Chapter 128: Garcia
García Rodriguez, a Hispanic, or more accurately Hispanic, is a man who just turned twenty-six this year.
Parking his rented motorcycle in a vacant spot on the side of the road, he habitually found a hidden corner and sat down.
Taking out the hamburger that had already cooled from the satchel, Garcia took a bite hard, if it wasn't for the reluctance to give up the prey he was staring at, lunch would not have been delayed until now, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, even if the burger in his hand was a big road, but at this time it felt particularly sweet.
It's not easy to survive in the Los Angeles area! It's even harder to be a Latino-descendant who is more discriminated against than blacks! Although freedom, equality, and anti-discrimination are shouted here every day, Garcia knows very well that these are just shouts, and implicit discrimination is everywhere in this society.
That's right! Garcia is a journalist, or paparazzi for entertainment tabloids, and his newly-founded newspaper called the Los Angeles Free Press is the quintessential newspaper that sells celebrity privacy and entertainment gossip.
Gobbling down his burger, Garcia checked his telephoto camera, which was the most valuable thing in his body.
Not long after the establishment of the newspaper, its influence and sales were limited, and the treatment of employees was naturally not much better, and a newcomer like Garcia, with an extremely limited fixed salary, wanted to get an income to support himself, it was very simple! Take enough photos and news to come out.
This is Los Angeles, as long as you can catch a big fish and dig up some exclusive information from the other party, the prize money you get can make him eat and drink for a month.
For example, Nicole Kidman, if she can be photographed shopping with a man, and then have a little intimate action, such a photo is enough to sell for a big price.
After all, everyone knows that apart from a few unreliable scandals with Tom Cruise a few years ago, this glamorous Australian woman seems to be insulated from men.
Of course, now that the two have become enemies, they simply hate the sky......
sighed, if it weren't for the compulsion of life, he wouldn't be this damn paparazzi, think about his dignified SEAL background, a somewhat famous reconnaissance master, has fallen to the point where he is now, I really don't know if it's his own fault or the fault of society.
Originally, after being dismissed from the army, he wanted to find a job as a bodyguard and other kind of job with his skills, but the companies he found heard that he was Latino and was dismissed by the army because of his mistakes, so they turned him away.
No matter how strong a person is, he can't withstand the pressure of life, so he has to apply some of the things he learned in the army to practice and become a glorious paparazzi.
Don't look like it's just a newcomer, but his eyes and intuition are extraordinarily keen, he just came to Sunset Avenue today, and when he was waiting for a traffic light at an intersection, he caught the figure of Drew Barrymore in a car, and subconsciously followed.
He knew the destination of the other party's arrival, but it was just ...... What is she doing here, shopping? Or is it dating?
It didn't take long for Garcia to see Ryan Jenkins walking out of a taxi with a backpack and sunglasses, apparently dressed up, but for a former military player like him, the disguise was too childish.
Quickly finding a good angle, Garcia raised the camera, constantly adjusted the telephoto lens, observed the situation on the other side, and when he saw a pair of small hands covering Ryan Jenkins' eyes, he began to press the shutter of the camera rhythmically and captured the pictures one by one.
Oh~ It looks like these two people are still good friends.
Garcia thought subconsciously, but his hands kept snapping pictures that he thought were valuable.
Won't it ...... They're really in a brother-in-brother relationship, right?
At the beginning of the year, there was a very, very outrageous scandal between these two people, and it can be regarded as a difference if you can take photos of these two people, not to mention, Ryan Jenkins has been living in seclusion recently, and few people have taken pictures of him outside.
As for the scandal between the two, as long as they are not fools, no one will take it seriously, who doesn't know Drew Barrymore's character who likes to mess around, if he shows her intimacy, he can be regarded as a couple, then this guy's lover can be lined up from Sunset Boulevard to Los Angeles City Hall.
Besides, Ryan Jenkins is not yet thirteen years old...... Well, I had my first girlfriend when I was twelve.
He shook his head, no matter how the two people on the other side looked at it, they were just friends, and it was obvious that it was also Drew Barrymore who was messing around.
With a hint of alarm in his heart, Garcia hurriedly hid, and the corner of his eye caught the young man's sweeping gaze, and he couldn't help but sigh at his keen intuition.
However, he thought that he was not an ordinary paparazzi, and when he saw the two turn around and walk towards a coffee shop, he raised his camera again and cautiously followed.
When they walked into the store, Garcia put the camera in his satchel and tidied up on the glass of the doors and windows before pushing the door open and walking in.
This is Sunset Boulevard, celebrity reporters and paparazzi are everywhere, among which the paparazzi are the most unpopular, and many regular restaurants refuse to allow paparazzi to enter, but fortunately, Garcia does not look like a paparazzi at all from the point of view of appearance, and he entered the store by Shun Lì.
Just glanced at the store, he captured the figure of the young man and woman, took a newspaper, quickly found a suitable place, ordered a cup of coffee, took out a small camera and put it on the table, using the cover of the newspaper to gently press the shutter.
