Hollywood Hunter

Simon arrived in Greenwich, and Joseph Schrapp also brought Simon a bad news.

The Westeros system focused on advancing the latest draft of the "Digital Copyright Act" to improve the Internet writing system and copyright protection, and was rejected again in the second review process of the House of Representatives.

The core of the dispute is the ‘safe harbor regulations’.

Members who oppose the Safe Harbor Ordinance believe that this clause is likely to be abused after it is enacted.

According to the legislative process in the United States, a bill must be voted twice by the House of Representatives and the Senate after being reviewed and approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate. The President has the right to sign certain bills before it is signed by the President. , As long as more than two-thirds of the congressmen can get approval, the bill can also be forcibly passed.

Most bills in the United States are usually obstructed in the review process, and sometimes they may not pass after seven or eight reviews after a delay of five or six years.

The final voting session is not very suspenseful, because once the voting starts, it often means that a bill has been compromised through repeated negotiations and games, and has won the consent of the majority of members of Congress.

"According to our team's lobbying feedback data, the Senate is not a big problem because the majority leader of the Senate is Al Gore. However, if we want to pass the House of Representatives, we need to win at least 20 votes."

The 100 seats in the U.S. Senate remain unchanged for a long time. The number of members of the House of Representatives is regularly fine-tuned according to changes in the U.S. population. At present, there are 434 seats. More than half of the votes are at least 218. The 20 votes seem to be small and it is not easy to win.

At this stage, the number of seats held by Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives is 256 and 178, respectively. It stands to reason that as Democratic supporters, it should be easy for the Westeros system to pass a bill, but the fact is far from it. The Democratic Party is not monolithic, and the Westeros system is not welcomed by all Democrats.

One thing that can be easily imagined is that those Democrats who prefer traditional paper media groups will certainly not stand on the side of the Westeros system and continue to sit and watch Eaglet’s growth.

Joseph Schrapp saw that Simon was only silently looking down at a document he had brought, and continued: "Congressman David Meroth of Connecticut and several other congressmen are currently seeking to promote an Internet media. Regulatory Act," Schrapp said, searching for a moment in the pile of materials he brought in front of Simon, and said: "This is it. Therefore, if we want to pass the Digital Copyright Act, we probably need some exchange. In addition, many members of Congress, from both parties, are also seeking to relax the'cross-media ownership ban'. This is also our opportunity."

Although everyone understands that platforms such as Eaglet Portal are emerging Internet media companies, Eaglet’s own news and information department is positioned as a content publisher, not a media company. The key lies in these two Large areas need to be regulated completely differently.

The publishing industry in the United States has a strong degree of freedom, and the media sector is subject to strict supervision due to the provisions of the US Constitution on freedom of speech.

Among them, the'cross-media ownership ban' is a major curse that restrains traditional media such as newspapers and television. This is a law issued in the 1960s in the United States. Since the Nixon era, many media giants have continued to lobby to try to lift the relevant ban. .

In order to avoid media manipulation of public opinion, the main provisions of the cross-media ownership ban include that a media group cannot own more than two newspapers in the same area, cannot own newspapers and television stations in the same area at the same time, and media companies cannot own more than 12 directly affiliated local television stations. The audience market share of large public television networks must not exceed 35%, etc.

After operating for the past few years, the Westeros system can probably mobilize congressional votes. The House of Representatives has 17 votes and the Senate has 6 votes. These are all members who will clearly stand on the side of the Westeros system when necessary. It is also what Schrapp said as an exchange bargaining chip.

Simon's memory is very good.

David Meroth of Connecticut was a member of Parliament whom William Hirst III personally introduced to him when he first attended the Hearst family party. He spoke of the stalemate between the Westeros system and traditional paper media forces. , It is only natural for the other party to take the lead in starting the Internet media regulation bill.

Relaxing the ‘cross-media ownership ban’ is also an urgent need for traditional media groups to maintain their position in the industry in the context of the increasingly turbulent Internet industry. The Hearst Group, Condé Nast Group, "New York Times" Group, and other traditional paper media with deep roots, the congressional votes they hold together will definitely only be a lot more than the Westeros system. If the two parties reach an agreement, they can win extra 20 votes in the House of Representatives to pass the Digital Copyright Act is easy.

It is obvious that the main obstacle to the passage of the Digital Copyright Act is probably the paper media.

With this information running fast in his mind, Simon suddenly raised his head to look at Joseph Schrapp, with a smile on the corners of his mouth, and said, "Isn't it someone who wants to reconcile?"

Joseph Schrapp was stunned. He originally wanted to find a suitable time to jump off this topic. However, because he knew the character of his boss, he had to be very cautious. After all, he was working for Westeros. System work, working for Simon Westeros, and Joseph Schrapp also attaches great importance to his current position, and absolutely does not want to cause Simon to speculate that he is not loyal to the Westeros system just because of this message.

In recent years, even before the rise of the Internet industry, the huge U.S. paper media industry has already begun to decline.

Whether it is Hearst Group or Condé Nast Group, etc., they are all seeking to develop into the TV field. This is how Hearst Group snatched 20% of the shares of ESPN Sports Network from Daenerys Entertainment two years ago.

However, the traditional paper media has not yet completed its transformation into the television industry, and the Internet has already surging, and has formed a more direct and strong impact on media and paper media.

The first thing that veteran media forces think of is blocking and confrontation.

But now it seems that these targeting are obviously futile.

In less than four years, the popularity of Internet users in the United States has reached 30% of the total population. This kind of development speed far exceeds the original TV promotion. It is conceivable that within 10 years, the popularity of the Internet may be Keep up with the TV network.

Since confrontation is ineffective, following the trend is undoubtedly the best choice.

