Chapter 1297: Spoiling the heavens and making noise
Although Andy does not care about the life and death of this "Mrs. Washington", the suicide case is still making a lot of noise in the outside world, and the authorities originally hoped that this conclusion would calm the speculation in American society that she "died of murder".
However, for a man who has mastered many of the scandals in Washington's political circles, Mrs. Washington's death naturally conjures up the word "conspiracy."
She had hoped to identify high-level clients who could come forward to testify, but those who were exposed were still at large. is still firmly seated in the seat of the senator, and he is still the elite of the country, even if he resigns, this is just a return to his hometown and a change of position.
Only she died alone and helplessly.
But what no one expected was that before her death, Mrs. Washington left a detailed record of her to her personal lawyer, and the beginning of this lawyer's 'treasure' in the following years, every election year would jump out and throw out some information, making some people disgraced...
Andy, who had already accompanied Ivana to pack her things and take a huge group of babies to the sky palace flying to New York, looked at the promotional brochure of next month's London auction sent by Christie's auction house, and couldn't help but smile.
"Honey, look, like it?"
Andy asked with a smile as he handed a page from the album to Ivana's eyes.
"Wittelsbach!" exclaimed Ivana, whose eyes glowed green, stared at the picture in the catalogue.
Andy couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, woman, it's really the same as the dragon!
"I've seen some of the jewelry books in the company, and this diamond was a dowry given to his daughter Margarita Theresa by King Philip IV of Spain. Princess Teresa, who was only 13 years old at the time, married Leopold I, who later became Holy Roman Emperor.
Wittelsbach is said to have originated in the Indian diamond mines, which later became the Bavarian crown ornament and was exhibited at the 1958 World Expo in Brussels, but has since disappeared... ”
Ivana stretched out her finger and gently slid the photos in the album, telling the information of this 35.56-carat blue diamond, and then a pair of beautiful eyes flashed with little stars, blinking long eyelashes, and blinking at Andy who was smiling.
"Do you like it?"
"Uh-huh!"
Andy looked at Ivana who was nodding her head with a smile on her head, with a pair of big eyes and watery cute and cute appearance, "Then I'll buy it and give it to you, when you get married... ”
"Hooray, dear, I love you to death! “
Before Andy could finish speaking, Ivana shouted with ecstasy on her face, sat down in his arms suddenly, held Andy's cheek, and began a wild kiss, making Andy's face printed.
Looking at the ecstatic Ivana, with a happy and sweet face, Andy also showed a happy smile, he is not stingy at all about spending money to please his woman, what do you want to do if you don't make money?
With a starting price of 10 million pounds, with a history of more than 300 years, such a large, high-quality, beautiful-looking, and legendary blue diamond is indeed a great value for money.
This is an opportunity that Andy will not miss, and it will also become a legacy after he and Ivana start a family.
"Hehe, it's good if you're happy!" Andy gently hugged Ivana and stroked her back, while Ivana happily pressed her chin on his shoulder,
"I often think back to when I agreed to date you, my dear, it was the best decision I ever made! ”
Listening to Ivana's whispering in her ear, Andy tightened his arms and said softly: "I love you too, although at the beginning, you didn't make a single deal with me first, and then date, but I was not disappointed, you eat it, it's really delicious... ”
"Gurgle... You guy is a nasty thing. Ivana smiled and trembled, and at the same time, she was really glad that her decision at that time was firmly grasped when Andy had just risen, otherwise, she herself would have become as envious and jealous as those New York ladies now.
While the two were reminiscing about the past and chatting about all kinds of very private 'knowledge points' when they were in Hawaii, a group of people in Los Angeles were sitting in the conference room, caught up in a red-faced argument.
Los Angeles Times Building, spacious and bright conference rooms.
“。。。 Not in the past few decades have we seen a major American newspaper advertise a news story so visibly on its front page.
Story-style ads on the front page will seriously damage the positive image of the newspaper as an objective and neutral story, and will ultimately lead to a decline in readership. Ladies and gentlemen, we're destroying our own brand!"
John Carroll, the editor-in-chief who helped the Los Angeles Times win 13 Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, objected with a grim face, and was very dissatisfied with the decision of its parent company, Tribune, to have The Times write commercial advertorials to deal with the decline in advertising revenue.
"It's just a stopgap measure, the parent company is about to file for bankruptcy protection, and we do face all sorts of operational challenges, so the occasional front-page ad for a news story is not an option. ”
As the CEO of the newspaper, Eddie Hatton Stein looked at John Carroll with an ugly face, and explained with a wry smile that he could only persuade John, the pillar of the newspaper.
"It's a bad idea to put a story on the front page, and it's going to cost us the trust of our readers!"
Executive editor Dean Baquette also said with some anger, and his clenched fists can make everyone present understand his anger at this time.
"Have you ever thought that if we put an image ad on the front page, the reader will know at a glance that it's an ad, so they can barely accept it. But if we put a news story-style text ad on the front page, it will make readers feel deceived and fooled, and if it were us, how would we react?"
"I'm going to never buy this newspaper again!" the editor-in-chief, John, scolded directly.
"At a time of change in the way news and information is delivered, we need to explore new ways to deliver it, including creating new marketing opportunities for our advertising partners. ”
CEO Eddie Hattonstein's forehead was bruised, but he still suppressed the anger in his heart, and after taking a deep breath, he said in an indifferent tone, This is also a request of the headquarters, and he can't help it.
"During the change period of Nima, in addition to reducing funds, there were two major layoffs in 4 months, Samuel Zell messed up, but we had to bear the consequences, and we had no money to learn from others to buy it, and Bichi raised it!
John Carroll's anger that had been pent up for months finally exploded at this moment, and the undisguised curses made the entire conference room become dead silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the CEO, whose face was flushed and trembling with anger.
And the editor-in-chief John, who had already gotten up and was about to leave, was dragged by two executives and refused to let him leave, Nima, if this god really patted PIGU away, it would be really lively, definitely the biggest loss for the Los Angeles Times, and the happiest thing for other competitors.