Hollywood Hunter

Greenwich, the home of the Hearst family.

The time is more than eight o'clock in the evening.

William Hirst III hurriedly ate dinner with his family and came to the study. At the same time, his personal assistant Roger Hols followed.

"This afternoon, Nike suddenly informed us that they plan to cancel all advertising cooperation with the Hearst Group in the second half of the year." Roger Hols carefully examined the expression of William III and continued to explain the reason: "Under Cersei Capital Black Rock Asset Management recently increased its stake in Nike to 5.6% and gained a seat on Nike’s board of directors. In addition, Nike is also in contact with the Eaglet portal to further expand its Internet advertising efforts."

Roger Hols was talking, when William Hurst III suddenly broke out and swept the coffee cup on the desk to the ground, making a clatter, and staring at Roger ferociously: "You can't give me some Good news?"

During this period, not only was the Westeros system completely banned, but many other important advertisers of the Hearst Group successively cancelled their cooperation.

Not to mention whether this situation will continue to deteriorate, but from now on, Hearst Group’s 1994 revenue may have a negative growth of more than 20%. The stop of a company’s revenue growth actually means a decline. A series of corporate layoffs, insolvency, business shrinkage and other serious negative effects such as domino-like negative effects brought about by negative growth of up to 20% are enough to make a company in a short time. Go bankrupt during the year.

William Hirst III’s only fortunate now is that the Hearst Group is not a listed company. Otherwise, the Hearst Group’s share price may have fallen by more than half during this time.

Even so, an article in the Wall Street Journal last week also judged that due to a series of recent turmoil, the overall wealth of the Hearst family has shrunk by $1 billion, and the total wealth of the Hearst family at this stage may only be 15 About 100 million US dollars.

A spokesperson for the Hearst Group unceremoniously refutes that the Wall Street Journal article is a sensationalist. Those in the bureau of William Hurst III understand that even if the judgment of the Wall Street Journal is slightly exaggerated, it is not much worse.

The main asset of the Hearst family is a series of paper media platforms such as daily newspapers and magazines. In fact, only 30% of the income of paper media comes from the sales of newspapers and magazines, and the other 70% is from advertising. Because the Westeros system has interrupted cooperation with more and more advertisers, the sharp decline in newspaper and magazine income will inevitably lead to a substantial depreciation of its own value.

Roger Hols silently called the maid to clean up the coffee cup that William III had broken, and looked at the still angry boss, but he couldn't help but think of an absurd idea.

good news?

It does.

Citizen Kane, which re-registered on the North American theaters with much fanfare last week, achieved a box office of 17.36 million U.S. dollars with only 1,271 screens. With an average of more than 13,000 U.S. dollars, many new films were released in this unpopular period at the end of April. It is expected that the total North American box office of the film's re-screening may reach 60 million US dollars.

Therefore, it can be seen that the Hearst family is still ‘prestigious’ in the United States.

After the sudden eruption, William Hirst III also quickly calmed down. What should be faced is still to face, and the most important thing now is how to get rid of the current predicament.

There is obviously no hope for reconciliation.

During his trip to Washington a few days ago, William III even asked the White House for help. The result was still in vain. William III even doubted whether Clinton had helped make the call after he agreed. You know, after Clinton came to power, the Hearst Group The media is also not polite to this politician who accidentally reached the top of the presidency due to various encounters.

Clinton has recently been caught in the quagmire of Paula Jones’ sexual assault. Even though everyone understands that this is a moth created by the Republican Party for this year’s midterm elections, the Hearst Group’s media has followed the trend to help with such a hot news.

All in all, since Mr. President took office for more than a year, the traditional paper media has not given him much affirmation. From travel gates, military homosexual controversy, haircut scandals, etc. to the recent Paula Jones sexual assault case, traditional media have basically stood by Crusade against the side of the President.

Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that the White House is unlikely to have a good impression of traditional paper media, and it is more likely to be happy with the rise of Internet media. Although the Eaglet Portal has expressed its neutral position, it has been more than a year. Since then, fools can see the political inclination of this portal.

