However, Ken Kutaragi's own faction has also grown, which not only strengthens Sony's overall strength, but also poses a serious threat to Howard Stringer!

Although he didn't mention it to anyone else, Howard Stringer and Nobuyuki Idei have always had a tacit understanding - Howard Stringer will become Nobuyuki Idei's heir in the future and serve as the chairman of Sony's headquarters!

But now, this possibility is seriously threatened by Ken Kutaragi and his gaming department, which has made Howard Stringer treat the gaming department differently from the beginning, not to mention the unprecedented success of the PS2. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Sony Games' North American division has begun to conduct marketing and activities independently, and it seems that he is not the chairman of Sony North America at all, which makes Howard Stringer increasingly dissatisfied.

And Sid's call can be described as adding fuel to the fire!

But the effect is also very significant, and it didn't take long for Colum Graduation Pictures to take the initiative to carry out a global warm-up promotion of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!

Although the enthusiasm and initiative of Sony's Colombian side surprised the Fire Lion side, they quickly adjusted, and the distribution department of Fire Lion Pictures and Columbia Pictures soon began to negotiate the cooperation of global promotion.

As a global multinational group, Sony Group's global distribution and publicity channels are still incomparable to the current Fire Lion, so the Fire Lion Distribution Department has grown a lot in this process.

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Just as Sony and Fire Lion were strengthening their cooperation, another even more significant news suddenly broke out, which immediately attracted everyone's attention!

"Oh, that's a lot of disasters for the academy. Sid smiled and said to Ali (Emmanuel) on the other side of the phone.

"Of course, the academy is a shame this time. Ali (Emmanuel) said with a smile.

"Well, I find it hard to say. Sid smiled noncommittally.

"Oh, Sid, do you think this is also the academy's hype?" Ali (Emmanuel) asked curiously.

The two of them are talking about this year's Oscars, which were originally uneventful, and there is only one "American Beauty" by DreamWorks and Paramount, but "Earth Thunder" by Fire Lion and Sid can be said to fill this competitive gap.

The Academy gave 10 nominations in one go, which made "Earth Thunder" surpass "American Beauty" with only one nomination in one fell swoop, and Harvey Weinstein also underperformed this year, so Sid seems to be the only savior of this year's Oscar ratings.

However, this year's Sid and Fire Lion, contrary to last year's aggressive public relations, Fire Lion Pictures not only said many times in public that Sid can get so many nominations, which is really rare. Sid himself also said in an interview with the Canadian media that he did not expect to win the Olympic Award at such a young age, and the nomination was lucky.

From Sid to the crew, there seems to be a lack of interest in the Oscars, and Sid did not attend any canvassing events at all this year, and even the Oscar nominees' luncheon resigned on the grounds of shooting a new film.

Of course, Sid was indeed preparing "Juno," but it didn't take long for the academy to break the news in a row—for example, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had to resend the ballots and extend the voting deadline to March 23 when 4,200 ballots suddenly disappeared in transit at the post office.

Then came the scandal that the Wall Street Journal secretly extracted voting information from the judges in an attempt to announce the results of the selection in advance.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was so angry that the Academy later issued an open letter on Friday, March 10, accusing the Wall Street Journal of violating the school's privacy by trying to conduct individual interviews with judges to know the results in advance.

"Hehe, I can only say that some people do their best and die for the sake of attention. Sid laughed, and at this moment, Sid's mobile phone rang "doo", he picked it up and looked, it turned out that someone had called in again.

"Ali (Emmanuel), I've got a call coming in, I'll hang up first. After saying hello to Ali (Emmanuel) again, Sid made a new call.

He opened it and listened, and a hurried voice suddenly came from inside: "Sid, it's collapsed!

"What is it?" asked Sid, curiously.

"The NASDAQ has collapsed!" said Shirley Sandberg on the other side, only to hear her tone like a cannon, "last Friday, before the market closed, it was a little lower. But the news and experts over the weekend said it was only temporary. ”

"But!-At the opening of the market on Monday, a large number of investors and institutions sold the stocks of Silicon Valley companies in large quantities!"

13, a number that Westerners hate and fear. March 13th, an interesting day.

