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Chapter 397 The Lobbyist
Hearing that it was an emerging TV station, the people from the tobacco giant in the room were a little relieved, but when they heard that the next head of General Electric, Immelt was also the founder of ICNC TV station, they all felt a little relieved. The heart began to lift up again.

"Can you stop ICNC from reporting on Jeffrey Wegener!"

The president of Reynolds Corporation asked with a frown. He had heard of the name of ICNC. When the news first spread, there was a commotion in America.

Seeing that other people still don't know much about ICNC TV, Biber said, "ICNC TV is about to start broadcasting, and it will use the channels of NBC and Comcast TV Network, and it will be broadcast simultaneously on offline TV networks and the Internet. programme!"

Fortunately just now, ICNC TV is just a new TV station from Imperial Tobacco, British Tobacco and other companies. At this time, I was a little surprised. Comcast's TV network has close to ten million users, plus NBC's channel, then ICNC will broadcast I am afraid that the audience users will not exceed 2000 million!
Coupled with the extremely fast Internet, who knows what kind of impact ICNC will have on the news of nicotine.

Biber looked at Reynolds' president and said, "I haven't contacted ICNC TV or Bruno Song yet, but ICNC TV contacted Jeffrey Wegener and provided him with protection. Exceeded Philip Morris expectations."

Biber said with distress on his face, but his eyes looked at the expressions of the colleagues. He found so many tobacco companies today, but he didn't tell them that Philip Morris screwed up.

Instead, they plan to find companies like Reynolds to put pressure on ICNC TV station together. When the news about Jeffrey Wegener is revealed, the loss is not limited to Philip Morris, a tobacco company, so Biber called Reynolds Companies like Heresy and Imperial Tobacco, let them sell together with Philip Morris.

"Then find ICNC TV, and Bruno Song, and ask them to ban Jeffrey Wegener from being interviewed, not to publish news about nicotine, and if necessary, to take special measures, otherwise it is a big deal for the tobacco companies It will make us passive, and there may be endless lawsuits in the future!"

The person in charge of the Gallaher Tobacco Company said murderously that the special method he was talking about was undoubtedly causing Jeffrey Wegener to encounter an accident suddenly, such as a car accident, shooting himself in the back in the basement, and being shot by the lake. Take a walk and accidentally tie yourself up, accidents like sinking to the bottom of the lake, etc.

Over the years, the major tobacco companies have been involved in lawsuits, but relying on their relationship with Capitol Hill and the municipalities of the federal states, heavy lobbying, etc., the federal courts are biased in favor of these tobacco companies.

Tobacco companies have always declared that those who have health problems due to tobacco have nothing to do with tobacco companies. They have problems themselves. Tobacco companies are just laying guns. People, issued experiments that tobacco is harmless to the body, and can also relieve anxiety, etc., which allowed tobacco companies to escape investigations and lawsuits again and again.

However, once the news about nicotine is revealed, it will definitely incite a violent storm of public opinion. At that time, those congressmen who used to stand for the tobacco industry will definitely turn their faces and deny people for the sake of votes, and the federal court will no longer favor them. The endless lawsuits and huge compensation made them, the tobacco giants, probably unable to bear it.

America, as a dry old man, is now the vane of the global industry. Once America's attitude towards the tobacco industry has changed, the attitudes towards the tobacco industry in North America, England, Europe, and even Asia may be different. This is what these tobacco giants are worried about.

Hearing that Galleher proposed to use special means, Biber glanced at him, took out a few newspapers, and placed them in front of him.

The president of the Gallaher Company, along with several other employees from the tobacco company, picked up a "Wall Street Journal" newspaper, and saw that it was written, "CCA, the largest private prison group in America, is seeking to go public. The company has recently reached a cooperation with Blackwater Company. The latter completed the holding of CCA Company with 3 million US dollars in cash, becoming the largest shareholder accounting for 45% of CCA Company!
CCA founder Tom Beasley declared that the future CCA will still exist as an independent company, and Blackwater will provide financial support for it. The future CCA will build more than 80 private prisons, supply [-] beds, and provide [-] For more than [-] jobs, Wall Street agencies raised the valuation of CCA to [-] million US dollars!

