"This is the information of the Latin American child who originally drew that special thank-you letter. She is from Brazil and her name is Karina Rosa. She is 11 years old this year. Unfortunately, this girl dropped out of school last year. Her family is still in difficulty, news reports Of little value.”
"UNICEF said that if necessary, they can arrange for the person in charge of the donation to be interviewed by the media."
"I think this information should not be released all at once. It is best to leave most of the information to other media to actively dig up, otherwise it will easily be questioned by the public as a deliberate arrangement."
"There is also the matter that Davis Condy, one of the six people, wants to settle. According to the evidence now held by the Santa Monica police, even if the parties do not admit it, it is enough to prove their guilt. However, accept the settlement and let the other party If you take the initiative to confess the truth about the original incident, things will be safer."
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Malibu, in a conference room at the Shell Villa at Dume Point Estate.
The legal team and public relations team responsible for the attack four years ago sat around the large conference table and discussed.
Janet sat in the middle of one side of the conference table, with George Norman, the head of the legal team, and Pat Kingsley, the head of the public relations team, on her left and right.
After patiently listening to the discussions of other people in the conference room, Janet directly ordered: "Tomorrow, arrange for the Los Angeles Times to report the causes and consequences of the $500,000. However, you should not let go completely afterwards and continue to guide other media to dig out more detailed information. Insiders, we can proactively provide them with materials when necessary.”
Today is already December 27th, Thursday.
These days, the investigation and public opinion regarding the attack four years ago were completely one-sided in favor of Simon. However, Janet, who was completely offended, did not relax at all.
In order to prevent everything that Simon owned now from being linked to the 'dirty money' that Matthew Broderick had used for reconciliation, Janet patiently did not announce the truth immediately in the face of the media's discussion, but instead asked people to After carefully collecting all the information about the funds that were originally donated to UNICEF, until an irrefutable chain of evidence was sorted out, we decided to make this matter public this time.
The reason for being so cautious is because Janet understands that if she only relies on a 'special thank you letter' that is still stored in the Shell Villa in Dume Point Manor, if no tangible evidence can be found afterwards, announcing it in advance will be counterproductive.
After all, it is hard for anyone to believe that a poor boy who had no money would donate $500,000 without hesitation.
Continuing to discuss the 500,000 US dollars with everyone, Janet finally glanced at everyone's faces in the conference room and said: "As for reconciliation, don't let me hear such suggestions again. I don't accept reconciliation. I Let those bastards go bankrupt and go to jail."
Feeling the stern and unquestionable tone in Janet's tone, everyone else was somewhat silent, and the lawyer who had just proposed to accept the settlement couldn't help but shrink his neck.
After Janet finished speaking, seeing that no one said anything, she lowered her head and glanced at the memo in front of her to make sure that she had not forgotten anything else. She closed the notebook and said, "Then, that's the end of today's meeting."
Everyone in the conference room stood up and left. George Norman and Pat Kingsley stayed until the end and discussed some trivial matters with Janet. George Norman finally asked with a smile: "Jenny, what should you and Simon do tonight?" You won’t miss the party at Daenerys Studios, right?”
Because it is the end of the year, although it is a working day, there are various parties almost every day in Hollywood these days. Daenerys Entertainment also arranged a party tonight at Daenerys Studios to thank Dany for the past year. A gathering of film partners of Nelis Entertainment.
They were very familiar with each other in private, and Janet was not as serious as she was in the meeting just now. She looked at her watch and said, "Simon said he could be back in time at seven o'clock, so he must go there."
After Christmas, Simon returned from the East Coast. In recent days, Simon went to San Francisco to discuss the development plan for 1991 with senior executives of several companies, including Ygritte.
As Jennifer's uncle, George Norman naturally knew about this, and his niece, who had been staying at his house, also rushed to San Francisco with Simon in the past few days.
Both George Norman and the female assistant’s parents knew about the relationship between Jennifer and Simon.
Before Simon and Janet got married, the Rayboulds still expected their daughter to snatch Simon away. After the wedding at the beginning of the year, because of Simon's continued increase in personal wealth and power, and for various reasons, the Rayboulds almost acquiesced. Simon has an unclear relationship with his daughter.
George Norman was thinking about this, so he naturally would not mention it in front of Janet, and said: "I will also go there tonight, and I plan to introduce some friends to Simon."
"Of course, no problem," Janet nodded and said, "If you need additional invitations, you can call Amy directly."
George Norman shook his head and smiled: "Don't bother Pascal with such a small matter."
After seeing off George Norman and Pat Kingsley, Janet returned to the villa and called Simon. He said he would not get on the plane in an hour. After chatting for a few words, Janet called to stay. The two girls AB at home accompanied them to the cloakroom on the third floor to prepare for tonight's party.
