Ed Kowt, the good old man in the Democratic Party, the mayor of New York City for three consecutive terms, received more vicious greetings in just one week than in the previous decades combined, and according to Tommy's idea of institutionalized freedom, New Yorkers discovered the truth, that is, they are in New York, there is no freedom at all.

In New York, in addition to faggets not being allowed to go to entertainment venues, the New York football team Giants cannot have a victory parade in downtown when they win the Super Bowl, and Mayor Ed Kowl vetoed the team's request for a traditional victory parade in New York, for no reason, just simply exercising the executive power given to him by the citizens of New York.

Now, reporters have dug up the reason for his refusal to approve the Victory Parade because the mayor had a nervous breakdown and didn't want New York City to be noisy all night long by a crowd of drunken fans.

The scandal of his holding of shares in real estate companies broke out in the newspapers, and reporters continued to dig deeper, and found that his shares were not only real estate companies, but also shares of Murdoch's New York cable company TLTV and a CTS parking fee company, and involved in an old corruption case three years ago.

In 1986, the mayor of Queens, New York, a Liberal, committed suicide, and the official reason given was that he was facing charges and prosecution because of the corruption exposure, and he had a mental breakdown and finally committed suicide.

Because the district elder had a pistol, high-dose sleeping pills, poisons and other enough props to commit suicide at home, he chose the most bizarre way to die, he used the large kitchen knife at home to stab himself in the heart with his backhand, his wife did not stop at the scene, did not call the police, the first reaction was to rush up and pull out the knife, accelerating the death of her husband, and the wife explained to the police that the reason for pulling the knife was to help her husband stop the bleeding, the police found the fingerprints of strangers from the knife, but because of the wife's reckless knife pulling in order to save her husband, Unable for the police to capture more detailed fingerprint clues, of course, the wife insisted that no third person was present at the time.

And with Donald's suicide that year, the investigation was quickly concluded, and finally the police announced that Donald had accepted a bribe of up to 36,000 yuan from the parking toll company, and after the matter was exposed, he chose to commit suicide due to excessive mental pressure, and the police recovered the bribe, and the whole case ended, and then Donald's wife and daughter inherited other inheritances and quietly moved out of New York.

At that time, there were still countless New Yorkers who regretted that the mayor of the first district committed suicide in shame for 36,000 yuan? The amount of money embezzled is not as much as the annual salary of the district chief.

But now, it has been discovered that the CTS parking collection company, which is responsible for all the parking fee business in New York City, has indeed bribed Donald with a real amount of 36,000 dollars, but not a total amount, but once a year, which has lasted for at least ten years, and Donald has been re-elected as mayor of Queens for fifteen years.

Even Donald was not the only one who took bribes, New York Mayor Ed Kowt was exposed to receive a fee of 36,000 yuan, if you count from the CTS toll company in 1979 when it took over the parking fee business in New York, in ten years, Ed Kowt received bribes from a company as high as 360,000 yuan.

This completely aroused the anger of the citizens of New York, a company of 360,000, who knows how many municipal engineering contracting companies paid bribes, ten, fifty?

Ed Kowt's response was as good as ever, and he gently endured all the doubts, openly stating that, first, he gave up his bid for re-election in light of the doubts that New Yorkers had given him, and second, he was willing to be investigated and that he would be willing to bear the consequences if the court found him guilty.

In the eyes of all politicians, this means that he has acquiesced in everyone's doubts about him and took the initiative to end his political life, you know, this old man is the mayor of New York, the owner of the largest city in the United States, and now, just because this good man said a few words for Murdoch, he was rushed up by countless reporters like a hungry strong man, waiting to be sent to court!

Former President Ronald Reagan, who had just received a call from Murdoch and was about to arrange for his staff to find an opportunity to express his position, and the current President Bush immediately calmed down and realized that there was a misunderstanding in his previous thinking, that is, the benefits of receiving Murdoch do not mean that they have to defend Murdoch, and silence does not affect the collection of money, they dare not solve the majority of the people, but they can definitely clean up Murdoch who does not send money.

No one wants to be targeted by countless reporters, and everyone can't quietly kill all the reporters who try to break the news, and the best attitude is to protect yourself and stay away from Murdoch for the time being.

