Chapter 1135： I am a victim

Los Angeles, Century City, Fox Tower.

James Murdoch, who was restricted from leaving the country, still went to work on time to stabilize the somewhat disoriented minds of the 20th Century Fox.

Recently, the company is in poor condition. FBI agents come to investigate from time to time. Under the tremendous pressure of public opinion, government authorities and the huge group created by him and News Corp, they are like hunting dogs. Not let go of every clue.

The stock price seems to be crushed by this huge pressure.

Shareholders have been completely angered and demanded the Murdoch family to give an explanation.

How to explain this kind of thing? When making a profit, all were silent, but when something went wrong, the Murdoch family was left alone.

James Murdoch called New York again and received the latest instructions from his father Rupert Murdoch, asking him to visit Ronan Anderson of Relativity Entertainment.

Although his father became a fine old man, although there is no evidence, he guessed that behind this incident is inseparable from the entertainment of relativity.

For his father's vision, James Murdoch is still quite confident, but this guess makes him somewhat unacceptable.

He has been plotting relativity entertainment, waiting for the opportunity to appear, but the plan hasn’t really started yet. Relativity entertainment has targeted Twentieth Century Fox and News Corporation?

But think about it, this kind of possibility is also very big, after all, he has really eavesdropped Ronan Anderson, although he has not received any useful information.

James Murdoch asked his assistant to contact Relativity Entertainment, intending to visit him in the afternoon.

Then, he checked the latest situation of Relativity Entertainment through information and the Internet.

Relativity Entertainment is integrating Lucasfilm. The new "Star Wars" movie has begun script writing. The market value of the controlling Netflix is ​​close to 180 billion U.S. dollars, and the newly released movies are selling well.

A remake, called "Ace Agent", opened in North America last weekend, with a box office of 56.85 million US dollars in the first weekend.

Relativity entertainment has achieved another success in movies.

Even James Murdoch is numb to such a situation because it is so common.

It’s now March 2009. Last year some statistics have been released, even if movies like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Captain America" ​​are still in theaters, in the past year, Relativity Entertainment has won both North American and global box office The first place in the list.

"Avatar", "Beauty and the Beast", "Alice in Wonderland", "Iron Man 2", "Inception", "The Hunger Games" and "Captain America", etc., have made the Relativity Entertainment a history The first company to break tens of billions of dollars in the global box office.

Its global gross box office is as high as 11.6875 million US dollars.

Although "Avatar" contributed a quarter of it, the multi-faceted blossoming of relativity entertainment is also the key.

The mere division of the box office into one item crushed the total global box office of 20th Century Fox.

Even if it is impossible for Relativity Entertainment to have a super-popular such as "Avatar" again this year, judging from the release list announced by Embassy Pictures, the box office performance may not be worse than last year.

The most representative of these are "Avengers", "Transformers 2" and "Iron Man 3". According to the industry's judgment, these are all billion-dollar box office commercials worldwide.

Not surprisingly, Relativity Entertainment will once again create an annual global box office exceeding 10 billion.

Even more terrifying, the box office and last year's release year are only part of the revenue of these movies, and the surrounding areas will continue to create revenue for the Relativity entertainment in the coming years.

As far as James Murdoch knows, the project "Beauty and the Beast" is just Belle's skirts, and Relativity Entertainment has sold nearly $400 million in revenue in the global market.

This company, in order to sell skirts is simply frantic, let Belle change sets of sets in the movie, but each set is beautiful.

James Murdoch shook his head, temporarily put aside these thoughts, and returned to the "eavesdropping door" itself. This incident had too much influence on Twentieth Century Fox and News Corporation.

My family knows what I have done, the published data and cases, which may be wrong, but they are very rare.

In fact, what News Corporation has done is far more serious than what has been done publicly.

Continue to investigate, the situation will become more and more unfavorable.

I ate lunch alone at noon, went back to the office to take a break, and watched the progress of the incident. It was all negative news, as if the 20th Century Fox and News Corporation would completely collapse tomorrow.

When James Murdoch planned and acquiesced in those things, he never considered that he would face today's situation, and he didn't know what to do except to enlarge his moves.

Enlarging the trick doesn't seem to work very well. His father Rupert Murdoch was busy fighting fires and went around crisis public relations, and the effect was better than nothing.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, James Murdoch appeared on time in the reception room of the Relativity Building.

"It's been a long time, Ronan."

