American Gossip King

Chapter 245 Methods Outside of Business

On the large platform on the third floor of the Warwick Hotel in New York.

Ian sat in a rocking chair, gazing at the distant blue sky.

More than a year has passed since 917/1, and the sun is shining brightly in New York again. The dark clouds in the hearts of Americans have shifted to Afghanistan and will soon shift to Iraq... George W. Bush has made it clear that he wants to invade Iraq.

Another war is about to begin, which can be seen as fulfilling Ian's promise to Amharican.

Ian likes it this way.

His gaze returned to James Peli across from him.

James Perry looked at Ian with a helpless expression and a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

Ian smiled slightly and said, "That's enough."

A simple "it's over" pierced James Peley's heart like a knife.

From Ian's expression, he didn't see Ian Carr's anger at CBS's counterattack, but rather a long-awaited smile.

This made James Pely extremely uneasy.

He sighed softly, "You did it first."

Ian shook his head slightly.

Using the Russia collusion investigation to attack him is a very pointless thing.

On the one hand, Ian is a businessman, so it's normal for him to invest in Russia. On the other hand, the shares of Gazprom are in Lena's hands, and on the surface, they have nothing to do with him.

With Delta United alone, there's absolutely nothing going on.

Collusion with Russia has never been a fatal problem for businessmen—as long as you're not spying for the Russians, it's absurd to call normal business dealings collusion with Russia.

It can only be said that CBS's counterattack was somewhat considerate.

But Ian was still very dissatisfied.

James Perry knew about his relationship with Lena, so he knew that Lena's gas shares were his.

This means that the release of this news is related to James Peley.

He looked at James Peley and said, "I didn't do anything, or rather, the only thing I did was sell the stock I had."

The negative news during this period was all released by News Corporation, and it's all obvious; it's not considered smear material.

It's fair to say that Ian really held back this time.

Although James Paley is Jewish, he is not a Zionist and his relationship with Ian is fairly good.

Even in this incident, he was not the mastermind.

His only mistake was probably not pushing the board to pay the 100 million yuan in compensation.

It's truly sacrificing the big picture for a small amount of money!

Of course, James Pely wouldn't think that way.

He knows Ian.

He knew that the $100 million was just an excuse; Ian was attacking CBS simply because he had a better way to make money.

Just as he used Sony's default on its debts to attack Sony, his true intention was to make money.

Although he was young, he was a shrewd businessman. Hatred was always just an excuse for him to strike; making money was the true purpose of his actions!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have remained silent on Madoff until now.

But what good is knowing?

At that moment, Ian said softly, "We come together when we're compatible, and we part ways when we're not. I adhere to this principle, and we don't have any deep-seated hatred for each other, so I haven't gone too far with CBS."

James Perry looked at him: "I didn't go too far... Your actions have already had a significant impact on us."

Ian scoffed, "That was News Corporation's doing. What does it have to do with me?"

As he spoke, he casually took some documents out of his bag and handed them to James Peley.

James Peley's pupils dilated slightly as he looked at the document.

He had thought that Ian might have his own dirty secrets, but he didn't pay attention to it at first. Later, when a conflict arose, Ian didn't release them, so James Paley assumed that he didn't have any, or that it wasn't important.

Until now...

He looked at Ian in astonishment.

This document clearly records how he ousted CBS founder Ted Toner in order to gain power, including colluding with former CBS major shareholder Time Warner and bribing subordinates to accuse Ted Toner of a series of illegal acts.

If these things were exposed, CBS would suffer another heavy blow, and even Ted Toner wouldn't let him off the hook... Although he was ousted by him, the latter is still a powerful business tycoon!

Ian smiled calmly and said, "No one is clean; it's all about whether you can catch them. Out of consideration for our past friendship, I didn't release these, but you resorted to slanderous methods, which is not good."

Ian smiled gently as he spoke.

This is like two people arguing in the street. One throws a light punch, and the other retaliates, teaching them a harsher lesson. Then, the other feels they've been wronged and continues to retaliate fiercely...

The incident continued to escalate.

