Chapter 18 Risks and Opportunities
"Hello."
Unlike those people just now, Carla Firth just showed a polite smile, pointed at Murphy next to him, and politely refused, "Sorry, I have something to talk about with my friend and need a quiet space." β
The tall black man was also polite, "Can you know your name?" β
As if she didn't know this famous person in the Los Angeles area, a hint of impatience flashed in Kara's eyes, but she still said, "Carla Firth." β
The black man wanted to say something, but Kara Firth turned to Murphy and said, "Honey, let's have two sodas." β
Murphy waved to the waiter standing by the beach, and when the other man came over, he said, "Two glasses of soda, thank you." β
With that, he took the initiative to pull out a chair, made a gesture of please, and when Kara Firth sat down, he pulled out another chair and sat down across from her.
The black man didn't leave, and didn't seem to give up.
Carla Firth is at the best age for a woman, tall and sexy, coupled with being dressed up, it really catches the eye of all normal men.
In the impression of many people, the purpose of a beautiful strange woman who appears on such an occasion is generally not pure.
Compared to black people, Carla Firth, like Murphy, is undoubtedly a real little person.
"Hello, Miss Carla Firth." The black man took the initiative to bend down and hold out a hand, "I'm Kobe Bryant." β
Kara Firth politely shook his hand, "Hello, Mr. Bryant. β
She didn't say anything special.
The black man was a little embarrassed, and turned his head to look at Murphy next to him, "Hello ......"
Murphy reached out on his own initiative, "Hello, Murphy Stanton." β
"We'll talk when we have time." This black man is not stupid either, and took the initiative to leave, "There are still friends waiting for me." β
"Goodbye." Murphy waved at him.
Seeing the black man leave, Carla Firth looked at Murphy with a little curiosity, "He's the hero of this city, why don't you see him excited at all." β
"Honey, I can't even figure out how to walk in basketball...... Murphy shrugged his shoulders, "how could you be interested in a basketball star." β
As a basketball blind, he just knows that there is such a superstar as Kobe Bryant, but to make a person who knows nothing about basketball remember the name is enough to show what kind of terrifying influence Kobe Bryant has around the world.
"What about you? You can see that he is very interested in you. Murphy asked Kara instead, "Why are you reacting so flatly, he's Kobe Bryant!" β
Picking up the soda, Carla Firth took a sip and looked up at the starry night sky, giving a powerful reason, "I do social current affairs news, not sports news." β
"I'm not talking about work." Murphy raised an eyebrow, "Don't you think he's a good person to date?" β
Carla Firth withdrew her gaze and glanced at him, "Kobe Bryant is engaged, what do you think he came to seek?" β
This kind of answer is self-evident, having said that, whether it is a star in the sports circle or the entertainment industry, the purpose of taking the initiative to talk to a beautiful woman on this occasion is very clear.
Murphy is not surprised by this situation, the stars all over the world are actually similar, regardless of gender.
After taking a sip of soda, he took the initiative to change the subject, "Remember what I told you before, those two blacks and the victim may be drug dealers, this is news that can be dug deeper." β
Kara looked at him strangely, "You can actually give me a piece of news instead of selling it to me." β
Murphy put on a deep expression, "We're good friends, we should help each other." β
"Help each other?" Carla Firth's eyes rolled up slightly, "I won't say thank you, because I don't plan to report on this anytime soon." β
"Why?" Murphy couldn't help but ask.
"This would diminish the impact of the Bill Road case."
After organizing the language a little, Kara Firth said very seriously, "Now the black people are constantly protesting, and it is nothing more than the last criminal who was shot by the white police without the ability to resist. There is also a tacit understanding that black people will not speak, that is, the black criminal kills a rich white man, which will make the black person have a peculiar psychology, but if two black people become drug dealers, and the case becomes an internal fire of drug dealers, it will break these psychological tacit understandings, so that the vigorous black movement in the Los Angeles area will quickly subside. β
In the face of Murphy, she did not hide the slightest, "We need continuous sensational news, not a calm and safe society." β
Murphy nodded slightly, apparently agreeing with Carla Firth's statement, "We're not a government department, and once the black movement dies down, it will have a detrimental effect on the documentary." β
A sin capital full of violence, injustice, drugs, crime and racial discrimination is the subject of the documentary.
If such a documentary wants to gain widespread attention, it needs to be accompanied by a chaotic social form.
