Hollywood Hunter

Janet's movements were quick, and she took her female assistant and three little guys to Melbourne after the weekend.

Jennifer didn’t want to go to Australia that much. She was mainly worried about the embarrassment of facing the Johnstons, and she also hoped to stay with Simon.Simon and his wife persuaded together, and the female assistant barely agreed.

Veronica also followed.

This is not reluctant to Simon and Janet, a lot of things need to be dealt with during these days, the most needed by Simon is absolutely reliable people.

Veronica insisted on returning to Australia, and said that this was the trip plan she had originally, but when Janet asked why, she was reluctant to explain.

Simon finally did not object.

Before leaving in the morning, the female assistant repeatedly reminded Simon not to run to the Oscars in the evening.

Today is March 21, and the 66th Academy Awards will be held tonight.

Recently it is not suitable for public appearances. Even if he once again won a best screenwriter nomination for "Lion King", Simon did not have any idea of ​​attending the awards ceremony, and naturally told the female assistant's advice.

When returning to Australia this time, women and children did not take the Boeing 767, which can fly directly to Melbourne, but instead took a first-class cabin of a regular Boeing 747.Simon admits that he is a bit overly sensitive, but insists on being careful and not wrong.If it wasn't for Janet that it was unnecessary, he even hoped that women and children would fly to Australia on separate planes.

The assassin's suicide note from the last assassination gave Simon a big reminder.

If Simon really had an accident, according to the federal inheritance tax rate of 50%, the US government would have to make a huge fortune, and many people might even have a meal.

Simon talked to Janet quietly over the weekend and he will revise a will in the near future.

After the will is amended, if something really happens, unless the top federal officials thoroughly tear their faces and play a big blame in front of the world, Simon does not intend to leave any of his assets to the US government.

Of course, this is just in case.

The key is to enhance their own strength, so that some people will not dare to do anything extraordinary even if they are impressed.

Two ongoing investigations in secret, the London Girl Exposure and the assassinations of the previous days have made progress.

The investigation team conducted a more detailed investigation of the assassin's apartment that had been unaccounted for, and accidentally discovered strange fingerprints that did not exist in the other party's known social circle. The other party used three unrecorded M16 rifles that were used during the assassination attempt. Is actually the biggest flaw.

In addition, the assassin's bank account, the history of contact with people in the past, and so on are all important traces that can be pursued continuously.

On the other hand, Simon got a report on the London girl exposure incident submitted by Martin Dinham, one of the heads of the family intelligence team, on Sunday.

The persuasion behind the persuasion to the British media that the news of the London girl team did not surprise Simon at all was the Hirst family.

Last time someone from the Westeros family tried to expose the details of the female assistant’s pregnancy, Simon gave a warning, but the Hearst family did not stop. Although they did not dare to reach out to Simon’s people, they continued to pass the San Francisco Chronicle. After the family media launched an attack on the Westeros system, this London girl incident is still a small method used by the other party.

Not only that, Congressman David Merros, who is supported by the Hirst family, has recently been pushing the House of Representatives to set up a special investigation committee to launch an investigation into the Westeros system.

Simon initially hoped to maintain a good attitude with established media families such as the Hearst family.

Even though there have been some minor frictions between the two parties in the past two years, Simon has maintained a business-to-business attitude and has not interfered with the cooperation between the subsidiaries in the system and the Hearst Group.

It's a pity that the Hirst family, who has been strong for almost a century, has not realized that many things have long changed.

Now that the opponent is now like a tarsal maggot, Simon is no longer polite and leaves no room.

That's it.

During the temporary Westeros high-level conference call held on Monday morning, Simon formally announced his decision to require all subsidiaries of the Westeros system to have cooperative relations with Hirst Group's media to sever cooperation with each other. .

Except for a few relatively serious media such as the San Francisco Chronicle, Hirst Group’s media platforms are more inclined to fashion entertainment. Many famous fashion magazines such as COSMOPOLITAN are assets of the Hirst Group. Whether it was Daenerys Entertainment or Melisandre, or even various other companies in the Westeros system, has been advertising in a large number of newspapers and magazines under the Hearst Group.

In 1993, the Westeros system only spent US$65 million in advertising expenditures on the media of the Hearst Group.

From March 21st, all these expenditures will cease.

Not only that, but in the fields of technology, fashion, entertainment, etc. that the Westeros system can affect, relevant partners will be required to choose the side teams.

There are many traditional media giants in North America, but the Westeros is the only one.

So choose it!

Hirst Group’s revenue in 1993 reached US$2.11 billion, and the US$65 million in advertising revenue from the Westeros system accounted for more than 3% of the other party’s total revenue for the year. This is definitely not an optional share. .

