United states tax collector

Three days later, the News Corporation case 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 huge sums of money to invite a team of top lawyers in the United States, as many as 16 people.

But no matter how elite this team of lawyers was, in the end it was just useless in the face of the documents produced by Gavin, the witnesses invited, and the tainted witnesses from News Corporation who instigated rebellion.

After the first-instance verdict, News Corporation 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 Corp headquarters.

After seeing this result, Murdoch felt as if all his strength had been drained from his body. People also seem to age several years instantly.

In the past few days since the FBI announced the formal arrest and indictment of their top executives, he has been under unimaginable pressure.

Some extreme people even found out his home address, came to the door, threw eggs and rotten vegetables in large quantities, and cursed day and night. In addition, these people also found out his family and relatives, and launched various abuses and attacks. and discrimination, which 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, and according to current trends, 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, reluctance, and helplessness...

Because he knows that from now on, this group and this place will no longer belong to him, and all his life's efforts will eventually be made into a wedding dress for others.

At this moment, he felt a little regretful. If he hadn't stepped out to snipe David out of greed, he wouldn't 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 Corp issued an announcement.

As for the content of the announcement, it was an apology statement made by Murdoch to the 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.

…

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 Internal Revenue Service..."

After putting down the phone, David's face showed a hint of joy.

His date of taking office has been set for 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... …

At noon the next day, the three people came to David's office.

Even after a night of baptism, such a large piece of fat fell into their hands. At this moment, the faces of the three of them were still uncontrollably excited.

"Director David, this is a preliminary packaging and promotion plan that the three of us came up with for you after studying it yesterday. How do you like it?"

Sally handed over a document.

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.

Therefore, 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 as soon as we get back, we will do our best to do it immediately!"

"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 confidently.

"Okay then, just go back and make arrangements. If anything happens, I will contact you again."

…

In the next few days, Sally, Ted and John used their own media channels to promote David's appointment at full speed.

Among them, they listed the various benefits of David taking office as a senior official of the IRS, such as having greater power, being able to handle more and larger tax cases, thereby increasing more tax revenue, which can be used to benefit the people.

But this is not the most exciting thing for the people. What is most exciting for the people is that these three people also manipulated some of their media and deliberately released some "rumors".

For example, David intends to support a bill called "welfare bill" after taking office as a senior official of the General Administration, and the bill will subsidize one-third of the existing welfare benefits.

You know, welfare benefits are the basic guarantee of developed countries, which can be said to be the interests of the whole people.

When they heard that there was such a huge benefit, the people of the whole United States were naturally crazy. Not to mention opposing David's promotion, a large number of people even made bold statements that as long as David could really support this bill and succeed, they would even unconditionally support David as the director of the IRS!

In just a few days, the trend of David's promotion has all turned into a positive evaluation, which also made him feel the power of the media.

Time has come to October 10th in a blink of an eye.

Today, the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service has stopped most of its business. All auditors, tax chiefs, and tax inspectors are all staying in the bureau, but at this time, they all have the same expression on their faces, that is, loneliness.

Because many days ago, they had received a notice that their director David would go to the General Administration on the 12th to take up his post.

When they thought that all the glory and attention of the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service would leave with their director, these people felt indescribably uncomfortable at this moment.

"Where is your director?"

Just as the auditors in the office hall were secretly sad, a full-hearted voice came and forced them to put away their thoughts and look up.

It was none other than Joao, the state director of the IRS in California.

"Director Joao, our director is still in the office for some work handovers. Do you want to notify 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 first. I came here this time 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 to say goodbye to David.

Director's office.

"Okay, that's all I want to say and explain. The Los Angeles IRS will depend on you next!"

The senior officials of the Los Angeles IRS left one by one, and in the end, only Buckinis Simmons and Osatovar, a deputy director of the bureau, were left.

At this moment, Osatovar showed a trace of entanglement on his face, because he had been the deputy director of Los Angeles for 9 years, and his seniority and contribution were sufficient.

If David is transferred now, according to the practice of various bureaus across the country, he should take over.

But the bad thing is that Los Angeles is not an ordinary place. It is the second largest city in the United States, and its importance is self-evident.

To become the director here, one must either have a strong background or, like David, take office against all odds with great prestige and tax contributions.

But he has neither of these two things, and he has not received any notification from the General Administration in the past few days, proving that the successor to be selected by the General Administration is definitely not him, which naturally makes him anxious.

You know, David has been transferred away, and the position of the director of the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service is vacant, which 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 chance 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 what Osatovar values ​​most.

What he values ​​most is that David is now going to be promoted to a senior position in the General Administration, and as a senior executive of the General Administration, this is not only the right to recommend, but also the right to make decisions.

So, if David can recommend him at the high-level meeting after he takes office, then the possibility of his taking office is great.

But then again, since David transferred here, although he has been constantly attentive and cooperating with various tasks, he seems to have never been recognized by David, which is why he has been hesitant to speak these days.

"How about Deputy Director Osatoval, is there anything else?"

"I..."

Hearing David's reminder, Osatoval came back to his senses. After some hesitation, he finally made up his mind and said, "Director, I wonder what you think of the new director?"

"The new director... I haven't thought about it too much."

David's face showed a thoughtful look, of course, he was just pretending.

These days, the deputy director has been jumping up and down and offering his attentiveness. He is not blind, so how can he not see it.

In fact, he has some ideas about the successor.

After all, Los Angeles is a very important area in the IRS system. If his confidants take control of this place, he will have more say in the headquarters in the future.

According to his idea, it would be the best if Keanu came to take over.

After all, Keanu was supported by him. Although he was not as close as Buckney, Nison, and Simmons, he was definitely one of his own.

And Keanu is now the director of the West Suburban Branch. If he is transferred to be the director of Los Angeles, it makes sense in terms of procedures.

But the only problem is that Keanu is not like him, with such dazzling prestige and tax performance.

Keanu's promotion speed from tax inspector to deputy director, and then to director of the West Suburban Branch is already rocket speed, which has caused many people to be jealous.

And Los Angeles is not an ordinary place. It is a place that all factions in the IRS system must fight for, so David is not sure that he can support him to take the position.

"Director, the Los Angeles IRS is a very important place. If you are willing... I can control it for you, and form a head-to-tail echo with you in the General Administration in the future!"

Osatovar finally didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and gritted his teeth and confessed.

And what he said was actually telling David that I will be your man from now on and follow your lead. Please support me.

"Deputy Director Osatoval, you can just say this here, but don't go out and talk nonsense. The selection of the Los Angeles director is not something you and I can discuss now. This is something that the decision-making level of the General Administration should discuss!"

Hearing these somewhat reprimanding words, Osatoval's mood also sank. Could it be that he was too anxious in the past few days and made David unhappy?

"However, I will soon enter the decision-making level of the General Administration. At that time, I will have the power to discuss it. You have worked diligently in the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Department for so many years and have made a lot of contributions. If it is appropriate at that time, I can recommend you."

David said appropriate, of course, he would consider Osatoval only if the operation of Keanu failed.

Although he did not trust this deputy director very much, he could not watch other people's direct line take this important territory.

"That's great!"

Osatoval, who was in a very bad mood, was overjoyed when he heard this.

Although he could tell that David's support for him was not that firm, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, it would be good for him.