Hollywood, located in the outskirts of Los Angeles, California, on the west coast of the United States, attracted many photographers in the early [-]th century due to its pleasant scenery. Later, some small companies and independent producers came here to avoid patent companies, and gradually formed a film center.

Around the time of the First World War, some film masters such as Griffith and Chaplin won world honors for the United States, and the big Wall Street consortia intervened in the film industry, and the Hollywood film city rose rapidly.

The rise of the Hollywood movie city just adapted to the needs of the rapid economic development of the United States during this period. A large number of films were shot to meet the needs of the people with spare money, and thus ensured the status of American films in the world, and this one The village on the outskirts of Los Angeles eventually became a huge movie city, and Hollywood has virtually become synonymous with American movies.

And Edgar's only female friend, Isa, was also sent to Hollywood by Edgar a few years ago to develop, and she has also made a fortune in Hollywood in the past few years.

At the beginning, Isa was not willing to take this role. She felt that this matter had no future. After all, the film industry was not particularly prominent at that time, but because of Edgar, she agreed to this request.

In the past two years, because President Coolidge allowed the economy to develop freely, the entire American economy has been wrapped in a huge bubble, but it is undeniable that the life of the American people during this period is very good, even though they have no money in their hands, but In their hearts, it seems that the money put in the stock market has already been received in their pockets, so they are much more generous in using the money.

Although the development of the film industry has made Hollywood's economy develop a lot, it is still far from being as brilliant as later generations. Just as flashy.

Standing on the streets of Hollywood, looking at the surrounding buildings that have yet to take shape, big companies such as Paramount, [-]th Century Fox, and Warner are now just small companies that have just debuted. In the [-]s, Edgar was deeply moved by this.

"It's so strange that a busy person would come to find me, an idler?" A beautiful woman with a handbag, high heels, and light makeup stepped up to Edgar and smiled. Although her words were not very Beautiful, but the tone is not ridicule, but joy.

The woman looks like an ordinary woman on the surface, but there is a faint aura emanating from her, but she behaves very ordinary in front of Edgar. It can be seen that she is similar to Edgar. The relationship is very good. After all, under normal circumstances, many people only behave like ordinary people in front of good friends.

Edgar smiled and said, "Isa, are you really free? It seems that you are satisfied with this job, aren't you?"

"No," Isa hooked Edgar's arm with her own and shook it gently, "You don't know how busy I was a while ago, and I only relax occasionally, I was just joking with you , don't you allow me to act like a baby to you?"

Standing behind Edgar, Tolson looked at the woman hooking Edgar's arm, an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes, wishing to cut off the woman's arm in front of him, but because of Edgar's face, Tolson didn't He tried, but his hands were clenched into fists, and if you looked carefully, you could still see the veins on his hands.

"Okay," Edgar was not used to being touched, and pulled his arm from Isa's hand, "You should know that I don't like to be in contact with others. By the way, you said last time that you want to find a boyfriend. Now how's it going?"

"Hmph, you're still like this," Isa pouted, "How can you not give me face like this? I'm also your good friend anyway."

"So?" Edgar looked at Isa and smiled, this is not the original Isa he knew.

"Ahem," after hearing Edgar's words, Isa finally stopped pestering Edgar, but stood up straight, with her hands on her hips, and said loudly, "Eddie, what is your purpose for coming this time? You There is nothing good to come to me every time, but this time I came in person and said, what is it for?"

This is the true face of Isa. When facing Edgar, Isa can always lose control of her anger, almost roaring tone. I have to say that Isa has the potential to be a queen.

Tolson stood in front of Edgar and blocked Isa, although he knew that the two were really fine when he saw Isa and Edgar getting along, and when he saw Edgar break free from Isa's hand, his There was also a trace of joy in his heart, but he still didn't allow this woman to get too close to Edgar.

At that moment, Tolson thought of another thing. He had seen this woman before, 12 years ago, when he left after seeing Edgar, he saw this woman with Edgar , and they were still very close, as if their relationship was pretty good at that time.

"Yo, who is this? He's still a handsome guy. I said Eddie, when did you find such a handsome bodyguard? If you can't get along with Eddie anymore, you can come to me, like you You can become a big star with a little training, how about it?" Isa looked at Tolson's face and said, it was obvious that Tolson's appearance was in line with Isa's aesthetics.

Edgar couldn't help laughing when he heard Isha's words. Isa had the potential of being a nympho when she was in school, so Edgar let Isa take over the entertainment industry. I didn't expect that she still didn't know it at this time. Changed, and said: "You don't want to leave this person. Although he is only my assistant now, he may be promoted to the deputy director of the Investigation Bureau in the near future. He has a bright future and will not leave."

