Chapter 1489: A New Prologue

"If Alicia really wants to call me in the future, let him use this."

Time entered June, and while Alicia's small Jewish public relations consultant Eli was visiting, Song Ya took out a plastic-sealed box from the drawer.

"What is this?" Eli looked at it and asked, "Mobile phone?"

"Nonsense, of course it's the phone."

Kasiti's warning should be taken seriously, Song Ya said impatiently: "Safety first."

"OK, I see."

Eli understood in seconds, "Thanks." Put the phone into the bag.

With the media’s attacks on the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act during the election year, Americans are becoming more and more anxious about privacy issues. Where there is a market, there are business opportunities. A small communication operator took the lead in launching a cheap contract phone. A card, number, and one-hundred-dollar call fee can be taken away by the buyer after paying without leaving any identity information.

In order to be as cheap as possible, the packaging of the mobile phone is extremely simple, and the body is also an OEM product imported from Huaguo. There are no other functions except making calls and sending and receiving text messages.

"I heard you're leaving Disney?" Eli asked.

Song Ya didn't want to answer his question, waved her hand and continued to read the report.

"OK, then you are busy, I won't bother you."

Eli left lightly, and old Mike closed the door.

"McDee Santa lives in an upscale neighborhood not far from Beverly Hills with his wife and a pair of children..."

Old Mike has found the target person, and showed Song Ya the photos secretly taken during this period, "Franklin is trying to gain his trust."

"This bastard!"

Song Ya looked at one of the killers who was opening the door of the luxury car in the photo and itched his teeth, "Where did he get the money to live such a good life?"

"After Hines' death, he organized a small criminal ring that appears to have made a substantial illegal income."

The old Mike replied: "Dave Norton said that Hines had been funding him before."

"They still want to attack me?" Living so close to Beverly Hills,

Song Ya is most worried about this.

"Maybe, but even if there is, with Hines' death, McDesanta is out of control, and it is unlikely to continue the mission."

The old Mike said: "Hines is not a person who remembers old feelings. After the shooting, he took off his pants and farted to help McDesanta fake his death. Then McDesanta should have an important handle on him, otherwise he would have been killed He's silenced."

"Um."

Now that someone has been found, it is very simple for Song Ya to kill this McDi Santa. He is keeping his life because he wants to collect evidence. When the group of them did something to him, Hines was after all a high-level executive of the FBI New York branch, and many things were inconvenient. Come forward, for example, the real identity of the other group of people who killed Hollywood Eye Anthony Pelicano that Andre Sanchez confessed beforehand, maybe McDeSanta knows about it.

There is also the whereabouts of Trevor, another gunman, which also needs to fall on this McDi Santa.

Song Ya walked to the window ponderingly. Below the headquarters of A+ Records was the scene where he was shot. No matter how much he hated him, he had to endure temporarily in order to kill the grass.

"The Lakers star Kobe Bryant's Eagle County sexual assault case was settled today. It is believed that Kobe paid the waitress at least five million dollars..."

The local media in Los Angeles on the TV is broadcasting the news.

Five million is a good deal for a top black basketball star.

"Your friends from the east and west coasts seem to be fighting again." Old Mike said after seeing the news.

"Never mind them."

Orlando Anders and KeefeeD, who were suspected of being involved in the murder of 2PAC, were successively killed by Su Ge Knight in revenge. After maintaining it for more than half a year, Puff Daddy dug out Pooche, a well-known blood gang gunman suspected of killing Biggie, at the end of 2002. While Pooche was riding a motorcycle out, he sent someone to shoot him ten times from behind, and Pooche died on the spot.

Naturally, Su Ge Knight would not let it go. He first killed Puff Daddy's allies of the Lame Gang in Atlanta. Some time ago, the Blood Gang killed VonZIP, a black music producer in New York.

Because VonZIP is KeefeeD's next home in the drug business, it is generally considered to be the middleman between Puff Daddy and the killer of the 2PAC shooter.

But VonZIP is not a small person. He is the backbone of the New York Cripples, the former security director of Puff Daddy, and one of the record label owners of Damon Dash's girlfriend Aaliyah, so he is also a partner of Damon Dash and Jazzy. people.

The East Coast gangsta rap scene and the Crips can no longer play dead to Su Ge Knight, who has been on the offensive, and the war is about to break out again.

