American Scandal King

Chapter 236 Hot Topics
After expressing their views, several Russian officials left.

Ian remained with Natasha, while Ekaterina looked at him speechlessly: "Do you really think my country will agree to such an outrageous request of yours?"

Ian shook his head: "Of course not, but I will definitely show some expression."

Natasha immediately said: "Ian Karl, join Russia. Lina and I can accompany you forever."

Ian shook his head: "I never demand permanence from beautiful women."

Natasha: "..."

Although I know this is true, it is still too much!

Natasha looked at Ian aggrievedly.

Only she herself knew that during this period of time, she had truly been fascinated by Ian Karl.

For a moment, she even hated her identity. It was because of this identity that Ian Karl was always wary of her, making it impossible for the two hearts to get close.

Ian: You're overthinking it. It's impossible.

Ian smiled and kissed Natasha: "Okay, little darling, don't think about it. Besides, Ian Karl is nothing without an American citizenship. Russia doesn't have so many street gun battles for me to report on. I can better help you if I stay in the United States."

Natasha nodded vigorously.

She said foolishly: "As long as you let me follow you, anything is fine!"

Just then, Ian's phone rang.

Ian took a look and saw it was Murdoch's.

He picked up the phone and said, "Excuse me."

Walking out of the ward and onto the escape passage, Ian answered the phone: "Hi, Mr. Murdoch."

Murdoch's voice was steady and heavy on the phone: "I saw Ian Carr's live broadcast, but I didn't see the news about Butterfly."

Ian chuckled softly, "I knew you would come to me to question me."

When Murdoch saw the live broadcast, he called, but Ian was still a hostage at that time and the call was not connected.

Now we can finally get in touch.

This time the live broadcast is given to CBS, the old man must be unhappy!

You have butterflies at home too, why give them all to CBS?

There is no way, the market value demand of 180 billion must be met first.

Ian said, "Don't worry, there's also an interview with Butterfly, and it will be sent to you soon."

"Good news should be released while it's hot." The old man pressed on.

Maximizing exploitation is not Trump's prerogative.

"The problem is that this news has both positive and negative sides. I am currently using this matter to talk to Russian officials before deciding which category to give it."

Murdoch understood and sighed, "That's a shame. The American people prefer negative news rather than positive news. This will reduce the value of news."

"But there can be heroes," Ian said.

As long as Moscow nods, Ian will not release the interview with the Chechen side, but the video of Ian hunting militants can still be released: with the help of editing, it will become that Ian, Ekaterina and Natasha take action at the same time.

Ian will still be the savior, but he won't be the only one to take the credit.

The purpose of doing this is to enhance the news value and give an explanation to News Corporation.

Understanding what he meant, Murdoch laughed and said, "You always manage to make news look like a movie."

"Don't worry, there will also be big movies from News Corporation," Ian replied.

After hanging up the phone, Ian spoke to James Pelley again, using the same excuse, saying that CBS should not expect any follow-up news because he had to do business with the Russians.

Although this kind of business may sound dishonorable, it can actually be done in a fair and aboveboard manner: I am taking advantage of the Russians, so what? I am not selling state secrets!
legitimate!

Of course, the most important thing is that Ian now has enough influence, so even if it is illegal, it doesn't matter.

Ian then stayed in Moscow for a few more days, and the two sides engaged in intense negotiations.

Of course, the Russians can't give Ian billions for free every year, but Ian doesn't care if they give less - the influence from Ian Carl is indeed too important to Russia. It is rare to have such an open cooperation, and it would be a pity to miss the opportunity.

For this reason, Ian took the opportunity to visit various places and make friends - that is, to give money.

The level of corruption among Russian officials is amazing, and Ian likes people like that.

After sending tens of millions, the two sides finally reached an agreement:
1. Allow Karl Media to establish a media organization in Russia, cooperate with Russia, and only say good things about Russia, not bad things.

860. Gazprom will allow Ian Carr to acquire a 5% stake in Gazprom at a valuation of billion, but Ian must provide the loan himself.