"Cut," Isa said contemptuously, "Don't think I don't know, I'm specialized in this aspect, although the status of the Bureau of Investigation has indeed risen a lot these days, but it's just a little bit. The status of the Internal Investigation Bureau has not changed at all, has it?"

Isa did tell the truth, the Bureau of Investigation's external status is indeed high, but that's just Edgar using means to report some cases that were not made public to the world, and increased the propaganda, but the truth is The Bureau of Investigation ranks low among all branches of government.

In the past, the Bureau of Investigation only knew how to do things quietly, but since Edgar took over the Bureau of Investigation, relying on the huge media system behind him and the fact that Edgar has done a lot during this period, the Bureau of Investigation has taken a lot of attention in the hearts of the people. A large share, and Edgar, the director of the Bureau of Investigation, has become a hero in the hearts of some people.

But the hero belongs to the hero, and it is true that the status of the Bureau of Investigation has not increased.

"You don't need to take care of the affairs of the Bureau of Investigation. You are just an outsider." Tolson doesn't like people saying something about the Bureau of Investigation. Laughed at Edgar, so it wasn't very polite to speak.

"Eddie," Isa turned her head to look at Edgar, "When did you raise such a loyal person? Or did you brainwash him a long time ago and plan to train him?" Isa's eyes blinked and blinked. Ah, a look of confusion.

Tolson didn’t understand Isa’s words, but it doesn’t mean Edgar didn’t understand. Isa was the only friend who knew about his sexuality. The other one was Al, so Isa’s words at this time were obviously teasing Edgar. It was meant to make Tolson the best boyfriend or something.

Recalling the last inexplicable kiss, Edgar's face flashed a trace of discomfort, but seeing Isa's curious look, Edgar still didn't plan to say it, at least not at this time, but said: "I'm It's here to do business, and it has nothing to do with you."

"How to say?" Isa was diverted by Edgar's topic, and did not continue the topic just now, but no one knew the truth.

"Is John Sargent here recently?" Edgar asked. He was looking for this man this time, but he said it was to track down a fugitive.

Isa was confused when she heard Edgar's name, but she quickly remembered, snapped her fingers and said, "I remember, it's that pervert. He's been wandering around Hollywood studios recently. Female celebrities always like to go up to get rich, if not for the support of Wall Street people behind many companies, he would have done it long ago."

"So that's the case, so isn't his recent life extremely obscene?" Edgar asked again.

Yisha leaned her head to think for a while, and finally patted her head and said: "By the way, I seem to have seen him go to that kind of place. Why, are you planning to attack him recently?"

"No," Edgar shook his head. "He will be my boss in a few days. I just plan to learn about his recent situation so that I can get along with him well in the future."

Isa stared at Edgar for a long time, and finally sighed: "Well, I don't think he will have a good life in the future, if he wants to fight against you."

Edgar smiled lightly and said nothing, some things don't need to be said, as long as everyone knows clearly.

Seeing that the atmosphere between Isa and Edgar was not as strange as it was at first, Tolson also stood a little further away, but his eyes were still fixed on the two of them.

At this moment, the trunk of Edgar's car made a creaking sound, and then the lid of the trunk was opened, and a person came out from inside, and Edgar was stunned when he saw the person who appeared. up.

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In addition to natural conditions, in terms of subjective reasons, the most important factor for Hollywood's fame is the strong pressure from the film trust founded by the inventor Edison.

Edison is a famous inventor.He also has many inventions and design innovations in film equipment, and has corresponding patent rights.

From 1897 to 1918, Edison provoked a film patent dispute in the United States and went to court with many film manufacturers.At the same time, he saw the development prospects of the film industry. Using the trump card of film equipment in his hand, he merged the nine major film companies in the eastern United States at that time into his film patent company, thus controlling the film market.

Those producers who were not willing to obey their orders looked for new ways to get rid of Edison's monopoly and start anew.At this time, a small studio (Elder Films) that had gone to Hollywood to make films before Edison established the film patent company provided Hollywood information.

This film studio, originally located in New Jersey in the eastern part of the United States, rented a factory in Hollywood at a low price, and quickly produced the first Hollywood film "Her Indian Hero". Many film producers, attracted by Hollywood's superior natural location and developed transportation conditions, came to Hollywood to start their own businesses.

In addition, California is very far away from New Jersey, and it is difficult for Edison to control his patent rights here.There weren't that many of Edison's men in California, and even if he sent someone, the news would get out long ago, so that the Hollywood filmmakers could hide in nearby Mexico in time.

Edison's deadly rival, Karl Remu, was also building a big business in Hollywood, and created Universal Corporation, becoming the new king of the film industry.On the contrary, Edison's film patent company, which was the catalyst for Hollywood, was declared an illegal trust by the American court and went bankrupt after only 10 years of prosperity.

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