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"It was a mistake, of course! And it's a big mistake! Have you read the Guardian newspaper? If they dare to say that, they obviously have the weight of the evidence, you should be polite and polite, not humble or arrogant response, rather than a high tone of voice Murdoch said in a loud voice over the phone. Over there is his second son, James Murdoch, who this year, with the support of his father, became the chairman of Sky TV and ran News Corp.'s European and Asian operations.

Damn it! Murdoch, who put down the phone, scolded fiercely in his heart, wiped his face with his hand and closed his eyes. Suddenly, he felt a little tired. There is no doubt that this is the work of AC media. After the guardian exposed the news of the world's eavesdropping incident, its media, such as its full steam, reported it. Despite the newspaper's bad advantage, you can see the discussion about the eavesdropping event everywhere on YouTube or Facebook. When you open Google search keywords, you can see the news on the home page Adverse group reports.

In a word, it's not covered up at all. It's totally naked and hostile. This is terrible! Adrian's words that night are now known to almost all. Now they are the first to take the upper hand, and they are doing so in such a big way that the situation is very unfavorable to News Corporation.

How could they know that the news of the world was eavesdropping. Murdoch couldn't help thinking that. You know, he didn't know that very well. Is Did they find out? The old man's brow was deeply frowned. According to the information collected at present, the reports on eavesdropping began to appear two weeks ago. However, the rich News Corporation has rich contacts, and with their help, they all put an end to it.

However, although those reports did not have much impact, they left an impression on many people. So it was the former news of the world employee who came forward to testify. With a lot of evidence, the guardian, the rival of the news group, and the AC media spared no effort to support it, especially involving the royal family, so the situation expanded rapidly.

However, Blair has left office again. The prime minister now in office is Gordon Brown. He has a very general relationship with news corporation. He often appears in the public as a conservative but liberal minded person. He will certainly support the investigation The more Murdoch thinks. The tighter the frown.

Finally, he pressed the call button: "Mr. Miller? Please inform the flight crew immediately. I need to go to London at once

The guardian's report about the news of the world eavesdropping on the royal family's life has swept across Britain and even Europe with the help of some people. Under the supervision of the house of Commons, Scotland Yard had to start a serious investigation, and then various kinds of wind and clouds began to emerge. At one time, many cases were involved, and at the other time, the senior level of the newspaper did not know. There will be evidence that News Corp. is exerting pressure with its influence, etc.

However, Murdoch believes that he can handle these problems. Even if the AC media helps, they are still in a bit of a hurry if they wait for a year. When Brown has full control of Downing Street, he will face more difficulties. But now, although Blair has resigned, his influence remains. Coupled with News Corporation's deep-rooted connections in the UK, AC media may have the upper hand for a while, but it will never last.

However. What he didn't expect was that two weeks later, News Corp. suffered a heavy blow from the United States. When it came to August, it suddenly broke out that News Corporation was suspected of eavesdropping on the phone calls of 911 victims, which immediately drew the attention of Americans who had only wanted to watch the show. For Americans, 9 / 11 has become a counter scale. Some people may think that it is immoral for the Bush administration to launch the Iraq war, but they absolutely support the retaliation of September 11.

In this case, the fact that this kind of incident was exposed with certain evidence and the reports were biased to a certain extent, undoubtedly ignited the anger of some Americans. Immediately, some members of Parliament cooperated with the proposal to let the FBI thoroughly investigate the matter. Murdoch finally began to take it seriously. Although the British side is important, it is definitely not worth the loss if it is robbed of the foundation of the United States.

Fortunately, George W. Bush is still in office, and he is still confident that he can control the development of this matter, but soon things began to develop in an uncontrolled direction.

On August 4, Bear Stearns, the fifth largest investment bank in the United States, announced that its hedge funds would stop redeeming. In the eyes of ordinary people, it was a big blow. It's not that no one is aware of the possibility of subprime mortgage crisis, but either they think it's not so fast, or they can only ignore it for some reason.

