America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz

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With Martin's name involved, it didn't take long for the FBI's helicopter to arrive, and more than a dozen agents dressed in blue jackets, led by a middle-aged supervisor, took over the scene.

"I'm Brent, I used to work under Chief Nevies," the middle-aged supervisor came over to greet Martin first, "Mr. Davis, you haven't been injured, have you?"

Martin understood that this person was from one of Nevies' lines and replied, "I'm fine."

"I'm going to work now," Brent got off the car to dispatch and command his subordinates.

The relevant news soon reached Martin, and, as expected, the firearms possessed by the three men were all illegal.

In the leading Mexican's backpack, they found a large amount of drugs and several detonators.

Other explosive materials were also found in the pickup truck they had driven.

Hearing this, even Martin felt a chill followed by anger.

The safety of lives was severely threatened!

Combined with the footage captured by the external monitoring of the RV, Martin and Bruce and others were clearly acting in self-defense.

Since their opponents also held guns, had explosives in their bags, repeatedly made verbal threats, and drew their guns first, there was no problem of excessive self-defense.

Ridley Scott had his assistant report to many organizations including the Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild, as per the implicit rules within Hollywood -- the production had to be temporarily shut down.

There would be no filming at least tomorrow.

This incident not only posed a threat to Martin's personal safety but it also caused the production to stop, which meant a potential economic loss of up to millions of US dollars.

The production had already notified producer Louise, who had flown over by helicopter overnight.

Inside Martin's RV, the three big shots of the production gathered.

Louise examined Martin carefully to ensure that he was not injured and then sighed with relief.

Ridley directly said to Louise, "If the shutdown lasts two days, just the external location, vehicle rentals, and personnel wages will incur an additional cost of 1 million US dollars."

He was very annoyed, "I'll use every means to pressure the FBI, no matter who is behind them, they must be pursued to the end!"

Louise pushed her black-rimmed glasses up and said, "Don't worry, this won't end here."

Martin's stance was very simple, "If it had been someone else, they might have been killed by stray bullets."

All three of them stood united in their positions and attitudes.

It wasn't long before Bruce had new information.

Brent interrogated the wounded Sanchez, who throughout the interrogation cursed Johnny Depp, accusing him of wanting to double-cross.

Seeing the FBI, Sanchez knew he was in deep trouble. His past deeds could land him in prison for decades, so he confessed everything and implicated Johnny Depp as well.

The situation itself was not complicated, and Brent later found Martin and Louise to explain things thoroughly, "Johnny Depp's stock ran out, and his buddy contacted Sanchez. Because of the high price and delivery fee, they came to deliver, thinking Depp and his buddies would be in this vehicle..."

"Johnny Depp?" Martin pondered, then said, "So, Depp attracted these drug dealers, and they nearly killed me and my manager!"

Brent found it difficult to respond to this, the intent to stir things up was too clear.

Even if Depp were to turn sour beyond the solar system, Martin wouldn't care, but the mess Depp created was threatening his personal safety.

While enjoying Caribbean adventures doesn't stop him from sending the threatening captain to the abyss, Martin directly asked, "Can the incident be linked back to Depp?"

Brent honestly replied, "It's difficult. All the evidence we currently have stops at one of Depp's buddies."

Martin thought about the detonators in Sanchez's backpack and his heart instinctively turned dark.

If it weren't for his and Bruce's caution, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Ridley said, "Detective Brent, I have already notified organizations like the Producers' Alliance, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Directors Guild about the situation and hope you can trace it to the end."

Brent stated firmly, "We will definitely pursue this to the end and will not let any criminals go free."

Louise, who had been contemplating, suddenly said, "I'm filing a report, against the star of 'Lone Ranger' from the opposing production, Johnny Depp, for drug possession and trafficking!"

The dealers brought by Depp had almost destroyed her nourishment for both mind and body, cutting off her future financial avenues.

Louise came from a distinguished family and could not care less about Depp and Megan Ellison, especially since they had crossed the line, backing down would only make her the laughingstock of all Hollywood.

She said once more, "Detective Brent, I want to file a report right here, will you take it?"

"Received!" Brent opened his radio, called over his subordinates, and began to record the report.

After making preparations, he gathered ten of his best-armed subordinates and entered the area where 'Lone Ranger' was being filmed.

Seeing the FBI's team departure, Ridley said, "I'll call and communicate with the union."

Martin added, "Go rest early, it's not too late tomorrow."

After Ridley left, Louise asked, "What were you thinking about just now?"

Martin replied, "As long as Depp's brain hasn't completely gone rotten, it will be very difficult to implicate him in this affair."

Louise said, "Unless he indeed has a large stockpile of drugs."

That possibility wasn't high, precisely because Depp was running low on stock, which is why his lackey contacted Sanchez and the others to deliver the drugs to their doorstep.

