Chapter 701 Disney Changes Hands (Repair)(1/2)
As for the political system of the United States, most Washington politicians consider the interests of the chaebol forces they represent or the financial backers behind the scenes when dealing with problems, and on the other hand, the impact of a decision on political capital such as their voter support ratings.
If the two conflict, they tend to tend to be the former.
Because voter support ratings can affect or even manipulate, once there is no support from the chaebol fund owners, the situation will be lost in front of others and behind them.
The most typical one is undoubtedly the Bush family.
Especially during the reign of Bush Jr.
As the well-known spokesperson for the interests of the American oil group, it is impossible for the Bush administration to know that launching a war will lead to a sharp expansion of the US debt deficit, which will lay the root of crisis for the US economy, allow China on the other side of the ocean to rise, and cause economic prosperity for its long-time rivals such as Russia.
However, Bush Jr. came to power for eight years, and the war basically lasted for eight years.
The goal of the Westeros system is getting bigger and bigger.
In order not to be frequently used as a target, Simon attaches importance to overseas expansion, and has never relaxed his layout in the local political field of North America, and has no cost at all.
As long as a political group affiliated to the Westeros system can be successfully built in the next few years, Simon can rest assured as the deep-rooted financial chaebols, oil consortiums and military-industrial groups in the United States.
This is not easy.
However, if you follow the rules of the game in Washington step by step, the goal will always be achieved one day.
In the villa study room.
It was not until Sophia knocked in the door and reminded that Simon stopped instilling various ideas into Daniel that seemed inappropriate for his age.
Send your son to the restaurant first, Sophia and Simon are behind slightly together, with some suspicion: "Simon, I always feel that you are teaching Danny badly."
Simon showed no guilty expression and said, "Some things will be too late to teach the child after he was 18 years old. Daniel's mind is enough to accept many things."
Sofia frowned slightly: "But Danny is only 13 years old."
Seeing Daniel disappearing from the corner of the corridor, Simon reached out to wrap his hand around the woman's waist: "I was completely alone when I was 13 years old."
Sophia held Simon's claws on his waist and prevented him from causing trouble, but his pace slowed down a little and said, "Anyway, if you teach Danny badly, I will settle the score with you."
Simon gently held the woman over and said, "If you teach me well, will there be a reward?"
Sophia felt Simon's breath after getting close to him and gave him a blank look: "I've given you everything, what else can I get for you."
The two of them said, walking through the corridor to the restaurant, and the others had already settled down.
Seeing Simon and Sophia coming in, Gemma, who was sitting next to Seattle and talking to the little girl, looked up and said excitedly: "Uncle Simon, Seattle must be smarter than you. I only taught the multiplication formula once, and she remembered it immediately."
Simon sat down on the chair that Aliya pulled away and smiled, "Sil must be thinking that this sister is so bored. She actually recites such a simple thing in her ear. I could already recite the multiplication formula when I was three months old."
Little Gemma widened her eyes in dissatisfaction: "No, and, three months, how is it possible?"
Simon said with a confident look on his face: "Of course, I may be able to memorize the multiplication formula in three months. Sier is my daughter. You just said she is smarter than me."
Of course, little Gemma didn't believe it: "How do you prove it?"
Simon said, "Why do I recite it to you?"
Little Gemma blinked and suddenly said sly: "Okay."
Simon was defeated by a girl. He was shameless and recited the multiplication formula in front of so many people, and repented: "Forget it, don't hurt your self-confidence."
Little Gemma snorted, and she turned to Seattle without any hesitation, and became interested again: "Seattle, what is seven times seven?"
The little girl with beautiful eyes sat in the raised special baby seat, quietly letting Janet beside her prepare a napkin for her. When she heard the question of the young lady beside her, she slightly tilted her head and whispered: "98."
Little Gemma just showed off in front of Simon and was immediately embarrassed: "I'm wrong, let's talk about it."
The little girl seemed to think for a moment and said, "147."
Little Gemma waved her little hand: "How is it possible? I'll give you another chance, one last chance."
The little girl said without thinking about it this time: "196."
Little Gemma finally couldn't help it, and reached out to her hand and squeezed it gently on Seattle's face: "I'm angry, say it quickly, 49."
The little girl let little Gemma pinch her face, her expression still faint, as if the young lady's fingers were not pinching her face, and she said softly: "245."
Little Gemma gave up completely: "Little idiot, I won't play with you anymore. You are really not as smart as your father."
Next to the dining table.
Looking at the crazy little Gemma, the adults thought for a moment and laughed.
Janet happily opened the little Gemma who was still pinching Seattle's face: "Don't bully Seal, you're the only fool here."
When Little Gemma saw that several adults were laughing, even her mother was like this, she said dissatisfiedly: "What the hell is wrong?"
The adults were very unscrupulous, and Daniel helped his sister to help him clear the situation: "The few numbers that Sear just said are twice, three times, four times and five times of 49, she is teasing you."
