American Scandal King

Chapter 31 Everything for Profit

"Danny Cosker's dismemberment: a gang vendetta or a satanic ritual?"

In the office, Ian looked at his report and laughed.

Although this news is not a big deal, it involves gangs, death, and evil rituals, so it is already a story worth telling.

Especially the shocking large photos, disassembled limbs, hexagrams, and heads made up as clowns, it was like a movie scene being performed, stimulating the audience's adrenaline, and also stimulating the sales of the Los Angeles Herald - this time there was no video, only photos and transcripts, so it was exclusive to the Los Angeles Herald.

It's not strictly exclusive, because other media can also report it. The problem is that the police will immediately seal off the scene and clean up everything, so other reporters will basically have no chance of getting a complete photo.

So the news is not exclusive, but the photos are exclusive!

Of course, since there is no video this time and it is only published in the Los Angeles Herald, this means that due to the impact on sales, Ian's right eye will not improve much, but it is good for the development of the newspaper industry itself.

Despite this, the improvement in the right eye has reached nearly 500 and is still continuing to improve. In addition, the Blaser case and the Lilimarta incident are continuing to ferment, and are now almost reaching 300.

Two more big ingredients and the right eye can be upgraded.

As for Crazy Git?

He was not worried, because after this experience, Kit would realize that he was more prepared, and acting hastily would only bring him more trouble - Ian Carr's fame was growing.

Besides, he's a business owner, not a homeless person on the street! Plus, he was the one who sent the person there, so to avoid suspicion, he probably wouldn't show up for the time being.

As long as my eyes are upgraded and I have new skills, I will become stronger and then I won't have to worry about this guy anymore.

Just as I was thinking about this, Editor-in-Chief Lloyd came in excitedly.

He waved the report in his hand and said, "Thirty thousand copies! Our sales today have reached thirty thousand copies, and this is not all. We expect our newspapers to sell like hotcakes in the next two days!"

The reason why it sold 30,000 copies was not because the value of this news was higher than the Charlie Mills case, the Brazier case, and the Lilimarta incident, but because the popularity of the Pioneer Newsletter had soared during this period, and Ian invested all his earned money, which was the result of the expansion of sales channels.

Of course, the photos taken by Ian are indeed classic... they are carefully selected by him after he carefully took the photos from the right angles.

The photo alone is Pulitzer-worthy!

At this moment, Lloyd handed Ian an IOU, which was what he owed to Garrick before, and was taken back by Lloyd after he paid the money.

Sitting in the leather executive chair, Ian took the report, glanced at it, and tossed it aside. "It's just peak sales, nothing to be proud of. The media needs a lot of news every day, and laying a solid foundation is the key. What I want is that even without big news, our newspaper can still sell more than 150,000 a day. Ron, invest all the money we have now, and the channels must be further expanded! Quickly! I don't want to waste my news value anymore!"

Exclusive news really helps boost sales!

With the help of the money he earned before, Ian has been working on improving the sales channels of the Los Angeles Herald. A large amount of money has been spent, and now the sales of the Los Angeles Herald are also expanding rapidly.

Only with enough channels can there be enough sales.

In just one month, the Los Angeles Herald has reported on the Charlie Mills series of cases, the Blazer molestation case, Lilimartta's crazy night of sex, and now the Danny Koskerry satanic ritual dismemberment case.

In one month, there are four major news stories, including the Charlie Mills case which has been split into six hot topics - and the relationship between Ian Carr and Kate Beckinsale will also be a hot topic.

This is equivalent to the Los Angeles Times reporting ten hot news stories, nearly half of which are exclusive.

This made the Los Angeles Herald famous, and many people began to ask where they could buy the Los Angeles Herald, and advertisers were scrambling to buy it - now is still a time when advertising is cheap, and if the Los Angeles Herald can continue to reveal news like this, it means that advertisers will get a great deal.

It can be said that the Los Angeles Herald is currently limited by its sales channels.

