Hollywood Road

When Gal Gadot finished speaking, the living room became quiet. Gal Gadot was just eighteen years old, and Murphy chased her. The two have been together for almost ten years. The understanding is not deep, and some things can be guessed without explaining the other party's intentions.

In fact, Murphy has always been very clear that his fiancée has always had an opinion on the matter of Diego Ross, but he just kept silent because he didn't go too far.

After all, Gal Gadot studied law and was more cautious in doing things.

But with their stature and stature, caution isn't a bad thing.

"It turned out to be like this." Murphy held Gal Gadot's face and kissed her on the forehead, "Thank you, dear."

Gal Gadot smiled and said nothing, Murphy obviously understood what she meant.

Of course Murphy knew that this was not a lawless primitive society.

This is a society with rules, and breaking the rules is likely to lead to punishment. He once walked on the edge of the rules and knew the risks. Never did anything so risky again.

Some people may think that he is timid and cowardly, but this kind of thing really has nothing to do with cowardice, but with brains.

When you have nothing, you can naturally fight with everything; when you have capital, the so-called fighting will be limited within the scope of the rules.

This is the simplest truth.

The reporters who surrounded the entrance of the Wave Manor did not disperse because the owner did not show up, and they had the momentum of never giving up until they could interview Murphy.

After two days of fermenting the shooting incident at the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood, more and more media began to put the identity and motivation of the murderer on "Dark City". Affected by the shooting incident, the North American box office of this film also appeared briefly. On the second day of the shooting, it only received less than two million dollars in a single day, creating a new low since its release.

In the following two days, the single-day North American box office of "Dark City" has always hovered at a figure of a little over 1 million US dollars. It seems that the shooting incident at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood has overdrawn all the energy of "Dark City" in advance.

In addition, the society and the media condemned the shooter, but sympathized with the wounded.

Three days after the shooting, Los Angeles police called their first news conference on the circumstances of the shooting.

Officially revealed a lot of information to the outside world, as well as the latest progress of the case.

Murphy has been following the shooting incident at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, and also watched the police press conference through the live broadcast of CNN News.

The information disclosed by the police at the press conference was almost the same as what he had obtained before.

After three days of investigation, the Los Angeles police confirmed that the red baseball cap was the key to the case, and determined that the red baseball cap was dissatisfied with Murphy's "Diego Ross" because of his Catholic status, and spread unfavorable news about Murphy everywhere. , may have been the motive for the shooter's murder.

On the other hand, they confirmed that the gunman was most likely an avid fan of Murphy or "Dark City". The colored magic balls left at the scene and "I am an agent of chaos" are all evidence of this.

The most important aspect of hunting down the murderer, the police have not yet caught anyone, but announced the possible identity of the shooter to the media, a white man with short and medium black hair, about 5 feet 11 inches tall, and a bloated build!

As the Los Angeles police publicly called a press conference to confirm the status of the case, Murphy also ended his short retreat in the manor, and Twentieth Century Fox needed him to attend related meetings.

But Murphy didn't want to be disturbed by the reporters, so he simply rented a helicopter, picked him up on the landing pad in the manor, and flew directly to the Fox Building. The top floor of the building also has a landing pad, so he easily got rid of the reporters.

"It seems that we also need to buy a helicopter."

The helicopter just took off, and Murphy said to Gal Gadot, "This way the ears are much cleaner."

"Is it really clean?" Gal Gadot pointed outside, the engine roared, "It's a bit loud."

At the gate of Wave Manor, many reporters watched a helicopter land behind the white villa, and could faintly hear the noise of the plane's engine.

"Who is this?" A reporter asked curiously, "Come here to visit Murphy Stanton at this time? Or did you come by helicopter?"

Another reporter stared wide-eyed, "No, he wants to run!"

The others also suddenly realized that it didn't take long before they saw the helicopter take off and fly towards Century City.

"It's nice to have money." A reporter couldn't help but envy, "You can even fly a helicopter to a place so close to Century City!"

Century City and Wave Manor are both in Beverly Hills, not far apart.

The reporter next to him raised his eyes, "Murphy Stanton is avoiding us!"

"What is there to dodge us?" another reporter said. "Can you fly up? Can you chase after us?"

