Unlike Lei Shidong's business philosophy that content is king, Murdoch is more inclined to channel expansion, which is why News Corp. has a larger territory than Viacom.

Because of the rise of the Fox television network and the 20th century Fox Film Company, Murdoch's business focus has gradually focused on North America.

The departure of Barry Diller instantly deprived News Corp. of an important pillar of its film and television media business in the United States, and Murdoch had to temporarily take charge of the overall situation at Fox headquarters in Los Angeles these days.

The success of "Friends," "The X-Files" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire" has made Fox Television Network much more developed than in the original time and space, and Murdoch has recently begun to prepare Fox News Channel, inspired by Warner's CNN and News Corp's own resources.

Another busy day was about to pass, and when he was about to get off work, Murdoch's assistant suddenly knocked on the door and walked into the office, handing him a copy of the paper: "Mr. Murdoch, this is a press release that Mars Allen, the editor-in-chief of the New York Post, has just faxed, and you may need to read it for yourself." ”

Murdoch was confident that his assistant would not send him an insignificant press release, and since the article was handed to him, there must be something special about it.

"Put it here, I'll see later," Murdoch waved his hand, and the assistant politely left the office.

After quickly reviewing the last few articles at hand, Murdoch picked up the press release sent by his assistant, glanced at the name of the article, and frowned slightly. As a media mogul who started out in journalism, Murdoch only read the first few paragraphs. It was determined that this was completely a gossip chasing after the wind. It may give the reader something to talk about. But it will also certainly cause dissatisfaction among the parties involved.

After reading it hastily, Murdoch couldn't help but pick up another copy of the article he had just read, which was part of Fox TV's financial statements for this year's media content spending.

Murdoch's eyes quickly fell on the column about "Terminator 2", a Hollywood movie that was released in theaters for the second time, followed by a third round on major North American television, cable television and local television.

After "Terminator 2" completed theatrical broadcast and the release of the videotape, it began to bid for the authorization of the TV station, under normal circumstances. In order to maximize profits, movies are often shown on paid wired stations first, and then free wireless stations are considered.

But because of Firefly's shareholding relationship with Fox TV Network, Firefly made an exception to sell the first round of broadcast rights to Fox TV, but the price is still not cheap, just the first four broadcasts, Fox has to pay up to $16 million in licensing fees, an average of $4 million each time.

Fox has always had a good time working with Firefly, but if the article in front of him were sent from the New York Post, it would not only be seen as a provocation by Eric. Other media forces will also think that there is a rift in the cooperation between Firefly and Fox, which is obviously a scene that many people like to see.

Although the realization of the disadvantaged position in working with Fireflies made Murdoch feel very uncomfortable. But he didn't make any drastic moves because of this, and called his assistant again, explaining: "Sue Sùmars Aaron, if there is a press release similar to Eric Williams, just press it down, and the rest of the reports must be stopped." ”

"I see, Mr. Murdoch," the assistant nodded, and walked out.

Looking at the time, Murdoch tucked the manuscript into his briefcase and headed home from work.

TG was nominated for five Oscars for last year's "Flowers of the End," and Elizabeth, who had been planning a PR party with Drew, received a call from her father in the evening and had to rush back to the Murdoch family's Los Angeles home for dinner.

After dinner, looking at his daughter who came to the study with him and was obviously a little absent-minded, Murdoch couldn't help but reprimand: "It's so big, you can't be a little more stable." ”

Elizabeth sat down in an office chair, crossed her legs and said with a grin: "You should say this to my two precious brothers, tsk, I heard that James has recently become obsessed with playing rock and roll, what kind of people are in the rock circle, I hope he won't bring you back a pale daughter-in-law with a pierced body one day, oh, this 'daughter-in-law' is not necessarily a woman." ”

mentioned his two sons Murdoch had a headache, and looking at his daughter's ridiculous look, he immediately became angry: "Then you, you're twenty-four, and it's time to think about getting married." ”

Elizabeth's eyes immediately became a little erratic, and she changed the topic impatiently: "Dad, what is the matter with you calling me back, if it's okay, I'll leave, and there are a lot of things." ”

Murdoch couldn't help his stubborn daughter, knowing that he would really pull out her legs and leave, so she had to talk about the topic helplessly.

"That's the case, I just recently feel that Fox is a little weak in content production, what do you think of Fox's acquisition of TG Films?" said Murdoch very bluntly.

Elizabeth spread her hands and said, "Dad, you know that this kind of thing is not something that the three of us girls can call the shots, and that guy has to nod and agree, and even if it is acquired, it is useless, TG and Firefly have signed a distribution contract." Also, don't fight the idea of fireflies, now fireflies will definitely be handed over to Disney even if they have any remaining high-quality items. At the end of the day, Fox has to take matters into its own hands. ”

Of course, Murdoch understands what Elizabeth is saying, but now that the cost of film investment is increasing day by day, the risk is also increasing, but Fox has not achieved any outstanding results in the big films produced in recent years. The box office fiasco of "Cut Throat Island" last summer, and the box office disappointment of Spielberg's "Captain Hawke" at the end of the year, made many film companies realize that large-scale movies are not so easy to play.

"Didn't Firefly announce plans for four films, do you think it's possible for Fox to participate in the investment? After all, that's $300 million. Firefly has just bought Disney again. Funds should be tight. ”

Elizabeth shook her head: "It's not very likely." Only when the film company is not too sure about the project will the film company introduce external investment, how can he not be sure about the project he personally fancies. Moreover, that guy is now evaluated by Wall Street as an ultra-conservative business operator, advocating low debt and abundant cash flow, and he would definitely not launch such a plan if he didn't have that much money. ”

Murdoch sighed and glanced at his daughter. The subtext is obviously that you can't say anything anymore, what's the use of you?

