Chapter 926: A Third-Rate Scam

Hollywood, Universal Studios, Ms. Sloan got out of the car in a hurry, took the visitor ID from Taraji at the door, hung it around her neck, and followed her into the studio.

"Hush."

The Blade Warrior was filming, Taraji made a silent gesture on his lips, and the two quietly walked to the edge of the set to watch the excitement.

"Go!"

APLUS, dressed in a windbreaker and sunglasses, was surrounded by several bloody extras, with the shotgun in his hand bursting into flames. Several Chinese martial artists chanted and pulled the cable device. The Chinese stuntman who was 'hit' immediately expressed pain The ground flew up in the air, and fell several meters backward exaggeratedly, until it smashed a fluorescent tube into two pieces, and then fell to the ground accompanied by electric sparks.

"Card!"

After the director yelled to stop, the martial artists rushed over immediately, lifted up the stuntman who was gritting his teeth and endured pain on the ground, and released the steel cable tied to his lower back.

"Hey, how's it going?" APLUS also smiled and went over to be concerned.

"There's no problem..." The stuntman waved his hands briskly, grinning and struggling to stand up.

"OK, take a break, come back in fifteen minutes and shoot again, all departments..." The director's voice came from afar.

The martial artists uttered a few Cantonese complaints mixed with foul language, and helped the stuntman to rest.

Song Ya saw Sloan and Taraji at this time, tilted her head at them, and walked to the VIP dressing room together, "Do you know my new trouble?"

"The autobiography? Shouldn't it be Johnny Carson's trouble?" Sloan asked.

"It's a little complicated... Taraji, close the door."

With the help of the staff, Song Ya removed the windbreaker, samurai sword and breastplate, revealing a black sleeveless tight-fitting T-shirt bulging with tendons, "The old man has called the police, but..."

After Johnny Carson learned that the publisher was negotiating a contract for his memoir-style autobiography with Kunes, he immediately called the police and asked the lawyer to issue a statement that he did not authorize the autobiography to any writer or publishing institution.

This crappy scam immediately caught the public's attention, but several publishers involved have not responded for the time being. It is said that Simon & Schuster Publishing, which has paid Kunes a deposit, is still seeking confirmation.

"Kunes had a suspicious character in the past. He was a fan of the legendary liar Abagnale. He took advantage of the opportunity of the cat and mouse game project to make Johnny Carson very happy, and visited his Bamberke's house many times... ..."

Song Ya briefly introduced the ins and outs.

"Sounds like a Howard Hughes autobiographical hoax?" Sloan asked.

"Yes, Kunes should also be a fan of Clifford Irvine. Maybe he really regards cheating as a glorious career. It's unimaginable that he won the Oscar by playing cat and mouse, but still Go do this kind of dirty business." Song Ya nodded.

In 1970, the down-and-out writer Clifford Irwin suddenly claimed that he had obtained the autobiography authorization of Howard Hughes, a legendary tycoon who was eccentric and already in a reclusive state. He used a forged Hughes signature to defraud the top publisher McGraw Hill trust.

Because Hughes couldn't be contacted at all, McGraw-Hill had always been skeptical, but he was dazzled by the benefits of exclusively publishing the autobiography of the legendary tycoon, and he paid Clifford Irvine millions of dollars in advance. remuneration.

Although Clifford Irwin is a "half-way monk", he is a guy with a great talent for deception. He keeps flying around the world, creating the illusion of following the footsteps of Howard Hughes to the publishing house, and concentrating on researching Hughes All the historical materials, company management information, lace news, and even generous interviews with Hughes' acquaintances, spent nine months working at the desk, and actually produced a celebrity autobiography that looks decent.

The unlucky McGraw-Hill Publishing House has found a treasure, and Howard Hughes only learned about it when they started to announce the new book. Like Johnny Carson today, he hurriedly asked the lawyer to issue a statement and publicly passed the The conference call claims not to have authorized anyone to write an autobiography.

Clifford Irvine is also a talent. In this case, he can still take advantage of Hughes' reluctance to appear in public, hold a press conference to bite back, and say that Hughes and his lawyer in this conference call are fake of.

The McGraw-Hill executives who had spent a lot of money and time were completely confused. They could only use private detectives to cooperate with the police investigation. Finally, in 1972, on the eve of the publication of the autobiography, Clifford Irwin was caught. Conclusive evidence of deception sent him and his accomplices to prison, and the truth came out.

The legend of this scam does not stop there. In Clifford Irwin’s forged autobiography, he fabricated a plot that Hughes lent the then General Nixon a 400,000-meter knife, which happened to be the election year. Coupled with the political inclination of McGraw-Hill Publishing House, Nixon could not help but suspect that this joke about political and business collusion was a conspiracy by the Donkey Party, so he sent the chief security adviser of his re-election committee to bring four agents to covertly Sneaked into the office of the National Committee of the Donkey Party in the Watergate Hotel to install bugs and secretly photographed documents. Unexpectedly, he was caught by the security guards on the spot...

The Watergate case led to Nixon's betrayal, and in the end he could only resign sadly in order to avoid being impeached and step down.

As the butterfly wing that fanned major historical events, Clifford Irvine had a good life after he was released from prison. Hughes passed away in 1976. On the contrary, he gradually succeeded in cleansing himself, and now he has become a real best-selling author.

Perhaps Kunes, who regards the two legendary liars as idols, saw a reproducible path to success, so in the cat and mouse game crew, he chose Johnny Carson, who was also in his dying years.

But today is not like yesterday, and the current publishing houses have learned the lesson of McGraw Hill earlier, so they will not foolishly strictly enforce the confidentiality agreement, and Johnny Carson is not the stubborn Howard Hughes who avoids people. Johnny Carson immediately called the local Bamberke police to his home to explain the situation after the publishing house spread rumors through the media to seek evidence.

"So? Is there any need for our crisis public relations?" Sloan asked suspiciously.

"have."

Song Ya nodded, "In order to win the trust of the publishing house, that third-rate liar Kunes not only forged Johnny Carson's signature, but also provided the other party with a lot of so-called document evidence. I think he is participating in the cat and mouse game script. Something surreptitiously recorded during the editing process. This is a hidden danger, because neither Johnny Carson nor I know what he gave to the publisher."

Sloan understood, "Although Johnny Carson called the police immediately, after calming down, he should think that he cannot be shaken out by Kunes. The fact that it works. So Kunes hasn’t lost the con, which is why Simon & Schuster still won’t give up hope, right?”

"Correct! We have to prevent Johnny Carson from compromising, and then make mistakes, and together with Kunes, pour the dirty water on me."

Song Ya snapped her fingers.

"And the senior executives of Simon & Schuster, they don't want to be another laughing stock in the industry, after all, they have paid Kunes a deposit?" Sloan asked.

"Simon & Schuster is owned by Redstone's Viacom Group. William Morris will take you there to visit the media mogul."

At this time, the reporter came over to urge him, and Song Ya asked Taraji to take out a business card with the logo of William Morris' agency, "You contact Donovan yourself, and make an appointment."

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