Hollywood Road

"Bang! Bang..."

The gunshots sounded continuously, and the blood man who had just struggled to get up jumped out of dazzling flowers, and finally fell to the ground. Several police officers cautiously surrounded him.

The video played on the screen ended here. In the No. 1 editing room of Channel 6, Cara took a deep breath, her excited eyes had long turned into incredible, as if Columbus had discovered a new world.

"You can all go," Carla said to the others nearby, "You can go out first."

She turned her head and looked at Murphy sitting next to her, "I was totally shocked! The shot was great! I couldn't find the right words to describe this video."

Murphy also turned to look at her, "Thank you."

"It's really great." Kara seems to be still intoxicated by the shock brought by the video, "This is the news effect I have been pursuing!"

"Thank you." Murphy said politely.

"No, Murphy, don't say thank you." Carla shook her head. "I am the one who should say thank you. I want to thank you for bringing it to me."

"You are too polite." Murphy reached out and patted Carla's arm lightly. "Aren't we friends?"

Carla held Murphy's hand backhand, making no secret of the desire in her eyes, "This video must be mine, it must be!"

Since I came here first, of course Carla was Murphy's first choice. He asked, "My dear, how much are you willing to pay?"

In other words, if the price is not right, Murphy will definitely not sell it to Carla and Channel Six.

The last news video has already greatly boosted the viewership of the show. Carla knew what kind of sensational effect this paragraph could cause, and said, "You tell me what the price should be."

Murphy is also welcome, "One hundred thousand dollars."

A video of such a real police and robber gunfight, as well as being shot dead, flying blood, and a series of car chases and crashes, can be said to be rare in the past few years. Kara just muttered for a few seconds and said, "I can give You’re the price, but I want my superior to watch the video, as long as he doesn’t comment."

What do commercial TV stations need?

Therefore, there was no surprise at all. After watching the video, Carla’s boss not only agreed to the price of 100,000 U.S. dollars, but also promised Murphy that the Fox Los Angeles local station would assist him in solving some police and legal issues, avoiding court injunctions as much as possible. So that both parties can continue to dig deeper into the story behind this case.

To put it bluntly, the TV station can agree to the latter condition and understand that once the news video of this case is broadcast, it will inevitably arouse widespread attention, and the investigation of the follow-up incident can bring more viewers to the TV station.

Like Murphy, there are no good things that TV stations will not do.

"Send the video and my text plan to the production studio."

After an editor left with the video material, Kara and Murphy were left in the editing room. She came to Murphy's side and said, "The check for one hundred thousand dollars will be redeemed early tomorrow morning."

Murphy flipped through the cash check in his hand and said with emotion, "This is the sum of money I earn the most."

"One hundred thousand dollars!" Carrara came to a chair and sat next to Murphy, "Save some flowers."

"This is a huge sum of money for me, and it will have a lot of use." Murphy took the check and turned to look at Carla. "A person born like you won't understand the difficulty of making money like us. ."

The other party has a good background, graduated from a prestigious university, and became the head of the news department of a TV station at the age of 26. How could he understand the difficulties of life for a person of his kind.

Cara was silent for a moment. She had seen many people coming out of the slum, but she was the first to work hard like Murphy.

She appreciates people who work hard like this and keep advancing for the future.

"You should hire a lawyer for yourself."

Regardless of the purpose, the other party was able to send the video here first, which was a great favor to her. Kara said with a rare and more conscientiousness, "The police will give you a lot of trouble later."

Although Murphy said before that he hadn't photographed the two murderers, Carla can now guess a lot of things.

"I already have a lawyer." Murphy laughed, "and I am doing my duty as a good citizen."

Carla rolled his eyes directly. If the people on the other side were all good citizens of Los Angeles, then the two murderers who died could be named honorary citizens of Los Angeles.

The door of the editing room was knocked, and a middle-aged man opened the door and walked in, "Carla, do you really want to play these videos on the show? Still in the way you set?"

"That's right." Carla put a smile away, turned her head and looked over, "Is there any problem?"

"You are provoking racial antagonism by doing this!" The middle-aged man approached here and emphasized, "This may cause a series of social problems."

Carla didn't even think about it, "I want this kind of effect."

"What?" The middle-aged man seemed to be unable to believe his ears, "You are creating chaos through the news."

