Chapter 330 On the eve of taking office
Three days later, the case regarding 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 sum of money to invite a team of top lawyers in the United States, as many as 16 people.
No matter how elite this team of lawyers is, in the end, in the face of the documents produced by Gavin, the witnesses invited, and the tainted witnesses of News Corporation who instigated rebellion, in the end they just did It's just useless work.
After the first instance verdict, News Group was found guilty of multiple crimes including wiretapping, insider trading, bribery, and manipulation of public opinion. The relevant personnel were also sentenced to 5 to 8 years in prison.
After hearing the verdict, the legal team seemed to have received some kind of instructions, and finally accepted the result by default and no longer appealed.
News Corporation Headquarters.
After seeing this result, Murdoch felt as if all his strength had been drained from his body. People also seem to have aged several years instantly.
In the past few days since the FBI announced the formal arrest and prosecution of their top executives, he has been under unimaginable pressure.
Some extreme people even revealed his home address, came to the door and threw eggs and rotten vegetables in large quantities, and cursed day and night. In addition, these people also revealed his family and Relatives, all kinds of abuse, attacks and discrimination made him and his family miserable.
Therefore, after hiring this legal team, he personally communicated that once the evidence presented by the prosecution in court cannot reverse the case, there should be no appeal.
Because appeals take time, according to the current trend, the longer it takes, the more suffering he and his family will suffer. Only by pleading guilty quickly can this turmoil be settled.
Putting away his thoughts, Murdoch picked up the landline phone on the table, called his secretary in, and explained it carefully.
Soon after, Murdoch walked out of the door of News Corporation, but he did not get into the car immediately. Instead, he turned to look at the News Corporation building, his eyes full of discomfort and dissatisfaction. Surrender, helplessness...
Because he knows that from now on, this group and this place will no longer belong to him, and he will spend his whole life working hard for others. Got the wedding dress.
At this moment, he felt a little regretful. If he had not stood up to snipe David out of greed, he would not have ended up like this, right?
But it was too late to say anything now. In the end, he could only put away his reluctant eyes, 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 made by Murdoch to the whole country. He claimed that he failed to manage the group and subordinates well, which was why he was charged with eavesdropping, corruption and other crimes.
In order to show his responsibility, he decided to resign from all positions in News Corporation and also announced the dissolution of the board of directors. As for the new board of directors, a shareholders' meeting will be held for reorganization.
At this point, Murdoch's era at News Corporation is officially over.
For the entire American media industry, there will also be a new reshuffle.
Of course, for ordinary people, this kind of result is naturally what they want to see most, and many people celebrated it on social media.
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Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service, Office of the Commissioner.
"Okay, I know Deputy Director Donald, I will take over the affairs of the Los Angeles IRS..."
After putting down the phone, David's face showed a hint of joy.
His date of taking office has been set, which is October 12th.
When he thought that he was about to step into the highest power center of the IRS, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Of course, during this period, in addition to doing the handover work here, there was one more thing he had to do. Then he immediately picked up the phone and called Ted, John, and Sally respectively. Someone called...
At noon the next day, the three people came to David's office.
Although after a night of baptism, such a large piece of fat fell into their hands, the three people's faces were still uncontrollably excited.
"Director David, this is a preliminary packaging and publicity plan that the three of us came up with after research yesterday. Take a look."
Sally handed over a copy The documents were handed over.
Although the stumbling block of News Corporation has now been solved, under the guidance of this group, there was still a lot of criticism about his promotion.
So when Donald called yesterday, he told David that it was best to take advantage of these few days to promote 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 looking at it carefully for ten minutes and confirming that there was nothing wrong with the plan, David said: "Okay, let's implement it like this!"
"Okay. , then we’ll do our best as soon as we get back!”
“Oh, by the way, are you okay with News Corporation?”
Although News Corporation was destroyed by Murdoch before he left, the foundation is still there. Such a propaganda organization is still very important to David, and naturally he does not want to see any mistakes.
"Although we are not the actual controller yet, as soon as the shareholders' meeting is convened, we will officially take over. There is no need to worry about this."
Sally said with confidence.
"Well, you can go back and make arrangements. If anything happens, I will contact you again."
……
In the next few days, Sally Ted John and the others used their own media channels to go all out to promote David's appointment.
Among them, they listed various benefits of David’s appointment as a senior executive of the IRS. For example, with greater power, he will be able to handle more and larger tax cases, which will increase the number of tax cases. More tax revenue can be used to benefit the people.
But this is not what is most exciting to the people. What is most exciting to the people is that these three people also manipulated some of their media to deliberately release a little bit of "gossip".
For example, David intends to support a program called the 'Welfare Benefit Bill' after taking office as a senior executive in the General Administration, and this bill will subsidize another one-third of the existing welfare benefits. one.
You must know that welfare benefits are the basic guarantee for developed countries, which can be said to be the benefit of all people.
As soon as they heard that there was such a huge benefit, the entire American people naturally went crazy. Not to mention opposing David's promotion, a large number of people even made bold statements, as long as David could really support this bill. And if successful, they would even unconditionally support David as the director of the Internal Revenue Service!
