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General Ross immediately ordered, "Connect me to the Military satellite right away. I want to see the situation on the ground."
"Yes, sir!"
The staff immediately began remotely controlling the low-orbit Military satellite to adjust its angle, pointing the camera at the battlefield near Salina County.
A few minutes later, when the live footage reappeared on the big screen, everyone gasped.
Looking up, the ground was covered in the explosive debris of crashed planes and countless charred human corpses.
And everywhere, Military vehicles that looked intact but were no longer usable.
No one could have imagined.
These War Machines, which had achieved countless glorious victories in the history of human warfare, had all turned into scrap metal in an instant…
And in the open space not far from the town, the soldiers who had miraculously escaped were trying to use their firearms to attract the MUTO's attention.
Watching the giant monster approaching the town step by step, the staff couldn't help but turn to General Ross, "General, what should we do? Should we send another unit to intercept it?"
"It's useless. At this point, only the Hulk can probably deal with it," General Ross said with a hint of unwillingness, but he could only shake his head helplessly.
"Immediately send people to the affected areas to urge civilians to go to nearby temporary shelters as soon as possible. Do not go out arbitrarily, and do not linger on the streets."
However.
Before he could finish speaking, a furry behemoth suddenly shot out from the edge of the big screen.
It charged straight towards the MUTO with extreme speed.
Then, amidst everyone's incredulous exclamations.
It actually sent the MUTO, weighing nearly 60,000 tons, flying far away!
Its massive body even rolled backward several times on the ground before finally stopping.
General Ross: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
WTF???
...
At the same time.
Due to the unexpected interruption of live battlefield broadcasts from major TV stations.
A large number of netizens were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, frantically flooding the live stream with messages, strongly demanding the restoration of the picture.
But at this moment, lines of very striking red characters suddenly floated across the bullet screen.
"It seems The Daily Bugle next door hasn't lost connection and is still broadcasting the live situation. Brothers, let's go!"
And so…
A large number of netizens flocked to The Daily Bugle's live stream.
Those who were quicker were fortunate enough to witness many 'hellish' scenes like 'Black Hawk Down' and 'Iron Man's equipment exploding'.
For a time, The Daily Bugle's viewership reached an unprecedented peak in the New York region.
The Daily Bugle's battlefield photographer even deliberately panned the camera to sweep over the group of envious and frustrated colleagues gathered behind him.
By the way… You seemed very arrogant just now, didn't you?
Why aren't you so awesome now?
"Oh my God, Iron Man's new armor actually crashed and burned?"
"God, what just happened? Why did the frontline army collapse like this in the blink of an eye…? Is this how the Military uses our taxpayer money?"
"Yeah, besides those crashed planes, it seems tanks and Military vehicles are also completely unusable?"
In response to the questions from later netizens.
The Daily Bugle's loyal fans, who had been glued to the live stream and witnessed the entire process, began to educate everyone.
"According to old Jameson, the monster named MUTO just released a powerful electromagnetic pulse, which is why all those planes and vehicles, and even Iron Man's suit, all malfunctioned!"
At this point, some quick-witted netizens discovered a blind spot and asked again, "If it was an electromagnetic pulse attack, why was only The Daily Bugle's frontline reporter unaffected?"
The loyal fans quickly provided an answer again.
"Old Jameson already explained this. It's because they previously purchased a batch of new photographic equipment manufactured by Hyperspace Group at a high price, which includes the function to resist electromagnetic pulse attacks."
Although many people had never heard of Hyperspace Group and didn't pay it much mind.
The reporters from various TV stations and newspapers who had rushed over with the netizens quietly pulled out their notebooks and jotted down the company's name.
After this incident is over, they'll immediately notify their purchasing departments to buy, buy, buy!
"Hey, everyone, look! Another monster has appeared… Huh? It looks like a giant gorilla?"
"So fierce! It actually sent the MUTO flying directly! Is a Titan battle about to begin?"
"Who can tell me, is that giant gorilla going to protect humans?"
In an instant, netizens' attention was drawn to the sudden appearance of King Kong.
What could be more exciting than a battle of Titans?!
However, unlike the eagerly awaiting audience, the heads of various TV stations and media platforms were already in a frantic state.
Watching the constant loss of viewers in their live streams and The Daily Bugle's viewership soaring like a Rocket, these people were practically grinding their back teeth!
But no matter how much they envied, envied, and hated, no one wanted to miss such a sensational hot topic!
Sending people over now was clearly too late.
So the best solution was to proactively buy the broadcasting rights from The Daily Bugle and try to get a piece of the pie in this incident!
And so, The Daily Bugle's phone was once again overwhelmed with calls.
However, John Jameson, this time, uncharacteristically demanded an exorbitant astronomical figure.
This led many TV broadcasting companies and media platforms with limited strength or weak cooperation intentions to directly choose to give up.
Finally, after a fierce round of bargaining.
A wealthy top-tier TV broadcasting company from California, where the incident occurred, reached a final agreement with John Jameson.
They purchased the full broadcasting rights for this major event at a sky-high price of 100 million U.S. dollars for a single broadcast (Cold knowledge: The broadcasting rights for the 2014 Brazil World Cup cost 115 million U.S. dollars).
And they promised to display the words "Reprinted from The Daily Bugle" on the screen.
If this were in the past, John Jameson probably wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing.
With The Daily Bugle's third-rate scale, he wouldn't even have the opportunity or qualification to call this top broadcasting company for negotiations.
But now, old Jameson has finally upgraded his game and is doing well!
However, the broadcasting company also put forward a corresponding demand.
That is, The Daily Bugle must ensure that it no longer sells TV broadcasting rights to other TV stations, self-media, or broadcasting companies.
After all, no one is a fool.
If they spend so much money and still can't get "exclusive" rights, then it's better not to do it at all!
Although the number of agreements reached was far below John Jameson's psychological expectation.
He was not anxious, because Karl had previously warned him that haste makes waste!
This sale of broadcasting rights undoubtedly laid an important foundation for The Daily Bugle's external expansion of influence.
This was a bold test.
The result, of course… was an overwhelming victory.
"Sigh, if only I had a daughter."
Thinking about how he had worked tirelessly in journalism for decades, yet hadn't achieved the same level of prominence as he had in just one month with Karl.
John Jameson became even more eager to firmly attach himself to his boss's thick thigh.
And at this moment, the battle between the two Titans had just begun!