The pale blue waters of the Pacific Ocean reflect the white clouds, and when viewed from Tommy's Beverly Hills mansion, which took four years to complete, the entire Pacific Ocean looks like a large sapphire of brilliant brilliance.

"I saw a fashion magazine that rated your mansion as the second largest private property in the entire Los Angeles metropolis." Stephen sat on the terrace, blowing the gentle sea breeze, and said, "It feels good, I only have one problem, Tommy." ”

Tommy sat at the coffee table and flipped through some of the materials Stephen had brought, and said absent-mindedly, "What? ”

"One hundred and twenty-seven rooms, are you sure you and Otilia won't get lost in your own home? The big ones in the backyard can go to the Super Bowl. Stephen looked into the distance, "I feel like I need a pair of binoculars to sit here and look at the front door of your house." ”

Stephen once thought he was absolutely good at spending money, until he saw Tommy's mansion, or what the castle would look like when it was finished, that he felt that he had been surpassed by Tommy, who had helped him build a castle for himself.

The construction of this six-acre house began in 1984, at least 130 workers were busy every day, and it was not completed until recently, and the entire construction used nearly 1,000 tons of steel, wood and rock, and the overall shape of the house is divided into three main buildings, connected by a covered bridge, and when viewed from above, the three unique houses and the covered bridge cleverly form a winged eagle, and it is also a bald eagle.

The surname Hawke originally means eagle, so Tommy named his mansion the Eagle's Nest.

The Eagle's Nest has more than 100 rooms, including a home library, a home cinema, a home gym, a family bowling alley, an ice skating rink, a tennis hall, a private hair studio, a private kitchen, a private medical room, a gardening room, a storage room with a humidity system, and more.

The goods also built a parking lot with 100 parking spaces, a helipad, divided into two swimming pools in the open air and indoors, plus a family zoo with giraffes, zebras, monkeys, alpacas, flamingos, kangaroos, tortoises, rabbits, and two damn elephants.

There is also a women's cloakroom with a total of 2,000 square meters, and there are four female maids who help Otilia take care of the cloakroom every day, and they get up every day to go to the cloakroom to change clothes, which is as exaggerated as going directly to the luxury store to visit the mall, and after seeing it once, he completely dismissed the plan to bring his girlfriend to Tommy's house as a guest, so that he would not let his girlfriend see the cloakroom.

And the most exaggerated thing is that this house was built for four years, and the architectural design institute responsible for the entire architectural design work has been running around the world for four years with more than a dozen designers in the police station, Italian handmade furniture, British decoration, French lamps, Nordic oak staircase handrails, every rock, every screw, and every tree seen here may have a unique story.

This bastard even got a baobab tree from Africa at a high price and transplanted it in his own home, just to prevent the children and grandchildren of the Hawke family from becoming friends with the black man in the future.

He wants to teach his children and grandchildren how to become close friends with black people, and the way to teach them is that if a black person shows favor to his children and grandchildren, he will let the children dig a few pieces of the family baobab tree and give them to the black man, so as to ensure that they will not be able to reap the friendship of those black people in their lives, and ensure that his children and grandchildren will be judged by black people as extreme racists.

The entire estate is one-third larger than the President's White House, and more than 40 long-term servants plus five housekeeping companies can complete the daily housekeeping work of Tommy's family.

"First of all, the maid will occupy more than forty bedrooms as a maid's room, and the parking space will also occupy more than thirty cars, all of which are servants' cars, I have to think about them, and secondly, there is old Peppa, Big George, Dorothy and her daughter must also have independent space, although Big George does not live in for the time being, but he still has to arrange his room, and most importantly, if Otilia gives birth to a child in her womb, according to her living habits, the child's nanny, bodyguard, governess, children's doctor, etc. also need a room." Tommy flipped through the information and looked up at Stephen:

"In the end, for example, one day I had an epiphany, and I got ten Hollywood female stars to come to the house for an in-depth exchange and have a crazy party, and there are so many rooms here that I can guarantee that Otilia will never find out about their existence, as long as I want, ten women can live under Otilia's nose until they give birth to a child for me, of course, this is a joke, I won't do that, I won't do those crazy things at home."

"You're really a jerk if you do that, Otilia is pregnant now, you can't fuck around the house, bro, Otilia ...... And we CS is inseparable. After hearing Tommy ridiculing the benefits of the house being big enough, Stephen reminded him seriously, "Are you sure you're not going to propose to her yet?" Just let her give birth to your child in the name of his girlfriend? ”

"I didn't know that Otilia had quietly popped the balloon, which made me very passive, and according to my thoughts, it would probably be another year or two before I got engaged, got married, and then lived after marriage and had children." Speaking of Otilia's pregnancy, Tommy rubbed his forehead with his hand: "Let's change the subject, it's much more difficult to deal with Otilia than it is to deal with Murdoch, she actually colluded with Ashley, and deliberately chose a time to squeeze me and Tony wildly respectively, now it's okay, both women have successfully conceived the children of the Hawke family, can you imagine my father's reaction when he learned of this surprise?" The stray dogs on the streets of Warwick were all stopped by him to inform him of the good news. ”

Otilia's pregnancy is a small accident, she and Tony's wife Ashley don't know what went crazy, in short, Ashley is pregnant with Tony's child, Otilia is pregnant with her own child, this time next year, the Hawke family should be imported, but Tommy is not ready to propose to Otilia, he is not afraid of marriage, but he has no time to manage marriage for the time being, he must be busy with other things in the past two years.

