Janet was quick and flew to Melbourne with her assistant and three little ones after the weekend.

Jennifer didn't really want to go to Australia, mainly because she was worried about the embarrassment of facing the Johnston family, and she also wanted to stay with Simon all the time. Simon and his wife persuaded together, and the female assistant reluctantly agreed.

Veronica followed.

This is something that Simon and Janet are reluctant to, there are many things to deal with these days, and what Simon needs most is someone who is absolutely reliable.

Veronica was very persistent about returning to Australia, and said that this was her original travel plan, but when Janet asked why, she was reluctant to explain.

Simon did not object in the end.

Before leaving in the morning, the female assistant repeatedly reminded Simon not to run to the Oscars in the evening.

Today is March 21, and the 66th Academy Awards take place tonight.

Recently, it is not suitable for public appearance, and even if he won a nomination for Best Screenplay again for "The Lion King", Simon did not have any thoughts of attending the awards ceremony, and naturally agreed to the advice of the female assistant.

This time back to Australia, the woman and children did not take a Boeing 767 that can fly directly to Melbourne at home, but chartered the first class cabin of an ordinary civil aviation Boeing 747. Simon admits that he is a little oversensitive, but he insists that there is nothing wrong with being careful. If it weren't for Janet's unnecessary, he would have even wanted the woman and the children to fly to Australia on different planes.

The contents of the assassin's suicide note from the last assassination gave Simon a big reminder.

If Simon does have an accident, the federal estate tax rate of 50% could make a big windfall for the U.S. government, and many people could even 'eat their heads'.

Simon whispered to Janet over the weekend that he would be revising a will in the near future.

After the will is amended, if something does happen, Simon does not intend to leave any of his assets to the U.S. government unless the federal top brass completely tears his face and plays a big trick in front of the world.

Of course, this is just in case.

The key is to enhance your own strength, so that some people dare not do anything out of the ordinary even if they want to.

Progress has been made in the two investigations, the London girl exposure and the assassination of the other day.

The investigation team re-examined the assassin's apartment, which had been unattended, and accidentally found unfamiliar fingerprints that did not exist in the other party's known social circles, and the three M16 rifles used by the other party in the assassination attempt were actually the biggest flaws.

In addition, the Assassin's bank accounts, his contacts with people over the past period of time, etc., are important traces that can be traced on an ongoing basis.

Simon, on the other hand, got a report on the London girl exposure incident submitted by Martin Dinham, one of the heads of the family's intelligence team, on Sunday.

The mastermind behind the perseverance in revealing the news of the London Girls team to the British media did not surprise Simon in the slightest, it was the Hearst family.

The last time the people around the Westeros family tried to expose the details of the female assistant's pregnancy, Simon gave a warning, but the Hearst family did not stop, although they did not dare to reach out to Simon's people again, but continued to attack the Westeros system through the "San Francisco Chronicle" and other family media, and this London girl incident is still a small trick used by the other party.

Not only that, but Congressman David Melros, who is backed by the Hearst family, has recently been pushing for the House of Representatives to set up a special commission of inquiry to initiate an investigation into the Westeros system.

Simon initially wanted to be on good terms with an established media family like the Hearst family.

Even though there have been some minor frictions between the two sides in the past two years, Simon has maintained a business-as-business attitude and has not interfered with the cooperation between the subsidiaries in the system and the Hearst Group.

It's a pity that the Hearst family, which has been strong for nearly a century, did not realize that many things have changed from time to time, and after a little conflict with the Westeros system, they continued to maintain-for-tat with their usual arrogance, which eventually led to the irresolvable contradictions between the two sides.

Now that the other party is now like a maggot on the tarsal bone, Simon is no longer polite, and he no longer leaves room for it.

To go to war is.

At an impromptu Westeros system executive conference call on Monday morning, Simon officially announced his decision to cut ties with all of the Westeros system's media subsidiaries that have partnerships with each other.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW MORE SERIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS SUCH AS THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE HEARST GROUP'S MEDIA PLATFORMS ARE MORE INCLINED TO FASHION ENTERTAINMENT, AND MANY FAMOUS FASHION MAGAZINES SUCH AS COSMOPOLITAN ARE OWNED BY THE HEARST GROUP, SO WHETHER IT IS DAENERYS ENTERTAINMENT, MELISANDRE OR EVEN VARIOUS OTHER COMPANIES IN THE WESTEROS SYSTEM, THEY HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING IN A LARGE NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES UNDER THE HEARST GROUP UNTIL NOW.

In 1993, Westeros alone spent $65 million in advertising on Hearst media outlets.

All of these expenditures were halted starting March 21.

Not only that, but partners in the fields of technology, fashion, and entertainment that the Westeros system can influence will be asked to take sides.

