American Scandal King

Chapter 88 The First Step of International Cooperation

After completing the negotiations with the three guys, Ian did not ask them to surrender immediately, but instead began to further publicize the plan to heat up the matter to the extreme.

Not long after, the Los Angeles Times and WND News Network released more explosive news.

Under Mr. Ian Carr's "guidance of justice", the three Palos Bank robbers voluntarily surrendered themselves.

Ian once again became a hot topic.

After all, not every big boss has the courage to chase the robber with a camera, and even find the robber and persuade him to surrender - this is even the work of a policeman.

As a result, comments from all over the country became a sea of ​​joy.

"I think Ian Carr should be a policeman. He is much better at chasing and finding criminals than a policeman."

"I think he should become a negotiator. After all, negotiators can't get criminals to surrender."

"That's because he has money. He essentially bribed the robbers."

"I think what Ian Carr did was not good. What he did was tantamount to encouraging people to commit crimes."

"Come on, man, do you need encouragement to commit crime? Give me your address and I'll rob you right now."

"Go grab Ian Carr, he welcomes being kidnapped."

For a while, news about Ian was everywhere, and everyone was laughing and joking.

There were countless people who asked Ian for sex.

The only regret is that this surrender incident was not classified as violent news, but was classified as economic, resulting in Ian's right eye points not being improved, but the copying effect and hypnosis ability of his left eye were improved.

It doesn’t matter. What the United States lacks the least is violence.

As Ian expected, the surrender of the three bank robbers and the serialization of their autobiographies led to a surge in sales of the Los Angeles Herald.

To boost sales, Ian Carr announced, "Due to the increasing volume of the Los Angeles Herald, we will expand our space and increase prices in the third quarter. The second quarter will be our last chance to maintain our prices."

As soon as the news came out, the sales of the second quarter quarterly issue of the Pioneer Daily surged, from an average of 500,000 per day to about 650,000 per day.

This was, of course, also because Ian was about to fulfill his bet—having already completed four hot topics in a single quarter, no one doubted how much more he could come up with later. Why not buy now while the price is low and wait for a price hike later?
The Los Angeles Times was in even greater mourning, with many people realizing that it was only a matter of time before they changed owners.

You should know that the Times and the Herald had agreed not to reduce the price. Who would have thought that at this critical juncture, the Herald would not only not reduce the price but instead announced a price increase, which would result in further stimulating the sales of the journal?
For this reason, the Acton family desperately contacted the Dubang Group, hoping that they would give in so that the Acton family could purchase explosive news at a high price from other peers.

Dubon Group’s answer to this is simple: How much news do you need to buy to suppress Ian Carr?
In the bet, Ian Carr's Herald only needs to beat you once!
Today he releases a hit product, and you buy a bunch of heavy-duty products to suppress it. Tomorrow he releases another hit product, and you still do the same?
If he releases ten hit stories, you have to buy at least a hundred pieces of heavyweight news. How much money will you lose?

It may not be suppressed in the end.

The key is that other peers won’t sell it to you like this...

They can sell you part of it for a temporary profit, but it is impossible for them to sell you all of your heavy-duty products. So do you still want to run the business?
This made the Acton family despair.

April 1st.

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But what no one expected was that the next day, the Los Angeles Herald published a bombshell news:
Senator Inez Kisa ****!

The evidence is conclusive and there is no suspicion!

When this news came out, everyone was shocked.

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Office of the President, Carr Media Group.

Ian is receiving a special guest.

Hua Ziruo sat in the office and shook hands with Ian with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much this time, Mr. Karl."

"You're welcome, Counselor Hua. Actually, I have always liked China." Ian responded in standard Chinese.

Inviting Hua Ziruo to sit down, Ian personally poured him a glass of wine. "The media should be impartial, but sometimes we are constrained by the will of the state and produce selective, biased reports. I personally hate this. As journalists, our role shouldn't be to participate, but to observe and record impartially and fairly." Hua Ziruo liked Ian's response: "If only every American media outlet had your perspective... Your Chinese is amazing."

This is a recognition that comes from the heart.

Every foreigner who wants to do business with Chinese people will say that they like China, but few can speak fluent Chinese.

