Chapter 322 Blackburn Can't Escape

"Okay, of course I understand. Being neutral doesn't mean you don't have to eat."

"OK."

"It's settled then."

Time flies, and Milo has been in New York for five days.

During these five days, apart from work.

He spent most of his time with Nikki, who had just given birth, and Paris, who was about to give birth.

Now it's time to go back to Boston.

Ariana's birthday is coming up and she has been preparing for it for days.

At Milo's suggestion, the Blackburn family's invitation letter was spread to all the upper-class families in the United States.

But before leaving New York and heading to Kennedy International Airport to catch a flight.

Milo received a call from his father Joseph.

The Secretary of Defense needs Milo to help the Five-Star Building do some small jobs, which does not require him to carry guns or artillery, and there is no pay.

Because the reward has been withdrawn somewhere else.

After hanging up the phone with his father, Milo found a phone number and dialed it. As soon as the call was connected, he said in a somewhat cold voice: "Press down the news report about DeLenburg, Arkansas!"

"Okay boss."

Hearing the answer, Milo hung up the phone without any hesitation, opened the email again, took a look, and sighed with a gloomy look.

Although doing so would be very unfair to the front-line journalists who have spent months investigating.

But there is no way, because their boss and the US military have military orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The report that Milo asked to suppress was about CNN's several-month investigation into ten U.S. soldiers, their families and related documents, which collected evidence of their crimes of NIE, mistreating civilians and killing innocent people while they were stationed abroad.

After returning to the United States, these soldiers were unable to adapt to normal life and suffered from various war syndromes. Many of them resorted to drugs and alcohol to get rid of the pain, and even ended their own lives.

This kind of news report will undoubtedly offend the US military to death, bring huge trouble to the cooperation between the two sides, and cause great damage to Milo's interests. He must prevent these reports from being reported by his own media group.

There's no way around it, and this is what's so disappointing about the American media.

The news media simply lacks the courage to go against the wishes of the majority of the public, that is, the television audience.

Another factor is the constraints from the conflicting interests of various parties.

All American media are very clear about one thing: citizens do not want to hear any negative reports.

Of course, when problems arise and public dissatisfaction grows, the media can become the main force in denouncing government decisions.

But the most regrettable thing is that the media has no ideas of their own and just goes with the flow.

What's more, Milo is a media tycoon who still works for the US military, and his father is the nominal leader of the US military.

Many times, some reports are deliberately blocked because this can get more military orders and a share of the defense budget.

We can’t blame Milo for being cold-hearted and profit-driven. After all, it’s not easy for everyone.

What? Didn't Milo always claim that Paladin Media's position was neutral?

Yes, they were neutral, but as Milo told Joseph, he knew that neutrals didn't have to eat.

Only by filling your stomach first can you have the strength to be neutral, right? This is how Milo understood neutrality anyway.

It was not because he had already promised Ariana, but also because he really wanted to use this banquet to show the outside world his attitude towards Rockefeller.

He would not return to Boston at this time.

Whether in New York or California, there are still many things waiting for him to deal with.

The flight from New York to Boston took more than an hour, but Milo did not waste it lazily again. Instead, as soon as the plane took off, he started a global video conference involving all his companies.

You know, the communication capabilities of Milo's sky palace are completely configured according to a scaled-down version of Air Force One's data system (PDS).

Enhanced bandwidth, satellite communications and video conferencing capabilities.

It can be used as a communication command center.

To put it bluntly, the money will not be wasted! As the heads of each company finished their reports and turned off their communications, only a few video screen windows of their subordinates remained on the big screen in front of Milo.

“Gold is expected to break through the $1,000 mark again in the near future…”

"No need to report this." Milo directly interrupted the report on gold futures. Of course, it's not that Milo doesn't care, but there is no need. At this price, he is not at the right time to care.

"Compass, Ichiro, what is the current price of Japanese rice? Has 5 kg exceeded 12,000 Japanese yen?"

Seeing Compass and Watanabe nod, Milo continued, "That's good, let's go ahead, but when it breaks through 13,000 Japanese yen, we will start closing all our positions."

"Okay, we will definitely carry out your will!" Compass and Ichiro Watanabe in the video had smiles on their faces, and they sincerely admired their boss's inspiration.

So far, they have taken advantage of the rising rice prices in Japan by shorting futures and buying and selling rice bulk and other staple food stocks.

Through various comprehensive measures, profits have exceeded 2 billion US dollars.

Although it doesn't seem high, the time is very short, less than a week.

Moreover, there was no market originally, but they created one.

This is the power that only large international conglomerates have!

Even though Milo is either sleeping with the goddess or on his way to sleep with the goddess all day long, however, as a core member of a consortium, once he gets into work mode, you will find that he is really busy!

Milo ended the video conference just before the Boeing 747 landed on the private tarmac.

