nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 17

But Tao Xi, who was standing in the sewer, was not in a hurry as he packed his things and waited for Gerry Lively, who used to work in the TV station, to answer him.

"Actually, I went to prison this time because of some coincidence, and my imprisonment time is not very long, only [-] weeks."

"I just want to ask you to ask my family to send me some money. You can use the money to help me buy some hard currency for No. 86 Prison outside."

As soon as Tao Xi heard Gerry Lively ask his family to send him money, he knew that he must be guilty of carrying drugs or something related to this, but the other party will be locked up in Prison 86, a prison for serious criminals. It's because of his profession.

"Okay! Just tell me your home address, but before that, I want to ask you, have you ever heard about the profession of night walker?"

"I will definitely compensate you after I get out of prison. Don't worry, I still have some savings. What? Nightcrawler?" Gerry Lively froze for a moment when he heard Tao Xi's words. He hesitated for a moment, but soon Gerry Lively shook his head with a wry smile and rejected the idea in his mind.

"Nightcrawlers are just a group of vultures standing at the crime scene~"

"Those people dare to do anything to get high-quality first-hand information!"

"As long as it is news that the public is interested in, they can earn high prices. They appear in every corner of the United States like bedbugs that smell blood~"

When Tao Xi heard this, he immediately raised the camera that was placed aside and asked, "Can this camera of mine work?"

Gerry Lively saw that Tao Xi was really going to be a "night crawler". Gerry Lively opened his mouth for a long time and did not answer Tao Xi until the big black brother standing next to him kicked him. ~
Gerry Lively replied with a painful face: "If you want to be a nightcrawler, you may also need to prepare a police scanner and the police code manual of the Los Angeles Police Department, so that you can Once you get the call instructions from the paging station of the special channel of the Los Angeles Police Department, you can effectively save time and choose whether the TV station you serve needs this kind of news according to these instructions.”

"Oh! By the way, you still need a car." Gerry Lively added after looking at Tao Xi's attire.

Tao Xi seriously took out a pen and paper from his pocket and took notes. After Gerry Lively finished speaking, Tao Xi asked again: "Then will you still be a reporter after you get out of prison?"

When Gerry Lively heard Tao Xi's words, he lay down on the ground with a wry smile: "If the editor-in-chief of our TV station is willing to help me, I wouldn't have come to this broken prison~"

"Then do you have any good journalist friends? If I have such a suitable video, can you recommend me a good place~"

When Gerry Lively heard Tao Xi say this, Gerry Lively also looked happy.

"Reporters are actually divided into categories, namely investigative reporters, on-site reporters, text reporters, photojournalists, radio reporters, and TV reporters. I am a photojournalist at WJLA-TV."

"There are only two types of people you need to cooperate with, namely investigative reporters and basic editors. Basic editors buy news and videotapes from you. Investigative reporters occasionally buy from you based on the news they are tracking and reporting. Some sources, this is the main source of income for Nightcrawler."

"Of course, if you have some criminal information, you can also go to the Los Angeles Police Station to exchange for the reward." Gerry Lively took the paper and pen handed to him by the big black brother next to him while speaking.

After Gerry Lively saw Tausi took the note in his hand, Gerry Lively continued: "You can contact the investigative reporter on this paper, he is my alumnus, we two My personal relationship is very good, he used to be a director in Hollywood, if you are interested in entertainment news, you can contact him, he is a very good teacher~”

Tao Xi looked down at the phone number in his hand, carefully folded it up and put it in his pocket.

"Then can I sell news to him?"

"Of course, he will introduce you to the most suitable base editor."

Gerry Lively looked down at Tao Xi who turned to leave and heaved a long sigh. Gerry Lively, who had just stood up, suddenly heard a voice from the side: "Nightcrawler really has Is this occupation?"

But after Gerry Lively turned his head and saw who was making the voice, Gerry Lively shuddered all over his body.

Because standing opposite him was Bolton with a knuckle on his hand!