In San Francisco, Simon stayed at the Eaglet headquarters until six o'clock in the afternoon before Simon finally rushed to the airport to return to Los Angeles.
In addition to the female assistant, she was accompanied this time by housekeeper Alice Ferguson and Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Butler, whom Simon had known for a long time.
Peter Butler will officially leave the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper after the New Year and join Eagle Ruite Company, mainly responsible for the news and financial information sections of the Eagle Ruite portal.
After AOL signed exclusive agreements with the three major operators, the growth rate of the number of World Wide Web users increased again in the last quarter of 1990. Counting the growth of World Wide Web access users in other regions, as of now, the number of Internet users relying on the World Wide Web has officially Breaking through the million mark, this growth rate is even better than Simon's best prediction.
Therefore, Simon has re-adjusted his plan and plans to officially launch efforts in the Internet field early next year.
Igret, AOL and Cisco, three of Simon's core companies in the Internet field, have been discussing various plans for next year since last month. Moreover, also last month, Igret once again started building two other 2 million user-level data centers on the east and west coasts, which are expected to be launched in mid-January next year.
Mid-January 1991 happened to be the time when the Gulf War broke out.
The cloud computing plan has been advancing secretly. However, because it involves many technical problems that need to be solved, this matter requires enough time, and many other plans of Yigrit cannot wait.
Once the two data centers under construction are completed, the total user capacity of the Yigrit data center will reach 5 million levels, which will definitely not be used up in the short term. Therefore, Yigrit will start Carol Bar in advance. The one-stop website solution plan proposed by Ci last year provides server space and website solutions to commercial users interested in developing Internet site business.
The early implementation of this business plan will not only increase Yigret's revenue, but also further enrich Internet content resources.
However, this is actually just one of the development plans finalized in recent days.
In addition to Carol Butts' plan, starting early next year, Igret will also make efforts in the two major fields of media and social networking. The joining of Peter Butler this time is one of them. In addition, Jeff Bezos has been digging for outstanding media people in various fields to join Yigrit in recent months.
After Simon's attempt to cooperate with the Hearst Group failed a few months ago, Igret completely gave up on relying on other media platforms to obtain information and began to build his own news media team.
In January of next year, in fact, just a few days later, the new version of the Yigrit portal will be officially launched.
By then, the Yigret portal will not only launch the first-generation simple search engine function that has been secretly developed for a year, but the media layout will also be expanded to 11 channels at once including news, finance, sports, entertainment, fashion, and technology. , among which the news channel will be divided into various sub-channels such as domestic news, international news, picture news and so on.
In the social field, after a year of technology accumulation, Yigret's personal homepage will be split into column blogs and microblogs, and the user group will begin to be subdivided.
At the same time, in order to guide users' enthusiasm for using the blog, Yigrit will hold various types of online activities with cash or gift rewards every month for the next year.
In addition, the mailbox, forum, online games and other sections of the Igret portal will be revised one after another. The e-commerce business that Simon has entrusted to the housekeeper will also be tested in the next year.
The number of users has reached one million levels. Although it is difficult to obtain the same benefits as newspaper media of the same magnitude, it is still a media platform that cannot be underestimated. Moreover, Simon also hopes that through the next year's efforts, the number of World Wide Web users will break through the 5 million mark in 1991.
As long as the number of users reaches 5 million, and with subsequent user growth, Igret Portal can begin to build a complete Internet business ecosystem with profit potential.
In order to achieve this goal, Simon simply did not make budget restrictions for Ygritte this year.
As long as it can produce corresponding results, even if Jeff Bezos and Carol Bartz invest 500 million or even 1 billion US dollars in the next year, Simon will be willing to pay.
Many unicorn companies in the Internet era have lost tens of billions of dollars for several consecutive years, and may ultimately accomplish nothing. In comparison, Simon's seemingly money-burning investment at this time is worth every penny. After the outbreak of the Internet industry, these technologies and content accumulation can be quickly transformed into real market value through IPO.
As long as Simon is willing, he can easily recover all the initial investment through equity cash-out.
In addition to Ygritte, the same is true for AOL.
The reason why Simon promised not to lay off employees after completing the acquisition of Bell Atlantic was not only to start layout in the new telecommunications field of mobile communications, but also to support AOL.
With the acquisition of Bell Atlantic, although the company will not be involved in Internet access services in the short term, it will further deepen its cooperation with AOL. Several states on the East Coast where Bell Atlantic is located will be AOL's key expansion targets next year.
Also starting next month, AOL will launch a large-scale free trial business.
Users only need to make a reservation to access the Internet and do not need to pay a penny. America Online will come to install it and can experience free Internet surfing time of 3 hours a day for up to a month. The first phase of this activity will last at least three months.
