Hollywood Hunter

Simon arrived in Greenwich, and Joseph Schlap also brought Simon a bad news.

The Westero system focused on advancing the latest version of the "Digital Copyright Act" draft used to improve the Internet copyright system and copyright protection. It was again rejected during the second review by the House of Representatives.

The core of the dispute is the'safe haven regulations'.

Members who oppose the safe haven regulations believe that this clause is likely to be abused after it is enacted.

According to the legislative process of the United States, after a bill is passed, the House of Representatives and the Senate will vote twice. After receiving the support of half of the members, the bill will be signed by the President. The President of the United States has the right to refuse to sign certain bills. Congress also has measures to prevent this. As long as more than two-thirds of congressmen’s approval can be obtained, the bill can also be passed by force.

Most bills in the United States are usually hindered in the review process, and sometimes it may not be passed after seven or eight reviews after five or six years.

The final voting link is not suspenseful, because once the voting starts, it often means that a bill has been negotiated and compromised after repeated consultations and has won the consent of most members of Congress.

"According to the lobbying feedback data of our team, the Senate has little problem because the majority leader of the Senate is Gore. However, if we want to pass the House of Representatives, we need to win at least 20 votes."

The 100 seats in the US Senate have remained unchanged for a long time. The number of members of the House of Representatives is regularly fine-tuned according to changes in the US population. There are currently 434 seats. More than half of the votes are at least 218, and 20 votes seem to be few. It is not difficult to fight for it.

At present, the number of seats held by the Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives is 256 and 178 respectively. It stands to reason that as a supporter of the Democratic Party, the Westero system should be easy to pass a bill, but the fact is far from it.The Democratic Party is not monolithic, nor is the Westeros system popular with all Democrats.

It is easy to imagine that those Democrats who tend to traditional paper media groups will certainly not stand on the side of the Westeros system and continue to watch the growth of Igret.

Seeing Simon just look down silently at a document he brought, Joseph Schlap continued: "Congressman David Merros of Connecticut and several other lawmakers are recently seeking to advance an Internet media Supervision Act," Schrap said, rummaging through the pile of materials he brought in front of Simon, saying, "That's it, so, if we want to pass the Digital Copyright Act, we probably need some exchange. In addition, many members of Congress, both parties, are also seeking to relax the'cross-media ownership ban', which is our opportunity."

Although everyone understands that platforms such as Igrid Portal are emerging Internet media companies, Igrid’s own positioning of its news and information department is a content publisher, not a media company. The key lies in these two The regulation required in large areas is completely different.

The publishing industry in the United States has a strong degree of freedom, but the media field is subject to strict supervision because of the provisions of the US Constitution on freedom of speech.

Among them, the "cross-media ownership ban" is a big curse that binds traditional media such as newspapers and televisions. This is a decree issued in the 1960s in the United States. Since the Nixon era, many media giants have continued to lobby to try to lift the ban. .

In order to avoid media manipulation of public opinion, the main provisions of the cross-media ownership ban include that a media group must not have more than two newspapers in the same region, or both newspapers and TV stations in the same region, and media companies must not have more than 12 directly affiliated local TV stations. The audience share of large public television networks must not exceed 35%, and so on.

After operating for several years, the Westeros system probably mobilized congressional votes. There are 17 in the House of Representatives and 6 in the Senate. These are members of the Westeros who will clearly stand on the side if necessary.

Simon's memory is good.

David Merros, of Connecticut, was a member of Congress that William Hirst III personally introduced to him when he attended the Hurst family party. He used the stalemate between the Westeros system and traditional paper media forces. It's no surprise that the other party took the lead in the Internet Media Supervision Act.

Relaxing the "cross-media ownership ban" is also a loosening that traditional media groups urgently need to maintain their industry status in the context of the increasingly turbulent Internet industry.Hearst Group, Condé Nast Group, The New York Times Group, and other entrenched traditional paper media, the total number of congressional votes will definitely only be more than that of the Westeros system, if the two sides reach an agreement to win additional 20 votes in the House of Representatives for the passage of the Digital Copyright Act with ease.

Obviously, the main obstacle to the passage of the "Digital Copyright Act" is probably in these paper media.

Simon was running the information quickly in his head, and suddenly looked up at Joseph Schlapp, with a smile on his mouth, saying: "Will someone want reconciliation?"

Joseph Schlapp froze for a while, he had originally wanted to find a suitable time to jump off this topic, but because he knew his boss's personality, he must be very cautious, after all, he is now looking for Westeros Work for the system, working for Simon Westeros, and Joseph Schrapp also attaches great importance to his current status, and absolutely does not want to make Simon guess that he is not loyal to the Westeros system because of this rumor.

In recent years, even before the rise of the Internet industry, the huge paper media industry in the United States has begun to decline with the impact of the booming television industry.

Both Hearst Group and Condé Nast Group, etc., are seeking to develop in the television field, as was the case when Hearst Group snatched a 20% stake in ESPN Sports Network from Daenerys Entertainment two years ago.

However, the traditional paper media has not yet completed the transformation to the TV industry, the Internet has surging, and has a more direct and strong impact on the media paper media.

The old media forces first thought of blocking and confrontation.

It just seems that these targets are obviously futile.

Less than four years later, the popularity of Internet users in the United States has reached 30% of the total population. This development rate is far faster than the promotion of TV sets. It is conceivable that within 10 years, the popularity of the Internet may be Go straight to the TV network.

Since confrontation is ineffective, following the trend is undoubtedly the best choice.