Moreover, in just a few years, it has accumulated a total of hundreds of millions of users worldwide, and the influence of the Eaglet portal has completely surpassed any single large newspaper.

The strength of the Westeros system has aroused strong vigilance in Washington. However, if such a powerful media influence is directed at a certain individual, the influence will definitely be devastating. As the head of an established media group No one understands this better than William Hirst III.

As a result, during the last trip to Washington, William Hirst III tried to contact some politicians to suppress the further expansion of the Westeros system, and got a lot of responses, but few politicians dared to really be the early bird.

As for the Hearst Group.

William III remembered that the beautiful female spokesperson of Westeros was confronted by a group of confucians who suddenly attacked some countries at the United Nations General Assembly during the live television broadcast this morning. Because of the recent Rwanda racist massacre, almost all public attention was lost. Attracted to Africa.

The suppression of the Hearst Group has not alleviated at all, but there are not too many people paying attention to this matter. This is simply to let the Hearst Group lose blood and die silently.

Correct.

The public’s attention needs to be re-attracted to the dispute between the Westeros system and the Hearst Group. Only when sufficient public attention is obtained can the Hearst Group re-manipulate public opinion, which in turn will cause other companies in the same industry and the federal government. The attention of the regulatory authorities has stepped in to prevent Simon Westero's misconduct.

When William Hirst III thought about this, he frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked Roger Hols: "What is the name of the maid next to Westeros whom we bought back?"

Roger Halls said: "Doris Fecher."

"It's her," William III nodded and asked, "Are we still in contact with her recently?"

Roger Hols shook his head.

Since Doris Fitch encountered the Westeros family’s US$12 million breach of contract lawsuit, the other party has been completely abandoned. The Hirst family has not spent huge sums of money to fight for others like Simon Westeros. As for the habit of the opponent, it is not within the consideration of the Hirst family.

William Hirst III combed for a moment and said: "In this way, find her again and persuade her to deliberately create a suicide."

Roger Hols paused after hearing this, and asked, "Sir, what do you say?"

William III looked at Roger and said: “A poor young girl was forced to commit suicide because of Simon Westero’s malicious lawsuit. This can attract a lot of public attention and sympathy, and we can also refocus public attention. Attracted back from the mess in Africa."

Roger Hols fully understood William III's intentions, but did not immediately agree, still looking at his boss.

William III also understood Roger Hols’ thoughts, and he knew better that his assistant understood his thoughts. The two confronted for a short time. He still took the initiative: “It’s best to use sleeping pills. You should stare at it yourself, as late as possible. Take it to the hospital."

Attempted suicide and death by suicide have completely different public responses.

The former may only become a farce, and the latter can truly arouse a strong response from the public.

His own boss opened his mouth and Roger Hols finally nodded slightly: "I will make arrangements as soon as possible."

In a villa apartment a few hundred meters away from Hearst House, the two agents of the Westeros family intelligence team guarding the surveillance screen listened to the whole process of the conversation between William III and his assistant. The two only looked at each other. , One of them picked up the phone and dialed a series of numbers: "Boss, you may need to come here in person."

After a brief chat, Chris Wenden hung up the phone, took out a cigarette and lit it, and continued to look at the monitor screen and said to his companion Terry Skars: "The minds of these big people are much darker than ours."

Terry Skars, who has a normal appearance and a slightly thin body, nodded casually, and looked at the surveillance screen with his companions, but his eyes flickered.

Martin Dinham quickly arrived with another assistant.

Having personally watched the video just now, Martin Dinham dialed Simon's phone for the first time, briefly introduced what had just happened, and scheduled a meeting time tomorrow.

After hanging up the phone, Martin Dinham took out the key to open the special monitoring mainframe with two layers of insurance. When entering the second layer of password, both Chris Wenden and Terry Skars turned around consciously, and Chris Lamont, Dinham's assistant, did not evade.

The team in charge of monitoring often has to contact a lot of sensitive information. Therefore, like a closely monitored banking system, the team has a very strict operating process in order to avoid special information contact with special agents.

