Chapter 1060 Chicago Temperament

After Bill McKennick ran away, Murdoch stopped talking again, so no one dared to speak, and the atmosphere in the screening room was a bit stiff.

Song Yacai didn't bother to break the silence, even though the media tycoon was sitting next to her, but now you have something to ask of me, shouldn't it be you who took the initiative to chat about business?

Coupled with the broken sample of Titanic, it doesn't look like it can recover the cost. The large-scale ship model that costs a lot of money will instead be a negative asset that is ridiculed by the media, because the future water world and the cut-throat island Pit films are all done in this way, and the crew of Cutthroat Island is still an all-wooden antique sailing warship! By the end of the twentieth century, rebuilding that thing still had to be mostly done manually! European artificial...

It's funny to say that FoxNews still smears me from time to time, but I and his big boss are watching Fox Films' movie samples in the screening room of the Fox Network, and outside Brooklyn, New York, there are a bunch of black people Tirelessly making troubles in the name of supporting oneself is more active than that in Chicago, because Chicago is so cold now that few people are willing to go to the streets.

Mess, magic reality, anyway, if you don't talk, I won't talk, let's see who can survive.

He made up his mind and let his eyes go blank.

I remembered that when I was bidding at an auction before, I first took a fancy to a piece of Ming Dynasty porcelain, but after raising the sign, a young couple in the front row also raised the sign, and I raised the price, and the other party immediately followed, the man suddenly Looking back at himself, it was very familiar, and Sloan immediately whispered that the other party was Kennedy Jr., telling himself not to argue.

Song Ya remembered that the Donkey Party politician in North Carolina who competed with Jesse Helms for the Senate seat, Gantt, broke the news that he gave Jesse Helms Adams' campaign was funded.

He seems to be running for the New York State Senate in two thousand years? New York State Senator David Patterson of the Manhattan Gang is also thinking about that job...

And I can be regarded as David Patterson's benefactor, is it because of this?

Anyway, at this moment, Song Ya doesn't want to provoke the eldest prince of the Kennedy family, the rising political star and popular lover who is highly anticipated by the donkey party, and the most attractive American man.

Hearing that this guy was very high-profile, and his personality was relatively defiant, Song Ya didn't raise his cards again, and made a note of it in his heart. After finding an opportunity to win Dali's watercolors, he and Sloan left the auction hall in a hurry.

Thinking of this, the screening room door was pushed open, Bill McKennick came back with another copy, and a female paramedic came in at the same time.

"Sorry, my stomach is not very good..."

"You are welcome."

After a brief conversation between the two, Murdoch got up, stood in front of the screening room window, and took the pills and water handed by the nurse.

Christmas is very close, and the copy of Love in a Day has probably been distributed to various theaters. Naturally, it cannot be an unfinished product like Titanic. When Murdoch sat down after taking the medicine, the room was dark again, and the movie started immediately. show.

It should be a family love comedy starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney. George Clooney's mature masculine charm is perfect. He has the same traces of old Hollywood stars as Xue Linfen. Xue Linfen is a bit like Elizabeth Taylor, he is generally considered to be comparable to Clark Gable in image and temperament.

Of course, it’s hard to tell about my personal situation. Xue Linfen is a spooky genius who has wasted her best years. George Clooney has a unique vision and superb skills. Hollywood, now has received the hero of the Warner blockbuster Batman and Robin, the super comic star in the eyes of Americans, the symbol of the top male star: Master Wayne.

"Pfeiffer is starting to take on mother scenes now?"

When Michelle Pfeiffer, who played a single mother, came on stage,

Murdoch suddenly asked in surprise.

"Yes, she's almost forty," Bill McKennick replied.

"Time flies so fast. In my impression, Pfeiffer is still a young and lovely girl..."

Murdoch let out an exclamation that old people often have, turned his face to himself and shook his head with a wry smile.

"It's just that you don't often watch her movies." Song Ya laughed along with her.

"Watching movies? Haha, I'm too busy, let alone movies, and I don't have time to ask about specific matters in this area." Murdoch said.

Seduce me to talk about Titanic? I won't talk! "I understand." Song Ya nodded with a smile, and stopped talking.

