In New York in the 1950s, people could hear various reports about murder, robbery, kidnapping, and the five major mafia families almost every day.

When Alex disappeared at the signing ceremony, people initially thought he was avoiding the surveillance of FBI agents. But soon they found something was wrong, and the bodyguards told the news to the head of CPT Records. The head told the news to Rudy and Carpenter's family.

There is no communication tool like a mobile phone in this era. It is easy to do if a person wants to hide and not let anyone find it.

But the Carpenters didn't think Alex would be such a person. They knew that their eldest son was more maverick, but they wouldn't do such a worrying thing.

"Why didn't I leave a message or call to notify us? He must have something happened. It must be like this. We should call the police quickly, call the police quickly!"

Angel was restless and walked around excitedly. She thought that Alex would disappear silently if he encountered something bad.

Facing Angel's request, Bart almost nodded in agreement. Fortunately, Rudy stopped them and said, "Don't be excited. If Alex is kidnapped and we run to call the police, it will kill him."

Hearing Rudy's words, the Carpenters immediately calmed down.

Yes, if the kidnappers knew that they had called the police, they might have killed them.

"But even if we don't call the police, the bodyguards and FBI agents all knew about some of the situation, and the book fans at the scene, God knows how much they know about it."

Bart scratched his head with some distress. He no longer knew what to do. Calling the police may cause the kidnappers to tear up their tickets, and if they don’t call the police, they will not be able to understand what happened to Alex. Perhaps Alex was not kidnapped by the kidnappers, or perhaps other accidents occurred to Alex.

"Then let the bodyguards keep their mouths tight and don't say anything. The key is not to let the reporter know about this. As for FBI agents, they should be people who can keep secrets. I have a friend who has some relationship with FBI agents. Maybe you can ask him for help contacting him."

Before Rudy could contact his friend, the FBI people came to the door. Two people came, both wearing off-white suits and black felt wide-brimmed hats, looking like office workers on Wall Street.

One of the agents with a hooked nose put his finger on the edge of the hat and saluted them: "Hello, Mr. Carpenter, Mrs. Carpenter!"

"Hello, you!"

When Bart first learned that these two people were FBI people, he was a little surprised. All Americans knew that the FBI was like organizations like the Gestapo and the KGB, and was a secret policeman of the US government. Anyone who was targeted by the FBI would not feel that life was better.

Director Hoover is a person who is more powerful than the president. He would rather offend the US president than offend Hoover.

They knew before that Alex was being monitored by the FBI, but they didn't expect that the other party would come to the door so swaggeringly, and they didn't know what the FBI wanted to do.

"We are here this time to find out what happened to your son Alex."

This time I was talking to another FBI agent. He had a movie star-like face. He looked very handsome and made people feel intimate when watching it.

Angel had no good feelings for the FBI agents, and she shouted angrily: "You dare to come up and ask how my son is. Haven't you been monitoring him all day long? I want to ask if you have found my son. If you hadn't been monitoring, how could Alex leave the signing party without the protection of the bodyguard?"

The hook-nosed FBI agent frowned, but he said nothing.

On the contrary, the handsome FBI agent looked at Angel with a smile and said softly: "We monitored him because we received the news that someone was going to be against him. Director Hoover sent us to follow your son in order to maintain social stability and protect social celebrities."

Angel laughed furiously. When she was about to refute the other party's absurd remarks, Bart put his hand on her shoulder.

"Dear, don't be impulsive, listen to what the other party says first." He whispered in Angel's ear, stopping her from getting angry.

The star-faced FBI continued: "Six months ago, we learned that the Klan, civil rights people and unidentified people were collecting your information, especially Alex's information was attracting much attention. A few months ago, there were clues that showed that someone was trying to monitor Alex's daily activities. At this time, we decided to find these people and see what they wanted to do. So we arranged some people to protect Alex, and who knew that such a misunderstanding would arise."

Bart and the others were stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect that this matter would be planned half a year ago, and so many people were looking for their information. Not only Carpenters, but even Rudy felt a little creepy.

"You, you mean the Klan, civil rights people and those who are unidentified have joined forces to kidnap Alex?"

Bart asked a very stupid thing, which was because he was confused. After asking, he knew how stupid he was.

The FBI agent shook his head with a smile and said, "We don't think they will unite, we just say that there are so many people paying attention to you. Whether they want to be bad for you or have some intentions, they are targeting Alex."

This is indeed true. The Carpenter family has risen too fast in recent years and has developed almost in a leap. Record companies, electronic companies, broker companies, Star Technology companies, battery factories, dream factories, toy factories, investment companies, ABC TV stations, etc., almost every company with the CPT prefix is ​​developing rapidly.

The key role in this is Alex. Without him, all this will no longer exist. If it is an enemy of the Carpenter family, then the primary goal is to get rid of Alex. As long as Alex is gone, the development momentum of the Carpenter family will definitely slow down.

The Hook-Nose Agent said in a guide: "They started paying attention to Alex half a year ago. Think about it, who is your biggest enemy."

Angel shook his head and said, "Enemma, enemy? We don't know, really don't know."

Bart didn't know who he had offended. He said: "Half a year ago, Alex had just started to tour. He didn't do anything special."

"Tournament? Could it be that the Klans of the 3KK people dislike him..."

