Ten o'clock in the morning.
New York Police Department External Press Conference Room.
Major New York reporters and media outlets who received the notification have all rushed over, and those media outlets that have a good cooperative relationship with the New York Police Department have already taken their seats.
Media reporters who had conflicts with the New York Police Department or had little influence stood.
If reporters who have a problem with the NYPD can also sit down, then what has the NYPD become, a masochist?
soon.
Caroline, dressed in a police uniform and known as the face of the New York Police Department and from the Public Crisis Relations Department, came over from behind, said good morning to the major media reporters in the audience, and then went straight to the point.
The media reporters in the audience were indifferent for the first five seconds, then stunned for three seconds, and then they instantly fell into great excitement when they heard the theme of this press conference.
Nothing else.
At first, these media reporters thought that the theme of this press conference was about the attack on the police officer last night.
Unexpectedly...
It turned out that they were going to reopen the eleven-year-old car accident murder case of Howard and his wife.
Jesus Christ.
This is a big event that will shake up New York City and won't have to worry about the headlines for some time to come.
Caroline leaned back on the stage and said, "Next, the details of the reopened investigation will be explained by Detective Lake Edwin, the head of the NYPD's Homicide and Serious Crimes Unit 3."
Finished.
Lake, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, walked onto the stage from the back.
Lake shook hands with Caroline. After Carlos left the stage, Lake looked directly at the media reporters and said, "I always like to be straightforward. Ten questions for this guy from the New York Daily News."
The New York Daily reporter who had grabbed the first question stood up and said excitedly, "Detective Edwin, is the reopening of the Howard Starkov car accident case due to the emergence of crucial evidence?"
"Yes."
"Could you please tell me?"
"A witness who may have witnessed the entire incident at the scene."
Lake spoke concisely, then looked directly at an old acquaintance in the audience, a beautiful reporter from the Daily Bugle: "The Daily Bugle."
The blonde female reporter stood up and said, "Detective Edwin, as far as I know, the Howard Stark and his wife's car accident case is a federal case. Does the New York Police Department have the right to reopen it?"
Lake smiled and said, "I think you've forgotten that the NYPD is responsible for protecting the safety of New Yorkers and their surrounding residents, as well as the safety of New York City. Any incident that endangers or threatens New York City has the legitimate law enforcement authority granted by its 80 million citizens."
"Inspector Edwin is saying this is a matter of New York's security?"
"Yes."
Lake said expressionlessly, "The key clue I just mentioned was obtained by my partner, Detective Joe Martinez of Team 3. To obtain this crucial clue, someone deliberately fabricated an escalating robbery last night with the intention of killing Detective Joe Martinez. Tell me, does this endanger the safety of New York?"
Another reporter stood up.
"Inspector Edwin, you said there was something else going on in last night's case. Do you have any evidence?"
"We have arrested a suspect at the scene."
"Inspector Edwin, what made you reopen this case?"
"What's the reason?"
Lake listened to the reporter's tenth question and gave a rare smile. Then he looked around at the reporters and suppressed his expression. "The NYPD's motto is 'loyalty until death'. Loyalty to New York, loyalty to the citizens of New York. We, the NYPD, have always been mortal enemies of crime. As long as there is any evidence, no matter who the case is, we will reopen the investigation. Thank you."
Finished.
Lake turned around and walked off the stage.
The reporters in the audience flashed their cameras and kept shouting Lake's name, as if they wanted him to stay a little longer and answer a few more questions.
Lake turned a deaf ear to it. After handing the stage to Caroline, he took the elevator directly to the underground parking lot, drove out of the garage, and headed directly to Tony Stark's residence on Wards Island in New York.
After all, a wealthy man like Tony Stark cannot have only a hilltop mansion in Los Angeles. He also has a manor in New York.
It's just that Tony Stark rarely lives in this manor.
Eleven o'clock in the morning.
Lake arrived at the gate of Tony Stark's Stark Manor on Woz Island. After showing his ID, the electric fence of the manor in front of him automatically retracted.
In the main hall of the manor.
Tony Stark frowned as he watched the police press conference playing on repeat on TV.
Nothing else.
He had just returned from his private resort island, and then heard a report from Jarvis that his personal donation of 100 million US dollars in funds and 100 million US dollars in supplies to the New York Police Department was more than half completed.
Tony didn't take it seriously at first. Although he had no idea when he agreed to donate money to the New York Police Department, he had donated many times and to many organizations over the years, and sometimes he just mentioned it casually. The specific matters were handled by his personal secretary and life assistant, Ms. Pepper Potts.
But this morning, Tony Stark received a call from the mayor of New York. During the call, the mayor said that he had ordered the New York Police Department to reopen the investigation into the case and had also obtained key evidence.
Tony was a little confused and asked what was going on. The mayor probably misunderstood and directly said that he would ask Inspector Edwin, who was in charge of the case, to visit him.
At this moment, Tony Stark was watching the news on TV about the reopening of the investigation into his parents' accidental death in a car accident, but his heart was filled with a huge wave.
Could it be...
Outside.
After getting out of the car, Lake shook hands with the tall beauty who was wearing a formal suit and had her hair tied up, who looked nothing like the ones in the movies. "Hello, Ms. Potts."
This version of Boz had no spots, and Lake wasn't surprised at all.
You can't trust all movies either.
If you believe the movie, Tony Stark donating $200 million to restart the investigation into the case is completely inconsistent with the plot of the movie.
Reality is reality after all.
Movies can't be taken seriously.
Pepper Potts said with a smile, "Thank you very much for coming, Inspector Edwin. I'm sorry to bother you this time."
Lake said, "Mr. Stark donated $200 million to the New York Police Department. This at least saves us from having to attend fundraising receptions for the next three years. It's not a big deal. Also, I'm very grateful to Mr. Stark for letting me be responsible for the conditions for reopening the case."
If this case is successfully closed.
Nothing else to say.
Promotion is a certainty.
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