But in addition to him, Tony, Daddy, and Becia were all overjoyed in the Hawke family, and a new life should have arrived in the Hawke family a long time ago, which gave him a bit of a headache.

"I saw that you brought information that Murdoch's backer on Wall Street, Citibank, began to put pressure on us creditors to extend the due loans." Tommy took the initiative to change the subject and said to Stephen.

Stephen nodded: "Citibank hopes that the Federal Reserve Board will come forward to put pressure and allow News Corp.'s loan extension, but Benjamin's connections on Wall Street have played a role, and it may be that Ed Kowt's fate is too scary, in short, the committee ignored Citibank's proposal and refused to come forward to put pressure, but the other party is not nothing, the committee gave an assessment report, the report you see, if News Corp goes bankrupt, it will bring serious consequences, as a media company with enough influence in the world, Its bankruptcy will accelerate the recession of the world economy and have serious implications for the U.S. financial system, and it is recommended that creditors continue to trust and support News Corp. in the interest of both parties. However, at the moment, we are obviously not prepared to listen to the committee's opinion, and Citibank is interviewing creditors one by one, hoping to get everyone to reach a consensus, but before it is our turn, we voluntarily refused. ”

"So Murdoch should also know that the biggest opposition to the extension is California's KeyBank?" Tommy looked at Stephen.

Dorothy, the Tommy's housekeeper who is now in charge of all the daily affairs, personally brought a freshly baked biscuit to him, and Stephen picked one up and put it in his mouth and bit it slowly: "Man, it's not just KeyBank, Murdoch sent a picture of Lord Shriver, me, you and Jim in his office in London, and you let me talk all day long about buying Fox and buying his American assets, lest the other party don't know what we're going to do." ”

"The bond expires and refuses to extend, he can't go bankrupt, and the British television network is in a critical period, coupled with the American people's disgust with Fox giving movies for free and infringing on actresses, selling Fox is his best choice, he spent 600 million to acquire Fox Film Company, and it cost him 2.5 billion US dollars to set up the Fox Television Network, and the figure given by the consulting company is that Fox Television Network and Film Company are worth about 4.3 billion, as for his newspaper business in the United States, although it seems that the price is not high, it is only about a billion. But just the "New York Post", "Washington Post", "Boston Herald" The intangible value of these three major newspapers is higher than 4.3 billion, not counting other regional newspapers and magazines, which is the bridgehead for his next landing in the United States, compared with Fox film and television assets, the newspaper industry is his real high-quality asset, sell Fox, he can still have 1.2 billion dollars in his hands after repaying the due debt, to ensure that he can continue to promote the Sky TV network, at least for half a year, there is no need to worry about the expiration of other debts, it must be Fox, But it will never be sold to us, according to Murdoch's character, even if he makes 1.2 billion, it will be a fiasco, as a troublemaker who spoiled his good deeds, he must give us an unforgettable lesson, just like a lesson to the unlucky politicians in Britain who angered him. Tommy also picked up a biscuit and put it in his mouth, and said slowly:

"Wolf-Tucker told me that the four financial journalists he was instructed to fire by me who had previously investigated KeyBank and were forcibly stopped by him halfway had hooked up with Murdoch's newspapers, and 100 percent of those newspapers would publish the glorious deeds of KeyBank lending usury to to start businesses and sell drugs, and plundering high-value assets in the name of public welfare and charity in Africa, Europe and other countries. The president, who didn't speak up for him before, will definitely signal the federal judiciary to investigate in the name of justice this time, and normally, in their opinion, the three of us have no choice but to commit suicide, and even if we don't commit suicide, someone will help us be decent, and I guess Murdoch must be aware of this, so he must want to see the obituaries of us spoilers appear in his newspaper. ”

"So you made Ted prepare for this for a long time." Stephen swallowed the cookie and licked his lips.

Everyone now thinks that Tommy must have been eyeing two big pieces of fat at Fox, and that's true, but that's underestimating the bastard's appetite, and if Murdoch didn't choose to lie down and be hammered, but wanted to teach him a lesson before leaving, he just fell into the trap that Tommy had prepared for him.

Murdoch's choice to be a coward and quietly get out of the United States is the best choice, if he dares to fight back, not only the Fox film and television industry, but also the newspaper business in the United States is ready to sell.

……

Murdoch acted very decisively, and when Citibank told him that there was no way to persuade all creditors to agree to the loan extension, to give him half a year, and that no capitalist was willing to help him eat the billions of maturing debts at a high price, he immediately made the decision to sell Fox Film Company and Fox Television Network, simply and without hesitation.

It's nice for News Corp to continue to own Fox now, but it will take many years to stand out in the United States, but now in the United Kingdom, Murdoch only needs a bloody battle to get the BBC, and his Sky network can dominate Europe.