After a little consideration, Joseph Schrap said: "The New York Times intends to open an electronic version in the near future. You know, Simon, if there is no Igreat portal to support traffic guidance, the other party will not have much development at all."

Schlapp clearly has subtext.

If the electronic version of the New York Times wants to gain a foothold on the Internet platform, it will inevitably mean that the Igrid Portal must restrict its own news business development.After all, if the services provided by the two are comparable, users will definitely prefer free Igrid portal news, rather than spend money to subscribe to electronic newspapers.

Compared with the entrenched old media, the news department of Igrid Portal is actually very weak.

As far as the number of employees is concerned, the New York Times Group is just a newspaper in the New York Times, with more than 1,600 employees worldwide.The development of the Igret News and Information Department has now reached a total of 500 people.

News and information business has never been the core of the company.

If Igrid Portal could get the online news authorization of the traditional paper media group, Simon would not have invested a lot of resources to form his own news team.

On the other hand, if an established media like The New York Times can digitize a large amount of paper media information it has, it can definitely enrich the content resources of the Internet platform to a great extent. This is something Simon has been advancing.

Moreover, although Simon made up his mind to let Igerett grow wildly, he would not object if he could reach a settlement with some large paper media.One more friend is always better than one enemy.

Schrapp’s hint was already obvious. Simon thought about it and asked, "Behind the scenes of the New York Times, um, the Salzburg family?"

At present, the traditional newspapers in the United States are basically controlled by the old families, such as the Hearst family, the Salzburg family behind the "New York Times" group, the Graham family behind the "Washington Post", and the Condé Nast Group. The Newhouse family behind and so on.

Joseph Schlapp nodded and said, "Simon, if you have time, the current publisher of the New York Times, Arthur Salzberger, hopes to chat with you."

Simon did not immediately agree.

The last contact with the Hearst family was not pleasant, even Rupert Murdoch was an old fox.Now that the other party had just tried it out, Simon hurriedly responded, and it was hard to say what the state of the Salzburg family was.

For a moment, Simon said: "I will return to Los Angeles this afternoon. If the other party has time, let him come to the West Coast. I can entertain at any time."

Joseph Schlapp probably also understood Simon's thoughts, the stalemate of his own boss and the Hearst family, there is no relief at all, even if he himself has not seen the arrogance of the old media family.The initiative is now on the side of the Westeros system. Since the other party wants to reconcile, it is necessary to show the initiative.

Afterwards, I continued to talk about the receipt of other things. The 1994 mid-term elections, the capital gains tax reform bill, the media industry integration ban, etc., retained Schrapp for lunch at noon, and Simon boarded the return to Los Angeles at one o'clock in the afternoon. aircraft.

In the study room in the front cabin of the Boeing 767.

After the plane was stable, Girl A came in to report on the arrangement of the information from the UK in the morning, and finally said: "The boss, Yulia Shurgina has already dealt with the matter, do you need to arrange her to come to the United States?"

Simon is still reading the documents left by Joseph Schrap in the morning, and he wonders, "What?"

Alison repeated: "Yulia Shurkishina."

Simon remembered this, the ballet teacher of a group of girls from London Fruit Nana, who was in line with the Slavic girl in the image of an elf in his heart.

Last time I watched the group of girls in London with Janet contact Ballet and found each other. I ordered it casually and got the information a few days ago.

A very ordinary little woman in the turbulent background of a big era, the advantages and disadvantages are probably too beautiful.

I'm 31 years old this year, I got married once, and I have a 3-year-old daughter.The girl came to London with a British tourist for two years, and was said to have been tricked into London by a babble British banker. The other party promised marriage and green card, but the result was not honored. The other party had a family room, but just wanted to raise the other party. Be a lover.

The girl had to admit her fate, but she didn’t expect that her rather wealthy banker was defeated in the wrong direction during the sterling crisis in 1992. Not only did she lose all her money, she also owed millions of pounds of debt, and her original marriage After the collapse of the bankruptcy, the bankers were not only unable to support their Russian lover, but also forced the other party to find work to subsidize themselves.

When the workers in the Westeros system came into contact with the girl, the banker was even preparing to sell the mother and daughter together to London’s Fengyuechang. The prices were all negotiated, £150,000.

Simon was not particularly touched by this. The fate of the individual in the turbulent years was countless more than this more bleak, but he just sent the broken banker to prison and arranged for a mother and daughter. Everything needed.Of course, Simon also did not conceal his desire for possession.He has never been a bad man who saves suffering.However, the Russian girl only knows that she has become a subsidiary of the group of girls behind the London villa, and it is not clear who the department is.

Simon is just a habitual collector, and there is no lack of women around her, so she shook her head: "Let her continue to teach girls to dance in London, by the way, don't let girls practice toes, as if the toes of ballet dancers are not so beautiful ."

Alison nodded and was puzzled. She flipped through the folder she held in her arms and said, "No, it's beautiful."

Simon looked up, girl A held a photo in her hand, and took her hand to take a look. This is a portrait of a Russian girl in a dance pose. Although wearing thin white stockings, she can still recognize a pair of pocket and perfect Small feet.

Girl A said beside her, "I know a little bit. A lot of ballet dancers' toes are deformed due to inappropriate training patterns. This is a very professional Yulia."

Simon recalled the last time he saw Russian girls teach girls how to practice, and he was able to realize this at the time.

Putting down the photos, Simon said: "That's it. In addition, I collected a family information behind the main paper media group in the United States, starting with the Salzburg family behind the New York Times. Try to be as detailed as possible."

Alison nodded, seeing that Simon had nothing else to do, and turned and left the study.