When the door of the commercial vehicle opened, White came back first and said, "I learned about a situation that the media has not reported. Martin Davis had a gunfight with someone in the community."
"A gunfight?" Alex became interested.
White didn't stop talking: "Several black traffickers broke into the Carter family's house at night and were shot away by Martin. One of the leaders was even spanked by Martin. He is currently serving his sentence in state prison and will not be released for more than ten years. .”
Alex's interest faded, this wasn't the news he wanted.
White added: "Then there's Martin's father, who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend's mother. That guy is a complete scumbag. Maybe we can use him."
Alex asked, "Any idea where he is?"
White was helpless: "It is said that he ran away to Australia or New Zealand."
Someone knocked on the car window from outside, and Albert came back.
He shared the relevant information he learned from several people, and it was actually similar to White's.
Alex frowned more and more as he listened, and couldn't help but say: "Martin Davis is simply a typical person who climbed out of the mire, a realistic version of the American dream."
What the neighbors said was not much different from what was publicly reported in the newspapers.
The only thing that wasn't reported carefully was the gun dealer and that bastard father.
But when these are published, Martin Davis' resume will become more legendary and his person will be more glorious.
White said: "Can we start with Martin's father?"
Alex asked back: "Are you going to Australia or New Zealand to find someone?"
White stopped talking.
Albert said at this time: "Boss, if it doesn't work, we will just publish these news?"
"Publish these useless things?" Alex shook his head and raised his voice: "Do you have any professional pursuits? We are reporters and have an obligation to expose the facts hidden behind the scenes. This is the power given to us by the public!"
After speaking from a high-level spiritual level, he then talked about practical things: "You know very well how much reward the newspaper society will give us once news like this breaks out!"
White and Albert just pretended not to hear the previous ones.
But the latter part made them excited. The newspaper was not very generous in rewarding news. It did not care or secretly encouraged its subordinates to obtain news by any means necessary.
Alex added: "Martin Davis's ex-girlfriend and her family are the key, find them." He looked at the date on the newspaper: "In two days, if there is no new discovery, go back to Washington and use our unique skills."
White is good at this and said: "This time the award recipients all stayed at the DC Hilton Hotel. We have done that place several times and there are many news sources."
Since 9/11, they've been on a roll, Alex said softly: "There's no news that the News of the World can't get."
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Washington, D.C., National Airport.
Martin and Bruce walked out of the exit, saw the people who came to pick them up, and got into the car they drove.
The car crossed the Potomac River and soon turned onto Pennsylvania Avenue.
Through the car window, Martin saw the obelisk-shaped Washington Monument and the dome-shaped Capitol Building.
The Secret Service agent who came to receive the White House said: "Mr. Davis, your schedule is arranged like this. When you arrive at the hotel, there will be a media interview, and then you will be free to move around. I will pick you up at 9 a.m. on Independence Day. Go to the White House and participate in the Independence Day celebrations, where the honors are being awarded as part of the celebrations."
"Thank you." Martin nodded slightly: "Can I know your name and contact information?"
The Secret Service agent handed over a card: "Jonathan."
Martin was quite polite and gave him his business card: "Whenever you get to Los Angeles, you can call me."
Jonathan answered: "Thank you."
Arriving at the Hilton Hotel, the car passed by an aisle, and Bruce pointed to a place: "That's where Reagan was assassinated."
"It's scary how crazy the fans are," Martin whispered.
What's the name of the guy in the Beetle? He couldn't remember clearly. It seemed like he was killed by his fans?
After entering the hotel, Kate, the female reporter from the Washington News who was officially arranged, was already waiting in the lobby rest area.
The interview was nothing special. Kate asked all formulaic questions, and Martin was responsible for business promotion. After boasting about the LAPD and Los Angeles, he also praised the authorities.
Jonathan stayed by until the interview was over.
Kate was about to leave and said before leaving: "Can we exchange contact information?"
"No problem." Martin is also willing to have more contact with the media and use multiple channels to speak out.
The two exchanged contact information, and Kate specifically called Martin.
The hotel had already prepared a suite, and Martin and Bruce went upstairs together.
Bruce looked around the room and said, "The conditions are not bad."
Martin asked, "Are Duke and Murphy here?"
Bruce glanced at his phone: "They are here. We will check in after confirming our room."
He observed before entering the door and sent out the room number and several rooms suitable for the two people: "This is Washington. Under normal circumstances, the Russians will not cause trouble."
Martin joked casually: "I'm just afraid they're drunk."
Soon, Duke and Murphy went upstairs and checked into the room diagonally opposite.