After all, a thousand birds are not as good as a bird in the forest, and he chose to give up the hard bone of the United States first and swallow Europe.

Just after News Corp. submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to sell the Fox Television Network and Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, Turner, Steve, and the other three major television network leaders, who had previously hated Tommy, immediately showed that they were capable of reaching out to News Corp.

Tommy, who made the first contribution in the process of making Murdoch stinking in the past, Tommy, who was regarded as a close partner by the three major television networks, and Tommy, who was treated like a son by Turner, seemed to be forgotten by everyone, as if he did not know this young man at all.

The three major television networks and Turner are well aware of the value of the Fox television network, and those wonderful programs produced by Fox are like honey that continue to attract advertisers to pay money, and they are determined to get it, but it is a pity that the core assets of the Fox television network, the eight flagship television stations in the seven major cities of the United States, have not been acquired by one of the three major television networks, and Murdoch's enemy Turner Sr. has not even had the opportunity to contact and negotiate.

John Kruger, the former richest man in the United States, used the preemptive repurchase right he agreed upon when he sold his TV assets to Murdoch to buy back the Fox TV Network for 3.5 billion in cash.

The original identity of the Fox TV network was originally created by him, but later his investment focus shifted from the media to industry, so he sold this part of the assets to Murdoch, and turned to operate the communication cable and optical cable business in the United States and Eastern Europe and the CIS, on the grounds that he is more optimistic about the Internet era that has arrived, but now the repurchase is normal, after all, although the Internet has arrived, it is far from entering the public life.

Fox Films was eventually led by President Barry Diller, with a joint acquisition funded by Columbia Pictures' majority shareholder Entes, oil tycoon Marc Ritchie, and France's Vivendi Media's major shareholder Yannick for a total of $900 million, and Barry Diller continued to serve as president of Twentieth Century Fox Films, driving the production of existing film projects.

The three major television networks and Turner, Tommy's scandal offensive against Murdoch is like a farce, Murdoch was indeed kicked out of the American film and television industry in the end because of the financial crisis, but he took away 1.4 billion in cash, and everyone who jumped up and down with Tommy ended up and got nothing, just like Tommy.

"Why did the Vivendi Group, which is far away in France, jump out to participate in the acquisition of Hollywood studios!"

"Damn John Kruger! He had previously said that he was not interested in television, and he chose to bet on the Internet! But now this old guy has come back? Just because his grandson likes Simpson? ”

The Hollywood tycoon and the boss of the three major TV networks who couldn't eat the two pieces of fat in their mouths could only roar angrily, but after the roar, they were fortunate that although they got nothing, they were luckier than Tommy Hawke's guy, who not only got nothing, but was also found in trouble by Murdoch.

Because Murdoch only made 1.4 billion and then lost, his "Washington Post", "New York Post", "Washington Herald", "Wall Street Journal" and other American newspapers quickly broke a KeyBank investigation report, which was completed by four financial reporters for several months, incognito infiltrated KeyBank for an in-depth understanding, and encountered a lot of resistance during the period, including KeyBank's senior management directly asked financial TV boss Wolf Tucker to fire them.

But fortunately, the four reporters had an indomitable and truth-telling American spirit, and they insisted on making the investigation public, which revealed that KeyBank, a bank in the credit union system, was suspected of not doing any credit investigations, wantonly lending usury to low-income groups, and encouraging these lenders to engage in illegal and criminal activities. Overseas, KeyBank is also suspected of colluding with international grain traders to force the famine-stricken countries to eventually pay for the high price of food, and is also suspected of bribing officials of other countries to allow those countries to pledge high-quality assets to KeyBank without concealing their nationals, and then KeyBank will resell them for a profit.

The report even names the owners of KeyBank, Tommy Hawke and the group of emerging wealthy in the computer industry he represents, Stephen Burn and the group of California bankers he represents, Jim Manz and the group of American politicians he represents, and Benjamin Rosen and the Wall Street group he represents.

This investigation report almost seamlessly replaced the previous scandal of Murdoch's alleged collusion with the Communist Party and became the new gossip of the American public. Frankly, a week before the report was released, many of the poor people who had just learned about it had made KeyBank's microfinance business climb a lot higher than before, thanks to the free publicity in Murdoch's newspapers.

This time, the president did not continue to choose to remain silent, and when pressed by reporters, he said that he would push the federal judiciary to launch the necessary investigation into KeyBank, and if it really involved the violations in the report, it would definitely send the violators to where they should go.

"Under normal circumstances, according to the development of the plot, at this time, the group behind us, in order to avoid being involved, should send someone to help us be decent." After reading the investigation report on KeyBank in the newspaper, Tommy threw it directly on the ground, and then spit the gum in his mouth:

"Mr. President needs to learn a lesson, he shouldn't be in a hurry to help Mr. Murdoch get angry and prove to Murdoch that he doesn't just take money and don't do things, I mean, he should at least let some FBI, CIA or some other powerful agency figure out how this investigation report came about, if he knew that the fierce information in this investigation report was carefully selected by Tommy Hawk to blow up to those four idiots, he should not have launched such a hasty investigation."

(End of chapter)