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If Simon Westeros did not have enough confidence, he would not have taken the initiative to ask the local police station to restart the investigation.

Such a major event that attracted much attention, under the close supervision of the media, no matter how influential Westeros is, the local police department would not dare to do any favoritism.

Although no detailed case files were left at the beginning, because many people were involved, it is not difficult to investigate the ins and outs of the matter clearly even after four years have passed.

Therefore, when the Santa Monica Police Department in Los Angeles held a press conference and publicly stated that they had officially restarted 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 had put on dentures again In an interview, he fiercely attacked the Santa Monica Police Department, it is impossible to investigate the real truth, it will only be the truth that Simon Westero wants.

Facing the reporter's questioning, Mark Stein gave the logic that Simon Westeros has a huge net worth and strong influence, enough to manipulate the results of the investigation.Simon's legal team has not yet responded, but such an attack clearly angered the Santa Monica Police Department, which quickly attracted an official refutation.

Immediately afterwards, the Santa Monica Police Department publicly announced a major breakthrough in the case.

baseball bat.

Although no case was formally filed at the time, the baseball bat from the night of the attack has been preserved, but it has been sitting 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 that the boy held tightly in his hand at that time. Take down the baseball bat you hold tightly in your hand.

At the public press conference, the chief of the Santa Monica Police Department personally temporarily released the baseball bat with a large amount of DNA traces from Simon Westeros and five other teenagers to reporters.Although no more information was attached, the media immediately interpreted it accordingly.

The market price of the branded baseball bat made of high-quality oak wood reached 200 US dollars that year.Not only that, but the baseball bat is also signed by two baseball stars.

According to Simon Westero's status as a temporary clerk in the supermarket, even if he could barely afford the $200 price of the baseball bat itself, it would be impossible to get a star's signature.

Therefore, a baseball bat cannot belong to Westeros.

Since the baseball bat does not belong to Simon Westeros, it is difficult for Matthew Broderick and others to say that Simon Westero attacked the six of them with a baseball bat.

However, Mark Stein, one of the six youths, once again rants to the media, resolutely denying that the baseball bat belonged to several of them, and accused Simon that he might not be able to pay for the baseball bat, but he probably stole it.

Just after Mark Stein made these remarks, several old acquaintances of the other party came forward to testify that the baseball bat belonged to Mark Stein himself. It was a personal item that Stein liked very much, because he had two A baseball star's signature, which he often shows off in front of everyone.

Immediately, Mark Stein changed his words again, admitting that the baseball bat was indeed his own, but it was still Simon Westero who initiated the original attack, and he was taken away by the other party in the process of self-defense with the baseball bat.

This self-contradictory sophistry, which is almost nonsense, has changed the attitude of a large part of the media and the public who were originally on the side of the Six.

Amidst the turmoil of the attack, the news that Daenerys Entertainment reached a settlement with the three major labor unions seemed less attractive.

However, the circle is still paying close attention to this matter.

Prior to the settlement of the lawsuit, it was first accompanied by the resignation of George Cogo, the chairman of the Western Chapter of the Writers Guild of America. Immediately afterwards, Daenerys Entertainment publicly stated that it would temporarily abandon the plan to build a film and television production base in Toronto.In the end, the three major unions signed an almost unconditional settlement agreement with Daenerys Entertainment and dropped the suit immediately.

When the settlement of the lawsuit that may hinder Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of MCA, everyone's attention was suddenly drawn to the east coast of the United States.

Entering December, Christmas is approaching, Simon Westero and his wife Janet Westero attended the White House's annual grand banquet for members of Congress, media reporters and social elites.

On the second day of the banquet, Simon Westero also accepted the invitation of the president and held a 10-minute meeting with President George Bush in the Oval Office of the White House, mainly discussing the current economic problems facing the United States and how to solve them. road.

This is naturally a show, and Bush hopes to reverse his negative image of not caring about US internal affairs.What Simon got was the approval of the Ministry of Justice for Westeros' acquisition of Bell Atlantic.

A week before Christmas, two government agencies approved Westeros' bid to acquire Bell Atlantic, after part of a restrictive agreement was reached with the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Communications Commission on matters including Nokia.

On December 12, after quietly completing the year-end settlement, Westeros officially transferred its overseas funds in Cersei Fund Management Company back to China, and paid a huge tax of up to 20 billion US dollars in one lump sum.

The "New York Post" on the east coast and the "Los Angeles Times" on the west coast simultaneously exposed an oversized check of up to 22.9 billion US dollars used by the Westeros Corporation to pay taxes, and ridiculed this tax check, which is enough Included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Westeros Corporation did not let go of this opportunity to shape the public image, and focused on exaggerating through the media that most of the money was earned from overseas. Simon Westeros hardly used any tax avoidance methods to pay taxes. It is a manifestation of a strong sense of social responsibility.

