"Do we need to shoot a scene today? Do you have time to show me the surrounding scenery?" Hardy said to Ava.

Ava knew what the man was thinking and smiled playfully.

"Actors need to ask the director for leave when they go out, but I don't know whether the director will let them go." Ava said with a fake frown.

"Asking for leave from the director is indeed a big problem. Why don't we elope?" Hardy whispered.

"Elope?" Ava's eyes lit up.

"Yes, elope."

The two of them sneaked out of the room, carefully walked to the car, opened the door, quietly got in, started the car and drove out slowly.

Matthew looked at Henry, "The boss drove away, do you want to follow?"

Henry smiled and continued to lie in the shade. "The boss is going to meet his lover. Aren't you afraid of being beaten if you follow him?"

"What if there's danger?"

"Even if we attack him together, we may not be able to kill the boss. How dangerous do you think he is? Oh, by the way, I saw the crew was filming a horse fight scene. Why don't we get two horses to join in the fun?"

"Okay~!"

Hardy was driving on the wide road.

The car windows are open.

Ava's long hair was flying in the wind.

"Where are you taking me to elope?" Ava asked Hardy.

"Go somewhere with a bed."

In a town a few dozen miles away, they found a Mexican-style hotel. The low mud house was very clean and surrounded by flowers. What was rare was that there was a hot spring here.

The man and woman who had been separated for several months were making love in the room.

......

David Walsh drove for dozens of miles before he gradually calmed down. Thinking of the humiliation he had just suffered and feeling the mud on his butt, David Walsh gritted his teeth and slammed the steering wheel hard.

"Damn it, I want revenge."

He used to be a famous playboy.

Now he has inherited the family business. Although the company's performance is not good, he is still a rich man. He has never suffered such humiliation.

Who is the man holding Ava's hand?

He just said he was a producer.

With such a powerful bodyguard under his command, he is probably not an ordinary person. He plans to go back and investigate thoroughly before taking any action.

But for that bitch named Ava.

She was very cold to me from the beginning to the end. No matter how many times I went to her to show my affection, she just ignored me. It turned out that she already had a man.

He's just a little star who sang a song.

If I didn't want to eat something fresh, I would have thought you liked me.

He suddenly thought of the previous reports on Ava. It seemed that the reporters couldn't find her now. David guessed that it must be some mysterious publicity strategy.

Want to hide,

snort,

If you can't get it, destroy it.

I'm going to expose you now.

He twisted his butt, feeling very uncomfortable, and accelerated to rush into the city. An hour later he arrived in Albuquerque and hurried into the hotel to take a shower.

I threw my clothes into the trash can, walked to the table and picked up the phone.

"Hello, is this the Los Angeles Times? I have news for you. Didn't your newspaper say that many people are looking for Ava Gardner? I know her news..."

Some time ago, Scarborough Fair just came out and was very popular. But then because of poor promotion, the popularity gradually decreased, but people are still curious about singer Ava Gardner.

When the Los Angeles Times heard about Ava's news, they immediately became interested and said, "If you can give us accurate information, we can pay you a $50 reward."

Originally, David Walsh just wanted to expose Ava, but when he heard there was a reward, his greed took over and he gave his name and mailing address.

Then tell the other party about Ava's intelligence.

......

The next day.

Hardy and Ava return to the set.

Ava has another scene today. Hardy sat next to director Nolan and watched the actors perform. At this time, two reporters walked into the shooting base.

When they saw Ava, one of the reporters raised his camera and took pictures, while the other rushed forward with a notebook to ask questions.

"Excuse me, Miss Ava Gardner. We are the reporters of the Los Angeles Times stationed in New Mexico. We finally found you. Ever since you published Scarborough Fair, it has attracted countless people, but we couldn't find any trace of you."

"Ms. Ava, can I ask you a few questions, please..."

Ava was confused for a moment.

I feel a little overwhelmed.

This is her first interview with a reporter.

When director Nolan saw this, he immediately asked someone to stop the two reporters and said, "We are filming. Please don't disturb the actors. Also, how did you find this place?"

Hardy had previously told Nolan that Ava's singing was a publicity strategy, and that they were planning to announce Ava's identity before the movie was released to attract attention and build momentum for the film. Unexpectedly, it was discovered by reporters now.

One of the reporters immediately said: "We learned that Miss Ava was here because of the tip provided by the informant."

Hardy remained silent.

Hearing this, he thought of something and asked, "Is this the news you got yesterday?"

"Yes, it was yesterday, so we came here today, hoping that Ms. Ava would accept our exclusive interview."

"Can you tell me who broke the news?" Hardy said.

"No, the newspaper has to keep the person who provided the tip confidential," said the reporter.

In fact, even without being told, Hardy would have guessed who it was. It was kept secret for such a long time, and was only revealed yesterday. It must be the rich second generation from yesterday.

Everyone's eyes turned to Hardy, he was the backbone here. Hardy thought, he had kept Ava a secret for the sake of movie promotion before, now that she was found by reporters, he might as well report it, it didn't matter.

"The crew please stop for a moment and let Ava be interviewed first."

All the crew members stopped to rest.

Hardy pulled Ava aside and told her that she could answer other questions, but she should not tell them the songwriter and keep it secret for the time being.

