With Mark’s current age and strength, going head-to-head with the Black Fire Gang was undoubtedly the most foolish approach.
“Then we can only rely on the police to deal with the Black Fire Gang.”
Mark quickly made a decision.
However, before dealing with the Black Fire Gang, Mark first contacted a top local security company in New York over the phone — the Global Security Company.
The Global Security Company was formed by retired Agents from the former President’s Secret Service, specializing in serving political and business tycoons, top tycoons, and stars, with an excellent reputation in the industry.
“Now I need a top-tier bodyguard team. Send people immediately to the Hilton Hotel on South Lake Street!”
Mark had Alice disguise his voice into a rough adult voice.
For the top-tier bodyguard team, the Global Security Company would dispatch two tactical squads totaling 12 people to protect in rotation.
At the same time, it would also be equipped with powerful weapons such as bulletproof cars, riot shields, and sniper rifles, as well as surrounding intelligence monitoring and other services.
Such security service required a sky-high reward of two million dollars a year.
Yet Mark did not hesitate at all and decided to pay this money.
After all, as long as he kept growing, he was a man who could become Superman in the future!
If he died before growing up, Mark would definitely not be reconciled.
“Alright sir, we will arrange for people to go right over!”
Hearing such a big order, the receptionist’s voice became extremely enthusiastic.
After hanging up the phone, Mark knocked on Rosalie’s door next door, and told her that the Black Fire Gang was eyeing their crew and that he had hired a bodyguard team.
“Ah? New York is still too dangerous. Let’s hurry and leave here after finishing filming!”
Rosalie said somewhat panicky.
Clearly, even knowing she might encounter danger, she still instinctively wanted to finish acting before leaving.
Perhaps having fallen out with her family back then for her star dream, acting as a star had already become her biggest obsession.
Half an hour later, the people from the Global Security Company arrived.
Rosalie first brought the manager in charge of leading the team, Scott Davis, to the upstairs hotel room, while the other 12 team members temporarily stood by downstairs.
“Ms. Payne, can you tell me first what threat you have encountered?”
After entering the room, Scott asked with a serious expression.
Their security company had to ask the parties involved about the situation clearly first, so as to deploy protective measures in a targeted manner.
“It’s this gang organization called the Black Fire Gang. They are eyeing our crew.”
Rosalie replied, pointing to Damir’s photo on the monitor on the wall.
Hearing it was just a gang organization, Scott immediately felt relieved.
He said with a confident look: “Ms. Payne, please rest assured! The members of our bodyguard team are all retired special operations soldiers and former Secret Service members. With them protecting you, mere gang members cannot threaten you and your family at all.”
The reputation of the Global Security Company was fought out through battle after battle.
They had combat effectiveness no weaker than regular troops, and were not afraid of gangs at all.
“That’s good, that’s good!”
Rosalie finally felt relieved.
Then she signed a one-year employment contract with Scott, and then swiped the two million employment fee using the bank card Mark gave her.
Although she felt a bit heartache over the money, Rosalie’s worries were also completely put down.
“Ms. Payne, I am Michael Green, the Captain of the first squad, and they are my team members. The second squad is standing by downstairs, waiting for rotation. Over the next year, these two squads of ours will protect the safety of you and your family!”
Among them, a leading young man wearing camouflage, strong and upright, gave Rosalie a military salute and said.
This 6-person bodyguard squad had 2 women and 4 men as members, which was obviously specially arranged for the convenience of protecting the employer.
“Good, good, thank you for your hard work! What should be done next, I listen to your arrangements.”
Rosalie said with a thankful look.
Michael was not polite either, immediately leading his subordinate members to inspect Rosalie and Mark’s rooms once, and then made a suggestion.
“Ms. Payne, I suggest you and Mark live together, which can prevent our squad from being defeated one by one! In addition, the windows must be closed, and the curtains must be drawn. Monitoring must be installed at the door, and you and Mark must wear the emergency call wristbands we prepared…”
The other party was a professional bodyguard, so Rosalie naturally would not oppose his suggestion, nodding and agreeing one by one.
Mark quickly packed his things and moved into Rosalie’s room.
The commotion here also alarmed the others of the crew, who successively walked out of their rooms to check the situation.
“Rosalie, who are they?”
Looking at the six fully armed bodyguards, Caleb asked Rosalie in surprise.
“The situation is like this…”
Rosalie pulled Caleb into her room and told him about the Black Fire Gang eyeing their crew.
Caleb didn’t quite believe it at first, but after seeing the footage captured by the drone, he had to believe it!
