Michael De Santa
Lester's first paid assassination for Franklin: kill the corrupt Vinewood hotel owner. Snipe him from the rooftop opposite or storm the suite — both options open up market plays.
The Hotel Assassination is the first assassination mission in given to protagonist Franklin Clinton by Lester Crest.
Franklin will get a text message from Lester, in which Lester informs Franklin to meet him at Del Perro Pier for an opportunity.
After Franklin goes to the designated spot near the Del Perro Pier, Lester meets with Franklin and explains his method of manipulating the stock market: buying stock of the rivals of a less-than-ethical company, then taking out a major figure in that company and selling the stock once the prices go up. Franklin, however, is hesitant about it as he doesn't consider these sort of kills as 'a good deed', but Lester assures him he now can because these people are 'assholes', and tells Franklin to kill Brett Lowrey, CEO of Bilkinton Research and the figurehead of a scandal after an erectile dysfunction pill he released, Priapol, was discovered to be the cause of several heart attacks, while he is leaving the Von Crastenburg Hotel in Richman.
Lester suggests two ways in which this can be accomplished: by shooting Lowrey with a sniper rifle or by destroying Lowrey's car (with Lowrey inside) with a sticky bomb. Regardless of how the player chooses to kill the target, once Lowrey is dead, Franklin must escape the scene and any resulting wanted level. Once this is accomplished, the mission ends.
Post-mission, Franklin then calls Lester to confirm that the job is done. Lester tells Franklin that their investment portfolio is getting a "little successful". Lester figured that tangible assets would be the best investment, so he bought a house in Vinewood Hills. He also states that he needed someone to live there due to tax purposes; Franklin came into mind, and Lester told him that all of his stuff was being moved in from his aunt's house to the new property. Franklin was surprised and ecstatic that Lester was giving him an entire property for free, as well as feeling relieved for not having to live with his crazed aunt Denise ever again.