At least two agents are responsible for monitoring at the same time.

The most important one is that for the most direct recording and video evidence, only responsible persons like Martin Dinham can get started, and there will also be an assistant ‘assisted’ during the operation. If the information is useless, it will be completely destroyed afterwards. As for the useful information, the person in charge and the assistant will select and save it together.

Although the agents directly responsible for monitoring are insiders, they are unlikely to have any substantive evidence, so certain hidden dangers can also be minimized.

Take out the hard drive containing the dialogue between William III and the assistant, Martin Dinham personally replaced it with a new hard drive, re-locked the main box, and finally confessed to Chris Wenden, and Dinham took it again The assistant hurried away.

In the surveillance room, Chris Wenden and Terry Skars continued to conscientiously stare at the surveillance screens connected to Hearst's mansion. Until 12 o'clock, the shift agent arrived and the two men were able to rest.

In one bedroom of the surveillance villa, it was already more than one o'clock in the morning unknowingly, and Terry Skars, who was lying on the bed in his clothes, still had no sleepiness.

The agent was holding a pocket recorder in his hand and wearing headphones. The conversation between William III and his assistant was repeatedly played in the recorder.

The monitoring agents work in pairs for six hours each time. Therefore, even the agents on duty in front of the monitoring screen are not completely informed. This is also a deliberate preventive measure.

This conversation in the hands of Terry Skars is the most valuable record since he started on duty.

Terry Skars, who was also an intelligence agent of the Australian National Security Agency, was initially satisfied with the treatment given by his boss. However, as time went on, Terry Skars became more aware of what he was doing. A lot of work, if you do a little bit of work, you can definitely get him an unexpected huge return.

For example this time.

Terry Skars can fully imagine that after being caught by the Westeros system, William III's implementation of his own'plan' is likely to bring devastating results to the Hearst family.

Deliberately inducing a person to commit suicide, and then sit back and wait for the other person to die, this is actually murder.

Once things are exposed, not only will William III be imprisoned, but such a scandal will certainly destroy the entire Hearst Group even further. So, for a piece of information that can save the Hurst family from annihilation, how much should I quote for?

5 million dollars?

Of course not enough.

After all, the benefits that his boss gave them to these core agents, including annual salary, benefits, pension plans, and even various generous benefits covering their families of agents, are already worth millions of dollars.

If there is only 5 million US dollars, the gains outweigh the losses.

At least 10 million dollars!

Thinking of this, Terry Skars hesitated again.

Even if I can get 10 million dollars for this recording, I will have my life next.

He knows what kind of person his boss is.

Although there is no other way, but many things happened during this period, a few **** murders, the tragic bombing of Woodfield Manor, everyone knows who is behind the scenes, not to mention that the young man is still short. In just one week, a private army was used to overthrow a country in Africa.

Such a cruel and **** guy, if he knew his betrayal, it would be impossible to let him go.

Even his family.

All the core agents of the Westeros family intelligence team have a characteristic, and they have a perfect family behind them.

Terry Skars’s wife and two children live in Melbourne, and under the arrangement of the Westeros system, in addition to his generous personal salary, his family also enjoys the top medical and educational benefits. All children are studying in Australia's top private schools.

However, because of the long-term work abroad, although they even have up to six months to accompany their family members each year when there is no special task, Terry Skars is still dissatisfied with his family, marriage and personal status quo.

Especially after seeing the extravagant lives of those at the top of the social pyramid.

Before not knowing it, Terry Skars outlined his future.

Counting the recordings in his hand, plus some other intelligence, or a big deal to be a double agent for a period of time, at least 10 million US dollars, after getting it, he can completely change his face once through plastic surgery, change to a new identity, and then go to a Caribbean Tourists settled in the island country like clouds and beauties, and began to enjoy their colorful retirement life.

Rather than now, like a mouse in the middle of the night, running around for a big man.

As for the family, unless Simon Westero wants to chill all the agents working for him, he should not do anything to them.