Hollywood Hunter

"This is the information about the Latin American child who created the special thank you letter. She is from Brazil, named Karina Rosa. She is 11 years old this year. It's a pity that this girl dropped out of school last year. Her family is still in difficulties. News reports Is of little value."

"UNICEF stated that if necessary, they can arrange for the person in charge who received the donations to be interviewed by the media."

"I think these news should not be released all at once. It is best to leave most of the information to other media to actively explore, otherwise it will be easy to be questioned by the public for deliberate arrangements."

"There is also the matter that Davis Condy among the six people wants to settle. According to the evidence currently available to the Santa Monica police, even if the parties do not admit it, it is enough to prove their crimes. However, accept the settlement and let the other party If you take the initiative to confess the truth of the original incident, things will be more secure."

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Malibu, in a meeting room of the Shell Villa at Dome Point Manor.

The lawyer team and the public relations team responsible for the attack four years ago were sitting around the large conference table and you talked with each other.

Janet sits in the middle of one side of the conference table. On the left and right are the leader of the lawyer team George Norman and the leader of the public relations team Pat Kingsley.

After patiently listening to the discussions of other people in the conference room, Janet directly ordered: “Tomorrow, the Los Angeles Times will be arranged to report the causes and consequences of the 500,000 US dollars. However, you should not completely let go and continue to guide other media to explore more detailed Insider, you can take the initiative to provide them with materials when necessary."

Today is December 27th, Thursday.

These days, the investigation and public opinion about the attack four years ago are completely leaning towards Simon, but Janet, who has been completely offended, has not relaxed at all.

In order to prevent the connection between what Simon has now and the “dirty money” used by Matthew Broderick for the reconciliation, Janet patiently did not announce the truth immediately, instead letting people talk about the media. I carefully collected all the information about the fund that was donated to UNICEF until I clarified an irrefutable chain of evidence. This time I decided to make the matter public.

The reason for being so cautious is that Janet understands that if she only relies on a ‘special thank you letter’ that is still stored in the Shell Villa at the Manor Du Meze, if no tangible evidence can be found afterwards, it would be counterproductive to announce in advance.

In the final analysis, it is hard to believe that a poor boy who had no name would donate $500,000 without hesitation.

Continuing to discuss the 500,000 US dollars with everyone, Janet finally swept the faces of everyone in the conference room and said: "As for the reconciliation, don’t let me hear such suggestions again. I don’t accept the reconciliation. Let those **** go bankrupt and go to jail."

Feeling the unquestionable coldness and sternness in Janet's tone, everyone else was a little silent, and the lawyer who just proposed to accept the settlement couldn't help but shrink his neck.

After Janet finished speaking, seeing that no one was speaking again, she lowered her head and glanced at the memo in front of her to confirm that she had not forgotten other things, then closed her notebook and said, "Then, today's meeting will end here."

Everyone in the conference room got up and left. George Norman and Pat Kingsley stayed until the end, and discussed some trivia with Janet. George Norman finally smiled and asked: "Jenny, you and Simon should Will you be absent from the Daenerys Studios party?"

Because it is the end of the year, although it is a working day, Hollywood has various parties almost every day these days. Daenerys Entertainment also arranged a time in Daenerys Studios tonight. A gathering of filmmakers in cooperation with Nellis Entertainment.

I am very familiar with it in private. Janet was not as serious as she was at the meeting just now. She looked at her watch and said, "Simon said that he would be back at seven, so he must go there."

After Christmas, returning from the East Coast, Simon went to San Francisco in recent days to discuss the 1991 development plan with senior executives of several companies such as Igreat.

As Jennifer's uncle, George Norman naturally knew about this, and his niece, who had been living in his house, also rushed to San Francisco with Simon these days.

Regarding the relationship between Jennifer and Simon, both George Norman and the female assistant's parents know well.

Before Simon and Janet got married, the Rebalds also expected their daughter to take Simon over. After the wedding at the beginning of the year, due to Simon’s increasing personal wealth and power, for various reasons, the Rebalds almost acquiesced. The relationship between Simon and his daughter is unclear.

George Norman thought about this, so naturally he would not mention it in front of Janet, saying: "I will be there tonight, and I plan to introduce some friends to Simon."

"Of course it's okay," Jenny said, "If you need additional invitations, you can call Amy directly."

George Norman shook his head and smiled: "There is no need to trouble Pascal for such a small thing."

Sending away George Norman and Pat Kingsley, Janet returned to the villa and called Simon, and said there would be an hour before getting on the plane. After a few conversations, Janet called to stay. The two girls AB at home accompany themselves to the cloakroom on the third floor to prepare for the party tonight.