However, the chaos brought about by the black movement in Los Angeles did not affect this kind of high-class school in the slightest, and it is always a place where drunken and well-dressed men accosted beautiful and sexy women, women with exquisite makeup seduced famous men, and even some famous gentlemen and ladies who got together to enjoy marijuana and ******.
Sex, alcohol, drugs, and chaotic same-sex relationships will always be the themes of this pie.
Of course, there are also many self-disciplined people on the party.
At least Murphy could see that many people, like him and Carla Fez, just used Pai Duì as a stage to expand their networking, and did not go near anything that could ruin a person's future.
Murphy knew exactly how he was going to go, and he knew that there was never a time for enjoyment.
Now he should work hard, instead of stopping his progress because of these inexplicable things.
On Pai Duì, Murphy and Carla Firth met a lot of people and exchanged business cards with many people, although there were no big names among them, but the social circle was built step by step.
In the blink of an eye, in the early hours of the morning, the pie duì did not have the slightest tendency to disperse, but the two Murphy were ready to leave, they still had their own work to be busy tomorrow, and it was impossible to spend a whole night on such a drunken and dreamy occasion, but when they walked to the Audi sedan and were about to get into the car, Murphy suddenly called out to Kara Firth.
"Look over there." Murphy gestured with his eyes to the left about fifty feet away, a black man was walking on the side of the road with a beautiful woman in his arms, "Isn't that trying to pursue your basketball star?" β
The black man is none other than Kobe Bryant, whom Murphy had seen before, walking with a young sexy redhead woman and looking intimate.
Murphy's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "That's Kobe Bryant's fiancΓ©e?" β
Carla glanced up, shook her head, and said, "Probably not, I remember the media reported that Kobe Bryant's fiancΓ©e is a Latino, and this redhead woman is obviously not Latino." β
Looking at the two people walking together, Murphy suddenly remembered something in his head, vaguely remembering that the basketball superstar had been in a fuss because of a scandal in this area, and he left Pai Duì with this red-haired woman, it should be more than just chatting, right?
During this period of freelance journalist experience, some of Murphy's abilities have been exercised, and the professional sense of smell has been aroused in an instant.
Seeing the two men walk to a Humvee, Murphy suddenly turned his head and said to Carla Firth, who was pulling the door open and getting into the driver's seat, "Can I borrow your car for the time being, dear?" β
Kara was stunned for a moment, then understood, frowning slightly, "Are you going to follow?" β
Murphy didn't speak, just shrugged his shoulders.
After thinking about it for less than two seconds, Carla Firth closed the driver's door, "I took someone else's car back with my Nikon D1 digital camera and telephoto lens in the trunk. β
"Thank you." Murphy turned to the driver's seat, "You helped me solve the big problem." β
Originally, he was looking for an opportunity to buy a telephoto camera.
Carla Firth had camera equipment in her car, and Murphy was not surprised, as he was a dedicated journalist, and it was normal to carry these tools with him.
"Murphy, he's not an ordinary person, there are some things you can use on ordinary murderers," Carla Firth reminded Carla Firth when she saw Murphy open the door, "You have to be cautious and careful with him." β
Murphy nodded cautiously, "I'm not crazy yet, I know what to do." β
Even if he can shoot something, Murphy will not sell it directly to the tabloids, and in the face of a superstar of Kobe Bryant's level, there are some things that must not be done recklessly.
The kind of person who thinks that he doesn't need to scruple about doing anything is easy to be trampled to death in the upward path.
Murphy lacks funds, and the dollars in his hand now are just a drop in the bucket for the bottomless pit of making movies, he needs a way to make money, and he has done enough crazy things in the previous month, but he is facing ordinary people in a relative sense, not a superstar.
As someone who came from the era of highly developed networks, Murphy knows that superstars are definitely not representing themselves, but the front desk spokespersons of a large number of forces, from economic companies to playing teams to advertising sponsors, and if he really violates their bottom line, these forces can easily beat down an obscure little person like him.
Yes, it's very risky to keep up, but Murphy still has to do it, because such an opportunity is the same as last time, and it is also very rare, and there is a solution to this kind of thing within the scope of not violating the opponent's bottom line.
For the sake of the original accumulation of funds, such a risk is also worth trying.
Sitting in the driver's seat and fastening his seatbelt, Murphy gave a thumbs up to Carla Fez, who had been watching him outside, and after the Humvee in front of him on the left started to drive away, he also started the Audi sedan to follow.
With the experience of the previous time, Murphy followed the Hummer not far behind, and although the car in front of him deliberately circled a few times, as if trying to shake off the tail that might have been in zΓ i, he kept hanging behind.