american tax collector

Chapter 330 On the Eve of Taking Office
Three days later, the case against News Corporation was held as scheduled in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York.

In order to make a last-ditch effort, Murdoch spent a huge amount of money to hire the top legal team in America, which consists of 16 people.

But no matter how elite this legal team was, in the face of the documents Gavin produced, the witnesses he called, and the tainted witnesses who were recruited by News Corporation, their efforts were ultimately useless.

In the first-instance judgment, News Corporation was found guilty of multiple crimes including wiretapping, insider trading, bribery, and manipulation of public opinion, and the relevant personnel were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 5 to 8 years.

After hearing the verdict, the legal team seemed to have received some kind of instructions in advance, and finally tacitly accepted the result and no longer appealed.

News Corporation headquarters.

After seeing this result, Murdoch felt as if all his strength had been drained away. He also seemed to have aged several years in an instant.

In the days when the FBI announced the formal arrest and prosecution of their senior executives, he was under pressure that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

Some extreme people even dug out his home address, came to his door and threw eggs and rotten vegetables at him, and cursed him day and night. In addition, these people also dug out his family and relatives, and all kinds of verbal abuse, attacks and discrimination made him and his family miserable.

Therefore, after hiring this team of lawyers, he communicated personally and decided that if the evidence presented by the prosecution in court could not overturn the verdict, there would be no appeal.

Because appealing takes time, and according to the current trend, the longer it is delayed, the more he and his family will suffer. Only by pleading guilty quickly can this storm be calmed down.

Putting his thoughts aside, Murdoch picked up the landline phone on the desk, called his secretary in, and gave him detailed instructions.

Not long after, Murdoch walked out of the front door of News Corporation, but he did not get into the car immediately. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the building of News Corporation, his eyes full of discomfort, reluctance, and helplessness...

Because he knew that from now on, this group and this place would no longer belong to him, and all his life's hard work would ultimately be in vain for others.

At this moment, he felt a little regretful. If he had not been blinded by greed and stood up to snipe David, he would not have ended up like this, right?
But it was too late to say anything now, and in the end he could only put away his reluctant gaze, get in the car and leave.

Half an hour later, News Corporation issued an announcement.

As for the content of the announcement, it was an apology statement from Murdoch to the whole country, in which he claimed that he had failed to manage the group and his subordinates well, which led to multiple charges such as wiretapping and corruption.

In order to show his responsibility, he decided to resign from all positions in News Corporation and announced the dissolution of the board of directors. As for the new board of directors, a shareholders' meeting will be held to reorganize it.

At this point, the Murdoch era of News Corporation officially ended.

And for the entire American media industry, there will also be a new reshuffle.

Of course, for ordinary people, this result is what they want to see most, and many people celebrated it on social media.

……

Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service, Office of the Commissioner.

"Okay, I understand, Deputy Director Donald. I will take over the Los Angeles IRS affairs..."

After hanging up the phone, a hint of joy appeared on David's face.

His inauguration date has been set as October 10.

When he thought about stepping into the highest power center of the IRS, he couldn't help but feel excited.

Of course, during this period, in addition to completing the handover work here, he also had to do one more thing. He immediately picked up the phone and called Ted, John, and Sally respectively...

At noon the next day, the three of them came to David's office.

Even though they had gone through a night of hard work, they still had unstoppable excitement on their faces now that such a big piece of fat meat had fallen into their hands.

"Director David, this is a preliminary packaging and promotion plan that the three of us came up with for you after studying it yesterday. Please take a look at it."

Sally handed over a document.

Although the obstacle of News Corporation has been solved now, there was still a lot of controversy about his promotion under the guidance of this group.

So when Donald called David yesterday, he told him that it would be best to take advantage of these few days to do some publicity to restore his positive image.

So, David immediately found these three people and asked them to come up with the entire plan overnight so that it could be implemented as soon as possible.

After carefully studying it for about ten minutes and confirming that there was nothing wrong with the plan, David said, "Okay, let's implement it this way!"

"Okay, then we'll do our best as soon as we get back!"

"Oh, by the way, are you all right with News Corporation?"

Although News Corporation was destroyed by Murdoch before his departure, its foundation is still there. Such a propaganda organization is quite important to David, so he naturally does not want to see any mistakes.

"Although we are not the actual controller yet, we will be able to officially take over as soon as the shareholders' meeting is held. There is no need to worry about this."

Sally said with a solemn vow.

"Well, go back and make the arrangements. I'll contact you if anything else happens."

……

In the next few days, Sally, Ted and John used their own media channels to promote David's appointment at full capacity.

Among them, they enumerated the various benefits of David taking office as the top executive of the IRS, such as that with greater power, he would be able to handle more and larger tax cases, thereby increasing more tax revenue that could be used to benefit the people.

But this is not what excites the people the most. What excites the people the most is that these three people also manipulated some of their media outlets and deliberately released some "rumors".

For example, David intends to support a bill called "Welfare Benefits Bill" after taking office as a senior official of the General Administration, and this bill will subsidize the existing welfare benefits by one third.

You know, welfare benefits are the basic guarantee in developed countries, and it can be said to be the interest of the entire people.

