American Fortune Life

To be honest, Andy still has a lot of worries about his newspaper publishing this scandal. After all, it's not normal for an old fritter like Tom who has been in the political arena for decades to have no means. The most important thing is that the interests of the money laundering group are too great. The New York Observer directly overturned the table, cut off many people's money, and made many people unhappy.

Andy would not be so stupid as to think that the freedom of the press promoted by the US imperialism is bullshit. Gary is still alive. The Dark Alliance in 1996 made him offend i. The end, just two years ago, that is, in 2004, he committed suicide at home strangely.

And Moses, who reported the US scandal last year, was also imprisoned for a long time, and after he came out, he had to face the banning of the entire industry.

Therefore, the freedom of the press in the United States is all bullshit. Most of the media are privately owned and manipulated by consortiums and companies. The ultimate goal of these giants running media companies is to maximize profits. The shackles and constraints of group interests. Just like after Murdoch bought The Times, he required editorials to listen to the boss. Opinions are different? The editor-in-chief was directly fired.

There is also the exchange of interests with Washington, political pressure, etc. to influence the media and their behind-the-scenes bosses, and use media bosses to control journalists and news reports. These practices are sometimes open and sometimes very covert.

Of course Andy knew about this. After all, his purpose of reporting this scandal was not pure, it was also for the benefit of the family.

So he paid close attention to the reaction in Washington, and locked on the live broadcast of the TV station in Washington all afternoon.

Sure enough, Tom chose to refute the rumors. When he looked at the white-haired old man and shouted loudly that this was a slander and a frame, Andy frowned. He knew that trouble was coming.

In the evening, Auston came home in a bit of a mess, with a tired face on his face. As soon as he entered the door, he said to Andy with a gloomy expression: "Tom chose to resist, and the negotiation with your grandpa collapsed. Now the elephants have already settled down. Tom has lost trust, but he is very clueless and may take risks, you must prepare early."

Andy didn't feel nervous after hearing this. After all, a tiger without minions that had lost the overall strength of an elephant, although it could make a final counterattack, was just dying.

Andy sneered and said: "It's nothing more than using some of his trump cards, the media launders whitewashing, and using force to threaten the newspaper. It seems that he is going to confront the FBI."

On the morning of October 2, the weather was no longer important. A group of more than a dozen people in black suits got off several Chevrolet commercial vehicles and quickly passed the front door of the building crowded by some reporters. nervous feeling.

But what surprised the pair in black suits was that their arrival did not cause panic among the staff of the New York Observer newspaper. Instead, many cameras were pointed at them and kept pressing the shutter.

"Everyone, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Our editor-in-chief is waiting for you in the conference room." A middle-aged fat man from the Mediterranean said to the two leading men in black and sunglasses with a strange smile on his face.

The hearts of the two agents sank, they looked at each other, and led them to follow the fat man to the meeting room. The rest of the men in suits quickly scattered around the lobby of the newspaper office, looking at the newspaper office around them in silence. employees.

When the door of the meeting room was pushed open, the two dark glasses detectives were a little taken aback by the situation inside.

Pete Kaplan was sitting in the middle, and behind him stood two tall and tough men with cold faces against the wall. On his right hand sat a row of elite men with waxed hair and well-fitting suits. looking at them.

"Everyone, please sit down." Peter Kaplan stood up from his seat with a warm smile on his face, and pointed to the row of seats on the left, as if he didn't care who the other party was, as enthusiastic as meeting a friend.

The crew-cut detective standing on the left took off his sunglasses, took out his ID from his pocket, and said indifferently: "We are the FBI, and we are here because of the report on Speaker Tom and the money laundering syndicate reported by your newspaper. I hope Mr. Kaplan can cooperate. Our investigation, telling us the relevant evidence and the informants who provided clues..."

Pete Kaplan curled his lips, shrugged his shoulders, turned his head and smiled, and spread his hands to the five well-dressed elites behind him.

One of the middle-aged men with gold-rimmed glasses had a sneer on his mouth, walked out from the crowd, narrowed his eyes and stared at the detective who spoke, and said, "I am the chief attorney of the New York Observer's legal team. Regarding your request, my client has the right to refuse!"

