American Scandal King

Chapter 162 News can also have a sequel
The early spring of 2002 was the time when flowers were blooming, everything was reviving, and spring was in full swing.

On a highway outside Los Angeles, a car sped madly in the spring sunshine, with a news car chasing it closely behind. It rushed through the traffic and sped forward, with sirens blaring behind it.

"Chase! Catch up!"

Ian Carr shouted loudly while sitting in the car.

Next to him is Bridson driving, and behind him is the new Butterfly Vincent holding a camera, chasing the robbers in front.

When the gangsters in the car ahead saw the news car chasing them, they all cheered loudly: "Ian Karl, you're finally here! We've been waiting for you!"

Ian was amused.

Ever since the Palos Bank robbery, quite a few gangsters have tried to emulate the old incident... Gan Lun and his gang have been out on bail for a long time and are doing interviews everywhere, making a lot of money and making countless gangsters envious.

The kidnappers on TV were so happy that their faces were wrinkled with joy. They said that this made money faster than robbing a bank, and expressed their gratitude to Ian again and again - this was also specially arranged by Ian.

Just like ByteDance’s idea - let the news find you, instead of you looking for the news!
Ian's answer is: Let violence find you, not the other way around.

That would make sense as to why I always have good news!

So today there is another round of such incidents, but it is not a bank robbery, but simply a car robbery and kidnapping of a man - the crime is minor and it is more convenient for subsequent operations.

Ian didn't even need to make an offer, the other party even waited for him.

Ian smiled and said, "Let's get started. Vincent, you come!"

As he took the camera, Vincent began the interview.

The gangster was a little dissatisfied: "Aren't you going to do it yourself? Ian Karl."

"We have to give the newcomer a chance. He's the next Butterfly, and he's pretty good!" Ian showed a generosity that encouraged him to promote newcomers. "And you guys are the new Butterfly's first hit."

A good boss should be able to give subordinates more opportunities!

"Okay," one of the gangsters shouted, "will you write a book for us?"

Vincent doesn't have the determination and courage of Philileso, but he is smart and good at journalism. In comparison, Philileso is a man of action. He can be a good assassin, but his independent interviewing skills are average. He just follows Ian's path and lacks his own characteristics.

At this moment, Vincent shouted, "We're not sure about this. It depends on how well Gan Lun and his team's books sell. And whether there are any interesting stories about you."

Several gangsters shouted together: "We can kill a few people."

Vincent shook his head repeatedly: "Then it's hard to bail you out."

"Fuck! Why can Gan Lun and the others do it?"

Vincent replied: "Everything has a first come, first served basis. The first one always has the advantage."

The gangsters sighed together: "This business is not easy."

Vincent shouted, "If you really want to be famous, you've got to come up with something new."

"what should we do?"

Vincent shook his head slightly: "I'm just an interviewer, not an instigator."

Even if you can edit it, you can’t teach them how to commit a crime!

Then he made a gesture, forming a circle with his left hand and moving his right index finger a few times in the circle.

Good guy!
Thank you for thinking it through.

Ian felt happy that the pressure of thinking was greatly reduced by Vincent.

He looked at the other person, his left eye flickering slightly.

He didn't want to control the other party, but to tell them what to do through illusion... Those guys might not be able to understand Vincent's gestures.

One of the gangsters was slightly startled, then suddenly shouted, "Then this is the only way I can do it! Remember, I'm going to take the lion's share!"

As he said this, he suddenly pushed the kidnapped man in the car to the window and took off his pants.

"Fuck! Gastan, what are you doing?" The other gangsters were also confused.

The gangster frantically yelled at the kidnapped man: "Shut up! This is the price you have to pay for being famous. Come on, take a picture! The one in front of you is the great Gaston Bieber!"

He yelled wildly, opened the roof and wreaked havoc.

While being chased by a police car, the gangster was completely naked and shouting loudly, leaving the police confused.

So, you rob cars and kidnap people just to export goods by road?

Only Ian Carr and Vincent laughed out loud.

Ian has said, "The next person to follow suit will probably have to kidnap a pig if they want to stand out again."

Even the usually quiet Brydeson laughed: "This is such a fierce competition."

Only the unfortunate kidnapped person was still screaming: "No, Ian Karl, save me!"

Ian shouted, "I can save you, or if you choose to accept this reality, I can give you $100,000."