In just a few days, all comments about David's promotion turned positive, which also made him lament the power of the media.
In a blink of an eye, October 10th came.
Today, the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service has stopped most of its business. All auditors, tax chiefs, and tax inspectors are staying in the bureau, but they all have the same expression on their faces at this time. Just lonely.
Because many days ago, they had received notice that their director David would go to the headquarters to take up his post on the 12th. When they think that all the glory and attention that the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service has had since then will leave with their director, these people feel indescribably uncomfortable at this moment.
“Where is your director?”
While the inspectors in the office hall were secretly feeling sad, a powerful voice came and they had to put away their thoughts and raise their heads.
I saw that it was none other than João, the California state director of the Internal Revenue Service.
"Director João, our director is still making some work handovers in the office. Do you want to inform him?"
A tax chief stood up and asked.
Joao waved his hand and said: "Since we are doing the handover work, don't disturb him yet. I am here just to say goodbye to your director."
"Okay..."
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 came to say goodbye to David.
Director's Office.
"Okay, that's all I have to say and explain. From now on, the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service will rely on you!"
The senior officials of the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service left one by one, and in the end, only Bucky Nissen-Simmons, and Osato Var, a deputy director in the bureau.
At this moment, Osatovar showed a trace of tangle on his face, because he has served as the deputy director of Los Angeles for nine years, and his qualifications and contributions are sufficient.
If David is transferred now, according to the practice of various bureaus across the country, he should be the one to take over.
But Los Angeles is no ordinary place. It is the second largest city in the United States, and its status is self-evident.
If you want to be the director here, you either have a very deep background, or like David, you have to rely on your huge prestige and tax contribution to get the job against all odds.
But he has neither of these, and he has not received any notification from the General Administration in the past few days, which proves that the successor chosen by the General Administration is definitely not him, which naturally makes him anxious.
You know, now that David has been transferred away, the position of director of the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service is 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 will have no chance at all.
And his biggest opportunity 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 actually what Osatovar values most.
What matters most to him is that David is now going to be promoted to a high-level position in the General Administration. As a high-level executive in the General Administration, he not only has the right to recommend, but also has the right to make decisions.
So, if David can recommend him at a high-level meeting after taking office, he will be more likely to take office.
But having said that, since David was transferred, although he has continued to be attentive and cooperated with various tasks, he still seems to have not been recognized by David. This is why he has been so slow these days. The reason for not daring to speak.
"How about Deputy Director Osatovar, is there anything else you can do?"
"I..."
Hearing David's reminder, Osatovar came back to his senses. After some hesitation, he finally made up his mind and said: "Director, I don't know if you What do you think of the new director? "
"The new director... I haven't really thought about this."
David looked thoughtful, of course. This is just an act of his.
In the past few days, the deputy director has been jumping up and down and being attentive. He is not blind, so how could he not see it?
In fact, he didn't have any ideas about his successor.
After all, the territory of Los Angeles is very important in the IRS system. If his confidants control this place, he will have more say in the Bureau in the future.
According to his idea, it would actually be best if Keanu came to take over.
After all, Keanu was supported by him. Although he is not as close as Bucky Nissen-Simmons and the other three, he can definitely be regarded as one of his own.
And Keanu is currently the director of the western suburbs branch. If he is transferred to be the director of the Los Angeles City, it would make sense in terms of procedures.
But the only problem is that Keanu doesn't have such dazzling prestige and tax records like him.
Keanu's promotion speed from tax inspector to deputy director to director of the Western Suburbs Bureau can be considered rocket speed, and has aroused the envy of many people.
And Los Angeles is not an ordinary place. It is a battleground for various factions in the IRS system, so David does not have much confidence that he will be able to take over.
"Director, the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service is a very important place. If you are willing... I can control this place for you and form a head-to-head correspondence with you at the General Bureau in the future!"
Ossa In the end, Tovar didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he gritted his teeth and confessed.
And what he said was actually telling David that from now on I will be yours and I will follow your lead. Please support me.
"Deputy Director Osatovar, you can just say this here, but don't go out and talk nonsense. Regarding the choice of Los Angeles Director, it is not something you and I can arbitrarily discuss now. This is the decision of the General Administration. It’s something that should be discussed!”
Hearing these somewhat reprimanding words, Osatovar’s heart sank. Could it be that he has been too impatient these days and caused David’s displeasure?
“However, I will soon enter the decision-making level of the General Administration, and I will have the power to discuss it by then. You have worked hard at the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service for so many years, and you have made a considerable contribution. If it's appropriate then, I won't be able to recommend you."
David said it's appropriate. Of course, he will only consider Osatovar if the operation of Keanu fails.
Although he didn't trust the deputy director very much, he couldn't just watch someone else's direct line take away this important piece of territory.
“That’s great!”
Osatovar, who was at the bottom of his mood, was instantly overjoyed after hearing this.
Although he heard that David's words were not so firm in supporting him, as long as there was a chance, it would be good for him.
(End of this chapter)