Chapter 620: Agreement (Please Save, Recommend, and Vote for Me) I Finally Wrote It! Please Vote for Me! !

A week later, Kai returned to Los Angeles from Washington, DC. Los Angeles... how to say it, is still the same old thing. Although the overall order has been restored, there are still some small riots from time to time.

But overall it is under control, and these are all created by a series of bloody facts.

In the few days that Kai was away, the police dispatched three times and knocked down three well-known gangs. And the attack was very cruel, with heavy casualties. Although many people questioned whether the Los Angeles Police Department was necessary to be so cruel, since Kai fought against those media and made them look bad, the overall public opinion environment is quite good for the police.

By the way, the Federal Supreme Court has accepted the lawsuit that shocked the entire United States, and it will be heard soon. This made the media who originally thought that Kai was just threatening them a little anxious. They actively contacted the Los Angeles Police Department, hoping to cancel the lawsuit.

But the Los Angeles Police Department is not stupid. It is obvious that the entire police department is resentful of those media. At this time, if they force Kai and his team to cancel the lawsuit, it will definitely turn the resentment to them. After all, too many police officers died in this war. At this time, only the top leaders of the police station will stand up.

Even this matter was used by the lawyers hired by Kai to make a fuss. These media want to suppress the normal operation of the judiciary through the top leaders of the police station. This is definitely a good handle.

Just when the lawyers' group was building momentum, Kai also came back.

His response method was very simple. He directly found those who put pressure on the police station and arrested them!

The charge was obstruction of justice!

After the lawsuit was accepted by the court, using power to force the plaintiff to cancel the lawsuit at this time was obstruction of justice! Although those people claimed that they were just normal out-of-court contacts and tried to reconcile.

But Kai did not accept this statement.

You want to try to reconcile, why go to their boss?

So a group of "big guys" were arrested, including a member of the Los Angeles City Council, and a state legislature was also summoned by the police!

To be honest, Kai's actions this time made the big guys of the Los Angeles Police Department very dissatisfied. Because many of these people are their personal relationships! They came to persuade, naturally they knew the bigwigs in the police station, but Kai didn't care about the bigwigs' wishes at all, and made these people look humiliated, which also implied a slap in their faces.

Even ruined their reputation.

It's a very simple logic. These people have contact with the upper echelons of the police station, and only the two of them know about it. Now Kai has torn his face directly, which means that the upper echelons of the police station have betrayed those who came to match. Isn't this ruining the reputation?

Even many powerful people in Los Angeles and California are very dissatisfied with Kai's behavior. Kai is breaking the rules of the game!

This kind of exchange of interests is very common among them. It's okay for you, Kai, to not give face, but also openly break the rules, make this transaction public, and let public opinion force these powerful people. In their view, this is definitely the rhythm of rebellion.

Unfortunately, Kai doesn't care.

In fact, those who are dissatisfied with Kai have no way at all. Kai is now popular, and he is not easy to mess with. Those people can only be dissatisfied no matter how dissatisfied they are.

Even the boss of Kai's boss had to hold back. Not only could they not touch Kai at all, but they had to stand up and fight on the same front with Kai.

This kind of frustration is something these powerful people rarely experience.

What are police? They are their thugs and their tools to maintain their own order!

When did these tools actually force them in turn?

But there is no way, reality is reality. The reality is that Kai is now undefeated and impeccable. They can't fight him, they can only dance to his tune.

In their opinion, because of Kai's existence, they have a sense of losing control of the Los Angeles police, especially the upper echelons of the police station. The reason why they handed over the names of those people was not because they saw Kai was handsome, but because Kai threatened them very strongly.

Of course, it can't be said that these guys did nothing. At least they are trying to break this situation.

They really thought of a way, that is, to get Kai out, at least not in Los Angeles. Can't you afford to provoke him or hide?

But doing so requires some preparation, and it must be done little by little.

