Hollywood Hunter

Janet was very quick, and after the weekend, she flew to Melbourne with her assistant and three little guys.

Jennifer didn't want to go to Australia that much, mainly because she was worried about embarrassment when facing the Johnston family, and she also hopes to stay with Simon forever. The Simons persuaded them together, and the female assistant reluctantly agreed.

Veronica followed too.

This is something that Simon and Janet are reluctant to do. There are many things that need to be dealt with during this period. What Simon needs most is an absolutely reliable person.

Veronica was very persistent about returning to Australia and said that this was her original itinerary plan, but when Janet asked about the reason, she was reluctant to explain her face.

Simon did not object in the end.

Before departing in the morning, the female assistant repeatedly reminded Simon not to go to the Oscars ceremony at night.

Today is March 21st, and the 66th Oscar Awards will be held tonight.

It's not suitable for public appearances recently. Even if he won a nomination for best screenwriter for "The Lion King" again, Simon did not have any intention of attending the awards ceremony. He naturally agreed to the female assistant's instructions.

Returning to Australia this time, the women and children did not take the Boeing 767 that can fly directly to Melbourne at home, but instead chartered the first class cabin of a regular civil aviation Boeing 747. Simon admitted that he was a little too sensitive, but insisted on being careful. If it wasn't for Janet that it was unnecessary, he even hoped that the women and children would fly to Australia on separate planes.

The contents of the suicide note of the assassin in the last assassination gave Simon a big reminder.

If Simon does have an accident, according to the federal estate tax rate of 50%, the US government may have to make a huge fortune, and many people may even have a ‘satisfaction’.

Simon whispered to Janet during the weekend, and he will revise a will soon.

After the will is amended, if something does happen, Simon does not intend to leave any of his assets to the U.S. government unless the top federal officials completely tear their faces and play a big trick in front of the world.

Of course, this is just in case.

The key is to strengthen one's own strength, so that some people dare not do anything extraordinary even if they want to.

Two investigations continued in secret, the London girl exposure incident and the assassination incident a few days ago have progressed.

The investigation team conducted a more detailed investigation of the assassin’s apartment that had been unattended, and unexpectedly discovered unfamiliar fingerprints that did not exist in the other party’s known social circles. The other party used three undocumented M16 rifles in the assassination attempt. In fact, it is also the biggest flaw.

In addition, the bank account of the assassin, the history of contact with people in the past period, etc., are all important traces that can be continuously traced.

On the other hand, Simon received a report on the exposure of the London girl personally submitted by one of the head of the family intelligence team, Martin Dinham.

The behind-the-scenes master who has persevered in revealing the news about the London girls team to the British media did not surprise Simon in the slightest, but the Hearst family.

The last time someone close to the Westeros family tried to expose the details of the female assistant’s pregnancy, Simon gave a warning, but the Hurst family did not stop. Although they did not dare to reach out to those close to Simon, they continued to pass the "San Francisco Chronicle" When the family media launched an attack on the Westeros system, this London girl incident was still a small trick used by the other party.

Not only that, Congressman David Melrose, who is backed by the Hearst family, has recently been pushing the House of Representatives to set up a special investigation committee to initiate an investigation of the Westeros system.

Simon initially hoped to maintain a good attitude with the old media family like the Hearst family.

Even though the two sides have continued to have some small frictions in the past two years, Simon has maintained the attitude that business is business, and has not interfered in the cooperation between the subsidiaries in the system and the Hearst Group.

It’s a pity that the Hurst family, which has been strong for nearly a century, did not realize that many things have long changed. After a slight conflict with the Westeros system, they continued to confront each other with their consistent arrogance, which eventually led to both sides. The contradiction cannot be resolved.

Since the opponent is now like a tarsal maggot, Simon is no longer polite, and no more room.

The war starts.

On the temporary high-level conference call of the Westeros system held on Monday morning, Simon officially announced his decision, requiring all subsidiaries of the Westeros system that have cooperative relations with the Hearst Group's media to sever cooperation with each other. .

Except for a few relatively serious media like the San Francisco Chronicle, the media platforms under the Hearst Group are more inclined to fashion entertainment. Many famous fashion magazines such as "COSMOPOLITAN" are assets of the Hearst Group. Is it Daenerys Entertainment or Melisandre, and even various other companies in the Westeros system, have been advertising in a large number of newspapers and magazines under the Hearst Group before this.

In 1993, the total advertising expenditure of the Westeros system just invested in the media of the Hearst Group reached 65 million US dollars.

Starting on March 21, all these expenditures ceased.

Not only that, in all areas of technology, fashion, and entertainment that the Westeros system can affect, relevant partners will be required to choose sides.

There are many traditional media giants in North America, but this is the only one in the Westeros system.

So choose!

