American Gossip King

Chapter 241 Epilogue - Year-End Review

Beverly Hills, early morning.

Scarlett opened her eyes and saw Kate sleeping beside her, but Ian was nowhere to be seen.

She sat up and looked around, and saw a light on in the study.

So Scarlett covered herself with a white veil and walked barefoot to the study.

In the study, Ian was looking at the computer.

She snuggled closer, wrapped her arms around Ian's neck, and gave him a long, passionate kiss: "What are you looking at, baby?"

"Company reports," Ian replied.

"Let me see." Scarlett leaned closer, looked around but still couldn't understand.

Ian smiled and explained to him, "This is Carl Media's own annual revenue, and this is investment income."

After a year of development, Carl Media has grown into a behemoth.

Currently, Carl Media mainly generates revenue from its own operations and from investments, with investment revenue accounting for the majority.

(Excluding personal consumption, Goldwin Estate, etc. In addition, unlisted companies do not have a clear market value, only valuations based on assets and profits, which are generally recognized values, but are only for reference).

Investment returns include:

Thanks to a series of exclusive breaking news stories from the Bolshoi Theatre in Russia, CBS's market capitalization finally rose to $182 billion. This 25% stake was worth approximately $45 billion, generating nearly $2 billion in annual revenue and $1 billion in dividends. Carl Media's revenue was $250 million.

Fox Entertainment Group owns 40% of the shares, with profits of 30 billion and dividends of 18 billion. Carl Media's revenue is 3.78 million.

UTA's size skyrocketed because of Ian, with profits of nearly $2 million that year, dividends of $1.5 million, and income of $1.155 million from its 77% stake.

Gannett Group has a net income of 2 million, a dividend of 1.5 million, and a 5% stake, with a profit of 0.05 million in three quarters... You dare to call yourself part of the First Media Group? My brokerage firm makes more money than you, you might as well use it all for dividends.

Lockbridge Pictures' Spider-Man and The Wedding in Greece films have already generated and spent their box office revenue. Merchandise revenue this year was only eight million, which even covered Marvel's losses. Therefore, the company's actual assets are around 3.5 billion. It owns Pirates of the Caribbean (300 million for the completed film), a 67% stake in Marvel (67 million), Pixar (25 billion), Blue Sky Studios (200 million), and a series of major assets including Spider-Man, Mission: Impossible, Men in Black, X-Men, Resident Evil, Star Wars, and Jurassic Park. However, the earlier developed films don't generate revenue, and the later produced films haven't even been released yet, so there's basically no return on investment. Plus, they have to support staff, so currently, there's no profit. Other film investment income is used for LANN's expansion and has nothing to do with Lockbridge.

Samsung Group distributed 18 billion in dividends, and 10% of the five-month return is about 0.7 million (this dividend is a bit low).

Russian gas company reported a fourth-quarter dividend of 60 billion euros, with 5% of that being 3 million euros (again, according to Gazprom).

Delta Union is already operating, but it hasn't made any money yet and therefore can't distribute dividends.

Ian Smith bought 15% of Apple's shares, but Steve Jobs demanded no dividends, which Ian Smith agreed to. Google, too, does not pay dividends now.

In addition, there's Black Deer Winery. Because of the Natalie Portman incident, it made a profit of over 20 million in the second half of the year. Ian will sell it next year, and it is expected to net 300 million, but for now it can only be calculated at 20 million.

Meihe Construction's revenue is 4 million, making it Ian's most profitable company to date—that's why people say government deals are profitable. A company with 3 million in revenue generates 4 million in profit a year, and that's after deducting kickbacks from all parties. Who can compare?

Davis Prison won't be full until the end of the year, so at least it didn't lose money—Americans, you're so pathetic! Just go commit crimes, why are you so reserved? But next year it should bring Ian at least fifty million in profit. Low assets, but explosive profits.

After a series of dazzling accounting procedures, and after deducting some unavoidable taxes, the final total revenue was approximately 12.38 billion.

Carl Media's headquarters only has one LANN.

Without this, Carl Media would be just a pure investment company.

LANN finally turned a profit in the fourth quarter.

For the past year or so, Ian has been developing LANN, but LANN has always been in a state of rapid growth but struggling to make a profit... Who told you not to give us the big news?

LANN is now worth around 25 billion, with a profit of 30 million in the fourth quarter—the valuable assets he acquired are starting to pay off, especially Oprah's talk show, which is quite popular.

According to Dear Chandler's assessment, even without Ian's major news, LANN could still achieve a profit of over 2 million next year.

However, the headquarters is essentially unprofitable this year.

If we calculate it this way, without considering the growth in scale, the annual revenue would only be around 12.7 billion, which wouldn't even cover the interest payments.

Despite making money, it still appears to be a loss, mainly because Ian converted a large portion of the profits into assets, part of which was the expansion of Lockbridge Pictures and another part of LANN's expansion.

LANN is Carl Media's own subsidiary. Without it, Carl Media would be nothing more than an investment company, and wouldn't even have the face to call itself a media group.

Fortunately, the Afghans helped.

The Afghans gave Ian $50 billion, of which Ian misappropriated $20 billion and used $30 billion to give Redstone a good show. Under Galbraith's management, it attracted an investment of $10 billion from Madoff. With the addition of loans from Linuo Bank, its assets reached $90 billion, making it a sizable enterprise. However, it did not actually produce anything and only acted as a middleman, putting on a show while secretly transferring profits.

