Chapter 391

Under the strong operation of the westero system, in less than a week, another version of the story about the attack a few years ago came closer to the truth.

Janet's lawyer team also quickly launched a civil lawsuit against Matthew Broderick and other six people for malicious defamation of others' reputation, and demanded compensation ranging from 10 million to 50 million US dollars, including 10 million US dollars for mark Stein and 50 million US dollars for Matthew Broderick.

Careful media found that $10 million is obviously a bottom line. Matthew Broderick's $50 million compensation is just 10 times the other party's current wealth.

What's more, Matthew Broderick and others' lion talk big. Even if they can really win and get the full claim, the amount of compensation is far within Simon's range.

By contrast, if Simon wins the lawsuit, it will mean that the Matthew Broderick six will not only have to pay off all their family assets, but also their remaining debts will mean that they will be hard to turn over for the rest of their lives. Not only that, after losing the lawsuit, the six are likely to face imprisonment.

In addition to fighting back in the media, Simon's lawyers also applied to the Los Angeles Santa Monica police department to re investigate the attack in the summer of 1986, so as to prove the innocence of the client and return the truth to the public. When the Los Angeles Times exposed the news, Simon immediately took the initiative in public opinion.

If Simon westero doesn't have enough confidence, he won't ask the local police to restart the investigation.

Under the close supervision of the media, no matter how influential westero is, the local police do not dare to do anything for personal gain.

Although we didn't leave a detailed case file at the beginning, it's not difficult to find out the whole story even after four years because there are many people involved.

Therefore, when the Los Angeles Santa Monica police department held a press conference to officially restart the investigation of the original attack, the six people who were very active in front of the media were obviously at a loss for a while. Mark Stein, who was once again fitted with dentures, fiercely attacked the Santa Monica police department in an interview. It was impossible for the San Monica police department to investigate the real truth, only to find out the truth It's going to be the truth Simon westero wants.

In the face of reporters' questioning, mark Stein's logic is that Simon westero has huge wealth and powerful influence, which is enough to manipulate the investigation results. Simon's lawyers haven't responded yet, but the attack obviously angered the Santa Monica police department, which quickly attracted official refutation.

Then, the Santa Monica police announced a major breakthrough in the case.

Baseball bat.

Although the case was not officially filed at the beginning, the baseball bat on the night of the attack was retained, only to be left in the corner of the police evidence room for several years.

The attack left a deep impression on the police and the doctors who rushed to the rescue, especially the baseball bat held by the young man at that time. Many people clearly remember that it took a lot of efforts to remove the baseball bat held by the young man.

At a public press conference, the Santa Monica police chief personally told reporters about the baseball bat with a lot of DNA traces of Simon westero and five other teenagers. Although there was no additional information, the media immediately made the corresponding interpretation.

The brand baseball bat made of high-quality oak had a market price of $200 that year. Not only that, the baseball bat also has the signatures of two baseball stars.

According to Simon westero's original status as a temporary supermarket clerk, even if he could barely afford the $200 baseball bat itself, he could not get the star's signature.

So baseball bats can't belong to Westeros.

Since the baseball bat doesn't belong to Simon westero, it's hard to establish Matthew Brodrick's story that Simon westero attacked six of them with a baseball bat.

However, mark Stein, one of the six youths, once again made a big rant to the media, firmly denying that the baseball bat belonged to several of his own people, and accusing Simon that he might not be able to pay for the baseball bat, but he might have stolen it.

Just after mark Stein made these remarks, several old acquaintances of the other party came forward one after another to testify that the baseball bat belonged to mark Stein himself. It was a personal item that Stein liked very much. Because he had the signatures of two baseball stars at the same time, he often took it out to show off in front of the public.

Then, mark Stein changed his words again and admitted that the baseball bat was his own, but Simon westero took the initiative in the original attack, and he was taken away by the other side in the process of defending himself with the baseball bat.

This kind of self contradiction is almost nonsense, which makes a large part of the media and the public who originally stood on the side of the group of six change their attitude.

In the turmoil of the attack, the news that Denise entertainment and the three major trade unions have reached a settlement seems less attractive.However, the circle is still paying close attention to this matter.

Before the settlement of the lawsuit, the resignation of George COGO, chairman of the Western Branch of the American writers' Union, was first followed by Denise Entertainment's public announcement that it would temporarily abandon its plan to build a film and television production base in Toronto. Finally, the three trade unions signed an almost unconditional settlement agreement with Denise entertainment, and then the lawsuit was withdrawn.

When this lawsuit may block the settlement of danielis Entertainment's acquisition of MCA, people's eyes are suddenly attracted to the east coast of the United States.

In December, as Christmas draws near, Simon westero and his wife Janet westero attend the annual White House banquet for congressmen, journalists and social elites.

On the second day of the banquet, Simon westero also accepted the president's invitation and held a 30 minute public meeting with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House, mainly discussing the current economic problems facing the United States and solutions.

This is naturally a show. Bush hopes to reverse his negative image of not caring about the internal affairs of the United States. Simon got the Justice Department's approval for westero's acquisition of Bell Atlantic.

One week before Christmas, after reaching some restrictive agreements with the US Department of justice and the US Federal Communications Commission on Nokia and other issues, the two major government agencies approved the acquisition of Bell Atlantic by westero.

On December 20, after quietly completing the year-end settlement, westero officially transferred its overseas funds in cersei fund management company back to China, and paid a huge tax of up to $2.29 billion at one time.

The New York Post on the east coast and the Los Angeles Times on the west coast also exposed a huge check of $2.29 billion used by westero company to pay taxes, and ridiculed that the check was enough to be included in the Guinness world record.

