America is in control

Chapter 279: All-out war and personal end
Watching the exhausted Connery fall into a deep sleep, Liu Jiang thoughtfully covered her with the quilt, turned around and walked out of the bedroom.

He came to sit on the sofa in the living room, took out his mobile phone, and notified his confidants one by one to come to the Irvine Villa for a meeting.

After a round of close discussions, everyone started taking action according to the plan.

In the following period, several companies under Liu Jiang's name were repeatedly harassed by relevant departments under various excuses.

Apart from activating his personal network, asking for information, and actively responding to the situation, he had no other good ideas.

Fortunately, the management of Liu Jiang's company is relatively strict, and the personnel he recruits are also of outstanding quality.

Relevant departments only found some minor problems, and not a single serious problem that caused serious damage to the body.

Politicians supported by General Liu all year round also played a corresponding role and barely maintained the situation.

There's no way, Bob's old fox's relationship network is too complicated and powerful!

In addition, the public opinion offensive against General Liu by top promotion companies has not stopped.

As the truth gradually spread and the two videos were released, not many Americans bought the smear and rumors about racial discrimination.

The media on Bob's side simply changed the angle of attack. They targeted Liu General's various privacy and started crazy slander.

Although Alicia Silverstone accepted an interview with reporters and issued a public statement to support her ex-boyfriend.

However, various labels such as scumbag, heartless man, heartless lover, and bad character were still forcibly pinned on General Liu's head by the media.

More and more Hollywood actresses are involved, including Catherine Zeta Jones, Charlize Theron, and Cate Blanchett.
There are even tabloids making up stories about what Madonna Ciccone and Liu will have to tell.

Vile tactics like personal attacks have a huge impact on public figures.

At the least, fans may lose their following, popularity among passers-by may be ruined, reputation may be greatly damaged, and the commercial value may also plummet to the bottom.

At worst, he becomes a street rat that everyone yells at and beats him up, and he never has a peaceful life to live in.

Liu will regard his boxing fans as his base and protective network, and he doesn’t want to become a street rat that everyone shouts about.

Faced with this high-intensity personal attack, he responded actively.

After selecting a few media outlets that were not very cautious and worked too hard, Liu asked Harvey to send them a lawyer's letter and start the litigation process.

For those media who couldn't catch them, he used various methods, including but not limited to bribery, pressure, and warning.
Fortunately, those Hollywood actresses who had had intimate relationships with Liu Jiang did not choose to add insult to injury at this time.

On the contrary, they all stepped forward to help him clear up rumors and calm public opinion.

At the same time, General Liu also spent a lot of money to bribe the media to clear his name and complain.

In the end, the offensive and defensive battle of public opinion barely ended in a 46-win situation.

The time has quickly come to early February, and all the relevant evidence has been collected regarding the manipulation of PPV shares by top promotion companies.

Liu will arrive in New York with the strongest roster he can currently assemble.

On the same day, Harvey and others formally filed a lawsuit against Top Promotions Company in a local court in New York.

After being accepted, the media Liu bought in advance simultaneously published relevant news.

"New Caesar John Says No to Blatant Stealing!" 》

According to reliable sources, this morning, the lawyer representing New Caesar John officially filed a lawsuit against Top Promotions, claiming that Top Promotions did not pay the corresponding PPV share as required by the contract, and falsified overseas on-demand data, blatantly stealing New Caesar John’s of remuneration. People familiar with the matter also revealed to reporters that the man behind the various smears against New Caesar John that occurred during this period is most likely Bob Arum, CEO of Top Promotions. This newspaper will continue to follow the latest updates on this lawsuit. progress.