The first reporter raised his middle finger directly at the helicopter that hadn't disappeared yet, "Is it great to be rich? There are a few bad money, so showing off..."

No matter what the reporter said, they could only watch Murphy leave. Some smart people among them guessed that Murphy was going to Century City, either the Fox Building or the Death Star Building where CAA was located, and hurriedly chased after him.

When they chased to Century City, Murphy was already sitting in the conference room of 20th Century Fox.

"The current situation is very unfavorable to us, and many media have already planted this matter on "Dark City"."

In the conference room, Kara Firth looked serious, ""Dark City" was too smooth before, don't look at the media who were singing praises before the incident, but there are many people who hope that we will be unlucky. Someone jumped out and stomped on us."

"A lot of media have already done this." Bill Rosses took the topic and said, "Many newspapers are attacking "Dark City" and Murphy, saying that it is their unlimited movie violence that is the reason." The root cause of the shooting."

Although Murphy didn't say much, he was very clear that it was a strange thing that people didn't think of "Dark City" in this case, which was done under the banner of a magician. The current public opinion can be said to be a normal situation.

"The shooting incident at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood has already affected the box office trend of "Dark City"!" Kara Firth continued, "The single-day box office in North America has continued to decline in the past three days, and the audience has obviously been negatively affected by public opinion and incidents. "

The perpetrator of the shooting incident may be an admirer of the magician, and the incident happened before the screening of "Dark City", which will inevitably affect the movie-watching choices of some movie fans.

It is impossible for this kind of thing to happen without affecting the film.

Everyone present, including Murphy, knew this.

Kara Firth added, "I have already greeted the company, and Fox's media will fully cooperate with us and guide public opinion appropriately."

Murphy nodded, "I think this shooting incident can be directed to personal behavior."

"Yes." Kara Firth agreed, "Not every violent incident that imitates the movie comes from the movie, and the problem is the individual!"

This kind of nonsense is not difficult for the news media and people like them.

After Kara Firth went to the Wave Manor to meet Murphy that night, 20th Century Fox formulated relevant publicity and public relations strategies and started crisis public relations.

"One more thing." Bill Rosses reminded, "Regardless of the murderer's motive, the shooting happened in front of the theater where "Dark City" was about to be shown. People in the Dark City, we must also take action, especially for the dead and injured."

"These things..." Murphy said proactively, "Leave it to me."

He, the director or other leading actors in the film, is the best person to visit and comfort the injured.

"Have some of the leading actors go with you," Kara Firth suggests.

Murphy thought for a while, "At this time, it's best for James not to show up for the time being."

The pressure James Franco is facing now is probably greater than that of a film director.

"So..." Murphy said to his agent, "Bill, say hello to Maggie and ask her to go to the hospital with me, Gadot, and Henry Cavill."

"Maggie is fine." Bill Rossis, who is also Margot Robbie's manager, thought for a while, "Henry Cavill is filming in Africa, so he probably won't be able to come back."

"Well, I, Gadot and Maggie will go together." Murphy immediately made a decision, "You communicate with the police and the hospital as soon as possible, and cooperate with our media partners to see when it is convenient for us to go there."

Bill Rosses nodded, "No problem."

Now that the matter has reached this stage, avoidance is not the solution at all, but it can only be resolved as much as possible, and shootings are not a big deal in this country, there are always some happening every year.

The meeting quickly dissipated, and everyone prepared their own work. Murphy boarded the helicopter again. He knew very well that the film's North American box office, which was originally doing well, would inevitably be dragged down.

At the same time, in a small office building in the Santa Monica beach area, Archbishop Marquez Costello, who had just returned from the Vatican, was watching a video of the Los Angeles police's press conference on the shooting at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

He didn't expect that such a favorable situation would appear in Los Angeles when he went to the Vatican.

"Have you investigated?" Archbishop Marquez Costello turned off the TV and asked the assistant standing aside, "I'm sure that person is a devout Catholic."

The assistant said decisively, "Very sure! Not only does he go to church regularly every week, he also defends the church on the Internet many times and attacks Murphy Stanton."

Archbishop Marquez Costello stood up and took a few steps in the office, "This is a good opportunity to fight back!"