"Al, isn't your good friend exaggerating, I mean he killed his own means, I just want him to sacrifice his political life, I don't intend to put him in prison." Tommy looked at the various breaking news about Ed Koqu in New York during this time, and called Al Gore and asked.

He asked Ed Kowt to jump out to help Murdoch defend him, and then attacked him with the scandal provided by Ed Koqu himself, so that he lost his political life, and taught other politicians who were ready to help Murdoch speak out what it means to shut up, but this Mr. Ed Koqu is too exaggerated, the parking toll company, the suicide of the Donald District Mayor, these materials are all provided by himself, continue to develop, the other party will lose more than political life, and it is difficult to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Aside from the fact that the mayor has too much taste and treats serving his sentence in jail as a nightclub to enjoy, Tommy can't think of any other reason for Ed Corquer to go to jail himself.

"Of course, it's a bit of an exaggeration, but that's what I asked for, and I have to charge this guy some interest to make him understand that there is a price to pay for lying to me for so long." Al Gore smiled on the other side of the phone and said: "Ed only received 36,000 yuan, which is true, the reason why he deliberately made things bigger is because I know that all the mayors of New York have taken the benefits of parking toll companies, and it is far more than 36,000 yuan, and several mayors of Republican status will go to jail, but if the mayors of Democratic status want to continue to hold their seats, it can be discussed whether they are willing to let the voters of their jurisdiction support someone." ”

"Just have fun, I just want to make sure Ed Koqu had better know the consequences of him doing this, I'm a kind person and never thought of sending Mr. Mayor to jail for a party." Tommy hung up the phone and then looked at his angel investor, Benjamin Rosen.

Benjamin turned a Rubik's Cube in his hand, and waited for Tommy to hang up the phone before he stopped his actions and put the Rubik's Cube back on the table, his wrinkled face was full of confusion: "I just received news from Australia, the Japanese consortium withdrew from the Australian short-term money market, they went to China, Murdoch's News Corp. had previously had a credit of up to 200 million pounds in the Australian short-term money market, and the lenders were mainly Japanese consortiums, and they provided temporary financing for a period of thirty days, seven days or one day, Once Murdoch's most powerful assistant, Murdoch could get 200 million pounds immediately without a guarantee with a phone call, and the Australian short-term money market was originally an important venue for Murdoch's flashing in the capital market, but now, his most important source of funds no longer exists. ”

"What do you want to say?" Tommy picked up the Rubik's Cube that the other party had put down, closed his eyes and twisted, and after about twenty seconds, he stopped moving, and the Rubik's Cube, which had been out of color, had been perfectly reset.

"I don't know what to say, a couple of banks in California have eaten up a bunch of short-term debts left by the Japanese, about 140 million, pounds." Benjamin sighed.

The young man opposite is his Stanford alumnus, the SSD brothers, who he is optimistic about and bet on, Tommy has certainly performed impeccable over the years, and the return on investment has become more and more generous, but Benjamin has changed from initial joy to a little creepy.

The others don't know what Tommy is thinking, but he and Jim know exactly what, and Tommy challenges Murdoch as if the bastard were a future guest from a science fiction movie, predicting everything.

He founded the VOX news network, set up a financial TV network, and then helped Tommy get investments and loans in a number of Wall Street investment banks through his Benjamin Rosen connections who worked on Wall Street for half his life, that is, without Tommy's TV network, Murdoch could get 100% loans on Wall Street, but because Tommy let him operate on Wall Street in advance, Murdoch can no longer get 100% support, Murdoch is Jewish, yes, but he is an Australian Jew, and he is an American Jew, He has worked at Goldman Sachs on Wall Street for half his life.

Then, when the U.S. government tried to denigrate communism at home, Tommy jumped out and slandered Murdoch on the grounds of attacking communism, making the other party infamous in the United States at the moment, and the American politicians who helped him speak out were also discredited, so that no one dared to speak up for this Australian again.

Japan withdrew from Western capital markets and began to pour into the East.

If it were someone else, these seemingly unrelated events might not have been worth the fuss at all, but for Murdoch, it was a murderous blow that Tommy had been preparing for years, and the crisis seemed tailor-made for him.

