American Peanuts

Chapter 247 Take back everything that belongs to you, father and son

"You want me to bring down old Murdoch? Oh my god, you're a madman! Don't even think about it, that's my father! Although he's a bit of a bastard, he's still my father." The eyes were blindfolded Laclau on board scolded angrily.

"Don't worry, it's not that I want to overthrow him, but you need to overthrow him." Charlie interrupted Laclau.

"Are you kidding? Stop dreaming." Laclau shook his head.

"Listen, I know you are an American. I don't care which family you are from. Now let me go honestly. I can not tell anyone about what I have experienced these days. After all, your men still treat me. Yes, you will take the initiative to play songs for me. But my tolerance has limits. You are violating many laws now. Australia and the United States have extradition regulations. If you don’t want to go to jail, just cooperate."

Aware of Charlie's intentions, Laclau felt much more relieved and even began to try to take the initiative. He began to warn Charlie in a stern tone.

As for Charlie, he neither listened to Laclau's request nor even made any response. Instead, he made an action that Laclau, as well as Basking Shark and Victoria standing behind Charlie, did not expect. Charlie took Laclau's blindfold directly. Picked it off.

Laclau, who had not had time to adapt to the light, was stung by the light and squinted his eyes, but he still saw clearly who the man standing in front of him was for the first time.

"Charlie Rossi, you are indeed a madman!" Laclau laughed.

"You know wiretapping is nothing compared to a criminal offense like kidnapping? You're going to jail, Charlie Rossi."

At this time, even Victoria behind her felt regretful. She felt that she had indulged Charlie too much from the beginning. Until this moment, it seems that everything is over now. The Murdoch family will seize Charlie Rossi's handle, Laclau But that's absolutely true, it's just a felony.

It can be said that among everyone present, only Charlie remained calm in the face of danger. Although Laclau's blindfold was removed, his hands and feet were still restrained, and Charlie sat in front of him again.

"I can even leave everything to your father, but what does all this have to do with you?" Charlie said unusually calmly.

"I..." Laclau's laughter stopped abruptly. After being stunned for a moment, Laclau came back to his senses and said as if to comfort himself: "Of course it does matter. I can use this to return to News Corporation." !”

"Then you'll be kicked out a few years later?" Charlie asked again.

"Don't lie to yourself. You and I both know that Laclau Murdoch is no longer the core management of the company and will only be marginalized in the future. After all, he prefers your brother."

In the face of the stark facts, Lacquer Murdoch stopped talking. It was obvious that he could not refute Charlie Rossi's words at all, because this was the fact.

It was obvious that he took over a local newspaper in Australia when he was younger than his father. It was obvious that he had been doing a good job, and he had been strictly following his father's orders, but his father just liked his younger brother more.

In Laclau's view, letting him take charge of Star TV was a way for his father to allow his younger brother to accumulate "merit" within the group. With the resources of News Corporation, he could achieve the same results as his younger brother, or even better than him. do better.

"But I can't send my father to prison either."

"No one can send your father to prison except you, and you can disclose part of the truth, or this is what happened."

"I'm just giving you a chance to get back what belongs to you. Your father should have retired. How many years does he have left? This may be your last chance. The specific choice depends on you." Charlie gave the final words.

As for what Laclau would choose, he certainly had no idea. After all, this was an abnormal method.

And why he personally removed Laclau's blindfold is actually very simple, because only by telling Laclau who he is can he realize what he can do, and it will also allow him to re-examine the "benefits" of doing so. ” and “The Bad.”

Of course, this would put him at some risk, but it was also a helpless move. He couldn't put a knife on Laclau's neck and let him state his father's crimes in front of the camera, right?Such testimony would not be accepted by the public, so he had to cooperate with Laclau.

After thinking for a long time, Laclau remained silent.

Charlie also sat motionless, but the basking shark behind them kept looking at his men, not knowing whether he should go or not. As for Victoria, she was already pacing anxiously on the deck.

Finally, Laclau spoke, neither agreeing nor denying, but asked Charlie's men to return their mobile phones.

"Wait a minute. I have to call my wife and children." Laclau said.

At Charlie's signal, the man returned Laclau's cell phone.