But his mind was still full of affairs and data from various company reports.

To be honest, sometimes being too smart and having a good memory is not necessarily a good thing because you can't forget.

If you can't forget it, you have to think about it, you have to ponder it, and you have to find a way to solve the problem.

There is no way, who made him spread too much business! Everyone is always busy with their own life, but have you ever tried to ask, why are you so busy? Just like those billionaires, why do they still work hard to make money when they are rich? Others don’t know, but Milo himself is still working non-stop to find ways to make money.

In fact, it is mainly because of a deep sense of crisis.

He didn't know how long the sound he could hear would last.

In addition, most of his money-making models do not stand up to close scrutiny.

The reason why they not only acquire companies everywhere, but also spread their investment net to various industries is also a race against time.

He understood better than anyone that when that voice disappeared, he would be reduced to his original form.

Therefore, he had to hunt everywhere like a barbarian, and then consolidate his basic foundation to be prepared for even the impossible eventuality.

In the past three years, Milo has been hunting everywhere and has become a giant.

In fact, Milo's rise is really too fast.

It also confused many Americans. The most typical example is that a guy wrote a very popular post about a bloody and tearful history on the Internet.

"Because I was laid off from CCN News, and then I finally got a job at Universal TV, and then Universal was acquired by Milo Blackburn, so I resolutely resigned. I originally wanted to stop working in the media industry, so I found a way to get a job as a manager at Phillips Petroleum, and then Phillips Petroleum was acquired by Milo Blackburn. I resigned again in anger and went to Chevron Petroleum, but just after my internship, Chevron Petroleum became a holding company of Milo Blackburn. God, are you so unwilling to let me go? Or should I say, Milo Blackburn, do you have to be so cruel to me?"

To be honest, this incident was reported by the media at the time.

When Milo found out about this, he laughed for a long time and wondered why this guy wanted to compete with him like this.

But it’s really interesting to think about it.

Of course, it also made Milo feel a little smug and arrogant.

If this guy wants to change his career one day and work for a retail giant like Kmart, or be a salesperson at Coca-Cola, he will still find that his boss behind the scenes is still Milo Blackburn.

It was even more impossible to join the IT industry. None of the well-known and successful companies in Silicon Valley had no connection with Milo.

Go see a new Hollywood movie, the studio owner is Milo Blackburn again.

Go watch a Super Bowl, the Major League Baseball Championship Game, or the NBA Finals. Sorry, many of the teams are still owned by Milo Blackburn.

Play a hot game, the idea and development all comes from Milo Blackburn and company.

Perhaps he could only whimper desperately to God: Oh my God, I just don't want to have anything to do with Milo Blackburn, is that so difficult? If Milo knew, he would just tell him that it's difficult and will become more and more difficult! In fact, there is no careful thinking at all in Milo's carnival-like mergers and acquisitions.

Some are indeed active business layouts, such as Paladin Media, Yahoo ITK, Electronic Alliance, Kmart & eBay.

Some are simply profitable investment businesses, such as holding shares in Apple, Microsoft, and numerous Silicon Valley companies.

Some are purely for the boss to spend money to buy peace of mind, such as the growing military PMC security company United Global.

It's just like when you go to the supermarket and buy the beer that your family needs, and then you see a discounted T-shirt and a CD you like and throw them into the shopping cart.

The same goes for Milo, the only difference is that ordinary people buy daily necessities worth ten or twenty dollars.

Milo bought a company worth one or two billion dollars.

Ordinary people have to pay for their own purchases, but Milo can make full use of the capital market to help, with people eager to pay for him.

Since the second half of 1996, Milo has spent more than $50 billion to acquire shares, controlling stakes or wholly-owned assets in more than 30 companies.

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It’s not news that Milo Blackburn is buying businesses.

If there is no news of merger and acquisition in Milo in a certain month, everyone will ask with concern: Has Milo Blackburn made any big move recently?

Why did Milo acquire Marvel, why did Milo invest in Cisco and Qualcomm, why did Milo invest in European clubs.

People are already fed up with reading this type of articles, but what’s interesting and rare is that each one of them can give a perfect explanation from a business logic perspective.

Sometimes Milo almost died of laughter. There is no such thing as so much business logic.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Milo was casting such a wide net just to achieve one thing.

That is, in his industrial cluster, even if the sky falls one day, there must be a product or business that can help him make money!

The excitement of acquisitions and mergers has passed.

Milo's anxious mood and messy steps can also be calmed down, and he can move forward more steadily and steadily.

In the carriage, Milo leaned back in his seat, looking out the window at the Boston street scene at dusk, his thoughts drifting away.

“Ding Dong——”

The message alert on his cell phone rang, and Milo slowly took out his cell phone from his pocket, unlocked it and checked the contents. His originally indifferent face was slowly replaced by a gentle smile.