What is that? Wen jiàn bag? Garcia kept scanning the other side out of the corner of his eye, just in time to see Ryan Jenkins handing a thick bag of text to Drew Barrymore, she opened it, flipped through it, and put it back again, it looked like it should be a script.
Drew Barrymore looked at it with a grin, and then ...... Is she going to kiss Ryan Jenkins? Garcia was secretly relieved to see Ryan push a baby face back without hesitation, and somehow what was going on.
How can a bad girl like Drew Barrymore be worthy of a teenage genius like Ryan Jenkins! That was the only thought in his mind at that moment.
Retracting his gaze, he glanced at the store again, there were not many people, and it was obvious that there should be no other reporters and paparazzi, this should be exclusive, right? Or an exclusive about Ryan Jenkins!
Some time ago, it was rumored in the circle that Ryan wrote a script for Drew, and now it seems that it is finished, and he also handed over the script to Drew, which is a valuable piece of news!
It would be nice if you could know the name and subject matter of the script! Who doesn't know now that the script created by Ryan Jenkins has simply become a guarantee at the box office, and now that he has this exclusive, the editor-in-chief will at least write a four-digit check, right?
Seeing Ryan Jenkins turn around without hesitation, Garcia understood that the two were just acquaintances, and at most ordinary friends.
Today was a fruitful day, the work could be ended early, riding the rented scooter, García Rodríguez returned to the newspaper office, said hello to the editor-in-chief, and went into the darkroom, where he wanted to wash out the photos himself.
He doesn't feel comfortable handing it over to someone else, it's a very competitive business, he's a newcomer to Latino, and he's ostracized by his colleagues, and God knows if those guys will be ghostly, whether they'll steal his exclusive.
It's late in the morning, it's already dark outside, the newspaper office is still brightly lit, and many colleagues are sorting out the photos taken during the day, writing manuscripts, and looking at pictures and talking is one of the most basic elements of this line, as for whether it is in line with the facts......
Well, from the moment it happened, history went to distort! Garcia doesn't remember where he came from, but it fits their line of work.
Looking at the photos, Garcia couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, the ones taken from the side of Sunset Boulevard are normal, but the ones taken from the coffee shop are different, probably because of the angle, there are a few ...... In particular, Drew Barrymore wanted to kiss Ryan Jenkins, but was blocked by him with his hand, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a direct kiss on the face.
What's going on? Garcia was tapping on the typewriter, after all, he was a rookie paparazzi, and he still had a clear conscience, so he subconsciously ignored these ambiguous photos, and focused his pen and ink on the bag that should be the script.
When it comes to things like tracking, finding people, snapping, and analyzing, Garcia, who was born in the Navy SEALs, is a good player, but he is really not very good at dancing and writing, and he is busy until almost midnight, when a dry manuscript is finished.
If a senior master reads his article, he will definitely scold him for not being suitable for this line of food, the manuscript is not only dry and not filled with water, but most of what is written is the facts he saw, there are not many exaggerations, and the public's favorite passages such as scandals and gossip are even more brushed aside.
Sure enough, after the article was handed over to the editor-in-chief, if it weren't for the fact that the news about Ryan Jenkins' new script was really selling, the veteran of the gossip industry would definitely kill the manuscript.
"Do you have a picture?" The editor-in-chief asked Garcia.
"Yes!" Garcia took a stack of photos and handed them to the editor-in-chief.
The editor-in-chief just roughly flipped through a few sheets, and his eyes were as wide as a bison in Montana, grabbed the manuscript, and pulled Garcia towards the editor-in-chief's office, so fast that Garcia, who was born in the military, secretly smacked his tongue.
"Boss! Boss! Big news! Big news! Big news that can make our newspaper an instant hit! The editor-in-chief didn't even knock on the door and broke into the editor-in-chief's office.
The editor-in-chief was still a little angry, but after flipping through the stack of photos, the corners of his mouth almost reached the root of his ears, "Who took this?" Beautifully done! I'm going to give him a raise! ”
"It's me." Garcia stepped forward.
"Well done, keep up the good work!" The editor-in-chief patted him on the shoulder hard, and then threw the manuscript he wrote into the trash, "The manuscript is so poorly written, no one cares about the script and the like, we should focus on the relationship between the two people, so let's do it, I will write this news myself." ”
After saying that, the editor-in-chief took out the checkbook, filled in a number on it, and handed it to Garcia.
"You deserve it, you know, tomorrow our newspaper will be a sensation all over Los Angeles, no! It's the whole of California, the whole of North America! "The editor-in-chief was as excited as some crazy terrorist Garcia had ever seen.
After taking the check, Garcia's eyes lit up, $20,000! A full twenty thousand dollars!
Maybe he should follow Ryan Jenkins in the future? He's so valuable! He's synonymous with money and status!
Yes! Garcia wants not only money, but also status, a status that can be turned over by him, a Latino!