"Sorry honey, the signal here is not very good. We were hit by a storm, so we lost contact for a few days. I'm fine, everything is fine, not even a scratch on my skin. You know, I want to go home right now. , Yes, that's right, and I also want you to discuss another matter." Laclau called his wife immediately.

"You should take your kids back to Europe for a few days. Yes, I know it's summer there, but you have to do this..."

"Finally, I want to tell you that I love you."

Perhaps this "remaining life" caused Laclau to have some kind of change.

"Did that woman call to inquire? What did she ask? Ha, this is our family matter and has nothing to do with her. I will return now and I will get back what belongs to me. We will discuss the specific matters in Is it okay with your family?" Laclau hung up the phone.

Then he threw the phone to Charlie's men again.

"Go and charge this phone, okay? It's almost out of power." He ordered.

"Do as Laclau tells you."

Laclau then sat directly opposite Charles, but now he seemed less nervous.

"Tell me, what are your plans?"

"It's simple..." Charlie repeated his plan to Laclau.

The conversation lasted from afternoon to night, and the two sides talked about many details.

At night, the sea wind gradually picked up, and the cruise ship swayed a little. Standing on the deck, you could see some fluorescent fish underwater, and the waves were gorgeous, like the stars in the sky.

The female models brought out by Laclau were finally relieved.

"I have to clarify the facts with you. These strong men you saw are actually my friends' men. This is actually a prank. You saw these weapons. They are actually toys. Yes, they are all toys. In fact, Today is my birthday, and they want to give me a birthday surprise, so..." Laclau faced these models and told endless lies that even he didn't believe.

Obviously these female models didn't quite believe it, and they weren't stupid, so Charlie had to deal with this mess himself.

"After you set foot on land again, you will be signed into IMG, and I will also give you a hush fee. Of course, this requires you to sign a confidentiality agreement, and if anyone leaks it, there is no doubt that I will know who said it. Yes, I may not find you by then, but these people will. I'm afraid that by then, these people won't be so sympathetic to you, do you understand?" Charlie looked at everyone.

These female models remained silent and only dared to nod their heads.Laclau himself was at the helm. He was a senior yachtsman and there were no other crew members on board.

After handling these matters, everyone is happy. If Charlie is willing, he can even continue the party on the yacht. Of course, he is not in the mood now.

Laclau, on the other hand, seemed very happy and poured the champagne himself.

The day after the yacht docked, Charlie and Laclau began to cooperate. Laclau gave the specific name, and Charlie was responsible for arranging the revelations.

Within a week, the world's major media received major revelations, including some editors of the News of the World and Australian local newspapers, without the knowledge of others, and some of these personnel, including some retired senior editors, stole other people's Privacy, including but not limited to phone tapping and email monitoring, the letter lists some deeds, including the specific people involved and the time when they occurred.All kinds of evidence show that there have been many cases of theft within News Corporation over a long period of time, and it is not just a special case of "News of the World", but a common phenomenon.

And in the last column of the letter, it was also stated that more revelations would be made in the future.

In response to the rounds of revelations, News Corporation first denied it, and as more facts came to light, News Corporation simply stopped making any statement on this incident.

It seemed like everything was calm, but among the senior management, especially the core executives headed by Murdoch Sr., there was a huge wave.

"I want to know who did this!!!!" Murdoch's rant could be heard even by people outside the office.

The men told Murdoch the shocking fact.

"Laclau...he just took a boat out to sea not long ago and was with some models. We are currently unable to find the information of these models. In addition, he came back ten days earlier than expected. I think he may have something to do with these things."

The clues provided by his subordinates made Murdoch immediately alert, and then asked his subordinates: "Have you spoken to him?"

"I tried to contact him, but Laclau didn't answer the phone. Whether it was me, James, or his biological mother, he refused to answer everyone's calls." The subordinate continued.

Hearing this news, Murdoch felt that he was close to each other. He turned his head and looked at the sky outside the window. The Empire State Building was close at hand, yet seemed so far away...

No one knew what Murdoch was thinking at this time, and after a while, Murdoch raised his hand.

"Call James over."

After a while James came to the office.

