King of Hollywood Chapter 347: Nothing can’t be used for trading

"Of course this is a mistake! And it's still a big mistake! Have you ever read the newspaper of the Guardian? Since they dare say that, they obviously have weighty evidence, and you should respond with courtesy and modesty, and Not a high tone!" Murdoch said loudly to the phone. There was his second son, James Murdoch. This year, with the support of his father, he became the chairman of Sky TV and was responsible for News Corporation’s European and Asian operations.

Damn! Murdoch, who put down the phone, scolded severely in his heart, wiped his face with his hand, and then closed his eyes. He suddenly felt tired. Undoubtedly, this was done by the media. After the "Guardian" stabbed the "World News" eavesdropping incident, its affiliated media, such as CNN, ran full power to report it. Although there are not many newspapers and magazines, The media has the advantage of the Internet, and utube or k can be seen everywhere on the eavesdropping event. When you open the gle search keyword and appear on the home page, they are all negative reports for News Corporation.

In short, it doesn’t cover up at all, and it expresses its hostility completely naked. This is terrible! That night Adrian's words, almost everyone now knows. Now they have the upper hand first, and they are so powerful that the situation is very bad for News Corp.

How can they know that the World News has eavesdropping. Murdoch couldn't help thinking. You know that even he himself is not very clear about these. Could it be... they discovered it long ago? The old man frowned deeply. According to the information collected, reports of eavesdropping began to appear one after another two weeks ago, but the rich and rich News Corp. has a wealth of contacts. With their help Evenly.

However, although those reports did not have much impact, they left many people with an impression. As a result, when it came to prove that it was a former employee of the "World News", he also had a lot of evidence, plus the guardian of the "Guardian". There is also the media's dedication to the side, especially involving the royal family, and the situation has expanded so rapidly.

Blair has resigned, but the current prime minister is Gordon Brown, and his relationship with News Corporation is very general. And often appear in the public in the image of a conservative but liberal mind. Will definitely support the investigation, then... the more Murdoch thought, the tighter his brows grew.

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 “World News” eavesdropping on the life of the royal family members, with the help of some people, has quickly swept the whole of Britain and even Europe. Under the urging of the House of Commons, Scotland Yard had to start a serious investigation, and then all kinds of turbulence began. Several cases were involved in a while, while the top of the newspaper did not know, and there was evidence that News Corp. was using its influence to exert pressure, and so on.

But Murdoch believes he can do this. Even if there is media support, they are still too anxious. If he waits a year and waits for Brown to take full control of Downing Street, then he will face more difficulties. But now, although Blair has resigned. But the influence is still there, coupled with News Corp.’s intertwined connections in the UK, the media may be able to prevail for a while, but it will definitely not grow.

However, what he did not expect was. Two weeks later, News Corp. suffered a heavy blow from the United States. When entering August, CNN suddenly broke out, and News Corporation was suspected of eavesdropping on the phone of the 911 victims. Suddenly brought the attention of Americans who wanted to watch good shows. 911 has become a retrograde for Americans, and some people may feel that it is immoral for the Bush administration to launch the Iraq war. But there is absolute support for the revenge of 9/11.

In this case, this kind of thing was poke out, and it also carried certain evidence, and the CNN report carried a certain bias, which undoubtedly detonated the anger of some Americans. The proposal requires Jean to thoroughly investigate the matter. Murdoch finally began to take seriously this time, although the British side is important, but if it is because of being prying the foundation of the United States, it is definitely not worth the loss.

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

On August 4, Bear Stearns, the fifth largest investment bank in the United States, announced that its hedge fund would stop redemption. This is not a big deal in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is a big blow in the eyes of investors. It is not that no one is aware of the possibility of a subprime mortgage crisis, but either thinks that it is not so fast, or it can only be ignored for some reason.

However, when Bear Stearns announced the cessation of redemption, everyone knew that it meant one thing. The subprime mortgage crisis had officially come to an unstoppable appearance. Immediately, European and American stock markets plunged into a round of plunge! Then Bear Stearns President Warren Spector announced his resignation, and several mortgage companies have successively declared bankruptcy. Although the Fed began to inject capital to save the market, it could not prevent the crisis from continuing to expand, and spread to the entire European and American financial markets two weeks later.