The other party was stunned for a moment, then roared: "I want one hundred thousand dollars! Come on, baby Gastan, love me hard! Harder!!! Fuck, you're too hard, I need oil!"

So this is how Fake Oil came about?

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after an hour.

Ian returns to the headquarters of Carr Media Group.

As soon as I arrived at the office, I saw my secretary Ida coming over with a smile on her face: "Congratulations, boss, you've made another big news."

Ian threw his coat onto the sofa and opened the wine cabinet.

He poured himself a bottle of wine, sat down in the boss chair, and said casually, "It's not too big. It's just like making a movie. It's just the Palos Bank Speed ​​​​case 2. There may be 3, 4, and 5, but they are all relying on the old ones."

Although it is said that making money is not afraid of relying on old capital, Ian always pursues innovation. A good reporter is like a good director who can create all kinds of new themes.

Therefore, he is no longer willing to make sequels like the Palos Bank Speed ​​​​Cases News 1234, and will leave it to Vincent and others.

Excellent directors rarely make sequels, and if they do, they must have enough confidence and creativity.

At this moment he looked at Ida: "What's going on today?"

Ida stood respectfully in front of Ian. "20th Century Fox rejected your request to buy the X-Men copyright. Disney rejected your request to buy Pirates of the Caribbean. ABC sternly and angrily rejected your request to buy the Oscar broadcasting rights. Mr. Murdoch of News Corporation said he could have dinner with you, but that would have to be scheduled for three months later. He also said that Fox Television Network was not part of the dinner negotiations."

Ian sighed, "It's all bad news!"

With the support of Linuo Bank, Ian can finally make big investments without restraint.

The first step is to acquire and invest in all the companies and projects you know about.

Not long ago, Google finally started financing, and Ian successfully acquired a 10% stake. In addition, there are some other aspects, such as some famous future tycoon companies in China, in which Ian has made small investments, and the money spent is not much, just a few million.

The investment division of Carl Media Group is now becoming Ian's focus, but only temporarily.

For Ian, making money through rebirth is not his main focus, not only because there are many differences in this world, but also because under the influence of Gaskell, he increasingly realized that money is not the key.

While these internet companies are highly profitable, their impact on national economy and people's livelihoods is far less than that of brick-and-mortar businesses—in terms of equivalent value, with the exception of some specific industries. Therefore, for Ian, simply being an investor in promising internet companies is enough to secure the desired returns. His true focus lies in companies with significant social impact.

Including finance, military industry, etc., the more extensive the employment, the more it needs to be controlled.

When your company has millions of employees, you control the United States. You can decide who the president is and you can let the president issue any decree you want. As long as you want, all laws can be trampled under your feet!

Even control the world - at least for the next twenty years.

The problem is that they don’t want to sell it!
Even though Hollywood fears Ian, you can't always have everything you want.

For example, if 20th Century Fox wants to invest in X-Men, that’s fine, and we can also do the promotion and distribution, but we can’t agree to your request for the copyright.

So even if he was afraid of Ian, Jim Ginablis would never agree to this.

Of course, his tone was very kind, and he said that he really was powerless and asked for understanding.

Ian didn't care, and this was indeed understandable - after all, he didn't have any negative information about Jim Ginabulis at the moment.

At this moment, Ida smiled and said, "There is also good news. Actoz and Marvel have accepted your investment."

Ian muttered, "This one's not bad."

Actoz is the parent company behind Legend. Ian invested in Shanda last year, acquiring a 49% stake. Earlier this year, he approached Actoz to buy it. Actoz alone will generate a quarter of Legend's annual revenue, and crucially, the price is still low at this time. With his involvement, future Legend source code leaks can be avoided, making it his most important cash cow.

The same goes for Marvel, which is not worth much at this stage.

"Where's Pixar?"

"Mr. Steve Jobs has no plans to sell Pixar for the time being."

"He's just waiting for the right price. He will sell it, but I don't want to wait until then. It will be too expensive by then. I don't want to spend billions to buy it." Ian sneered.

Pixar's original time and space was sold in 06 for 74 billion, but now it lacks some hits and is not worth that much.

Ian didn't want to wait that long.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Tell him that if he's willing to sell Pixar to me for $03 billion this year, I can hold 15% of Apple shares until the end of , and then I'll hand over all of them to him for permanent ownership."