The largest shareholder of Blackwater is the North American Global Investment Foundation. The latter is an Internet genius and an emerging security company in America established by Bruno Song, the founder of Double-click, ICQ and other companies! "

In another newspaper, it was impressively reported, "Blackwater Corporation has reached a cooperation agreement with MPRI, the largest security company in America. The two parties will jointly undertake overseas military orders from America in the future. Thousands of overseas mercenaries!"

The president of Galleher Company, looking at the newspaper in his hand, suddenly felt his scalp tingling. People from other tobacco companies were not much better. They didn't know that Song Yang, who was born in the Internet industry, was going to play security group.

It was suggested before that those who want to use special methods are silent at this time, and they can find opportunities to deal with Jeffrey Wegener, but what if they are targeted by the Blackwater Company, they will know What will those gangsters do? The presidents of the tobacco giants present don't want to be buried with Jeffrey Wegener.

After another period of silence, the president of Reynolds still spoke, "We need to take action and do everything we can to lobby Capitol Hill, find donkey gangs and elephant gangs, and put pressure on ICNC TV and Bruno Song, otherwise Just sit and wait!"

"Go to Bruno Song, as long as he agrees to let ICNC TV withdraw Jeffrey Wegener's report, we can reach a "settlement" agreement with ICNC TV in the name of the Tobacco Association, and the check can be filled by Bruno Song !"

This is to use US dollars as a hush money for ICNC TV station. As long as they don’t report, these tobacco companies can raise a large sum of US dollars to compensate ICNC TV station, and even the numbers on the check can be done by Song Yang fill.

"I think President Biber went to tell that Bruno Song that no one would be willing to be a rival to the Tobacco Association!" The people from the British Tobacco Association asked Biber to give Song Yang a warning, which really made them tobacco giants Unfortunately, they will definitely not make things easier for Song Yang.

On the small golf course in the manor on the north shore of Long Island, Song Yang is waving a club. For golf, Song Yang can only be regarded as a showman. His posture is good, but his accuracy is not flattering. Today, Song Yang wants to meet a door-to-door visiting people.

Ulf, who is in charge of security, is leading people to conduct a security inspection of the manor. After knowing what news ICNC TV station is going to report on the day of the broadcast, Ulf has transferred a team from the Blackwater Company, equipped with various The less weapon is just in case, after all, Kennedy can open his mind, and those people go crazy, but they can do anything, and Ulf has to take precautions.

When Biber brought people into the Long Island Manor, he saw people carrying standard semi-automatic weapons and hunting dogs patrolling the manor. When seeing these things, Biber’s eyelids twitched, and the legs of the executives who came with him began to tremble a little. It is self-evident that these things are used to defend against , They were really afraid of a disagreement, so they gave them a sudden.

Seeing this kind of fanfare, Biber sighed inwardly. He felt that he might not be able to talk about anything this trip, but he cheered up and rushed towards the golf course.

When Biber arrived, Song Yang was on the phone. After seeing Biber, Song Yang stretched out his hand to signal him, and then answered the phone from the side.

"Adrian, I didn't expect it to be you calling!"

Song Yang glanced at Biber who was not far away, and then said to the person on the phone that the caller was the mayor of Houston, Adrian.

"Song, I don't know what you are going to do. Do you know who those people are? Now they are lobbying Capitol Hill everywhere. Tom Delay, the Cowboy Family, and others are also under great pressure now!"

Across the phone, I could hear Adrian scratching his head. The Xiangdang and the tobacco industry are naturally close. During the war, tobacco was a hard currency. The tycoons in the tobacco industry were also one of the Xiangdang's big financiers.

But right now, there is a sudden news that Song Yang's ICNC TV station is going to fire at the tobacco industry, causing the donkey party to be in a state of chaos. Both sides are funders of the Xiang party. The sudden shooting between the big funders, It is also a headache for the Elephant Party, so Adrian can only let Adrian talk about it first.

"Even if ICNC TV station does not report, CBS, Fox, CNN and other TV stations will report, this is a matter of time!"

Song Yang said to Adrian, upon hearing this, Adrian knew that Song Yang might have made up his mind, which gave him even more headaches.

"Song, do you know the consequences of doing this? In the future, you may face opponents from giant companies such as Philip Morris and Reynolds!"

"I see!"

Hearing this, there was a brief silence on the phone, and Adrian hung up the phone with a long sigh.

Song Yang put the phone aside, he knew that Adrian would definitely not be the last person to be a "lobbyist". In the past few days, Song Yang's calls may not be known how many people will call.

(End of this chapter)