These two are good at observing and spotting stalkers.
Martin is relatively satisfied with them. In Atlanta, they were the ones who discovered Pratt and followed him.
When Duke took the room card to open the door, Murphy, who was lagging behind, raised his cell phone and took pictures of the heads of several hotel employees in charge of this floor on the bulletin board.
In a hotel like this, each floor is staffed by fixed staff.
In the room, Martin had just packed his luggage and came to the balcony of the master bedroom.
You can see the White House from here.
Bruce came over and said, "They're OK over there."
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Atlanta, Northville.
Lily, who had just transferred to another school, walked out of the private middle school alone and walked along the sidewalk. The clown pendant on her backpack swayed as her long legs moved.
The weather was a bit hot, so she went into a cold drink shop and ordered skim ice cream.
Lily took the ice cream and sat at the unoccupied table.
Before we started eating, a very stylish man in his twenties, with a kind face, sat across from us.
Albert tentatively said: "Hello, I am Martin's friend."
Lily took a bite of ice cream and said out of habit: "That idiot and bastard would have a friend like you?"
Hearing the little girl scold Martin when she opened her mouth, Albert felt that he had found the right person. The little girl had a very bad attitude towards Martin.
He added: "Martin is a star, and I work in the media industry."
Lily understood that this was a reporter, her mind started to change, but her face became more innocent and cute.
Albert added: "I came here mainly to understand some basic information about Martin and write a comprehensive news report. Martin will soon be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
Lily thought of the video she had seen, in which Martin foolishly saved those unrelated people, and said: "That idiot, besides doing stupid things, what else can he do?"
Albert asked: "You have a bad relationship with him? Has he done anything excessive to you?"
Lily didn't answer, but blinked her innocent eyes and asked, "Which newspaper are you a reporter for? You're not a bad person, are you?"
Albert glanced at the harmless and beautiful female middle school student, took out his work ID and showed her: "News of the World."
Lily had never read this newspaper, but the name sounded unusual: "A world-wide newspaper?"
"Yes! Published in many places around the world!" Albert didn't even mention his relationship with The Sun, and asked in a tempting tone: "Has Martin bullied you?"
Lily subconsciously touched the top of her head. Ever since Martin broke his leg, he seemed to have received a lot of punches.
But she could tell that there was something wrong with the reporter's question, and said, "It's not bullying. He's just living in my house for a living. My family used to be very poor, and we didn't have enough food, so we had to fight for food."
Albert was quite disappointed and continued to induce: "Nothing else? He stayed at your house for a long time. Your house is small and girls have many private things. Will a lot of embarrassing things happen?"
Lily said in her heart, there have been many times, but I won’t tell you.
She could definitely confirm that this was not a good person: "Something embarrassing? It seems like once..."
"What?" Albert asked.
Lily is not Martin, so it takes some time to make it up: "There are some gangsters near the community who always like to bully girls. Once they bullied me, Martin saw them, beat them up, and asked them to call me eldest sister. As a result, those gangsters Every time he sees me, he stops and calls me sister, which makes me feel embarrassed."
Albert's expression remained unchanged, but he was disappointed again. He continued to trick Lily, but he didn't get anything useful.
Martin made many patches during the more than two months of filming here.
Everyone just tells the truth and there is no need to make up good things for him. The normal bad things in the slums in the past will make his image fuller.
People who really know what he did, like Elena and Bruce, don't speak to the media.
A few minutes later, Albert was completely disappointed. The stupid things that came out of Lily's mouth would only become proof of Martin Davis's struggle to break out of the quagmire.
The Clayton community is like this, and so is Lily Carter...
Albert felt that White would also gain nothing in the House of Beasts.
"Thank you." Albert said goodbye in a friendly way and left.
He crossed the street, got into a car diagonally opposite, and shook his head at Alex: "It's useless."
"White's side didn't get anything either," Alex said.
Albert suggested: "Boss, do you want to change the target?"
Alex vetoed: "Don't you think this is abnormal? Like Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, etc., these stars who have risen from the bottom, which one is not a lot of black material? Why Martin Davis These past few years have all been positive moves to get rid of poverty? Is this reasonable?"
The things he believes in will not be changed easily, just like how he treats certain politicians, the families of 9/11 victims, and the wounded veterans of the Afghan war.
No grudges, just news.
Alex no longer hesitated: "Call White and ask him to go back to the hotel immediately. Let's go to Washington."
On the other side, Lily waited for a while, then immediately took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to Martin.
There is another chapter later.
(End of chapter)
