American Scandal King

Chapter 337: Guardian of Hollywood
Trump Tower, office of the chairman of the Carr Group.

Rudolf Murdoch sat in Ian's office, his face sullen. "It's confirmed. You're right. It was my people who leaked the secret. I'm sorry, Ian. I didn't know about this. I never thought about it..."

Ian smiled and gave the old man a hug. "Don't be like this, Rudolph. I know that wasn't your instruction, otherwise I wouldn't have called you."

"But there has to be an explanation, right?" Rudolf Murdoch looked at him with a smile.

The old fox and the little fox know each other very well.

You don’t have to worry about it!
Compensation must be given!
Otherwise, the CBS incident will serve as a warning.

He could start CBS for 100 million yuan back then, but now it’s not just a matter of 100 or 200 million yuan.

Ian spread his hands and said, "Do you know how much assets Coward has now?"

Rudolph looked at him quietly.

Ian said, "In the past year and a half, Samsung Group has transferred as much as 30 billion in profits to Coward Group. Even if we only count 10%, I have lost 3 million. This does not include the corresponding asset appreciation, let alone Han Feng and Talan Company."

Hanfeng Company and Talan Company are companies established by Samsung Group in South Korea, which transfer profits by purchasing raw materials at high prices and other means.

As a state-monopoly enterprise, Samsung Group's actual annual profit is as high as 150 billion, not considering reinvestment. After deducting the reinvestment part, the dividends available are no less than 80 billion. But in fact, they transferred up to 60 billion in profits each year, which fell into the hands of three companies: Coward, Hanfeng and Taran. On average, each company made a profit of about 20 billion per year, but only distributed about 20 billion in dividends.

In other words, Ian actually suffered a loss of 9 million!

Rudolf Murdoch also sighed helplessly about this.

He looked at Ian: "You want me to give you this money? I can accept it!"

Ian shook his head: "No, I'm not going to do that."

Rudolf Murdoch grew increasingly distressed.

If Ian Carr doesn't want money, he will only want more.

Ian said: "I have my own ways to get this money back, or even more, but I need your cooperation."

"No problem!" Murdoch nodded.

Ian continued, "Plus, I want the broadcasting rights for NBA and MLB."

I really want to beat you up!

There is no need to explain the NBA, it is the American professional men's basketball team, and MLB is the American Major League Baseball. If you add the NFL that Ian has already acquired, the broadcasting rights for the three major American sports events will be in his hands.

The broadcasting rights for NBA and other sports were originally won by ABC, ESPN Sports Channel and TNT in 02 when they signed a six-year broadcasting contract.

But because Ian reached an agreement with News Corp last year, at Ian's suggestion, News Corp acquired the broadcasting rights from FOX and signed a non-purchase agreement.

After News Corporation sold FOX to Ian, it signed the two major broadcasting rights back to CBS, so now they are in the hands of CBS, and it is also their biggest support point after they lost Ian Carr, the Oscar broadcasting rights and the NFL.

But now, Ian wants to get the broadcasting rights for these two major events.

Murdoch was speechless: "You can't let CBS decline like this!"

Ian laughed and said, "Don't say that. You also have a share in Carl Media! CBS is a listed company, so you don't own all of it. But Carl Media is different. It's not a listed company."

The problem is that I don’t own all of Carl Media!

But Ian was right about one thing, that is, Murdoch's shares in CBS and Cal Media are not much different, so the one who lost was CBS, not Murdoch!
Ian said, "The transfer fee is 10 million, and I will give you another 20 million personally."

Murdoch shook his head. "I'm not the kind of beggar who needs to be paid tens of millions. I don't want your money. I can give you the two major broadcasting rights for ten million, but Ian, that means I don't owe you anything."

Ian laughed and said, "I lost three hundred million!"

Murdoch looked at him.

The two foxes looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Then Murdoch said, "It's not too much trouble. I will do my best to help you."

"Okay, let's do it!" Ian didn't waste any words.

He himself is not sure what will happen next and what to do. It is difficult to talk about it firmly without a final plan.

So Ian picked up the wine glass: "Come on, let's have a drink together."

The old man shook his head slightly. "No, I have other things to deal with. To be honest, Ian, I like working with you, but I hate negotiating with you. I don't know why, but you always make me feel controlled."

I didn't use hypnosis today.

Ian smiled and said, "Maybe you need to find a girl to relax with. Let's go to UTA."

Murdoch nodded. "That's a good idea."

After seeing Murdoch off, Ian lowered his head in thought, then suddenly smiled. "I hate negotiating with you, too. You're old, and tend to be stubborn, making it harder to convince. I earn the least from you...at least proportionally."

Ian shook his head and went back to the office.

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Time flies, and it is December 12th in a blink of an eye.