Ian showed his inclination through his actions!
The two chatted for a while, and Hua Ziruo asked, "By the way, what do you think of China's development?"

Ian said seriously, "I am very optimistic about China's development. In fact, I believe that in the next 20 years, China can achieve rapid development and even surpass the United States in some aspects. I personally welcome this."

Hua Ziruo was stunned.

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Even the most confident Chinese people do not dare to say that they will surpass the United States in 20 years - now is still the time when the Southern School is in vogue.

Ian Carr, isn't your flattery a little too shameless?

He looked at Ian in shock. "If other Americans viewed China this way, they would most likely demand your government suppress it with all its might. So I don't know whether I should say I'm lucky or unlucky."

Ian laughed. "Do you know what the biggest problem with Americans is? It's that they don't have the same strong sense of nation and ethnicity as China. America is a fusion monster. It has its own advantages and can accommodate all kinds of things, but it hasn't digested them well and hasn't dealt with its various internal problems. Its future is doomed to be divided. I'm American, but that's not important. What's important is that I'm more of a businessman. I don't need to worry about America's future; I only need to be responsible for my own future... At worst, I can change my nationality. You'll welcome me, right?"

This is very business-like, the standard tone of a ruthless businessman, even more inhumane than that of an international arms dealer!

But Hua Ziruo liked this answer: "Of course! Since you are so confident, why not invest in China?"

Ian laughed: "Of course I am willing. In fact, I have always planned to do so. It's just that I am too busy. There are still many procedures for investing in China..."

Hua Ziruo immediately said: "We can help you."

Being able to make friends with the American media is something China dreams of.

Only by making Americans no longer view China as a barbaric and backward country and reducing anti-China propaganda can China's image be improved. An improved image of China can further reduce the risk of the United States going to war with China.

Why do Chinese people try so hard to get into the Olympics? The essential purpose is to show their good side, create a better image and improve the international perception of themselves.

People can accept that their country is an enemy of a barbaric and backward country, but they will not accept that their country is an enemy of an ancient, civilized, enlightened and powerful country... It has nothing to do with conscience, but it means huge casualties.

This was what Ian had been waiting for.

He nodded. "That's great. I've been researching China lately and have spotted a few good companies. I think there's a gaming company in Shanghai that's pretty good..."

After chatting with Hua Ziruo for an afternoon, the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

Ian's media group will soon set up a Carl Media branch in China to cooperate with China and report news about China as impartially and neutrally as possible. Even if there is negative news (negative news is inevitable in every country), Carl Media Group can choose not to report it.

China will also try its best to provide various conveniences for Ian's news work and investment in China - news has the highest priority, as does investment.

Currently, China highly welcomes investment, but there are also various aspects of supervision and basic procedures. But now they will give Ian the fastest and most convenient treatment, including tax and land concessions.

In fact, if possible, Ian could even obtain a better quality loan from China, but in that case, the cooperation would be too obvious and would give competitors a clear target of attack. With the support of Linuo Bank, there would be no need for this.

Besides, several investments in China at this stage don’t cost much money at all - Shanda Legend hasn’t been launched yet, and the entire company is not worth half a million US dollars. Tencent’s boss Ma is also in a difficult situation with many customers, a shortage of funds, and no direction for profitability. It won’t cost much to buy them all, not to mention that Ian is just investing.

He won't buy all of it. After all, it still requires people to manage it carefully. If he buys all of it, the enthusiasm will decrease. Shanda Company once conducted a study and confirmed that 18% is the best investment ratio. Of course, this is a comprehensive consideration.

As for Ian, if we remove the investment risk issue, he can increase it to 49%. Maintaining this level is enough, so Ian signed priority investment agreements. Even if additional investment is required later, Ian will be given priority to ensure that the equity is not diluted.

In addition, there are differences between listed companies and non-listed companies.

Non-listed companies need to leave enough equity for their founders as an incentive, so it is not appropriate to buy too much.

For listed companies, you don’t have that much equity, so buying on the stock market is not a big problem, so the more the better.

In short, the investment ratio also changes with time, people and circumstances.

At this point, an international cooperation was initially achieved.

(End of this chapter)