American Fame and Fortune Chapter 558

Chapter 558 Domestic Violence

New York, Times Building.

Sharon Waxman, with her work tag stuck in her collar, waited for the file to be downloaded from the mailbox and copied it to a USB flash drive. She hurriedly left the office cubicle and knocked on the office door of deputy editor Jonathan Landman.

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

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

Jonathan took the USB drive, plugged it into the computer, and clicked on the video. After watching 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 news mailbox, just ten minutes ago."

Jonathan realized the news value of it. He brushed his gray hair with one hand and seemed to have difficulty making a decision.

Sharon wanted to report it: "This is big news, enough to shock the United States."

Jonathan did not answer immediately. He considered it carefully for a while before saying, "Harvey Weinstein is our important advertiser. He spends more than seven figures in advertising fees on Times' media every year."

Sharon understood what her immediate boss meant. Although the New York Times was one of the three largest newspapers in the United States, it was not easy to make money.

 7-digit annual advertising fee, truly a big customer.

Jonathan unplugged the USB flash drive, locked it in a drawer, and said: "Harvey Weinstein is not an elected official and has no reporting value. The matter ends here."

At this point, he thought more: "You try to find the person who provided these, talk to him, and get all the original news materials back."

 Sharon had no choice but to do as she was told.

 Not far from here, in the editorial office of The New Yorker.

Brin sat at his desk, waiting for his immediate boss, Tina, to watch the video material she had just received.

Tina's eyes widened the more she looked at it, and her mood got better and better. She even couldn't help but laugh later on.

Brin was familiar with his boss's style and knew that this news would definitely be published, so he couldn't help but start writing a copy so that he could finish it as soon as possible.

Tina looked away from the monitor and said to Brin: "Where did you find it?"

“Someone delivered it to the mailbox, anonymously.” Brin asked cautiously: “Editor-in-Chief, do you want to publish it?”

Tina waved her hand: "Publish it! Of course we must publish it, and send it to our website as quickly as possible."

 Brin asked for instructions: "To what extent?"

“Original photos!” Tina is a woman, and it is extremely difficult to get to the top, and the video resonates with her.

But the key thing is another thing: "When we were promoting the two films "Chicago" and "The Hours," Harvey Weinstein still owed us US$260,000 in advertising fees, forcing us to invest Pay a huge sum of money to hire a lawyer to sue him and Weinstein Films!”

 Brin understood: "Boss, I know what to do!"

Tina is not Jewish and has no hesitation: "Fuck him, make Harvey Weinstein look bad!"

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

 Martin's strategy is very simple. At this time, the net must be cast widely to possibly catch a few more fish.

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

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

 Harvey Weinstein's influence has limits after all.

After TMZ, websites such as YouTube, The New Yorker, HULU and Yahoo News all published news related to Weinstein.

 Netizens who had read the relevant information were ignited with enthusiasm.

  In the news comment column of TMZ, fans left over a thousand messages in less than half an hour.

“Shocked! In this civilized society of ours, a sanctimonious and successful person would actually do such a disgusting act!”

 “Harvey Weinstein is committing a crime!”

“Where's 911? Where's the FBI? There's a **** here!”

“Insert an eye and wait for a follow-up. If this matter goes silent, America will be finished.”

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

 The fire of public opinion has been ignited.

In a mansion in Beverly Hills, a couple started quarreling again.

Georgina looked at her husband Harvey coldly and asked sharply: "Is there anyone else besides Nicole Kidman?"

 Harvey spread his hands: "No, there is no one else."

"You still don't admit it at this point?" Georgina looked extremely angry: "You used the role to deceive Nicole Kidman, and you must have deceived other people too!"

 Harvey said bravely: "After marrying you, Nicole Kidman is the first one."

Georgina asked: "Have you done this kind of thing a lot before you married me?"

"No." Harvey is not stupid, how could he admit: "Absolutely not. I am an investor and producer, and I don't bother to do this kind of thing..."

Before he finished speaking, there was the sound of the car door being forcefully closed outside.

Amidst the rapid footsteps, Harvey's deputy Lombardo ran in from the outside, ignoring Georgina's presence and said: "Something happened, look at the news on the home page of TMZ!"

 Harvey asked: "What's the matter?"

“Someone took the video at the Four Seasons Hotel,” Lombardo said quickly, “and now it's posted to TMZ.”

 Harvey was completely angry when he heard this, and asked Georgina: "Did you secretly take the video?"

Georgina was stunned at first, then her head turned quickly, and she deliberately raised her chest and head, saying arrogantly, "Yes, I slapped it." Without saying a word, Harvey raised his hand and gave her a slap, which was hard enough. Makes a crisp sound.

