Chapter 1882: 1882 Los Angeles Confidential
The retro-style jazz music and retro-style California images kicked off the opening of "LA Confidential", which is full of temptation. Luli's narration takes the audience back to the 1950s step by step.
"Come to Los Angeles! The sun is shining, the beaches are wide and beautiful, the orange groves are endless, the jobs are plentiful, and the land is cheap. Everyone can own a home, and every home is filled with a happy family. You can have it all! Who knows? Maybe you'll get scouted and become a superstar — or at least meet one. It's all good in LA, like heaven on earth!
The above statement is purely a promotional advertisement. Through the film and television media, this good impression is strengthened, just like the popular series "The Heroes of the Police Network", where the Los Angeles police detectives are all brave and all the gangsters are fearsome. Yes, you'd think it was Eden, but even heaven has its troubles, and that trouble is called Mel Harris Cohan, or by those who love him: Mickey-C, a bewildered L.A. Shameful figure, and his number one bodyguard, John Stonebarnardo.
Mickey is the top spot in the underworld in Los Angeles, and his subordinates are prostitutes. poison. Stealing, robbery and deception are all available, and a dozen people are always killed every year, and the methods are never out of the ordinary. Every time his photo appeared on the front page, it greatly damaged the image of Los Angeles. How could this kind of illegal shopping that knows the law and violated the law happen in Los Angeles, where the police force is strong? It's time for someone to make a move, but the method is nothing new, because this is Hollywood that specializes in fried rice! Mitch Cohan ended up like other godfathers, being arrested for 'evading comprehensive income tax'. But the situation didn't improve, and Mickey was sent to prison, but the position of godfather was given up. Sooner or later, there will always be someone who is not afraid of death and wants to take over all the territory!
Dear readers, the first-hand exclusive secrets, which are absolutely confidential, are only included in this "Shhhhh" magazine! "
Nicholas McLane really didn't expect that the movie would start with a special report in a magazine, and it was also a gossip magazine. This really complemented Los Angeles, and it was undoubtedly the part he was most familiar with. And what's more interesting is that the content of the report is quite interesting. Just an opening, Nicholas began to look forward to, looking forward to what kind of content Hugo will use to mock this time-obviously, media reporters and the Hollywood industry must be part of it.
Then the characters of the movie quickly appeared. The first one was the policeman Bud White. He was obviously jealous, especially for men who violently treat women. On the way, he didn't forget to stop and arrest a parolee who was abusing his wife-and after giving him a hard lesson.
Bud went to the store to buy wine, and met a mysterious woman. This mysterious woman was wearing a black cloak, tightly covering every corner of her body, but Bud couldn't help being curious. With slow footsteps and the camera slowly advancing, Charlize Theron's side face appeared on the big screen. The flaming red lips shone brightly in the long golden hair, which made many people at the scene send out amazing lows. Voices - just like Charlize's appearance in tonight's premiere, it is full of charm that has never been seen before.
When leaving the shop, Bud noticed a woman sitting in the back seat of a car on the side of the road, but her nose was covered with gauze, as if she had been beaten and injured. Bud tried to step forward to inquire about the situation, but encountered a former policeman named Buzz. officer's obstruction. Then the mysterious girl came out and explained the situation to Bud: it was not the violence he imagined.
Stance also got out of the car to ask about the situation. Stance saw Buzz and showed a dazed smile. Bud asked if they knew each other. Stance nodded and admitted, "I have met several times, he used to It's a policeman."
Next up is police officer Jack Vincent. He is a copywriting consultant for the TV series "The Heroes of the Police Network". To earn extra money - and make a name, fame and money. On Christmas Eve, Jack teamed up with Sid, the editor-in-chief of "Shhhhhhhhh" magazine, to arrest the drug addict before the movie premiere. Hemp star Matt Reynolds.
After securing tomorrow's headlines, Jack began to collect evidence in the room, but accidentally found a business card with "French Dynasty" written on the front, and the slogan below it read "Your Choice", and he took the business card with him. After Ma casually put it in his pocket, he returned to the police station. Bureau.
When Ed Eisley appeared on the stage, many people in the audience blew whistles, which caused laughter-the focus of everyone's attention, Hugo, came late and made his debut, but it was only a brief two minutes The scene, people already started to hate Ed.
Hypocritical, polite, ambitious, and scheming, he looks like a gentle scum, which is disgusting. He inherited his father's behest and entered the Los Angeles Police Department with honors. Considering his gentle personality, his father's old colleague and current police officer Dudley suggested that he go to the back office, but Ed insisted on going to the Criminal Bureau. The arrogance behind the gold-rimmed glasses was hard to like.