"Manufacturing? Isn't it true that white policemen shot and killed a black man without any ability to resist!" Kara emphasized again, "This is something that no one can deny."

Hearing this, even Murphy had to look at Carla with admiration. He didn't even think of this. The black man who died in the end didn't seem to be a threat at all. The white police still shot him...

Compared to Kara, he is really far behind in terms of news touch! Murphy also fully understands why Carla and the TV station are willing to accept the price of 100,000 US dollars and provide assistance when necessary. Compared with what they paid, this video can bring them too much.

As for whether this will trigger racial opposition, who cares about the TV station? They are eager for this to happen, so that there will be enough news that attracts eyeballs.

"We are in journalism." Cara stared at the editor and said in a serious tone, "We must have a higher pursuit!"

The editor was dumb and opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing. Under the pressure of the sharp gaze of the Kara sword, he slowly exited the editing room.

"That's great."

When the door of the editing room was closed, Murphy stood up and said, "We can't be confined to the present, we should have a farther and higher pursuit."

Carla caught something and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

"Yeah, this video can bring us more." Murphy took a few steps back and forth. "We can make a continuous feature show that specifically emphasizes black suspects and white police..."

Murphy is very clear about what kind of contradiction these two can inspire. "Follow the report in this direction, and then find out and broadcast the news in the past to enhance the news effect. When the timeliness of the news is weakened, you can also make Into a documentary."

"Good idea!" Kara's eyes brightened.

Murphy reminded, "If you want to do this, you must first avoid the court's press ban."

"Such a news ban will never happen." Kara seemed confident, "Don't forget that Channel Six belongs to Fox Television Network!"

Murphy does not know how powerful Rupert Murdoch’s Fox TV network is, but he knows it is very big.

These two people are like meeting their life confidantes, staying in the first editing room, and lively discussing various follow-up possibilities.

Kara and Murphy, one seeking fame and the other seeking profit, can be described as a hit.

The time is getting closer to six in the morning, and the morning news is about to be broadcast. Murphy followed Carla and walked into the editing hall behind the scenes. Now he can be regarded as a regular customer of this TV station. Under normal circumstances, no one will come over. prevent.

When the news was about to be broadcast, Murphy and Carla did not expect it, and the police followed the clues all the way to this side.

"Who is in charge here?"

It was the middle-aged male detective who had asked Murphy last time to lead the team, "We are from the Crime Squad of the Los Angeles Police Department."

He pointed to the video footage of the gun battle displayed on the screen and said, "These are not allowed to be played, and all are given to the police, including all copies."

The middle-aged police detective was awe-inspiring, and it seemed that he had the final say here.

Murphy and Kara looked at each other, and then made a please gesture.

"What are you going to do?" Carla walked quickly over, "I am the director of the press department. If you have any questions, you can contact me."

"I ask you to take these gun battles, chase cars..." The middle-aged detective pointed to the screen again, "Collect them all and they are not allowed to play again. These are all..."

"Sorry," he was interrupted by Kara before he could finish his sentence. "This is Channel Six's property."

"This is evidence of a crime!" The middle-aged detective glared at Carla, who was unmoved. "What evidence? This is our news!"

Cara’s attitude was very tough. The female police detective next to the middle-aged detective said at the right time, “Now there are two policemen dying in the hospital, four people are dead, eleven people are injured, and there are a lot of violent crimes. Very important evidence."

However, Kara was unmoved, arms folded, "This is news that the TV station must broadcast."

"You are strictly forbidden to play!" the middle-aged police detective roared.

"Do you want to interfere with the freedom of the press?" Carla looked at the middle-aged police detective and said calmly.

She said word by word, "Please show the court's injunction!"

"You..." The middle-aged detective didn't seem to know what to say.

Kara said to the security personnel who followed the police, "The show is about to begin, please go out."

After speaking, she said to the two detectives again, "If you have any questions, our legal department will contact you. That's it. I still have work to do, thank you."

After all, this is the media department. The police did not dare to do more. They had no choice but to leave temporarily, and watched Murphy's video on the morning news on Channel 6, which became the social focus of public discussion in Los Angeles.

At the end of the news broadcast, Murphy asked the security guard at the door and walked to Cara, "There are still police officers outside. It looks like I'm going to the police station."

"Don't forget to contact your lawyer." Kara reminded.