"It must be Laclau. He has been resentful since he was kicked out of the board of directors." James immediately targeted the target of the revelation.

After all, there are only a few people who can know such details and such a long time ago, and only Laclau has the motive to do so.

"This is what you think, right?" Murdoch looked at his son and suddenly asked.

"If it's not him, who else could it be?"

James is right. Apart from Laclau, there is currently no other person who can do this.

But the problem is, there is another fact that Murdoch can't help but think about.

If it was Laclau who broke the news for the second time, who was the one who broke the news for the first time?
Murdoch has been in the business world for more than several years, and his experience is naturally not comparable to that of his son James.

He keenly felt that things were not that simple, and since Laclau acted, he didn't even answer the phone, he was obviously ready, and who gave him this idea?

Taking into account the time factor, the mastermind behind the scenes obviously took the initiative to find Laclau. Laclau was still on the ship at that time and did not seem to have the opportunity to take the initiative to learn about these things.

There are various signs that...the mastermind behind the scenes is obviously hidden within the company.

In Murdoch's view, the only person who could understand these things in such detail, find Laclau, and use his weakness to persuade Laclau was someone within the company, and he knew it very well!

After thinking about it, a bold idea appeared in Murdoch's mind.

"The problem now is that Laclau still has more information, and may even have direct evidence of high-level interference and knowledge."

"We must deal with this in advance." Murdoch looked at his son.

"Yes, we need to deal with it. I will contact those involved in some things and ask them to keep their mouths shut."

"No." Murdoch shook his head.

"This is not enough. Now that the matter has been exposed, these things we have done are just remedies and cover-ups. They have no big effect. Everyone is waiting for an explanation from us. The people need an explanation from us. In this way In order to calm the anger, and such a person must be important enough, occupy a high-level position, and be related to this series of events.”

"Is it related to these things? There are not many people in important positions who can meet these conditions. No, in fact, there are not many people who can meet this condition, even just the two of us. Father, are you trying to... ...No, the company still needs you now."

Murdoch nodded and looked at his son: "Yes, the company needs me now."

"So..." James suddenly discovered an astonishing fact. His father's words were actually pointing to...

"Are you going to let me..." James was stunned.

It’s another new week, and the News Corporation scandal that has attracted worldwide attention has ushered in a new wave of revelations. This time, relevant evidence has been disclosed. In a recording of a conversation with a senior executive who has resigned, he mentioned in detail that "Mr. Murdoch requested The remaining work must be completed." As this recording was exposed, public opinion was in an uproar. After all, in previous hearings, the Murdochs made it clear that they were unaware of the matter and had been deceived by their subordinates.

The evidence now shows that everything is exactly the opposite of the testimony at the hearing.

In the afternoon, News Corporation held an emergency press conference...

　This afternoon I was reading a book of the same type written by others, and someone from the audience left a comment saying, "It all depends on the support of my peers." Maybe I am that "peer".To be honest, this book has not received good results. The updates have been delayed and the plot has become even more complicated. Moreover, I haven’t read any comments from readers since it was released. The reason is that I am afraid of being scolded (wry smile). The reason why I don’t open a book club is also because I am afraid of being scolded.I am a relatively cowardly person, and I am also relatively bad at showing off (you can also tell from the updates of this book). In any case, this book has allowed me to accumulate valuable experience. In addition, the book will be finished soon. .The reason for finishing it in such a hurry is mainly because the new book has been published (it has just been uploaded, I will tell you about it in a few days), and I want to concentrate on writing the new book (when I prepare the new book for release, I will update 50 chapters, at least 20 chapters, and I have almost finished it today. Chapter 20 (deposited manuscript), once again I would like to express my heartfelt, heartfelt, and heartfelt thanks to the audience of book friends and dads who have supported me with real money.My failure to communicate with you was more out of cowardice and dissatisfaction with myself.In addition to thanking you, I also want to say sorry again. I am really, really sorry to everyone. I am sorry that I failed to write well. I am a rubbish (I dropped my little pearl). In the end, this book will still have an ending. (I just thought about it, so I’ll tell you about "America 1994" first. It’s still being reviewed this afternoon. You can invest first and earn a little money)
　　
　
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