"APLUS, do you know what Madoff said about you?" Murdoch asked again.

"how?"

"He said you had the air of an old-school Chicago businessman," Murdoch said.

"Wow, that's his flattery. I'm flattered. I don't deserve it. I don't deserve it..." Song Ya grinned happily and remained humble.

Murdoch, feeling that he really thought it was a good word, smiled, and turned back to watch the movie again.

The area where Chicago is located is the largest grain planting and livestock breeding area in the United States. The Great Lakes area next to it is rich in iron ore, coal, and non-ferrous metals. Later, the Michigan Canal and railways in Illinois were built one after another, and the logistics became convenient. It is convenient to transport industrial and agricultural products Ships worldwide.

So the first batch of businessmen who started from there were either agricultural and animal husbandry tycoons, or coal and steel complex mining, steel, and railway tycoons. The commonality of these people is that they are based on traditional industries. During the two barbaric industrial revolutions, they were rude , ruthless, cruel, and ruthless, each of them has its own sphere of influence. They open various shops, hotels, and taverns in agricultural and pastoral areas, mining areas, and railway platforms. Every coin in sight is pocketed.

Since the Civil War, World War I, the era of Prohibition, and World War II were not affected, Chicago businessmen all took advantage of the peaceful environment to make a fortune. This concept of cross-industry operations and tentacles has been passed down until Only in the last few decades has it hit a wall.

Now is the era of specialization and informatization where expensive colleges are not expensive. I didn’t expect the old-school Chicago businessmen and consortiums who like to play like this, such as Old Barn and Sears Group, have gradually become lonely, and Chicago has suddenly risen to dabble in clothing. , Liquor industry, record, film, paper media, TV station, publishing, IT, venture capital and even young blacks in heavy chemical industry! Exactly the same outdated gameplay, exactly the same audacity, but just...

Murdoch rubbed his stomach that had just started to react after taking the medicine, recalling yesterday.

I was preparing to take a group photo with Mrs. Astor, when I saw Bill McKennick carefully open the door, and took a look.

"Don't be sneaky, Bill, just talk about it!" he scolded, who was already annoyed at having to wipe his ass for the Titanic project himself.

"It's nothing, just now Ovitz took APLUS away..."

Bill McKennik had no choice but to walk in and whisper, "I thought he brought me here to see Mr. Buffett, and Ovitz said he would introduce him."

He frowned, and glanced at Warren Buffett who was sitting in front of him. He didn't expect Buffett to be very perceptive. "What's the matter?" He turned around and asked.

"It's nothing, you asked Ovitz to bring APLUS here?" He asked to confirm, but knew it should be impossible.

"No, Ovitz and I made an appointment to have lunch tomorrow and said they would bring someone."

Buffett answered casually.

Murdoch knows that the second richest man is the easiest to see among all the people in the room, and he likes to deal with young upstarts, impart experience while absorbing fresh ideas from each other, keep adapting to the times, and follow the trend of the capital market.

"Oh, then you go out."

Sure enough, he understood Ovitz's annoying way of half-truth and half-false words. Just as he was about to dismiss Bill McKennick, Dr. Kissin suddenly turned around and asked, "Is APLUS the singer with Chinese descent?"

"right."

"David, he seems to be a graduate of the University of Chicago." Dr. Kissing looked very interested, and pushed David Rockefeller who was dozing beside him.

"I know that when I was chatting with the president of the University of Chicago not long ago, the president mentioned this boy and praised him for being very smart and energetic, and his grades did not lag behind while working hard for his career. The president was very sorry, saying that he clearly promised to continue. Go to law school, but then forget about further education," David Rockefeller replied.

"I remembered, it was the... small shareholder of Netscape who scolded your son and Ballmer online?"

This group of people actually chatted about APLUS, Warren Buffett asked the old Gates with a smile.

"Don't look at me, I haven't done business with juniors for a long time." Old Gates raised his hands.

"That boy does have the temperament of an old-school Chicago businessman." That's when Madoff interjected.

"Don't be distracted guys, we're taking pictures."