Moreover, those knuckles were still stained with flesh and blood. Gerry Lively squeezed his thigh muscles tightly with both hands and suppressed his face trembling with teeth: "Yes, yes, yes, a serious professional, in the United States As long as you pay taxes, you are a serious job~”

Bolton grinned when he heard Gerry Lively's answer, Bolton patted Gerry Lively on the shoulder before he turned and left and said, "That's right, perform well and get out of prison early, this place doesn't belong to your little boy. "

Gerry Lively looked at the back of Bolton who had left and couldn't help being a little dazed, because he felt something different, but he couldn't tell what was different!

"Hey! Let's go!"

Gerry Lively listened to the movement behind him and didn't know when, Jeffrey, the old prison guard of Prison 86, stood beside him and walked towards the other side of the prison with his arms around him~
"Hey! Jeffrey, I didn't do anything! What the hell happened? My cell isn't here."

Seeing Gerry Lively's nervous expression, the old prison guard Jeffrey quickly comforted him: "Hey, don't be nervous, do you still want to go back to your cell and continue picking up soap? You let that little guy go home Isn’t helping you withdraw money to buy peace?”

"You are really a lucky boy. The little guy in the sewer has never talked to anyone for so long."

Gerry Lively's originally sullen smile gradually increased when he heard Jeffrey's words: "Are you going to change the cell for me? I don't have any money now!"

"Heh, I'm hugging the blood gang's thighs, will I take your money?" Jeffrey looked at the little boy with an inscrutable expression on his face. When Jeffrey saw that Gerry Lively still had When he was so handsome, Jeffrey secretly sighed in his heart, no wonder several big bosses in the prison fought for him.

"Then I'm liberated?"

"Congratulations, if it goes well, you may just happen to stop a prison conflict in a coincidence, and your 15-week sentence will be shortened to [-] weeks."

Marco, who woke up from a nap, complained just after waking up: "Tausy, I must be a rich man! I don't want to smell like a hot dog in the quilt every day!"

"Snapped"

"Hey, why did you hit me!"

Tao Xi rolled his eyes at Marco: "You have to know that there are still many people in the sewer who are poor and have not eaten their last meal. You only started complaining after eating a few full meals!"

"Brother! You grind your teeth and fart at night, okay~"

Tao Xi couldn't help but blush when he heard Marco's complaint, but soon Tao Xi pretended not to hear this sentence and walked to the radio and continued to play with it.

Playing with the radio before and after bed every day is already a part of Tao Xi's life, but for some reason, since that radio made Tao Xi win the lottery ticket, it has never made a sound.

But Tao Xi didn't force it, he was biting the mustard hot dog newly developed by Nelson in his mouth, just after taking a bite, Tao Xi sneezed several times.

"I think Nelson is really suitable for opening a hot dog shop. I went to help them yesterday."

"Nelson said he wouldn't pay me because he said he was working for our brothers!"

"He talked to Nilta about giving us a surprise at Christmas."

Marko pouted in the bucket under the water pipe while washing his face while reporting what happened to him yesterday, but Tao Xi put the needs he received in prison yesterday on the shabby table and said: "When the time comes Besides, these are the lists entrusted to me by those people in the prison, you can go and buy them when the time comes, I may have to go on a long trip recently."

"Where are you going?"

"San Francisco"

When Marco looked up, Tao Xi didn't know when he disappeared.

Today, Tao Xi did not go to the American-Australian community above his head, but went under a manhole cover on the west side of their house.

Before pushing the manhole cover away, Tao Xi looked up at the entrance and exit of the sewer not far away, then slowly pushed the manhole cover away and walked up~
As soon as I came up, a stench came to my face~
But Tao Xi poked his head out like a normal person, glanced at the trash can next to the manhole cover, and quickly stood on the ground.

The above sewer does not belong to the American-Australian community, but an art district in Los Angeles County.

The specific name Taoxi is not clear, but because there were many ceramic factories, art statues and a park before, many people call this place "art district".

But in fact, this street has nothing to do with the "art district". This is the largest black community and black gathering place in Los Angeles County, and it is also the largest drug den in Los Angeles County!

Because this block has the densest "tube building" in California~
That's right, the Tongzilou.

At first, the ceramic factory here was invested and built by a British aristocrat who settled in Hong Kong, China. Later, in order to feed the skilled workers from China, the British aristocrat built an eight-story building in the 5000s to save costs and accommodate 60 households. Soviet-style architecture.