Lloyd rubbed his hands excitedly. "We're already working on it, Boss, but we're short-staffed right now."

"Then hire people! No Indians, no Jews, and no fanatics of any faith, you know what I mean."

Lloyd was stunned: "Are you discriminating, boss?"

Ian suddenly looked up at him. He didn't say anything, but his eyes were fixed slightly, and an invisible majesty was revealed.

This majesty does not come from the identity of the boss, but the power of a god-level reporter!

Yes, I am discriminating!
Do you want me to admit this?

Lloyd gasped. This was the first time he felt a sense of fear when facing Ian.

The warm sunshine fell on him, but Lloyd inexplicably felt a chill like the autumn breeze, and even the bright lights in the office seemed to dim a little.

Lloyd nodded slightly and whispered, "Okay, boss."

Then Ian's eyes returned to peace.

His gaze passed through Lloyd's body, sweeping across the busy editors in the distance, and continued, "The newspaper also needs to expand its page size. We need more content and more advertising space."

"That's no problem. Oh, and we need a bigger office space. I'm contacting the neighbors now; they're moving out."

"Very good, but only for one year. The Los Angeles Herald will expand beyond your imagination. This small pond will soon be too small to accommodate us! What we need to do now is expand, expand, and expand non-stop. Spend all the money we make. I want to make the Los Angeles Herald a national newspaper within a year!"

Old man Lloyd sat down opposite Ian helplessly: "This is not easy, Boss. You can't always get the big news. Those stars will be very careful with you."

Ian said disdainfully, "Celebrity porn? No! That kind of stuff is the same over and over again. People get tired of it. Who doesn't? That kind of stuff can only be used as a diversion or a trading platform! People need the adrenaline rush! Vendettas, battles, blood, and mangled bodies—that's the stuff that never stops."

He lowered his crossed legs, looked at the old man, and smiled. "Do you know how many homicides, shootings, and fights there are in the United States every year? There are over a thousand cases of gun violence alone, and tens of thousands of homicides of all kinds! And this is just the known cases, not including the undiscovered ones! Violence and bloodshed are the main themes of this country, and pornography is just embellishment!"

Lloyd blurted out: "But you won't have so many clues."

Ian chuckled. "That's hard to say. We are the people given by our times. Our fate is accompanied by death and blood! But don't you know that this is not the key?"

He pointed at the old man with his cigar. "The real key isn't the event, but the people involved! News about an ordinary black guy killing an old lady and stealing twenty dollars isn't worth much. But if it's a powerful tycoon, a wealthy tycoon, who committed those crimes, then that's the news that's worth a lot! The people are the key! The core! The focus! And then all we have to do is add a plot based on the celebrities."

"A wealthy businessman robbed an old lady of twenty yuan and raped her—that's news! If the unlucky one was an old man, that's great news! If the old man later managed to kill the victim, that's explosive news! If he even managed to attract the businessman's daughter and marry her, that's legendary news! And a good reporter wouldn't just sit around and wait for this to happen, but would actively seek it out, and even guide it to happen!"

Lloyd listened to Ian's views on the news in a daze, and felt a little unwell.

I am the veteran in the media industry!

How come you are more extreme, crazier and more perverted than me?
Is the transformation of the second-generation rich so drastic?

From extreme waste to extreme horrific workaholic?

The old man feels helpless that he can't keep up with the pace of modern young people.

He said speechlessly: "You will offend a lot of people."

Ian spread his hands and said, "We chase death, and death chases us! We chase trouble, and trouble chases us! This is the fate that media professionals must face. As the uncrowned king, as a righteous journalist, this is what we have to do!"

Lloyd thought seriously for a moment, then replied, "I agree with most of what you said, except for one thing."

"Which one?"

"That's not justice, boss!"

Ian chuckled.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke in a low voice, "In this muddy and dirty world, we can talk about justice, but we must never enforce it."

(End of this chapter)