American Fortune Life

Negative effects are spreading to News Corp.'s business in the United States. Murdoch was "forced", independent directors of News Corporation's board of directors hope that Murdoch can announce the succession plan as soon as possible, in order to alleviate the concerns of shareholders.

Although the newspapers involved in the scandal represent only a small part of News Corp.'s media empire, the hacking scandal has already wiped billions of dollars off News Corp.'s value, with its stock price falling from $18.34 at the time of the scandal to $12.97. The market value of the Murdoch family's stake in News Corporation has also shrunk by $1.5 billion.

Shares in News Corp slumped further when shareholders began selling heavily after news broke that former News International president Rebecca Brooks had been arrested in the UK. Standard \u0026 Poor's downgraded credit rating is undoubtedly worse.

News Corporation shareholders were divided into several factions. In the past, Murdoch could be strongly suppressed. However, now, the silent forces within the group have begun to rise, and the strongest faction supports Peter Chenin, the chief operating officer of News Corporation, to take over his post.

Under internal and external troubles, Murdoch had to drag his tired old body to meet Andy Smith, the hungry wolf of Wall Street, who sounded the trumpet of silence and frantically shorted News Corporation!

In the Rockefeller Center, the two doors of the classical and luxurious office are open. The gorgeous decoration and strong colors in the office show elegance and luxury. Under the gorgeous European-style chandelier, Andy Smith in a neat suit stepped on the carpet full of classical beauty, looked at Murdoch with a smile on his face, stepped forward to greet him, and when he was two steps away, Andy held out his hand.

"Good morning, Rupert, sorry for the delay."

The smile on Murdoch's face was blank under the trendy Panama hat. He reached out and shook hands with Andy wordlessly.

"You're welcome. A winner always looks like a winner."

"Hehe, please—"

Regarding the sharpness in Murdoch's words, Andy did not evade, but smiled and accepted it calmly. He didn't need to pretend, he was already a winner.

The two walked to the luxurious rest area and sat opposite each other on the soft sofa. Murdoch took off his Panama hat and stared at the smiling Andy with a pair of dark eyes, relatively speechless.

"Your coffee, please take your time—"

Soon, the little assistant wearing a chiffon white shirt with a black TUN bag and black s delivered coffee. Murdoch's eyes fell on the little assistant's dimpled smiling face, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, faintly He said: "It has been famous for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really looks like it. It's rare, but it's a pity."

Looking at Murdoch on the opposite side, words like "haggard" and "thin" are not enough to describe his current state. Andy, who was a little embarrassed at first, couldn't help shaking his head and laughing when he heard the ridicule and sarcasm in the other party's words. She stretched out her hand very calmly and gestured, "Taste it, this is the top Blue Mountain coffee, paired with her technique, it is a masterpiece, no one can match it."

It is not new for the little assistant to look like someone from the UK. What he said is that it is rare to find someone so similar to Andy, but it is a pity that he is mocking Andy. Fake ones are fake ones.

"Oh, really? You really need to taste it carefully." Murdoch frowned slightly on his expressionless old face, and reached out to pick up the coffee cup.

Andy also picked up the fragrant coffee, smiled slightly, and took a sip. With smiling eyes, he looked at Murdoch, who seemed to be concentrating on tasting the coffee, and the upward curve of the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious. .

The old fox refused to admit defeat quickly, and wanted to take the initiative, but unfortunately, the fish on the chopping board couldn't escape the knife no matter how much it jumped!

Even if Murdoch decisively resorted to the tactics of a strong man breaking his wrist and abandoning his car to protect his handsome appearance during this period, promising to shut down the 168-year-old "News of the World" and abandoning the acquisition of British Sky Broadcasting Corporation, it is still difficult to calm the public's anger. A thank you, good-bye stop-publishing statement, as well as an autographed letter of apology published by seven newspapers failed to put an end to the wiretapping incident.

The situation is still developing towards a more serious situation.

