Chapter 128 Garcia
Garcia Rodriguez, a Hispanic, to be more precise, Latino, a man who just turned twenty-six this year.
He parked the rented motorcycle in a free place on the side of the road, and habitually found a hidden corner and sat down.
Garcia took out the burger that had already turned cold from her bag, and took a hard bite. If it weren't for the prey he was reluctant to give up, the lunch wouldn't have been delayed until now. He had been so hungry that he was croaking. Even though the burger in his hand was a big deal, he felt particularly sweet at this time.
Surviving in the Los Angeles area is not easy! Being a Latin American descendant who is discriminated against more than black people is not easy! Although freedom, equality, and anti-discrimination are shouted every day here, Garcia knows that these are just shouts. Implicit discrimination is everywhere in this society. If it weren’t for his bloodline, would it be like becoming a paparazzi?
That’s right! Garcia is a journalist, or a paparazzi for entertainment tabloids. The newspaper he works for is called the Los Angeles Liberty newspaper. It has just been established and is a typical newspaper with celebrity privacy and entertainment gossip as its selling points.
After eating the burger voraciously, Garcia checked his telephoto camera, which was the most valuable thing on his body.
Not long after the newspaper was established, its influence and sales were limited, so the treatment of employees was naturally not much better. Newcomers like Garcia had extremely limited fixed salary. It was very simple to get the income to support themselves! Get enough photos and news.
This is Los Angeles. As long as you can catch a big fish and dig out some exclusive news from the other party, the bonus you get can allow him to eat and drink for a month.
For example, if Nicole Kidman could take pictures of her shopping with a man and have some intimate actions, such photos would be enough to sell for a big price.
After all, everyone knows that apart from a few unreliable scandals with Tom Cruise a few years ago, this beautiful Australian woman seems to be insulated from a man.
Of course, now the two have become enemies, and they are simply hating them higher than the sky...
He sighed. If it weren't for life, he wouldn't have been this damn paparazzi. Thinking about his origin as a SEAL, a bit famous detective expert, has fallen to the current level. I really don't know whether it's his fault or the society's fault.
Originally, after being cleared from the army, he wanted to find a job like bodyguarding, etc., but when the companies he found heard that he was Latino and was cleared by the army because of a mistake, he was directly rejected.
No matter how strong a person is, he cannot withstand the pressure of life. He had to apply some of the things he learned in the army into practice and became a glorious paparazzi.
Although he was just a newcomer, his eyes and intuition were particularly keen. Today, he just arrived at Sunset Avenue and was waiting for traffic lights at an intersection, and he caught Drew Barrymore in a car and subconsciously followed him.
He knew the other party’s destination, but...what did she come here to do, go shopping or date someone?
Before long, Garcia saw Ryan Jenkins walking out of a taxi with her backpack and sunglasses. She obviously got dressed up, but for a former military expert like him, this disguise was too pediatric.
Quickly finding the angle, Garcia raised the camera, constantly adjusting the telephoto lens, observing the situation opposite. When she saw a pair of small hands covering Ryan Jenkins' eyes, she began to rhythmically press the camera's shutter and capture the pictures one by one.
Oh~ It seems that these two are still good friends.
Garcia thought subconsciously, but she kept capturing the pictures he thought were valuable in her hands.
Could it be...they are really in a sibling relationship?
At the beginning of the year, there was a very, very outrageous scandal among these two people. It is considered as a match for the two people to be able to take photos of them. Moreover, recently, Ryan Jenkins has been living in seclusion, and few people have photographed him outside.
As for the scandal between the two, as long as they are not fools, no one will take it seriously. Who doesn’t know that Drew Barrymore likes to be foolish? If you show a close relationship with her, you can treat it as a couple. Then this guy’s lover can be lined up from Sunset Avenue to Los Angeles City Hall.
Besides, Ryan Jenkins is less than thirteen years old...well, he had his first girlfriend when he was twelve.
He shook his head. No matter how you look at the two people on the other side, they are just friends. It is obvious that Drew Barrymore is also the one who is making trouble.
A warning emanated from his heart, and Garcia hurriedly hid, and from the corner of his eyes he glanced at the gaze of the boy, and couldn't help but sigh in his keen intuition.
However, he thought he was not comparable to ordinary paparazzi. When he saw the two of them turning around and walking towards a coffee shop, he raised his camera again and followed carefully.
When they walked into the store, Garcia put her camera in her bag, tidied up her clothes in front of the glass of the doors and windows, and then she pushed the door and walked in.
This is Sunset Avenue, with celebrity journalists and paparazzi everywhere, among which paparazzi are the least popular. Many regular restaurants refuse paparazzi to enter. Fortunately, Garcia looks like paparazzi at all, and she successfully entered the store.