Murdoch has been in business for decades, and one of the things he hates the most is to issue shares to solve the company's expansion needs, he is unwilling to give up absolute control of the company, but also because he has plundered too many companies with this hand, so he does not want to be used by others for himself one day, so the Murdoch family has always held 45% of the shares of News Corporation, and all the funds for expansion come from borrowing.

Now, the chain of funds is broken, The long-term and short-term loans about Murdoch News Corp. that Tommy has been letting the banks under the name of the California consortium eat over the years have added up to $470 million, which may not be worth mentioning compared to the market value of Murdoch News Corp. of 20 billion, but the problem is that with the withdrawal of Japanese funds from the Australian short-term money market, this means that Murdoch can no longer borrow new money in the Australian capital market, and it is even more impossible in the United Kingdom and Europe, because everything that can be borrowed before has been borrowed, and with the withdrawal of Japanese funds, the capital of all Western countries will choose to temporarily shrink and wait because of this large capital fluctuation, and it is impossible to lend easily.

Or is Murdoch willing to use the loan to pay off the maturing debt of News Corp.?

Impossible, because the Sky TV network is about to start, before leasing satellites, buying licenses, opening up joints, and preparing various associations for European satellite television, it has cost Murdoch countless funds, which can be called the largest investment since he started business, large and small banks lined up to lend money to Murdoch to burn, that is, everyone who lent him money understands that if the Sky TV network succeeds, all TV viewers in Europe will be Murdoch's believers, in order not to be hacked to death by those creditors who are optimistic about him, Murdoch must also hold on until the Sky TV network is actually launched, otherwise taking a step back will be tantamount to losing all his previous achievements, and the British Satellite Broadcasting Company will soon block his path to the throne and be crowned himself, so it is impossible for him to stop burning money.

In addition to the nearly $500 million short-term debt held by Tommy through more than a dozen California banks, Murdoch also has nearly $4 billion in debts held by more than 100 other banks, most of which are short-term debts, which is a big mistake made by Murdoch because of greed, and he originally hoped to wait for the short-term debt interest rate to fall before turning these short-term debts into long-term debts to take advantage of the banks.

But now, with the withdrawal of Japanese capital and the turn of capital into conservative, the interest rate on all loans must have risen sharply, and the process of turning into long-term debt may not be as easy as before.

If Murdoch chooses to issue new shares or sell shares to raise funds to repay debts, the number of new shares to be issued and the proportion of shares sold for the four billion debts will be astronomical, large enough for the Murdoch family to lose their controlling stake in News Corp., Murdoch is absolutely unlikely to accept this option, the empire must be his, and he will not abdicate.

If Murdoch chooses to start debt restructuring negotiations, it means that he needs to find a strong enough to lend him the most loans, and at the same time creditors with strong funds come forward to form a committee, complete the asset appraisal reports of all subsidiaries of News Corporation, and prepare to restructure News Corporation, the most important thing is to persuade more than 100 creditors to allow News Corp. debt extension, at present, Citibank is the only choice, and Citibank will definitely come forward to promote debt restructuring for Murdoch, after all, it lent Murdoch 1.1 billion, is the largest creditor.

But this is also impossible to achieve, because regardless of whether others agree or not, Tommy's 400 million will never agree to an extension, unless Citibank, which is ahead of Murdoch, is willing to eat Tommy's debt at a high enough price to make Tommy leave satisfied, but no matter how rich Citibank is, it will not satisfy Tommy's appetite, because as soon as the mouth is opened and Tommy is fed, other creditors will immediately flock to it, and it is even more impossible to choose debt extension.

There are only two last avenues left, first, Murdoch announces that he will not be able to repay his debts as they fall due, and News Corp. goes into bankruptcy and liquidation, and second, Murdoch sells some of his high-quality assets to raise funds to tide over this difficult situation.

These ideas are what Benjamin Rosen gradually sees clearly as events develop at this time, but the problem is that he, as a capitalist who has worked on Wall Street for half his life, has only seen it clearly until now, and Tommy Hawke on the other side has been arranging around these two endings since a few years ago.

