American Scandal King

Chapter 191 The World Cup is Coming

Goldwyn Estate, Beverly Hills.

Ian was lying on the soft big bed in the bedroom on the third floor.

Ian didn't look for anyone else. It was rare for this girl to bow her head, so he should be a little more considerate and give her some cushion.

Ian stared at the ceiling silently, phone still in his hand.

He was on the phone: "No, no, James, I wouldn't have thought of that. It's just a coincidence, and I didn't expect things to turn out this way."

James Pelley laughed on the phone. "That's the celebrity effect, Ian. Even if you don't venture out anymore, a few of your selfies can become hot news."

Ian shook his head: "That's just overdrawing my reputation. I'm still young and have no intention of stopping fighting."

James Pelley sensed something was wrong and asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Ian looked at Catherine.

Sweat was dripping from her forehead and her big eyes were glaring at herself fiercely.

Ian whispered, "Being raped."

James Perry: "..."

After a while, he said, "I never talk about work in this kind of situation."

Ian smiled: "I think the opposite. Human time is so precious. There are only 24 hours in a day. There is no need to do just one thing when you can do several things at once."

"Who is it?" asked James Pelley.

Catherine quickly took out an ice pick from the ice bucket and pointed it at Ian's neck.

It means, if you dare to say my name, I will let you experience the power of "Instinct".

Ian smiled: “You fierce woman, don’t let me say… If you keep asking, tomorrow’s news headlines will be that Ian Karl was stabbed to death in bed. His death was horrible and he was not hanging at all!”

James Perry laughed out loud: "I hope you have fun."

He hangs up.

Ian hugged Catherine, knocked the ice pick out of her hand, pressed her down, and grabbed a handful of ice from the ice bucket.

"Ah!" Catherine screamed in excitement.

She bit Ian's shoulder hard like a mad woman.

Ian turned over and took back the initiative, and then Catherine pushed Ian down again...

After a while, the cloud and rain disappeared.

Catherine lay on top of Ian, breathing heavily.

The balcony window was open, her hair fluttered in the breeze, and her eyes shone brightly under the light.

She whispered, "Is the child Mrs. Bent's?"

Ian smiled: "I'm not surprised you know the answer."

Catherine hugged Ian tightly and said, "But I didn't expect you to be willing to do this for her."

It was indeed surprising. As far as Catherine knew, no one had ever been able to stop Ian's crazy desire to expose secrets. Not only that, he might even come up with all kinds of tricks while chasing Li Walmart.

And this time he actually gave up all of this for Lena.

Ian looked at her for a long time, and finally said, "That was a year ago."

He got off Catherine, put his arms around her neck, looked at the ceiling, and softly recounted his experience of contact with Gaskell.

His tone was calm and peaceful, yet with a hint of tenderness.

Then Catherine understood: "You love her?"

Ian smiled bitterly, his eyes becoming more and more blurred.

He thought seriously.

For a while.

He shook his head and said, "I don't know. Someone like me isn't qualified to talk about love. It's too sacred, I don't deserve it. However, people's feelings always need to be placed somewhere, and looking around, it seems that she is the only one who fits the bill. She won't need anything from me. She loves me, and she loves Gaskell, although not completely, but it's very real. They have given me all the help they can give, and they are the only people I can fully trust at the moment, even more than my mother."

Mrs. Carl was naturally very kind to her son, but she was just an ordinary old lady after all and could not help Ian in any way.

Her greatest contribution is that she will not hold her son back.

Catherine finally understood.

So this is ah!

Ian Carr, this cold-blooded bastard, actually fell in love with someone else's wife... You actually still understand love, even if only a little.

Catherine was speechless.

After a while, she said, "I want to be the director."

Ian looked at her in surprise.

Catherine raised her chin: "Beaton is going to run for council, and I know you can help me do it."

Ian looked at her.

After a while, he shook his head: "No."

"Why?" Catherine was angry.

She sat up angrily, showing off her beautiful figure, as if she wanted to use her softest part to smash Ian's hardest head.

Ian chuckled: "You know why."

Hearing this, Catherine lowered her head.

She does know.

I am too principled and have my own ideas on many things.

The people Ian wants to help are those who can cooperate with him, not those who do things for the sake of justice.

But in fact, where is the justice in myself?
She had known Ian for a long time and knew what he had done.

