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The opening ceremony of the Davos summit ended with a burst of applause. When the meeting was over, everyone left the venue in an orderly manner. Although there were 2,500 participants, they were noisy, but not chaotic.

"Andy, when you arrived in the morning, you immediately stole all the attention."

Andy smiled and shook hands with the old fox Soros who was surrounded by several smiling middle-aged people.

"I don't want to grab any limelight, it just coincides with the meeting. Besides, your remarks are already explosive enough, and I'm just sticking to my point of view."

Hearing Andy's answer, Soros did not dare to underestimate the young man in front of him, and said with a smile: "The executives of Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and UBS who were scheduled to participate in this forum canceled Davao at the last minute one after another. Paulson and British Finance Minister Darling also gave up this trip. Many people are worried. I have a private lunch meeting in a while. Let’s talk together. .”

Andy nodded with a smile, and did not refuse. He also wanted to hear what this controversial hedge crocodile had to say, but he thought it would be like that. They are not fools, and they all want to make some money in this financial turmoil. This old guy often made some sensational remarks because of his profits.

In fact, in Andy's view, no matter whether it is him or Soros, or other economists or financial experts, it is impossible to distinguish whether these people are out of morality or out of goodwill towards the global economy. , his account speaks for itself.

However, in view of Soros's "evil deeds", many people equate him with disaster and speculation. In the UK, he has always had the title of "Bank of England Destroyer". So when he predicted that the British economy will enter a recession this morning, The British media did not forget to remind readers: "This man has spoken again!"

And Andy Smith, who also took a big bite out of the British stock market last year, is also not liked by some people in the UK, but Andy has his media to help him clean up, and there is also the current third place in the league. The Thorn Club, to a large extent, counteracted some negative impressions. After all, Andy did not take away the money he earned, but continued to invest in the UK.

These two big shorts walked together, talking and laughing, and immediately became the target of the media at the summit venue. The media circled around, taking pictures and asking various questions at the same time, hoping to get some good news. News material.

. . . . . .

"Mr. Smith, I am a reporter from The Times . . . "

When Andy heard that it was a newspaper owned by Murdoch, he didn't even bother to look at the other party, let alone answer the other party's questions. He continued to walk forward with a smile on his face, as if he didn't hear it.

"Mr Smith,

I am XXX, a reporter from Reuters. I would like to ask, what do you think of the governments of various countries taking various measures to intervene in the market to save the market in order to prevent the risk of financial crisis? "

Andy glanced at the other party, smiled lightly: ""Once a crisis occurs, the authorities must intervene. The best moment to intervene is before the crisis spreads, before it is too late. The question is, like the Fed cut yesterday, how far can it go?

Last year, I asked my newspapers to warn Washington and the Federal Reserve, but no one cared, and instead aroused a lot of criticism. Now, it is too late. The 60-year bull market in global stock markets has ended. This time Not "halftime". "

"Mr. Smith, this is The Washington Post . . . can I do an interview with you?

"I'm New TU... can I do an exclusive interview with you?"

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When the reporters at the scene heard that the young master Andy finally responded, they immediately started to report their family members, hoping to be lucky enough to get an exclusive interview opportunity. After all, the US subprime mortgage crisis is a hot topic at this Davos summit. Andy Smith, the youngest billionaire who participated in Davos for the first time, is also a highly sought-after hot figure.

"Next, I will participate in debates and brainstorming forums. If you have any questions, please ask them at that time. As for the interview, you can apply for it. Maybe I will have time..."

Andy smiled lightly and blinked his big eyes, with an expression that maybe you guys can really get an interview, which made a group of reporters roll their eyes collectively. Others are eager to get an exclusive interview from a big media. No one cares about this. Who makes someone not only rich but also handsome, young and famous all over the world? Offending him has no good results. Didn’t the reporters of The Times turn black?

He asked the same question as a Reuters reporter, but was directly ignored by the bastard Andy Smith. He received the news from London and knew that the "News of the World" had kicked the iron wall, but he didn't expect Andy to get angry directly The entire News Corp. is completely ignored.

Nima, our "Times" is a serious newspaper, not that kind of tabloid!

Andy doesn't care about big newspapers or tabloids, he ignores and refuses all news corporations!

He wouldn't believe that old guy Murdoch didn't know that his tabloids were targeting him, maybe this old guy benefited from it!

"Hmph! Just wait, old fox, you won't be in the mood to have a meeting here tomorrow!"

