Chapter 200 Mr. Page's Work Efficiency
Jim has always been very efficient in doing things. In the evening, he called back.
At that time, Tommy was setting up a barbecue in the backyard of Stephen’s house, trying to help Stephen prepare dinner to influence the other party, so that he could sell his dream to Stephen and trick the other party into taking money.
"Your lady vixen is trying to become famous by investigating Wicca, a religious organization in New England, with her two colleagues." Jim said the news he knew on the phone.
Tommy held the phone in one hand and a brush in the other, and spread amber honey on the barbecue. Hearing what Jim said, Tommy froze for a moment: "Is that a variant of Christianity?"
"It's not very clear. Robert said that it seems to be some kind of witch religion. Most of the believers are women. The TV station and newspapers have already reported an issue last week. The lawyers of the Wicca organization have approached the TV station and newspapers to try to shut them down. mouth, but obviously no one listened, are you sure you want Robert to trouble that girl?"
"That kind of religious organization finds a few fanatics to kill reporters. It's as easy as killing chickens. It doesn't seem to matter which side dies, so I think it's safe to let Mr. Page pick her up for a vacation in Los Angeles. , stay away from that kind of investigation." After Tommy finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Beside him, Stephen, who fed the sausage that Tommy worked so hard to feed the dog, glanced at him: "Even the dogs don't like your grilled food, Tommy, you're sure humans won't die after eating this stuff."
"Have you heard of the name W-I-C-C-A, Wicca? Stephen?" Tommy frowned slightly and asked the other party.
Stephen repeated the words Tommy said, chewing gum in his mouth and thinking for a while, then shook his head: "No, I'm sure I don't know a woman with that name."
"It's not a woman, it's a religious organization. It's best to stay away from weird religious organizations like the United States. Their crime cost is lower than that of black people. The bottom believers are equivalent to the middle and high-level free killers, and they can still have firm beliefs. Take all the charges and go to jail." Tommy didn't expect Stephen to have heard of this religious organization active in New England, so he called Sophia:
"Sophia, let Mr. Page go on a business trip, fly to Worcester, Massachusetts, and pick up Zoe to Los Angeles for a vacation. The rich man has a new play with characters based on her. I hope she will help this movie. The film casts the right actress to play herself, Mr Page knows Zoe, he met her at David's wedding."
Stephen heard Tommy ask someone to pick up Zoe, and said beside him: "Do you need help, I'll ask someone to pick up your Mr. Page? My father's 1982 Gulfstream III was parked at Los Angeles Airport. He thought The interior of the plane was terrible and it was too small for a long intercontinental flight, so I flew Air France first class with my mother to Paris."
"Let Mr. Page wait in the company, and Stephen's people will pick him up and go to the airport." Tommy was not polite, finished speaking, and hung up the phone: "Don't you say that your father didn't get a dime inheritance, Gulfstream 3 Well, my future father-in-law also owns one of those things, and the basic model will cost around seven million."
"Just like I was admitted to Stanford by my own ability, my father also earned the money by his own efforts. Come on, he has served as the assistant secretary of health for two presidents, and served as a director or CEO of several pharmaceutical companies. , just earn some salary, which is enough to buy a small plane as a means of transportation, not to mention that he bought second-hand goods. Originally, this plane belonged to a pharmaceutical company owner, but he lost interest after paying the money, so he transferred it to the company at half price. my father."
"The collusion between government and businessmen in the United States makes you describe it as kind and beautiful as a **** fairy tale."
"So, Zoe met the other party looking for trouble?"
"I'm not in trouble so far, but I feel that she needs to stay away from those stupid religious believers. I don't want to see Zoe in the newspapers, like Hollywood actress Sharon Tate, being cut open by cult believers. "Tommy continued to bake the delicious food, and said in his mouth:
"Those brainwashed idiots, ignorant and fearless, will do anything for the **** belief in their hearts, but it doesn't matter, Mr. Page will bring Zoe safely. He is very organized and efficient."
…
Massachusetts, Worcester, morning, a common coffee shop.
On the innermost deck, Zoe turned on her recording equipment, spread out her notebook, held a pen in her hand, and fixed her eyes on the woman opposite.
The woman sitting opposite her was about 30 years old, with a sad face and wearing cheap clothes. Like Zooey, she had black hair, but it didn't look as black and smooth as Zooey's. At this time, her hands were constantly on the table He clenched his fingers and pursed his lips hard.