When people across America heard about such a huge benefit, they naturally went crazy. Not to mention opposing David's promotion anymore, a large number of people even made bold statements that as long as David could really support this bill and succeed, they would even unconditionally support David to be the director of the IRS!
In just a few days, all the comments about David's promotion turned positive, which made him sigh at the powerful force of the media.

Time came to July 10th in a blink of an eye.

Today, the Los Angeles IRS has stopped most of its operations. All inspectors, tax chiefs, and tax inspectors are staying in the bureau. But at this moment, they all have the same expression on their faces, that of loneliness.

Because they had received a notice many days ago that their director David would take up his post at the headquarters on the 12th. Thinking that all the glory and attention of the Los Angeles IRS would leave with their director, these people felt indescribably uncomfortable at the moment.

"Where's your director?"

Just as the inspectors in the office hall were feeling sad, a powerful voice was heard, forcing them to put away their thoughts and look up.

The person who came was none other than Joao, the IRS California state director.

"Director Joao, our director is still in the office doing some work handovers. Do you want to go and inform him?"

A tax collector stepped forward and asked.

Joao waved his hand and said, "Since he is doing the handover work, don't disturb him for now. I came here this time just to see your director off."

"All right……"

In the following time, David's old subordinates Keanu, Lewis and others also rushed over, and the directors of several other districts and some senior officials also came here, all to see David off.

Director's Office.

"Okay, that's all I have to say and explain. From now on, the Los Angeles IRS is relying on you!"

The top executives of the Los Angeles IRS left one by one, and in the end, only Bucky Nissen Simmons and a deputy director of the bureau, Osatovar, were left.

At this moment, Osatovar's face showed a trace of confusion, because he had been the deputy director in Los Angeles for 9 years, and he had sufficient experience and contributions.

If David were transferred now, according to the practice of various bureaus across the country, he should be the one to take over.

But the bad thing is that Los Angeles is not an ordinary place. It is the second largest city in the United States and its importance is self-evident.

If you want to become the director here, you either have to have a strong background or, like David, take office against all odds by relying on your great prestige and tax contributions.

But he had neither of these two things, and he hadn't received any notification from the General Administration in the past few days, which proved that the successor that the General Administration was going to choose would definitely not be him, which naturally made him anxious.

You know, now that David has been transferred, the position of Director of the Los Angeles IRS has become vacant. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

If the General Administration really finalizes the candidate and issues an announcement, then he won't have any chance at all.

And his biggest chance now is to get David's support.

According to the practice of the IRS system, the former director has a certain right to recommend the successor, but this is not what Osatovar values ​​most.

What matters to him most is that David is now going to be promoted to a senior position in the General Administration. As a senior position in the General Administration, he has more than just the power of recommendation, he also has the power of decision-making.

Therefore, if David can recommend him at the high-level meeting after he takes office, then the possibility of him taking office will be greater.

But then again, since David had transferred here, although he had been constantly attentive and cooperating with various tasks, he still seemed to be unable to gain David's approval. This was also the reason why he had been hesitant to speak these days.

"How's it going, Deputy Chief Osatoval, anything else?"

"I……"

After hearing David's reminder, Osatoval finally came to his senses. After some hesitation, he finally made up his mind and said, "Director, I wonder what you think of the new director?"

"The new director... I haven't really thought about that much."

David's face showed a thoughtful look, of course, he was just pretending.

The deputy director has been jumping up and down and trying to please others these days. He is not blind, so how could he not see it?

In fact, he does have some ideas about his successor.

After all, Los Angeles is a very important area in the IRS system. If his confidants take control of this place, he will have more say in the headquarters in the future.

According to him, it would actually be best if Keanu came to take over.

After all, Keanu was the one he supported. Although he is not as close to him as Bucky, Nison and Simmons, he is definitely one of his own.

Keanu is currently the chief of the Western Suburban Police Station. It would make sense procedurally for him to be transferred to become the chief of Los Angeles City Police.

But the only problem is that Keanu is not like him after all, with such dazzling prestige and tax records.

Keanu's promotion speed from tax inspector to deputy director and then to director of the Western Suburbs Branch can be described as rocket speed, which has made many people jealous.

And Los Angeles is not an ordinary place. It is a place that all factions in the IRS system must fight for, so David is not very confident that he can get to the top.

"Director, the Los Angeles IRS is a very important place. If you are willing... I can take charge of this place for you and coordinate with you at the headquarters in the future!"

In the end, Osatovar didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he gritted his teeth and confessed.

What he said was actually telling David that from now on I am yours and I will follow your lead, so please support me.

"Deputy Director Osatoval, please just say this here, and don't spread it around. The selection of the Los Angeles director is not something you and I can discuss right now. This is something that the decision-makers at the General Administration should discuss!"

Hearing these somewhat reprimanding words, Osatoval's mood sank. Could it be that he had been too impatient in the past few days and made David unhappy?
"However, I will soon be joining the decision-making level of the General Administration, and I will have the power to discuss it. You have worked diligently in the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Department for so many years and have made considerable contributions. If the time is right, I can recommend you."

What David said is appropriate. Of course, he would consider Osatovar only because Keanu was unsuccessful.

Although he didn't quite trust the deputy director, he couldn't just watch someone else's direct line take away this important territory.

"that would be great!"

Osatoval, whose mood had hit rock bottom, was instantly overjoyed when he heard this.

Although he could tell that David's support for him was not that firm, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, it would be good for him.

(End of this chapter)