American Scandal King

Chapter 171 Take You to Do News
In the office, Ian closed his eyes and listened to the secretary's report.

"Gannett Group rejected your offer. They believe that without your 70% stake in the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Triad, the value is not $20 billion, but they are willing to accept cross-shareholding."

"DuPont Group is dissatisfied with the development of the Los Angeles Times. They believe that you have not fulfilled your previous promises."

"Xhosa Newspapers said they would not sell the newspaper to you unless you agreed not to do what you did to the newspaper in the same way you did to the Hingkoren newspaper."

"The CBS board of directors approved the sale of Channel 4 to Carr Media, but expressed dissatisfaction with your price, believing it could be worth more. They also said you were overly partial to LANN. CBS is also your child, and your eldest son..."

Listening to this series of reports, Ian also laughed: "The problem is that CBS is not my biological child, LANN is."

Ian is currently focusing on developing LANN. After all, this is Carl Media's own television news network.

To this end, he took action against CBS and bought some of CBS's industries.

Of course, what the Koelnische Zeitung did was much better. After all, he was not the chairman of CBS and could not make all the decisions on his own.

Even so, CBS's directors were somewhat dissatisfied.

After a moment of thought, Ian said, "Tell them that I will increase CBS's market value to no less than 180 billion this year. CBS can still expand externally, and I'm just taking a small share of the pie for my contribution. Also, Cal Media will start raising funds sooner or later, and they can all join in then, including merging LANN with CBS."

Secretary Ida replied, "Can I speak from my heart?"

Ian looked at her: "What?"

Ida said, "I don't think they will believe this empty promise."

Ian laughed heartily. "They just need to believe that CBS's market capitalization can reach $180 billion."

Then he stood up and said, "Tell Gannett Group that the price won't change, but all the reports from Ian Carr and Butterfly can be shared by all the newspapers under Gannett Group. As for the shares, I will only accept 15%. At the same time, we will not assume the debt incurred by Gannett Group."

Although the Gannett Group is the largest newspaper group in the United States, its actual size is not that big. It has been shrinking and its market value is only about 7 million US dollars. Now it is about 16 billion.

In other words, the prices of Ian's two newspapers now exceed the total value of the Gannett Group, making the Gannett Group no longer the largest newspaper group - not surprising, after all, the Herald and the Times have now become the two newspapers with the highest circulation in the United States.

But that doesn't mean they can't afford it.

Can you borrow money?

I don't mind being swallowed by you snakes.

Ian was determined to give up the newspaper industry. He wanted a 15% stake in Gannett only to maintain his influence in the newspaper industry rather than to make money from it. In that case, there was no point in asking for more.

According to Ian, the two newspapers were actually sold for 14.6 billion, and Ian himself obtained 15% of Gannett shares. Gannett Group can return to its position as the first newspaper group, which is good for their stock price.

That's all.

No matter how much you shrink in the future, I won’t lose much money.

With the support of Ian's exclusive news, the decline in the market value of the Gannett Group should be slowed down a lot.

But the Gannett Group is no fool.

The billion-dollar value of the Pioneer Newspaper is supported by profits rather than its own assets. However, this profit is closely related to Ian himself, and it is not a profit from systematic operations... Gannett is different. They make profits through real systematic operations, not relying on a certain person. Therefore, although Gannett's profitability is average, it has been able to maintain its position as the number one newspaper group.

The situation of the Pioneer Daily means that once the newspaper business changes hands, profits will drop significantly.

This is also Ian’s biggest weakness at the moment, and it is also the reason why Ian continues to acquire peer companies... I don’t need to be good at system construction, I just need to buy those who are good at it and then add my own advantages.

Ida hurriedly wrote down: "Anything else?"

Ian thought for a moment and said, "Tell the Dupont Group that if they are willing, they can sell their Times shares to Gannett, and I will share Gannett Group's shares with them. Isn't it more valuable to control a newspaper group than to control a newspaper? In addition, I can give them advertising bundles for breaking news as a reward for their support!"