This is not a big problem for News Corporation. Although it has also been hit, the stock price fluctuations are not very large when someone rescues the market. They are not involved in the real estate industry after all, even if there are people since the eavesdropping incident. Short selling News Corp.'s stock, causing losses is also within acceptable limits. But the next thing made News Corp. suffer a substantial loss. In the continuous report of the subprime crisis, CNN suddenly broke the heavy news again. Madoff Investment Securities Chairman Bernard? Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme has been controlled by the police, and two News Corp. executives were also involved. The crime was that he might use his power to help Madoff cover up the scam.

This blockbuster bomb has left the entire United States, or the entire US financial community, in the subprime mortgage crisis for a long time. Bernard Madoff is also a top figure on Wall Street. The asset management company in his name has a stable monthly return of 1% to 2%, which has led him to countless customers, all high-end customers, and founded the Palm Beach Country Club. It is also well-known in the industry, and the "non-invited" name has attracted many investors.

Such a big man is suspected of using Ponzi schemes to deceive investors? How can it be! But soon more and more evidence shows that Madoff's asset management company is indeed a Ponzi scheme. So under the guidance of some people, investors with huge losses began to anger. News Corps, which had been forcibly linked together and had a negative impression in front of the public because of eavesdropping on the September 11 victims, began to be spurned 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 cover up the problem?" This end of the phone, try to suppress the anger , Murdoch talking in a calm tone, his face was unusually ugly, and his hand holding the armrest was also extremely tight.

Finally. He closed his eyes. Then he buckled the microphone firmly on the landline and made a pop. Murdoch has never been so tired. At first, he was full of confidence. Unexpectedly, it became the situation now after two or three months.

News Corp.’s two executives in charge of US affairs do have investments in Madoff. But at that time, private behavior had nothing to do with the group. It should be said that it should be the victim, and which of the decent people in the investment banks were not caught by Madoff. But the CNN guys just tried their best to tie News Corp and this shocking scam together! What the hell!

However, no one cares about the facts. Just like X News.com, the same category will attract a lot of people if you change an exaggerated special title. Then no matter what the content is, I started to attack it based on what I wanted to see. CNN just gave it to me.

If it is okay at other times, but it is now, after the impact of the 911 eavesdropping incident and the subprime mortgage crisis. Ordinary people need a scapegoat to vent. What makes Murdoch more frightened is that there are definitely more than one media company that started with News Corp. The various behind-the-scenes people who had participated in the suppression of the media before have now appeared in the action to suppress News Corp.

The simplest example, Madoff’s affairs will never have such a big impact at other times. The losses he caused are not irreparable. Madoff’s tricks were not unclear, but he initially took the upper route, had no intersection with ordinary people, and had extensive connections. Especially as a Jew, Wall Street has to be careful. So the biggest possibility is that someone jumped out to justify it, and then the big things became small, and finally returned to the original track.

But this time it won’t work. The catastrophic consequences of the subprime mortgage have sparked public anger. Wall Street must have an explanation. Madoff just happened to be in front of him as a scapegoat. Then... What about News Corp., where negative impressions have soared?

This group of bastards! This group of fed vampires! Murdoch threw down the armrest again. If it was just the media, he was confident that even in this situation, he would still be able to work around. But if everyone started to target News Corp., then it was really precarious, not to mention ......

Why did they grasp the timing so well? This problem has been plaguing Murdoch, and the uneasy feeling is even better. In the end, he reached up and picked up the phone, dialing a number reluctantly.

"It's me, Sam, can you... help me contact those two?" At this moment, he seemed to be several years older.

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Under the blue sky, even if it is already winter, the vegetation outside still looks very green under the sun.

"So I like Los Angeles. Despite the lack of rain, it is definitely a good place in winter." Adrian sitting at the round table said casually with a smile.