Zoe slowly pushed the coffee in front of the woman: "Drink some coffee, you can relax yourself, I promise you are safe now, Sylvia, no one knows that I came to see you."
The woman named Sylvia picked up the coffee and took a few sips. Under Zooey's encouraging gaze, she finally spoke slowly:
Zoe almost at the same time, the pen immediately began to record in the notebook.
"Even my parents, or even my husband, can't tell them any news in the church." The woman looked around vigilantly and continued in a low voice.
Zoe asked while writing, "Why can't you tell your family?"
"They said that because people in the world are ignorant, they worried that if they told them the truth, they would misunderstand Wicca as Satanism or the Church of Lucifer, but Wicca is completely different from those cults. Someone accidentally leaked it, and then she When I went to the assembly again, as she lied to deceive the high priest, the candle on the altar suddenly turned green, which meant that the person who leaked the secret was no longer our fellow practitioner, and she was taken away by the law enforcement officers in the church. , we never saw her again."
"I have already said in last week's investigative news program that those are magic skills. We found out that after your prophet was released from prison in his early years, he worked as an assistant with a magician. During this period, he learned a lot of magic skills. In front of you, disguise those magic tricks as magic."
"Yes, I was shaken only by seeing the news." Sylvia raised her head and glanced at Zoe cautiously: "Your report convinced me that the prophet did not summon any God."
Zoe continued to ask: "What do you mean by the big ceremony in your mouth?"
The woman lowered her head, took a few sips of coffee, and then said in a very soft voice: "It is a birth ritual in the church, where the gods and believers are combined. The prophet will call the gods to descend on him, and then combine with the believers."
After listening to Zoe, it was obvious that the facial muscles were beating slightly. This big ceremony is really heartless. More than half of the cult organizations in the United States will use similar excuses to trick female believers into giving their bodies, but there are always women who are deceived:
"How often is the big ceremony you said?"
The woman was silent for a long time before giving the answer: "Once a week, each time the high priest will select five most devout believers to participate in the ceremony."
"How many times have you been singled out?" Zoe asked.
"Five times. I haven't participated since I turned 30 years old and I haven't made a large donation. The last time I participated in a big ceremony was three years ago."
"Which point makes you shake and doubt the grand ceremony of Wicca?"
"After you said that those spells were magic, I began to try to recall possible doubts, and then I remembered something that a real **** would never do."
"What's up?"
"I once accidentally saw the Prophet secretly taking some medicines. After thinking about it, my husband has also taken the same pills for the past two years, so I thought that it is impossible for the gods to use some medicines to complete the relationship with the five A union of female believers."
Zoe first looked at the woman in front of her dumbfounded, and after making sure that the other party was not joking, she recorded what she just said.
As soon as she was done, her phone rang. Zoe made an apologetic gesture to the other party, and answered the call from her colleague: "What's the matter? I'm collecting information."
The woman couldn't hear what was said on the phone, but she saw Zoe's eyes obviously widened: "It's a holiday? Are you kidding me? For safety reasons, the show I'm on is temporarily suspended. What safety considerations? What did the police say, the Wicca guys did it? So, there's nothing I can do?"
Soon, Zooey hung up the phone with an angry face, and Sylvia stared at Zooey nervously: "What happened?"
"My department received a gift box. After opening it, I found a timing device inside. The TV station colleagues were so frightened that they all evacuated. The police arranged for special personnel to dismantle it, only to find that there was no bomb inside, only a box of chocolates." Zoe was irritated said:
"Before the conclusion of the police investigation is released, for safety reasons, we are required to suspend all actions that may cause subsequent reactions from potential suspects, such as continuing to investigate Wicca. To put it simply, I am on vacation. According to the speed of the police investigation, the vacation is at least as short as It will take two weeks. Obviously, the people from Wicca are trying to intimidate us, and the gift box does not contain any threatening words. It contains chocolates. Even if the police come to the door, there is nothing they can do about it. They can be said to be a gift from enthusiastic viewers to the TV station. box of chocolates."
In the public phone booth outside the coffee shop, the bald Paige wearing a smoky gray jacket saw Zoe hang up the phone, and immediately dialed her number. Looking at Zoe's back in the coffee shop, she said:
"Ms. Zoe Winters, I'm Lottery Page, Mr. Tommy Hawk's driver, he asked me to pick you up in Los Angeles, to be a casting judge consultant for Mr. Stephen Bean's new movie , Electric, I asked the TV station you work for, and they said you just started vacation."
(end of this chapter)