Los Angeles, Century City, Fox Building.

James Murdoch, who was restricted from leaving the country, still went to work on time to stabilize the somewhat distracted hearts of Twentieth Century Fox.

The company is in poor condition recently, and FBI agents come to investigate from time to time. Under the huge pressure from public opinion, government authorities and the huge group he and the News Group have created, they don’t let go of every clue like a hound.

The stock price seemed to be overwhelmed by this huge pressure.

The shareholders have been completely angered and asked the Murdoch family to give an explanation.

How to explain this kind of thing? When making a profit, they all remain silent, but if something happens, they will let the Murdoch family take the blame alone.

James Murdoch once again spoke to New York and received the latest instructions from his father Rupert Murdoch, asking him to visit Ronan Anderson, who is in the entertainment of Relativity.

His father, an old man, became a spirit. Although there was no evidence, he speculated that behind this matter, there was no connection with relativity entertainment.

James Murdoch was quite confident about his father's vision, but this guess made him somewhat difficult to accept.

He has been planning for relativity entertainment, waiting for the opportunity to appear, but the plan has not really begun, relativity entertainment has taken action against 20th Century Fox and News Corp.

But if you think about it carefully, this possibility is also very large. After all, he really made people eavesdrop on Ronan Anderson, although he did not get any useful information.

James Murdoch asked his assistant to contact Relativity Entertainment and planned to visit him in the afternoon.

Then, he checked the latest situation of Relativity Entertainment through information and the Internet.

Relativity Entertainment is integrating Lucasfilm, and the new "Star Wars" movie has begun to create scripts. The market value of Netflix, which is holding, is close to US$180 billion, and the newly released movies are selling well.

A remake called "Ace Agents" opened in North America last weekend, with a box office of $56.85 million in the first weekend.

Relativity Entertainment has achieved success in movies.

Even James Murdoch is numb to such situations because it is too common.

It is March 2009, and some statistics have been released last year. Even movies like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Captain America" ​​are still being released. In the past year, Relativity Entertainment has achieved first place in both box office lists in North America and the world.

"Avatar", "Beauty and the Beast", "Alice in Wonderland", "Iron Man 2", "Inception", "The Hunger Games" and "Captain America" ​​etc., make Relativity Entertainment the first company in history to have a global box office of over 10 billion US dollars.

Its global box office total reached US$11.687.59 million.

Although "Avatar" contributed a quarter of it, the multi-faceted blossoming of relativity entertainment is also the key.

Just by dividing the box office into one, it crushed the global box office sum of 20th Century Fox.

Even if the relativity entertainment will never again have super hits like "Avatar" this year, judging from the release list that Embassy Pictures has released, the box office results may not be worse than last year.

The most representative of them are "Avengers", "Transformers 2" and "Iron Man 3". According to the industry's judgment, these are both commercial masterpieces with a global box office of one billion US dollars.

If nothing unexpected happens, Relativity Entertainment will once again create an annual global box office of over 10 billion yuan.

One more terrifying thing is that the box office and last year's release year are only part of the revenue of these movies. The surrounding area will continue to create continuous revenue for relativistic entertainment in the years to come.

As far as James Murdoch knows, the project "Beauty and the Beast" is just Belle's skirts, Relativity Entertainment has sold nearly $400 million in the global market.

This company was crazy about selling skirts, so Belle changed one set after another in the movie, but each set was so beautiful.

James Murdoch shook his head, put down these ideas for the time being, and returned to the "eavesdropping gate" itself. This incident had a great impact on 20th Century Fox on News Corp.

My family knows that the data and cases that have been published may be wrong, but they are very few.

In fact, what News Corporation does is far more serious than what is public.

If you continue to investigate, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable.

I had lunch alone at noon, went back to the office to rest for a while, and then watched the progress of the incident, which was full of negative news, as if Twentieth Century Fox and News Group would completely collapse tomorrow.

When James Murdoch planned and accused those things, he never considered what he would face today. He didn't know what to do except to use his big moves.

It seems that it is not very good to use the ultimate move. His father Rupert Murdoch is busy putting out fires and is in crisis public relations, and the effect is better than nothing.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, James Murdoch appeared in the reception room of the Relativity Building on time.

"Long time no see, Ronan."