On December 12, the last working day of the week before Christmas, Westeros formally signed an acquisition agreement with Bell Atlantic.

At the press conference that day, James Raybould, president of Westeros, who participated in the signing ceremony, also announced that in view of the current economic situation in the United States, as a company with a sense of social responsibility, Westeros publicly assured that, In the next year, Bell Atlantic will not undertake any layoffs.

Not only that, as Bell Atlantic strengthens investment in the two major business areas of mobile communications and the 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 goodwill for Westeros Corporation in the media and the public.

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

In Hollywood, after "League of Pink" was released on November 11, as of December 23, within four weeks of its opening, the box office quickly reached 12 million US dollars. In the week from December 20th to December 7033th, the weekly box office of "Pink League" was 12 million US dollars. Although the weekly box office may fall to less than 14 million US dollars starting next week, this women's baseball-themed film has already It is certain that it will be able to squeeze into the 12 million box office club.

"Dances with Wolves", which ended its seventh week of release, has a cumulative box office of 4956 million US dollars.

While it's nowhere near "The League of Pink," the box office curve for the film, which has already racked up six major nominations at the Golden Globes, has been solid.

On December 12, Robert Altman's Venice Golden Lion Award work "The Intersection of Life" opened with 7 screens.

Relying on good word-of-mouth and the excellent publicity of the Gaomen Films team, it got a box office of 738 million U.S. dollars in the first seven days.

In the second week of its opening, the number of screens of "Crosspoint of Life" increased appropriately to 823, and the box office also experienced a reversal, reaching 863 million US dollars.

As a wonderful interlocking ensemble play, this film shows the ukiyo-e life of ordinary citizens in Los Angeles. Because no big-name stars are used, and many actors participating in the show only receive basic remuneration, the final budget is only 800 million. Dollar.

In two weeks, the film's total North American box office of US$1601 million has allowed the film to recover all production costs.

Simon didn't have much expectations for the box office of "The Intersection of Life". The total North American box office was originally expected to be only about 2000 million US dollars.However, judging from the two-week box office curve, the film's total box office in North America is likely to hit the $5000 million mark.

However, although the box office of "Life Crossing Point" exceeded expectations, Daenerys Entertainment has no intention of adjusting the public relations strategy of the awards season.

"Dances with Wolves" will still be the focus of this year's Oscar PR.

Even so, "The Intersection of Life" successfully won three Golden Globe nominations for Best Drama, Best Director and Best Screenplay.Moreover, the Golden Globe Committee also plans to set up a "Special Ensemble Award", which is dedicated to commending the wonderful performance of this film in ensemble performance.

After Robert Altman's short-lived glory at the end of the 70s, he was almost forgotten in the early 80s because of the failure of several consecutive films, and he could only be in the European film circle for a time.

With the success of "The Intersection of Life", this veteran director has once again entered the mainstream Hollywood vision, and his career has regained its vitality.

Faced with the olive branches thrown by other studios, Robert Altman was unmoved. Although he did not sign many contracts at the beginning, he still publicly stated that he was looking forward to continuing to cooperate with Daenerys Entertainment in the next film.

On December 12st, with the festive atmosphere, Daenerys Entertainment's biggest hit at the end of the year, "Home Alone", was officially released.

Under Simon's personal arrangement, the number of screens opened for this film reached 2676, making it the film with the highest number of screens opened at the end of 1990.The promotional campaign of the film is far more than other festive movies in the same period. Before the filming started, the budget for advertising and distribution has exceeded 1200 million US dollars, and the overall publicity and distribution budget has reached 1500 million US dollars.

Obviously, as long as the box office of the film meets expectations, the budget investment in the later period can easily exceed the final production cost of the film of 1800 million US dollars.

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

In addition to "Home Alone", there are three other new films with more than 1000 opening screens. After Arnold Schwarzenegger quit, he chose another tough guy actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. The film industry's new film "Kindergarten SWAT", Brian De Palma's new film "Bonfire of Vanities" and the comedy film "Like an Angel" starring Paul Hogan, the leading actor in the 80s blockbuster "Crocodile Dundee" series.

MGM produced the Cold War spy film "Russia House" starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, and the opening screen scale also exceeded 700 yuan.

Finally, there are four other small-scale new films released on the screen with a price ranging from a few yuan to two or 300 yuan.

Taken together, in the week of December 12, the number of new films that entered North American theaters reached 21. .

Successfully won the Bell Atlantic, and Simon stayed with Janet in Greenwich Manor on the east coast during Christmas week.

Because it was Christmas, Sofia Fishy also rushed over and planned to take a week's vacation.

