With the strong operation of the Westeros system, in less than a week, another version of the story about the attack a few years ago was closer to the truth.

The lawyer team formed by Janet himself also quickly launched a civil lawsuit against Matthew Broderick and six others for malicious defamation, and demanded compensation ranging from $10 million to $50 million, Mark Stein for the five, and Matthew Broderick for $50 million.

Careful media found that $10 million is obviously a bottom line, and Matthew Broderick's $50 million compensation is exactly 10 times the other party's current net worth.

Moreover, even if Matthew Broderick and others' lions were able to win and get a full claim, the amount of compensation was actually far within Simon's tolerance.

In comparison, if Simon wins this lawsuit, it will mean that Matthew Broderick and the other six will not only lose all their existing assets, but the remaining debts will also mean that it will be difficult for them to turn over again in the next life. Not only that, after losing the lawsuit, the six will likely face prison.

In addition to counterattacking in the media, Simon's lawyers also applied to the Santa Monica Police Department in Los Angeles to re-investigate the attack in the summer of 1986 to prove the innocence of the parties and give the public a truth. When the Los Angeles Times exposed the news, Simon immediately took a very strong initiative in public opinion.

If Simon Westeros would not have enough confidence, he would not have asked the local police station to restart the investigation.

Such a huge event that is highly anticipated, under the close supervision of the media, even if Westeros has a great influence, the local police station will not dare to do any favoritism at all.

Although no detailed case files were left at the beginning, because many people were involved, even if it had been four years, it was not difficult to investigate the ins and outs of the matter.

Therefore, when the Santa Monica Police Department in Los Angeles held a press conference to publicly reiterate the investigation of the attack, the six people who were originally very active in front of the media were obviously at a loss. Mark Stein, who had been put on dentures again, even fiercely attacked the Santa Monica Police Department in an interview, and it was impossible for him to find out the real truth. It would only be the truth that Simon Westeros wants.

In response to reporters' questioning, Mark Stein gave the logic that Simon Westeros has a huge net worth and strong influence, which is enough to manipulate the investigation results. Simon's lawyer team has not responded yet, but such an attack obviously angered the Santa Monica police station, so it quickly attracted official refutation.

Immediately afterwards, the Santa Monica Police Department publicly announced a major breakthrough in the case.

Baseball bat.

Although the case was not officially filed, the baseball bat on the night of the attack was retained and only fell in the corner of the police station's evidence room for several years to eat ashes.

The attack left a deep impression on the police officers who were on duty and the doctors who rushed to rescue, especially the baseball bat that the boy was holding tightly in his hand at that time. Many people clearly remembered that it took a lot of effort to barely remove the baseball bat that the boy held tightly in his hand.

At the public press conference, the chief of the Santa Monica Police Department personally gave the reporter the baseball bat with a large amount of DNA traces of Simon Westeros and five other teenagers. Although no more information was attached, the media immediately made corresponding interpretations.

The market price of the high-quality oak brand baseball bat was $200 that year. Not only that, the baseball bat also has the signatures of two baseball stars.

According to Simon Westero's identity as a temporary supermarket clerk, even if he could barely afford the price of a baseball bat of $200, he would never get a star signature.

Therefore, the baseball bat cannot belong to Westeros.

Since the baseball bat does not belong to Simon Westeros, Matthew Broderick and others said that Simon Westeros attacked the six of them with a baseball bat, it is difficult to establish.

However, Mark Stein, one of the six young people, once again made a fuss about the media, resolutely refusing to admit that the baseball bat belonged to him and accused Simon of not being able to pay for the baseball bat, but it was probably stolen by him.

Just after Mark Stein made this remark, several old acquaintances of the other party came forward to prove that the baseball bat belonged to Mark Stein himself. It was a personal item that Stein liked very much. Because he had the signatures of two baseball stars at the same time, he often took it out to show off in front of everyone.

Immediately, Mark Stein changed his words again, admitting that the baseball bat is indeed his own, but the attack was still initiated by Simon Westeros, who was taken away by the opponent in the process of defending himself with the baseball bat.

