Hollywood Domination Chapter 456: Noah’s Ark

"Despite the countless interviews she's done, this time around, Jennifer has clearly decided to present us with a more relaxed version of herself - a twinkle in her beautiful eyes as we talk about her new relationship. Mysterious light, and it's amazing, after all those accolades, you almost thought this girl wouldn't be excited about anything anymore, but seeing her maintain her passion for life, her career as always, and because of her own She was delighted with the little secret, which almost made us forget the curiosity brought about by this secret, so she has a new trend in her relationship, who will be the lucky one? "People" will be honored to be the exclusive report media? Let’s wait and see.”

After typing the last letter, Caitlin Murray stretched out her hands comfortably, and winked at the colleague at the next station, "It's done, this article will definitely be the killer of this issue, e- mail——send.”

After pressing the send button, she stood up and looked at the office by the window at the end of the corridor, and confirmed that the editor-in-chief hadn't left and was still busy in front of the computer. Caitlin nodded with satisfaction: It seems that this article can catch up It's dead line at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Although working overtime is not something worth advocating, there is no one in the paper media industry who does not work overtime, especially during the proof period. Almost all the staff of the magazine work overtime. Going home at 1:00 the night before is good news, and it's more common to get everything done by 7:00 or even 8:55. This issue is even more so—according to common sense, Kaitlyn's interview a few days ago would not be able to catch up with the printing time of this issue, but this time the interview was so successful that the editor-in-chief asked Caitlyn I wrote the first draft in the shortest possible time, skipped the usual review process, announced that I would review her manuscript, and specially arranged the cover of a new issue for her—this will be the issue of "People" As a newly hired editor, Caitlin undoubtedly had an enviable start, and she also attached great importance to this report, not only because it was of great significance to her career, Also because, as an article itself, she thinks this is the kind of reporting she wants to do.

"Yo Caitlyn, finished that 'big story?'"

"I'm done writing—it's like having a blast—and emptiness, haha." Seeing that the editor-in-chief gave her an ok rating through the glass, Caitlin relaxed and smoked a cigarette, Pushing open the door, he walked out of the office, and chatted with colleagues who had already had a short smoke here. "To be honest, I almost wrote my soul into it."

"Easy, tiger," the veteran colleague said jokingly, "save some soul for yourself—with this kind of enthusiasm, you won't survive the first year."

Katelyn laughed too, and she exhaled a puff of smoke ring, "Of course, not every story does that, but this one is worth it—that's why I want to be a reporter, you know. Be the public The bond between the characters and the public, conveying their truth—"

"Indeed, this is a very valuable interview, even for Jennifer," her colleague Diana agreed, "You can feel the sincerity in the interview and in the text." The power of that, like she’s finally ready to open up a part of herself to the public, and our reporting can translate that, that powerful feeling — it’s the kind of interview that brings you closer to her, yes No, it makes you feel capable—to make your work not just a tool to make a living, but a medium to change the world and make the world better—"

Although the words were the feelings Caitlin wanted to express, the slight sarcasm in Tina's tone made Caitlin feel a little uncomfortable. She didn't say anything, but Tina laughed and reached out to pat Kate Lynn's face, "——Typical first-year thinking, I still say the same thing, save yourself some soul, Caitlin, don't hold out too much hope."

Caitlin felt a slight nausea, she resisted the urge to wipe her face, and said a little bluntly, "At least Tina likes it very much, that's enough."

"Of course Tina will like it very much." Diana grimaced, "Let me guess, how did Tina praise it? Is this a report with a soul?"

She laughed, "Of course, this can't be said to be wrong, this is indeed a good report, enough to be used as a cover story, so congratulations, Caitlin, as a first-year student, you The performance is really excellent."

Diana should have changed her cynical tone, Caitlin shook her head and hurriedly finished a cigarette. "It's time to go in, you know, it's best not to let Tina find no one."

"Good luck," said Diana, raising her coffee cup to her. Caitlin shook her head, turned around and tightened the cloak on her body - the night wind was really cool - and then walked into the editorial office.

As soon as she stepped into the room, she was taken aback by the quiet atmosphere in the room - of course, the office was very quiet the night before, especially in the middle of the night, no one was there Xianxin gags, everyone just wants to quickly clear their pages and go home early, but, this level of quiet——

"Holy—crap."

Just as Caitlin was looking around, someone sighed loudly in the direction of the tea room and rest area. She hurriedly quickened her pace and trotted over. Gathered in this small rest area, even the cleaning Mexican aunt is there, and everyone is almost in the same posture - holding their own mugs (standard overtime), looking at the self-service snack area dumbfounded TV above.