Nicholas was a little surprised that Hugo would choose the role of Ed. For a superstar with outstanding affinity like Hugo, it is not easy to be disgusted the moment he appears on the stage. But Hugo did it, and after the initial whistle, people gradually felt that the character was disgusting, even Nicholas himself didn't notice, and he began to frown slightly. This time, Nicholas really began to look forward to the follow-up story.
Jack escorted Matt back to the police station. Ed was the officer on duty tonight. Jack gave Ed ten dollars from the one-hundred-dollar dividend he got from the "Shhhh" magazine, but Ed did not speak out justly. categorically refused to accept - rigid and stubborn. Just as Jack was trying to persuade him further, he was interrupted by confusion.
There are two police officers tonight. The police were beaten while on duty, Harlan Lenski lost a lot of blood and almost lost an eye, and Brown was unconscious-but Ed thought they were only slightly injured in an interview, saying that this was the case. an inevitable consequence of the job. Now that the six Mexicans who committed the crime were captured, Bud and Stans, who came back from buying wine, learned of this fact, rushed downstairs in a rush, and decided to teach these Mexicans a lesson.
Although Ed repeatedly warned, but to no avail, Stans completely lost control, and Bud, who originally hoped to dissuade his partner, was also dazzled by anger, and beat six Mexicans to pieces, and Jack was accidentally infected. Bloodstains were also involved in the beating. Ed, who had always wanted to stop him, was not only unable to control the situation, but was locked up in a separate cell by his colleagues who shared the same hatred, and did nothing at all.
The scuffle was documented by reporters, and the next day, they ran a full-page headline under the title "Bloody Christmas."
In order to save the situation, the director talked to the people present alone and asked them to testify who was involved in the beating.
Prosecutor Lauter tried to persuade Bud, but Bud said that he would never betray his partner and other colleagues, refused to testify, and was dismissed by the director on the spot. And Ed did not hesitate to express his willingness to testify in court, and proposed to charge the retired police officer. Investigators, while thoroughly investigating Bud and Stance, but also hinted at an effective way to get Jack to testify.
Regarding Ed's attitude, Inspector Dudley resented and tried to dissuade Ed, because although Ed's behavior could bring him a promotion, it would make him ostracized and despised by all his colleagues——Ed Refused Dudley's kind dissuasion. However, the director admired his straightforwardness very much, and announced on the spot that he would be promoted to criminal police chief.
Under the threat of the director to reduce his exposure, the clever and tactful Jack even left the crew of "Police Elite" and entered the demeanor group. He reluctantly agreed to testify against Stance, who was about to retire. Jack neither offended his superiors nor his colleagues.
The whole story progressed very quickly, and there was a silence in the theater. After the director solved the problem, he said to Ed behind the surveillance mirror, "Then the deal is settled, Sheriff!"..."Also, Ai De De, take off your glasses." Ed's smug smile froze in an instant.
Nicholas immediately burst out laughing, not only him, but also the entire audience. This is the second person after Inspector Dudley who expressed dislike for Ed's gold-rimmed glasses.
Although so far, Ed's performance has been righteous, but it is difficult to like him, or even just want to tear off his gentle mask and watch him fall from a height—especially It was the hypocritical glasses. It's hard to imagine that Hugo managed to make all the audience hate him in less than half an hour after the movie started.
During this transaction, Ed got a promotion, and Dudley even marveled at his power-playing skills, but he was despised by his colleagues; Bud, who had just been fired, was scouted by Dudley that night The chief quietly returned to his post and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. The Christmas Eve beating incident was retracted, and the four witnesses changed their minds. Only Stans became the lamb to be blamed—although he only had one year left to receive his pension. When Bud learned of the result, he gritted his teeth.
At the same time, after Mickey Cohan entered the prison, Los Angeles fell into chaos. The important people under Cohan's subordinates were all killed one after another. In order to eradicate corruption and restore peace in Los Angeles, Bud became Dudley's thug and began to lynch various criminal figures; after Jack came to the weathering team, he accidentally discovered the On the material folder, color is always found together about the crime scene. In the case of Love magazine, there was actually a sign of "French Dynasty", which made Jack vigilant, and he began to try to find information about this organization. He even called Sid from "Shhhhh" magazine, but Sid said Never heard of it.
Clues began to surface one by one, and Nicholas had to devote all his attention to the seemingly unconnected multi-lines. Then, the turning point came!