After a little consideration, Joseph Schrapp said: "The New York Times plans to open an electronic version in the near future. You know, Simon, if there is no Igreat portal to support traffic, the other party will not have much development."

Schrapp obviously has subtext.

If the electronic version of the "New York Times" wants to gain a foothold on the Internet platform, it will inevitably mean that the Eaglet Portal must limit its own news and information business development. After all, if the services provided by the two are equivalent, users will definitely prefer free Igreta portal information instead of spending money to subscribe to electronic newspapers.

Compared with the entrenched old paper media, the news department of Eaglet Portal is actually very weak.

In terms of the number of employees, the "New York Times" group is just a newspaper of the "New York Times", with more than 1,600 employees worldwide. The news and information department of Eaglet has developed to the present, and the total number of team members has just reached the level of 500 people.

News information business has never been the core of Eaglet.

If the Eaglet portal could get the online news authorization of the traditional paper media group, Simon would not invest a lot of resources to form his own news team.

On the other hand, if established media such as the "New York Times" can digitize the large amount of paper media information they own, it can definitely enrich the content resources of the Internet platform to a large extent. This is something Simon has been pushing forward.

Moreover, although Simon has made up his mind to let Eaglet grow wildly, if he can reach a settlement with some large paper media, he does not object. One more friend is always better than one more enemy.

Schrapp’s suggestion was already very obvious. Simon thought for a while and asked, “Behind the scenes of The New York Times, eh, the Salzberg family?”

At this stage, traditional newspapers in the United States are basically controlled by the old families, such as the Hearst family, the Salisberg family behind the "New York Times" group, the Graham family behind the "Washington Post", and the Condé Nast group The Newhouse family behind and so on.

Joseph Schrapp nodded and said, "Simon, if you have time, Arthur Salzberger Jr., the current publisher of The New York Times, would like to chat with you."

Simon did not immediately agree.

The experience of the last contact with the Hearst family is really unpleasant, even Rupert Murdoch is an old fox. Now that the other party has just tried, Simon is anxious to respond, it is difficult to say what the state of the Salisberg family is.

After thinking about it for a moment, Simon said, "I will return to Los Angeles in the afternoon. If the other party has time, let him come to the West Coast. I can entertain him at any time."

Joseph Schrapp probably understands Simon's thoughts. The stalemate between his boss and the Hearst family has not been eased at all, even if he himself has not seen the arrogance of the old media family. Now the initiative is on the side of the Westeros system. Since the other party wants to reconcile, it is necessary to take the initiative to show good.

Then I continued to talk about the income of other things, the 1994 mid-term elections, the capital gains tax reform bill, the media industry consolidation ban, etc., I retained Schrapp for lunch at noon, and Simon boarded back to Los Angeles at one in the afternoon. aircraft.

In the study in the front cabin of the Boeing 767.

After the plane stabilized, Girl A came in and reported the morning arrangement of the document from the United Kingdom, and finally said: "Boss, Yulia Shulshkina's affairs have been handled, do we need to arrange her to come to the United States?"

Simon was still reading the documents left by Joseph Schrapp in the morning, and he wondered: "What?"

Alison repeated: "Yulia Shulshkina."

Simon then remembered that the ballet teacher of the London Fruit Nana group was a Slavic girl who fits the image of an elf in his heart.

Last time I watched with Janet the group of girls in London contacted the ballet and found each other, casually ordered to go down, get the information a few days ago.

A very ordinary little woman in the turbulent background of a big era, the advantages and disadvantages are probably too beautiful.

I am 31 years old this year, have been married once, and have a 3-year-old daughter. The girl followed a British tourist to London for two years. To be precise, she was cheated to London by a bluffing British banker. The other party promised marriage and green card, but the result was not honored. The other party has a family and a room, but just wants to raise the other party. Be a lover.

The girl had to confess her fate. Unexpectedly, the wealthy banker in the original family was defeated in the wrong direction during the pound crisis in 1992. Not only did she lose all her tens of millions of net worth, she also owed millions of pounds in debt, and her original marriage also After the ashes disappeared, the banker after the ruin was not only unable to support his Russian lover, but also forced him to find work to subsidize him.

When the workers of the Westeros system came into contact with the girl, the banker was even planning to sell the mother and daughter together to the Fengyuechang in London. The price was negotiated, £150,000.

Simon didn't have any particular feelings about this. In the turbulent years, the fate of individuals was more turbulent than this. He just sent the run-down banker to jail and arranged arrangements for a mother and daughter. Everything needed. Of course, Simon did not hide his desire to possess either. He has never been a bad guy who saves suffering. However, the Russian girl only knows that she has become an affiliate of the big figures behind the group of girls in the London villa, and the identity of the line is still unclear.

Simon is just an inertial collector, and there is no shortage of women around him, so he shook his head: "Let her continue teaching girls dancing in London. By the way, don’t let girls practice tiptoes, as if ballet dancers’ toes are not so pretty. ."

Alison nodded, with some doubts, flipped through the folder he was holding in his arms, and said, "No, it's beautiful."

Simon looked up. Girl A held a photo in her hand and reached out to take it and glanced at it. This is a photo of a Russian girl in a dancing pose. Although she is wearing thin white stockings, she can still recognize a pair of pockets and perfect. Small feet.

Girl A said by the side: "I know something about it. A lot of ballerina's toe deformation is caused by inappropriate training mode. Yulia is very professional."

Simon recalled the last time he saw Russian girls teaching girls to practice exercises, and he also felt this at the time.

Putting down the photo, Simon said, "That's it. Also, collect a copy of the family information behind the major U.S. paper media groups, starting with the Salzberg family behind the New York Times, and be as detailed as possible."

Alison nodded, seeing that Simon had no other repetitions, he turned and left the study.