Chapter 639 Motivation

Otway Films is located in a three-story office building in the suburbs.

When Luke and the two arrived by car, Otway Stone was already waiting downstairs.

He looked at Luke who was getting out of the car and said with a complicated expression, "Captain Li, I didn't expect us to meet so soon." He looked around and lowered his voice, "I thought I had made it clear.

In fact, I did tell you everything I know. "

Luke said, "Mr. Otway Stone, please don't be nervous.

The main purpose of our coming here is not for you. "

"OK, let's talk in my office." Otway Stone's tone was obviously relaxed, and he led Luke into the building.

This office building is very grand, and there are several old posters hanging on the first floor, which should be movies that Otway Film Company has shot before.

But Luke has not seen these movies.

In fact, this is normal. The United States shoots hundreds of movies a year, but only a dozen of them can really sell well and be remembered.

Otway Stone's office is on the third floor. I met several film company employees on the way, and they were obviously a little distant when they greeted Otway Stone.

Otway Stone complained, "I haven't been to the company for too long, it's time to straighten out these loose guys.

The most important thing for a good film company is creativity and execution. I can no longer see these in them. "

After entering the office, Otway Stone closed the door and asked Luke to sit down. "What would you like to drink?"

"no thank you.

We just want to talk to you. "

"OK, what do you want to talk about?

If you still think of me as the murderer, then I advise you not to waste your time.

I still say the same thing, I have nothing to do with the case of Gary Coffey. "

Luke said, "When we were investigating the murder of Garian Coffey, we found out that Garian's father was also murdered thirty-nine years ago. Both of them died while serving as the chairman of the Coffey Group. So, we wanted to understand the history of the Coffey family and see if the two cases were related."

"The history of the Coffey family?" Otway Stone frowned slightly.

"That's right."

"Then you have found the wrong person. Galian, who I only met a few years ago, has no idea about his family's history. Why don't you ask Galian's wife?"

Luke asked, "I have a question, how do you do a documentary on the Coffey family if you don't know their history?"

Otway Stone smiled, "I understand." Otway Stone picked up the landline phone on the table and said, "Jessica, send the information about the Coffey family documentary to my office, please hurry up." a little."

After hanging up the phone, Otway Stone said to Luke, "Captain Lee, that's all I can help you."

"Thank you very much." Luke said politely and asked, "When are you going to shoot the documentary?"

"In three days, I will hold a opening ceremony here."

"So fast?"

"A documentary is not difficult for me. Oh, by the way, you can watch the information about the Coffey family, but you can't take it away.

We also need to use it before the actual shooting. "

"clear."

Otway Stone lowered his voice and said, "I won't mention it to anyone else."

"certainly."

"Dong dong..."

After a while, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in."

A black woman with short hair walked into the office and put a stack of documents on the desk. "Mr. Otway Stone, this is the information you want."

"Are they all here?"

"Yes.

It took three months to prepare this information. "

Otway Stone curled his lips, "By the way, prepare an invitation letter for the opening ceremony, which will be held in three days."

Jessica was a little surprised, "Is it too fast? The casting for the documentary has not been determined yet."

Otway Stone shook his head, "This is not what you should think about. Do your job."

Jessica shrugged, "I understand, are there any other instructions?"

"Close the door."

Jessica left the office and closed the door.

Otway Stone waved his hand with some dissatisfaction, "I haven't been here for too long, these people have forgotten my way of doing things.

We need to readjust to each other. Otway Stone patted the document in front of him and said, "Gentlemen, this is the information you want about the Coffey family. I hope it will be useful to you." "

“Does this include the script for the documentary?”

"Yes, the top notebook is the initial script. I have read it this morning. It can be said to be unremarkable. There will be changes later.

Although I don’t have high hopes for this documentary, what needs to be done must still be done. "

Luke nodded, "Mr. Stone, our reading of information here may affect your work. Can you give us another office?"

"do you have any requests?"

"As long as no one disturbs me."

Otway Stone thought for a while, "The lounge is next to me. You can go there to check the information. If you have anything, you can call me anytime."

"Thank you." Luke and Xiao Hei took the information and went to the lounge next door.

