Chapter 388 After the Assassination
After getting in the car, Link asked Wallace to call the police and contact the company's local branch to seek legal assistance.
He also called his local acquaintance, New York Senator Charles Schumer, to brief him on the situation here, hoping that he would contact the New York police to track down the murderer and find out the murderer's motive.
Charles Schumer quickly agreed and asked about his safety, whether he was injured, and whether he needed medical support.
Link said no and hung up the phone.
In fact, he also had an acquaintance in the New York Police Department, who was a deputy chief in charge of administrative work. It was just that when something like this happened in New York, there were too many things involved and it was too much for a deputy chief to handle.
By putting pressure on the police through senators, the police will be more efficient in handling cases.
Less than two minutes after he spoke with Charles Schumer, New York Police Commissioner William Bratton called to ask about his safety and said that police officers would arrive immediately and begin investigating the matter.
William Bratton is a very capable police officer. He served as the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1988 to 1992 and became the commissioner of the New York Police Department in 1994. During his tenure, he implemented the famous "broken windows theory" and the CompStat crime data analysis system to prevent crime.
During his tenure, the number of felony cases in New York City dropped by 39%, murders dropped by 50%, and thefts dropped by 35%. The public's trust in the New York City Police Department jumped from 37% to 73%. At the same time, internal surveys of the police department showed that officers' job satisfaction reached an unprecedented level.
Because of his excellent work ability, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine in February and became a star in the police force, known as the "Crime Buster".
But right within his jurisdiction, Link, the eighth richest man in the United States, a world-class director and a globally renowned figure, was shot on the streets of Manhattan, New York.
This is tantamount to throwing shit in William Bratton’s face.
William Bratton gritted his teeth and promised on the phone that he would bring the two killers to justice as soon as possible. If the two men flew into the sky, he would catch them in the sky. If the two men crawled into the cracks in the ground, he would pull them out of the cracks and let them know the consequences of committing crimes in New York.
Link said yes.
After the police patrol car arrived at the scene, Link left Wallace to contact the police, and he drove Jennifer and the other two back to the apartment to rest.
Because of what had just happened, Jennifer and the other two were quite nervous. They were still shaking in their beds, like frightened birds, and couldn't stand any noise. However, after the intense exercise, they broke out in a sweat and their bodies slowly relaxed.
"Link, why would someone shoot you?"
Jennifer Aniston asked.
Link shook his head, stroked the girl's smooth back and said, "Since my debut, the money I have earned has come from clean sources. I have never entered the black or gray areas, nor have I come into contact with such people. I don't understand why someone would use such an extreme method to deal with me."
“Could it be those people in the film industry?”
Courtney Cox raised her head from under the blanket and said, "Guess What movie industry has grown very fast in the past few years, and it has taken away a lot of box office revenue from the Big Seven and smaller movie studios. Will they target you for this?"
Link thought for a moment and said, "It's unlikely. The top executives of those film companies are salaried managers. No matter how well they do, they have term limits. They don't need to do such extreme things for the benefit of the company. But I can't rule out this possibility before we investigate it thoroughly."
During his time in Hollywood, he was kind to everyone and rarely had violent conflicts with others. Even after becoming a billionaire and making Guess Pictures the most powerful film company in Hollywood, he still maintained a humble and cautious attitude, taking the initiative to cooperate with the seven major film studios and sharing profits with his peers.
Even though he has done so much, he is still targeted.
That group of people is really crazy.
Ding-a-ling!
The phone on the table rang.
Lisa Kudrow got up, wrapped a blanket around her chest and helped him get his cell phone.
Link opened the cover and took a look. It was a call from Clinton. Clinton received the news that he had been assassinated and asked him if he was injured.
Link chatted with Clinton for a few words and hung up. A few seconds later, the phone rang again. New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, FBI Director Louis Freeh, Senator Bob Dole, Flash Capital Chief Investment Officer Jack Brennan, and The Hollywood Reporter Editor-in-Chief Aaron Couch called one after another to ask about his safety and the case.
Link talked to them, and in order to avoid the matter being exposed by the media and to reassure the women at home, he sent a text message to report that he was safe.
But the women at home kept calling him after receiving the news.
In addition to calls from people in the company and friends in the circle, his phone was almost blown up.
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More than an hour after the "shooting", the news that he was shot on the streets of New York was reported by NBC, ABC, Fox and other TV news channels.
NBC was the first to report the news.
Because the case occurred on Rockefeller Center Street below their company, three NBC reporters happened to walk out of the building when the incident occurred and witnessed the shooting at the door.
NBC News Channel took 10 minutes to detail what happened.
It is said that Link came to NBC TV station at noon to participate in an exclusive interview on NBC TV station's program to promote his new movie "The Network". When he was leaving, he was assassinated on Rockefeller Center Street. The murderers were two motorcyclists, one riding a bicycle and the other shooting. Both of them wore full-coverage helmets, black leather jackets, and black leather gloves on their hands.
After being attacked, Link quickly lay down to protect the three ladies around him, using vehicles on the street to block the bullets. His two bodyguards also quickly fought back and fired back, one of the shots hitting the gunman in the back.