There are many traditional media giants in North America, but the Westeros system is the only one.

So, take your pick!

The Hearst Group's turnover in 1993 reached $2.11 billion, and the $65 million in advertising revenue from the Westeros system accounted for more than 3% of the company's total annual revenue, which is definitely not an optional share.

Moreover, if the complete loss of this part of the income is not enough to make the Hearst Group break its bones, the Westeros system uses its influence to unite all partners to attack the Hearst Group in an all-out way, and it is impossible to make the other party indifferent.

And that's not the end of it.

In the past two years, Hearst Group has also begun to deploy the Internet, continuously investing in a number of new technology companies. The Hearst family, who were reluctant to cooperate with Igrete in terms of news content, recently quietly launched an electronic version of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Starting March 21, the three major portals of Ygritte, AOL and MSN, as well as the Google search engine and Facebook social network owned by Ygritt, will adopt a ruthless blocking strategy for new technology companies and Internet websites that are implicated in the Hearst family.

On the same day, after Simon's personal decision on Saturday and the completion of consultations with the New York Times Group on Sunday, the Eaglet portal and the New York Times simultaneously announced the cooperation on their respective media platforms.

Igrete not only published the general terms of the cooperation on the homepage of the portal, reiterating that Igrett did not have any intention of monopolizing the Internet media, but also published an article on the official website of the New York Times about the Clinton administration's push for a ban on offensive weapons.

The Boston Globe, which was acquired by The New York Times Group last year, will also launch an electronic edition in the near future, and will also be supported by traffic from the Eaglet portal.

In addition to news content sharing, the other two collaborations have also attracted strong attention from the industry.

The New York Times Group has taken a $30 million stake in Broadcast, an online radio station and audio resource site, for a 15 percent stake.

For many people who see this business at first sight, the first reaction is that it is too expensive.

In fact, the New York Times Group initially thought so.

After learning more about Broadcast's more than 3 million registered users just a year after its launch and the site's future prospects, the industry generally realized that The New York Times Group was likely to take advantage of it.

Personal radio stations, audio books, educational courses, online music, etc., a little analysis will show how huge the market potential is.

In addition, the Broadcast website also announced the general plan for the possible opening of audio download services in the future through the Igrete portal on the same day, whether it is to embed ads in audio content or adopt a VIP payment strategy, which means that Broadcast has explored a set of quite feasible business models.

This is even more valuable for most websites that are still trying to win users at this stage and have no profit prospects.

The rapid growth of users and a viable business model are just these two advantages, combined with the rapid explosion of the Internet industry, which means that Broadcast's IPO will be carried out in one to two years, and the market value is likely to easily rush to the $1 billion level. When the time comes, the seemingly expensive $30 million investment of the New York Times Group will easily multiply many times.

Of course, the potential earnings for Igrete are significantly higher.

In this regard, everyone can only envy, envy and hate.

At this stage in Silicon Valley, even if you can offer a higher price, most of the high-quality Internet projects will still be easily snatched away by Igret, and the huge user base and traffic import ability of Igrete portal are completely beyond the reach of other Internet companies of the same type at this stage.

Another authorization of Internet streaming video technology also makes many eyes hot.

Even if no specific project has been announced, just the phenomenal social effect brought about by the recent live broadcast of London girls shows the huge commercial potential of Internet video websites.

The cooperation between the two parties was reached, and the New York Times Group also reciprocated.

In fact, since the final stages of negotiations, dozens of newspaper outlets under the New York Times Group have reduced their targeted articles on the Westeros system.

A formal partnership agreement was finalized on Sunday, and Arthur Salzberg Jr., the head of the Salisberg family behind the New York Times Group, personally wrote a letter to Simon, saying that the New York Times Group would provide as much support as possible to the Westeros system in terms of print media opinion.

After Simon combed through all 32 newspapers owned by the New York Times Group on Monday, although there were still a few criticisms, he did not find any more sensitive and fierce articles. Not only that, but there are also many reports that speak for the Westeros system.

The Westeros family's public relations team also approached some senior executives of The New York Times Group on Monday to plan further cooperation in public opinion guidance.

Simon admired the Salisberg family's sincerity, even more so than Murdoch, the old fox who was close to him, and he didn't mind giving the New York Times Group more benefits as long as the cooperation lasted.

Therefore, in the morning, after receiving a letter specially sent by Arthur Salzberg Jr., Simon personally wrote a rare paper reply, expressing his optimism about this cooperation and hoping to visit the Salisberg family on the West Coast next time.

On the other hand, with the announcement of the partnership between Igrete and the New York Times Group today, the Los Angeles Times Group, the most important group on the West Coast, asked Simon to cooperate through Peter Butler, who had originally moved from the Los Angeles Times Company to the Igrete portal.