Mrs. Astor turned around and complained, "Rupert, if you are all interested in that kid, let him come over and let everyone see him, anyway, Jacob hasn't arrived yet." She said.

"May I?"

Murdoch was very surprised, and what was even more surprising was that no one refused aloud. He looked at David Rockefeller, but the old man didn't say anything, so he acquiesced? "Bill, go and bring APLUS here." So he ordered Bill McKennick...

"Let me go, Ovitz...you all know that." Madoff walked out in person.

Really calm!

He returned to the screening room with his thoughts, silently glanced at the young mixed-race boy beside him, and made up his mind not to open the mouth of the Titanic, at most hinting in other ways.

"Let's stop here." For him, there is nothing to watch in romantic comedy, and after more than forty minutes, he called out to stop the show, "I still have something to do, APLUS?"

"Oh, yes, yes."

Song Ya also stood up, "I'll see you off."

"No, I'm not that old."

Flatly refusing to be supported, he walked out of the screening room and asked in a low voice to Bill McKennick who was following him, "What's the progress of the negotiations?"

"Eremov, who represents him, insists on sharing revenue based on the box office amount, and also divides the entire chain of income from TV broadcast authorization, video tapes, and weekly farewells..."

Bill McKennick replied, "The proportions are disputed."

"Where's Paramount? Still refusing to let go?" he asked again.

"Shirley Lansing insists on winning the North American box office alone..." Bill McKennick's tendency is obvious, "The conditions are too harsh, why don't you personally and Mr. Redstone..."

"NO!"

Indeed, the share is that everyone earns together, and loses together, and what is left if the box office of Beimi is taken away? The legend of the Titanic has not spread outside the United Kingdom and the United States for so many years...

"He didn't ask for the soundtrack or anything? He didn't ask for editing?" Murdoch asked.

"No, Yeremov said that APLUS didn't have the energy to score another movie, and we already signed the soundtrack to Sony Columbia Records..." Bill McKennick replied.

"Um."

Murdoch touched his chin and thought about it, "That's it, no matter who gets the money, you can get it done as soon as possible..."

"OK."

"Also, I am very dissatisfied with today's sample, and even make me feel ashamed!"

He left without saying a word.

"worn out!"

After leaving the screening room and rushing back to Chicago, Song Ya collapsed on the sofa as soon as she got home, "I will continue to rehearse early tomorrow morning..." He hugged Shakira and complained.

"Where's that picture?" Sloan took off his coat and went straight to his bag.

"inside."

"found it!"

Sloan gets the picture, "Any frame available?"

"Ask Xuelin, it's just a group photo."

"A group photo worth 60 million!"

"It's not that exaggerated Sloan..."

Song Ya didn't care about it anymore, took a short rest and went back to her room to sleep soundly.

In the middle of the night, when he woke up, he walked into the study room, and the photos Sloan mentioned before had been stuffed into beautiful frames and quietly on the table.

Mrs. Astor and Dr. Kissing sit in the center of the picture, Warren Buffett sits on the other side of Mrs. Astor, David Rockefeller sits on another separate sofa next to him, Old Gates and Madoff, Murdo Ke stood behind the four of them, and himself was at the far corner, talking to Murdoch.

I was really a bit cautious. I didn't feel it at the time, and because Murdoch was shorter than me, he couldn't look straight into the mirror when he bowed his head and spoke...

That's great, although there are all kinds of conspiracy theories surrounding these top bigwigs, what's not to be satisfied with the opportunity to take a photo with them?

Song Ya proudly put the photo frame on the small table in front of the honor corner of the study room, but there was not enough space, except for the group photo of herself and Aunt Susie and other family members, as well as Xue Linfen and her two children, ex-wife and Xiaolei Plus, when I had dinner with my ex-wife, Walter, David Cole, and Roberto Clivell in New York...

Then there are some politicians, with their ex-wife and the current president, themselves with Gore, Underwood, the governor couple, Dinkins, etc...

Of course, the "grandfather and grandson relationship" with Mandela cannot not be placed in a prominent position.

Rearranging the photo frame, "Forget it." After thinking about it, he chose to move the photo with Michelle and his wife to the back.

"Perfect!"

He looked left and right, tasting slowly by himself.