Chapter 1138: Eavesdropping
The USA television network belongs to the most traditional television network, lacking bright spots, and belongs to the mass low-cost pay television.
The profitability has been very good in the past two years, and it even made a profit of $450 million last year, because of the strong high-quality programs supplied by New Universal, as well as the bundled sales of Starz channels, and its own hematopoietic capacity is almost non-existent.
In the long run, it lacks potential and can only be a half-dead existence.
There is no comparison with Starz and Discovery Channel, which have distinctive characteristics and can dominate in their own fields.
Taking advantage of the popularity of "The Hiltons" and Steve Burke's misjudgment of the prospects of this reality show, Donn was naturally willing to sell this burden as soon as possible.
Sell for a high price!
A few years ago, when Down Pictures acquired a series of assets such as Universal Pictures, USA Television Network was valued at $2.8 billion in the final deal.
On this trade, you can earn at least 80%!
For New Universal, Disney and NBC Columbia's content crisis are both potential lucrative points.
Slywood Animation was sold to Disney, and the USA network might as well be sold to NBC Columbia.
In contrast, News Corp., which aims to dominate the industry, is the real tricky problem.
In the previous life, the News Corporation, of course, was at the end of its rope, constantly selling, splitting up, and even selling Twentieth Century Fox to Disney.
But in this life, because of the appearance of Donn, under the butterfly effect, News Corp may not be a failure.
What if the hero rises?
At the critical moment, Don needs to be on the edge of the cliff, pushing News Corp behind the back, so that it completely falls into the abyss.
It just so happened that at this time, a big news broke out in the British news circle.
Private investigator Glenn Macell, who works for the News of the World, has been arrested!
The newspaper's editor-in-chief, Coulson, was also overwhelmed by the pressure of public opinion and chose to resign.
The reason for this is because some time ago, "News of the World" reported a gossip about the royal family, Prince William injured his knee because he fought too hard with his girlfriend.
This kind of thing, usually a woman's knee injury, as a result, Prince William's knee injury, is really ridiculous. I don't know what new moves were used.
When the News of the World learned about it, it reported it directly.
And then something went wrong.
Prince William's knee injury was known only to a few of his closest cronies.
How would the News of the World know?
After an investigation, the News of the World pushed Detective Glenn Macale out, stating that he had illegally tapped Prince William's phone messages to get the news.
Illegal wiretapping!
Immediately, the British press was in an uproar.
You know, this is not the first time that "News of the World" has done illegal eavesdropping.
As early as 3 years ago, a 13-year-old girl named Millie Dowler disappeared, and the whole country paid attention.
In order to get the scoop, the News of the World hacked into her phone's voicemail. Because the mailbox was full, fearing that they would not be able to catch the latest news, the detectives of the News of the World even emptied some of the unimportant information to make room.
Later, the girl was not found for a long time.
In the process of investigating the case, the police found that the girl's mailbox had traces of deletion, and concluded that the girl was still alive and still using her mobile phone. Intensify the hunt and tell the family not to worry.
As a result, the girl died long ago.
It was killed by a nightclub doorman.
As a result of this, the News of the World paid £2 million in compensation to the girl's family, and Murdoch himself even donated £1 million in himself to express his condolences.
However, he flatly denied the wiretapping, saying that he did not know about it.
Murdoch's influence in Britain was too great.
He owns 70% of Britain's newspapers.
So much so that politicians of both parties in Britain have to find a way to get close to Murdogla and make good friends. Once they offend Murdoch, the news media controlled by the media mogul will directly bury their political careers if they make a mistake.
Because of this relationship, News Corp.'s News of the World has not been substantially punished.
The strength is very strong.
Tang had already sent his personal assistant George Paxton to secretly investigate the wiretapping of the News of the World in preparation for a future "sneak attack" on News Corp.
After hearing about the incident, the two sides immediately started to communicate.
Donn asked, "How's it going over there?"
George Paxton replied: "The public opinion has a lot of influence, but not much substance, and it doesn't look like the government is going to impose additional penalties other than the resignation of the editor-in-chief of the News of the World." At present, the internal operation of "News of the World" is also in an orderly manner, and there is no panic. ”
He had long spent money to buy off the paper's insiders, a vice president and a secretary of the board.
