King of Hollywood - v3 Chapter 347

“Of course this is a mistake! And it is still a big mistake! Have you read the Guardian newspaper? Since they dare to say that, they obviously have weighty evidence, and you should respond politely and politely, not in a humble manner. The tone is high! ”Murdoch said loudly to the phone. His second son, James Murdoch, became the chairman of Sky Television with the support of his father this year, and is responsible for News Corporation ’s Europe and Asia. business.

Damn it! Murdoch put down the phone and sweared in his heart, wiped his face with his hands before closing his eyes, and he suddenly felt tired. Undoubtedly, this was done by the media. After the Guardian erupted the World News newspaper’s eavesdropping incident, media outlets such as CNN started to report it at full power. The media has the advantage of the Internet. Utube or K can see discussions about eavesdropping everywhere. When you open gle search keywords, all the news that appears on the homepage are unfavorable to News Corporation.

In short, there was no concealment at all, and the hostility was completely naked. This is really bad! Adrian’s words that night are now known to almost everyone. Now they have the upper hand to take the upper hand, and they have become so powerful that the situation is very bad for News Corp.

How did they know that the World News was eavesdropping. Murdoch couldn’t help thinking that. You know that he is not very clear about these things. Isn’t it … they already found out? The old man’s brow frowned deeply. According to the information collected so far, reports of eavesdropping two weeks ago began to appear one after another, except that the wealthy News Corps has a wealth of contacts. With their help, Set it flat.

However, although those reports did not have much impact, they left an impression on many people. Therefore, when the former employee of the “World News” stood up to testify, he also had a lot of evidence, plus the “Guardian” News Corps rival. There is also the media’s unswerving puppets beside it, especially when the royal family is involved, and the situation has expanded so rapidly.

Blair has resigned, and the prime minister currently in office is Gordon Brown, and his relationship with News Corp. is very modest. And it often appears to the public as a conservative but liberal mind. Definitely will support the investigation, then … the more Murdoch thought, the more frowns he frowned.

In the end, he pressed the call button: “Mr. Miller? Please inform the crew immediately. I need to go to London immediately.”

The Guardian’s report on the life of members of the royal family in the “World News”, with the help of some people, quickly swept across Britain and Europe. At the urging of the House of Commons, Scotland Yard had to start a serious investigation and then all kinds of ups and downs. A few cases were involved for a while, the newspaper executives were not aware of it, and there was evidence that News Corps was using its influence to exert pressure and so on.

However, Murdoch believes that he can handle this. Even if the media contributes to the flames, they are still too anxious. If he waits for a year and waits for Brown to take full control of Downing Street, he will face greater difficulties. But now, though, Blair has resigned. But the influence is still there, coupled with News Corps’s inextricably connected people in the UK, the media may have the upper hand for a while, but it will never last.

What surprised him, however. Two weeks later, News Corps suffered a heavy blow from the United States. After entering August, CNN suddenly burst out, and News Corp. was suspected of tapping the phone of the 911 victim. Suddenly the attention of the Americans who had only wanted to see a good show came over. 9/11 has become the reverse for Americans. Some people may think it is immoral for the Bush administration to launch the Iraq war. But there is absolute support for 911’s retaliation.

In this case, this kind of thing was brought out, but also with certain evidence, and the CNN report was biased, which undoubtedly sparked the anger of some Americans. A proposal cooperating with lawmakers immediately demanded Let’s investigate thoroughly. Murdoch finally began to take it seriously. Although the British side is important, if it is pried by the United States, it will definitely be worth the trouble.

Fortunately, Bush Jr. is still in office. He is still confident in controlling the development of this matter, but soon things begin to develop in an uncontrolled direction.

On August 4, Bear Stearns, the fifth-largest investment bank in the United States, announced that its redemption of its hedge funds had stopped. This is not a big deal in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is a hit in the eyes of investors. It’s not that no one realizes the possibility of the subprime crisis, but either thinks it is not so fast or can only ignore it for some reason.

However, when Bear Stearns announced the cessation of redemption, everyone knew that it meant one thing, and the subprime crisis had officially and unstoppably entered the scene. Immediately, the European and American stock markets fell into a round of plummeting! Subsequently, Bear Stearns President Warren Spector announced his resignation, and several mortgage institutions have declared bankruptcy. Although the Fed started to inject capital to save the market, it could not stop the crisis from expanding, and it affected the entire European and American financial markets two weeks later.