Entering the lounge, Xiao Hei put a stack of information on the table, "This guy gives me the feeling that he is not professional at all, as if he is rushing to catch up on a project. It seems that the Coffey family documentary is going to be messed up."

Luke said, "Stop worrying about him and do our own work."

Xiao Hei picked up the script placed on top of the information, "Do you want to read this?"

Luke hesitated for a moment, "No, reading the script directly will give people a preconceived idea.

It’s better to read the information first. "

"It's up to you." Xiao Hei shrugged and looked to himself.

Luke also picked up other documents on the table and looked through them.

The information spans a wide range, from the establishment of Coffey Company in 1960 to the present day, including the sixty-year development history of Coffey Company and the family. It mainly records the gradual growth of the family and company led by Burnett Coffey and his son. At the same time, it also records the impact of changing times on the culture, economy, and politics of Los Angeles.

Luke felt that the information was somewhat false, and at the same time, he remained skeptical about the authenticity and description angle of some events.

"Damn it, the screenwriter of this documentary is a bastard. He is completely confusing right and wrong." Xiao Hei threw the script on the table and swore directly.

Luke asked, "Any questions?"

Xiao Hei picked up the script and rummaged through it, "Here.

This script deliberately discredits others in order to beautify the Coffey family, and there is no authenticity at all. "

Luke picked up the script and didn't look directly at the page with Little Black Finger, but started from the first page.

The documentary begins in 1954. At that time, Burnett Coffey, the founder of the Coffey Group, was still a young man of about 20 years old. He ran away from home because of conflicting ideas and conflicts with his parents.

After that, he met his wife and started his first business with her support and encouragement. Unfortunately, this business was not successful.

But his efforts were recognized by his family, and with the support of his parents, he started his second business and founded Coffey Company.

Burnett Coffey also married his wife and soon gave birth to his first son, Gary Coffey.

Coffey's Company gradually grew in size under the management of Burnett Coffey and became a well-known enterprise in Los Angeles.

In the documentary, the Coffey family members are absolutely positive characters. Each family member is friendly to each other and positive. For the completeness of the story, some supporting characters must be added, and most of these supporting characters have negative images.

For example, a black female secretary of Burnett Coffey was taken care of by Burnett Coffey because her family was poor. However, she misunderstood this kindness and developed a good impression of Burnett Coffey and took the initiative to join him. There were hugs and hugs, but Burnett Coffey loved his wife deeply and remained unmoved.

The black female secretary was unwilling to give up and used various means to seduce Burnett Coffey. Not only was Burnett not tempted, but she told her wife about it and transferred the black female secretary from her post.

The black female secretary became angry and left Coffey Company angrily.

Ordinary people might laugh at this plot, but Luke suddenly thought of Michael Kamara's sister.

Michael Kamara's sister should be the prototype of this black female secretary. She was only thirty-two years old when she died. Burnett Coffey was killed with a crossbow while worshiping her.

According to the description of Michael Kamara's wife, Michael Kamara's sister did have an inappropriate relationship with Burnett Coffey, but it was forced by Burnett Coffey, and Michael Kamara Sister Mala had no choice but to accept this relationship because she had to support her family.

Later, because Burnett Coffey's wife discovered the relationship between Burnett and Michael Kamara's sister, she drove Michael Kamara's sister out of the company and slandered her reputation.

This incident also indirectly led to the suicide of Michael Kamara's sister.

Luke put down the script and said, "Different people will always have different angles and conclusions when describing the same thing."

Xiaohei said, "Yes, if Michael Kamara saw this script, he would definitely jump out of his wheelchair with anger.

The man who indirectly killed his sister turned out to be a gentleman, while his sister was portrayed as a bad woman who destroyed other people's families.

Even I felt very angry and couldn't accept it. "

Luke said, "If even you find it unacceptable, then wouldn't Michael Kamara's family be even more angry?"

Xiao Hei thoughtfully said, "So, you still suspect Michael Kamara is the murderer, but he has cerebral thrombosis and even walking has problems."

Luke said, “Whether Michael Kamara is the murderer or not is still uncertain.

Assume that the murderer killed Burnett Coffey thirty-nine years ago because of the death of Michael Kamara's sister.

Thirty-nine years later, Garian Coffey wanted to film a family documentary that once again defamed Michael Kamara's sister and angered his killer.

