Chapter 840 The cheated person
The annual Oscars ceremony came to an end again. This past awards night belonged to Natalie and her filming team. They swept the awards of the Oscars ceremony like a storm. Best director and best actress two The addition of the statuette also created a new Oscar legend.
However, even such explosive Oscar news cannot completely occupy the front page of the media, and the ever-growing News Corp.'s tapping door has refreshed the public's perception of this media company one after another.
When the new Monday came, the FBI released a new investigation report on News Corporation, which directly pointed out that News Corporation not only tapped the phone calls of the families of the 911 victims, the families of the US soldiers who died in battle, and several members of Congress. He is also suspected of wiretapping the phone calls of the Austrian Heitan election team during the presidential election...
The incident gradually involved many senior government officials. The White House spokesperson even urged the FBI to conduct a more in-depth investigation as soon as possible at a regular press conference.
That is, in this case, Ryan left Los Angeles.
He first went to Washington, where he paid private visits to Ao Heitan and several members of Congress.
Then he flew to London to attend a banquet hosted by the British royal family, where he met Gordon Brown, the owner of No. 10 Downing Street.
Ryan is on the move, and Murdoch is no exception. News Corporation has stepped up its crisis public relations efforts and wants to save itself.
But what happened next made News Corporation's situation even more difficult.
A week later, Scotland Yard re-arrested James Murdoch and Rebecca Brooks, despite the police It was proved that this was an accident, but under the guidance of many media, the public naturally linked this death with killing and silence.
At the same time, the FBI has never stopped investigating Les Hinton, Murdoch's right-hand man, facing various pressures. Les Hinton was forced to announce his resignation and completely quit News Corporation.
Murdoch has lost one of the most important pawns in his control of News Corp.
At this moment, it seems that except News Corporation's own media, other people in the world are standing on the opposite side of Rupert Murdoch.
Walt Disney is definitely the leader of this public opinion movement, and Universal, Viacom, Time Warner, Hearst Group, etc. have also followed suit.
When the time entered the second half of March, News Corp. was already in turmoil.
Stocks are down 28 percent from February.
The British Parliament also held the first hearing on the Bugging Gate incident. Murdoch and Wendi Deng attended the meeting in person and accepted the questioning. Just as the questioning was drawing to a close, an accident happened.
During the live broadcast, a man wearing a plaid shirt and sitting in the back row of the auditorium suddenly stood up, walked quickly to the witness stand, and threw a paper plate full of shaving foam at Murdoch. go.
Everyone else was stunned. No one realized that the attacker should be stopped, and perhaps no one really wanted to stop it. Murdoch seemed to be frozen in his seat, and the police did not react immediately.
Wendi Deng jumped up from the chair like lightning. Flying forward, his right arm drew an arc in the air, and his right palm slapped the attacker hard on the face...
The old couple and young wife were thus on live television, in front of audiences throughout the Western world. A 'love show' was staged.
After the accident at the hearing, a large number of reports about Deng Wendi flying to protect her husband appeared in some media. Some people said that Deng Wendi showed extraordinary courage and should be awarded the title of Wife of the Year; Slow cops in court pale in comparison”; and The Guardian, which is owned by News Corp. Said she demonstrated what it means to be a model couple at the hearing.
Through television, the attack on Murdoch's table was presented to the public, which effectively eased the anger of the government and the public over the wiretapping incident. The situation facing Murdoch and News Corporation has improved to a certain extent. Some well-known public relations personnel even believe that News Corporation recently hired a famous American public relations firm to improve its corporate image.
A very beautiful crisis public relations!
This was Ryan's first reaction after seeing the live broadcast. This kind of scene is okay to deceive the public. In the eyes of industry insiders, it is just a public relations show. Murdoch easily won a lot of sympathy points with this move. , News Group also praised him and Deng Wendi as model couples.
Model couple? Show affection?
After reading the latest report, Ryan called George and asked him to send someone to notify the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair Tina Brown that it could be launched.
He never plays all the cards at once. Rodriguez has collected a lot of interesting things. Isn't it very interesting to release them after the Murdochs show their affection?
Two days later, the latest issue of Vanity Fair published the 'collected' Wendi Deng's diary, unreservedly revealing Wendi Deng's love for Blair.