After arriving in London this time, there was a breakthrough in arranging for Simon Garner of The Independent to have people track down the mobile phone incident of the 13-year-old missing girl Millie Dowler. At the same time, a big fish was caught during the investigation.

Because of the relationship between Ivana and Wendy Murdoch, as well as the global influence of News Corporation, Andy finally decided to suppress Millie Dowler's affairs first, eavesdropping on celebrities, royal family and other behaviors, and will not give News Corporation It was a fatal blow, but once Millie Dowler's incident broke out, News Corp. would definitely be in big trouble. At the same time, the enmity between Andy Smith and News Corp. would be completely settled. That's not what Andy wanted.

What Andy wants is to make the old guy Murdoch restrain himself a little bit, let his group of puppies withdraw their minions, and let the other party knock the mountain until he has the evidence to bring him down.

This degree must be mastered. Most of the British public believe that the phone-hacking scandal only involves the royal family, celebrities, sports stars and politicians. Many people are watching the news in a curious mood. After all, these "victims" seem to Has a certain ability, enough to fight the tabloids.

But let the public know that News Corp's eavesdropping targets are ordinary people, or even victims, then the severity of this is even more serious; well, it will definitely cause the whole UK to be outraged.

That way, Andy is relieved, and Murdoch must be unlucky, but he won't be able to cure him to death. Instead, he will have an enemy who will never die. He is also a world-class media tycoon. You must know that Andy's piggu is dirty. Very, the same can't stand the thought, so it's a wise choice to knock the mountain and shake the tiger.

Besides, throwing out a controversial news can just divert the scandal between him and Cheryl, and at the same time increase the sales of "Du Li Bao".

When Andy was having dinner with bigwigs in Davos and bragging on the forum, in the morning of the next day in London, the headline on the front page of the "Dual News" was a report with the theme of "News Corporation's Watergate incident?" The whole UK, even Europe, North America.

According to the report, Jonathan Rees, a private detective working for the News of the World and the Mirror, has repeatedly tapped the Prince's current girlfriend Kate, former Prime Minister Blair, the Earl of Essex and his wife, and former Labor Party cabinet minister Jack Straw. , Peter Mandelson, movie star Sienna Miller, and even former London police chief Sir Stevens' phone calls and cell phone recordings.

The report detailed how this private detective with a bad record and unscrupulous means to obtain the privacy of celebrities used some eavesdropping methods to collect information about the people he wanted for the News of the World and the Mirror.

For example, taking some dirty photos of London police officers, coercing them to provide him with secret information, hiring thieves to steal some public figure materials for newspapers, and hiring professional "speakers" from taxation departments, transportation departments, banks and communication operators Other organizations steal the privacy of public figures and sell them to newspapers and so on. . .

The report of "Li Bao" is undoubtedly not very peaceful in the past. A large-yield zha bomb was thrown into the lake under the cloud of economic crisis, which completely detonated the already tense heartstrings of the whole UK.

Suddenly, all the media's focus was on Fleet Street in London. At the same time, Andy Smith's legal team formally submitted an indictment to the London court, suing "News of the World" for obtaining personal privacy through illegal means.

Everyone is a little dumbfounded. Many people in the UK, including the journalists and paparazzi on Fleet Street, know that the News of the World has been kicked to the iron plate for hyping the scandal between Andy Smith and Cheryl. Andy Smith is a young man. The billionaires in the world will definitely retaliate, but no one thought that the retaliation would come so fast, so violent and deadly, and they looked like they were going to die.

In Cheryl's apartment in London, Cheryl and her mother Joan, who were surrounded by paparazzi and reporters at home, stared dumbfounded at the gate of the "News of the World" newspaper surrounded by reporters, and Andy Smith was constantly replayed. The chief lawyer of the legal team made a statement to the media.

"Honey, you and him really... the night before yesterday..."

"Mother!"

. . . Joan looked at her daughter Cheryl's somewhat embarrassed coquettishness and the blush flashing on her rosy face, blinked a few times, and looked back at the intimate photo of Andy Smith and Cheryl in the bar on the TV screen, " This kid is a real man!"

Cheryl knew what her mother had found, and panic flashed in her eyes. She walked to the window, opened the curtains and looked out. Sure enough, although there were still a few paparazzi, there were no fewer. He successfully diverted his gaze, and the scene of Andy holding her tossing that day could not help appearing in his mind. . .