Probably because she has been looking forward to being pregnant with a baby, Janet likes Sofia's children very much, and they even had lunch together on Christmas Day.

With regard to the acquisition of MCA, Daenerys Entertainment resumed contact with MCA management after resolving the biggest hurdle of the three major labor union lawsuits.

The United Nations has issued an ultimatum to Iraq, requiring Iraqi troops to withdraw from Kuwait before January 1 next year.

Simon knew that this was also the last chance for Daenerys Entertainment to easily win the MCA.Once the war ends in a catastrophic way and the U.S. stock market rebounds quickly, this matter will have another twists and turns.

However, on the surface, Daenerys Entertainment's team is still step by step, without showing any eagerness.

After all, Simon, who is well aware of future economic trends, very much hopes to finalize the acquisition before the outbreak of war, and the same is true for MCA.

Almost all of the wars that the United States has encountered after the two world wars have had a negative impact on the domestic economy.Therefore, experts and media in the United States generally predict that once a war breaks out in the Middle East, it will definitely mean another drop in the US stock market.If the war in the Middle East falls into a long-term stalemate like the Vietnam War, the US economy will be further aggravated.

Therefore, both Daenerys Entertainment and MCA shareholders actually expect the acquisition to be finalized before January 1 next year.

Chapter 392 Unexpected box office (repair)

"This is the profile of the Latin American child who drew the special thank-you letter. She is from Brazil, and her name is Karina Rosa. She is 11 years old this year. Unfortunately, this girl dropped out of school last year. Her family is still in difficulty. News reports of little value."

"UNICEF said that if necessary, they can arrange for the person in charge of receiving the donation to be interviewed by the media."

"I think these news should not be released all at once. It is best to leave most of the information to other media to actively dig out, otherwise it will be easily questioned by the public about the deliberate arrangement."

"There is also the matter that Davis Condy among those six people wants to settle. According to the evidence that the Santa Monica police now have, even if the parties do not admit it, it is enough to prove their crimes. However, accept the settlement and let the other party If you take the initiative to confess the truth of the original incident, things will be more secure."

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In a conference room at the Shell House at Point Dume Estate in Malibu.

The legal team and public relations team responsible for the attack four years ago sat around the large conference table and discussed each other.

Janet sat in the middle of one side of the conference table, with George Norman, the head of the legal team, and Pat Kingsley, the head of the public relations team, on the left and right.

After patiently listening to other people's discussions in the conference room, Janet directly ordered: "Tomorrow, arrange for the Los Angeles Times to report the ins and outs of the $50. However, don't let it go completely, and continue to guide other media to dig out more detailed information. If necessary, they can take the initiative to provide them with materials."

Today is July 12th, Thursday.

These days, the investigation and public opinion on the attack four years ago were completely on Simon's side. However, Janet, who was completely annoyed, did not relax at all.

In order not to link everything Simon owns with the "dirty money" that Matthew Broderick used for the settlement, Janet patiently did not announce the truth immediately in the face of the media's discussion, but let people After carefully collecting all the information about the fund that was donated to UNICEF until an irrefutable chain of evidence was cleared up, this time I decided to make this matter public.

The reason for being so cautious is that Janet understands that if she only relies on a "special thank you letter" that is still kept in the Shell Villa of Cape Dume Manor, if no tangible evidence can be found afterwards, it will only be counterproductive to announce it in advance.

After all, it is hard for anyone to believe that a penniless poor boy would donate $50 without hesitation.

Continuing to discuss the $50 matter with everyone, Janet finally swept around the faces of everyone in the conference room and said: "As for the settlement, don't let me hear such suggestions again, I don't accept the settlement, I Let those bastards go bankrupt and go to jail."

Sensing the unquestionable coldness in Janet's tone, everyone else was a little bit silent, and the lawyer who just proposed to accept the settlement couldn't help shrinking his neck.

After Janet finished speaking, seeing that no one spoke out, she lowered her head and glanced at the memo in front of her to confirm that she hadn't forgotten anything else, then closed the notebook and said, "Then, today's meeting ends here."

Everyone in the conference room got up and left one after another. George Norman and Pat Kingsley stayed at the end and discussed some trivial matters with Janet. George Norman finally asked with a smile: "Jenny, what should you and Simon do tonight?" Won't you miss the party at Daenerys Studios?"

Because it is the end of the year, although it is a working day, there are various parties in Hollywood almost every day these days. Daenerys Entertainment also arranged a party in Daenerys Studios tonight to thank Dany for this year. A gathering of Neris Entertainment co-filmmakers.

I am very familiar with it in private, and Janet was not as serious as she was at the meeting just now. She looked at her watch and said, "Simon said that he can come back at seven o'clock, so he must go there."