Rupert Murdoch, the old fox, also called Simon's office again, half-truthfully complaining that Simon was too stingy with News Corp. and gave too many benefits to the New York Times Group.

Announcing a partnership with the New York Times Group in the morning, a complete decision to go to war with the Hearst family, Simon's energy in the afternoon turned again to politics.

Joseph Schlap flew in to Los Angeles from Washington yesterday and did not leave after an afternoon of talking with Simon on Sunday, and the two continued to discuss the recent politics of the Westeros system in Simon's office at Daenerys Studios on Monday afternoon.

The other day in Washington, Schlap had contact with the White House.

Clinton did not make a clear statement on the general use of the Westeros system by congressional candidates facing the midterm elections in the near future, but only asked one of his aides to lead the way, hoping that the Westeros system would take the initiative to make some changes and further open up the World Wide Web platform.

Simon knows the Clintons' wallgrass attributes inside out.

If the Westeros system is unable to resolve the various crises it is facing in the near future as soon as possible, Clinton will definitely take the initiative to 'conform to public opinion' for the sake of his own approval rating.

In fact, the Justice Department held a closed-door meeting on Friday on whether it was necessary to launch an investigation into the alleged monopolies of the three new technology companies in the Westeros system, Cisco-AOL-Igret, which was chaired by Janet Reynaud, the Clinton-appointed attorney general.

This is already a signal.

The results of the closed-door meeting were not announced, and the White House only used it to express its attitude to Simon and the public, and the White House will certainly take action if necessary.

On the other hand, the series of bills promoted by the Westeros system are unlikely to make any progress in the short term.

Simon simply took the initiative to pause.

The Hearst-backed member of the House of Representatives, David Merros, has also formally submitted his application for a proposal to form a special commission of inquiry into the Westeros system.

Simon has realized that a formal antitrust investigation is almost inevitable, and the White House, in order not to lose the initiative in public opinion, will definitely take action before the establishment of the special investigative committee in the House of Representatives, otherwise it will inevitably be attacked by the inaction of political opponents. Therefore, even if the Westeros system does make all kinds of concessions now, it will only gain an inch.

That being the case, Simon intends to further strengthen the 'Savage Growth' program.

After all, even if the Internet assets held by the Westeros system are really split in the future, Simon will only need to give up control at that time, and he can still control a large number of shares in each company after the split. At that time, just like the Rockefeller family in the past, Standard Oil was dismantled, and Rockefeller's wealth increased dramatically because he held a large number of shares in the company after the split.

As long as this wealth is in our hands, it is not impossible for the Westeros system to re-integrate the Internet industry in the future.

If you divide for a long time, you must be together for a long time.

This is the general trend.

Standard Oil, which was spun off to pieces, has long since regrouped into a handful of energy giants, with further consolidation to come. AT-T, which was split ten years ago, has also started a new round of integration, and the Internet in the future is destined to be a field where super tech giants are galloping.

The last topic of the afternoon was the midterm elections.

The 'Sniper Plan' based on the previous list and the maintenance plan for the Westeros family's political 'base' will be carried out at the same time.

The success of these two plans will be crucial to whether the Westeros system has a voice in Washington for the next phase.

So it's not out of nowhere this morning's Igrett portal chose to quote the New York Times news that the Clinton administration is pushing for an offensive arms ban.

On the one hand, this news shows the official cooperation between the company and the New York Times Group on content, and it is also a reminder to the National Rifle Association that if the other party is not willing to cooperate in this year's midterm election process and chooses to oppose the Westeros system, then it is not impossible for the Eagle portal to choose a gun ban position in the future.

Simon's memory of the National Rifle Association is becoming less and less influential in the Internet age, and a large part of the reason lies in the Internet.

Shootings in the United States have always been very frequent.

In the age of traditional media, news about shootings can easily be confined to one state and one place, so it usually doesn't have a sensational and widespread impact.

In the age of the Internet, every shooting will be easily seen by the public across the country and even the world, and if there is any media secretly fueling the trouble, no matter how determined the supporters are, they will gradually change their position in the face of the threat of shootings that seem to be happening all the time.

Simon and Joseph Schlap didn't finish their day's work until about six o'clock in the afternoon.

On the other side of the city, inside the Dorothy Chandler Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the 66th Academy Awards has begun.

The two had a simple dinner together at the company's in-house restaurant, sending Schlap off, and since the woman and children had gone to Melbourne, Simon simply didn't go home, and continued to work on some of Daenerys Entertainment's recent affairs in the studio office, waiting for the Melisandre party at the Sunset Tower Hotel after nine o'clock to show up a little.