Today the wind is cool and the winter is coming.

However, the hearts of the American people are burning with passion.

Because today, Carl Media finally released a piece of breaking news.

"Ian Carr publicly stated that he firmly does not believe Michael Jackson is the kind of person the police accused him of! He has found enough evidence to prove that everything is a false accusation!" When the news came out, there was an instant uproar.

Everyone knows that Ian Carr never speaks falsely. If he says there is evidence, there must be evidence.

The question is why did you say it only now?
nonsense.

I have to wait for Michael Jackson to obey and stop all collaborations with other people!

Only after completing the re-signing with Michael Jackson will Ian officially release the big news.

Just yesterday, Ian and Michael Jackson signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement and also increased their holdings in UTA shares, which is when he started to make his move.

Following this statement, support for Michael Jackson increased significantly around the world.

12 month 9 day.

Ian Carr released a video through his own media.

The video was filmed on February 03, 2. The family of Gavin Arvizo, the plaintiff in the child molestation case, praised Jackson in the video and insisted that Jackson did not sexually harass Gavin Arvizo and that Jackson was innocent.

As soon as the video was released, there was an uproar.

After all, before this, Gavin Arvizo's mother Janet Arvizo had already begun accusing Michael Jackson of abusing her son.

The video proved that she knew from the beginning that this did not happen.

This video, which was originally not to be exposed until 09, was not actually the original video from the original time and space, because Ian did not know where the original video was, but he at least knew the ins and outs of this major incident and the approximate time, so he had sent people to keep an eye on it a long time ago and obtained important evidence in his own way.

On December 12, another route was exposed.

This time, it was a recording of a private conversation between Jody Chandler and Chandler. This recording didn't exist in the original time and space, and was also arranged by Ian to be recorded in advance... This was better than using illusions in court.

The two male suspects in the child molestation case privately admitted that Michael Jackson had not caused them any harm. The news instantly shocked the world.

Countless people were outraged and denounced the families of the two children for using any means necessary for money.

When things got to this point, all the investigations done by the Santa Barbara police had become meaningless. Even though the second trial had not yet begun, everyone knew that Michael Jackson was not guilty.

And Ian Carr became everyone's hero.

Unlike previous methods of relying on deterrence to make Hollywood afraid, this time, Ian Carr took on the role of guardian angel!

His protection of Michael Jackson undoubtedly earned him the respect of countless people again.

However, the matter is not over yet.

On December 2003, 12, Jody Chandler's father, Evan Chandler, shot himself in the head in his luxury apartment in Jersey City.

This was his guilt, and it was the beginning of his own death.

On December 12, the second trial of Michael Jackson was held.

The court declared Michael Jackson not guilty.

On this day, Michael Jackson cried like a 45-year-old child.

The moment he walked out of the court, facing the interviews of countless reporters, he cried and complained about his grievances and thanked Ian Carr. He had a sunny smile on his face and fans all over the world cheered for him.

Only Ian Carr knew that those were not Michael Jackson's true words.

He wasn't grateful to himself.

Michael Jackson was not an ungrateful person, he had a kind heart - the problem was that Ian's methods were too despicable, and he insisted that Michael Jackson give up enough benefits before he would help him.

A qualified black-hearted businessman never expects others to do things according to their conscience. Ian never pays attention to the so-called "I helped you, you will consciously repay me" kind of thing.

Whatever I want, I take it myself!
It was precisely because of his act of kicking Ian when he was down that Michael Jackson's gratitude to Ian, although not to say absent, was indeed limited!
To him, it was a deal.

Of course, he wasn't stupid enough to say such a thing, so he still expressed his gratitude.

Ian didn't care either.

Anyway, he doesn't rely on other people's gratitude to make a living.

That day, he watched Michael Jackson get into his car and leave amidst the crowd, smiling.

The sun shines on my shoulders, and I feel extremely relaxed.

On December 12, Los Angeles police filed a show trial for Janet Arvizo.

On December 12, Cal Media issued a statement saying that Michael Jackson believed the children were innocent and were being exploited by adults with ulterior motives. He was willing to provide financial support for the two children and take care of them until they reached adulthood.

12 month 20 day.

Cal Media officially acquired the NBA and MLB broadcasting rights from CBS.

In mid-August, LANN took

At this point, LANN has many high-quality programs, including broadcasts of the three major American sports, the Oscars, the Victoria's Secret Angels, and the Oprah Winfrey Show, and has become the most dazzling media in the United States. Although it does not yet have the largest number of users in the United States, its growth rate far exceeds everything else, and it is expected to become the leader in the United States next year.

By then, LANN's current valuation of 120 billion will directly change to more than 300 billion.

This is the huge added value brought by the title of leader.

(End of this chapter)