This contradictory quibbling that was almost nonsense made a large part of the media and the public, who were originally on the side of the six, change their attitudes.

Amid the turmoil of the attacks, the news that Daenerys Entertainment reached a settlement with the three major unions seemed to be no longer so attractive.

However, the circle is still paying close attention to this matter.

The settlement of the lawsuit was first accompanied by the resignation of George Coggo, chairman of the Western Conference of the American Screenwriters Union. Immediately afterwards, Daenerys Entertainment publicly stated that it would temporarily give up the plan to build a film and television production base in Toronto. Finally, the three major unions signed an almost unconditional settlement agreement with Daenerys Entertainment, and then revoked the lawsuit.

When this lawsuit that may hinder Daenerys Entertainment's settlement of the MCA acquisition, everyone's eyes were suddenly attracted to the East Coast of the United States.

As Christmas approaches December, Simon Westeros and his wife Janet Westeros attended the White House’s annual grand banquet for hosting members of Congress, media journalists and social elites.

On the second day of the banquet, Simon Westeros also accepted the invitation from the president and held a thirty-minute meeting with President George Bush in the Oval Office of the White House, mainly discussing the current economic problems facing the United States and the solution.

This is naturally a show, and Bush hopes to reverse his negative image of not caring about the United States' internal affairs. What Simon received was the Justice Department's approval of Westeros' acquisition of Bell Atlantic Ocean.

A week before Christmas, after reaching a part of restrictive agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission on matters such as Nokia, two major government agencies successively approved Westeros’ acquisition of Bell Atlantic.

On December 20, after the end of the year was quietly completed, Westeros officially transferred its overseas funds at Cersei Fund Management back to China and paid a huge tax of up to US$2.29 billion in one lump sum.

The New York Post on the East Coast and the Los Angeles Times on the West Coast also exposed a large check of up to $2.29 billion when Westeros paid taxes, and joked that this tax check was enough to be included in the Guinness World Records.

Westeros has not missed this opportunity to shape the public image. It focuses on exaggerating through the media that most of the money is earned overseas. Simon Westeros does not use any tax avoidance methods to pay taxes, which is a strong sense of social responsibility.

The second day after the two major print media platforms exposed Westeros’ tax checks, on December 21, the last working day of the week before Christmas, Westeros officially signed an acquisition agreement with Bell Atlantic.

At the press conference on the same day, James Reibold, president of Westeros, who participated in the signing ceremony, also announced that in view of the current economic situation in the United States, as a company with a sense of social responsibility, Westeros has publicly guaranteed that Bell Atlantic will not make any layoffs in the next year.

Not only that, as Bell Atlantic increases its investment in the two major business areas of mobile communications and the Internet, Bell Atlantic is expected to create at least 1,000 additional jobs in the next few years.

Such public promises once again won a lot of favorable impressions for Westeros at the media and public level.

After the agreement was signed, Westeros is expected to gradually complete cash settlements for Bell Atlantic shareholders within two weeks after Christmas.

In Hollywood, after "The Red Pink League" was released on November 23, the box office quickly reached $70.33 million in four weeks since December 20. From December 14 to December 20, the single-week box office of "The Red Pink League" was $10.92 million. Although the single-week box office may drop to $10 million starting next week, this women's baseball-themed film has been sure to squeeze into a box office club of $10 million.

"Dancing with Wolves", which ended its seventh week, has a cumulative box office of US$49.56 million.

Although far less than "The Red Pink League", the box office curve of this film, which has won six important nominations at the Golden Globes, is very stable.

Ultraman's Venice Golden Lion Award work "The Intersection of Life" released on December 7 has 613 screens.

Relying on his good reputation and excellent promotion and promotion of Gaomen Film Group, he won a box office of US$7.38 million in seven days in the first week.

In the second week of the painting, the number of screens of "The Intersection of Life" increased to 823 yuan, and the box office also fell backward, reaching 8.63 million US dollars.

As a wonderful group drama that is linked together, this film shows the Ukiyo-e life of ordinary citizens in Los Angeles. Because it has not been launched with big stars, many actors participating in the performance only receive basic pay, so the final budget is only 8 million US dollars.

