Times Building, New York.

Sharon Wackerman, whose collar was stuck with a work tag, waited for the file to be downloaded from the mailbox and copied to a USB drive, hurried out of the office cubicle, and knocked on the office door of Jonathan Landman, the deputy editor-in-chief.

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

"Head, I just received an anonymous email from a paparazzi." Sharon put the drive on her desk: "There's very sensitive news material in it. ”

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 mailbox where I received the news, just ten minutes ago. ”

Jonathan realized the newsworthiness and ran his gray hair with one hand, seemingly unable to make a decision.

Sharon wanted to report it: "It's big news, it's big enough to make a splash across the United States. ”

Jonathan didn't answer immediately, but after a moment of careful consideration, he said, "Harvey Weinstein is our important advertiser, spending more than seven figures a year on advertising on Times outlets. ”

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

The annual advertising fee is seven figures, and it is a big customer in the true sense.

Jonathan unplugged the drive, locked it in a drawer, and said, "Harvey Weinstein is not an elected official, so there's no reporting value, and that's the end of it." ”

At this point, he thinks more: "You have to find someone who provides this, talk to him, and get all the original news back." ”

Sharon could only do so.

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.

Tina's eyes widened the more she looked, and the more she looked, the better her mood became, and she couldn't help but laugh at the back.

Brin was familiar with his boss's style and knew that the news would definitely be published, so he couldn't help but start a sub-draft, and it would be completed as soon as possible.

Tina's gaze turned away from the monitor and said to Brin, "Where did you find that?" ”

"Someone dropped it in the mailbox, anonymously." Brin cautiously asked, "Editor-in-chief, do you want to publish it?" ”

Tina waved her hand: "Publish!" Of course, it should be published and posted to our website as quickly as possible. ”

Brin asked, "To what extent?" ”

"The original version is still released!" Tina is a woman, and it is extremely difficult to get on top, and the video resonates with her.

But here's another thing: "When we promoted "Chicago" and "All the Time," Harvey Weinstein still owes us $260,000 in advertising fees, forcing us to pay a lot of money and hire a lawyer to sue him and Weinstein Pictures! ”

Brin understood: "Head, I know what to do!" ”

Tina is not Jewish, without any hesitation: "him, make Harvey Weinstein stink!" ”

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

Martin's strategy was simple, he had to cast a wide net to catch a few more fish.

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

But among the more than 500 media outlets, there are always some influential enough who don't care about Harvey Weinstein to choose to publish the news.

Harvey Weinstein's influence has a limit.

After TMZ, websites such as YouTube, The New Yorker, Hulu and Yahoo News all ran Weinstein-related news.

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

In TMZ's news comment column, the people who eat melons left more than 1,000 messages in less than half an hour.

"Shocked! In our civilized society, a sanctimonious and successful person would make such a disgusting move! ”

"Harvey Weinstein, this is a crime!"

"What about 911? What about the FBI? There's a rapist here! ”

"Plug in, squat for a follow-up, if this matter is silent, the United States should be finished."

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

The flames of public opinion have been ignited.

…………

In the Beverly Hills mansion, a husband and wife start arguing again.

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

Harvey stretched out his hands: "No, no one else." ”

"You still don't admit it at this time?" Georgina looked extremely angry: "You tricked Nicole Kidman with the character, and you must have tricked others!" ”

Harvey stiffened his head and said: "After marrying Ling, Nicole Kidman is the first. ”

Georgina asked, "Before marrying me, did you do a lot of this kind of thing?" ”

"Nope." Harvey is not stupid, how can he admit: "Absolutely not, I am an investor and producer, and I don't care about doing such things......"

Before he could finish speaking, there was the sound of a car door being slammed shut outside.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Harvey's deputy Lombardo ran in from outside, ignoring Georgina's presence, and said: "Something happened, look at the news on the TMZ homepage!" ”

Harvey asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Someone took a video at the Four Seasons Hotel." Lombardo said as soon as possible: "It's now posted on the TMZ website. ”

Harvey was completely furious when he heard this, and asked Georgina: "You secretly took the video?" ”

Georgina was stunned for a moment, her head turned quickly, and she deliberately raised her chest and raised her head, domineering: "That's right, I filmed." ”

Without saying a word, Harvey raised his hand and gave her a slap, which was hard enough to make a crisp sound.

Georgina threw her head to the side.

She's not simple, and when her head is buzzing, she reacts instinctively.

As soon as the legs were weak and the feet were twisted, the person fell to one side.