However, when Bear Stearns announced that it would stop redemptions, it was clear to everyone that it meant one thing, that the subprime crisis was officially and completely irresistible. Then, European and American stock markets fell into a round of plummeting! Then Warren Specter, President of Bear Stearns, announced his resignation, and several mortgage agencies declared bankruptcy one after another. Although the Federal Reserve began to inject capital to rescue the market, it was unable to prevent the crisis from expanding, which 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 suffered a shock, the stock price fluctuation is not very big in the case of rescue. After all, they are not involved in the real estate industry. Even if someone shortens the stock of News Corporation since the eavesdropping incident, the loss is within the acceptable range. However, the next thing made News Corporation suffer a huge loss. In the continuous reports on the subprime mortgage crisis, News Corporation broke out again. Bernard Madoff, chairman of Madoff investment securities company, was suspected of Ponzi scam and was controlled by the police. Two senior executives of News Corporation also participated in it. The crime was that he might use his power to help Madoff cover up the fraud.In other words, the whole American financial crisis has never been a pound in the world. Bernard Madoff is also a leading figure on Wall Street. His asset management company's stable return of 1-2 per month has attracted numerous customers, all of them high-end customers. The Palm Beach Country Club founded by him is also famous in the industry. The name of "no admittance" has attracted many investors.

Such a big man is suspected of using the Ponzi scheme to deceive investors? How is that possible? But soon more and more evidence showed that Madoff's asset management company was indeed a Ponzi scheme. So under the guidance of some people, investors who lost a lot of money began to get angry. The News Corporation, which was forced to be linked together, had a negative impression in front of the public for eavesdropping on 9 / 11 victims. More and more people began to despise it.

"You, you should know. Barry, this has nothing to do with us! A lot of people let Madoff manage their own money. Are they helping the liar cover up the problem? " On the other end of the phone, he tried to suppress his anger. Murdoch, who talked in a peaceful tone, was extremely ugly and his hand holding the armrest was extremely tight.

Finally, he closed his eyes and slammed the microphone onto the landline. Murdoch has never been so tired. At the beginning, he was full of confidence. He didn't expect that it would become the situation in two or three months.

Two senior executives of News Corporation in charge of American affairs did invest in Madoff, but their private behavior had nothing to do with the group at that time. They should have been victims. Besides, none of the decent people in the investment banks were caught by Madoff. But those guys tried their best to tie News Corp. with this shocking fraud case! Damn it!

However, no one cares about the fact that it has been done. The same category can attract a large number of people just by changing an exaggerated special title. Just think about what you're criticizing, and then start looking at what you're criticizing. It's just a matter of doing the other way.

If it's all right at other times, it's now that ordinary people need a scapegoat to vent after the 9 / 11 eavesdropping incident and the subprime mortgage crisis. More to Murdoch's horror. AC media is definitely not the only one attacking News Corporation. All kinds of people behind the scenes who participated in the crackdown on AC media before now appear in the action of suppressing News Corporation.

The simplest example. Madoff's affairs would never have had such a great impact at other times. The loss he caused was not irreparable. It's not that no one can see Madoff's trick, but at the beginning, he took the upper line, had no contact with ordinary people, and he had a wide range of contacts, especially as a Jew. Wall Street also had to worry about his face, so the biggest possibility was that someone would come out to defend him, and then he turned into something big and small, and finally returned to the original track.

But not this time. The disastrous consequences caused by subprime mortgage triggered public anger. Wall Street must have an explanation. Madoff is just put in front as a scapegoat, and then What about a news corporation that has been affected by the eavesdropping incident and greatly increased its negative impression among Americans?

These bastards! These starving vampires! Murdoch beat the armrest again. If it was only AC media, he was confident that he would still be able to do something even in this situation. However, if everyone started to target News Corporation, it would be in jeopardy, let alone

Why are they so good at timing? This problem has been bothering Murdoch all the time, and the feeling of uneasiness is even better. Finally, he reached for the phone and reluctantly dialed a number.

"It's me, Sam, you can Can you get in touch with those two for me? " At this moment, he seemed to be several years older.

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under the blue sky, even though it is winter, the vegetation outside is still extremely green in the sun.

"So I like Los Angeles, which is definitely a good place in winter, even though it's less rainy." Adrian, sitting at the round table, said casually with a smile.

"You can't deny that New York has its advantages." Lei Shidong continued with a smile.

"Well, at least it's nice to walk down the drizzly streets of Manhattan in summer." Claude came up with a golf club, followed by Jeffrey bikes, President and CEO of Time Warner.

"Do you think, Rupert?" Redstone turned to Murdoch with a smile.

"Every place has a different place to be nostalgic." Murdoch laughs and shakes his head in his eyes.

