Chapter 6 Unwilling Eddie
"Anton, I hesitated for a long time before I decided to come to see you."
Eddie hesitated, "There is something that has been kept in my heart for a long time and I can't feel happy if I don't vomit. Before that, do you know what I would be fired from the previous company?"
"A little heard, you offended a 'big guy'."
Anton shrugged.
Walked over and pulled open the chair behind the desk and invited him to take his seat.
After sitting down, Eddie asked again, "Do you want to know why I offended him?"
"Let me hear your story."
Anton returned to his old position and crossed his legs, looked at the nervous Eddie and smiled: "Relax, no matter what you say, I will not fire you. I am just a deputy editor-in-chief and have no right to fire you. You must know that you are the editor-in-chief. No matter what you want to say, please be sure to show your courage."
Eddie was still nervous and said slowly: "Carlton Drake, the owner of the Life Foundation. His pharmaceutical company grew rapidly because he used roadside homeless people to test medicines and conduct illegal human experiments. His entire business empire was built on thousands of dead bodies - I investigated this issue in an interview and eventually angered him."
Anton thought: "You lost your job because of this, so you are unwilling to accept it and want to continue pursuing it?"
"I have no idea."
Eddie's tone was hesitant, with a hint of affirmation: "I finally found another job...but as you said, my life was messed up by him, and I was unwilling to accept it."
"I will take time to discuss this with the old man."
Anton pondered for a moment and said, "You go back to work first, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible."
Carlton Drake of the Life Foundation is a rich man.
In terms of value, this young Dr. Drake, who has achieved remarkable medical achievements, may be no less than the wealth accumulated by Jonah Jameson over the years.
If Eddie wants to investigate this matter, it is equivalent to the Clarion Daily taking the initiative to declare war with the Life Foundation.
To be honest, from a personal perspective, Anton is very supportive of Eddie's exposure of Carlton Drake, a scumbag.
But it should be considered that the Horn Daily does not belong to Anton, and he lacks willful capital.
Doing things without considering the consequences is a sign of immaturity.
Perhaps afterwards, Anton can give Eddie some support with his own strength, but from the position of the Horn Daily, Jonah Jameson is the decision-maker, and Anton must respect the old man's opinions.
"OK."
Eddie thought it was Anton's excuse, and couldn't hide his disappointment, so he got up and prepared to leave.
"Wait, Eddie, personally, I support you, but you know, although the newspaper is my home, it is not mine."
Seeing this, Anton added: "Don't worry, I will try my best to convince the old man."
"I understand, thank you."
Eddie felt the sincerity of this sentence and expressed his gratitude.
Seeing him walking away, Anton touched his chin, took out his cell phone, called the old man to report the whole story.
What Anton did not expect was that Jonah Jameson not only did not advise him to forgive others, but instead laughed and asked Anton to tell Eddie to pursue it with all his might.
Anton was surprised. Before he could think about how to persuade him, Jameson agreed immediately.
"Why?"
He curiously said, "Jona, you should know better than me that the investigation of the Life Foundation is very risky. I heard that the Life Foundation has many activities in secret. If Eddie insists on pursuing it, we may be threatened by force from the Life Foundation, or even assassination."
"Anton, New York is our territory, and the Life Foundation belongs to San Francisco. Believe me, the Life Foundation cannot reach into New York, nor dare to reach into it."
Jameson was quite tough: "As long as you want to do it, just let it go."
"Old man, I have to change my stereotype about you. It turns out that you are really a retired newspaper editor, not the stingy newspaper owner I think."
Anton smiled.
In addition to the role of a businessman, Jonah Jameson has also served as the editor-in-chief of the Horn Daily for decades.
As we all know, in addition to publishing gossip news, newspapers also carry the social responsibility of exposing the dark side of society and carrying forward positive energy.
If it weren't for justice, how could Jonah Jameson repeat this trivial work day after day?
In recent years, if Jameson devoted his energy to other industries, his wealth would be at least several times higher than today.
"You made me look at you with admiration, Anton."
Jameson across the phone was both relieved and happy, and smiled: "Whether you have solved this or not, you have the determination to be the newspaper owner."
"If you praise me, let's talk about it after the matter is resolved."
Anton hung up the phone.
Dongdongdongdongdongdong!
Just as he was about to ask Eddie to come back to the office, the two of them had a detailed discussion, and another knock came from the door.
The gold medal screenwriter has arrived.
Anton immediately put down Eddie's affairs and started discussing the film script with the screenwriter.
To him, the Life Foundation is of course important, but nowadays, everything about movies is much greater than the Life Foundation.
The gold medal screenwriter is a white man named Browning Toby, who comes from a poor family.
Life is hard-won today, and Browning understands the importance of money more than anyone else.
Therefore, he respects Anton who gives money.
The two had a very pleasant exchange.
Browning discovered that Anton was not an ignorant rich second generation. Batman's many settings made him shine, and the plot also conforms to the public's aesthetic.
His work is icing on the cake, not a timely help.
"If you have such a lot of money and easy to do, please give me more!"
Browning called in his heart.
"As I just said, perfect the script as fast as possible." Anton, "In addition, I just thought of another job that suits you."
"Please say it." Browning nodded.
“Writing this story and promoting it to the public in the form of a novel is the first step in film promotion,” Anton said. “About the reward, you will get the part you deserve.”
"make a deal."
Browning did not hesitate and nodded decisively.
The story setting of Batman is quite complete, this job is not very difficult, and the reward is higher than the market price, so he is very happy to reach a cooperation with Anton.
"I will fly to Los Angeles to meet Jim tomorrow. If you want to go back to Los Angeles, you can go with me."
Anton nodded.
"Okay, then I'll say goodbye."
Browning was very good at looking at people's eyes, and saw Anton's intention to send him off, so he consciously left.
Anton looked out the window, and the golden sunset was full of clouds, rendering the clouds.
Suddenly came back to his senses.
Unexpectedly, I got to this point after chatting with Browning.
He got up and went to the employee area, and saw Betty who had packed up and was about to get off work.
"Hey, Betty, is Eddie off work?"
"have no idea."
Betty didn't show him a good look, and he twisted his buttocks and didn't look back, disappearing into Anton's eyes.
"Isn't it just that you don't keep your word and don't let you be the editor-in-chief? Women are too stingy!"
Anton touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Anton, are you looking for me?"
Eddie just walked out of the office.
"Yes, do you have time to have a drink? It's in the bar not far downstairs."
Chapter completed!