When reporters interviewed Ava, she had calmed down and answered questions appropriately. The reporter inevitably asked about the songwriter, and Ava smiled and said it would be kept secret for the time being.

While answering questions, he also promoted his new movie.

The reporter finally found out that the movie was called "A Fistful of Dollars."

The reporter in charge of taking pictures took two full rolls of film of Ava before he stopped. The interview was very rewarding and the two reporters left happily.

Hardy looked at the reporters who were leaving and told Henry, "Go to the city and contact Lanster. Ask him to find out all the information about the David Walsh guy."

"Okay, boss."

Even though the other person's behavior did not cause any harm to you, you still feel offended. Who knows if he will cause you trouble in the future?

the next day.

Henry came back from the city.

"Boss, we have already investigated David Walsh's situation. David Walsh's father is the owner of a mining company named Walsh Mining, with total assets of approximately 3 million US dollars."

"David Walsh's father died a few years ago and left the company to him. In fact, when old Walsh was running the company, the company was in trouble and a lot of shares were sold. Now David Walsh still has 34% of the company's shares."

"In the past few years since David Walsh took over the mining company, its operations have been deteriorating. The stock price has now fallen to 32 cents per share, making it a junk stock. At the shareholders' meeting, many shareholders wanted David Walsh to give up his position as chairman. David Walsh himself was unwilling to give up and said he would give him another two years. This stabilized the shareholders."

"David Walsh found a scholar who studies mining, and the scholar told him that Arizona produced the most copper. He found that the mineral veins would definitely extend to the neighboring state of New Mexico, and there should be a large mineral vein near the San Andreas Mountains."

"Last year, David Walsh borrowed $200,000 in the name of his company and bought an 8,000-acre mountain area near the San Andres Mountains. He led a mining team there to look for minerals, but there has been no good news so far."

After hearing this information, Hardy smiled.

David Walsh is a playboy who has no business sense and is very conceited.

"Boss, if you don't like that guy, I'm going to kill him right now." Matthew looked at Hardy and said.

Hardy shook his head.

"Matthew, we are legitimate businessmen. How can we just shout and kill? I have a better way to deal with such people."

"What method?" Henry asked curiously.

"Do you know how to torture a public company?" Hardy asked the two men.

They both shook their heads.

Hardy knows a lot about how to mess with listed companies.

Don't mention it's still the 1940s.

Even in the 21st century, when all regulations are extremely complete, there are still many ways to tamper with a listed company.

For example, if you sit on top of a car, a Mercedes-Benz will evaporate billions; if you can't brake the car, a Tesla will evaporate tens of billions; if Cristiano Ronaldo takes away Coca-Cola, billions will evaporate.

Hardy and Ava said goodbye. Ava was reluctant to let her go, and the two went to a hot spring hotel and spent the whole day together. Then Hardy drove back to Los Angeles.

"Have you investigated the situation of the shareholders of Wash Mining?" Hardy asked when he saw Lanster just after returning.

Yesterday he went to play in the water with Ava, and then called Lanster to collect information.

"The investigation has been completed." Lanster handed a detailed share list to Hardy.

The total market value of Wash Mining is now 1.83 million, with 35% of shares outstanding and a share price of $0.31, which is one cent lower than when Hardy asked the question two days ago.

"Lanster, I remember the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Financial Times. We have a few photos of him, right?" Hardy asked.

“Yes, there are pictures of him.”

“It’s time to activate him.”

Hardy used these two days to buy a shell mining company and registered it as his own company, naming it 'HD Mining'.

The company's business scope includes mining development, processing and sales of gold, iron, coal, copper, aluminum, nickel, magnesium, etc.

At the same time,

He also opened more than 40 accounts in the name of his subordinates at a securities company, injected between 4,000 and 6,000 yuan into each account, and looked for institutions to short Wash Mining.

Everything is ready.

This morning.

The Los Angeles Financial Times published an analysis article on page 2:

"On geologist Professor Michael De Guzman's copper extension theory, which will destroy the future of mining companies."

"In mid-1945, geologist Professor Michael De Guzman published a paper titled "Evidence for the Extension of the Rocky Mountain Ore Veins." Professor De Guzman said that Arizona had discovered the largest copper deposits in the United States, and that New Mexico on the other side should also have the same amount of copper and associated minerals."

"Because of this theory, many mining companies have been buying land in New Mexico to look for mineral veins. But now, in the past six months, they have not found anything, not even ordinary copper mines, let alone super-large mineral veins."

"In fact, Professor De Guzman's theory is only based on hypothesis and conjecture, without any real-time support. For example, the Wash Mining Company in San Francisco bought 8,000 acres of land in New Mexico and invested a lot of manpower and material resources in searching, but now they haven't found even a piece of high-quality copper ore. They believed in Professor De Guzman's theory at the beginning, and they may lose all their money in the future."

The stock market is the most sensitive place.

As soon as this report came out, it immediately attracted great attention from mining stocks.

Share prices of many companies that bought land in New Mexico fell sharply, and Wash. Mining was specifically named as the leader of the decline.

You know, there is no limit on the rise and fall of US stocks.

Wash Mining was originally a junk stock and had no performance in recent years. People had no confidence in it and it took a big dive, with the stock price plummeting from $0.31 to $0.16, a drop of more than 48%.