But she chose to deceive herself and ignore it.

I have been obsessed with him for a long time, but I just used arrogance and arrogance as a cover.

She bit her lower lip lightly, looking at Ian with obsessed eyes.

She got up from Ian and walked out of bed.

She showed off her beautiful figure under the light, then slowly knelt down in front of Ian.

She murmured, "Fakmi! I beg you!"

Ian smiled.

“That’s not enough,” he said.

In the past, Catherine might have been furious.

But at this moment, she just bent her body gently.

She said tenderly: "You can have whatever you want..."

So Ian slowly pressed her down: "Remember your attitude now..."

That night, Catherine seemed like a different person.

She tried to please Ian in a flattering way.

She explained to herself that it was for the position of director, but deep down she felt that it was just an excuse.

All her strength was like an empty shell in front of Ian, and she knew that was the wrong way.

She just needed a reason to convince herself, to let her humble herself and surrender wholeheartedly.

A woman like her, once she surrenders, gives away everything.

So Ian had a rare wonderful night.

………………

The next day, Ian went to see Lena first. In the ward, Ian looked at the baby in the cradle with tenderness in his eyes.

"He's so cute!" Ian couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and kissed the child's face again.

"Okay Ian, if you kiss him again, he will cry again." Lena happily took the baby from Ian's arms and gave him a nice eye roll.

Americans don't have the concept of confinement after childbirth, so Lena won't stay by her bedside. For her, the most important thing now, besides taking care of the child, is getting back in shape.

But Ian didn't think so. For this reason, he specially found a Chinese wet nurse and told Lena the importance of confinement to a woman's body.

This made Lena very happy, but also jealous, because according to this logic, she still wouldn't be able to be with Ian in the days to come.

Don't think I don't know that you slept with Anne Hathaway after Megan Fox... and that's just a known fact.

You've changed, Ian Carr.

Last year you were restrained, but this year you started to flirt with other women.

You even took the initiative!

As expected, people change as their circumstances change! You stay true to your journalism roots, and you adapt to the times when it comes to treating girls!
Lena's eyes were full of resentment.

If he hadn't had stitches and someone else was watching, she might have just dragged Ian over to the bed and started the operation.

Even so, she still asked Ian jealously: "You are going to the World Cup, right? Who will you take with you?"

Although Ian devoted most of his energy to Hollywood in the first half of this year, the Earth in 2002 was actually a terrifying Earth - terrorism was the synonym of this year.

A lot has happened this year. A wave of terror has occurred around the world, and the voices against terrorism have become louder and louder.

However, no matter how turbulent the world is, life must go on.

The most typical example is that the World Cup is about to be held.

The war is still raging in Afghanistan, but the World Cup will go on as scheduled.

May 5st is the opening day of the Japan-Korea World Cup, and it is also a carnival for the global media.

Although this international event is not worth much to the United States, the three major sports in the United States are baseball, rugby and basketball, and there is no room for football.

But on the other hand, Ian needs to expand internationally and does not intend to miss the World Cup.

It doesn’t matter that CBS doesn’t have the broadcasting rights for the World Cup, they can still broadcast other news about the World Cup!

For example, if fans cause trouble, you can’t broadcast that exclusively, right?
For this reason, media from all over the world flocked to the scene, looking for news.

In addition, there is another thing that can be considered big news, that is the dark side of South Korea!
In the 02 World Cup, South Korea finished fourth, but at the same time, it also ruined its reputation.

Later, in order to get promoted, Zheng Mengzhong publicly announced that he had bribed the referee - this kind of thing only works in South Korea.

Can openly advocating fraud be supported?

Koreans' lack of bottom line has risen to the point where they openly say "this is our national culture", which is on the same level as India's "shitting all over the streets is our national culture".

Speaking of which, Koreans are also awesome.

In China, the three countries that are most hated are the United States, Japan, and South Korea.

The United States is because of strength and oppression, and Japan is because of national hatred.

South Korea can neither bully China nor have any historical grudges, yet it is still ranked in the top three of the hate list. This shows that you are capable.

And this is not just the perception of China, but the perception of most countries in the world.

Koreans are notorious for their dirtiness in sports. At the Seoul Olympics before the World Cup, Koreans also assaulted referees, which became a famous scandal in the Olympics - there is no cleanliness in any of the competitions they participate in.

