King of Hollywood

“Of course it was a mistake! And it was a big mistake! Have you seen the newspaper in The Guardian? Since they dare to say that, obviously they have weighty evidence, you should respond with courtesy and humility, not with a high tone!” Murdoch spoke so loudly to the phone that his second son, James, was there? Murdoch, with the support of his father, became Chairman of Sky TV this year and was responsible for the European and Asian operations of the News Group.

Murdoch, who dropped the phone, cursed in his heart and closed his eyes with his hands, suddenly feeling a little tired. Undoubtedly, this was done by the AC media, and after the Guardian stabbed the World News eavesdropping event out, media outlets such as the one in the front page were full of power, despite the advantages of newspapers and other disconnections, youtube or facebook were everywhere discussing eavesdropping events, and opening the Google search keyword, appearing on the front page, was bad news for news groups.

In short, it is not concealed at all and shows complete * * nakedness as an expression of hostility. This is terrible! Almost everyone now knows what Adrian said that night. Now that they've taken the upper hand, they've made such a big deal out of it, and it's very bad for the news group.

How could they have known that The World News was bugging? Murdoch couldn't help but think so. You know, he doesn't even know that very well. Did they find out long ago? The old man's eyebrows wrinkled deeply, and according to the information gathered so far, reports of eavesdropping began to appear two weeks ago, except that the wealthy news group had a wealth of contacts that they could help with.

However, while those reports did not have much impact, they left an impression on many people. So, when he came forward to present evidence, he was a former employee of World News. With a lot of evidence in hand, along with the opposite side of the newsgroup Guardian, and the relentless efforts of the AC media, especially in relation to the royal family, the situation has expanded so rapidly.

Blair has been relieved of his post. Gordon is prime minister now? Brown, having a very ordinary relationship with the press corps and often appearing in front of the public in a conservative but liberal minded image, would certainly support the investigation, so... the more Murdoch thinks. The tighter the eyebrows.

Eventually, he pressed the call button: "Mr. Miller? Please notify the crew immediately. I need to go to London immediately. ”

The Guardian's coverage of World News eavesdropping on the lives of members of the royal family quickly swept across the UK and Europe, fuelled by the deliberate push of some. At the House's urging, Scotland Yard had to embark on a serious investigation, and then a variety of winds began to gush, involving a number of cases that were later unknown to senior newspaper officials. There will be evidence that press groups are using their influence to exert pressure and so on.

But Murdoch believes he can handle this, and even with the AC media boosting, they're in a bit of a hurry, if they wait a year. When Brown has full control of Downing Street, he will face more difficulties. But now Blair has resigned, but the influence is still there. Combined with the news group's erroneous connections in the UK, AC Media may be able to dominate for a while, but it will never last.

However, he did not expect that, two weeks later, the news group had been hit hard by a blow from the United States. When it came into August, a sudden outbreak of news groups suspected of eavesdropping on the phones of 9/11 victims promptly drew the attention of Americans who wanted to watch the show only. 9/11 has become counter-proportional for Americans, and some may find it immoral for the Bush administration to wage war in Iraq, but there is absolute support for 9/11's retaliation.

The stabbing out of this situation, coupled with some evidence and some bias in reporting, undoubtedly provoked the anger of some Americans and prompted a proposal from the Congressman to have the FBI investigate the matter thoroughly. Murdoch is finally getting serious, and while it's important on the British side, it's absolutely uncompensable if the roots of the United States are broken for it.

Luckily, little Bush is still in office, and he is still confident that he will be able to control the development of the matter, but soon things will start to move in an uncontrolled direction.

On August 4, Bellstein, the fifth largest U.S. investment bank, announced that its hedge fund had stopped redeeming, which was no big deal to ordinary people, but a major blow to investors. It is not that no one is aware of the possibility of a subprime mortgage crisis, but either it is not so fast or it can only be ignored for certain reasons.

However, when Bellstein announced the cessation of redemption, everyone understood that that meant that the subprime mortgage crisis had been officially and completely unstoppable. Immediately, the Euro-American stock market plunged into a full-line plunge! And then President Belleston, Warren? Specter resigned and several mortgage agencies declared bankruptcies. Although the Federal Reserve has begun to invest in bailouts, it has not been able to stop the crisis from spreading further, affecting the entire European and American financial markets two weeks later.