"Lana, Lana, can you hear me?" On the screen, the first thing Caitlin noticed was the big news headline below: Jennifer Jefferson was shot by a stalker and rushed to the hospital. On the upper half of the screen, accompanied by the constantly rotating CNN logo, the hostess asked with a heavy tone, but couldn't hide her excitement. "What's the situation now? Has the suspect been confirmed dead?"

"Okay, Lynn, I'm at the scene of the incident now," the camera cuts to a noisy scene, a mansion can be seen from the background, and several helicopters hover over the mansion, A bright spot of light was shot down, and even CNN's live broadcast screen was cut into the angle of aerial photography from time to time, so it can be seen that they also sent an aerial camera to the scene. "Fifteen minutes ago, Jennifer was transferred to the hospital for treatment. It can be seen that the rest of the hostages were also sent to the hospital for examination. But the police have not yet evacuated the scene. The swat team has withdrawn five minutes ago. The danger should have been ruled out, but the police still maintain the blockade. Oh, we can see that the csi staff has arrived and they have entered the scene—according to eyewitnesses at the scene, half an hour ago, multiple gunshots rang out in the villa After that, the hostage opened the door and announced that the suspect was dead. So far, there is no sign of the suspect being handcuffed, so it can be boldly speculated that he should have been confirmed dead."

With the rotating camera, the audience can see a group of policemen in overalls filing into the scene, but not many media went to report. And Lynne said in the other side of the screen, "So Lana, can you give us more details, how did this all happen? Has the identity of the suspect been identified?"

"There is no more news at the moment. I only know that this is the year-end dinner of Tikt, an emerging technology company in Silicon Valley. Jennifer was invited to attend as an investor—the founder and CEO of Tikt is also one of the hostages." Lana said, "I will continue to follow up, thank you Lynn."

"Thank you, Lana." Lynn ended the live broadcast, "Now let's review the whole story of this breaking news—at 10:40 tonight, the police received a report. Hollywood superstars, Jennifer Jefferson, Oscar queen and also the chairman of the promising Dream Films, was held hostage by crazy fans, who also kidnapped Jennifer Jefferson's ex-husband, Cesare, the CEO of Dream Films Vijri, the president of Tikt, the host of the dinner, Charles Colin, and two other hostages. According to eyewitnesses, both the suspect and Cesare Vijri had guns in their hands, and after dozens of minutes of confrontation , Gunshots rang out in the villa. Shortly after that, Charles Colin opened the door and announced that the suspect was confirmed dead and the hostages successfully rescued themselves. He said that no one was injured, but a few minutes later, the police medical staff found that Jennifer was seriously injured damage."

Accompanied by her narration, a group of chaotic and shaking images appeared on the screen, a blond woman was carried on a stretcher and quickly transported to an ambulance, and a familiar face—— Cesare Vijari also got into the ambulance with a half-bend. Under the strong light, the dots of blood on his face were extremely conspicuous and ferocious, which also made this scene even more breath-taking.

"Now Jennifer has been sent to the hospital by a medical helicopter for emergency treatment. The injury needs further judgment and follow-up. This is the biggest crazy fan crime in Hollywood after the assassination of John Lennon by fans and the assassination of President Reagan. , CNN will follow up, please look forward to our further reports."

"...holy...*."

"Jesus."

"oh my god..."

After cnn cut out the next piece of news, the rest area gradually heard the sound. This piece of news undoubtedly woke up all the drowsy overtime editors, and the unbelievable emotion became the main theme at the moment , "But how—"

"Isn't this like a TV show?"

"This is really, *, this is really—"

Caitlin also felt stunned, especially since she had just met Jennifer a few days ago, this news was even more difficult for her to accept—the picture of Jennifer being sent to the ambulance just now made her The heart was heavy, and even the nose was a little sore—how did Jennifer hurt? Shouldn't--shouldn't--

"Oh god, Jennifer, oh, God bless her..." Tina, who interviewed Jenni most often in the editorial department, also had some red eyes. She crossed herself on her chest and prayed silently for a while. He yelled, "Okay, turn on the TV, you can turn up the volume, but you should all go back to work."

Among the crowds of people leaving in twos and threes, she gestured to Caitlin and brought Caitlin to her office in silence. After sitting down, she covered her forehead and sighed, "Oh , j.j... Caitlin, I read your manuscript, it was good, but unfortunately, we can't use it now-now I need you to produce me a report about tonight before dawn, It's going to be the cover story of tonight's new issue, and of course, there's going to be an abbreviated version on our website that's going to sell - tell me, do you think you'd be up for it?"