In San Francisco, he stayed at Eaglet’s headquarters until six o’clock in the afternoon before Simon finally rushed to the airport to return to Los Angeles.

In addition to the female assistant this time, the housekeeper Alice Ferguson and Simon, the "Los Angeles Times" reporter Peter Butler, whom Simon had known for a long time.

Peter Butler will officially resign from the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper after the new year to join Eaglet. He is mainly responsible for the news and financial information sections of Eaglet Portal.

After AOL signed an exclusive agreement with the three major operators, in the last quarter of 1990, the growth rate of the number of Web users increased again, including the growth of Web access users in other regions. Up to now, the number of Internet users relying on the World Wide Web has officially Breaking through the million mark, this growth rate is even better than Simon's best forecast.

Therefore, Simon re-adjusted his plan, intending to formally develop his efforts in the Internet field early next year.

Igreat, AOL and Cisco, the three core enterprises in the Internet field, have been discussing various plans for next year since last month. Moreover, also last month, Igreat again began to build two other 2 million user-level data centers on the east and west coasts, and they are expected to be opened in mid-January next year.

In mid-January 1991, it happened to be the time when the Gulf War broke out.

The cloud computing plan has been advancing in secret, but because it involves a lot of technical problems that need to be solved, this matter needs enough time, and many other plans of Igreat cannot wait.

Once the two data centers under construction are completed, the total user capacity of the Eaglet data center will reach the level of 5 million, which will definitely not be used up in the short term. Therefore, Eaglet will start Carol Bar in advance. The one-stop website solution plan proposed by Izmir last year provides server space and website solutions to commercial users who are interested in developing Internet site business.

The advance implementation of this business plan can not only increase Eaglet’s revenue, but also further enrich Internet content resources.

However, this is actually only one of the development plans finalized in recent days.

In addition to Carol Bartz’s plan, starting early next year, Igreat will also make efforts in both media and social fields. Peter Butler’s joining this time is part of it. In addition, Jeff Bezos has been digging out outstanding media professionals in various fields to join Igreat in recent months.

After Simon's attempt to cooperate with Hearst Group failed a few months ago, Eaglet completely abandoned the plan to rely on other media platforms for information and began to build its own news media team.

In January next year, in fact, just a few days later, the new version of Yigrete Portal Wanzhang will be officially launched.

At that time, the Eaglet Portal will not only launch the first-generation simple search engine function that has been secretly developed for a year, but also the media layout will be expanded to 11 channels including news, finance, sports, entertainment, fashion, and technology at one time. Among them, news channels will also be divided into various types of sub-channels such as domestic news, international news, and photo news.

In the social field, after a year of technology accumulation, Yigrete's personal homepage will be split into two column blogs and micro blogs, and the user group will be segmented.

At the same time, in order to guide the enthusiasm of users to use the blog, Eaglet will hold various online activities with cash or gift rewards every month for the next year.

In addition, the mailboxes, forums and online games of the Eaglet portal will all be revised successively. Simon's e-commerce business, which the housekeeper is responsible for, will also test the waters in the next year.

The number of users has reached the level of one million. Although it is still difficult to obtain the same benefits as newspapers of the same level, it is also a media platform that cannot be underestimated. Moreover, Simon also hopes to achieve the goal of breaking the 5 million mark in the number of Web users in 1991 through the next year's efforts.

As long as the number of users reaches 5 million, with subsequent user growth, Eaglet Portal can begin to build a perfect Internet business ecosystem with profit potential.

In order to achieve this goal, Simon simply did not make budget restrictions for Igreat this year.

As long as they can come up with the corresponding results, even if Jeff Bezos and Carol Bartz will spend 500 million or even 1 billion dollars in the next year, Simon is willing to pay.

Many unicorn companies in the Internet era have lost tens of billions of dollars for several years, and they may not accomplish anything in the end. In comparison, Simon's seemingly money-burning investments at this time are all worthwhile. After the Internet industry broke out, the accumulation of these technologies and contents could be quickly transformed into real market value only through IPO.

As long as Simon is willing to cash out through equity, he can easily recover all the previous investment.

Outside of Igreat, AOL is the same.

Simon promised not to lay off employees after the completion of the Bell Atlantic acquisition, in addition to starting the layout in the new telecommunications field of mobile communications, and also to support AOL.

Winning Bell Atlantic, although this company will not get involved in Internet access services in the short term, it will further deepen its cooperation with AOL. Several states on the east coast where Bell Atlantic is located will be AOL's key expansion targets next year.

Also starting next month, AOL will launch a large-scale free trial business.

Users only need to make an appointment to access the Internet and do not need to pay a penny, AOL will come to install it, and can experience up to 3 hours of free web surfing a day for a month. The first phase of this activity will last at least three months.