Song Ya doesn't want to and doesn't need to get involved in those low-to-explosive street grievances, just keep the necessary attention. Right now, what he cares most about is business, Walkman, music store, Disney, Warner, Gugou IPO...

‘The negotiations between General Electric NBC and Vivendi Universal are nearing completion, and the two parties have reached an agreement that the entire transaction will be completed on September 1st…’

According to the information obtained by Song Ya, they will use the NBC TV network to include in the merger this time, but they will not need to pay much cash, and they will still be able to occupy most of the shares and control of the new company.

In addition to Universal Pictures, Studios, and the American TV Network, the French have to pay their hometown: the French Canal+ TV network and some other small media companies.

This is almost an unequal treaty, and I don’t know how General Electric and the French talked about it, or what method they used to make the French submit...

But what is certain is that they don't want Universal Music.

"Welcome, Mr. Kutaragi."

No one wanted Universal Music, and other giants who were eagerly waiting for General Electric and NBC to expand in the recording industry had lost hope and had to find their own way out. A few days later, Howard Stringer led all Sony Beimi executives to welcome the visiting CEO of the head office at the airport Kutaragi Ken and his party.

"Howard."

Kutaragi Ken is a technical madman, and he doesn’t like grand ostentation like his predecessor, Nobuyuki Idei. This time, he came to New York mainly to negotiate with the headquarters of strategic partner IBM. “Thanks for your hard work…”

He quickly shook hands with Howard Stringer and others, and then got into the car together, "You said BMG is willing to merge with Sony Columbia Records, right?"

"Yes, Bertelsmann, the parent company of BMG, is very difficult. There is no major doubt about the merger. I also think it is a good opportunity."

It's all a chain reaction of General Electric, NBC, and Universal Music not wanting Universal Music, and other giants are also taking action. Howard Stringer knows that the boss of the game console faction in front of him is focusing on the PS3 project, and will not compete with the entertainment empire faction for the time being. The boss himself had a head-on conflict. This opportunity must be used well. It is impossible for the two sides to maintain eternal peace.

He said with a smile: "The merger of our two companies happened not to cross the monopoly line of the Beimi government. European countries also changed their laws not long ago. They originally wanted to pave the way for the merger of BMG and EMI, but BMG's parent company Bei Tasman prefers to work with us."

"sounds good."

Kutaragi Ken also understands the general situation. The simple merger does not involve the use of Sony's current tight cash, and he does not want to intervene.

"Yes, fifty to fifty. BMG has Britney, Backstreet Boys, Superboy, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Christina Aguilera and other popular singers. When we merge with them, we have it. future."

Howard Stringer is singing the praises of the deal.

"Well, I agree in principle."

Ken Kutaragi nodded frequently. The game industry needs to figure out what teenagers like, so he has to know something about the current popular elements and entertainment stars. He is not a complete layman.

"At the same time, we also plan to start negotiations with MGM." Howard Stringer struck while the iron was hot.

"MGM? Are they in trouble now?" Ken Kutaragi began to frown.

"Yes, Columbia Pictures needs to acquire them to maintain their leading position in Hollywood."

Howard Stringer said.

"Funding..."

"We only need to contribute part of the funds, and some international consortiums are willing to share the rest."

"Oh?" Kutaragi Ken used a tone expressionless expression.

"MGM owns the copyright library of more than 4,000 movies and more than 1,000 TV series. After Columbia Pictures acquires them, it will own nearly half of the film library resources in the US market..."

Howard Stringer felt that the other party was raising his vigilance. The book was really afraid of being tricked in Hollywood, so he said that the other party cared: "I have calculated that we can win MGM for less than five billion dollars. We have mastered the upstream film library. With resources, it will be in a great position to face Microsoft's XBOX occupying people's living room plans."

"I know, you guys started making these plans as early as 2000, right?" Ken Kutaragi asked.

"Yes, the time has finally come. MGM was at the end of its rope, and BMG's parent company, Bertelsmann, was doing well at that time."

"Okay, we can have a meeting to discuss first."

Kutaragi asked again: "Which companies are included in the composition of those international consortiums?"

"Currently joining Comcast, Providence, Texas Pacific TPG and Credit Suisse DLJ Commercial Bank." Howard Stringer replied.

"Comcast...OK."

Kutaragi Ken's expression suddenly became lively, "By the way, I heard that Jobs is also in New York? Coordinate, let me meet him?"

"no problem."