Elizabeth glared back dissatisfied: "Old man, you won't let your daughter betray her lust, will you?"

Murdoch was instantly amused, shook his head with a wry smile, took out the manuscript from his briefcase and threw it to Elizabeth: "This is handed over by the editor-in-chief of the New York Post in the afternoon, take it." ”

Elizabeth curiously took it and flipped through it, although she also knew that most of the report was nonsense, but her mouth was still unceremonious: "Again, what a bastard, sooner or later planted on a woman." ”

……

"Bastard. "At noon the next day, in Julia's mansion in Beverly Hills. Several women had eaten lunch and talked about it, and Elizabeth said again with hatred.

"Bastard," Julia on the other side of the couch echoed with a smile.

Tina Fei, who was holding a little girl, smiled, and didn't follow, but the little girl who was about to be one year old in her arms cried out: "Dandan!"

Drew looked at the manuscript in front of him and said, "It's not that you don't know what's going on, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath." ”

"Whoever wants to clean up the aftermath for him, hand over the manuscript to him, and let him handle it himself. ”

"February 10th is the Super Bowl final, Eric has been busy editing the trailer of "Tornado" these days, so don't bother him with these things," Drew carefully read the manuscript twice, then put it in his bag, and asked Elizabeth: "Do you have the contact information of the paparazzi who wrote this article, you have to get the recording back first." ”

Julia looked at Drew with a solemn look on his face and said, "There's no need to be so troublesome, anyway, the manuscript has been pressed down." ”

"Of course it is necessary, and not only that, but also to warn the girl's father that the mercenary little people often become very troublesome. ”

Elizabeth smiled, "Oh, you seem to be very experienced." ”

"Of course, because I have such a pair of parents, I understand what such people tend to do," Drew said with some self-deprecation, squinting slightly at the three people in front of him, and his slow tone became hoarse and evil: "No one can stop Eric, let alone hurt him, and neither can you." ”

For a moment, Julia felt like a cat with a dark eye in a horror movie, as if ready to pounce at any moment.

Elizabeth also had this feeling of wanting goosebumps, and said weakly: "I just said a few words about him, and I didn't wronged him, he was originally ...... It is...... Uh, okay, I'll find you the contact information for that paparazzi. ”

Elizabeth quickly inquired about the contact information of the man named Cole Anderson, and after Drew wrote it down, he left Julia's house with Tina Fey.

Listening to the sound of cars leaving in the neighboring Drew villa, Julia grinned at Elizabeth: "What a little madman, he just scared me." ”

Elizabeth listened intently to the distant sound of the car engine, turned her head to look Julia up and down, remembered herself again, shrugged, and turned to walk towards the room.

Julia hugged the little girl who was dozing with her head in her arms and followed, and said, "Liz, why are you weird, aren't you crazy too?" ”

"I have to go to the set of "Strange Heroes in Disguise" in the afternoon, so I don't have time to go crazy, but if you stay at home all day, you will be suffocated sooner or later, so it's better to film early. ”

"I've been picking scripts recently, hey, do you think there are any films in TG that I can play?"

"Why, you want to play a crazy woman like Nicole Kidman?"

"The tone in which you said this is really sour, and you're still complaining that Eric didn't hand over "Spicy Hand Police Flower" to TG, Drew obviously said that this is his other arrangement. ”

"How dare I complain about him, I'm afraid I'll be killed by Drew. ”

……

After exchanging a check for a recording of the interview, Drew hurried to the Disney Center with Tina Fey.

Because of Drew's relationship with Eric, Billy Clark, the show movie "Mickey Mouse Club", quickly greeted the studio doorman after hearing the notice from the studio doorman.

"Hello, Miss Barrymore," Billy Clark felt a little strange, Eric had just visited the Mickey Mouse Club the day before yesterday, but he didn't expect another one to be ushered in just one day.

Drew cleverly shook hands with Billy Clark, and the two went to Billy Clark's office together, where Drew took out the script and recording.

Billy Clark read the manuscript again, listened to the recording, and his expression became a little uneasy, he knew that these things were reported, and it would definitely cause trouble for Eric, you know, the well-known director Woody Allen has just been caught in the adopted daughter scandal, and if the media catches similar news, it will definitely hype it up. If this kind of thing really happens, the program team will definitely be unlucky.

"Miss Barrymore, you...... What do you mean?"

"Mr. Clark, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to be nervous," Drew smiled and reassured, "Call the girl's father and I'll talk to him personally, and can you give me a copy of the information of a few young actors who were guests at Eric's house that day?"

"Of course, of course, I'll do it. Billy Clark said, hurrying out of the office.

Drew quickly got his hands on the details of the seven teenagers, quickly flipped through them, and quickly eliminated five of them, leaving only Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.

After carefully looking at the photo of the two girls, the girl pursed her lips and asked Tina Fei next to her: "Tina, what do you think of them?"

Tina Fey looked at the photo and said, "It's cute, Disney's children's channel, of course the young actors are very likable, Drew, I don't think Mr. Williams is that kind of person, he must just invite these teenagers to be guests at Sharp Corner Manor." ”

"No, you don't understand," Drew shook his head, "and after spending a lot of time with Eric, you'll find that he often looks at people with that strange gaze that I can't tell what it means, like, well, as if I've known them for a long time, and I'm sure there are seven of these little guys." ”

"Ah......" Tina Fey opened her mouth in surprise, wanting to say something, but only subconsciously asked, "So, did he look at me when he did?"

Drew glanced up at Tina Fey, a smile on his lips, and said, "Of course." (To be continued......)