Chapter 840: Released. Railman

The annual Oscars have come to an end again, and this past awards night belonged to Natalie and her filming team, who swept the Oscars like a storm with awards big and small, Best Director and Best Actress, and also created a new legend for the Oscars.

However, even such a buzzing Oscar news could not completely occupy the front page of the media, and the constantly fermenting News Corp. 'buggate' successively refreshed the public's perception of this media company.

On Monday, the FBI released a new investigative report against News Corp., which pointed out that News Corp. was not only suspected of tapping the phones of the families of 911 victims, the families of fallen U.S. soldiers, and several members of Congress, but also tapped the phones of Okuheit's election team during the presidential election......

The incident gradually involved a number of senior government officials, and a White House spokesman even urged the FBI to investigate more deeply at a regular news briefing.

It was in this context that Ryan left Los Angeles.

He first went to Washington, where he visited Okuhei and several members of Congress privately.

Then he flew to London and attended a reception for the British royal family, and met Gordon, the owner of 10 Downing Street, at the banquet? Brown.

Ryan is in action, and Murdoch is no exception, and News Corp. has stepped up its crisis public relations efforts to save itself.

But what happened next made News Corp's situation even more difficult.

A week later, the main whistleblower of the 'wiretapping' scandal, former News of the World executive Sean ? Hall died at home and Scotland Yard arrested James again? Murdoch and Rebecca? Brooks, despite police proving that it was an accident, the public, induced by many media outlets, naturally linked the death to the killing.

At the same time, the FBI targeted Murdoch's right-hand and right-hand man Rice? Hinton's investigation never stopped, and he faced all kinds of pressure. Rice? Hinton was forced to announce his resignation and quit News Corp altogether.

Murdoch lost one of News Corp's most important pawns.

At this moment, it seems that everyone else in the world, except for News Corp's own media, is standing with Rupert? The opposite of Murdoch.

Walt Disney is definitely the leader of this public opinion movement, and NBCUniversal, Viacom, Time Warner and Hearst Group have also followed.

By the time we entered late March, News Corp. was already in turmoil, with its stock down 28 percent from February.

The British Parliament also held its first hearing on the 'wiretapping' incident, and Murdoch and Wendi Deng were present in person to be questioned. Just as the interrogation was coming to an end, the unexpected happened.

During the live broadcast, a man in a plaid shirt sitting in the back row of the auditorium suddenly stood up, walked briskly to the witness stand, and smashed a paper plate full of shaving foam at Murdoch.

Everyone else was stunned, no one realized that the attackers should be stopped, and perhaps no one really wanted to stop them, Murdoch seemed to freeze in his seat, and the police did not react immediately.

Wendi Deng jumped up from his chair like lightning at this time. Flying forward, his right arm arcing in the air, and his right palm slammed into the attacker's face......

The old couple and young wife were just like this on live TV, in front of an audience throughout the Western world. staged a 'love show'.

After the unexpected hearing, a large number of reports appeared in some media about Wendi Deng's flying husband, and some people said that Wendi Deng showed extraordinary courage and should be awarded the title of "Wife of the Year"; Some people said that "Wendi Deng's movements were so fast that the slow police officers in the courtroom were dwarfed"; and The Guardian, which is owned by News Corp. She said she showed what it means to be a model couple at the hearing.

The television footage of the attack on the Murdoch watch was shown to the public, which effectively alleviated the anger of the government and the public over the wiretapping. The situation faced by Murdoch and News Corp. has been improved to a certain extent, and even some well-known public relations figures believe that News Corp.'s recent hiring of a well-known American public relations firm to improve its corporate image is not as good as Wendi Deng's slap in the face.

"A very beautiful crisis PR!"

This is Ryan's first reaction after seeing the live broadcast, this kind of scene is okay to deceive the public, in the eyes of industry insiders, it is just a public relations show, Murdoch easily won a lot of sympathy points with this kind of behavior, and News Corp. also praised him and Wendi Deng as a model couple.

"Model couple? Show affection? ”

After reading the latest report, Ryan dialed George's phone and asked him to send someone to inform Tina, the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair? Brown, it's time to launch.

He never finishes playing cards all at once, and Rodriguez has collected a lot of interesting things to release after the Murdoch couple shows affection, wouldn't it be very interesting?

Two days later, the latest issue of Vanity Fair magazine published a 'collected' diary of Wendi Deng, revealing Wendi Deng's love for Blair without reservation.