Speaking of which, AOL had just the right time to launch this activity.
For the same reason, the Gulf War will break out next month.
Back in the cabin in Los Angeles, Simon has been discussing the matter with Peter Butler.
“Although the Internet media platform has just been born, its advantages compared to newspapers and television are actually very obvious.
For major events such as the impending war in the Gulf region, a daily newspaper cannot provide information in real time. Although 24-hour news channels like CNN can provide real-time reporting, they cannot retain information. Users cannot be informed 24 hours a day. Stay in front of the TV.
Relatively speaking, portals can solve these two problems to a large extent.
We can achieve real-time and long-term storage of news information. Users can log in to the network at any time and not only see the news that is currently happening, but also browse other events in the past. Moreover, portals can provide richer content than newspapers and television. As long as we can seize this opportunity next month, the media business of Igret Portal will definitely be able to gain popularity among the people. "
In the history of media, many news platforms have emerged at the right moment.
Just as the Hearst family relied on its own media network to instigate the Spanish-American War, the sales of its own newspapers also increased significantly during that period. In the original time and space, Fox News also broke CNN's strong position among American news channels through its all-round and timely coverage of the 911 incident.
The upcoming Gulf War is a good opportunity for the development of Ygriet Portal.
Peter Butler is still being ridiculed for over-promoting Westeros because of his report on Simon a few years ago, but his promotion within the Los Angeles Times newspaper in recent years has been obvious to all.
However, for the Los Angeles Times, which has a history of more than 100 years, climbing to the top of the company requires more than just sufficient ability.
Therefore, after receiving the invitation from Simon to join the Eaglet portal, Peter Butler quickly decided to give up his promoted position as deputy editor of the department and join this new media platform to be responsible for the two core information sections of news and finance. .
As a media person, Peter Butler is very aware of the importance of the two major sectors of news and finance. Although he failed to gain control of more channels, he also knows that Simon's invitation is full of sincerity. Moreover, Peter Butler did not think that his original report on Simon got him the job.
The young man in front of him who has created a series of miracles is fully worthy of that report. Moreover, to achieve his current achievements, he will definitely not hire anyone just because of a report that praises him.
After Simon finished speaking, Peter Butler said: "Simon, I have thought about it. Around the middle of next month, I plan to rush to Saudi Arabia in person to follow up on this incident."
When Simon heard what Butler said, he showed an expression of appreciation in his eyes and said, "No problem, but you need to arrange things in North America."
The two continued to discuss, and the plane soon landed on the runway of Los Angeles International Airport.
Outside the porthole window, it was already dusk.
After saying goodbye to Peter Butler, Simon hurried back to Dume Point Manor. After changing his clothes, Simon and Janet rushed to the party at Daenerys Studios. It was already past seven-thirty.
The couple appeared in the lobby of the movie theater activity center and naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.
After some socializing and pleasantries, we finally arrived at a small circle where the heads of various studios gathered. Just after saying hello, Columbia Pictures CEO Peter Cooper couldn't help but said: "Simon, the box office of "Home Alone" is really unexpected. "
When everyone heard Peter Cooper mention this topic, they all looked at Simon with different expressions.
This past week, Hollywood's biggest box office dark horse is undoubtedly "Home Alone", which will be released on December 21.
This children's comedy that fits the holiday spirit has a box office of US$26.15 million in the three days it opened from December 21st to December 23rd. This was originally nothing, but as the workday entered, the popularity of "Home Alone" and Box office momentum continues to rise.
After a brief low point on Christmas Eve on Monday, and then on Tuesday and Wednesday, the single-day box office figures of "Home Alone" far exceeded expectations. Although today's box office data will not be released until after 12 o'clock, the industry generally predicts that "Home Alone" will The box office of "The Master" in its first week has definitely reached a high of over 40 million US dollars.
Calculating carefully, this will be the second movie in 1990 to have a box office of more than 40 million in a single week after "Die Hard 2".
However, the box office curve of "Die Hard 2" plummeted by more than 50% in the second week, which is obviously not comparable to the popularity of "Home Alone" which continues to rise.
Prior to this, based on John Hughes's past box office results, many people believed that the total North American box office of "Home Alone" might only be 40 million US dollars. Therefore, it exceeded 40 million in the first week. No one, not even within Daenerys Entertainment, could have expected such data.
It was generally believed in Hollywood that "The Last Days", which opened in the summer and successfully closed with a North American box office of US$217 million, would lock in the box office championship in 1990 and be the only domestic box office film to exceed US$200 million in 1990. Film.
Now, "Home Alone" is coming out of nowhere. Judging from the current public popularity, it is very likely to break the box office figures of "The Last Days" and seize the top spot at the box office in 1990.