Speaking of which, the timing of AOL launching this activity is also just right.

That is the same reason. Next month, the Gulf War will break out.

Back in the cabin in Los Angeles, Simon had been discussing this matter with Peter Butler.

"Although the Internet media platform has just been born, its advantages compared to newspapers and television are actually very obvious.

For major events such as the impending war in the Gulf region, a daily newspaper cannot achieve instant information. Although 24-hour news channels such as CNN can provide real-time reports, they cannot retain information. Users cannot keep information 24 hours a day. Stay in front of the TV.

Relatively speaking, portals can solve these two problems to a large extent.

We can not only save news information in real time but also for a long time. Users can log on to the Internet at any time, and they can not only see the news currently happening, but also browse other events in the past. Moreover, the content that the portal can provide is richer than that of newspapers and television. As long as we can seize this opportunity next month, the media business of Eaglet Portal will definitely be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. "

Many news platforms have emerged in the history of media.

Just as the Hurst family relied on their own media network to instigate the Spanish-American War, the sales of their own newspapers also increased significantly during that period. In the original time and space, Fox News also broke the strong position of CNN in the U.S. news channel by covering all aspects of the 9/11 incident in a timely manner.

The upcoming Gulf War is a good opportunity for the development of Eagle Portal.

Peter Butler has still been ridiculed for his report on Simon a few years ago for over-praising Westeros. His promotion within the Los Angeles Times newspaper in recent years is obvious to all.

However, for the "Los Angeles Times", which has a century-old history, it is not just enough for the company to climb to the top position.

Therefore, after receiving an invitation from Simon to contact him to join the Eaglet portal, Peter Butler quickly decided to abandon his promoted position as deputy editor of the department and join this new media platform to be responsible for the two core information sections of news and finance. .

As a media person, Peter Butler is very aware of the importance of the two major sectors of news and finance. Although he has not been able to gain control of more channels, he also knows that Simon's invitation is full of sincerity. Moreover, Peter Butler did not think that his original report on Simon gave him the job.

The young man who has created a series of miracles in front of him can fully deserve the report. Moreover, if he can achieve the current achievements, he will definitely not hire a person for a report that praises himself.

When Simon finished speaking, Peter Butler said: "Simon, I thought about it. Around the middle of next month, I plan to personally rush to Saudi Arabia to follow up this incident."

Simon heard Butler say this, with an expression of appreciation in his eyes, and said: "No problem, but you need to arrange things in North America."

The two continued to discuss, and the plane quickly landed on the runway of Los Angeles International Airport.

Outside the porthole, the sky was already setting.

Parting with Peter Butler, he hurriedly returned to the Dome Point Manor. Simon changed his clothes and rushed to the party scene in Daenerys Studios with Janet. It was past 7:30.

The couple appeared in the hall of the studio's activity center and naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

After some social greetings, I finally came to the small circle where the leaders of the various studios gathered. Just after saying hello, Columbia Pictures CEO Peter Cooper couldn't help but said: "Simon, the box office of "Home Alone" is really unexpected. "

When everyone heard Peter Cooper mentioned this topic, they all looked at Simon with different expressions.

In the coming week, Hollywood's biggest black horse at the box office is undoubtedly the "Home Alone" released on December 21.

This children’s comedy that fits the festive mood very much. From December 21st to December 23rd, the box office reached 26.15 million U.S. dollars. It was nothing at all, but when it entered the working day, the popularity of "Home Alone" became more popular Box office momentum continues to climb.

After a brief low on the night of Christmas Eve on Monday, and two days later on Tuesday and Wednesday, the single-day box office figures of "Home Alone" far exceeded expectations. Although today’s box office data will be released after 12 o’clock, the industry generally predicts that The box office in the first week of "Home Alone" has been firmly set to exceed $40 million.

Calculating carefully, this will be the second movie in 1990 to break the 40 million mark in a single week after Die Hard 2.

However, the box office curve of "Die Hard 2" plummeted by more than 50% the next week, obviously cannot be compared with "Home Alone" whose popularity is still rising.

Prior to this, referring to John Hughes' past box office results, there are many people who think that the total North American box office of "Home Alone" may be only 40 million US dollars. Therefore, in the first week, more than 40 million, such data, even within Daenerys Entertainment, no one can predict.

Originally, Hollywood had generally believed that the summer file was opened and the North American box office was successfully sold off at the North American box office. "Human and Ghost" will lock the box office champion in 1990 and is the only domestic box office in 1990 to exceed 200 million US dollars. film.

Now, "Home Alone", which was born out of nowhere, is likely to break the box office numbers of "Human Ghosts Are Coming" and take the top spot in the box office in 1990 based on the current public popularity.