The murderer also had a reason to kill again after thirty-nine years. "

Xiao Hei listened very seriously, frowned and said, "Wait, I want to interrupt you.

Although Burnett and Gary Coffey are father and son, other than that, no other common clues were found in the two cases.

On the contrary, the fingerprints found at the scene of the murder of Garion Coffey were the same as those of the suspect in the Silver Cross case forty years ago. From the evidence, the two cases were more likely to be committed by the same murderer.

To be honest, putting these three cases together makes me a little confused..."

Luke stood up and took a few steps, "Let me tell you a story.

Forty years ago, a black youth and a Chinese youth met at a mutual aid meeting..."

Xiao Hei interjected, "What mutual aid group?"

Luke motioned Xiao Hei not to interrupt, "I don't know, such as alcohol withdrawal, insomnia, depression, etc. These are not important. What is important is that they met.

Both young men were particularly painful because of the death of their loved ones, which gave them a common topic to talk about their respective experiences.

Among them, the sister of the black young man was forced to have a relationship by his boss. In order to support the family, he had to maintain this relationship. In the end, the boss's wife discovered it, which indirectly led to the suicide of the black young man's sister.

The boss's wife also went around slandering the black man's sister. The black young man was very angry. He felt that the boss and his wife had killed his sister, and he wanted revenge.

A Chinese young man had a similar experience. His mother was hit and killed by a white youth, but for various reasons, the law did not punish the perpetrator. This made him very angry and he wanted to avenge his mother.

But he also knew that once his boss was killed, the police would definitely suspect him.

So the two young men exchanged the target of the murder, so that even if the police investigated, they would have an alibi and eliminate suspicion. "

Xiao Hei snapped his fingers, "Exchange killing.

This method of killing has been performed many times in movies and TV dramas, but it is not considered very clever. "

Luke said, “This is indeed true now. With the help of technology, it is easy to find the commonalities between two cases and the murderer.

But that was forty years ago, and the two killers were smart enough to separate the two cases by months.

What's even more coincidental is that one case was handled by LAPD and the other was investigated by the FBI. In that era when information was not yet convenient, they were investigated as two separate cases.

There was no connection between the two murderers and the deceased, which made the detection of the case even more difficult, and eventually it became an unsolved case. "

Luke paused for a moment to gather his thoughts and continued, "Forty years later, the boss's son wanted to film a family documentary. Perhaps under the influence of his mother, he once again slandered the black female secretary who had vilified the boss.

And we want to promote her more extensively in the form of film and television dramas.

After the young black man, who was no longer alive, found out about this incident, he aroused the suppressed anger in his heart and killed again. "

Xiaohei concluded, "This explains why the fingerprints found at the scene of Gary Coffey's murder are the same as those of the suspect in the Silver Cross case."

"This is just speculation on my part, but it does make sense in theory," Luke said.

"If Michael Kamara was the murderer, wouldn't he be faking his illness?"

Luke thought for a moment, "I don't feel like he's pretending to be sick."

“If he was really sick and had difficulty going out, how did he know that Gary Coffey was going to make a documentary that slandered his sister?

And how to kill Garion Coffey? "

"These are two questions. Let me answer your first shot question first.

Do you remember the black female assistant who just sent us information? "

"Of course, any questions?"

"I've seen her."

"where."

"To be exact, you have seen her photo."

Xiao Hei recalled carefully, his eyes widened, "The photo in the living room of Michael Kamara's house, she is Michael Kamara's daughter!

No, why is Michael Kamara’s daughter in the Coffey family company? "

Luke said, "To be precise, she worked at Otway Film Company. Unfortunately, the film company was not operating well, so Otway Stone sold some shares of the film company to the Coffey Group."

Michael Kamara, Michael’s wife, Michael’s daughter?

Xiao Hei subconsciously asked, "Who is the murderer?"

Luke shook his head, "No matter who it is, we don't have enough evidence to prove the murderer now."

"Do you have any good ideas?"

"With eyes on the Michael Kamara family, they will not sit idly by as long as the Coffey family documentary continues to be filmed."

Thanks to the book friend "Yijian Search Huangquan" for the reward of 10,000 starting coins.