This is not a big problem for News Corporation. Although it has also suffered a shock, the stock price fluctuations are not very large when someone rescues the market. After all, they have not involved the real estate industry. Even after the eavesdropping incident, someone shorted News Corporation. The loss of the stock is also within an acceptable range. But the next thing made News Corporation suffer a solid loss. In the continuous subprime crisis report, CNN suddenly broke the blockbuster news again. Bernard? Chairman of Madoff Investment Securities Company Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme has been controlled by the police, and two News Corps executives have also been involved. The crime is that his authority may be used to help Madoff cover up the scam.

This blockbuster bombarded the entire United States, or the entire U.S. financial community, in a subprime crisis. Bernard Madoff is also a leading figure on Wall Street. The steady return of 1% to 2% per month of the asset management company in his name has led him to countless customers, and all are high-end customers. The Palm Beach Country Club It is also well-known in the industry, and the name of “unsolicited entry” has attracted many investors.

Such a big man is suspected of using Ponzi scheme to deceive investors? how is this possible! But more and more evidence soon showed that Madoff’s asset management company was indeed a Ponzi scheme. So under the guidance of some people, investors with huge losses began to anger. News Corps, which was forcibly linked together, had previously made a negative impression in front of the public because of eavesdropping on the victims of the 9/11 victims, and began to be cast aside by more and more people.

“You should know, Barry, this matter has nothing to do with us! Many people let Madoff manage their own funds. Are they also helping the liar to cover up the problem?” At the end of the phone, try to suppress the anger and use peace Murdoch’s tone of conversation was unusually ugly, and the hands holding the armrests were extremely tight.

finally. He closed his eyes. Then he snapped the microphone to the base unit and cracked it. Murdoch has never been so tired. At first, he was full of confidence. He did not expect that this situation would become the situation in two or three months.

News Corp.’s two executives in charge of the United States do have investments in Madoff. But at that time, private behavior had nothing to do with the syndicate. It was supposed to be a victim, and those decent people in various investment banks were not caught by Madoff. But CNN guys want to do everything possible to tie News Corps to this shocking scam! What a hell!

However, no one cares about the facts, as X News Network has done. Just changing the exaggerated special title of the same category will attract a lot of people. Then no matter what the content is, I started to attack it based on what I want to see. CNN is just doing it the other way.

It’s okay at other times, but it is now, after being hit by the 911 eavesdropping incident and the subprime crisis. Ordinary people need a scapegoat to vent. What makes Murdoch even more frightened is that it is definitely not just the media that started to work with News Corps. Various behind-the-scenes people who were involved in suppressing the media before have now appeared in the action of suppressing News Corps.

In the simplest case, Madoff’s affairs will never have such a big impact now. The loss he caused was not irreparable. Madoff’s trick is not unnoticed, but he started on the upper line, had little contact with ordinary people, and had a wide network of contacts. Especially a Jew, Wall Street should also be reticent. So the biggest possibility is that someone jumped out to justify it, then the big things turned into small things, and eventually returned to the original track.

But this time, this time, the catastrophic consequences of subprime mortgages have caused public anger. Wall Street must have an account. Madoff happened to be in front of him as a scapegoat, and then … a negative impression on Americans affected by the wiretapping What about Dazen News Corp?

These bastards! These fed vampires! Murdoch once again lowered the armrest. If it was only the media, he is confident that even in this situation, he can still make a good deal, but if everyone starts targeting the News Corporation, it is really precarious, not to mention …

Why do they grasp timing so well? This problem has been bothering Murdoch, and the feeling of anxiety is even better. Eventually, he reached for the phone and reluctantly dialed a number.

“It’s me, Sam, can you … help me contact those two?” At this instant, he seemed to be years old.

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Under the blue sky, even though it is already winter, the vegetation outside is still very green in the sun.

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

“You can’t deny that New York is good for New York.” Lei Shidong smiled.

“This is true, at least in the summer on the drizzling Manhattan streets.” Crowder came over with a golf club, followed by Time Warner’s president and Jeffrey Bix.

“What do you think, Rupert?” Redstone turned to Murdoch with a smile.