What he received were photos of Haley, little Paladin, and her twin brother, who had just been discharged from the hospital, on the beach.

Little Paladin, wearing white beach pants, was sitting on the beach playing with sand. Next to him stood sister-in-law Haley, who was wearing a straw hat, sunglasses, and a one-piece swimsuit with her upper body wrapped tightly, facing the sea.

Next to it was a double-frame baby stroller with two babies lying inside, also basking in the sunlight that was blocked by special glass.

I have to say, my sister-in-law's figure is really amazing.

She is even a little bigger than Ivana now, and she doesn't have the big-boned figure like Ivana who is getting taller and stronger.

Instead, she is over 1.6 meters tall, cute and gentle, an American sweetheart type.

But she also had a pair of incredibly large buttocks that didn't match her body shape at all.

This gave her a different kind of allure.

Milo flipped through the photos with a smile on his face, looking at the innocent smile of little Paladin and the confident and loving smile of Haley. His heart was also very warm.

To be honest, he never regretted being so promiscuous.

He does not regret getting so many goddesses, rich girls, and noble ladies pregnant and letting them give birth to children for him.

If he were to live his life over again, he would definitely live it to the fullest, with no regrets.

Not to mention colonizing the entire planet, he also wanted to have many descendants and leave an indelible mark of him on this world.

Why not make money yourself? ! Some people also say that the women Milo dates, except for those noble ladies, are either from the entertainment industry or the fashion industry. Everyone knows these two circles. Uh, uh, their taste is too bad...

Oh, what is taste?

Taste is that what was originally hung on the wall is now spread on the ground, and what was originally spread on the ground is now hung on the wall.

Just personal wish!

“Beep beep—”

The convoy drove into Blackburn Manor and honked its horn before coming to a stop.

When Milo got out of the car, he saw Ivana holding her three-month-old son, Little Gimp.

She was standing in front of the golden gate, wearing a teal cardigan dress, a color that was perfect for Boston in late fall.

It is warm yet elegant, full of graceful femininity. The high waistline stretches her body proportions, showing her long legs, thin waist, and the talent that grew again after giving birth.

Little Kimpo, wearing a white baby jumpsuit, was staring at everything around him with his big, sapphire eyes curiously.

This is of course Milo and Ivana's child.

He is a son, his full name is Donald II King Blackburn, the same name as his grandfather.

When I first heard that Milo named the child this.

The old golden-haired man almost laughed his teeth out from laughing, and he felt like tears were about to flow as he held little Jinpu in his arms.

Since then, Jinpu has loved this little grandson who has the same name as him.

Whenever he has time, he will come to visit little Jinpu. Little Jinpu is only three months old, and big Jinpu has already given him many gifts.

Including but not limited to many limited edition luxury cars.

Although everyone with a discerning eye knows that little Jin Pu will definitely not lack these things when he grows up, you have to know that his biological father is...

But Jinpu can't just ignore his deep love for his grandson, right?

The golden-haired old man even took out 20% of Gimp's shares and set up a foundation called Gimp & Blackburn.

99% of the shares of this foundation are owned by the three-month-old little Kimpo, and the remaining 1% is owned by Ivana! Of course, after he did all this.

The construction company under the name of Jinpu Group also easily obtained several projects of the Hudson Bay City Plaza construction project that is being promoted in Manhattan, New York.

As long as it can be done, it is still possible to make tens of billions of dollars in a few years.

In front of Blackburn Manor.

Milo smiled gently, walked quickly forward, put his arms around Ivana's slender waist, and gave her a passionate kiss.

"It's a bit cold. Why are you waiting for me here? Where's Ariana?"

Ivana, like Ariana, is based in Boston.

After all, they are all studying at Harvard University and are classmates.

So apart from the house near the school, we lived in Blackburn Manor all the time.

"Ariana went to Quincy this afternoon to see the Angus beef that was temporarily raised there. It will be used for the banquet the day after tomorrow. She was supposed to be back a long time ago, but there was a problem with a bridge on the way back, so she was temporarily delayed. She may be back later."

Ivana replied gently.

Just at this moment, little Kimpf in her arms first widened his eyes, shook his head, looked at Milo, and then burst into tears, interrupting their conversation.

"Tsk tsk, this is my woman. What's wrong with me chatting with her? Boy, you'd better be smart! Looking at his son crying loudly, Milo smacked his lips, stretched out his fingers with a loving smile on his face and stroked his delicate cheek, teasing him.

Ivana giggled and gently patted the crying little Gimp to comfort him. She gave Milo a charming look and sniffed with her beautiful nose, "He must have pooped. We need to go back and change his diaper."

"Oh, that's good. Then you don't mean to bother us."

"Haha. How could he hate you? You are his father!"

Ivana smiled sweetly, and with Milo's embrace, she turned around and walked into the house holding the child.

(End of this chapter)