In two weeks, the film's total box office of $16.01 million in North America has already recovered the entire production cost of the film.

Simon originally didn't have much expectations for the box office of "The Intersection of Life". The initial expected total box office in North America was only about 20 million US dollars. However, judging from the box office curve of the two-week start, the total box office of the film in North America is likely to hit the $50 million mark.

However, although the box office of "The Intersection of Life" exceeded expectations, Daenerys Entertainment did not intend to adjust its PR strategy for the awards season.

"Dancing with Wolves" will still be the focus of this year's Oscar's public relations.

Even so, "The Intersection of Life" successfully won three nominations for Best Picture in the Drama category, Best Director and Best Screenwriter in the Golden Globe Awards. Moreover, the Golden Globe Awards Committee also plans to set up a special "Special Group Drama Award" to specifically recognize the wonderful performance of this film in group dramas.

After a brief glory at the end of the 1970s, Ultraman Robert was almost forgotten due to the failure of several consecutive films in the early 1980s, and once could only hang out in the European film circle.

With the success of "The Intersection of Life", the veteran director once again entered the mainstream vision of Hollywood and his career began to revive.

Facing the olive branches offered by other studios, Ultraman Robert was not moved. Although he did not sign many non-contracts at the beginning, he still publicly expressed his hope to continue working with Daenerys Entertainment's next movie.

On December 21, with the festive atmosphere, Daenerys Entertainment's most important "Home Imperial" at the end of the year was officially released.

Under Simon's personal arrangement, the number of screens for this film reached 2,676, making it the highest number of screens for the end of 1990. The film's promotion and promotion offensive was far beyond other festival-style films of the same period. Before the painting, the budget scale was more than US$12 million in terms of advertising and promotion investment, and the overall promotion and promotion budget reached US$15 million.

It is obvious that as long as the box office of the film meets expectations and the budget investment in the later stage can easily exceed the final production cost of US$18 million.

However, the competition for this Christmas is also quite fierce.

In addition to "Home Imp", there are three other new films with more than 1,000 screens, namely, after Arnold Schwarzenegger retired, he selected another tough guy actor Shanger Yundon to participate in the new Universal Film "Kindergarten SWAT"; Brian De Palma's new film "Vanity Bonfire" and Paul Hogan, the male lead in the 1980s blockbuster film "Crocodile Dundee" series.

MGM produces the Cold War spy film "Russia House" starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, and the screen size is more than 700 yuan.

Finally, there are four other small-scale new films released on the screen, ranging from a few to two or three hundred yuan.

Overall, the number of new films logged in to North American theaters this week on December 21st has reached 9...

After successfully taking down the Bell Atlantic Ocean, Simon still spent Christmas with Janet at Greenwich Manor on the East Coast.

Because it was Christmas, Sofia Fessi also rushed over and planned to take a week's vacation.

Perhaps because he has always been looking forward to getting pregnant with a baby, Janet likes Sophia's children very much, and everyone had lunch together on Christmas Day.

Regarding the acquisition of MCA, the biggest obstacle to the three major union lawsuits was solved, and Daenerys Entertainment began to contact the MCA management again.

The United Nations has issued an ultimatum to Iraq, demanding that Iraqi troops withdraw from Kuwait by January 15 next year.

Simon knew that this was also the last opportunity for Daenerys Entertainment to easily win the MCA. Once the war ended in a devastating form, the US stock market rebounded rapidly, and this matter would cause further setbacks.

However, on the surface, Daenerys Entertainment's team still followed the steps and did not show any urgency.

After all, Simon, who knows the future economic trends, hopes to completely finalize the acquisition before the war breaks out, and the same is true for MCA.

Almost all the wars that the United States encountered after the two world wars had negative impacts on the domestic economy. Therefore, domestic experts and media generally predict that once the war in the Middle East broke out, it would definitely mean that the US stock market fell again. If the war in the Middle East fell into a long-term quagmire like the Vietnam War, the US economy would further worsen.
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