But Ian has no intention of stopping the Korean from taking fourth place this time.

If he wanted to stop it, it would be very simple. He just had to use invisible silk threads to guide those guys playing football, and then there would be all kinds of crazy rollovers on the field.

Even the whistle couldn't stop Ian.

But that's not necessary.

For this football match, the Koreans successively blackmailed Italy and Spain, which directly led to the deterioration of relations with the two countries and a bad reputation internationally. It was a typical foolish act that did not make up for the loss.

Only the Koreans themselves are complacent about this, but they never think about what they have lost - it's the same as the presidential election. As long as I gain benefits, I don't care what the country loses!
If Ian had helped Italy win that game, Italy might still hate South Korea, but the hatred would not be so strong - the painful feelings of having lost and almost lost are different.

In this case, it’s okay to let them satisfy themselves, but you can provide evidence that Zheng Mengzhun bribed the referee - you don’t have to expose it yourself, I will do it for you.

Zheng Mengzhong revealed it himself because the times have changed, the domestic environment supports him, and he does not need foreign votes.

Ian helped him explode, but he couldn't help him choose the right time.

Furthermore, South Korea’s fourth place is a big upset, so you can bet on it.

Ian promised Gaskell not to gamble in the casino, but it would be nice to gamble on football occasionally to make some money back... after all, he had spent a lot of money recently.

I don't ask for a lot, just some interest is enough.

Other than that, although Koreans have rubbish personalities, their beauties are still okay.

These people are dogs of the Americans, and it is easier to deal with them.

You don't even need to ask, they will deliver it to you.

If you think about it this way, make money, do news, engage Koreans, engage Koreans (no repetition), you can kill two birds with one stone!

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but Ian just smiled and kissed Lena: "I'm not taking anyone with me. I have work to do and I need to see Murdoch."

"Maybe he's just looking for a new target. After all, there are a lot of beauties there." Lena hummed.

Ian had to comfort Lena again and said affectionately: "The beauties in the world are like fine dishes. Most of them only need to be tasted, felt, and experienced once. There is no need to linger. But you are different, baby. I care about you very much. You are my staple food forever!!!"

Lena looked into his eyes, and at that moment, she believed that Ian was speaking from the heart.

So she smiled happily: "Until we are old!"

Ian nodded affirmatively: "Until we are old!"

…………

It was getting dark and Ian left the hospital.

Walking on the streets of Los Angeles, you will see large posters posted in a nearby cinema.

Spider-Man is released.

After experiencing the 917/ incident, the American people urgently needed a superhero to save them.

Spider-Man's release at this time is undoubtedly a good opportunity.

A huge profit will come soon, but it is not even worth Ian's extra seconds of thinking.

As I said, whether it is media, film and television, or the Internet, what matters is influence and profit. Now that Ian Carr has grown stronger, he pays more attention to industry.

Companies such as Amazon, ExxonMobil, Apple, UnitedHealth, Berkshire Hathaway, Microsoft, General Motors, Boeing, Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon are Ian's ultimate goals for the future.

If he is strong enough, he will expand globally in the future, including Japan's Toyota, France's Total Energy, British Petroleum, Deutsche Telekom, South Korea's Samsung, the Netherlands' ASML, etc.

If the tentacles are strong enough, even Russian natural gas, Singapore's Trafigura Group, etc. can be considered. As for China, don't count on it as it involves national economy and people's livelihood, but companies like Tencent, Alibaba, Pinduoduo, ByteDance, etc. are all fine - in fact, China Petroleum and the like are also possible.

While I was thinking about this, the phone rang.

Ian looked at the number and it was an unfamiliar number.

He took it and put a voice changer on himself.

"Ian Carr?" A voice in not very standard English, with a sense of vicissitudes, came from the other end of the phone.

"I'm not sure if I should be, who are you?" Ian vaguely sensed some strange charm.

On the other end of the phone, a voice full of vicissitudes of life said in a low voice: "I am a friend of Mohammed Atta."

Hearing this answer, Ian laughed: "Oh, that's interesting."

"I understand your attitude. Your voice is different, and you're cautious." The other party smiled and said, "Perhaps we should find a place to talk?"

"Are you in Los Angeles?"

"Eighty meters from you, look up."

Ian looked up and saw a middle-aged man standing at the second-floor window not far away, looking at him.

No big beard.

(End of this chapter)