Chapter 8 Tricky

After reading the information sent back by the reporter under his hand, Eddie frowned and his face was ugly.

The investigation was trickier than he had imagined.

The Life Foundation originally only recruited homeless people on the streets of San Francisco, tricking the homeless into signing agreements they couldn't understand to advance human experimental drugs.

Now, Eddie learned from the information passed on by his family that the Life Foundation had joined forces with the government to form a San Francisco Homeless Association.

The Association is fully funded by the Life Foundation, with Carlton Drake serving as Honorary President.

They built a huge "cage" for the homeless in the most remote corner of San Francisco where no one wanted to go.

A homeless gathering place called "Homeless Home".

Under the leadership of the Life Foundation, the homeless home strictly controls the entry, exit and movement of the homeless.

The homeless people who were driven here by the San Francisco city government have restricted access and lost their freedom of movement.

The reporters sent to San Francisco to investigate by the Daily Clarion had a hard time slipping in under the watchful eye of the Homeless Association, let alone further intelligence.

After a few days, I got only a handful of useful information.

Even if these few useful information are released, it will not shake the foundation of the Life Foundation.

Innocent attacks are not lethal.

In the absence of direct evidence and the premise of inflicting serious damage to the Life Foundation, even if the Daily Bugle exposes what the Life Foundation has done, it will not help, but will damage the credibility that the Daily Bugle has accumulated over the years.

"Carlton Drake..."

Eddie gritted his teeth: "What a cunning opponent."

The homeless home has not been implemented in San Francisco for a long time. Ninety percent of the homeless in San Francisco have been forcibly evicted to the homeless home by the San Francisco city government.

The remaining 10 percent either leave San Francisco or stay vigilant and avoid police patrolling the roadside.

Today, there are few traces of homeless people on the streets of San Francisco.

The urban environment has been purified like never before.

The San Francisco City Government and the Life Foundation were well received by the citizens.

Senior officials of the city government took this opportunity to receive a large amount of political donations from the Life Foundation.

The Life Foundation also has substantial resources for human experiments.

Since the Homeless Association is governed by the Life Foundation, no one is meddling.

Killing birds with one stone, the operation is perfect.

"Editor-in-chief, the investigation has encountered a bottleneck, and we have no way to start."

Across the phone from Eddie's connection, a young voice rang.

He said bitterly: "The people from the Life Foundation patrol every hour, and the streets of the homeless home are full of cameras, even if we are willing to take the risk and sneak in, we can't get in."

After a pause, the young voice said again: "Now there is only one way, we can bring a miniature camera and pretend to be a homeless person to sneak in. As long as the Life Foundation signs an agreement with the homeless person, and even uses the homeless person to conduct human experiments, the video, The Life Foundation has no way to deny it."

"No, it's too dangerous!"

Eddie rejected this suggestion and pondered: "We can try in a different direction. Since we can't find a flaw from the outside, let's start from within."

"internal?"

The young voice suddenly realized: "Good idea, we will act immediately."

Eddie hurriedly warned: "Wait, Phil, don't be too hasty, lest you startle the snake."

"clear."

Phil Urick nodded and vowed: "Editor-in-chief, we will not let you down."

the other side.

Anton started filming the movie.

It was not smooth at first. The running-in of the actors, the running-in of props, lighting, and group performances gave him a headache.

Fortunately, he had foresight, and the dozen or so assistant directors he invited were professional.

The crew is gradually on the right track.

After seeing the talents of these assistant directors, Anton simply delegated the power to shoot in two lines.

He was responsible for filming the story of the male protagonist, leaving two assistant directors to help him schedule the crew and shots, while the corners and supporting roles of the movie were all handed over to the remaining reliable assistant directors.

It's all about finishing the movie as quickly as possible.

Filming is a very trivial and complex process.

Anton looked at the time schedule.

The experienced Jim plans to complete the shooting plan in 120 days, complete the post-production special effects plan within 90 days and promote the promotion simultaneously, and then spend another 15 days for editing and finally release.

The whole cycle is about 200 days.

That's a very short amount of time for a special effects blockbuster.

Anton was not satisfied.

According to this cycle, he had to wait at least half a year to redeem the basic template of Batman.

Too tormented!

Therefore, on the premise of not affecting the quality of the film, Anton tried his best to rush the schedule.

After all, in Anton's mind, the finished film is vivid in his mind, and there are some redundant and useless shots that are not necessary to shoot at all.

What to protect one, two, for Anton, it is a waste of life.

He intends to get it all done in three months.

Jim sensed something was wrong and thought that Anton was messing with him.

But Anton insisted on doing so, and Jim had nothing to do.

As an investor and director, the former has such a right to speak.

Therefore, out of sight, Jim basically gave up control of the crew and let Anton act.

Under such circumstances, it took Anton only one month to complete nearly half of the progress.

At the strong request of Anton, the special effects department also entered the group in advance and operated synchronously.

The possibility of a release within three months expands infinitely.

When the rest of the crew saw this, almost no one had any confidence in the film's results, including the assistant director and leading actress.

In their opinion, Anton is completely an unprofessional rich second generation.

The clumsiness of the first shoot is vividly remembered.

Even though he doesn't look like a rookie now, what he does is still not reassuring.

Some cosplayers even regretted being part of the movie.

Anton ignored the rumors in the crew at all. Anyway, these people only dare to complain in private, and no one dares to say these words in front of him, the director who controls the most power in the crew.

Even the heroine who is closest to him, who plays "Rachel", only dares to babble at night every day.

"Today's filming is over, we will gather at seven tomorrow."

Anton announced.

Afterwards, he rejected the heroine's request to "discuss the script", and returned to the room with his old waist sore from "sitting for a long time".

He had a missed call on his phone, belonging to screenwriter Browning.

So call over.

"Anton, the novel of "Batman: Mystery of the Shadow" has been completed." Browning answered the channel, "The manuscript has been sent to your mailbox, please check it. If you need to modify it, feel free to contact me."

"Okay, hard work."

After hanging up, Anton opened the mailbox, quickly flipped through the original text that was not stinky, and was very satisfied after reading it.

Browning is indeed a gold medal screenwriter who eats with words.

Then, I called Eddie.

Eddie picked it up in seconds.

"Anton, what are your orders?"

Across the phone, Eddie's tired voice came.

"I sent a novel to your mailbox. Remember, use the fastest speed to find a section in the Daily Bugle, and serialize it according to a 60-day cycle."

Anton said in a commanding tone: "This is about my movie promotion, I must do my best."

"Do not worry."

Eddie answered him in the affirmative: "It's not difficult."

"very good."

Anton turned the conversation and asked: "Your voice doesn't sound right, tell me, I haven't slept for a few days? As far as I know, the workload of the Daily Bugle shouldn't make you like this. Are you in trouble?"