Chapter 877 - Establish A New Company (1/2)

Chapter 877: Establish A New Company

“Some people are investigating Miss Watson,” Robert paused for a moment, then continued, “You know, I’ve had some ambiguous contact with the underground forces in Los Santos, though they have come clean now. Someone hired private investigators to investigate Emma’s past. But her image of a woman rights’ activist is kept very well. Until now, those private investigators have not dug out anything useful.”

“Isn’t this good?” Jiang Chen asked.

“Not at all,” Robert shook his head. “Especially for those who want to find something.”

Jiang Chen frowned and had an idea of what he meant.

Asking a private investigator to investigate a person had obviously crossed the bottom line of Hollywood’s “fair competition.” It was different from hiring paparazzi and reporters to track and smear. Even when the top eight publishers were at the height of competition, they never used private investigators to investigate competitors’ actors.

Since the other side could easily cross the bottom line, naturally the means didn’t matter anymore.

Emma Watson was the star of Future Biology and was printed on every bottle of nutrient supply sold. She was also an actor in the Virtual Image Animation and Warner Bros. co-produced “Time Curtain”. Although standing from the perspective of the president, this kind of trivial matter did not require his personal attention. However, since it was related to his immediate interests and he just heard about it, he should do something.

“Who might be behind this?” Jiang Chen asked, with thoughts already forming in his mind.

“I don’t know.” Robert shook his head. “I paid attention to it, but the force is not small either. I’m not the arrogant dealer anymore. Los Santos’ gangs have no reason to do me a favor. Also, protecting the privacy of their hirer is the rule of their business.”

“Could it be Warner Bros.’s competitors?” Jiang Chen frowned.

“Not likely.” Robert shook his head.

Even if it was Warner Bros.’s competitors, choosing Emma Watson as the subject of controversy would be a foolish decision. Not to mention the vice captain’s role was not especially important in the film. In North America, she was barely a second-tier movie star. The idea to pull Future Group’s subsidary Future Biology into the mess was not the brighest choice to begin with.

A closer look into the films screening at the same period, the publishers competing with “Time Curtain,” the masters behind the scenes would be unable to hide themselves.

No evidence was needed in Hollywood. They only needed to know who their enemies were. And there were also plenty of ways to solve problems.

Jiang Chen then asked. “Who would it be?”

“Perhaps she offended someone? Or maybe she caught the attention of somebody? Anyway, someone wants to ruin her reputation. It’s that simple,” Robert shrugged and said with indifference.

After deliberating for a moment, Jiang Chen merely kept this in the back of his head. After he could not think of a reason, he didn’t delve on this issue.

Shaking his head, Jiang Chen focused back on the second reason for visiting Robert today.

“Let’s not talk about this. Do you have plans to work together again?”

When Robert heard this, he glared at him cautiously.

“Dude, you know, I came clean. If you want the arms, I can introduce you to people… But you don’t need me to introduce them. The consortium led by the Giannini family is the biggest arms dealer in Los Santos. Even if you want to buy a few F-18 Hornets, he can give you some ideas—”