Just after a glance in the store, he caught the figures of the young man and woman, took a newspaper, quickly found a suitable location, ordered a cup of coffee, took out a small camera and placed it on the table, and used the newspaper's cover to gently press the shutter.
What is that? File Bag? Garcia kept sweeping across the other side from the corner of her eyes, and happened to see Ryan Jenkins handing a thick file bag to Drew Barrymore. She opened it and flipped it, and put it back. It looked like it was a script.
After looking at Drew Barrymore with a smile, he actually...is she going to kiss Ryan Jenkins? Garcia secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Ryan pushing a baby face back without hesitation.
How could a bad girl like Drew Barrymore deserve a teenage genius like Ryan Jenkins! This was the only thought in his mind at that moment.
Retracting his gaze, he glanced at the store again. There were not many people, and it was obvious that there should be no other reporters and paparazzi. This should be exclusive, right? Or is it exclusive about Ryan Jenkins!
Some time ago, it was rumored in the circle that Ryan wrote a script for Drew. Now it seems that the work has been completed. He also handed the script to Drew. This is a valuable big news!
It would be even better if I could know the name and theme of the script! Now who doesn’t know that the script created by Ryan Jenkins has become a box office guarantee. Now that I have won this exclusive, the editor-in-chief will at least write a four-digit check, right?
Seeing Ryan Jenkins turn around without any nostalgia, and Garcia understands that these two are just acquaintances, at most ordinary friends.
Today I had a lot of gains and the work could be finished early. I rode the rented motorcycle. Garcia Rodriguez returned to the newspaper, greeted the editor, and got into the darkroom. He wanted to wash out the photos by himself.
He was worried about giving it to others. The competition in this industry was extremely fierce. He was a new Latino man and was excluded by his colleagues. God only knew if those guys would make trouble and steal his exclusives.
It was very late to this busy schedule. The sky outside was already dark, and the newspaper was still brightly lit. Many colleagues were sorting out photos taken during the day and writing manuscripts. Looking at pictures and speaking is one of the most basic qualities in this industry. As for whether it conforms to the facts...
Well, history has gone from the moment it happened to twist! Garcia doesn't remember what it looked like, but it is exactly in line with their situation.
Looking through the photos, Garcia couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. The ones captured by Sunset Avenue were normal, but the ones taken from the coffee shop were different. It was probably due to the angle, and there were a few pictures... Especially the scene where Drew Barrymore wanted to kiss Ryan Jenkins but was blocked by him with his hands. It seemed like he was kissing directly on his face no matter how he looked.
What's going on? Garcia was typing on the typewriter. After all, she was a new paparazzi and still had a conscience. She subconsciously ignored these ambiguous photos and focused her pen and ink on the file bag that should be the script.
When it comes to following things, finding people, capturing, analyzing, etc., Garcia, who was born in the Navy Seals, is a good player, but she is not very good at writing and writing. She is busy until almost midnight, and a dry manuscript is finished.
If a senior expert reads his article, he will definitely scold him for not being suitable for this business. Not only is the manuscript dry and unfilled, but most of the things he wrote are facts he saw, with not many exaggerations, and other plots that the public likes to read are even mentioned.
As expected, after the article was handed over to the editor-in-chief, if it weren't for the news about Ryan Jenkins' new script, this veteran in the gossip industry would have killed this article.
"Are there any photos?" the editor asked Garcia.
"Yes!" Garcia took a stack of photos and handed them to the editor-in-chief.
The editor-in-chief just roughly flipped a few pictures, and his eyes were as wide as Montana's bison. He grabbed the manuscript and pulled Garcia to run to the editor-in-chief's room. The speed was so fast that Garcia, who was a soldier, was secretly amazed.
"Boss! Boss! Big news! Big news! Big news that can make our newspaper famous!" The editor-in-chief broke into the editor-in-chief's office without even knocking on the door.
The editor-in-chief was a little angry, but after looking through the stack of photos, the corners of his mouth almost grinned at his ears, "Who took this? It was beautiful! I want to give him a raise!"
"It's me." Garcia stood up.
"Do a good job, keep working hard!" The editor-in-chief patted his shoulder hard, and then threw the manuscript he wrote into the trash can. "The manuscript is written too poorly, and no one cares about scripts and other things. We should focus on the relationship between two people. This way, I will write this news myself."
After saying that, the editor-in-chief took out the check sheet, filled in a number on it, and handed it to Garcia.
"You deserve it, do you know, our newspaper will sensation all over Los Angeles tomorrow, no! It's the whole of California, the whole of North America!" The editor-in-chief was excited like some crazy terrorists that Garcia had met before.
After taking the check, Garcia's eyes shone with a light, $20,000! A total of $20,000!
Maybe I should follow Ryan Jenkins in the future? He is so valuable! He is simply synonymous with money and status!
Yes! Garcia wants not only money, but also status, which allows him, a Latino, to turn over!
Chapter completed!