For Jobs, Apple is what he values ​​most.

"Permanently?" Ida was stunned.

I've never seen anyone so generous.

Ian was certain: "Yes, that means as long as he lives, he will have full control over my Apple shares. 15% of Apple shares, no more, no less. If I can't do it, Pixar will repay him for free."

Having put forward these conditions, it would be a problem if Jobs still didn't agree.

Apple is a listed company, but as long as an agreement is reached with the board of directors, buying more shares will not have much impact. The reason why Ian only promised 15% is because it is not yet time for Apple to take off, and there is no need to occupy too much capital.

Good management must invest funds at the right time!

With the good example of 15%, it will be much easier to continue acquiring shares of Apple and other companies.

The only regret is that some of the high-quality companies in Ian's memory are difficult to find due to the differences in time and space. Fortunately, big companies like Google and Apple are still there, so the future of the Seven Sisters of Wall Street will not be a problem.

"Yes, sir." Ida quickly wrote it down: "Anything else?"

Ian said, "Contact Eisner. I can offer $3 million for Pirates of the Caribbean. The peripheral copyrights will still belong to them, and the production will still be handed over to them."

Ida was stunned: "3 million US dollars?"

Pirates of the Caribbean is still in production with a budget of 1.5 million, and Ian is buying double that.

The first Pirates of the Caribbean grossed $3 million, which is only about $ million after deducting the theater's share. Excluding publicity and promotion, it still lost money. Adding the DVD part, it made a small profit... Good DVD sales can double the box office revenue.

But such a huge investment and such a high risk means it's not worth it - before Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney didn't have much success in live-action movies.

What's more, Ian doesn't want any peripheral products, this is simply giving money to Disney!

Ian laughed and said, "Yes! The reason why Disney wanted to produce Pirates of the Caribbean was actually because of their amusement park pirate ship project. This project was the least popular one in Disneyland. In order to make the pirate ship project take off, they filmed Pirates of the Caribbean."

Ian spread his hands and said, "Tell Eisner that Disney can own the game copyright of the Corsair project free of charge. He will agree. I'm not competing with him for the ultimate profit."

Ida was speechless.

These conditions really couldn't be better.

Disney's ultimate goal is the pirate ship attraction in the amusement park, so whoever shows the movie doesn't care? It even has to rely on Disney's publicity and promotion.

This business is more profitable than Spider-Man!

But she couldn't understand what good this would do for Ian?
It’s actually very simple, what Ian wants is copyright!

After Pirates of the Caribbean became a hit, the pirate ship project also took off, but in order to continue to tap into this gold mine, Disney had to continue developing Pirates of the Caribbean.

But at that time, the copyright of Pirates of the Caribbean was already in Ian's hands, and it was impossible for him to shoot it himself, so Disney had to buy it back.

Then it was Ian's turn to ask for the price.

The ultimate purpose of everything you buy is to sell it - if you buy it at a high price, you can sell it back at a higher price!

Same with Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.

For Ian, the project is just a means, and the core is to control these guys and make them obedient!
Spider-Man and My Big Fat Greek Wedding haven't been released yet, so these big things must be done before Ian's "eye for film and television" gets out, otherwise it will be difficult to buy projects in the future.

At this moment, Ian took out a report and handed it to Ida: "Give this to Disney's board of directors as well."

Ida took the report and read it aloud: "The pirate ship capsized, resulting in one death and two injuries?"

She looked at Ian in horror.

Boss, do you have all these?

Ian smiled. "What happened at Disneyland last year was suppressed by them. But whenever something happens, there's always news. Pirates of the Caribbean serves their pirate ship project... They wouldn't want reports like this to appear."

This news was not made by Ian himself, but by a reporter under his command. He was bought by Ian and directly detained.

The combination of sticks and sweet dates is an ever-effective tactic.

Ida happily accepted the information: "Okay, boss."

"Anything else?" Ian asked.

"Chairman Ascot wants to have dinner with you tonight."

"Okay. Anything else?"

"Jessica Alba and Amanda said that Miss Barbara, Helen, and Cressy are free during this period, and Miss Scarlett and Shawna will also be here."

"Oh my God!" Ian slapped his forehead. "I'm really too busy to handle everything now."

Although most of the time, the girls avoid each other, there are always times when they collide.

Seven bird nests flew in at once this time?

big head!

(End of this chapter)