Moreover, if the loss of this part of the income is not enough to hurt the Hearst Group, the Westeros system can use its influence to unite all partners to comprehensively attack the Hearst Group. Let the other party remain indifferent.

This is not over yet.

The Hirst Group has also started to lay out the Internet in the past two years, and has continuously invested in many new technology companies.The Hirst family was reluctant to cooperate with Igret in the news content, but recently it has quietly opened the electronic version of the San Francisco Chronicle.

From March 21st, whether it is the mainstream three major portals of Ygritte, AOL and MSN, or the Google search engine and Facebook social network of Igritt, it is a new technology company and Internet website that is related to the Hearst family. , Will adopt a merciless blockade strategy.

On the same day, after Simon personally clapped on Saturday and completed consultations with the New York Times Group on Sunday, the Igreat Portal and The New York Times also released news of their cooperation on their respective media platforms.

The company has not only announced the general terms of the cooperation between the two sides on the portal homepage, but also reiterated that Igrid has no open attitude to monopolize the Internet media, but also launched the official website of the New York Times on subsequent news entries. An article about the Clinton Administration's promotion of a ban on offensive weapons, users click on this news will be directly imported to the "New York Times" official website.

The Boston Globe, which the New York Times Group just acquired last year, will also open an electronic version in the near future, and will also receive traffic support from the Igreat portal.

In addition to news content sharing, the other two collaborations have also attracted strong attention in the industry.

The New York Times Group invested US$30 million in the online radio and audio resource website Broadcast to obtain a 15% stake.

For many people who see this business for the first time, the first reaction is too expensive.

In fact, the New York Times Group initially thought so.

After learning more about the details of Broadcast, which has more than 3 million registered users just one year after the start of the site and the future development prospects of this website, the industry generally realized that the New York Times Group is likely to take a big advantage.

Personal radio stations, audio books, educational courses, online music, etc., a little analysis will understand how huge the market potential is.

Moreover, the Broadcast website also announced the general plan for possible future audio download services through the Igreat portal. Whether it is to place advertisements in the audio content or adopt a VIP payment strategy, it means that Broadcast has found a set of quite feasible Business model.

This is even more commendable for most of the websites that are still striving for users who have not considered profit prospects at this stage.

Fast-growing users and viable business models are just these two advantages. Combined with the rapid explosion of the Internet industry, it means that Broadcast will conduct an IPO one to two years later, and the market value may easily reach the level of 1 billion US dollars.By that time, the seemingly expensive $30 million investment by the New York Times Group was enough to easily multiply.

Of course, Igrid’s potential earnings are significantly higher.

Everyone can only envy jealousy.

At this stage of Silicon Valley, even if you can open a higher price tag, most of the high-quality Internet projects will still be easily taken away by Igrid. The huge user base and traffic introduction capabilities of the Igrid portal are completely at this stage. Other Internet companies of the same type are unmatched.

Another license for Internet streaming media video technology has also caught many eyes.

Even if the specific project has not been announced, only the phenomenon-level social effects brought about by the live broadcast of London girls in the recent past show the huge commercial potential of Internet video sites.

The cooperation between the two parties was reached, and the New York Times Group also voted for profit.

In fact, since the negotiations entered the final stage, dozens of newspaper media under the New York Times Group have reduced their targeted articles on the Westeros system.

The formal cooperation agreement was finalized on Sunday. Arthur Salzberger Jr., the principal of the Salzburg family behind the New York Times Group, also wrote a letter to Simon personally, stating that the New York Times Group will be in the media media. Provide as much support as possible for the Westeros system.

Simon asked people to sort out all 32 newspapers under the New York Times Group on Monday. Although there were still a few follow-up criticisms, he did not find any more sensitive and intensely directed articles.Not only that, but there are also many reports that speak for the Westeros system.

The public relations team of the Westeros family also contacted some senior executives of the New York Times Group on Monday to plan further cooperation in public opinion guidance.

Simon appreciates the sincerity shown by the Salzburg family, even stronger than the old fox Murdoch, who seems to be close to reality. As long as this cooperation can continue, he does not mind giving the New York Times Group more benefits.

Therefore, in the morning, I received a letter from Arthur Salzberger specially sent someone. Simon rarely wrote a paper reply in person, expressing his optimism about this cooperation and hoping to go to the West Coast next time. Able to visit the Salzburg family.

On the other hand, with the announcement today of the cooperation between Eaglet and the New York Times Group, the most important Los Angeles Times group on the West Coast was through Peter Butler, who originally switched from the Los Angeles Times to the Eaglet portal. A cooperative trial was sent to Simon.