…

Kai didn’t know that he was already on the blacklist and was about to be escorted out of the country. He was meeting someone at Pepper Potts right now.

Jason Jameson, president of the New York Herald.

The New York Herald is a very influential newspaper in New York and even the whole United States. Their purpose is the spirit of independence. The fact is that they are never biased!

To put it bluntly, they are super argumentative!

They like to interpret practice differently from the public opinion.

This kind of argumentative spirit is respected by many people, and they think that this is the real independent spirit, which makes their credibility very high.

For example, in the last public opinion offensive against the Los Angeles police, the Herald did not follow the crowd to criticize the police. Later, when the public opinion turned around, the Herald stood up again, singing the importance of freedom of speech, and hinted that the Los Angeles Police Department might frame those reporters.

This is the Herald. → The third largest media group in New York.

Their president, Jason Jameson, is the third-generation head of the group and the hero who made the Herald reach its current height.

He has a very high status in the media circle and many journalists regard him as an idol.

It is also because of this that Jason Jameson appears here.

He represents defendant media outlets seeking settlements.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Kai's lawsuit is just asking the media to pay some money, and it's not a big deal.

But the truth is not that simple, money? For the capital behind the media, money has never been an issue. The real issue is credibility. The most important thing for media, especially serious media, is credibility. What you say must be believed by others!

Without this, who would listen to the serious media?

So they don't care about money, what they care about is not losing the case!

In fact, the same is true for the punishment Kai gave them, $1.6 billion in compensation?

Heh, what are you thinking about? Unless those judges are stupid, they will let Kai's 1.6 billion compensation request be passed. It’s true that Kai won’t even be able to earn back his legal fees after winning the lawsuit.

Money was never Kai's desire. After all, with so many media outlets, 1.6 billion points is not too much for each company to pay. At least they can afford it. What really makes them unable to afford is the label of fake news, which is the loss of credibility!

This is much more expensive than 1.6 billion!

So it’s okay to lose money! But you can’t lose the case!

In fact, since the lawsuit was accepted by the federal court, the stock price losses of these media have exceeded 1.6 billion!

So there was no other way, they had to let this matter end.

So they asked Jason Jameson to step in and make peace with Kai.

This seemed odd, since the Bugle had little to do with the lawsuit. But that's not actually the case. The Bugle does have nothing to do with the lawsuit... but everything to do with Jason Jameson!

His family is in the media business, and it is very large, which means that he owns more than just The Bugle... As for why when mentioning The Bugle, one would think of The Bugle, it is entirely because of Johnson's The foundation of the family business is the Bugle, and he also spent the most time on the Bugle, and even his office is at the Bugle headquarters.

Jason is a person involved in the incident, and he is relatively aloof. He has nothing to do with the New York police, so it is best for him to serve as the representative.

"Thank you for coming to see me, Detective Wayne." Jason's image to the outside world has always been that of an arrogant, stubborn and eccentric old man who dares to challenge anyone. But when I met Kai, he was very kind and not as domineering as he was in public. Perhaps seeing Kai's confusion, Jason quickly explained: "Don't doubt my attitude, I respect you very much. Not because of your reputation as a superhero, but because of your status as a police officer."

"In fact, I prefer your identity as a police officer. The scene of you standing up and fighting those monsters regardless of danger for the people of Los Angeles makes me extremely admired! I don't like the word superhero. I always think that superheroes are lawless and lawless. People who have dangerously powerful abilities and use them to impress people should be respected even more. It’s police officers, firefighters, first responders, and other first responders and military personnel like you who so easily steal the attention and admiration from those who deserve it. I think it’s the responsibility of the newspaper industry to make people around the world aware of this.”

Jason's stubborn streak is immediately apparent.

In fact, Kay didn't dislike Jason's point of view. Because it is true. If you look at the recent public opinions, you will know that people enthusiastically discuss superheroes, but there is very little coverage of the police officers who died. This is unfair. Even though Kai is a superhero, he still thinks so.