Wendi Deng wrote several 'sick love letters' in her diary in broken English, Oh, damn, oh, damn... why do I miss Tony so much, he is so charming and well-dressed. He has a very good Body, very long legs and a great butt. Not only that, but he's tall and lanky and has great skin. I love his blue eyes and how he looks on stage...”
In addition, Vanity Fair also published several photos.
In the photo, Blair and Wendi Deng fed each other during dinner at Murdoch's California farm. The farm servants revealed that they saw Blair enter Wendi Deng's room with their own eyes and close the door. He was at her at least three times. overnight in the bedroom.
This news was quickly reprinted by major websites, newspapers, radio stations and TV stations. In less than half a day, it spread all over the world, and the whole world was in an uproar...
In the face of the triangle relationship between Blair, Wendi Deng and Murdoch, the incident of Ryan's illegitimate daughter some time ago is not enough to watch.
Then some newspapers pointed out that the love between Wendi Deng and Murdoch was nothing more than a show, and the attack was nothing more than a public relations act of News Corporation, and the whole world was deceived by them.
If there were people who doubted whether this was slander before, but after the exposure of News Corporation's various acts full of lies, the public no longer believed in News Corporation's media.
Although the three parties involved vehemently denied it, Tony Blair was forced to resign from all positions in the Labor Party a few days after the 'cheating door' fermented. New York newspapers also broke the latest news. The furious Murdoch has already Inform the lawyer to deal with the divorce with Deng Wendi as soon as possible.
After confirming the fact that Murdoch was about to divorce Wendi Deng, George flew to New York in person and secretly met with Wendi Deng.
The enemy of the enemy is his friend, and Ryan believes that there is some truth to this sentence.
According to the prenuptial agreement, Wendi Deng and Murdoch divorced normally, and at most they would get about 30 million U.S. dollars in property. How much thought has been spent on Mrs. Ke's position, this little property is far from satisfying her.
Under normal circumstances, even if she has an idea, it is difficult to realize it.
But it is different now. Murdoch is facing a dilemma, and News Corporation is almost forced to collapse by rivals. If she does not know how to take advantage of this, then she is not Wendi Deng.
Sure enough, shortly after the meeting with George, Wendi Deng's lawyer held a press conference to confirm the fact that she and Murdoch were about to divorce, and at the same time put forward many demands for property division, and will appeal to the law.
Even if Murdoch holds a prenuptial agreement, this kind of divorce case involving property and other relationships is bound to turn into a protracted divorce battle, and the intensity will not be less than that of Murdoch and his wife who also signed a prenuptial agreement. Ex-wife's divorce battle.
What is more serious than divorce is that, as a bedside person, Deng Wendi has mastered a lot of News Corp's secrets. Compared with property division, this is the real killer.
Surrounded by strong external enemies, the backyard is already on fire. This is the situation of Rupert Murdoch.
The blow is not over yet. The British side refused to bail James Murdoch and Rebecca Brooks on the premise of having a lot of evidence, and officially announced that the two have entered the prosecution process...
At this moment, Murdoch can only adopt tail-docking tactics. His son James Murdoch and goddaughter Rebecca Brooks have resigned from all positions in News Corporation.
So far, the three important chess pieces that Murdoch used to control News Corporation have all been knocked into the dust.
In New York, sitting in a new Manhattan apartment of 10,000 square feet purchased at a high price of US$57.25 million at the beginning of this year, Murdoch has long since lost his former vigor. Like an ordinary old man who is dying.
His eyes slowly swept across the luxurious hall, which was specially purchased at the beginning of the year to celebrate the upcoming acquisition of Lucasfilm, but now it has become a joke.
The famous paintings hanging in the hall, the carpet on the floor, the Italian lamp hanging from the ceiling, and the silver coffee pot in front of you...
In short, all of these, in Murdoch's eyes, suddenly had a big mouth, and they were all laughing at him mercilessly!
Laugh at his overreaching! Laugh at his ecstasy! Laugh at his failure! Laugh at him for turning into a pathetic derailed person!
Murdoch was as cold as falling into an ice cave. The empire he built in fifty years was pushed to the brink of collapse by a young man who was just thirty years old.
Yes, News Corporation still has strength, News Corporation can survive, and even bite Disney hard before it collapses...
The question is, is it worth it?
Even if News Corp can bite Disney hard, Disney will return to normal in a few years, while News Corp will go to hell.
He can't watch his empire crumble! Murdoch finally made his final decision. (to be continued...)
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