No matter how difficult the situation is, James Murdoch maintains a smile on his face in front of outsiders. While shaking hands with Ronan, he said: "Twentieth Century Fox and Relativity Entertainment are neighbors. You must move around frequently."

Ronan ignored James Murdoch’s faint gesture and said, "Unfortunately, a good neighbor installed a bug on my phone."

James Murdoch was a little surprised by Ronan’s directness, but he was not embarrassed at all. After all, he had anticipated such a situation when he came, and immediately said: "I am extremely sorry about this. But it really didn't come from me. I’ve never done it or thought about it.”

It’s a basic skill for a big man to find someone to hold back the pot. James Murdoch used it casually: “This is done by the people below. They are too courageous and dare to do anything. Ronan, don’t worry. I will definitely give you an explanation."

How could Ronan believe this kind of nonsense and said: "James, what is the truth of the matter? We don't need to discuss it here. I believe that the British and American governments will have a conclusion. So many people are waiting for a result."

James Murdoch said: "In any case, Ronan, I should apologize to you for this matter..."

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt James Murdoch, and asked, "I don't know if you came to see me this time, what's the matter?"

When talking so quickly to the topic, James Murdoch stopped going in circles, and said directly: "Ronan, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter can develop to the present point, with relativity entertainment and your promotion behind it."

Ronan was silent, and did not make any response for the time being.

James Murdoch frowned slightly, and simply asked: "Ronan, Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp. The relationship with Relativity Entertainment in the past was not very good, but it was not very bad. The Murdoch family is not blind. What do you want to do after doing so much?"

Hearing this questioning, Ronan couldn't help but laughed and said: "Mr. James Murdoch, you have figured out one thing. My girlfriend and I are both victims in this wiretap caused by News Corporation! "

His tone gradually increased: "I should ask you this, Mr. James Murdoch, News Corporation, 20th Century Fox, and the Murdoch family. What do you want to do to eavesdrop on the phone between me and Jesse?"

This stern attitude is completely different from Ronan in James Murdoch's impression.

In his eyes, Ronan Anderson has always been a relatively kind person, and he is rarely heard of angering someone in the industry.

"I don't mean anything else." James Murdoch thought of the recent situation and quickly explained: "I just want to dispel the misunderstanding between us."

"Misunderstanding?" Ronan couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

James Murdoch still wanted to speak, but Ronan did not give him a chance: "You want to talk to me, you are not enough, let your father come."

"Ronan!" James Murdoch stared here.

Ronan waved his hand: "I still have work to do, so let's stop here."

He stopped paying attention to James Murdoch, got up and left the reception room. Connie then came in and smiled at James Murdoch: "Mr. Murdoch."

James Murdoch was silent and left the relativity entertainment in a complicated mood. After all, he is not an ordinary person. After careful consideration, he also understands that his identity may really not be equal to Ronan Anderson.

The other party is the richest man in the world, and his wealth is even richer than that of News Corp...

Back at the Fox Building, he immediately contacted his father Rupert Murdoch.

Rupert Murdoch is in London, and the situation there is very bleak.

The Special Committee of the British Parliament released a preliminary investigation report on News Corp’s telephone wiretapping series of scandals. This report severely accused Rupert Murdoch of turning a blind eye to wiretapping within the group and said it was not suitable for leading an international media group.

In this 85-page report, three conclusions aroused widespread concern.

First, the report stated that Rupert Murdoch and his sons “pretended to be ignorant” about the series of phone tapping incidents of "News of the World" reporters. UU reading is not suitable for leading News Corporation. The whole incident shows that News Corporation is There is a huge failure in the company's corporate governance.

Second, the report criticized more than a dozen news corporation executives and pointed out that they have been covering up scandals and misleading investigations, seriously interfering in judicial justice!

Third, the British government and parliament are considering that if News Corporation still insists that this is a ‘small mistake’, it will force the Murdoch family to sell a series of media management rights such as Sky TV and The Times.

Including the Royal Law Firm, which represents the royal family, and other law firms have also announced that they will file a lawsuit against News Corp.

In the face of such a severe situation, in order to preserve the Murdoch family’s media empire, Rupert Murdoch changed his previous denial and published a full-page apology letter on News Corp’s official website-we are a series of serious We apologize for the wrongdoing. We apologize for the suffering suffered by the victim. We regret not being able to take early action to solve the problem.

By now, the media tycoon fully understood that the incident was completely beyond his control.

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