This is not a major problem for news groups, which, while also suffering shocks, do not fluctuate significantly in the event of a rescue, after all they do not involve the real estate industry, and losses are acceptable even if there have been shortcuts in the stock of news groups since the bugging. But the next thing that happened, it made the news group eat hard, and in a series of subprime crisis reports, suddenly there was another big news outbreak, Bernard, chairman of Madoff Investment Securities? Madoff's alleged pompous scheme has been controlled by the police and two executives of the press corps have been involved in the crime of possibly using their authority to help Madoff cover up the scheme.

This weight-breaking bomb has left the entire United States, or the entire American financial community, in a subprime mortgage crisis, with no return to God for half a day. Bernard? Madoff is also a leading figure on Wall Street, and his steady return of 1 to 2 per month for asset management has dragged him to countless clients, as well as high-end clients, and the Palm Beach Country Club is famous in the industry, attracting many investors under the name "Don't bother".

A big man suspected of using a Ponzi scam to deceive investors? But soon there was more and more evidence that Madoff's asset management company was indeed a Ponzi scam. So, guided by some, the huge loss of investors began to spike in anger. Forced connections, however, have begun to be rejected by an increasing number of people by news groups that had a negative impression on the public as a result of eavesdropping on the victims of 9/11.

“You should know. Barry, this has nothing to do with us! A lot of people let Madoff manage their own money. Are they covering up the problem for that liar too?” At this end of the phone, try to suppress anger, talk in a peaceful tone Murdoch, face unusually ugly, and hold the armrest unusually tight.

Eventually, he closed his eyes and pushed the microphone against the phone, making a bang. Murdoch has never been so tired. At first, he was confident and did not expect that to happen in two or three months.

The two executives of the press corps in charge of this side of the United States did have investments in Madoff, but at that time the private actions, which had nothing to do with the group, were supposed to be the victims, and the decent people who invested in the banks, which were not covered by Madoff, preferred to tie the news corps to this shocking fraud! Holy shit!

But, as no one cares about what the facts have done, the same kind of content attracts a whole bunch of people just by changing the exaggerated special title. And no matter what the content is, you start to criticize it based on what you want to see. Just give each other his own way.

If it's all right at other times, but only now, after the shock of the 9/11 wiretapping incident and the subprime mortgage crisis, ordinary people are in need of a scapegoat to vent. What scares Murdoch more. It was not only the AC Media family that attacked the News Group, but also the various behind-the-scenes people who had been involved in the repression of the AC Media, who were now involved in the repression of the News Group.

Simplest example. What happened to Madoff would never have had such an impact at some other time, and the damage he had caused was not irreparable. Madoff's trick wasn't unnoticed, but he started out on the upper level route, didn't interact with ordinary people, and he had a wide network, especially a Jew, and Wall Street had to worry about his face, so the biggest possibility was that someone jumped out to justify it, and then the big things got smaller and eventually got back on track.

But not this time, the catastrophic consequences of subprime lending sparked public anger, and Wall Street had to have a narrative, and Madoff just came forward as a scapegoat, and then... what about another news group that was so negatively impressed among Americans by the eavesdropping incident?

Bastards! You underfed vampires! Murdoch hit the armrest again. If it was just AC Media, he was confident that even in this situation he would still be able to swing around, but if everyone started targeting news groups, it would be really dangerous, not to mention...

Why are they so sure about the timing? Murdoch has been haunted by this problem, and the feeling of uneasiness prevails. Eventually, he reached out and picked up the phone, reluctantly dialing a number.

“It's me, Sam, can you... contact those two for me?” At this moment, he seemed old again.

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Under the blue sky, even in the winter, the outside vegetation is still green in the sun.

“So I like Los Angeles, although it's rainy here, it's definitely a good place in the winter.” Adrian, sitting at the round table, said with a smile.

“Nor can you deny that New York has its advantages.” Thunderstone smiled and went on.

“That's true, at least a short walk down the rainy streets of Manhattan in the summer.” Claude walked in with a golf club, followed by Jeffrey, president and CEO of Time Warner? Beax.

“You think, Rupert?” Thunderstone smiled and turned to Murdoch.

“Every place is different and worth remembering.” Murdoch smiled and looked at Thunderstone in his eyes and shook his head slightly invisibly.

