American Gossip King

Chapter 20 Thrills are Romance

After leaving the hotel, they returned to the banquet hall of CBS across the street, where they were greeted by a group of people.

Bertram Rick, CEO of Touchstone Pictures, walked over with a laugh and gave Ian a hug: "Congratulations, Ian Carr, you've pulled off another great news story."

Ian raised an eyebrow: "You know?"

Director Hannet, standing to the side, laughed, "The police cars are here, how could we not know? But unfortunately, they won't let my reporter over. This is another exclusive for you. My God, something happened right under our noses! Are all my reporters blind, deaf, and stupid?"

Ian whispered, "Two hundred thousand, the exclusive is yours, just publish some related articles in the lead story."

Director Harnett shook his head repeatedly: "I can only give you 100,000 at most. This story isn't sensational enough. The only thing worth discussing is that Ian Carr and Kate Beckinsale, after experiencing a dangerous incident, actually saved a little girl."

Ian protested, "This alone is worth two hundred thousand... okay, one hundred and fifty thousand."

Director Hanit shook his head: "I can only give you 120,000 at most."

Ian shrugged: "Deal."

Kate Beckinsale rolled her eyes helplessly.

Ian Carr may be a blend of hero and devil, but Kate now thinks he's more of a devil—even his reason for saving the little girl was just to get the news.

At this point, both parties agreed on a price and were very satisfied.

Bertram Rick said, "Ian Carl, maybe you're right. Perhaps we should consider giving the Los Angeles Herald some publicity."

This news is destined to be sensational, and Kate's involvement can further generate buzz for Pearl Harbor, but only if the reporting emphasizes Kate's role.

Therefore, Rick plans to discuss the GG business with Ian.

Ian smiled and shook his head: "Pearl Harbor won't be released until May next year, so the pre-release publicity will only last two or three months. We can talk about it then."

Bertram Rick was taken aback: "Why?"

Ian smiled: "Because the price wasn't this high back then."

Ian can overlook the other party's attitude, but since you want to settle accounts with my own brother, I have no reason to go out of my way to please you.

His original plan was to sell a batch of GG first, and then raise some funds needed for company expansion.

Now that we have new income, we're not in a hurry to sell at a low price.

Upon hearing Ian's statement, Bertram Rick felt as if he might have missed a good opportunity.

The timing of this news event, which may have missed an opportunity to promote Kate, is not important. What is important is that Ian Carr is demonstrating a strong insight into sensitive issues.

He's not someone who relies on luck!

Perhaps what he has will not be just one or two news stories.

However, things had already come to this, and he had no other choice.

Of course, more importantly, Bertram Lick thought, "I'm the client, how can I be manipulated by you, the service provider?"

The client's unique generosity made him not really care.

Besides, if you don't promote Kate, we can promote the role Kate played in this... for example, it was because of her help that Ian was able to "interview" Blazer.

It was getting late, and after exchanging pleasantries, Ian said goodbye and left.

Kate accompanied him as he left the banquet hall.

Once on the street, Ian walked to his car and said to Kate, "The scandal needs to keep going. How about we meet again in three days tonight?"

Kate replied, "I'm afraid three days later won't work."

"What's wrong?"

Kate replied, "Do you know Lili Marta?"

"Hmm, that opera star."

"She's having a pre-wedding party in three days and invited me."

A bachelor/bachelor party?

Ian's eyes lit up.

Pre-wedding parties are notoriously wild moments for Americans!

They're capable of anything.

That being said, this is how American parties have always been. If an American party were in China, it would be called a "dens of activity"!

Kate had no idea how important the information she had casually revealed was—she simply didn't know much about journalists, let alone Ian Carr, the most outrageous journalist in history!

A guy who would kill someone with his own hands just for the sake of the news!

So Ian smiled at her and said, "I didn't know you'd still play that game."

Kate shook her head: "Just going to sit for a while. Thanks to you, a lot of people want to hear my kidnapping stories now. Even though they've all read them, they still like to ask the people involved some questions. And I also need to get to know more important people so I'll have more opportunities."

"What do they usually ask?"

Kate blushed slightly and shook her head. "How would I know?"

Your expression means you know!

"How about... we find a place to have another drink now?" Ian wanted to see if he could win over this beauty tonight—the best way to make himself unaffected by being able to see through everything on the street was to empty his reserves!

Kate chuckled and shook her head: "No, I've already tasted the...excitement of being with you today!"

With that, she turned and left.

Watching her retreating figure, Ian exclaimed, "For a woman, a man who can bring her excitement is sometimes the greatest romance!"

Kate bit her lip slightly.

That damn Ian Carl, he was right.

If he were just a little gentler, I'm afraid I would have fallen for him immediately.

The latest novel is first published here!

The problem is that he clearly prefers the method of conquest.

He wants women, but he won't lick them.

He wants women to fawn over him!

Don't even think about it, Ian Karl, I won't be conquered by you!

………………

The next day.

The Los Angeles Herald and CBS gave extensive coverage to the incident.

A Hollywood producer's decision to rape his stepdaughter quickly caused a huge uproar.

Of course, this kind of thing is not too rare, but the key is that the news reports are extremely comprehensive.

The interviews included on-site, almost torture-like interviews, a comprehensive interview with the victim's mother, and the involvement of Kate Beckinsale...

Good news stories, besides being significant and exclusive, also need to be comprehensive and feature celebrities.

News reports like this, where both the perpetrator and the victim are interviewed on-site, are extremely rare, especially since Ian Carr invented a completely new interviewing method: torture-style interviewing.

His violent, hammer-wielding interviewing style instantly made the report go viral.

As a partner, CBS News stated:

"Ian Carr is undoubtedly a young man with a strong sense of justice, keen insight, and a strong sense of social responsibility."

As a partner, CBS gave him a relatively high evaluation.

ABC News stated:

"Ian Carr saved an innocent girl, but I think Kate Beckinsale deserves more credit than his heroic act. This English rose showed great inner strength after experiencing a kidnapping incident."

As a sister company of Touchstone Pictures, it's natural to give Kate some credit.

FOX News stated:

"Using a Hollywood actor as a photographer is a bit of a publicity stunt."

As bystanders, they showed a hint of jealousy and expressed their disapproval of Ian's actions.

Television stations are relatively better off, since they don't have much direct conflict with newspapers.

Newspaper colleagues weren't so polite in their remarks.

The New York Daily News published a commentary:

"Ian Carr's interview with the victim's mother was somewhat extreme, and as a media outlet with a conscience, we do not believe that such behavior of rubbing salt into the victim's wounds is commendable."

Bullshit!

How many people in the media industry don't do this?

USA Today published a commentary:

"Ian Carr pioneered an unprecedented mode of interviewing: the assault-style interviewing. As professional journalists, we should strive to be impartial, not torture criminals like police officers. Ian Carr had no right to use violence against suspects!"

This is a classic case of envy and jealousy. Why wasn't the torture-style interviewing invented by our own reporters?

The New York Herald published a commentary:

"Ian Carr did nothing wrong; his righteous actions should be commended."

This is one of the few supporters, because they mainly focus on international news and have little conflict with the Los Angeles Herald.

However, the most vehement criticism came from the Los Angeles Times.

(End of this chapter)