"A breakdown of the ten sins of top promotion companies!" 》

Top Rank Promotions, the top boxing promotion company in the industry, has a reputation that belies its status. Take the recent controversial New Caesar smear incident as an example. According to an unnamed source, New Caesar John’s contract is about to expire. In order to force the rising boxing superstar to renew his contract and continue to stay in Top Promotions, company. Its CEO Bob Arum launched a frantic suppression of the new Caesar John, not only delaying the opponent's boxing championship unification fight arrangements, but also launching a smear campaign in the media. What’s even more frightening is that Bob Arum also instigated the company’s employees to delay and deduct the compensation that the new Caesar John deserved, and he did not hesitate to resort to fraud to do so.
"Grandet in the New Era?" Not only did he steal money, he also cheated! 》

As the CEO of a top promotion company, Bob Arum is worthy of the name of Grandet in the new era. Recently, he had a fierce conflict with the company's famous boxing champion New Caesar John over the payment and specific amount of PPV shares. It is speculated that this is one of the triggers for New Caesar John's recent smear campaign and rumor mill.
All of a sudden, things started to change, and Liu's lawsuit against Top Promotions Company caused an uproar in the United States.

Public opinion is fermenting rapidly, and various speculations and conspiracy theories are emerging one after another.

Countless media reporters bombarded Alfonso’s phone, trying to invite General Liu for an interview.

At this time, General Liu appeared on an NBC talk show and sounded the clarion call for an all-out war.

Top promotion company, CEO office.

"Uncle, it's bad! That bastard John really filed a lawsuit against us and launched a new offensive in the media."

Brandon knocked on the door twice randomly, pushed the door open without waiting for Bob's response, and hurried in.

He shouted while waving the newspaper in his hand.

"Why panic! Calm down! Look what you look like now!"

"Ernst & Young came to our door before. Didn't we already expect this day?"

"New York is my home court. If John wants to sue, it's not that easy!"

Bob looked calm and scolded Brandon.

Even so, the movement of his hand was not slow at all, and he directly snatched the newspaper from the opponent's hand.

After a cursory glance, Bob's face turned ugly, as if he had swallowed a fly alive.

Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He pulled it out and saw that it was a call from an old friend.

"Bob, watch the news! NBC!"

As soon as the call was connected, the extremely urgent voice of my old friend who was working in the media industry came from the phone receiver.

Bob immediately gave instructions to Brandon beside him, asking him to turn on the TV in the corner and switch to NBC.

On the TV screen, Liu Jiang was making a sad and angry accusation to the host.

"Bob Arum, CEO of Top Promotions, yes! That's him I'm talking about!"

"He is a hypocritical elder, a shameless thief, the Grandet of the new era! Can you imagine? When I was fighting hard in the ring, my boxing promoter secretly put his hand into my wallet "This is the hard-earned money I got back in exchange for defeating a strong enemy with all my strength in the boxing ring! Not only that, he also deliberately delayed the payment of rewards. It has been so long since my last boxing title unification fight. He hasn’t given me a cent so far!”

"He just wants to use this method to make me surrender! Force me to agree to renew my contract with a top promotion company on extremely low terms."

"During this period, some bad media have smeared, spread rumors, besieged, and suppressed me. All of this was done by him behind the scenes."

"How to prove all this? To be honest, I didn't know the specific inside story before. It wasn't until an unnamed righteous person submitted a tape to me that I learned the identity of the mastermind behind it."

"Due to the advice of my lawyer, I cannot show the recording to the public, but the righteous person left a message for me. The other party will upload the recording file to eBay at the right time, which is the most popular auction website in the United States. .”

Seeing this scene on TV, Bob turned purple with anger and involuntarily covered his heart.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you! Don't scare me!"

Seeing his uncle swaying, Brandon turned pale with fright. He held up Bob's body and helped him sit down on the boss's chair.

"Check! Check it for me quickly! Go to that website called eBay and get that video. Listen to what the content is. Go right away!"

After pressing his heart for a while, Bob gradually regained his composure, and he immediately issued an order to Brandon.

"What should we do about that bastard John? Are we just going to let him attack us wantonly?"

"Of course it's impossible! Expose that matter to the media! Increase the intensity! I'll make him kneel down and beg me!"

"Okay! Uncle!"

With General Liu's personal demise, public opinion in the United States was instantly detonated, and more and more people paid attention to this storm.

Major media outlets took turns reporting that there was a huge quarrel between Liu Jiang and the top promotion company, with support from both sides.

CBS TV station, a gossip talk show, several invited guests talked about the recent turmoil.