"You..." The leading detective had a constipated expression on his face, knowing that people didn't care about him at all. Sometimes the fbi is indeed a great deterrent to some people, but for people with strong backgrounds and no crimes Shit is not, the United States is still a money society, and it is also a country ruled by law. The rich people play by the rules. It is no problem for everyone to play under this framework. If one of them wants to play something, everyone is not bad. Money, who is afraid of whom.

This time they came out to trouble the Observer newspaper and put pressure on the newspaper. Everyone knew who used their power. It was just an order from the superior, and they just carried it out. Unexpectedly, the newspaper was already waiting for them to come to the door He hit the cotton with a punch, and suffered internal injuries.

"It's about the money laundering group. We need to have conclusive evidence to arrest the criminal suspects. We need to remind you that these evidence clues are very important now. We need to block the information. Once leaked, let the suspects know in advance and escape. Overseas, we will sue you for obstructing official duties!" Another leading agent said indifferently.

The glasses lawyer was about to retort with a bad face, but Peter Kaplan waved his hand to stop him with a smile: "It's not a good idea for everyone to stand like this, let's sit down and talk."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and then sat back on the seat with the lawyers of the legal team, and looked at the two detectives who were looking at each other with a smile on their faces.

The two leading detectives knew that they could not forcibly take away the man, so they walked to the other side and sat down in silence.

Peter Kaplan's face suddenly straightened, and he said seriously: "According to the Freedom of the Press Act, our newspaper has the right to protect the informants who provide me with clues. Of course, as long as there is no danger to national security, this matter is definitely It does not involve national security, all, sorry, our newspaper rejects your request!"

The faces of the two detectives turned black all of a sudden. Before they came, they were ordered by their superiors to get the evidence and control the informants. Seeing what Pete Kaplan meant, there was nothing to talk about. Standing up abruptly, he began to speak first. The detective took out a document from his suit pocket, unfolded it and showed it to Pete, and said in a cold voice, "This is a subpoena document. Now we need Mr. Visit our headquarters to cooperate with the investigation of the money laundering syndicate, and at the same time we need to seal up all the documents and evidence related to the case..."

Pete Kaplan squinted slightly at the summons document in the other party's hand, and looked back at the frowning chief lawyer. The other party was about to speak out and refuse to cooperate with the investigation. After all, this was the right of the citizens of the United States.

Just at this moment, a triangular communicator placed on the table in the conference room made a voice, "Peter, you can go with them, or you can give them a copy of the evidence, your safety will be guaranteed by Kenny and Dolby! Talk to deputy editor Henry, add a special issue, publish all the documents and evidence about this scandal, ask the employees of the newspaper to work overtime, and report to the newspaper tomorrow morning, tell them that the overtime pay is one thousand dollars each, Ai The rest of Burt's work is left to you, and it should be done according to legal procedures, so be it!"

As soon as the voice fell, I heard the sound of hanging up the phone from the intercom. The meeting room was strangely quiet for dozens of seconds. Peter Kaplan stood up first and said: "You heard it too, I can go with you to your headquarters to cooperate Investigate, but the news will still appear in the newspaper tomorrow morning!"

"No, you can't do this..." one of the agents said angrily, but was interrupted by a lawyer named Albert with a sneer, "We can! We have the right to do this !"

"At the same time, my client is only cooperating with your investigation and has the right to remain silent. The evidence has been agreed to give you a copy. You still have enough time to identify and arrest the suspect. All our newspapers have fulfilled their obligations. , We refuse to cooperate with all other unreasonable demands!" Albert said with a sneer as he looked at the changing expression of the other party.

The two FBI agents looked at each other speechlessly, and they also guessed who the owner of the voice on the intercom just now was, Andy Smith, the behind-the-scenes boss of this newspaper, the youngest billionaire, and the old director of the Congressional Appropriations Committee. Smith's grandson.

Thinking of the gray-haired old Smith who was always smiling, the two of them couldn't help but shudder. Damn, if this offends this man, the fbi will really have to eat chaff in the future.

Before they came, they had learned about the situation of the newspaper and Andy Smith. They thought they were all supporters of elephants. Deep, Andy Smith didn't pay attention to their intentions at all, and directly lifted the table and yelled at them. This is the rhythm of completely pulling Tom off the horse and burying him alive.