Fox Tower, Century City, Los Angeles.

James Murdoch, who was restricted from leaving the country, still went to work on time to stabilize the somewhat loose hearts of Twentieth Century Fox.

The company has been in poor shape lately, and FBI agents have been coming in from time to time to investigate, and under the tremendous pressure exerted by public opinion, government authorities, and the huge group created by him and News Corp., they are like hunting dogs.

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

The shareholders, who have been thoroughly enraged, have demanded an account from the Murdoch family.

How to explain this kind of thing? When they make profits, they are silent one by one, but when something happens, they have to let the Murdoch family take the blame alone.

James Murdoch was on the phone again with New York and received the latest instructions from his father, Rupert Murdoch, to personally visit Ronan Anderson of Relativity Entertainment.

Although there is no evidence, his father is an old man, but he speculates that the reason behind this incident is inseparable from the entertainment of relativity.

James Murdoch is still quite confident in his father's vision, but this speculation makes him somewhat difficult to accept.

He has been plotting Relativity Entertainment, waiting for an opportunity to arise, but before the plan really begins, Relativity Entertainment has taken action against Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp.?

But when you think about it, it's also very likely, after all, he really had Ronan Anderson eavesdropping, even though he didn't get any useful information.

James Murdoch asked his assistant to contact Relativity Entertainment with the intention of visiting in the afternoon.

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

Relativity Entertainment is integrating Lucasfilm, scripts have begun for new Star Wars movies, and the Netflix network, which is a controlling company, has a market value of nearly $180 billion, and new releases are selling well.

A remake, called "Ace Agent," opened in North America last weekend and grossed $56.85 million in its opening weekend.

Relativity Entertainment has been successful again in movies.

Even James Murdoch is numb to such situations because it is all too common.

It's March 2009, and some statistics have been released last year, even if movies like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Captain America" are still in theaters, and in the past year, Relativity Entertainment has achieved the No. 1 position at the North American and global box office charts.

"Avatar", "Beauty and the Beast", "Alice in Wonderland", "Iron Man 2", "Inception", "The Hunger Games" and "Captain America", among others, made Relativity Entertainment the first company ever to break $10 billion at the global box office.

Its global box office total is as high as $11,687.59 million.

While Avatar contributes a quarter of it, the multifaceted flowering of relativistic entertainment is also key.

The box office division alone crushes the global box office of Twentieth Century Fox combined.

Even if it is unlikely that there will be a super hit like "Avatar" in Relativity Entertainment this year, judging from the release list that has been announced by Embassy Pictures, the box office performance may not be worse than last year.

Among them, the most representative are "The Avengers", "Transformers 2" and "Iron Man 3", which, according to the judgment of the industry, are all commercial masterpieces with a global box office volume of one billion dollars.

If nothing else, Relativity Entertainment will once again create a global box office of more than 10 billion yuan.

What's even more terrifying is that the box office and last year's release year are only part of the revenue of these films, and the surrounding area will continue to generate revenue for Relativity Entertainment for many years to come.

As far as James Murdoch knows, the "Beauty and the Beast" project, just those Belle dresses, Relativity Entertainment sold nearly $400 million in the global market.

This company, in order to sell skirts, is simply frenzied, so Belle has changed one set after another in the movie, but each set is beautiful bubbling.

James Murdoch shook his head, put aside these thoughts for a moment, and went back to "wiretapping" itself, which had too much impact on Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp.

My family knows what they have done, and the data and cases that have been published may be wrong, but they are very few.

In fact, News Corp has done much more than what has been made public.

If the investigation continues, the situation will become more and more unfavorable.

I had lunch alone at noon, went back to the office to rest for a while, and looked at the development of the incident, which was full of negative news, as if Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp. would collapse completely tomorrow.

When James Murdoch planned and acquiesced in those things, he never thought about facing today's situation, and he didn't know what to do except magnify his moves.

The magnification trick doesn't seem to be very good, and his father, Rupert Murdoch, is busy fighting fires and crisis public relations, and the effect is better than nothing.

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

"Long time no see, Ronan. ”

No matter how difficult the situation is, James Murdoch maintains a smile on his face in front of outsiders, shaking hands with Ronan while saying: "Twentieth Century Fox and Relativity Entertainment are neighbors, and you have to move around a lot." ”

Ronan ignored James Murdoch's faint overtures and said, "It's a pity that 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 expected such a situation when he came, and immediately said: "I am extremely sorry for this. But it really wasn't on my behest, I never did it, I never thought about it. ”

It is a basic skill for big people to find someone to take the blame, and James Murdoch is even more casual: "This is what the people below do privately, they are too bold 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 governments of Britain and the United States will come to a conclusion, so many people are waiting for a result." ”

James Murdoch said: "Anyway, Ronan, I should apologize to you for this......"

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt James Murdoch's words and asked, "I don't know what happened when you came to me this time?"

The words got to the point so quickly, and James Murdoch stopped going around in circles, and said directly: "Ronan, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter can develop to the point where it has developed to the point with relativity entertainment and your promotion behind it." ”

Ronan was silent, not responding for the time being.

James Murdoch frowned slightly, and simply asked: "Ronan, Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp., although the relationship with Relativity Entertainment in the past was not very good, it was not very bad. The Murdoch family is not blind, you have done so much behind your back, what do you want to do?"

Hearing this questioning, Ronan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mr. James Murdoch, you have figured out one thing, in this wiretapping caused by News Corp, my girlfriend and I are both victims!"

His tone gradually deepened: "I should ask you, Mr. James Murdoch, News Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox, and the Murdoch family, what do you want to do when you tap my phone with Jesse?"

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

In his eyes, Ronan Anderson has always been a relatively kind person, and it is rare in the industry to hear him lose his temper with someone.

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

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

James Murdoch still wanted to speak, but Ronan didn't give him a chance: "If you want to talk to me, your weight is not enough, let your father come." ”

"Ronan!" James Murdoch stared at this side.

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

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

James Murdoch was silent, leaving Relativity Entertainment with mixed feelings, he is not an ordinary person after all, and after thinking about it carefully, he also understands that his identity may really be unequal to Ronan Anderson.

The other party is the richest man in the world, and his net worth is richer than that of the entire News Corporation......

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

Rupert Murdoch is in London, and the situation is very unpromising.

The UK Parliament's Select Committee has released a preliminary report into the News Corp. phone tapping scandal, which sharply accuses Rupert Murdoch of turning a blind eye to wiretapping within the group and saying he is unfit to lead an international media conglomerate.

In the 85-page report, there are three conclusions that have raised eyebrows.

For one, the report described Rupert-Murdoch and his sons' "pretended ignorance" of a series of phone taps by News of the World reporter as unfit to lead News Corp.

Second, the report slammed more than a dozen News Corp. executives, pointing out that they have been covering up scandals and misleading investigations, seriously interfering with judicial fairness!

Third, the UK government and parliament are considering forcing the Murdoch family to sell a range of media outlets, including Sky and The Times, if News Corp continues to insist that this is a 'small mistake'.

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

In the face of such a dire situation, in order to preserve the Murdoch family's media empire, Rupert Murdoch changed his previous denial posture and published a full-page apology on News Corp.'s official website - we apologize for a series of serious wrongdoings, we are deeply sorry for the suffering suffered by the victims, and we regret that we failed to take action to address the problem sooner.

Now, the media mogul understands that the incident is completely out of his control.