At the beginning of the new week, the Nasdaq network stock, which has been rising continuously for nearly five years, finally made the first explosion of cracking.

In a bull market in the stock market, the earlier you enter, the more obvious the advantage. But the later you quit, the greater the risk. In the end, it evolved into a game of drumming and passing flowers!

No one knows when the flowers will burst, but everyone tries to pass them on to the next person before the drums stop.

Until the day of ruin, which no one can predict!

On March 13, Monday's initial bulk sell order triggered a chain reaction of sell-off - investors, funds and institutions began to liquidate!

In just 6 days, the NASDAQ lost almost 900 points, which is equivalent to a fifth of the expected high of 5048.62.

The severity of this rupture is also quite rare, which can be said to be a slap in the face to the Silicon Valley craze!

The bursting of the NASDAQ dot-com bubble bankrupted a large number of Internet companies overnight.

But what Sid values is another object - the merger process of AOL and Time Warner!

"The news that is circulating now shows that AOL and Time Warner do not intend to postpone the merger, on the contrary, this time the Nasdaq's Internet stock broke, and AOL has not been affected much because of the good news of the merger with Time Warner. ”

Because of this, AOL CEO Steven Case also used this as a reason to push forward with the merger as soon as possible, and the opposition within Time Warner was suppressed. Speaking of which, Shirley (Sandberg) asked with some confusion, "Sid, it looks like AOL and Time Warner are still as strong as ever, are you sure we'll have a chance?"

"Now the merger of AOL and Time Warner is like a shot in the arm, although it temporarily delays the butterfly effect of the Nasdaq rupture, but any booster will fail. Sid smiled and said, "Now we are like facing Hannibal of the Roman Empire, except for developing ourselves and improving ourselves, we can only wait for the opportunity." ”

"Only when the time is right can we strike it with precision. Sid exhaled softly, "The only thing I'm worried about now is whether we'll have enough strength to hold on to it ourselves when the opportunity comes to light." ”

"Well, I see what you mean, Sid. Shirley (Sandberg) nodded solemnly, "You don't have to worry about this, our development is still fast and solid." ”

Then she made a rare joke: "Anyway, Hannibal's fate in history is not very good, Sid." ”

"Oh, that's because Hannibal doesn't make good use of women's powers. Sid also laughed playfully.

After a few words with Shirley (Sandberg), Sid hung up the phone.

In fact, what he didn't say was that the bursting of the "historical" Nasdaq dot-com bubble not only bankrupted a large number of Internet companies overnight, but also evaporated about $5 trillion in market value of Internet technology companies in just two years.

By 2001, the bubble had subsided at full speed, and more than half of the Internet companies had gone bankrupt! Most Internet companies stopped trading after burning all the VC money, and many never made a profit from the beginning.

The bursting of the NASDAQ bubble once again proves the truth that no matter how crazy the bubble is, it will definitely burst! At the same time, it also planted a precious fire for the rise of Sid and the Fire Lion!

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Just when Wall Street and Silicon Valley are staging crazy upside-down life dramas, the American drama plan of Fire Lion TV in the new millennium has finally come to the time of implementation!

is completely different from the normal American drama routine, and Huoshi TV released its first anti-terrorism American drama - "24 Hours" directly in March of the beginning of spring!

As Sid's first batch of novels to be released, "24 Hours" has accumulated considerable popularity after two years of sales, especially among male readers who like suspense, tension, and exciting new plots. It is known as a modern spy novel that can be compared to "007" and "Spy Shadow".

So this time before the broadcast of "24 Hours", the audience's expectations and attention were quite high, and it was announced before the start of the broadcast that the series will be strictly set in accordance with the novel, with each episode being one hour per episode, and the whole season is just the setting of one day in the series, which is quite eye-catching.

Therefore, although the fire lion did not follow the usual path this time, no one dared to underestimate their actions.

March 15th, Wednesday at 8 p.m. prime time.

Countless viewers and audience episodes arrived in front of the TV, and at eight o'clock, "24 Hours" started on time!

On the 16:9 TV screen, the orange-gold number 24 flashes and after the first few prologues, Jack Bauer, played by Jeremy Renner, finally appears in the center of the frame.