Under the unanimous condemnation of the world's public opinion, Murdoch and his empire have become "the trembling old man" and "the trembling empire". In addition to the blow of internal and external troubles, another blow to Murdoch is undoubtedly the prince's broken wings.

According to the news, there are voices within News Corporation questioning whether the 38-year-old James Murdoch is still the most popular candidate to succeed Murdoch. It is proposed to let him resign strategically.

What's more deadly is that in the United States, the FBI has begun to investigate reports that journalists from News Corporation's newspapers tapped the phones of victims of the 9.11 incident. Then, the most tragic outcome of News Corp. will be the conviction of violation of the code of ethics, and the operating license of its American TV station will be revoked in accordance with the US "Federal Communications Act". This is undoubtedly worse for Murdoch's News Corporation, which is in a difficult situation.

To be honest, Andy still admires Murdoch and the News Corporation under Murdoch's control. News Corporation is definitely one of the largest and most international comprehensive media companies in the world. It owns 20th Century Fox Film Corporation , Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News Channel, MySpace, an international dating site, and many newspapers and satellite TV in the UK and Australia. An absolute giant, Murdoch can be called the first real and possibly the last "media tycoon" in the world.

If possible, Andy would naturally want to defeat or annex the opponent directly, but unfortunately, at this time, he is really powerless.

"Snapped--"

Murdoch put the coffee cup on the table, looked at Andy blankly, with sharp and gloomy eyes, and said indifferently, "When are you going to stop?"

Hearing the arrogant and accusatory tone of the other party, Andy was not angry, but put down the coffee cup with a smile, leaned back on the back of the sofa, spread his hands, and said with a smile: "It was a long time ago when I first learned about Wall Street. I just know that it is a magical place, and my heart is full of longing.

Growing up slowly, the impression of it is only the sleepless era of capital and the sleepless Wall Street. He even disdains Wall Street because of his arrogance. . . hehe"

Andy shook his head and laughed, his smile was full of self-mockery, he didn't care that what he said was not what Murdoch wanted to hear and stopped, but continued to talk to himself: "I won't know until I really get in, it It is a financial net spreading to the world. This net is strong but fragile, light and dark. This net can both speed up the economy and suffocate the economy. He is Wall Street!

give up? It's time for strangulation to make a profit, Rupert, you know, capital doesn't believe in tears!

Hehe, I know that many people in the outside world are saying behind my back that I am a hungry wolf on Wall Street, a greedy vampire, but I don’t care, just like I don’t care about the method, I only care about winning or losing. My chief think tank once taught me:” If you want a friend on Wall Street, find a dog, the outside world is hand to hand combat.""

Andy said with a smile on his eyes, as if he smelled a bloody shark, he touched his mouth subconsciously.

Murdoch kept silent and frowned. He knew better than anyone else that behind the prosperity of this colorful world in New York was an unknown bloody fight, and those big consortiums could do anything for profit. Yes, the competition for capital is always a tireless and dangerous struggle.

"The "New York Post" has published a letter of apology to you and your family on the front page for a week in a row...and, I promise, all the media under the News Corporation will not report any gossip about you from today onwards!

I know you have always wanted to take back the copyright of the X-Men, I can promise, give you back half of the copyright, Marvel can use mutants. . . "

"Ha ha..."

Andy laughed and interrupted Murdoch's words, and kept laughing until Murdoch's face turned black. Because of the frown, the wrinkles on his forehead were so obvious that they could almost kill flies, and then he slowly restrained his smile. Burning, flickering cold, a sneer appeared on his cold face.

"Rupert, you are really old. Whether you can accept it or not, the new era is a cruel reality of "winner takes all". Do you really think that the self-righteous condition you mentioned can replace Hundreds of millions of dollars?

Do not be silly! "

Hearing the sarcasm, Murdoch couldn't help trembling slightly, staring at Andy with anger in his eyes, like a wolf who chooses someone and devours an old wolf, and said through gritted teeth: "Are you really going to die?"