Rudy's words quickly reminded the Carpenters and their husbands, and they immediately thought of what happened in Atlanta. But if it was really done by the Klan, Alex would be in danger.

"Oh! No, it's impossible! Alex..." Angel covered his face with his hands in pain and whispered.

"Then, then was Alex caught by the Klan? Do we have to call the police immediately?"

Bart was also panicked. He knew very well that the cruelty of the Klans fell into their hands. It was really bad.

The star-faced agent smiled, he stood up, took a few steps at will, and then asked, "Maybe it might be a kidnapping this time."

"What should we do?" Bart asked.

"You can wait at home first. Maybe the kidnappers will call you to ask for ransom. As for our FBI, we will investigate secretly to see who kidnapped Alex."

"Then let the bodyguards investigate together."

"No! Once your bodyguards are out, they will soon make the reporters smell something. Perhaps the kidnappers are secretly monitoring your bodyguards. It is best to let them work as usual and not do anything abnormal."

The two FBI agents were instructed by Wan, asking the Carpenters to dispel the idea of ​​calling the police and sending people to find them on their own. They said that if there was any news, they would notify them and then say goodbye and leave.

In the first few days, the situation was calm and outsiders had no idea about Alex's disappearance. The book fans who could not wait for the signature were told that because Alex was too busy to continue signing, he gave a newly launched record as compensation.

After these book fans got the record, they were satisfied and did not expect any accidents to happen to Alex.

In any case, this matter was temporarily suppressed. The Carpenters were waiting for the kidnappers to call, but strangely they had never waited for the call.

After waiting for several days, they were already worried that something unexpected happened when Alex encountered an accident.

A New York Times reporter accidentally learned that Alex left before the signing time was over. Many book fans waited for a long time. Although compensation was made afterwards, some book fans still felt a little regretful. The reporter wanted to interview Alex to see what he explained about this matter.

When he went to contact Alex's agent, the other party told him that Alex was busy recording records and did not want to accept any interviews. Unexpectedly, the reporter did not give up. So he disguised himself as he sneaked into CPT Records, and he could not find Alex.

The reporter thought he would return without success this time, so he planned to leave quietly. When he accidentally passed by the locker room, he heard two staff chatting.

When they mentioned Alex, they said that he had not appeared in the recording studio for many days and did not know what he was busy with.

The reporter with a sensitive sense of smell immediately knew that there was something wrong with him. He thought Alex's agent lied to him, but for the sake of lying, it was worth exploring. After almost a week of investigation, he came to an astonishing conclusion that Alex was likely to be missing or kidnapped.

When he wrote the news into a press release and sent it, the editor-in-chief of the New York Times told him that the news must not be published.

"Why?"

The reporter was very angry. He felt that his investigation was so hard and that the news was so newsworthy, but someone told him that it could not be published. Wouldn't this have made his efforts in vain for more than a week? How could this be done?

"If you can't publish it, you can't publish it. Someone has already said hello to us. During this period, all the news about Alex cannot be published."

Although the editor-in-chief's explanation is vague, the reporter knows very well what this means, that is, there are people from higher-level officials involved in this matter. As for whether it is a government agency or a consortium, it is unknown.

The reporter thought to himself, if you say you can't post, then I'll find another one. In short, we must insist on press freedom and not let the so-called pressure from the top leaders be affected.

Unexpectedly, some other big newspapers received similar pressure and were unwilling to publish this news. This made the reporter nervous. Those with such great influence must be the government's actions or organizations like the FBI who are manipulating it.

Fortunately, there are still many small and medium-sized newspapers in the United States that will not obey the orders of the government or the FBI. He quickly exposed the news to some more gossipy newspapers, at the cost of his work in the New York Times and his chance to switch to the big newspapers. For such reporters who do not play according to common sense, those big newspapers will not accept it.

News of Alex's disappearance or kidnapped began to spread in a small way. Since he is now an American celebrity, such news quickly attracted people's attention. Some radio, television and newspapers received calls asking about Alex.

People want to know if the kidnapping of Alex was true, who kidnapped him, what requests the kidnappers made, etc. At this time, everyone knew that the news could no longer be concealed. So the ban on Alex's related news was automatically lifted, and everyone began to report this news, even ABC TV was no exception.

After radio programs, TV news, newspapers, etc., all media started to operate, Alex's disappearance or kidnapping was immediately made public.

The Carpenter's house was surrounded by reporters who flocked to the white brick mansion at No. 4052, New York. Anyone who entered and left the city would be asked by these reporters, whether it was relatives, friends, colleagues, etc., who were like flies, chasing news related to Alex everywhere. As long as someone talked about Alex, they would immediately pounce on it.

The reporters knew that Alex was missing or kidnapped, but no kidnappers called to ask for the ransom. They doubted whether Alex had been torn to the votes by the kidnappers.

At this time, Richard and Karen learned about the disappearance of their brother Alex. What's even more terrifying is that Alex is likely to be kidnapped or even tore off. The two brothers and sisters immediately cried in front of the reporter, not knowing what to do.

Faced with such a situation, the Carpenters knew that they could no longer hide it, so they asked Deer to represent the Carpenter family to announce a reward of $1 million in public to find clues related to Alex.

Soon, New York City Police Commissioner Morgan Carr also announced an additional $200,000 based on the $1 million reward offered by Carpenter's house.
Chapter completed!