Georgina slammed into the shelf next to her, letting out a terrifying scream, her left forearm slammed against the edge of the wood, and it turned red quickly with the naked eye.

Lombardo was stunned, what is this for? But he quickly reacted and said, "It's not now, it's a few years ago." ”

Harvey was also stunned for a moment, so angry that he wanted to kick Lombardo, but what happened a few years ago made him attach great importance to it, and hurried to the computer room on the side of the living room.

The two men walked away quickly.

Georgina's face was so hot and painful that she didn't have to look in the mirror to know that it was swollen, staring at Harvey's fat and ugly back, clenching her teeth together with hatred.

I didn't think it was even more unpleasant to see Xavi after getting together with Martin.

Contrast is always easy to hurt.

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

The thing is placed relatively high, and the location is special, overlooking the entire living room.

Georgina's face was facing the teddy bear's eyes, and her arms were showing, because her skin was white enough, and the red marks on her arms were very obvious.

That wasn't enough, she was prepared, took out the iPhone Martin gave her, and slapped her face and arm.

Georgina remembers Martin saying that men hit women only zero and countless times.

As long as you have the first beginning, you will do it often later, and it is impossible to stop!

Georgina felt very reasonable.

After taking the photo and putting away the phone, she thought of what Lombardo had just said, and immediately went upstairs to take out her notebook, and logged on to the TMZ website.

Georgina clicked on it, and the video inside made her slightly dazed, although she had heard some rumors from Harvey, she had always thought it was a trolley like Nicole Kidman.

And the young actress in the video was completely forced!

Shouting refusal, he was crushed by Harvey.

Although she is scheming, marrying Harvey is extremely complicated, and cheating on Martin, Georgina thinks she is a good woman and despises Harvey's behavior extremely much!

Harvey, the bastard, betrayed her, or in this way!

Georgina's video scrolled down, and when I saw those comments, I felt that the identity of Harvey Weinstein's wife was too embarrassing, and her face was hot and painful.

Not only was she slapped by Harvey, but also psychologically, Georgina is a normal woman, nauseous and wants to vomit.

I didn't even want to have a connection with Harvey for a moment.

She thought about it and changed several websites in a row, and found that most of them had Harvey's video news on them, and there were many victims.

Georgina touched her swollen and sore face, picked up her phone and dialed 911, crying and saying, "Help me!" Help me, I've suffered horrible domestic violence! I'm going to be beaten to death......"

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

As soon as they connected, he said, "Are you TMZ going to war with me?" ”

Levine, who was eating with his children at home, got up and left the dining room, and asked, "Harvey, what do you mean?" ”

Harvey said: "Your website is on the front page of the headline, and I have been put on the news!" Don't say you don't know......"

"Wait a minute, I'll find out first." Levine hung up the phone, went to the study to look at the computer, and immediately dialed Jodi's number: "You sent the news, why did you send such news, do you know how serious the consequences are?" ”

Jody replied: "Boss, you gave me the power to post news, I still remember when you approached me and asked me to work at TMZ, you said that you wanted to be a news website that dared to disclose any black material, and you told me that no matter who is involved, you must have the courage to disclose the truth!" ”

She was ready to leave: "It was because of your support, boss, that I persevered when I was under such serious physical threats when I was doing the news about Pitt and Ben Affleck. ”

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

Jody reminded: "Boss, the person who provided me with the news was not only given to us, but also to other media. ”

Levine opened several websites in succession and found that this was indeed the case, and his mind immediately changed.

This is no longer him alone to bear the pressure, what are you afraid of? He said: "Jodi, you continue to dig deeper, but without my consent, you are not allowed to send any more indiscriminately, wait until enough information is collected!" ”

Jody replied, "I see, boss." ”

As soon as Levine hung up, Harvey's call came in again, but he didn't answer, waited until the ringtone ended, and turned off the phone directly.

Neither refusal nor cooperation.

Levin returned to the dining room and said to his wife, "We haven't been out on vacation for a long time, why don't we go out on a road trip?" ”

The wife smiled: "Really? That's great! ”

Harvey couldn't get through Levine's phone and was so angry that he cursed a few words starting with F.

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

Harvey hurriedly changed a number of websites, and nearly half of them had news about him.

"What should I do?" Lombardo asked.

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

Then, he called some of the media leaders personally.

But there were few phone calls, and the police lights flashed at the gate!

Upstairs, Georgina took out the copied storage disk, handed it to her close assistant, and said, "You can go and hand it to Martin later, and tell him that if he can't contact me by eight o'clock in the evening, hurry up and find a way to save me." ”

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

(End of chapter)