Superheroes are heroes, but aren’t those policemen and soldiers who died?

"I'm very grateful for your understanding. On behalf of the police officers who sacrificed their lives, I also thank you for your reporting." Jensen not only said this, but also did it. Among all the major media, only the Bugle reported on those who sacrificed their lives. The police made a special report.

This was also the reason why Kai was willing to meet with Jason. Even though the Bugle also suggested that the police's arrest of the reporter was a false accusation, Kai was not too angry because they could not make a mistake. How much of this is false accusations, and who knows better than Kay?

The conversation between the two went very smoothly after that, and they even felt a bit late for the conversation.

On the one hand, this is because Jason is really good at dealing with people. After all, he works in the media, so it is normal for him to be able to talk. On the other hand, Jason did have a bad temper with Kai. This may be related to Jason's experience. Jason's family has a tradition of joining the army. Both Jason and his fathers have joined the army. Jason believes that joining the army can exercise a person's discipline and temper a person's will. But what’s interesting is that Jason and his father also felt that serving as a senior officer in the army would make a military career less pure, so none of the men in their family had ever served as a senior officer. Basically, if they really wanted to be promoted , they will choose to retire.

A very strange approach.

In short, the two of them chatted happily, but until they broke up, neither of them talked about the lawsuit at all.

This made Pepper feel weird.

"Aren't you here to talk about that lawsuit? Why haven't you ever filed it?"

"Litigation? It's already over." Kai said with a smile.

Pepper opened her eyes and recalled carefully, and found that her memory was not wrong.

"Haha, it seems you haven't seen this kind of negotiation." Kai explained: "Why do you think Johnson emphasized their family tradition? Do you think he is idle? He wants me to promise! What he said before about superheroes and policemen is also a condition to me. They will treat us more fairly in the future, and even favor us. I acknowledged his contribution, which means I agreed."

Pepper has also experienced many negotiations. After such an explanation, he immediately understood.

They just said it very obscurely.

And Pepper soon understood why they said it so obscurely, because of those media. They have already bowed their heads, but they still have to guarantee their face. This is related to the issue of credibility.

"What's next?" Pepper asked.

"Of course, it depends on lawyers to negotiate. Otherwise, why did I spend so much money?"

After reaching an agreement, the compensation is just a detail, and Kai doesn't need to cheat. Although it won't be as scary as 1.6 billion, it is definitely a happy number. Those falsely accused police will get a lot of compensation, and Kai will get what he wants. Everyone is happy.

Some people say that those unscrupulous media have not learned their lesson?

That is true, but one fact needs to be emphasized here. That is, Kai can indeed make the capital behind those media pay the price, but it is impossible to really defeat them completely. This is a capitalist society, and offending the government is not as terrifying as offending capital. Let them remember that Kai and the Los Angeles police cannot make any mistakes in the future, otherwise they will be humanely destroyed in public opinion.

Kai's purpose has never been to vent his anger, but to strive for a sufficiently tolerant public opinion environment for himself and the police. Now that he has done it and achieved his goal, there is naturally no need to continue to waste time.

Pepper obviously understands this, otherwise he would not come to match.

She smiled with relief: "I thought you would continue to be in a stalemate, which made me worry for so long."

Pepper thought of something: "By the way, Natalie is still waiting for you to call her. Really, Kai, I think you two get along very well, and you can get in touch more often."

Kai smiled: "You are my friend, not my mother, so you don't have to care so much about my private life. This will make me misunderstand. I don't want to be jealous of Tony, that idiot."

Only Kai in the world can call Tony an idiot so casually. .

Pepper rolled her eyes at Kai with her beautiful eyes, and prepared to leave with her bag.

"Don't you plan to have dinner with me?"

"I have an appointment with the idiot you mentioned, so next time! But Natalie is free."

"Thank you so much, well, since you don't plan to accompany me, I'll find Natalie." Kai said.