A week later, Kay was back in Los Angeles from Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles was...well, the same old thing. Although overall order has been restored, there are still some minor disturbances from time to time.
But overall it is under control, and these are all achieved by a series of bloody facts.
In the past few days since Kai left, the police had been dispatched three times, killing three well-known gangsters. And the attack was very ruthless, causing heavy casualties. Although many people question the need for the Los Angeles Police Department to be so ruthless, since Kai fought against the media and made them disgraced, the overall public opinion environment is quite good for the police.
Regarding the lawsuit that shocked the entire United States, the Federal Supreme Court has accepted it and will hear the case in the near future. This made the media who originally thought Kai was just trying to scare them a little anxious. They actively contacted the Los Angeles Police Department, hoping to drop the lawsuit.
But the Los Angeles Police Department is not stupid. This is obviously the resentment of the entire police department directed at the media. At this time, if they force Kai and the others to cancel the lawsuit, they will definitely turn this resentment towards them. After all, too many police officers have died in this war. At this time, only the upper management of the police department will have a hole in their brains and will stand up.
Even this matter was used to make a fuss by the legal team hired by Kai. These media wanted to use the upper management of the police station to suppress the normal operation of justice. This was definitely a good use.
Just as the lawyer group was building momentum, Kai also came back.
His response method was simple. He directly found those who put pressure on the police station and arrested them!
Charge, obstruction of justice!
After the lawsuit is accepted by the court, using the power to force the plaintiff to cancel the lawsuit is obstruction of justice! Although those people claimed that they were just having normal out-of-court contact and trying to reconcile.
But Kai didn't accept this statement.
Why would you go to their boss to try to reconcile?
As a result, a group of 'big shots' were arrested, including a member of the Los Angeles City Council, and a state council member was also summoned by the police!
To be honest, Kai's actions made the bosses of the Los Angeles Police Department very dissatisfied. Because many of these people are their personal relationships! They came to persuade them, so they naturally knew the bosses of the police department, but Kai didn't care about the wishes of the bosses at all. He made these people disgraced, which also implicitly meant slapping them in the face.
It even ruined their reputation.
It's a very simple logic. These people are in contact with the higher-ups of the police station, and they are the only people who know about it. Now that Kai is breaking up without caring about face, it means that the upper-level police officers have betrayed those who came to bring them together. Doesn't this ruin your reputation?
Even many powerful people in Los Angeles and California were dissatisfied with Kay's actions. Kai is breaking the rules of the game!
This kind of exchange of interests is extremely common among them. You don't want to give face to it, but you openly break the rules and make this kind of transaction public, so that public opinion can force people like them to do it. In their opinion, this is definitely the rhythm of rebellion.
Unfortunately, Kai doesn't care.
In fact, those who are dissatisfied with Kai have nothing to do. Kaizheng is now popular, and he is not easy to mess with. No matter how dissatisfied those people are, they can only be dissatisfied.
Even Kai's boss's boss had to hold back. Not only could he not touch Kai in the slightest, but he also had to stand up and be on the same side as Kai.
This kind of grievance is rarely experienced by these powerful people.
What is a police officer? They are their thugs, their tools to maintain their own order!
When can these tool people actually force them back?
But there is no way, reality is reality. The reality is that Kai is now invincible and invulnerable. They can't fight him, they can only dance at his pace.
In their view, because of Kai's existence, they felt that the Los Angeles police had lost control, especially the upper echelons of the police department. The reason why they handed over the names of those people was not because of Kai's appearance. Handsome, but what Kai got by threatening them very forcefully.
Of course, it cannot be said that these guys have done nothing. At least they are thinking of ways to break this situation.
They really thought of a way, that is, let Kai go away, at least not in Los Angeles. If you can't afford to offend, can you still afford to hide?
However, doing so requires some preparation and must be done step by step.
…
Kai didn't know it yet, but he was on the blacklist and was about to be sent out of the country. He was meeting someone at Pepper Pepper right now.
Jason Jameson, president of the New York Bugle.
The New York Bugle is a very influential newspaper in New York and even across the United States. Their mission is to be independent. The fact is, they are never biased!
To put it bluntly, they are super powerful!
They like to interpret practices from a different perspective than the general public.
This kind of bold spirit is highly praised by many people and believes that this is the true independent spirit, which gives them very high credibility.
For example, during the last public opinion offensive against the Los Angeles police, the Bugle did not go along with the trend of criticizing the police. Later, when public opinion reversed, the Bugle stood up again, singing about the importance of freedom of speech and suggesting that the Los Angeles Police Department had framed those reporters. possibility.
This is the Clarion. The third largest media group in New York.
Their president, Jason Jameson, is the third generation leader of the group and the man who helped bring The Clarion to its current heights.
His status in the public opinion circle is very high, and many reporters 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 sensationalize people. In contrast, the people who deserve more respect are police officers, firefighters, first responders and other first responders and military personnel like you. Those superheroes easily It takes away people's attention and appreciation. And those who deserve to be praised have always remained unknown. I think it is 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’s 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, it is indeed only the Bugle that paid attention to those police officers 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's eyes widened and she recalled carefully, and found that her memory was not wrong.
"Haha, it seems you have never seen this kind of negotiation." Kai explained: "Why do you think Jason emphasized their family's tradition? He really thought he was too busy. He was thinking about my guarantee! What he said before Duan's words to the superheroes and the police are also putting conditions on me. In the future, they will treat us more fairly and even favor us. I acknowledge his merit, which means I agree."
Pepper is also someone who has experienced many negotiations, and he immediately understood after this explanation.
They just said it in a very subtle way.
And Pepper quickly understood why he wanted to say something so cryptic, it was because of the media. They have bowed their heads, but they still have to keep their face. This is related to the issue of credibility.
"What's next?" Pepper asked more.
"Of course we have to rely on lawyers to negotiate. Otherwise, why would I spend so much money?"
After reaching an agreement, the compensation was just a trivial matter. Kai didn't have to worry about it. Although it wouldn't be as scary as 1.6 billion, it was definitely a happy figure. The police officers who were framed will receive a large amount of compensation, and Kai will also get what he wants. Everyone is happy.
Some people say, haven’t those unscrupulous media learned their lesson?
This is indeed true, but a fact needs to be emphasized here. That is, Kai can indeed make the capital behind the media pay a price, but it is impossible to really defeat them completely. This is a capital society, and offending the government is not as scary as offending capital. Let them remember that in the future, Nakai and the Los Angeles police really can't make any mistakes, otherwise they will wait to be humanely destroyed by public opinion.
Kai's purpose was never 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, his goal has been achieved, and naturally there is no need to continue spending it.
Pepper obviously understands this, otherwise he wouldn't come to help.
She gave a reassuring smile: "I thought you were continuing the stalemate, which made me worry for so long."
As she said this, Pepper thought of something: "By the way, Natalie is still waiting for you to call her. Really, Kai, I think you guys get along very well and you can have more contact with her."
Kai smiled: "You are my friend, not my mother. You don't need to care so much about my private life. This will make me misunderstand. I don't want to be jealous of that idiot Tony."
Only Kai in this world can call Tony stupid so casually. .
Pepper rolled her eyes at Kai with a beautiful look, then took her bag and prepared to leave.
"Aren't you going to have dinner with me?"
"I made a date with that asshole you're mouthing, so maybe next time! But Natalie is free."
"Then thank you very much. Well, since you don't plan to accompany me, I'd better go find Natalie." Kai said.