Martin climbed up to the roof of the RV and stood atop, gazing at the opposing production's camp from a high vantage point.

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By the time Louise came up, he said, "Let's first check out the specific situation before we talk about anything else."

Both of them were focusing on the movements of the "Lone Ranger" production crew.

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In another Mercedes RV, almost identical in appearance, Johnny Depp's wild party was still going on.

After finishing several bottles of alcohol, Depp yelled at Amber, "Go grab some booze from the fridge, hurry! What's a party without liquor!"

Amber opened the fridge, took out a few bottles of alcohol, and placed them on the low table in front of Depp.

Depp popped open one of the bottles and poured a full glass, handing it to Amber, "Here, have a drink with me!"

Amber took the glass, drank a big gulp, found an excuse to leave that area, took out her cellphone pretending to browse through messages, and secretly took pictures of the entire scene of Depp's party.

Especially Lily-Rose, who was watching TV, Amber made sure to take a few more photos of her.

This woman was already quite complicated in her scheming.

Depp gulped down his glass of alcohol and asked with a frown, "Has the merchandise not arrived yet?"

Hodgson checked his phone and said, "They just said it's arrived."

Depp was slightly annoyed, "Is your contact reliable?"

Suddenly, the RV door was knocked from outside, Hodgson jumped up, "They're here, I'll go open the door!"

He ran to the door and upon opening it complained, "Where have you been? The stuff..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a large hand reached in and pushed him back into the RV, followed by several burly men in blue jackets storming in.

Hodgson was pressed against the wall of the RV, unable to move.

More blue jackets flooded in, and someone shouted loudly, "FBI, hands on your head! Let me see your hands!"

Depp stood up abruptly and barked, "Who let you in! Get out, all of you get the hell out!"

Drunk and high, he didn't care about anything else, grabbed a bottle of alcohol from in front of him, and hurled it, "Get the hell out, all of you!"

The bottle weakly hit the carpet—Brent's men knew who Depp was before they acted, and they weren't about to actually pull their guns on him.

Two men rushed forward and pinned Depp down on the low table.

Depp couldn't move, but his mouth didn't stop—as a torrent of expletives flew out of him.

The others around him looked ready to get involved.

Depp's bodyguards, who hadn't drunk much, saw the FBI jackets clearly and yelled at those wanting to fight, "Don't move, do you want to get Depp killed? Don't fucking move!"

Those people sobered up a bit—most importantly, they saw the dark muzzles of the FBI's guns.

At this point, Brent boarded the RV, showing his credentials and the search warrant that had been rapidly processed and faxed over, instructing his subordinates to thoroughly search the RV.

Amber was just coldly watching, saying nothing, doing nothing.

Inside, the smell of smoke and alcohol combined into a truly foul odor. Brent covered his nose and spotted a drunken little girl sitting on the couch, instructing a female detective to take her down first.

He glanced at Depp, pressed against the low table, and shook his head in silence.

Soon, a detective found some powder under the low table, but the quantity wasn't much.

Brent asked, "Who is Hodgson?"

"I am!" All of Hodgson's people had been on Depp's payroll for many years, wining and dining together, but at the critical moment, some of them still had loyalty.

Hodgson was one of them. Thinking that several dealers he had contacted hadn't shown up and suspecting their absence was connected to the FBI's arrival, he simply said, "All that stuff is mine, it's all mine!"

Depp could be a bastard, but his loyalty to friends couldn't be doubted.

Another person also shouted, "That's right, the stuff was brought by Hodgson, all by this bastard!"

Depp wanted to speak, but his bodyguard kept giving him looks, and in the end, he didn't say a word.

An agent came in from outside and whispered to Brent, "The producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the investor Megan Ellison from the production crew have arrived."

Brent, having thoroughly familiarized himself with the production crew beforehand, said, "You keep things under control inside here, I'll go talk to them."

As he stepped out of the RV, Megan Ellison immediately approached him, demanding, "I want to see your credentials and your paperwork."

Brent presented them one by one.

Jerry Bruckheimer was somewhat calmer. After examining the credentials, he asked, "Can I know what happened?"

Brent was very serious, "Someone on this RV is suspected of being involved in a case of armed extortion, armed drug dealing, and violent assault..."

Jerry asked, "Does it involve Depp?"

"It currently involves people close to Johnny Depp," Brent responded cautiously, "Whether it involves Johnny Depp himself, we will find out."

Megan Ellison's anger, accumulated over many days, rushed to her head—she wanted nothing more than to snatch Brent's gun from his holster and blow Depp's brains out inside the RV!

She was close to her breaking point with this bastard.

Jerry, noticing her state, quickly intervened, "Depp is our leading man; we can't give up on him."

Thinking of the massive investment, Megan pushed down her anger.