What? How many hours, a cover story? It took her three full days to write the previous version—Katelyn froze for a moment, then instinctively asked, "Tina, what about this original interview?"

"We can arrange to publish it later." Tina said, but her tone did not sound so sincere, "Of course, that is also a good report, and it cannot be wasted—"

"But—" Kaitlyn protested, "that report on "Life Journey" and this Oscar—is time-sensitive!"

Maybe because she didn't want to rush another report, maybe because she really didn't agree with Tina's approach, and more reasons emerged as she said, "Of course, we must report this , but the cover story—it can’t just rely on cnn news, it has to have details, have more exclusive things—Tina, I think Jennifer’s interview is more for us—for anyone Valuable, isn't it? You also said that this is a very valuable report, she opened up for the first time and revealed her true personality-"

Under Tina's very similar eyes to Diana, Caitlin stopped awkwardly, and there was a brief silence in the office. After a while, Tina said, "I see—you are not suitable for writing For this report, you can go home and call Diana."

"I..." Caitlin said, she suddenly wanted to cry, but in the end she stubbornly held back her tears, "Got it, I'll call Diana."

However, she didn't go home right away, but stayed at her desk, and waited until Diana came out of the editor-in-chief's office and returned to her desk before she leaned over.

"So, now you only read the news—the incident just happened, and there is no source of information—I just called Judy Ackerman and Mary Effie, and they were all busy." Diana said, "Three hours—how am I going to write this story?"

Diana shrugged at her, still cynically.

"There you go," she said, flipping through one website after another, "just to show you what a 'last second cover story' actually looks like—seriously, Caitlin, if you want to If you continue to work on "People", you should read less cnn - don't even read tmz, you know, their reports are too conservative and too real for us... As for how to avoid the risk of lawsuits, then you Just remember, 'an insider' is a prefix you should never ditch... oh!"

Pointing to a webpage, Diana spread her hands at Kaitlyn, "Look, this is insider news, isn't it? 'Jennifer was shot in the back and must have immediate surgery' - you know the headline How much sales can it bring to the magazine?"

Caitlin shook her head, she was a little numb, "How many thousands?"

"Hundreds of thousands, generally hundreds of thousands, even millions are not impossible." Diana browsed a few more web pages, then closed the page, opened the document and tapped Wake up, "Jennifer was attacked by crazy fans and her life was dying-you know, although the web is now developed, many people still rely on magazines for information, and the reason why magazine cover stories are more attractive than web pages is that Because it has to have a story, so you have to start from the beginning in the cnn report - from jennifer's relationship with tikt, charles collin, even cesare vijri, and, don't I forgot to mention her executor and guardian, which is also the information that our audience is most interested in..."

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"Haven't woken up from the coma yet?"

The car had just got off the highway and cut into the entrance to downtown San Francisco. It was only fifteen minutes since the last call, and Judy couldn't help calling again, "Geez, there's a new call from the doctor." Any news? How is her injury now?"

"The doctor is still analyzing the CT scan," Mary replied with a strong nasal voice on the other end of the phone, "The possibility of surgery is not ruled out, but it is not life-threatening for the time being."

"What's the coma level?" Judy asked like a cannonball, "Will she wake up in the next few days, or—"

A sense of ominousness and unbearable feeling crossed her heart, she couldn't help lowering her voice, "Or...you know..."

"The coma level is 6 now," Mary said, "but the bleeding seems to have stopped, so it may get better with time-oh god, Judy, are you almost there? The hospital is almost closed Surrounded by the media, I don't trust this hospital very much, I want to arrange a transfer, but—"

She couldn't help sobbing softly, "But Jim hasn't arrived yet, and Lilian is still on the way, you know, and we are really short of manpower now, and something is wrong with Chesa—you know, the police He may be summoned for questioning at any time—"

"I see, I'm on my way now." Judy said, she glanced ahead, "There are still ten minutes, god! I hope there will be good news by then..."

After hanging up the phone, she couldn't help sighing, leaning her head on the back of the chair and meditating—however, her thoughts were soon interrupted by the vibrating cell phone, Judy saw Glancing at the phone, she shook her head and turned off all the prompts: So far, she has no specific news to release, and she wants to know what kind of chaos the media will be in now. 10 am is the second release of the morning news At this time, too many people want to get first-hand news.

"This is cnn."

"abc news."

"This is CBS Daily News. Regarding Jennifer's injuries and the specific circumstances of the shooting, there is no further news from the police, the hospital, or Jennifer——Judy!"

"Judy! Is Jennifer having a massive intracranial hemorrhage—is there a possibility of becoming a vegetable?"