"What do you think of the conflict between New Caesar John and Top Promotions?"

the host asked.

"This is a complete betrayal! The new Caesar John betrayed the top promotion company that trained him and the best boxing promoter in the United States, Bob Arum."

"As far as I know, before he was discovered by Bob Arum, John was just an ordinary high school student who stayed at his aunt's house and fought in a few amateur boxing matches."

"It was Top Promotions and Bob Arum who spent countless resources to train him to become a boxing champion. This kid is ungrateful and launched a rebellion and backstab against his benefactor."

A young Nico with glasses and colorfully dyed hair took over the conversation first, and started talking nonsense.

"How many amateur boxing matches have you had? Bro, are you kidding? Do you know anything about boxing? John was the lightweight champion of the Golden Gloves National Championship that year."

"He is not an ordinary high school student. He is a boxing genius. Didn't you watch the news? Since he entered the professional boxing world, he has not lost a single defeat and has also unified the two weight classes of the four major boxing organizations. "

“To be honest, looking at John’s trajectory, I don’t think Top Rank Promotions and Bob Arum played a big role in it!”

"Besides, can fighting for one's legitimate rights and interests be called betrayal? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Top Promotions and Bob Arum stole John's money!"

A middle-aged white man who looked quite decent immediately retorted.

"Stealing money? The court has not yet sentenced you! This statement has no factual basis. Maybe this is a smoke bomb thrown by the traitor John, who wants to use public opinion to achieve some ulterior purpose."

"Hmph! How do you explain that recording? Several people in the boxing industry have confirmed that the voice that ordered the smear campaign against John is basically the same as that of Bob Arum. Is this what you call a first-hand cultivation?"

"It's just that the voices are similar! Besides, the source of the tape is extremely unreliable! Righteous people? How can there be so many righteous people! I think it is very likely that John found someone to make it specially."

"What The Hell! How much did you charge Top Promotions and Bob Arum? That's why you worked so hard to clean them up!"

"Fxxk You! I think you are the one who received the dirty money from New Caesar John!"

Harvey turned off the TV, turned around and looked at Liu Jiang, who had his hands crossed on his chest with a serious expression, and reminded him softly.

"John, it's time for us to go!"

Liu Jiang nodded, turned around and walked out of the five-star hotel room, followed by a group of unsmiling confidants.

New York, Top Promotions Company Building, Conference Room.

"I'm so sorry! I kept you waiting for so long!"

The lawyer from the top promotion company walked into the conference room and said hello in an extremely perfunctory tone.

Neither Bob nor Brandon showed up, and it was unknown what conspiracy the fox uncle and nephew were secretly hatching.

"Sit down first, don't waste everyone's time!"

The staff sent by the New York District Court didn't say much and just asked the other party to sit down quickly.

"This meeting is for investigation and evidence collection before the trial. Lawyers from both sides can exchange evidence and ask each other questions. If you need to turn off the recording, please apply to me in advance and explain the reason."

After the lawyer from the top promotion company sat down slowly, the staff sent by the New York District Court pointed to the recording equipment on the conference table and said solemnly.

After exchanging evidence, Harvey and Louis Little engaged in a verbal spat with lawyers from Top Promotions as they reviewed the evidence.

William Paton of Ernst & Young was also on hand to supplement relevant evidence.

"Please ask the party being evidenced to truthfully answer the questions raised by our lawyer under oath."

"In response to this issue, please ask the other party's lawyer to provide all written documents or written evidence."

"We believe this document cannot be used as evidence"

The investigation and evidence collection stage is very cumbersome and boring. Sometimes, in order to avoid loopholes, lawyers from both sides often conduct repeated inquiries on a certain issue from multiple angles.

The lawyer sent by the top promotion company is very smart and professional. This guy's dillydallying is not smooth at all. It is clear that he is deliberately creating obstacles.

It seems that Bob and Brandon knew that this lawsuit was not easy to win, so they simply resorted to delaying tactics in an attempt to weaken General Liu's side.

Harvey and Louis Little naturally knew the plans of the fox uncle and nephew, but they had no choice, this was the procedure, they had to go!
(End of this chapter)