In this way, the money he lost would be less, but the impact would not be small, because Dubang Group would inevitably hand over their shares to Ian for holding.

When the newspaper industry as a whole is in decline, being able to maintain the status quo is Ian's greatest contribution. In this way, Ian can control the mouthpiece of the newspaper industry at the lowest cost and at the same time make up for the dissatisfaction of the Dubang Group.

"Okay, boss." Secretary Ida smiled at Ian: "You are becoming more and more talented."

She left gracefully.

Every secretary wants to seduce me, but it's not easy for me.

Ian sighed.

Then he picked up the phone:
"Scarlett baby, I missed you... Are you filming? Okay, next time then."

"Kate baby, I missed you...Okay, next time then."

"Jessica...Okay, next time then."

"Helen...Barbara...Chrissy...Shauna...Amanda...Nicole...why are you all so busy?"

After a series of phone calls, Ian suddenly realized that his darlings were all busy at work, and the only free one, Lena, was pregnant. For a while, he had nowhere to vent his sexual desire.

As for Catherine, she was the one who contacted him, and Ian didn't want to take the initiative to contact her.

How about going to Olivia? "Forget it, let's just work." Ian thought about it and finally decided to give up.

I just met her once not long ago and I felt a little tired of her.

Walk out of the office and leave Trump Tower.

The sun is shining brightly today.

In spring when flowers bloom, the busy streets are bustling with people.

Ian leisurely came to the parking lot in front of the building. As soon as he got into his car, he saw a beautiful girl standing at the main entrance of the building.

Ivanka Trump!

She was dressed in red, her long legs slightly visible, and she was standing at the main gate, looking around.

Her slender figure and beautiful face were extremely hot, and many men along the way were drooling over her.

Ian's heart moved slightly, and he drove to the door of the building.

He yelled at Ivanka: "Hey, beautiful, don't tell me you're waiting for a taxi."

Seeing Ian, Ivanka smiled: "No, I'm waiting for you."

Ian was stunned: "What did you say?"

Ivanka naturally lifted her long hair and said, "Your secretary told me you left, and my father asked me to talk to you about the advertising business... The Trump Organization plans to establish some business cooperation with Carl Media."

"That sounds good." Ian smiled and opened the car door: "Get in."

Ivanka got in the car naturally: "Where to now?"

Her long and beautiful legs naturally appeared in front of Ian.

Ian's heart skipped a beat.

Without using perspective, Ian drove out.

He casually said, "We're going to go gather news. Are you interested in joining me? We can discuss business while doing...news."

Ivanka's eyes lit up slightly.

She turned her pretty face to look at Ian, her eyes filled with hope: "Any clues?"

Ian shook his head slightly: "No need for clues, my eyes are the clues."

The Lamborghini raced along Los Angeles Boulevard, speeding through the long street.

Ian drove with Ivanka in the strong wind.

Ivanka looked at Ian, while Ian's eyes swept across the streets and alleys.

His eyes seemed to have a kind of magic that deeply attracted Ivanka.

She whispered, "Where are you going to sit with me?"

Ian said without even turning his head: "Do you think I'm kidding you? I'm serious, I'm working, looking for news."

Ivanka laughed. “You don’t get any good news that way.”

"That may not be the case." Ian looked into the distance and suddenly said, "There's good news ahead. What do you think? Are you interested?"

Ivanka looked ahead in astonishment.

In the distance, there are tall buildings and busy traffic, but I can't see any place suitable for reporting.

She looked at Ian in surprise: "Are you sure?"

I saw Ian had parked the car near a hotel.

He pulled Ivanka out of the car and said, "Let's go get a room first."

Ivanka was shocked: "Are you sure? Ian Carr, this is not the way to do journalism!"

Ian smiled at Ivanka. "What are you worried about? Will I rape you after I book the room? And then use this as news?"

Ivanka gently twisted her perfect waist.

Bright and beautiful in the sunshine.

She laughed and said, "That's really explosive news."

(End of this chapter)