Seeing that they could not succeed, the two killers quickly rode away on their bikes.
NBC also filmed the crime scene while reporting the news. Currently, that section of the street has been blocked by police cordons, and several police cars are parked on the street with red and blue police lights flashing.
A location reporter stood at the scene and explained the location of the motorcycle killer, where the shots were fired, where Link and the three Friends sisters were, the reactions after the shots were fired, and the countermeasures of Link's bodyguards.
After the case occurred, the New York police immediately launched a follow-up investigation. Commissioner William Bratton accepted interviews from numerous media outlets in front of the police station and assured the public that the murderer would be caught within three days.
NBC's news report was reprinted by many media after it was broadcast.
In less than half a day, the news that "billionaire famous director Link was shot" spread rapidly throughout North America and caused a huge sensation, with an impact not much less than the assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
The place where the biggest shock occurred was Los Angeles-Hollywood.
Link is the most powerful person in Hollywood. He is the owner of Guess What Pictures and a famous director with a net worth of more than 6 billion US dollars.
After he was shot, people in the circle were talking about it, wondering who did it and what the purpose was.
The seven major film studios are the most suspected.
In recent years, Link and Guess What Pictures have performed outstandingly in the film industry, breaking the original order of Hollywood and grabbing most of the box office share, causing a sharp drop in box office revenue for the Big Seven studios. For this reason, they had to reduce the company's film projects and lay off many employees.
There are also many small film companies struggling with the competition from Guess What and the Big Seven.
From this perspective, the bosses of the seven major film studios and many small film companies are all suspects.
In addition, Michael Ovitz, Richard Gere, Tom Cruise, Rob Reiner, Mario Casar and others have conflicts with Link, and they also have motives to assassinate Link.
Not only did the public think so, the media also began to crack the case, carefully analyzing who Link's enemies were and who was the most suspicious.
Former CAA president Michael Ovitz is considered the most likely suspect.
"Nonsense! How could I do such a stupid thing?"
Michael Ovitz put down the newspaper in dissatisfaction. The newspaper said that he had fought with Link several times in the past and unfortunately lost in the end. He held a grudge and used this extreme way to retaliate against Link.
Ovitz thought for a moment with a dark face, picked up the phone and called Harvey to ask if he had done it.
Harvey said no, he had never thought about doing such a thing, and there was no need to do it. Miramax was a subsidiary of Disney, and even if it went bankrupt, the assets lost would be Disney's assets, which had nothing to do with him. He would not do such a brainless thing.
"You really didn't?"
Ovitz continued to ask.
He used to think of Harvey as just another kind of person, an entrepreneur full of ambition and desire for power, but after the last party, he changed his mind.
Harvey is a sinister person with a bad temper. He tends to go to extremes, is ruthless and will do anything to succeed.
He admitted that he was not as good as Xavi on the last few points.
After Link's accident, the first person he thought of was Harvey.
"It's really not me. I swear to God, I'm just a producer and the president of a film company. There's no need to take such a big risk for work. It's not worth it."
Harvey's voice was flat.
After hearing his explanation, Ovitz's doubts were reduced a little.
"Who do you think did this?"
"Haha, who knows about this? Link not only dominates the movie market, but also many beautiful women. There are many people in the entertainment industry who are jealous of him. He is also the boss of Flash Gold Capital and owns shares in dozens of companies. Maybe someone on Wall Street wants to get rid of him."
Harvey said calmly.
Ovitz thought about it and it made sense. After hanging up the phone, he called Langmeyer and Barry Diller to talk to them about the matter and, based on clues from all sides, guess who was behind it.
Just as they were guessing, a report from an unknown entertainment tabloid "Star Weekly" broke the tranquility in the entertainment industry.
The newspaper reported that the effort was led by Disney co-president Michael Ovitz.
Participants included Miramax Films President Harvey Weinstein, Universal Pictures President Ron Meyer, Fox Film President Barry Diller, Paramount Pictures President Sherry Lansing, Warner Bros. Pictures President Miguel Goss and others.
In March, after The Hollywood Reporter published last year's total box office rankings for movie studios, the eight of them held a secret meeting at a Hollywood club.
The theme of the meeting was to discuss how to deal with the rapidly rising Guess the Movies.
The result of the discussion was to kill Link.
Link is the backbone and soul of Guess What Pictures.
Without Link’s leadership, Guess Pictures would slowly collapse and would no longer be a rival to the Big Seven.
The Big Seven can reclaim their position as leaders in the film industry.
In its report, Star Weekly listed the time and location of the meeting of the seven major film studio presidents, and also hinted that the purpose of the presidents joining forces was to protect the interests of the Jewish community in Hollywood.
This report lists a lot of evidence and the murderer's motives, and it looks very real and credible.
After the report was released, it was quickly reprinted by many media outlets and caused a huge sensation in Hollywood.
In order to attract public attention, many media used many sensational words in their headlines, such as "In-depth analysis of the Link shooting case, seven major film company presidents suspected of hiring a killer", "Competition in the film industry escalates, from box office competition to street gun battles", etc.
(End of this chapter)
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