However, Ian did not intend to do that, after all, killing CBS and James Perry was not his goal... He needed some non-Zionist Jews to be his friends, to demonstrate his deep friendship with the Jewish people!

At that moment, Ian said softly, "I promised Murdoch I would sell him my shares, and try to lower the price, that's all. But I don't like your reaction at all, but you know what's most interesting?"

James Perry didn't say anything, he just watched him silently.

Ian said, "The most interesting thing is that I guessed your reaction."

He leaned closer to James Paley: "I know you still have some information about me... You think you can use that to control me? No way, James. Why don't you tell me your plan?"

James Peley took a deep breath: "You knew beforehand that the plane was going to crash, so what?"

Upon hearing this, Ian burst into laughter.

He covered his face with his hands, laughing unrestrainedly and heartily, leaving James Paley speechless.

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After a while, Ian put his hand down.

He shook his head at James Paley: "James! James! Why can I predict everything you do? It makes winning feel so pointless."

He spread his hands, saying, "What do you plan to do? Alterate the board meeting logs and take me down with you? No, don't even think about whether you have the guts. Even if you did, it wouldn't matter. I know this wasn't recorded at that board meeting. Who would record evidence of someone wanting to die? Or are you going to fabricate evidence out of thin air, trying to send me to hell?"

James Peley's expression was grave.

Yes, the collusion with Russia was just a warning; what they considered the real weapon was that Ian Karl knew about the 9/17 attacks in advance.

But Ian's expression was full of disdain.

This made him a little nervous, but he still said, "You know the media is best at creating fake news. Although we have no evidence, the fact that Filippo was on the plane, and even his private interview with Mohammed Atta, suggests that you may know something. In addition, your bet agreement with us is also evidence. We will prove that you were just on the plane by chance, but because you knew in advance that this would happen, you chose to confront those terrorists... It's sometimes easy to make up excuses. The law may not be able to judge you, but the public will suspect you."

Ian exclaimed in surprise, "You actually think you can stay out of this? Foolish!"

He shook his head dismissively: "My reputation among Jews hasn't been great lately, but since you're Jewish too, I won't make things difficult for you... There always needs to be a Jew to speak up for me. Here's the deal, James, tell me who's advocating for killing me. Then I'll show you what it means to not play with fire!"

James Peley looked at him with surprise.

For a moment, he really wanted to say, "Are you really that confident?"

But seeing Ian's eyes and his domineering and confident expression, he finally chickened out.

Every time he saw that look in his eyes, Ian Carl would keep his promise.

He thought about it carefully for a while, and finally said, "Alexandra Brier, he is a staunch non-compromiser."

Ian gave a soft "hmm": "Although we are no longer partners, we can still be friends! For the sake of friendship, I won't continue to release these materials, but you will have to revise your statements and admit that the so-called Ian collusion with Russia is fake news."

"When?" James Perry asked, puzzled.

Changing the wording is fine; from the beginning, these cunning businessmen have left themselves a way out. What he doesn't understand is why Ian is so confident that he can handle that stubborn old man, Alexandra Brier.

Ian replied with a smile, "You'll know when things come out."

He leaned back in his chair and said, "I will sell all my shares to Murdoch, and the board of directors will have to approve it. He will become your new controlling shareholder, and as for how far he goes... frankly, I don't care, and I won't ask."

"Besides Ankang, who else will support you?" James Perry asked immediately.

Ian smiled slightly: "You!"

I?

James Peley was stunned.

Do I support you selling CBS to Murdoch?

Are you kidding me?

So, the mole you mentioned at CBS was me?

Do not! Do not!

That's absolutely impossible!

He shook his head repeatedly: "With what you have? That's not enough."

"No, that was just my generous gift, it means I won't do anything to hurt my friends!" Ian had already stood up.

He looked at James Perry seriously: "The gift has been given to you, and everything I've done so far has been within the bounds of business. But when someone tries to use methods outside of business against me, I will show them what kind of being Ian Carl of the dark side of the earth really is."

He has a crooked mouth.

The Dragon King chuckled, "You'll know what to do then."

With that, he turned and left.

(End of this chapter)