"Judy, Judy! How much do you know about the suspect? It is said that he was shot and killed by Cesare. Is this true? Did Cesare get the gun from the bodyguard? Did he hold the gun? Gun proof?"

"Judy! The website of People magazine reported that Jennifer was shot in the back and might face the risk of lifelong paralysis. Is this true!"

"Judy!"

"Judy! Judy, what is the relationship between Jennifer and Charles Colin—"

In front of the San Francisco General Hospital where Jennifer is currently staying, countless media and reporters have already camped out. Various microphones, cameras and live broadcast vehicles occupy almost half of the street, and there are even police vehicles lying in front of the hospital. They chirped a few times from time to time to maintain order, but Judy's appearance seemed to add fuel to the flames, making the hospital entrance even more chaotic. Many people had rushed over with a large force while shouting questions—if If it wasn't for a few policemen to respond, it would be difficult for Judy to break through this barrier and enter the hospital building. Even so, this difficult journey made her look even more embarrassed: after learning the news of Jennifer's injury, she only had time to pack a suit and rushed to the car, and now she was still wearing home clothes.

"Thank you, officer—I wonder if you have provided similar security to Jennifer?" Judy chatted with the police almost instinctively. It's an uncomfortable feeling out of control, with so much to juggle, and always—every time—there's never the right people to take care of the details, and the whole situation is perpetually messed up, and obviously However, this time Cesare was no longer the solver of the trouble, but the maker of the trouble. At least from what Mary told him, he had lost his composure. Of course, this is not incomprehensible, after all, he just killed someone...

Thinking of this, Judy couldn't help shaking. She said "thank you" to the police officer who checked the identities of the people in and out of the elevator door, quickened her pace, and walked to the single ward at the end of the corridor—presumably because of After careful consideration, the wards on this floor are now under the special care of the police.

"Hey, Mary—Chesa." She said, and Mary came over and hugged her with red eyes—unlike Judy, who didn't leave until she knew Jennifer was seriously injured, Mary immediately heard the news. He got in the car and arrived a few hours earlier than her, and Cesare, who was sitting on the side, nodded at her. Judy glanced at her, and immediately confirmed that Mary's judgment was correct: although it had been wiped He wiped the blood on his face, but Cesare seemed seriously absent-minded. He didn't even bother to change the blood-stained shirt on his body. It was obvious that he couldn't entrust him with important responsibilities now.

Before he attended the press conference, he had to get dressed, Judy made a note in her heart, and looked at Jennifer in the ward—several doctors were discussing something around her Obviously, family members cannot be present during the consultation time.

"What's going on now—is there something wrong with her back?" she asked, "Someone said she was shot in the back—"

"I was bruised by a ricochet and bled a lot, but fortunately the blood stopped on its own, and the doctor said that the blood loss was not dangerous." Mary said, her eye circles turned red again, "Now The point is her intracranial congestion, it's hard to say whether to open the skull..."

"Who is the patient's guardian?" Just as the two were talking, several doctors opened the door of the ward and came out.

"I am." Cesare, who had been silent all this time, stood up suddenly, and Judy noticed his voice trembling slightly, "How is Jenny's condition?"

"Her condition is... quite strange." If the doctor would feel strange because the ex-husband was the guardian, he didn't show it." CT shows that the bleeding point has stopped, so we don't recommend it The craniotomy can be observed conservatively for a few days. Fortunately, there is no sign of brain herniation-judging from the amount of bleeding, it seems that her brain has had a bad period, and there are obviously more than one bleeding point, at least the cranium. The symptoms of nosebleeds and vomiting will only be caused by a sharp increase in internal pressure, but miraculously, all bleeding points stop bleeding within a short period of time, which may be related to intracranial pressure. The bleeding point is bleeding again..."

After a series of medical terms, the doctor gave a more optimistic but cautious judgment. "Although judging from the coma index, her situation is not too optimistic, but as far as the CT image is concerned, there is no danger of life in the short term. The current coma may be a manifestation of the body's self-healing. If the congestion can be absorbed by itself, it is currently It's still too early to judge as a vegetative state, and she still has a great chance of being awakened..."

Although the opinions he gave were generally positive, the word vegetative still made Judy's eyelids jump a few times. Looking at the pale Jennifer on the bed, she shook her head severely. "j.j will wake up - she's always been a tough girl."

Marie had already covered her mouth and whimpered silently, Cesare's lips were drawn into a straight line, he shook hands with the doctor, "Thank you for your diagnosis, doctor, if you don't mind, we would like to I need to contact some experts for consultation..."

He walked into the office while talking with the doctor, and Judy walked to the reception room in the single suite with her arms around Mary, "Shhhhh, cheer up, girl—there's still a lot you need to do What about."