This is good for both parties.

Due to inflation in Russia, the base interest rate is relatively high, reaching nearly 20% at one point. Of course, this doesn't mean Ian will lose money, as the exchange rate will offset the high interest rate, but Ian's main focus is still in the United States.

Ian invested money from the United States, and the benefit to Russia was that they received $43 billion in investment at once.

To put it bluntly, this is a normal transaction.

This is pretty good. With the earning power of Russian natural gas, the dividends can be no less than 5 billion a year, and % can bring in more than billion.

In other words, Ian can reap a net profit of 1 billion from Russian natural gas every year!

In order to avoid suspicion of collusion with Russia, Ian will not hold shares in Russian natural gas himself, but will set up another company and let Lena hold shares on his behalf. Holding shares in Russian oil or natural gas is not illegal in itself. BP holds shares in Russian oil. However, if Ian says good things about Russia and continues to hold natural gas, it will easily be considered as bribery, especially since his price is still cheap, so it should be avoided if possible.

3. Russia will provide Ian Carr with policy assistance in other aspects, including land transfer, taxation, employment, etc., but Ian Carr must invest 20 billion US dollars in Russia, involving various industries.

No one is a fool.

I can let you make money, but you also have to give me some other relevant help. I can't just take away so much money by not saying bad things about me.

Ian Carr's investment in Russia is an important help.

This in itself can help Russia's economic development - Russia lacks a lot of things, including capital and high-quality enterprises, and Ian Carr can help them attract tens of billions of investments, which is not just money, but also business development and more employment opportunities.

You brought me 10 billion in business investment and development opportunities, so I definitely have no objection to you making a net profit of 10 billion every year... When he's not blackmailing, Ian still pays great attention to win-win cooperation, even if he blackmails the other party, he will give the opponent profit space.

But for Ian Carr, things were much simpler.

Because these policies involve all aspects.

Ian didn't have that many businesses himself, but he had enough clients and knew too many American business tycoons. He could contact these clients, encourage them to invest in Russia, and he could provide policy support and just take a small stake.

Soon, Ian contacted Gaskell, who then made connections with dozens of business owners. After learning about the agreement reached between Ian Carr and Russian officials, they expressed interest and were willing to invest in Russia.

The parties jointly established a company called "Delta United", which covers many industries in various aspects with a total investment of 2 billion. Ian invested 2 million and held a % stake.

Ian brought 20 billion in investment to Russia and brought policy benefits to those investors... This is called having the best of both worlds.

So, favorability is like a bridge. You need sufficient capital to maximize the value of this bridge.

For Ian, although he did not acquire enough natural gas shares, he still completed the basic start of his business in Russia.

As for Ian's reward, in addition to covering up part of the situation in the Russian Bolshoi Theater and helping the Russian state to complete the listing of Chechen independence forces on the list of international terrorists, it also helped Russians have a voice in the United States.

Ekaterina and Natasha are just the beginning. In the future, more people will use Ian's help to enter the United States and obtain development opportunities, even including some Russian business tycoons.

President Putin started cleaning up the oligarchs in 00, but it is impossible to clean them up completely. There are still many business tycoons who will still encounter troubles in the future.

The best option for these people is to invest abroad, such as Abramovich who later bought Chelsea!

These people can call the shots in Russia, but they are just pigs in Europe and the United States.

With Ian's protection, their assets will be much safer... I'm protecting your assets, so 20% is not too much, right?
You must know that soon, all the Russian bigwigs will flee!
For this reason, Ian had met with many important figures during this period, and even reached some private cooperation intentions outside the country. He even met with the emperor once.

Of course, different people say different things.

To those oligarchs, we are all good friends, and your investments in the United States will be protected by Ian Carr.

To the Emperor... skip!
At the same time, reports from Ian were appearing like crazy around the world.

News Corporation obtained a large amount of first-hand news and hyped it up crazily.