Wendi Deng wrote several 'sensual love letters' in his diary in broken English, "Oh, damn, oh, damn...... Why do I miss Tony so much, he is so attractive and very well dressed. He has a great figure, very long legs and great hips. Not only that, but he was also thin and tall, with good skin. I love his blue eyes and his demeanor on stage......"

In addition, Vanity Fair published several photos.

In the photo, Blair and Wendi Deng feed each other at dinner at Murdoch's California farm, and the farm's maids revealed that they saw Blair enter Wendi Deng's room and close the door, and he spent the night in her bedroom at least three times.

The news was quickly reprinted by major websites, newspapers, radio and television stations, and in less than half a day, it spread all over the world, and the whole world was in an uproar......

The Ryan illegitimate daughter incident some time ago is not enough to see in the face of Blair's triangular relationship with Wendi Deng and Murdoch.

Then a newspaper pointed out that Wendi Deng and Murdoch's love was just a show, and the attack was just a public relations act of News Corp., and the whole world was deceived by them.

If there were doubts about whether this was slander before, the public simply stopped believing News Corp's media after News Corp's various activities full of lies were exposed.

Although all three of the parties strenuously denied it, a few days after this 'derailment' fermented, Tony? Blair was forced to resign from all positions in the Labor Party, and the newspapers in New York broke the latest news, and a furious Murdoch had informed his lawyer to deal with his divorce from Wendi Deng.

After confirming the fact that Murdoch was going to divorce Wendi Deng, George flew to New York in person and secretly made an appointment with Wendi Deng.

The enemy of his enemy is his friend, and Ryan believes that there is some truth to this statement.

According to the prenuptial agreement, Wendi Deng and Murdoch divorced normally, and they would get a property of about $30 million at most, which was already an astronomical amount for Wendi Deng before, but Wendi Deng spent a lot of effort from studying abroad to climbing to the position of Mrs. Murdoch, and this property is far from satisfying her.

Under normal circumstances, even if she has an idea, it is difficult to implement it.

But now it's different, Murdoch is in a dilemma, News Corp is almost forced to collapse by her opponents, and if she doesn't even know how to take advantage of this, then she won't be Wendi Deng.

Sure enough, shortly after the meeting with George, Wendi Deng's lawyer held a press conference to confirm the fact that she and Murdoch were about to divorce, and at the same time made a number of claims for the division of property, and will take legal action.

Even if Murdoch had a prenuptial agreement, such a divorce involving many property and other relationships would inevitably turn into a protracted divorce battle, and it would not be as intense as Murdoch's divorce battle with his ex-wife, who also signed a prenuptial agreement.

What is stricter than the divorce is that as a pillow person, Deng Wendi has mastered a lot of News Corp's secrets, compared to the division of property, this is the real killer feature.

Surrounded by strong enemies outside, the backyard is already on fire, this is Rupert? Murdoch's situation.

The crackdown is not over, and the British side refused to bail James on the premise that they have a lot of evidence? Murdoch and Rebecca? Brooks, and officially announced that the two have entered the prosecution process......

At this moment, Murdoch can only resort to tail docking tactics, and his son James? Murdoch and goddaughter Rebecca? Brooks resigned from all positions at News Corporation.

So far, Murdoch's three important pawns for control of News Corp. have all been knocked to the dust.

In New York, sitting in a new 10,000-square-foot Manhattan apartment that he bought for $57.25 million at the beginning of this year, Murdoch has long since lost his former vigor, his face is depressed, his eyes are drooping, and his eyes are gray, like an ordinary old man who is about to die.

His eyes slowly swept over the luxurious lobby, which had been purchased at the beginning of the year to celebrate the imminent takeover of Lucasfilm, but had become a joke.

Famous paintings hang in the hall, carpets on the floor, Italian lamps hanging from the ceiling, and silver coffee pots in front of you......

In short, all of these qiē, in Murdoch's eyes, suddenly had a big mouth, and they were all laughing at him mercilessly!

Laugh at his incompetence! Laugh at his smugness! Laugh at his failures! Laugh at him for becoming a pathetic cheated person!

Murdoch was as cold as falling into an ice cave, and the empire he had built in fifty years was forced to the brink of collapse by a young man who was just thirty years old.

Yes, News Corp still has strength, News Corp can hold on, and even bite Disney hard before it collapses......

The question is, is it worth it?

Even if News Corp. could bite Disney hard, Disney would be back to normal in a few years, while News Corp. would be in hell.

He can't watch his empire collapse! Murdoch finally made up his mind. (To be continued......)