"You can't deny that New York has the benefits of New York." Lei Shidong answered with a smile.

"That's right, at least it's good to walk on the streets of Manhattan with drizzle in summer." Crowder walked over with a golf club, followed by Time Warner's president and Jeffrey? Kes.

"You think, Rupert?" Lei Shidong smiled and turned to Murdoch.

"Every place has a different place that is worthy of nostalgia." Murdoch smiled, looking at Lei Shidong in his eyes and shook his head insignificantly.

This situation has been going on for a while. Although he led the match, both sides promised to sit down and talk about it, but he hasn’t talked about the topic until now, even if he deliberately pulled Jeffrey of Time Warner? Bix, accompanied by Robert Eagle at Disney. Of course, he understands that Murdoch, after all, has been in the media industry for decades, and it is difficult to accept the fact that he was forced to the present position by two juniors. Active summation has already been considered weak, and if he can, he certainly does not want to speak first.

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

This is bad. Murdoch will open sooner or later, after all, he put forward the peace talks, but by then, this peace talks will be very difficult. As the oldest media tycoon present. Lei Shidong is not willing to see such a situation. After all, the gang of talent on Wall Street is the most worthy of caution.

Fortunately, the two young people in the media are not ignorant of the big picture. Soon Adrian followed the topic of the subprime mortgage 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 people can't stop people from eating and drinking." /

As he looked at Murdoch, with an inexplicable smile: "If capital is to flow, there will inevitably be transactions, but transactions are not limited to capital. Or money. This is a very The special vocabulary, in a sense, can be regarded as the foundation of the United States. The transaction allows criminals who should be sentenced to death but only need to stay in prison for decades, and the transaction allows the drug lord to not need to serve a long sentence. , The transaction can make the police turn a blind eye to the petty crime of the billionaire. The transaction can make the legislators ascend the presidential throne, the transaction can make the president boldly violate the law... here, nothing can not be used to trade, as long as you have enough Chips."

His words echoed in the ears of several people. Although not very pleasant, they are all true. Which of the few people present has not walked in the gray area, and which has never done a deal with the government.

"Provoking words," Murdoch finally said, "No wonder you can have such a great influence in Hollywood, and now some people even call you... King of Hollywood."

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

However, Adrian did not care, and still smiled: "You misunderstood, Rupert, I admit that this has a lot of effects, but most of them are still obtained by my own efforts, just like the media."

Murdoch is silent. Although his sentence seems to praise Adrian, the actual meaning is: Do you want to become the most powerful spokesperson in Hollywood? I can help push it again.

But Adrian's answer is: no. He now has an influence in Hollywood that no one else can have. He is only one step away from the top and can go up without assistance. At the same time, he also vaguely stated that he should not use the financing to compensate for Murdoch's involvement as a breakthrough. 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 do you want." Murdoch was suddenly tired of this way of playing dumb mysteries, anyway, the other party has already released some kindness.

Adrian and Claude looked at each other, and then Claude said: "We didn't want much, we can ignore everything you do, we can also help News Corp cope with eavesdropping incidents- —The impact of this incident is much greater than you think, Rupert. We can even help News Corporation stabilize the situation and continue, as well as cope with Wall Street and the White House together, you also know that those greedy guys have never thought about it To control us, we only have one request."

"We hope you resign, Rupert." The Adrian mouth threw out the answer, Murdoch's eyebrows were raised involuntarily, and his face became a little ugly.

"Don’t worry, you can keep the position of independent director on the board of directors, or simply consult with News Corp. as an advisor. The person sitting in that position can also be from the Murdoch family. You can continue to command behind the scenes. You don’t even need to resign right now, after these things have come to an end ~IndoMTL.com~ to step down decently for physical reasons. We can exchange mutual trust through cross-shareholding, and at the same time ensure that what you want will listen The candidate for your words, board that position." Crowder continued.

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

Murdoch’s face first turned red, and then became cloudy, and several other people couldn’t help but take a breath, and his look became subtle. This proposal seems to be very beneficial to News Corporation, but it is difficult to choose what is hidden behind it.

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