The old fox Rupert Murdoch also called Simon’s office again, complaining half-truth that Simon was too stingy with News Corp. and giving the New York Times Group too many benefits.

In the morning, the cooperation with the New York Times Group was announced, and it was decided to go to war with the Hearst family. Simon's energy turned to politics again in the afternoon.

Joseph Schlapp flew from Washington to Los Angeles yesterday. He talked with Simon on Sunday and did not leave after an afternoon. On Monday afternoon, the two continued to discuss the recent face of the Westeros system in Simon’s office at Daenerys Studios. Political situation.

A few days ago in Washington, Schlapp had contact with the White House.

Clinton did not make a clear statement about the Westero system that the parliamentary candidates facing the mid-term elections have recently adopted. He just asked one of his assistants to speak, hoping that the Westero system can make some changes and further open the World Wide Web. platform.

Simon is well aware of the clover nature of the Clintons.

If the Westeros system cannot resolve the various crises that it faces in the near future as soon as possible, Clinton will definitely take the initiative to'follow public opinion' for his own support.

In fact, the Justice Department conducted a closed-door meeting on Friday to investigate the need to investigate the alleged monopoly of three new technology companies in the Westeros system'Cisco-AOL-Igrit'. Minister Janet Reno personally presided over.

This is already a signal.

The results of the closed-door meeting were not announced. The White House only used this to express its attitude to Simon and the public. When necessary, the White House will definitely take action on this.

On the other hand, the series of bills promoted by the Westeros system cannot make any progress in the short term.

Simon took the initiative to pause.

The House of Representatives member David Merros, supported by the Hirst family, has tried to form a special investigative committee plan to investigate the Westeros system and has also officially submitted the application documents.

Simon has realized that a formal antitrust investigation is almost inevitable. In order not to lose the initiative in public opinion, the White House will definitely take action before the establishment of the special investigation committee of the House of Representatives, otherwise it will inevitably be attacked by political opponents.Therefore, even if the Westeros system really makes all kinds of concessions now, it will only be achieved.

In this case, Simon intends to further strengthen the'barbarous growth' plan.

After all, even if the Internet assets held by the Westeros system are really split in the future, Simon will only need to give up control at that time, and he can still hold a lot of equity in each company after the split.At that time, just like the Rockefeller family, the Standard Oil Company was dismantled, and Rockefeller's wealth has increased substantially because it holds a large number of company shares after the split.

As long as these wealth are in the hands, the Westeros system is not impossible to re-integrate the Internet industry in the future.

Divide for a long time and divide for a long time.

This is the general trend.

The standard oil company that had been split up in the past was now reintegrated into a few energy giants, and further integration will follow.The AT-T, which was split ten years ago, has also begun a new round of integration. The future Internet is destined to be the field of super technology giants.

The final topic in the afternoon is still the midterm elections.

The'sniping plan' based on the previous list and the maintenance plan for the Westero family's political'basic disk' will be launched simultaneously.

Whether the two plans can be successfully completed is crucial for the next stage of the Westeros system to have sufficient voice in Washington.

Therefore, the selection of the Igret Portal this morning to quote the New York Times news that the Clinton government is pushing for an offensive weapons ban is not untargeted.

This news is, on the one hand, showing the official cooperation between Igrit and the New York Times Group in content, and it is also a reminder to the National Rifle Association that if the other party is not willing to cooperate during the mid-term elections this year, it is Choosing to oppose the Westeros system, then Igrid Portal is not impossible to choose a gun ban in the future.

The influence of the National Rifle Association in Simon’s memory in the Internet era is becoming less and less powerful. A large part of the reason lies in the Internet.

Shootings in the United States have been very frequent.

In the traditional media era, news related to the shooting is easily restricted to one state and one place, so it usually does not cause too much sensation.

In the era of the Internet, every shooting occurs easily by the public across the country and even the world. If the media secretly promotes it, no matter how determined the robbers will be, the threat of the shooting that seems to happen to them all the time , Will gradually change their position.

Simon and Joseph Schlapp did not finish the day's work until six o'clock in the afternoon.

On the other side of the city, at the Dorothy Chandler Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the 66th Academy Awards has already begun.

The two had a simple dinner together in the company’s in-house restaurant and sent off Schrap, because the women and children went to Melbourne, Simon simply did not go home, and continued to deal with some Daenerys entertainment in the studio office. Business, by the way, after waiting for nine o'clock, the Melisandre party went to the Sunset Tower Hotel to show a little bit.