You know, the most crucial point here is that the capital of the Japanese consortium has moved eastward, and a few years ago the Japanese were arrogantly announcing the purchase of the entire Western Hemisphere, and the most astute financial experts would not believe that Japanese funds could be withdrawn so simply, from the United States, from Australia, from the Netherlands, from the United Kingdom, and into China.

No one dared to judge like this even a few weeks ago, because the United States had just taught the Japanese a lesson and helped them change to a more obedient prime minister!

But now that Japan has given the answer, it is clear that the fact that the prime minister is more obedient does not mean that Japanese money is willing to listen to the Americans.

Australia is Murdoch's basic market, and it is impossible for him to sell the assets of his homeland, because in addition to newspapers, there are many high-quality minerals in Australia that he also holds, and the assets of the United Kingdom are even more impossible, and that foundation is Murdoch's tool to control British politicians, and without that, he will not be able to continue to expand in Europe, not to mention that the ambition to rule Europe with the Sky TV network is still burning him.

Only American assets are his best choice, the film and television assets of Fox Television Network and Fox Films, the newspaper assets of The Washington Post and the New York Post, whichever group is sold, it is enough for him to get through this.

Because Murdoch's News Corp. has not yet formed a real monopoly in the United States, and is not yet able to completely control the fate of politicians with the media as he did in Australia and the United Kingdom, for Murdoch, he can abandon this part, retreat to the safety of the cave like a poisonous snake, and slowly look for the next opportunity to land in the United States.

Australia and England are his caves.

The problem is that while Murdoch's sale of either Fox and the Post will be enough to get him through this difficult situation, Tommy Hawk is ready to sell either group.

He has a television network under his name, Stephen has a film company under his name, which allows them to calmly join the feast of carving up Fox, and at the same time, SSD's Ted owns the Washington Star, and if Murdoch chooses to sell two well-known newspapers, Ted can join the negotiations to buy the newspaper, and he will be ready to take over no matter which part of Murdoch's assets are sold.

A few years ago, when the kid said to himself that he was going to swallow Fox, Benjamin took it as a little joke made by a proud young man.

Now, what happened in front of him told him that Tommy Hawke, the kid, had turned the impossible joke into reality.

"Murdoch must have hated me so much, I didn't even see his face, and I rudely punched him, he must have thought that I, a country savage, was a jerk." Tommy put the twisted Rubik's Cube back, picked up a cigarette and lit one, and continued:

"But he's worse than me, he's from the Australian countryside."

"I think the consequence of his annoyance is that even if he wants to sell his assets, he won't sell them to you, and those American tycoons are now with you and will get rid of them as soon as possible...... Oh My God...... "Benjamin wanted to remind Tommy casually, although he felt that Tommy should have thought about this problem, he was just acting subconsciously, but when he was halfway through his speech, he suddenly paused, and his gray-blue eyes locked on Tommy Hawk's breezy face:

"Everything you did for Wolf-Tucker and Otilia and Jim was to provide Murdoch with a rope to pick up in a panic and put it around his own neck, and then pull the noose switch yourself, you are not the one who waits in front of the gallows waiting to search for the pocket silver coins of the corpse, you are the vulture waiting to eat carrion."

Tommy nodded: "The layout of the previous years, thanks to the development of the times, what you said in the last place is my original, that's right, vultures, eating carrion can also make me strong." ”

"Words are done, good character." Benjamin Rosen was even frustrated, as the young man matured, he could give less and less advice to the other party, and the old guy's life experience seemed to be less important to Tommy.

He stood up slowly: "I'll go talk to Stephen and see if I want to discuss it, choose a good day to knock on Murdoch's door to collect debts, and I will not come to your office to sit in the future, because you make me feel that I am aging too fast." ”

"You know I can't live without you, Benjamin, I wouldn't be where I am today without you, and you're absolutely right, I like to walk the talk." Tommy also got up, patted the other party's broad back, and walked outside with the other party.

Benjamin took a few steps and suddenly turned his face sideways to look at Tommy: "Do what you say, you talked about it at the club, I still remember, it was better to be a joke." ”

"I will not give up on this good character." Tommy smiled at him, "You'll witness it." ”

Benjamin sighed, came back to his senses in shock, and continued walking: "God, better not let me witness that day coming, you are a madman, Tommy. ”

(End of chapter)