After Christmas, after returning from the East Coast, Simon went to San Francisco in the last few days to discuss the development plan for 1991 with several company executives including Eaglet.

As Jennifer's uncle, George Norman naturally knew about this, and his niece, who had been staying at his house, also rushed to San Francisco with Simon these days.

Regarding the relationship between Jennifer and Simon, both George Norman and the parents of the female assistant are well aware of it.

Before Simon and Janet got married, the Rayboulds expected their daughter to take Simon over. After the wedding at the beginning of the year, because of Simon's increasing personal wealth and power, for various reasons, the Rayboulds almost acquiesced. The relationship between Simon and his own daughter is unclear.

George Norman thought about this, so he naturally wouldn't mention it in front of Janet, and said, "I'll be there tonight too, and I plan to introduce some friends to Simon."

"Of course no problem," Janet nodded, and said, "If you need additional invitations, you can call Amy directly."

George Norman shook his head and smiled, "You don't need to bother Pascal with such trivial matters."

After seeing off George Norman and Pat Kingsley, Janet returned to the villa and called Simon, who said they would not board the plane in an hour. After chatting for a while, Janet called to stay The AB two girls at home accompany themselves to the cloakroom on the third floor to prepare for tonight's party.

In San Francisco, he stayed at Eaglet's headquarters until six o'clock in the afternoon before Simon finally rushed to the airport to return to Los Angeles.

In addition to the female assistant, the housekeeper Alice Ferguson and Peter Butler, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times whom Simon had known for a long time, accompanied him.

Peter Butler will officially leave the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper after the New Year and join Eaglet, mainly responsible for the news and financial information sections of the Eaglet portal.

After America Online signed an exclusive agreement with the three major operators, the growth rate of the number of World Wide Web users increased again in the last quarter of 1990. Counting the growth of World Wide Web access users in other regions, as of now, the number of Internet users relying on the World Wide Web has officially Breaking through the million mark, this growth rate is even better than Simon's best prediction.

Therefore, Simon has readjusted his plan and plans to formally make efforts in the Internet field early next year.

Eaglet, AOL and Cisco, the three core companies that Simon has deployed in the Internet field, have been discussing various plans for next year since last month.Moreover, also last month, Eaglet began to build another two data centers with a capacity of 200 million users on the east and west coasts, which are expected to be opened in mid-January next year.

In mid-January 1991, it happened to be the time when the Gulf War broke out.

The cloud computing plan has been advancing in secret. However, because it involves many technical problems that need to be solved, this matter needs enough time, and many other plans of Ygritte cannot wait.

Once the two data centers under construction are completed, the total user capacity of the Eaglet data center will reach 500 million levels, which will definitely not be used up in the short term. Therefore, Eaglet will start the Carol Ba The one-stop website solution plan proposed by Cici last year provides server space and website solutions to business users who intend to develop Internet site business.

The early implementation of this business plan will not only increase Eaglet’s revenue, but also further enrich Internet content resources.

However, this is actually only one of the development plans finalized in recent days.

In addition to Carol Butts' plan, starting early next year, Igret will also make efforts in the media and social fields at the same time, and the joining of Peter Butler this time is one of them.In addition, Jeff Bezos has been digging out outstanding media professionals in various fields to join Eaglet in recent months.

After Simon's plan to cooperate with the Hearst Group failed a few months ago, Igret completely gave up the plan of relying on other media platforms to obtain information and began to build his own news media team.

In January next year, actually just a few days later, the new version of Igret Portal Wanzhang will be officially launched.

At that time, Eaglet Portal will not only launch the first-generation simple search engine function that has been secretly developed for a year, but also expand the media layout to 11 channels including news, finance, sports, entertainment, fashion, and technology. , such as the news channel, will also be divided into domestic news, international news, picture news and other types of sub-channels.

In the field of social networking, after a year of technology accumulation, Eaglet's personal homepage will be split into column blogs and micro-blogs, and user groups will begin to be subdivided.

At the same time, in order to guide users' enthusiasm for blogging, Eaglet will hold various online activities with cash or gift rewards every month for the next year.

In addition, the mailboxes, forums, and online games of the Igret Portal will all be revised one after another.The e-commerce business, which Simon has handed over to the housekeeper, will also test the waters in the next year.

The number of users reaches millions. Although it is still difficult to obtain considerable income like newspaper media of the same magnitude, it is also a media platform that cannot be underestimated.Moreover, Simon also hopes that through efforts in the next year, the number of World Wide Web users will break through the 1991 million mark in 500.

As long as the number of users reaches 500 million, with the subsequent growth of users, Eaglet Portal can start to build a complete Internet business ecosystem with profit potential.

In order to achieve this goal, Simon simply did not set a budget limit for Ygritte this year.