After deducting all costs, Redstone had a book profit of 9 million, which is why Madoff was willing to invest. It was indeed very profitable, especially considering that the 9 million was achieved on an asset scale of 30 billion.

The only business that's more profitable than government business is illegal business!

Especially selling out national-level businesses!

All things considered, Carl Media Group's annual profit was 21.7 billion.

The total assets of Carl Media are approximately:

CBS shares are valued at $45 billion;

Fox Entertainment shares were valued at $128 billion (bought for $130 billion; although Fox's size has increased, it hasn't kept up with the premium, especially since Ian also bought Blue Sky Studios, X-Men, and other copyrights, so on the surface, it's still at a $2 million loss).

UTA shares are valued at 14 billion (this represents a doubling of assets, mainly due to the acquisition of some small businesses and expansion of related businesses, but the brokerage firm itself is not a heavy asset, so there is basically not much room for further increase in terms of assets).

Gannet Group shares are worth 0.8 billion (Gannet is worthless, it hasn't appreciated at all, it's already a miracle it hasn't depreciated, don't expect it to make money, it'll be good if it doesn't lose money later).

Lockbridge Pictures is valued at 35 billion (pure assets; dragged down by Marvel, but with huge appreciation potential; crucially, it can influence major Hollywood film studios. Who says I can only influence them through scandals?).

Samsung Group's shares have increased to 52 billion (not to mention the low dividends, the asset growth rate is also so low? This is not in line with Samsung's normal development speed. I seriously suspect that you are falsifying your financial statements. Koreans are capable of doing this kind of scum. Wait until I deal with you. Besides, there are a few girls in Korea who are almost grown up).

Gazprom's shares are worth 44 billion (its assets only increased by 100 million; Gazprom pays high dividends, so its asset growth is limited, but it is still more generous than South Korea. This is not surprising, as until the Ukraine war, they all hoped to follow the United States and dared not argue too much with the American big boss in this regard).

Delta United's shares are valued at 4 million, with an investment of 2 million (but because it is a share investment under a cooperation agreement, the investor must get their principal back first, so it can only be calculated based on the investment, which is 2 million in assets).

RCA 2.5 million (Nothing much to say here. Britney's new song has been released, and her value is increasing, but not by much. It's estimated she can earn 1.5 million.)

The combined investment from China and Actoz amounted to US$3 million (this portion is produced and sold domestically in China, with no outstanding debts or repayments).

Black Deer Winery (3 million), Meihe Construction Company (3 million), Davis Prison (3 million), Linuo Bank shares (48 billion), Apple shares (7.5 million), LANN (25 billion), Google and other assets totaling 1 million, and cash of 6 million.

Finn Company disregards this.

The group's assets are around 422 billion (excluding the value of redstone).

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债务则是315亿，包括韩国50亿、安康保险公司53亿、都邦集团30亿，力诺银行182亿，（不算阿富汗那20亿）。

Ankang's interest is divided into two parts: total liabilities of 53 billion yuan, and interest of less than 2.38 million yuan.

Dubang has a debt of 30 billion and interest of 1.35 million.

South Korea has a debt of 50 billion and interest of 1.1 million.

Linuo has liabilities of 182 billion yuan and interest of 8.19 million yuan.

All interest payments totaled a staggering 13 billion.

Gaskell paid him $1 million using bank dividends, while Ian was owed $12 billion.

The debt ratio is approximately 74.6%, and the net assets are approximately 109 billion yuan.

However, most of the assets in these 109 billion yuan were not acquired through legitimate means.

Afghanistan earned 20 billion, World Cup betting revenue was 12 billion, the Black Deer speculation was worth 3 million, the US government made 4 million from illegal activities, and Redstone made 9 million from illegal business. The same applies to Russia and South Korea. If we remove all of these, and also remove the assets gained from last year's asset and stock price increases, it can be basically understood that the money earned from legitimate businesses was used to pay interest and taxes.

Dry!

That's why they say they're all just working for the bank.

It seems that windfall gains are the key to success!

They earned nearly 02 billion in 90, almost all of which was money earned through selling their conscience!

Also normal.

Everything Ian did was in pursuit of influence, hidden profits, and corporate scale. Since his own pursuit wasn't ethical profit-making, isn't this outcome quite normal?

After they swindle Madoff next year, they can rake in billions more... Ian has already given Galbraith orders to make Madoff increase his investment to $50 billion, then it will be time to cash in.

Therefore, he was willing to pay Madoff some benefits first.

Clinging to Ian's back, Scarlett stared blankly at the data.

She couldn't understand the complicated accounting calculations, but at least she could understand the results.

Surprised!

In just over two years, Ian Carr's personal assets have reached over 10 billion? He controls a media and investment group worth 40 billion?

But Ian was still not satisfied.

"Without cash, Linuo Bank still has a long way to go to develop... It's a tough road ahead!" Ian sighed.

Scarlett was horrified: "You're still not satisfied?"

Ian laughed: "When in life is there ever a time to be content? I'm still young, I'm only 26, I can still work hard for at least another twenty years!"

A life of extraordinary success, without trillions in assets, global influence, or women more beautiful than Chamberlain... how can you call yourself a man?

Okay, Chamberlain prioritizes quantity over quality, so I won't compete with you on quantity.

He pulled Scarlett into his arms, inhaling her fragrance: "Linuo Bank will inevitably become a trillion-dollar bank, and it will only be a... component of the Carl Media Group!"

As he spoke, he buried his head in the fragrance.

His powerful ambition and undisguised, inflated desires captivated Scarlett as well.

(End of this chapter)