No matter how difficult the situation is, James Murdoch maintained a smile on his face in front of outsiders, shook hands with Ronan and said: "Twentieth Century Fox and Relativity Entertainment are neighbors, so you have to walk around frequently."

Ronan ignored James Murdoch's vague statement and said, "It's a pity that the good neighbor installed a wiretap on my phone."

James Murdoch was a little surprised by Ronan's directness, but he was not embarrassed at all. After all, he had expected this situation when he came and immediately said: "I am very sorry for this matter. But this is really not out of my instructiveness. I have never done it or thought about it."

It is a basic skill for big shots to take the blame, and James Murdoch even casually said: "This is done by the people below. They are too brave and dare to do anything. Ronan, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation."

How could Ronan believe this kind of nonsense? He said: "James, what is the truth of the matter? We don't need to discuss it here. I believe that the governments in Britain and the United States will have a conclusion. So many people are waiting for a result."

James Murdoch said: "No matter what, Ronan, I should apologize to you for this matter..."

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt James Murdoch and asked, "I don't know what's wrong with you coming to see me this time?"

As he got to the point so quickly, James Murdoch stopped going around in circles and said directly: "Ronan, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter can develop to the present level, and there are relativity entertainment and your promotion behind it."

Ronan remained silent and did not respond at the moment.

James Murdoch frowned slightly and asked simply: "Ronan, 20th Century Fox and News Group, had a relationship with Relativity Entertainment in the past, but it was not very bad. The Murdoch family was not blind. You have done so much behind your back, what do you want to do?"

Hearing this questioning, Ronan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mr. James Murdoch, you figure out one thing. In this eavesdropping caused by News Corp., my girlfriend and I were both victims!"

His tone gradually became stronger: "I should ask you this, Mr. James Murdoch, News Corp, Twentieth Century Fox, and the Murdoch family, what do you want to do if you eavesdrop on my phone and Jesse?"

This stern attitude is completely different from Ronan in James Murdoch's impression.

In his eyes, Ronan Anderson has always been a relatively kind person, and it is rare in the industry to hear that he loses his temper with someone.

"I don't mean anything else." James Murdoch thought about the recent situation and quickly explained: "I just want to dispel the misunderstanding between us."

"Misunderstanding?" Ronan couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

James Murdoch still wanted to speak, but Ronan didn't give him a chance: "If you want to talk to me, your weight is not enough, let your father come."

"Ronan!" James Murdoch stared at this side.

Ronan waved his hand: "I still have work to work, so let's get here."

He stopped caring about James Murdoch, got up and left the reception room. Connie then came in and smiled at James Murdoch: "Mr. Murdoch."

James Murdoch remained silent and left the entertainment of relativity in a complicated mood. After all, he was not an ordinary person. After careful consideration, he also understood that his identity might be really not equal to Ronan Anderson.

The other party is the richest man in the world, and his wealth is even richer than the entire News Corp...

Back at Fox Building, he immediately contacted his father Rupert Murdoch.

Rupert Murdoch is in London, and the situation there is very unoptimistic.

The Special Committee of the UK Parliament released a preliminary investigation report on the series of scandals in News Corp. This report severely accused Rupert Murdoch of turning a blind eye to the group's internal wiretapping and saying it was not suitable to lead the international media group.

In this 85-page report, three conclusions have attracted widespread attention.

First, the report said that Rupert Murdoch and his son "pretend to be ignorant" about the series of telephone eavesdropping incidents of "News World" reporters, and was not suitable for leading News Corp. The entire incident showed that News Corp had a huge failure in the company's corporate governance.

Second, the report criticized more than a dozen News Corp executives and pointed out that they have been covering up scandals and misleading investigations, and seriously interfering in judicial justice!

Third, the British government and parliament are considering that if News Corp still insists that this is a "small mistake", it will force the Murdoch family to sell a series of media rights such as Sky TV and The Times.

The royal law firm, including the royal family, and other lawyers, have also announced that they will file a lawsuit against News Corporation.

Faced with such a severe situation, in order to preserve the media empire of the Murdoch family, Rupert Murdoch changed his previous denial and posted a full-page apology letter on the official website of News Corp. We apologize for a series of serious wrongful behaviors, we deeply apologize for the pain suffered by the victims, and we regret not being able to take action as soon as possible to resolve the problem.
Chapter completed!