 Georgina threw her head to the side.

She was not simple either. When her head was buzzing, she reacted instinctively.

His legs softened, his feet twisted, and he fell to one side.

Georgina hit the shelf next to her with a loud bang, letting out a terrifying scream. Her left forearm hit the edge of the wood, and it quickly turned red visibly to the naked eye.

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

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

 The two men left quickly.

Georgina's face was in burning pain. She knew it was swollen without looking in the mirror. Staring at Harvey's fat and ugly back, she gritted her teeth tightly with hatred.

 I didn't feel that before, but after getting together with Martin, Harvey became more and more unpleasant to look at.

 Contrast is always harmful.

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

That thing is placed relatively high and in a special position, overlooking the entire living room.

Georgina's side face faced the teddy bear's eyes, and she showed her arms. Because her skin was fair enough, the red marks on her arms were very obvious.

This was not enough. She was already prepared. She took out the iPhone given by Martin and slapped her face and arms hard.

Georgina remembered Martin saying that there are only zero and countless times when a man hits a woman.

 As long as you have the first start, you will often do it later and you will never stop!

Georgina thinks it makes perfect sense.

After taking the photo and putting her phone away, she thought of what Lombardo had just said, and immediately went upstairs to take out her notebook and logged into the TMZ website. As soon as the page refreshed, she saw the shocking news headlines.

Georgina clicked on it, and the video inside made her slightly dazed. Although she had heard some rumors about Harvey, she always thought it was a consensual deal like Nicole Kidman's.

 The young actress in the video was completely forced!

　　Shouting rejection, Harvey suppressed him.

Although she was very scheming, had extremely complicated thoughts about marrying Harvey, and cheated on her with Martin, Georgina thought she was a good woman and despised Harvey's behavior!

 That **** Harvey betrayed her, again in this way!

  Georgina scrolled down the video and saw those comments. She felt that the status of Harvey Weinstein's wife was so embarrassing, and her face hurt.

Not only was she slapped by Harvey, but she was also psychologically affected. Georgina was a normal woman and felt nauseous.

 I don't even want to be associated with Harvey for a moment.

With a sudden thought, she changed several websites in succession and found that most of them had video news of Harvey and there were many victims.

Georgina touched her swollen and sore face, picked up her mobile phone and dialed 911, crying: "Help me! Help me quickly, I have suffered terrible domestic violence! I am about to be beaten to death..."

Downstairs, Harvey smelled something wrong. After watching the TMZ video, he immediately took out his cell phone and called TMZ boss Harvey Levin.

As soon as the call was connected, he said: "Do you, TMZ, plan to start a war with me?"

 Levin was eating with his children at home. He got up and left the restaurant and asked, "Harvey, what do you mean?"

Harvey said: "Your website posted news about me on the homepage headline! Don't say you don't know..."

"Wait a minute, let me find out first." Levin hung up the phone, went to the study to check the computer, and immediately dialed Jodi's number: "You posted the news, why did you post such news? Do you know How serious are the consequences?"

Jodi replied: "Boss, you gave me the power to publish news. I still remember that when you approached me and asked me to work at TMZ, you said you wanted to be a news website that dared to disclose any dirty information. You told me I, no matter who is involved, must have the courage to reveal the truth!”

She was ready to leave: "It is precisely because of your support, boss, that I persisted even though I received such serious personal threats when I was doing news about Pitt and Ben Affleck."

Levine said: "This time is different. Pete and Ben are just stars."

Jodi reminded: "Boss, the people who provide me with news are not only ours, but also other media."

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

This is no longer a case of him carrying the pressure alone, what is he afraid of? He said: "Jody, you continue to dig deeper, but you are not allowed to post anything without my consent until you collect enough information!"

Jody responded: "I understand, boss."

Just as Levin hung up, Harvey's call came in again, but he didn't answer it. He waited until the ringing ended and turned off the phone.

 Neither refuse nor cooperate.

 Levin returned to the restaurant and said to his wife: "We haven't been on vacation for a long time, why not go on a self-driving trip?"

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

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

Lombardo answered the call, his face became even more ugly, and he said to Harvey: "Boss, there is more than one website."

 Harvey quickly changed several websites, and nearly half of them contained news about him.

 “What to do?” Lombardo asked.

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

 Then, he personally called some media leaders.

 But few calls were made, and the police lights at the gate were flashing!

Upstairs, Georgina took out the copied storage disk, handed it to her trusted assistant, and said: "You will give it to Martin later and tell him that if you can't contact me by eight o'clock in the evening, find a way to save me quickly. ”

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

 (End of this chapter)

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