These buildings are all over the entire "art block". Tao Xi, who is very boring, once counted that there are 15 "tube buildings" here. However, with the bankruptcy of the British nobles and the repatriation of Chinese skilled workers, this building was gradually abandoned. Abandoned~
In the end, Tao Xi didn't know who took over the ownership of the 15 "tube buildings". Anyway, Tao Xi had enjoyed several massage services in the building under the hospitality of Old Gnar~
Well, a serious massage service.

Later, with the influx of blacks, the rent here dropped again and again, coupled with the endless crimes, the "tube building" here became a paradise for blacks~
There are also some black people who can do business. With the increase of "black second landlords", these buildings are dirty and dirty, and the sewage is flowing. Even homeless people are reluctant to come here more.

Tao Xi didn't want to come either, but he couldn't stand it because it was the shortest bus route to San Francisco.

Tao Xi, who had just walked up, saw several idle black men shouting hip-hop in a circle before walking a few steps. Tao Xi, who was not interested in that thing at all, curled his lips and left.

"Hey! Long time no see Tao Xi~"

"Long time no see, Roach, how's the business going?" Seeing that he met an acquaintance, Tao Xi stopped and chatted with a nigger in a blue vest that exposed all the tattoos on his arm.

When Roach saw Tao Xi stopped, he quickly put the plastic bag in his hand in his arms and complained: "Don't talk about it, business here is getting harder and harder recently, and the damn Olympic Games make There are a lot more policemen on the streets!"

"Tsk, are the police all over here?"

"No, no, no, those damned policemen don't dare to come in here! It's somewhere else, the neighborhood is full of poor people, and an Italian gang has risen up recently, which made our group lose customers!"

After hearing Luo Qi's complaint, Tao Xi smiled and exchanged some greetings and left. Before Tao Xi walked a few steps, another old acquaintance stopped Tao Xi.

"Hey! Tao Xi, I heard from your brother that you opened a hot dog shop!"

"Milke, damn it, keep your mouth shut and sell your black goods!" Milk is a black market businessman who specializes in buying goods that cannot be handled in rich areas, and he is one of the few "good people" that Tao Xi knows. Money man", but Milk is a big mouth, and Tao Xi heard him complaining that he would not take him with him when he got rich, so Tao Xi hurriedly threatened.

But Milk sat in his second-hand Ford car and threw something at Tao Xi indifferently~
Tao Xi, who took the things, looked down at the map of San Francisco in his hand and asked in surprise, "How do you know I'm going to San Francisco?"

"Hey! Come on, today I'm on the way, I just want to go over there to deal with some luxury goods received from North Hollywood."

Tao Xi didn't hesitate to open the co-pilot's door and sat in. The slightly crowded co-pilot made Tao Xi feel a little awkward.

But Milk said enthusiastically: "Man! You did a great job in Koreatown last time! If it weren't for you, I might have lost a cornucopia in Koreatown."

When Tao Xi heard that Milk was going to talk about "Korea Town", Tao Xi said unceremoniously: "Didn't you receive threats from Uncle Kushner? Do you believe that your tongue may No more sleep."

When Milk heard Tao Xi say the name "Kushner", his expression became tense.

But Milk quickly patted Tao Xi's thigh with a smile on his face and explained: "Your video camera is mine!"

When Milk saw Tao Xi staring at him with wide-eyed eyes, Milk realized that his "big mouth" problem had been committed again, and even made a sharp turn when driving~
"No, no, no, I'm just helping you to purchase. It's clean and has a Wal-Mart invoice! German! It's not those bad street RB goods~"

"Drive well, don't talk nonsense, be careful that you will be thrown into prison by Uncle Kushner, and let the group of starving ghosts in Prison 86 ask you to pick up soap."

"Hahahaha, no, no, I know that you are going to be a nightcrawler. Today, a good buddy of mine got out of prison. He chatted with your little brother Gerry Lively all night. It just happened to me Will I throw you a map of San Francisco when I see you, it is not the territory of the Blood Gang, so be careful~”

"Thank you~"

　I vomited
　　Yesterday the beauty set automatic update
　　sorry
　　Bosses
　　
　
(End of this chapter)