“These damned gangs, they already collected protection money, yet they actually still want to strike at our crew!”
Caleb was so angry that he gnashed his teeth.
Then he took out his phone, dialed the call of Lester Bell, the President of the Bell Film Company, and told him about them being targeted by local gangs in New York.
“Rest assured, I will arrange a team of elite security to go to New York to protect the safety of the crew! The crew side can temporarily stop filming, and we’ll talk after this security team arrives.”
Lester gave an immediate response.
Previously, to save expenses, the crew did not arrange professional security to come to New York.
Now that the crew was eyed by gangs, they had no choice but to dispatch security over.
Hearing Lester’s arrangement, Caleb finally felt relieved.
With the security sent by the company, plus the bodyguards hired by Rosalie, it should be able to guarantee the safety of the crew.
“Alright alright, all go back to your own rooms, Rosalie just hired a bodyguard team over!”
After leaving Rosalie’s room, Caleb said to the crew members who were still watching outside.
He had told Rosalie not to tell everyone temporarily about the crew being eyed by the Black Fire Gang, and everything would be discussed after the company’s security arrived.
After all, many people mean many words; in case the news leaked out and made the Black Fire Gang make a move beforehand, it wouldn’t be good.
“Damned Rosalie! Where did she get so much money to be able to afford bodyguards from the Global Security Company?”
Rachel returned to her room and cursed fiercely, her tone filled with jealousy.
In Hollywood, only those first-line stars or top-tier stars could afford the bodyguard team of the Global Security Company.
Now that Rosalie could actually enjoy such treatment, how could she not envy and be jealous?
Yet with Rosalie currently under the protection of bodyguards, Rachel didn’t even dare to mock her face-to-face like before.
The sky quickly darkened, and Michael began to arrange nighttime security work for his subordinate members.
Among them, two female members entered Rosalie and Mark’s room, responsible for close personal protection.
The last member entered the monitoring vehicle downstairs, responsible for watching the monitors.
Michael himself operated the drone to check the surrounding situation of the hotel, and issued combat orders at any time.
“Actually, your drones and surveillance can all be hosted to Alice.”
Watching Michael make arrangements one by one, Mark hesitated slightly before putting forward his suggestion.
Both parties would still live together closely for a year in the future, and there was no need to hide some things from them, nor could they hide them at all.
Moreover, the reputation of the Global Security Company had always been good, and there had never been a situation where an employer’s privacy was leaked.
“Alice?”
Michael looked somewhat puzzled, squatted down and asked Mark: “Little Mark, who is Alice you are talking about?”
“Alice, come out and say hello to everyone.”
As Mark’s voice fell, the monitor on the wall lit up.
Alice, wearing a white princess dress and with exquisite features like an Angel, appeared on it.
“Hello everyone, I am Alice!”
Alice lifted the hem of her skirt and performed a curtsey.
“Th-This is artificial intelligence?”
Looking at Alice, whose expression and tone were just like a real person, Michael and his subordinate members widened their eyes in surprise.
“Of course not, true artificial intelligence should not have been born in the World yet. Alice is still just an intelligent program, considered to have reached the weak artificial intelligence level.”
Mark shook his head and continued: “However, with Alice’s current ability, she can already take over your drones, as well as communication, surveillance, and other equipment.”
“How do you understand so much?”
Michael looked in disbelief at Mark, who didn’t look like a five-year-old child at all.
“Because Alice was originally created by me.”
“But you are only five years old…”
“What’s wrong with being five years old? Tony Stark could make his own circuit boards at four years old, and I am definitely not weaker than him!”
Mark held his head high with an unconvinced expression.
At this moment, he finally seemed to have a trace of childishness.
Originally, Michael and the others still couldn’t believe that a five-year-old child like Mark could create an intelligent program like Alice.
Yet watching Mark skillfully operate the computer and connect their drones, communication equipment, and all surveillance to Alice, they had to choose to believe it.
Turns out, there really was such an astonishingly intelligent genius in this World.
“Alice, order No. 6 drone to take off and scout the situation within a 100-meter radius south of the Hilton Hotel.”
Michael tried to issue an order through the walkie-talkie.
“Hum!”
As his voice fell, the No.
6 drone immediately flew out of the window.
“No abnormalities found!”
A moment later, the drone returned, and Alice reported the checked results to everyone simultaneously.
“Alice’s scouting efficiency is much higher than me operating the drone myself!”
Alice’s performance pleasantly surprised Michael.
With Alice joining, he and the member responsible for guarding surveillance could both free up their hands to do other things, and the squad was equivalent to having two more members.