Don said with some sarcasm: "It seems that those politicians in Britain dare not offend Murdoch." ”
George Paxton said: "This is normal, these British prime ministers have a deep relationship with Murdoch, especially Prime Minister Blair, who is said to be ...... with Deng Wen"
"Well, that doesn't have to be said. Donn interrupted him, muttering for a moment, "The News of the World hasn't been defeated, it's better for us. The deeper the grievance, the greater the impact will be if it erupts in the future. Let them fall deeper and deeper into hell, they have a tradition of eavesdropping, and it will not change because of the resignation of an editor-in-chief. ”
Eavesdropping means getting the scoop first!
It is precisely this kind of exclusive news that is the fundamental reason for the sales of the News of the World.
If the News of the World wants to make money, the tradition of wiretapping will certainly not be abandoned.
George Paxton paused and said, "Donne, there's one thing I feel compelled to talk to you. The scope of the "News of the World" eavesdropping may affect you. ”
"What?"
Don couldn't believe it.
The security of his mobile phone information is not much worse than that of the president.
George Paxton said, "It's not you, it's a Hollywood star, Sienna Miller." At first, they were supposed to want to get the inside scoop on "The Queen Wears Prada", but they didn't expect to hear something related to you. But they didn't report it. ”
Don's expression was a little strange.
It's really a lot of trouble for women.
Sienna Miller played the second female lead in "The Queen Wears Prada", and Anne Hathaway lived in Down's Villa No. 3.
With this kind of close relationship, when the phone is tapped, it is sure to capture a glimpse of Done's private life.
Fortunately, the News of the World did not dare to be too blatant.
For this kind of news media, it is better to mess with politicians than with media tycoons like Done.
However, this feeling of being secretly overheard is really not good.
Now is not the time to sanction The News of the World.
Then I can only say goodbye to Sienna Miller.
……
That night, Donn spent the night at Villa Three.
Anne Hathaway, along with Sienna Miller, gave Donn endless tenderness.
In terms of the level of service, those girls in Asia are really not as active and enthusiastic as these two Hollywood female stars.
After enjoying themselves, the three of them went to the bathroom to take a bath.
Don told them what he was here to do, and bluntly told them that the relationship should be over. From now on, you are free, you should fall in love, you should get married, you will not be restricted.
Anne Hathaway smiled and said, "Okay, you miss me in the future, you can ask me out at any time." ”
She has been dating Don for a long time, almost four years.
There were also two separations during this period.
When you get tired of playing, you separate. If you miss it, you call it back.
Divide and merge, all get used to it.
Sienna Miller was a little disappointed, "Donne, I'...... I don't want to leave you, let me stay with you. ”
She is not the same as Anne Hathaway.
Anne Hathaway is a solid Hollywood A-list, with a single film salary between $12 million and $15 million.
She is just a newcomer in the industry, and her salary is not even $1 million.
Without Donn, how can you live the top high life?
With Donne, you can get $300,000 a month for "living expenses", how good?
Don is determined and unmoved, "The whole world is paying attention to the movie "The Queen Wears Prada", you are a supporting actress, and the media will not pay low attention to you. It will be troublesome to follow me, and it is better to be separated. ”
Sienna Miller bit her lip tightly, looking very lost.
Anne Hathaway comforted her, "He's had enough." After a year and a half, he may remember how good we are again, and call us back again, it's okay. ”
Donn laughed, "How do you speak? I'm a feminist, and I'm looking for equality between men and women." Anne, your words are a bit discriminatory against women. ”
Anne Hathaway laughed.
Sienna Miller also chuckled.
Don casually changed the subject, "By the way, when will you dub "The Queen Wears Prada"?"
Anne Hathaway said: "The current schedule is mid-October. ”
Donn asked, "Do you have any work?"
Anne Hathaway said: ""Pirate League", there is still a large part to be filmed in the later stage, and I will join the group next week. ”
"Pirate League 3" and "Pirate League 4" are two consecutive films.
Among them, "Pirate League 3" will be released in June next year.
Sienna Miller whispered: "I'll play a little Warner production, a biopic of Edie Sedgwick, and I'll be the heroine." ”
Tang En bowed his head and said: "Well, you are so beautiful, playing some complex roles will be good for your future career." ”
Sienna Miller muttered, "Pretty still drive me away." ”
Don frowned and hugged her into his arms, "Okay, let's get together and disperse." Play again in a while to give you a little memorable experience. ”
"Donn, your words don't respect women!" Anne Hathaway immediately grabbed his words and laughed at them.