“Every place is different and worth remembering.” Murdoch smiled, and Redstone, who looked in his eyes, shook his head subtlely.

This situation has been going on for some time. Although he was on the line, both sides promised to sit down and talk about it, but he hasn’t talked about related topics until now, even if he deliberately pulled up Time Warner’s Jeffrey Bix , Accompanied by Disney’s Robert Iger. Of course, he understands that Murdoch has been involved in the media industry for decades, and it is difficult to accept the fact that he was forced to this position by two juniors. Active summation is already a weakness, and if he can, he definitely does not want to speak first.

And Adrian and Claude. As a rising star, he is young and full of pride, and was counted by Murdoch once a few months ago. Now he is finally forced to this place. He is naturally more willing to negotiate with Murdoch as a winner. Speaking first is definitely not the first choice.

This is bad. Sooner or later, Murdoch will speak. After all, he initiated the peace talks, but at that time, the peace talks will be very difficult. As the oldest media mogul present. Lei Shidong is unwilling to see such a situation. After all, in the final analysis, the talent on Wall Street is the most worthy of precaution.

Fortunately, the two young people in the media are not ignorant of the big picture. Soon Adrian began to guide the topic of the subprime crisis: “Obviously, everyone has a hunch, but they are not sure when it will happen. After all, no one can stop the flow of capital, just like it can’t stop people from eating and drinking. “

Then he looked at Murdoch with a little indescribable smile: “If capital flows, there must be transactions, but transactions are not limited to capital. Or money. This is a very special word In a sense, it can be regarded as the foundation of the United States. The transaction allows criminals who should be sentenced to death to stay in jail for only a few decades. The transaction can make large drug lords not need long prison sentences. The transaction can Let the police turn a blind eye to the billionaire’s trivial crimes. Trading can allow lawmakers to take the throne of the president, and trading can make the president boldly violate the law … Here, nothing can be used for trading, as long as you have enough chips. “

His words were echoing in the ears of several people. Although not very pleasing, it is all true. None of the people present have walked in the gray area, and none of them have done business with the government.

“Thought-provoking words,” Murdoch said finally, “no wonder you can have such a big influence in Hollywood, and now some people even call you … the king of Hollywood.”

Although he tried to use a relaxed tone to make himself seem to be making fun, the effect was not so good.

But Adrian didn’t care, and still smiled: “You misunderstood, Rupert, I admit that it played a lot of roles, but most of it was obtained through my own efforts, just like the media.”

Murdoch is silent. Although his words seem to praise Adrian, the actual meaning is: Don’t you want to be the most powerful spokesperson for Hollywood? I can help push one more.

But Adrian answered: No. He now has influence in Hollywood that no one else can. He is only one step away from the top, and can go up without help. At the same time, he also vaguely stated that he should not try to make up for the breakthrough by compensating for the financing that was disturbed by Murdoch’s intervention. As far as the current financial environment is concerned, the media will have a little impact on financing, but it is not a big problem, so they will not consider it for the time being.

“So tell me what you want.” Murdoch was suddenly tired of this way of playing mazes, anyway, the other party had released some kindness.

Adrian and Claude stared at each other, and then Claude said, “We didn’t want too much, we can ignore everything you do, and we can help News Corp. deal with the eavesdropping incident- The impact of this incident is much greater than you think, Rupert. We can even help News Corporation stabilize and continue the situation, as well as deal with Wall Street and the White House together. You also know that those greedy guys never think about We are in our hands and we have only one request. “

“We hope you resign, Rupert.” Adrian took the answer and raised Murdoch’s eyebrows involuntarily, and his face became a bit ugly.

“Don’t worry, you can keep the position of independent director on the board of directors, or simply consult for News Corporation as a consultant. The Murdoch family can also sit in that position. You can continue to command behind the scenes. You don’t Need to resign now, after these things come to an end ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ Decently step down for physical reasons. We can exchange each other’s trust through cross-shareholding, while ensuring that what you want, will listen to you Candidate of that word, get up there. “Crowder continued.

“This is our only requirement, you must give us an explanation.” Adrian added.

Murdoch’s face was a little red, and then it became cloudy. Several other people couldn’t help but breathe in cold air, and at the same time his expression became subtle. This proposal seems to be very beneficial to News Corporation, but what is hidden behind it makes it difficult to choose.

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