Although the quality of these news stories is not as high as that of Ian Carr's exclusive interview with Balayev reported by CBS, they are large in quantity and diverse in variety.

You should know that in order to save costs in international news coverage, most media obtain news through news agencies.

For example, the Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, etc. are specialized international news reporting centers. Super media are, in a sense, supermarkets of news. They mainly sell goods rather than receive them.

Or maybe they are JD.com, they have their own containers as well as other companies' containers.

News agency reporters typically don't give just one news source to a single outlet, but to multiple sources. This means that while most media outlets can obtain major international news, they rarely have exclusive access. This is also why major international events are often covered by the majority of media outlets.

The news from news agencies is basically of the sharing type.

Ian Carr is different!

His news is basically exclusive... Others can report on this matter, but they cannot use any videos, pictures, texts and specific content that he has not authorized.

Ian's exclusive is given to CBS, Butterfly's exclusive is given to News Corporation, and the transcript is given to Gannett Group. Other media do not have such agreements and can only look at those contents with envy. Only media organizations in overseas countries, because they are not directly competitive with Carl Media, can pay to purchase them and report locally.

Through global channels, the value of a piece of breaking news can reach tens of millions!
As a result, News Corporation’s reputation soared, and countless media outlets realized that when you work with Ian Carr, you never have to worry about a lack of big news, and they are all exclusive big news!

Countless people admire Ian Carr.

Experts admire his interviewing skills, while outsiders admire his skills - although after the news was released, the main credit went to the two beauties, but the hostages knew Ian's contribution.

This also made Ian Carr a hot topic in the United States again.

People watched the video of Ian hunting down Chechen militants and were amazed:

"I knew this guy was no ordinary guy. He has excellent skills."

"Look at that knife, it's such a beautiful stab."

"Ian Carr, he's not just a reporter, I think he's more of a secret agent. The amazing thing is he's never been a soldier."

"Don't you think the most important thing is Ian Carr's mental strength? He's never known fear. He can talk to the kidnappers, but he can also kill them if they turn against him."

"Isn't it because of the help of those two beauties?"

"I only saw the publicity on paper, but didn't see much action from them. I don't think they have made much of a contribution. It's just the Russians trying to gild their own reputation."

"But Ian Carr also admitted that he only dealt with a quarter of the gangsters, and the rest were dealt with by the two of them and the special forces."

"Isn't the key question why those two girls were able to do this?"

"I heard they were swallows."

"Fuck! Are you saying the Russians arranged the swallows for Ian Carr?"

"Is this surprising? Doesn't he deserve to be treated this way?"

"The question is, does Ian Carr know?"

"Of course he knows, idiot. Ian Carr himself admitted they are swallows."

"Can you admit this?"

"Why can't you admit it? They quit their jobs and changed careers! Ian Carr said he would bring them back to Hollywood to make spy movies."

"Fuck, isn't this just another Shawna? They must have slept with Ian Karl."

"Don't be surprised, man. Didn't you see the new news? Ian Carr was having fun with two beauties while he was a hostage. It must be these two! I heard they did it for three hours! I don't believe it. He must be bragging!"

"Ian Carr said two hours and twelve minutes isn't his limit!"

"I want to be a hostage like this too!"

"I'd rather be a beauty like that, Ian Karl, Fakmi!!! I can castrate myself for you!"

There was a sound of ghosts wailing and wolves howling, accompanied by the joy of countless people.

There is one thing that the public is not wrong about.

The heroic performance of the two beautiful secret agents and their resolute resignation to venture into Hollywood is indeed a story and also the capital for their fame.

This is Ian Carr, he always manages to cultivate one celebrity after another and then maximize their value.

In addition, there is another good news, that is, the Bolshoi Theater incident finally upgraded Ian's right eye.

The invisible giant reappeared.

Too bad it's of no use.

In this world of money, the most important thing about ability is its usability, not its power - no matter how powerful the invisible giant is, how many missiles can it withstand?
This made Ian feel helpless, as if the plug-in couldn't keep up with my development.

(End of this chapter)