American Scandal King

Chapter 224 Testing is useless to me

Lucasfilm, San Francisco.

In the office, a group of people sat helplessly.

Natalie Portman looked at the group of Jewish leaders angrily and shouted, "I've already told you that Ian Carr has discovered the reporters. If you continue to do that, you will fall into his trap. But you still insist on doing this! You are pushing me into hell!"

George Lucas rubbed his temples with a headache.

He said helplessly, "We thought Ian Carr was just overconfident and would use his political influence to eliminate this... No one thought he would have evidence. Didn't you just find a random hotel at the time?"

"That's his long private room, I told you." Natalie replied helplessly, covering her face.

Who would have thought that a madman like Ian Carr would install surveillance cameras in his own hotel room!
He monitors everything, even himself!
Not far away, Spielberg sighed and said, "Don't worry, Natalie. Ian Carr at least gave you a way out. We can arrange for someone to push you out later and say that he forced you to do this. You are also a poor and innocent victim."

On the other side of the sofa, ABC News Chairman Uhtred Boyce also said: "This better be done quickly. If it drags on, people won't believe it."

In another corner, a man also said: “Also, we have to get Ian Karl not to sue, otherwise it will be very troublesome to track it down.”

His name is Igor Lamping, an important figure in Viacom Group.

It can be said that this event was mainly planned by DreamWorks, Lucasfilm, ABC and Viacom, and Disney was actually also involved.

Even though Disney and Ian Carr have collaborated on Pirates of the Caribbean, this does not affect their secret actions.

Countries can cooperate in business and compete with each other at the same time, and the same is true for companies.

Natalie Portman shook her head repeatedly.

She was now very glad that she said "I don't remember" in court instead of insisting that Ian explained the effect of alcohol afterwards, otherwise she would not be able to escape the charge of perjury.

But thinking back, the reason she changed her statement was because of the expression she saw on Ian's face.

He seemed to be telling himself not to do that.

That was the chance he gave himself!
Thinking of this, she whispered, "I don't think you can solve the problem by pushing out a scapegoat. Ian Karl is not an ordinary person. He may have thought of everything long ago. He monitors everything and knows all the secrets. Maybe he is even eavesdropping on our conversation now."

These words chilled everyone's heart.

Lucas said, "There's no way he can get in here. My employees all know him and won't let him get into Lucasfilm."

Natalie sneered, "Don't you still suspect that he obtained the evidence against Moreno and Chung Mong-joon? Could Lucasfilm's security be stronger than the World Cup?"

Hearing this, everyone felt a chill down their spine.

Spielberg stood up and said, "Call the security company immediately and search the room!"

Large enterprises generally contact such security companies, and even arrange personnel to conduct comprehensive inspections before meetings involving important business decisions.

But it's no use!

You can't check every corner, let alone every day.

So when the security personnel entered the office with the equipment and began searching the office, soon, the familiar beeping sound was heard.

A security officer quickly picked up the lamp on Lucas's desk and took out a small eavesdropping device from the lampshade.

At the same time, another security officer took out a small camera from under the table opposite.

The red light stared at them like the eyes of a ghost, making everyone's scalp tingle.

really have? !

Outside Lucasfilm, there was an ordinary-looking van parked.

In the car, Ian looked at the big faces of Spielberg, Lucas and others appearing on the screen and smiled.

He picked up the phone and called: "Mr. Lucas... This is Ian Carr... I want to chat with you. Ten minutes later, at the coffee shop opposite your company... Yes, I'm in San Francisco, right across from your company. Wipe the sweat from your forehead, Mr. Lucas, you don't look well. You need to get some rest."

………………

ten minutes later.

The likes of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Uhtred Boyce, Eagle Lamping, and Natalie Portman have appeared here.

They were accompanied by some security personnel.

They carefully searched Ian, Bridson, and Vincent beside him with their equipment, and then told Lucas and the others, "There's only one camera and one laptop."

Of course they brought a camera, but it was placed in plain sight and not turned on, so everyone could see it.

George Lucas and the others then came over and sat down next to Ian. The entire cafe had been booked by them, and no outsiders were allowed in for the time being. Even the wait staff had been driven away.

His eyes lingered on Natalie Portman. The girl's face was still pale, but Ian recalled the romantic moments of that day.

He whispered, "Anyway, the experience that day was so wonderful that I couldn't bear to let you go, Miss Portman."

Natalie Portman lowered her head.

She actually liked the feeling that day, and the feeling that Ian Karl brought her made her very excited.

But the reality did not allow her to reminisce.

She just said in a sad tone: "That wouldn't be your condition, right?"

Ian smiled. "Of course. So many girls like me. Being with me is their honor, and even happiness. I am the capital, so there is no need to give more chips to get any girl!"

He looked at George Lucas and said, "You have a good idea. I can allow you to find a scapegoat to take all the blame, including clearing Miss Natalie Portman's name and making her a victim as well. But the premise is that I can accept it!"

George Lucas asked, "I admit you're pretty good, Ian Carr. Let's just let this go. We can give you some benefits and not hold grudges against each other anymore."

Ian said, "I'll pay you 20 million for the copyright of Star Wars, and the development rights can be given to you."

George Lucas was speechless.

Why am I not surprised at all?
Yes, Ian Carco has been acquiring copyrights during this period.

Spider-Man was a hit, but the copyright belonged to Ian Carr.

Men in Black, Resident Evil, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission Impossible, he is currently negotiating with Fox, Warner Bros. and other companies, trying to obtain the copyrights of major IPs such as 007.

Now even Star Wars is not spared.

This is America’s number one IP!

Sure enough, the next moment, Ian looked at Spielberg and said, "Yours. I want the copyright to Jurassic Park. I'll pay you five million, and the development rights can also be given to you."

Then he looked at Uhtred Boyce and said, "Give me the live broadcast rights of the Victoria's Secret Angels for free."

The broadcasting rights for the Victoria's Secret Angels are not very valuable right now, so Ian didn't even ask for a price, he just took it for free and gave it to LANN.

He looked at Eagle Lanping again and said, "Sell Finn Company to me for 20 million."

Finn is a media company under Viacom, mainly producing the Financial Times. Its revenue is average, but it has sufficient financial information. As the saying goes: what is needed is intangible influence, intangible resources and information sources.

Then Ian sighed, "It's a pity that Disney isn't here. Eisner is very cautious. Otherwise, I could have asked Disney for some good things. But now, forget it. I can only ask him to give up competing with me for Pixar."

Everyone was angry together.

They glared at Ian: "Do you think we would pay so much for a Natalie Portman?"

Natalie Portman was also angry.

Are you human?
How dare you say such a thing!

We are all Jews, and you treat me like this?
I lost everything for this!

Ian grinned, "The point is that you admitted that you did all this."

Spielberg immediately said: "We didn't admit it. We were just trying to help Natalie find a way to get through the crisis. We admit it was a mistake, but it was mainly out of friendship."

Ian laughed and said, "But in this conversation, you admitted that you were the mastermind behind this."

Eagle Lanping said, "But you have no evidence of this conversation."

Ian shook his head slightly: “The reason why I am Ian Karl is because all your inspection methods are useless to me.”

As he said this, he turned on the computer and pushed it in front of everyone.

Then they saw their own images there.

How can this be?

Weren't we already checked? Why are we being monitored again?

Everyone felt their scalps tingle and looked at Ian.

Ian smiled: "The media monitors everything!"

(End of this chapter)