Hearst Group’s revenue in 1993 reached US$2.11 billion, and the US$65 million advertising revenue from the Westeros system accounted for more than 3% of the other’s total annual revenue. This is definitely not a dispensable share. .

Moreover, if it is said that the complete loss of this part of the income will not achieve the effect of making Hearst Group's muscles and bones, it is impossible for the Westeros system to use its own influence to unite all partners to attack Hearst Group in an all-round way. Let the other party remain indifferent.

This is not over yet.

Hearst Group has also begun to deploy the Internet in the past two years and has continuously invested in multiple new technology companies. The Hearst family was unwilling to cooperate with Eaglet on news content, but recently it quietly opened the electronic version of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Starting from March 21, whether it is the three major portals of Ygritte, AOL, and MSN, or the Google search engine and Facebook social network owned by Eaglet, it will affect new technology companies and Internet websites that are implicated in the Hurst family. , Will adopt a ruthless blocking strategy.

On the same day, after Simon personally approved on Saturday and completed consultations with the New York Times Group on Sunday, Eaglet Portal and The New York Times simultaneously announced the news of their cooperation on their respective media platforms.

Not only did Eaglet announce the general terms of cooperation between the two parties on the portal homepage, and reiterate that Eaglet has no intention to monopolize the Internet media, but also launched the official website of The New York Times on subsequent news items. An article about the Clinton administration's promotion of offensive weapons bans. Users clicking on the news will be directly imported to the official website of the New York Times.

The "Boston Globe", which was acquired by the New York Times Group last year, will also open an electronic version in the near future, and will also receive traffic support from the Eaglet portal.

In addition to news content sharing, the other two cooperations have also attracted strong attention from the industry.

The New York Times Group invested US$30 million in online radio and audio resource website Broadcast, acquiring 15% of the shares.

For many people who saw this business at first sight, the first reaction was that it was too expensive.

In fact, the New York Times Group initially thought so.

After learning in detail about the fact that Broadcast has more than 3 million registered users just one year after its launch, and the future development prospects of this website, the industry has generally realized that the New York Times Group is likely to take a big advantage.

Personal radio stations, audio books, educational courses, online music, etc., just a little bit of analysis will understand how huge the market potential is.

Moreover, the Broadcast website also announced through the Eaglet portal on the same day that it may open an audio download service in the future. Whether it is to implant advertisements in audio content or adopt a VIP payment strategy, it means that Broadcast has explored a set that is quite feasible. Business model.

This is even more commendable for most of the websites that are still gaining users without considering their profit prospects.

The rapid growth of users and a viable business model are just these two advantages, combined with the rapid outbreak of the Internet industry, which means that Broadcast will be IPO one to two years later, and the market value is likely to easily rush to the $1 billion level. At that time, the New York Times Group's seemingly expensive investment of $30 million is enough to easily multiply it many times.

Of course, the potential benefits of Eaglet are significantly higher.

Everyone can only envy and hate this.

In Silicon Valley at this stage, even if you can offer a higher price, most of the high-quality Internet projects will still be easily snatched by Eaglet. The huge user base and traffic importing capacity of Eaglet Portal are completely at this stage. Other Internet companies of the same type are unmatched.

Another license for Internet streaming video technology also attracted a lot of attention.

Even if the specific project has not been announced, the phenomenon-level social effect brought by the recent live broadcast of London girls shows the huge commercial potential of Internet video sites.

The cooperation between the two parties was reached, and the New York Times Group also reciprocated.

In fact, since the negotiations entered the final stage, dozens of newspapers and media under the New York Times Group have reduced their targeted articles on the Westeros system.

A formal cooperation agreement was finalized on Sunday. Arthur Salzberger Jr., the principal of the Salzberg family behind the New York Times Group, also personally wrote a letter to Simon, stating that the New York Times Group will be in the paper media. Provide as much support as possible for the Westeros system.

Simon asked him to sort out all 32 newspapers under the New York Times Group on Monday. Although there were a few follow-up criticisms, he did not find any more sensitive and intensely targeted articles. Not only that, but there are many reports on behalf of the Westeros system.

The public relations team of the Westeros family also contacted some senior executives of the New York Times Group on Monday, and plans to conduct further cooperation in public opinion guidance.

Simon appreciates the sincerity shown by the Salzberg family, and is even stronger than the old fox Murdoch, who is close to reality on the surface. As long as this cooperation can continue, he does not mind giving the New York Times Group more benefits.

Therefore, in the morning received a letter specially sent by Arthur Salzberger, Simon wrote a paper reply letter in person, expressing his optimism about this cooperation and hope to go to the West Coast next time. Able to visit the Salzberg family.

On the other hand, with today’s announcement of the cooperation between Eaglet and the New York Times Group, the most important Los Angeles Times group on the West Coast passed Peter Butler, who had switched from the Los Angeles Times to the Eaglet portal. A cooperative temptation was sent to Simon.

