opportunity that Cameron won't have!

Sitting in a chair in front of his notebook, Murphy watched the video over and over again, etching in his mind the appearance of two black men and a car, and for the extremely real scene he prepared, the two black men were the best actors.

This will also be Murphy's first drama planned, filmed, and produced.

Murphy is very cautious and doesn't want to ruin his first chance to be a director, because messing up may cost him his life!

When the video shows a close-up of the car, Murphy presses the pause button, and the picture freezes on the rear of the car, and the license plate number on it is clearly visible.

Noting down the license plate number, Murphy opened Google's search page, searched for it, found the relevant official website in the United States, clicked on the link to select California, and then entered the license plate number, just like he said to Carla Firth in the morning, in this information age, let alone a person's name, as long as there is a license plate number, you can also find enough information.

Seeing the car owner registration information displayed on the screen, Murphy showed a smile, this information may not be accurate, the car he saw last night may also be stolen by a black man, but this matter needs to be lucky, and no one can guarantee that the play will develop in the direction that he envisions as a director.

It's good to be able to find the person from last night, but if he can't, Murphy can still pretend to remember the license plate number to provide clues to the police and make the idea of the reward.

After making sure that he had memorized these things in his head, Murphy completely deleted the video and the traces of surfing the Internet, and waited patiently.

The sun has sunk below the horizon, night has once again enveloped Los Angeles, the City of Angels has revealed another side hidden under the light, and some criminal activity and violent elements that are difficult to see during the day have begun to come alive.

Murphy also took advantage of the night to make a move.

After leaving downtown Los Angeles like a ghost in the night, the black Ford sedan soon arrived on Bennet Road in West Hollywood, where houses are hidden under tall trees and are dominated by detached houses that form a typical American middle-class neighborhood.

It's not as cluttered as downtown or as quiet as the Santa Monica Valley, and the neighborhood's roads are well-organized with cars coming and going.

Murphy slowed down and looked around, looking for the address he wanted.

After walking around the neighborhood for more than half an hour, Murphy finally saw the address he had searched on the Internet, which was a small white independent building, with a flat lawn in front of the building, a neat wrought iron fence on the side of the road, and a black car parked on the side of the road just below the wrought iron fence.

After watching the video so many times, Murphy recognized it at a glance, this was definitely the one from last night.

After driving past the door of the detached house, and after a circle, Murphy returned to the neighborhood, deliberately chose a vacant parking space on the side of the road, and then looked intently at the house and the car.

So far, his luck has been good enough, and all the qiē are going in the direction of the set.

The two blacks last night probably didn't want to take this good car, or maybe they thought it was done secretly enough, and obviously didn't mean to deal with the car, so they parked it on the side of the road with a big grin.

Of course, if you look at the police and TV stations, they are definitely safe.

Murphy was sure that the two negroes would not have realized that there was a poisonous snake behind their backs, waiting for the opportunity to bite them viciously.

However, the car was still not in the hands of the two black men, and Murphy was not sure, so he had to come and try his luck, and he had enough patience.

Over the past year, the god of fate seems to have played a big joke on Murphy, and it has been extremely difficult for him to toss, and it may be time for his luck to turn.

Such thoughts flashed in Murphy's mind, and there was indeed an element of luck in meeting last night's events, but more than that, he was bold and careful, and dared to seize any opportunity that appeared!

Under the cover of night, Murphy sat in the car and waited for nearly an hour, when the door of the detached house was finally pushed open and a man in a white striped coat walked out.

The man was tall and muscular, with no hair on his bare head, and his skin was dark enough to blend in with the night.

"Is the show about to begin?"

Even Murphy himself didn't notice that the corners of his mouth turned up, this black man was exactly one of the people in the video!

The black man walked out of the yard, seemed to look around habitually, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual around, he opened the door of the black car, got up, and started the car and slowly drove forward.

After the black sedan drove some distance, Murphy stepped on the accelerator and followed, there were other vehicles driving on the road, and the distance between the two sides was relatively long, until they left the community, the other party did not notice that there was a deadly ghost behind them.

Murphy was quite bold enough to track down such a murderer, who might be carrying a gun, but he was also careful enough to keep a constant eye on the distance between the two sides, so as not to let the black man notice the presence of a stalker.

Maybe it was really because he didn't have enough brain capacity, or maybe he didn't think he was in any danger at all, the black man didn't notice Murphy's storage, and went to the self-service gas station to refuel once, and then came to the outskirts of Beverly Hills, and parked his car in front of a gray detached house.

Murphy stopped a hundred feet away, and subconsciously glanced at the portable camera on the co-pilot's stand, and had an urge to turn on the shooting, after all, he installed this bracket mainly for shooting on the road.

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Murphy gave up the urge and now was not the time to shoot.

The black sedan stopped in front of the gray house, the black man in the car did not get out, and after about two minutes, a person flashed out of the door of the gray house, and Murphy's eyes immediately turned to him.

Although it is a little far away and the light is not very good, Murphy confirmed according to his appearance that this is another black murderer in the video!

"Today's luck seems to be good!"

Seeing the second fat black man get into the car, Murphy couldn't help but muttered to himself, so far, things have gone far more smoothly than he expected.

As his appointed director and cinematographer, he certainly wouldn't let the two Best Actors go it alone, and after the black sedan started again, Murphy once again followed not far away.

The plot is more developed in the set direction than expected, but Murphy, the cameraman, has not started filming for a long time, and the camera on the passenger stand is always turned off.

Now, Murphy's mentality is becoming more and more calm, and in order to shoot enough wonderful pictures, you need not only a good director and actors, but also a suitable location and an equally good background painting.

Now the conditions of the latter two cannot be met at all.

After driving on the avenue, Murphy somewhat narrowed the distance, he was not a professional after all, when he passed a traffic light, he almost lost the black car in front of him, fortunately he was lucky tonight, after turning a corner, he found that the target vehicle had slowed down, and the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, and he could vaguely see the black man in the passenger seat gesturing to the roadside restaurant, as if looking for a place to eat.

It's already in Beverly Hills, and it's surrounded by chain restaurants, and the biggest feature of these restaurants is that the side facing the road is almost all transparent glass walls, so that people from the outside can see the inside at a glance.

Seeing these restaurants surrounded by clear glass walls, Murphy very much hoped that the car in front of him would stop, and the two black men inside would hurry in to eat, because this was the most suitable location for the scene he wanted to direct.

When he was about to drive out of this road lined with restaurants, the car in front of him suddenly turned into a small alley on the right side of the road, which was completely unexpected by Murphy, because the distance between the two sides was not far, and the other party was still an extremely dangerous person, he did not dare to follow, and when he reached the corner, he could only continue to drive forward.

The Ford sedan passed by the alley, Murphy glanced over there, the black sedan stopped, two black men were getting out of the car, he quickly accelerated, and when the car had gone some distance, he turned around and drove back.

The two black men walked into the chain pizzeria on the side of the alley, and through the transparent glass curtain wall of the guò storefront, Murphy could see that the two seemed to be ordering, and quickly parked the car in a location on the side of the road opposite the store, which was very conducive to photography.

Looking at the handcamcorder next to him, Murphy didn't move, but took out his phone first.

The two black men in the store had already sat down, presumably preparing to enjoy a big meal, and Murphy was sure that they would not leave for the time being, so he opened the flip cover of his phone and pressed the three numbers - 9! 1! 1!

He, the director, is ready to call the police and let the police, another protagonist of the show, appear!