This has been going on for some time, even though he led the line and promised to sit down and talk about it, but he hasn't said anything about it, even though he deliberately dragged Jeffrey into time Warner? Beax, with Disney's Robert? Eagle with me. Of course, he understood that Murdoch, after decades in the horizontal media industry, had had difficulty in accepting the fact that he had been forced to this position by two descendants, and that the offer of reconciliation had been somewhat weak. If I could, I wouldn't want to talk first.

And Adrian and Claude, proud of their youthfulness as backwards shows, were finally forced into this place a few months ago by Murdoch, naturally more willing to negotiate with Murdoch as winners, and speaking first is certainly not the first choice.

This is bad, Murdoch has to talk sooner or later, after all, he brought up the peace talks first. But by then, the peace talks will be difficult. As the oldest media tycoon on the scene, Lei Shidong was reluctant to see such a situation. After all, the people on Wall Street were the ones who deserved the most attention.

Fortunately, two young people in the AC media were not unconscious, and soon Adrian began to lead the way on the subject of the subprime mortgage crisis: "Obviously, we all have a hunch. It's just not certain when it's going to happen. After all, nobody can stop the flow of capital, like they can't stop people from eating and drinking water. ”

He looked at Murdoch. With a slightly indescribable laugh: "Capital flows necessarily involve transactions, but transactions are not limited to capital, or money. It's a very special word. In a sense, it can be considered the very essence of United States statehood. The deal allows criminals who deserve to be sentenced to death to stay in prison for only a few decades, and the deal allows big drug lords not to have to serve long sentences. The deal can make the police turn a blind eye to the petty crimes of billionaires, the deal can make parliamentarians ask the throne of the president, the deal can make the president bold against the law… There's nothing here that can't be used to trade as long as you have enough chips. ”

His words swung back in the ears of a few people, who were not listening well, but who were here were not walking in the gray area and who had not made a deal with the government.

“In a thought-provoking way," Murdoch finally said, "no wonder you have so much influence in Hollywood, and now some even call you King of Hollywood. ”

Although he tried to make himself look funny with a relaxed tone, it didn't work very well.

But Adrian didn't care and smiled: “You misunderstood, Rupert, I admit it worked a lot, but most of it came from my own efforts, just like AC Media did. ”

Murdoch was silent, and while he seemed to praise Adrian, what he meant was, "Don't you want to be the most powerful advocate in Hollywood?" I can help push another one.

But Adrian answered: No. He now has an influence in Hollywood that no one else can have, just one step away from the summit, no need for help or up there. At the same time, he implicitly stated that he would not use the breakthrough to compensate for the financing that had been stirred up by Murdoch's involvement. As far as the current financial environment is concerned, financing by the AC media will have a slight impact, but not a major problem, so they will not consider it for the time being.

“Well, tell me what you want.” Murdoch was suddenly tired of this mystery, and the other side had freed up more or less goodwill.

Adrian and Claude looked at each other, and Claude said, "We don't want too much, we don't care what you do, we can help newsgroups cope with eavesdropping —— it's a lot more than you think, Rupert. We can even help news groups stabilize and continue, and deal with Wall Street and the White House together, and, as you know, those greedy guys don't want to keep us in their hands all the time, only one of our demands. ”

“We want you to resign, Rupert.” Adrian threw the answer, Murdoch's eyebrows picked up on their own, and his face became a little ugly.

“Don't worry, you can keep the position of independent director on the board, or simply consult the press group as an advisor, or someone from the Murdoch family sitting in that position, and you can continue to direct behind the scenes. You don't even have to resign right now, you can step down for physical reasons after a few paragraphs about these things. We can redeem each other's trust through cross-shareholding, while guaranteeing that the person you want, who will listen to you, will get in that position.” Claude continued.

“This is our only request, and you must give us an account.” Adrian added.

Murdoch's face became a little reddish and then gloomy, and several others sucked on the cool air voluntarily, while the color became subtle. The proposal seemed very beneficial to news groups, but what was hidden behind it made it difficult to choose.

Singing and laughing at each other, that's masculinity. (To be continued.)

ps: Finally... it's almost here... although I've always expected this time, it's really here and it's full of flavors. Of course, I'll try to have a good ending, and if you don't feel comfortable in the end, don't worry, because the essence is in the end.

Thank you very much.