American Scandal King

Chapter 146 The war begins

Since the 917 incident, Ian has been busy attending various banquets.

Talk business with bigwigs, corporate mergers and acquisitions, do occasional interviews, and continue to enhance my reputation.

In addition to Meihe Construction Company, Ian also bought the remaining shares of Spark TV and some other websites and integrated them to establish the Los Angeles News Network, or LANN.

This is also Ian's own news network, which includes TV stations, newspapers, websites, magazines, film and television companies, etc.

However, it is still mainly based on newspapers and is gradually transforming to television and websites.

Originally, Ian was restricted from developing in this area because of the acquisition of CBS. However, after renegotiating the agreement, CBS lifted the restrictions on Ian's independent news network in order to obtain the payables as soon as possible, allowing Ian to completely let go and develop his own business.

This means that he will repeat his old tricks and get the resources he needs from CBS.

Of course, he is not the chairman of CBS now, so he cannot be as blatant as he was to the Kollnerszeitung. He has to take it slow.

This meant that Ian didn't reveal any big news during this period.

On the other hand, Sony acted very tough and firmly rejected Ian's conditions.

Ian knew that this was due to the support of the Jews.

In one year, Ian's rapid expansion and promotion, as well as his unfriendly attitude towards the Jews, have caused many Jewish power groups to begin to be hostile to him. However, because Ian has not expressed his hostility publicly, he has not aroused the hostility of all Jews.

Currently, the Jews who hate him are mainly concentrated in Hollywood.

Ian is not in a rush about this.

What he needs to do now is to digest as much of the benefits brought to him by 917 as possible and make himself truly powerful so that he will have the capital to fight against the Jewish consortium in the future.

10 month 29 day.

The White House announced the deployment of troops to Afghanistan about 12 days later than the original time and space. Ian had anticipated this. Long before this, the media groups had begun to spread hatred and build momentum under the guidance of the White House.

The military-industrial complex needs to sell arms, the news media needs big news, politicians need political achievements, and even oil companies are interested in this - although Afghanistan does not produce oil, it is close to oil-producing countries, and there are many private connections!

After we finish Afghanistan, we can finish Iraq!
So on this matter, the bigwigs in the United States are relatively united and unanimously agree that war should be started.

Even Ian did not object to this and bought some military industry stocks in advance.

Of course he wouldn't go there himself to do the war journalism.

Firstly, his eyesight has not yet returned to level four. Without the invisible giant, he has no confidence facing the hail of bullets on the battlefield - this is not a gangster-style fight, it is a battle of firepower, and perspective and silk threads are useless.

Secondly, everyone was surrounded by gunfire, and Ian hadn't been able to do anything special in the past, and couldn't play to his advantage as the mastermind behind the scenes... The endless war news was only hot, but no plot.

In that case, let my subordinates do it.

Therefore, during this period, Ian only collected big news, but basically did not break it - good news requires controlling the rhythm. After 917, it was the Afghanistan War that attracted attention, and the value of other big news would be reduced at this time.

This is also why Ian focuses on corporate mergers and acquisitions operations.

Today, Ian was looking at reports in the company and listening to the work reports of Dill Chandler and others, but he received a call from Jessica Alba.

Helen Berry, Scarlett, Shauna, and others recently joined Lockbridge, but they're currently without a film. Fortunately, Ian is generous and willing to pay them, so they can live comfortably. And according to plans, Ian is about to make another move in the film and television industry—this time in management, rather than in the realm of breaking news.

Ian received a call at this moment and said, "Hey, Jessica, what's up?"

Jessica's voice on the phone was a little panicked: "Chatham didn't want to terminate the contract with me, he threatened me!"

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The late night cafe at the foot of Beverly Hills, as its name suggests, doesn't have much business during the day.

When Ian walked into the cafe, he saw Dan Mills sitting in a corner drinking authentic American black coffee, pure black coffee, no coffee mate, no sugar. Although Dan Mills was a mean and absurd person with little ability, he was very good at making money.

Ian took a fancy to Lock Bridge Pictures because this guy was shameless enough and had many connections, so he could get more inside information for himself to make precise attacks.

There was a laptop on the patterned tablecloth of the coffee table. The fat man with a fat face was looking at the computer while secretly glancing at the waitress.

You just can't get around the waitress, huh?

After seeing Ian come in, the fat man grinned, stood up and waved his fat hand, saying: "Here, boss."

Ian walked over and sat down on the hard sofa opposite the fat man.

He looked out the window. Winter snow was falling, and the ground was covered with silver frost, white and crystal clear. There were few pedestrians on the road.

Christmas is coming soon, and some shops have Christmas trees placed in front of their doors with colorful lights hanging on them.

Seeing Ian sit down, Dan looked at him with envy and admiration.

With a respectful tone, Dan handed him a document: "What you asked for."

Ian took the information and looked at it carefully, then casually said, "How's the company doing lately, Dan?"

Dan sighed and shook his head. "Not very good. Business is very low and everyone is helpless."

Ian asked, "Shauna and the others can't help you make money?"

Dan shrugged. "You know you're not very popular in Hollywood, boss?"

Ian smiled and said nothing more, just continued reading the information.

He quickly put down the information and said, "So, this Chatham is from UTA?"

UTA is United Talent Agency, one of the major talent agencies in the United States. Its big-name artists include Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, the Coen brothers, Jennifer Lopez, etc.

They even signed a contract with a certain expired big darling from China!
Their real rise was in 95 when Michael Jackson left CAA and joined UTA.

In 98, UTA poached the big-name female agent Tracy Jacobs from CAA because she had a big name in her hand: Johnny Depp.

During this period, they also established an independent film department and actively participated in film and television production to enhance their voice.

UTA has also been actively seeking cooperation with television networks. They have previously collaborated on "The Sopranos". As a shareholder of CBS, if Ian is willing, he can get UTA to agree to release the person with just one word.

But Ian didn't want to do that.

That means he owes UTA ​​a favor and will have to repay it in the future.

Why use expensive methods when you can solve the problem with cheaper ones?
Especially when the other party does something dishonest.

This guy named Chatham actually threatened Jessica that if she didn't renew her contract with him, no one in Hollywood would use her in the future. Not only that, he also called in gangsters to intimidate her.

Fucheng Boys 13, a gang composed mainly of white people.

Garrick, who was made into a burning torch by Ian, is a member of this gang.

After understanding this guy's information, Ian asked, "Is he staying at home tonight?"

Dan spread his hands. "That's hard to say. Agents and producers are like us, we're all worldly."

"Then help him arrange it." Ian stood up: "It's not difficult, right?"

(End of this chapter)