It's been going on for some time, and although he's been leading the way, both sides have agreed to sit down and have a good talk, but until now he hasn't even talked about the subject, even though he's deliberately pulling Geoffrey Bix of time warner with Robert Iger of Disney. Of course, he understands that Murdoch has been in the media industry for decades, and it is difficult for him to accept the fact that he has been forced to his present position by his two younger generations. It is a sign of weakness to take the initiative to seek peace. If you can, I don't want to talk first.

Adrian and Claude, as rising stars, are young and proud. They were calculated by Murdoch a few months ago, and now they are finally forced to this place. Naturally, they are more willing to negotiate with Murdoch as winners. It is certainly not the first choice to speak first.This is very bad. Murdoch will speak sooner or later. After all, he put forward the peace talks first. But at that time, the peace talks will be very difficult. As the oldest media tycoon on the scene, Lei Shidong is not willing to see such a situation. After all, after all, the talents on Wall Street are the most worthy of attention.

Fortunately, the two young people of AC media were not ignorant of the overall situation. Soon Adrian began to guide the topic of subprime mortgage crisis: "obviously, everyone has a premonition. It's just not sure when it's going to happen. After all, no one can stop the flow of capital, just as it can't stop people from eating and drinking. "

He looked at Murdoch. With an indescribable smile: "if capital wants to flow, there must be transactions, but transactions are not limited to capital, or money. This is a very special word. In a sense, it can be regarded as the foundation of the United States. Trading can keep criminals who should be sentenced to death for decades in prison. Trading can make drug lords less likely to serve long sentences. Trading can make the police turn a blind eye to the petty crimes of a billionaire, a deal can make a congressman win the presidency, and a deal can make the president dare to violate the law There is nothing that can't be traded here, as long as you have enough chips. "

His gentle words echoed in the ears of several people. Although they were not very pleasant to hear, they were all true. None of them had ever walked through the gray area or had done business with the government.

"If it's thought-provoking," Murdoch finally said, "no wonder you have such an influence in Hollywood that some people even call you The king of Hollywood. "

Although he tried to use a relaxed tone to make himself look like a joke, the effect was not very good.

However, Adrian did not care, still with a smile: "you misunderstood, Rupert, I admit that this has played a lot of role, but most of it depends on my own efforts, just like AC media."

Murdoch is silent. Although his words seem to praise Adrian, the actual meaning is: don't you want to become the most powerful spokesman in Hollywood? I can give you another push.

But Adrian's answer is: No. He now has an influence in Hollywood that no one else can have. He's only one step from the top. He can go up without help. At the same time, he also vaguely said that he would not want to use compensation for the financing that was stirred up by Murdoch's intervention as a breakthrough. As far as the current financial environment is concerned, the financing of AC media will have a little impact, but it is not a big problem, so they will not consider it for the time being.

"Well, tell me what you want." Murdoch suddenly tired of this way of playing charades, anyway, the other side has more or less released the goodwill.

Adrian and Claude looked at each other, and then Claude said, "we don't want too much. We can ignore what you've done, and we can help News Corp deal with the hacking - it's a lot more influential than you think, Rupert. We can even help News Corp. stabilize and continue, and deal with Wall Street and the White House together. You know, those greedy guys don't want to control us all the time. We have only one demand. "

"We want you to quit, Rupert." Adrian then put out the answer, Murdoch's eyebrows involuntarily picked up, his face also became a little ugly.

"Don't worry, you can keep the position of an independent director on the board of directors, or you can simply consult News Corp. as an adviser. You can also be from the Murdoch family, and you can continue to direct behind the scenes. You don't even need to quit now, you can step down gracefully for physical reasons after these things have come to an end. We can exchange mutual trust through cross shareholding, and ensure that the person you want, who will listen to you, will be in that position. " Claude went on.

"This is our only request. You must give us an account." Adrian added.

Murdoch's face was a little red, then became cloudy and uncertain, the other several people, involuntarily took a breath, at the same time, the look also became subtle. This proposal seems to be very beneficial to News Corporation, but what is hidden behind it is hard to choose.

At this time, the two people who sing a song and a song smile at each other. This is yangmou. (to be continued. ）

PS: finally It's almost here Although I have been looking forward to this time, but really come, and all kinds of flavor. Of course, I will try my best to make a good ending. If I feel that I am not fit for the last taste, don't worry, because the essence is in the end.

Thank you.

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