"Okay..." Mary wiped her eyes, "ok, I will, I will cheer up, just—Jesus, just seeing her like that, I..."

Great, another totally hopeless one, Judy rolled her eyes at the ceiling and lowered her expectations for Mary, "ok, ok, stop crying... Mary, I need you to tell me this whole Is there something to watch out for, you know, we're definitely going to have a press conference later - with the police if possible, and I want to know that there's something that can't be mentioned at all in a press conference .”

Mary sobbed a few times, and for a moment, she looked very dazed, "Uh, I don't know—oh, there seems to be something..."

She showed a thoughtful expression, and said intermittently, "There seems to be a DV at the crime scene... I don't know, just now a policeman came over and asked Cesare if he had seen a DV, and he said there was a DV at the scene. Tripod, but no dv, Cesare said he didn't know—"

"What?" Judy said, she had a sense of foreboding, "*——I hope it's not some **** video, **, where are the hostages?"

"They checked and found nothing wrong, and they were taken away by the police." Mary said, "Oh, by the way, that hostage named Jon has visited Jenny before."

She wiped her eyes, "She also asked for my cell phone number—oh, my cell phone may be out of battery—"

"Using my charger," said Judy, "in my bag—Cesare! What did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said that we are welcome to find someone for consultation at any time." Cesare opened the door and walked into the reception room, groping for something all over his body while talking. "Oh, yes, I lost my phone—Judy, give me your phone—"

"Cesare!" Judy had to emphasize her tone—although she had little hope, she still wanted to try to wake Cesare. "Just now Mary was talking to me about DV—you know, we have to hold a press conference today, or those reporters will eat you alive. Do you have anything to say about this matter?"

Cesare shook his head, "There's nothing to say, there's a DV—the stalker recorded the whole scene, nothing else."

"The whole scene," Judy repeated, "the whole scene—what's in the whole scene? Geez, that word sounds ominous. What the **** is he doing to j.j?"

"No sexual assault," Cesare said, his lips pursed again, his tone stiff. "Basically, he just kept extracting confessions and made her admit those things—false name, fake relationship with Josh, fake marriage, Oscar appointment, □□..."

"What?" Judy blurted out, she held onto the small table beside her, and the teacup on the table vibrated a few times, "What?—So—I—I—I don't know what to say Yes—Cesare! Can you repeat what you said? There is a dv with the whole scene in it, and Jenny admitted—”

She couldn't continue, Judy rubbed her forehead to stabilize, "—and you just sat here, not going to deal with it any further! Where's the DV?—No, those three hostages What?—*, Mary, for God's sake, turn on your **** phone!—And Cesare you better think fast, who can directly pressure the police in San Francisco—Robert , I have to contact Robert—”

Seeing that Cesare was still indifferent, Judy's nameless anger surged up, "Can you realize how serious the situation is now? *, Cesare, you'd better cheer up—— "

"Can you realize how serious the situation is, Judy?" Cesare interrupted her - and in a moment he suddenly yelled out of control, "She's lying in here now, because we Let her tell these lies together - she's basically a vegetable! And all you care about is her public image -"

Marie huddled in fear and let out a soft exclamation, which seemed to remind Cesare, he took a step back, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"There's no need to talk about it anymore, Jenny doesn't care if all this comes out—and I'm not going to do anything to uphold these pathetic lies," he said restrainedly and coldly. "Frankly, I I really don't care anymore."

He stood up and walked directly into the inner room, closing the door of the ward. And Judy stared at the door dumbfounded for more than ten seconds before she gradually recovered.

"Wow," she said, growing angry, "w-o-w-what is he kidding?"

What is a pathetic lie, and what is Jenny not caring about all this exposure? He doesn't care what it is, does he know the consequences of all this? Except for him and Jennifer? To Dameng Company, another client of hers, to her work over the years—to herself—if such a big scandal breaks out at her client, and it all goes back to her in the end—Oscar’s default? Hype? Send a press release?

"*you, Cesare," said Judy, yelling uncontrollably at the door of the ward. "Leass, youbastard!"

Backing a few steps, she glanced at Mary, who was staring at her in fear and panic, and was still holding a phone that had just turned on in her hand.

Judy snatched it up and flicked through her inbox, letting out a breath—but quickly tensing her shoulders again.

"Come with me," she said, taking Mary's hand, "We've got to make some phone calls, meet some people—*, we've got to save the world, you understand? Mary, the flood is coming, And Cesare's **** broken, we gotta build Noah's Ark, save the world—even if she's going to die, we gotta make her die pretty, see? That's what we're gonna do, build an ark— —Save him. Fuck the whole world!"