Westero did not miss this opportunity to create a public image. It focused on the media to show that most of the money was earned from overseas. Simon westero hardly used any tax avoidance methods to pay taxes, which is a manifestation of a strong sense of social responsibility.

On December 21, the last working day of the week before Christmas, the day after the two major paper media platforms exposed westero's tax cheques, westero officially signed an acquisition agreement with Bell Atlantic.

At the same day's press conference, James Leibold, President of westero company, who participated in the signing ceremony, also announced that in view of the current economic situation in the United States, westero company, as a company with a strong sense of social responsibility, publicly guaranteed that Bell Atlantic would not make any layoffs in the next year.

Moreover, as Bell Atlantic strengthens its investment in mobile communications and Internet, Bell Atlantic is expected to create at least 1000 additional jobs in the next few years.

Such a public promise once again won a lot of favor for westero at the media and public level.

After the signing of the agreement, westero is expected to gradually complete the cash settlement of Bell Atlantic shareholders within two weeks after Christmas.

On the Hollywood side, after the release of "red powder alliance" on November 23, as of December 20, four weeks after the opening of the painting, the box office quickly reached $70.33 million. During the week from December 14 to December 20, the box office of "red powder League" was $10.92 million. Although the box office of "red powder League" may drop to less than $10 million from next week, the film of women's baseball theme is sure to make it into the box office Club of 100 million yuan.

Dancing with wolves, which ended its seventh week, grossed $49.56 million.

Although far behind the fans League, the box office curve of the film, which has won six important nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, is very stable.

Robert Altman's Venice Golden Lion award work the intersection of life, which was released on December 7, has 613 screens.

Relying on the good reputation and the excellent publicity of gaomen film team, we got $7.38 million box office in the first seven days of the week.

In the second week, the number of screens of "intersection of life" appropriately increased to 823, and the box office also went down to $8.63 million.

As a wonderful group play, this film shows the life of ordinary people in Los Angeles. Because there are no big stars and many actors only get basic pay, the final budget is only $8 million.

In two weeks, the film's $16.01 million box office in North America has made the film recover all the production costs.

Simon didn't expect the box office of "intersection of life" very much. At first, he expected that the total box office in North America would only be about $20 million. However, judging from the two-week box office curve, the film's total box office in North America is likely to hit the $50 million mark.

However, although the box office of "intersection of life" exceeded expectations, Denise entertainment has no intention of adjusting its PR strategy for the award season.

"Dancing with Wolves" will remain the public relations focus of this year's Oscars.Even so, "intersection of life" has successfully won the Golden Globe Award for best film, best director and best screenwriter. In addition, the Golden Globe Awards Committee also plans to set up a "special group Drama Award" to honor the film's excellent performance in group drama.

After his short-term success at the end of the 1970s, Robert Altman was almost forgotten in the early 1980s because of the failure of several films in succession, and once he could only mix with the European film circle.

With the success of "the crossroads of life", the veteran director once again entered the mainstream vision of Hollywood, and his career began to be full of vitality.

In the face of the olive branch thrown out by other studios, Robert Altman was not moved. Although he didn't sign a contract at the beginning, he still said publicly that he was looking forward to cooperating with Denise entertainment for the next film.

On December 21, with the festive atmosphere, Denise Entertainment's year-end blockbuster "kid in charge" was officially released.

Under Simon's personal arrangement, the number of opening screens of the film reached 2676, which became the highest at the end of 1990. The publicity campaign of the film is also far more than that of other festival atmosphere films in the same period. Before the start of the painting, only in terms of advertising publicity investment, the budget scale has exceeded 12 million US dollars, and the overall publicity budget has reached 15 million US dollars.

Obviously, as long as the box office of the film meets the expectation, the budget investment in the later stage can easily exceed the final production cost of 18 million US dollars.

However, the competition for this Christmas file is also quite fierce.

In addition to kid's home, there are three new films with more than 1000 screens. After Arnold Schwarzenegger quit, he chose another tough guy actor, Shanger Winton, to play in Universal Pictures' new film kindergarten Swat, Brian De Palma's new film vanity campfire, and Paul, the hero of the 1980s blockbuster Crocodile Dundee series The comedy "like an angel" starring Luo Hogan.

MGM produced the Cold War spy film "home of Russia" starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, with a screen size of more than 700.

Finally, there are four other small-scale new films on the opening screen, ranging from a few to two or three hundred.

Taken together, on December 21, the number of new films registered in North American Theaters reached 9..

After winning Bell Atlantic, Simon stayed with Janet at Greenwich Manor on the east coast for Christmas week.

Because it's Christmas, Sophia faessy is also here, planning to take a week off.

Maybe it's because she's always looking forward to having a baby. Janet likes Sophia's children very much, and they have lunch together on Christmas day.

As for the acquisition of MCA, the biggest obstacle of the three major trade union lawsuits was solved, and Denise entertainment began to contact with the management of MCA again.

The United Nations has issued an ultimatum to Iraq, demanding that Iraqi troops withdraw from Kuwait by January 15 next year.

Simon knows that this is also the last time that danilisi entertainment can easily win the MCA. Once the war ends in the form of devastation and the U.S. stock market rebounds rapidly, it will have another twists and turns.

However, on the surface, Denise entertainment team is still step-by-step, and did not show any urgency.

After all, Simon, who knows all about the future economic trends, is eager to finalize the acquisition before the war breaks out, and so is MCA.

After the two world wars, almost all the wars suffered by the United States had a negative impact on its domestic economy. Therefore, experts and media in the United States generally predict that once the war in the Middle East breaks out, it will mean that the U.S. stock market will fall again. If the Middle East War falls into a long-term stalemate like the Vietnam War, the US economy will be further aggravated.

Therefore, both Denise entertainment and MCA shareholders are looking forward to the completion of the acquisition before January 15 next year.