The old fox Rupert Murdoch also called Simon's office again, half-truly complaining that Simon was too stingy with News Corporation and gave the New York Times Group too many benefits.

In the morning, the cooperation with the New York Times Group was announced, and it was completely decided to go to war with the Hearst family. In the afternoon, Simon's energy turned to politics again.

Joseph Schrapp flew to Los Angeles from Washington yesterday. After talking with Simon for an afternoon on Sunday, he did not leave. On Monday afternoon, the two continued to discuss the recent issues facing the Westeros system in Simon’s office at Daenerys Studios. Political situation.

In Washington the other day, Shrap had contact with the White House.

Clinton did not make a clear statement about the general approach of the Westeros system to the candidates facing the midterm elections recently. He just asked one of his assistants to speak, hoping that the Westeros system could take the initiative to make some changes and further open the World Wide Web. platform.

Simon knows everything about the Clintons.

If the Westeros system cannot resolve the various crises it is facing as quickly as possible, Clinton will definitely take the initiative to "conform to public opinion" for the sake of his approval rate.

In fact, the Department of Justice conducted a closed-door meeting last Friday on whether it is necessary to investigate the suspected monopoly of the three new technology companies in the Westeros system, Cisco-AOL-Igreat. The Clinton-appointed justice Minister Janet Reynolds chaired it personally.

This is already a signal.

The results of the closed-door meeting were not announced. The White House only expressed its attitude to Simon and the public. When necessary, the White House will definitely take action.

On the other hand, the series of bills promoted by the Westeros system are unlikely to make any progress in the short term.

Simon simply took the initiative to pause.

House of Representatives member David Merros, who is backed by the Hearst family, tried to form a special investigative committee plan to investigate the Westeros system. The application documents have also been formally submitted.

Simon has realized that a formal antitrust investigation is almost inevitable. In order not to lose the initiative of public opinion, the White House will definitely take action before the establishment of the special investigation committee of the House of Representatives, otherwise it will inevitably be attacked by political opponents. Therefore, even if the Westeros system really makes various concessions now, it will only get an inch.

In this case, Simon intends to further strengthen the ‘savage growth’ plan.

After all, even if the Internet assets held by the Westeros system are really split in the future, what Simon needs to give up at that time is only the control rights, and he can still control a large amount of equity in each company after the split. At that time, just like the Rockefeller family in the past, Standard Oil was dismantled, and Rockefeller's wealth increased substantially because of his holding of a large number of shares in the company after the split.

As long as these wealth are in hand, the Westeros system is not impossible to re-integrate the Internet industry in the future.

If you divide for a long time, you must unite.

This is the general trend.

The Standard Oil Company, which was split up and down that year, has long been reintegrated into a few energy giants, and will be further integrated in the future. The AT-T, which was split ten years ago, has also begun a new round of integration. The Internet in the future is destined to be the field where the super technology giants will gallop.

The final topic of the afternoon is still the midterm elections.

The ‘sniper plan’ formulated based on the previous list and the maintenance plan for the ‘basic disk’ of the Westeros family’s politics will be launched at the same time.

The successful completion of the two plans is crucial for whether the Westeros system has sufficient voice in Washington in the next phase.

Therefore, this morning's choice by the Eaglet Portal to quote the "New York Times" news that the Clinton administration is pushing for an offensive weapons ban is not without purpose.

This news on the one hand shows the official content cooperation between Eaglet and the New York Times Group. It is also a reminder to the National Rifle Association that if the other party is unwilling to cooperate in this year’s mid-term elections, it is Choosing to oppose the Westeros system, then it is not impossible for the Eaglet Portal to choose a gun-ban position in the future.

The National Rifle Association in Simon's memory has become less and less influential in the Internet era, and a large part of the reason lies in the Internet.

American shootings have been very frequent.

In the era of traditional media, news related to shootings can easily be confined to one state and one place, so it usually does not cause a sensational widespread impact.

In the Internet age, every shooting incident will be easily seen by the public across the country and even around the world. If the media secretly promotes the situation, no matter how determined the proprietors are, they will face the threat of shooting that seems to happen all the time. , Will gradually change their position.

Simon and Joseph Schrapp did not finish their day's work until six o'clock in the afternoon.

On the other side of the city, in the Dorothy Chandler Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the 66th Oscars ceremony has begun.

The two had a simple dinner together at the company’s in-house restaurant and sent Schlapp away. Because the women and children had gone to Melbourne, Simon didn’t go home at all, and continued to deal with Daenerys Entertainment’s recent events in the studio’s office. Business, by the way, after nine o'clock, go to the Melisandre party at the Sunset Tower Hotel to reveal a little.