Little Gemma flashed a few times, obviously not sure how to figure it out. She raised a finger and gestured on the dining table in front of her for a few times, then suddenly said, "Wow, really." After that, she looked at Seattle next to her. She was not angry at all because she was teased, but instead looked surprised. She turned to Jennifer, who was taking care of Nick on the other side: "Auntie Jenny, Seattle is a genius, how did you give birth to it?"
Children's words are rude.
The problem was a little awkward, Simon coughed lightly and took the initiative to say, "This is mainly because of Sier's father."
Little Gemma immediately cast a look of contempt that someone had a very thick-skinned contempt.
While laughing, the waitresses served dinner. When Little Gemma saw that everyone was about to pick up the tableware, she couldn't help but look at Simon next to Janet and said, "Uncle Simon, why don't you need to pray before dinner in Westeros?"
Simon said seriously: "I bought dinner from hard work and earn money. Thank God's words, I feel I'm at a disadvantage."
The truth is a bit domineering.
Little Gemma was stunned and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Simon, you are blasphemy."
Simon knew his mistake and corrected it: "Okay, I'll confess."
Little Gemma felt that someone was hopeless, so she withdrew her gaze and picked up the tableware and started eating. After a while, she couldn't help but speak first and looked at Sofia opposite: "Mom, can I go to the city to watch a fashion show on weekends?"
Sofia refused, "No."
Little Gemma said pitifully: "But many of my classmates can go to the show. If I can't go, they will be rejected by them because they have no common topics."
Sophia heard her daughter say this, thinking for a while, and let out a sigh: "After dinner, mom will ask you, but you can't go alone, and you can't run around at that time."
Little Gemma immediately lost the pitifulness she had just now, and she lit her head excitedly: "I can call a few friends to go with her." After saying that, she realized that she was a little exposed, and quickly changed the topic: "Mom, can't you accompany me?"
Seeing her daughter's scheming little cunning, Sophia was a little worried.
However, since I agreed, of course I would not regret it: "Mom has something to do, just go with your friends."
Little Gemma agreed and then looked at Simon: "Uncle Simon, will you go to the show on the weekend?"
Simon said: "This, I need to ask you Aunt Jenny."
Little Gemma looked at Janet in confusion.
Janet smiled and said, "Uncle Simon is going to stay at home to see the children on weekends and will not go anywhere."
Little Gemma looked clear and lit her head: "Yeah, yeah, I understand." After saying that, she looked at Simon gloatingly and 'praise' and said, "Good man."
Ever since they discovered that the children were helpful in changing Simon's mentality, the two Jenny began to increase Simon's time with the three little guys.
I stayed in Greenwich as a dad on weekends, but the two Jenny went to the city to watch the show and shop together.
On the new Monday, Simon arrived in Manhattan at around 8 a.m. to attend the Monday meeting of Daenerys Entertainment’s East Coast headquarters.
Today is September 26th.
It is already the end of September. At the same time as the movie is over, the TV series' autumn season has already begun. This meeting is mainly about the ratings of a series of TV series that have been released in the autumn season.
The core is two new dramas that started last week.
"The Story of the Emergency Room" on September 19 and "Friends" on September 22.
According to Simon's original plan, the two new dramas were handed over to CBS and NBC respectively. Relying on the excellent quality of the drama itself and spared no effort in the early stage, both TV dramas got a good start after the launch.
On September 19, the first episode of "The Story of the Emergency Room" was launched. Although Monday is not the most golden period for TV series, this medical drama written by Michael Clayton, the author of the original novel "Jurassic Park", still generated 23.8 million viewers in the first episode, becoming the new drama with the best performance so far in the autumn.
On September 22, "Friends" was broadcast on NBC TV. The gold ratings reached 21.5 million on Thursday and 8 o'clock.
In 1994, cable TV and the Internet did not have too obvious impact on traditional public TV networks, and episodes with viewerships of more than 20 million are very common.
However, this is only relative.
There are hundreds of new dramas in various types released every year in North America. After all, there are only a few dramas that can reach "The Story of the Emergency Room" and "Friends" that have just been launched and are on the hit list. Another popular sitcom "Seinfeld" launched by Daenerys Entertainment has accumulated several seasons before it became popular.
In history, public television networks in the 1990s were basically the world of several dramas such as "Friends", "The Story of the Emergency Room", and "The Legend of Seinfeld".
Now, Daenerys Entertainment not only has all these popular dramas taken over, but has also pioneered the era of reality shows in advance. In addition to not being able to win a public TV station, its current edge in the TV industry is no less than that in the film field.
Daenerys Entertainment East Coast Headquarters in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
The regular meeting ends at half past ten.
Simon stayed in the conference room and continued to discuss some trivial matters with Robert Eiger. He was about to return to his office here. A girl knocked in and handed a document to Simon and said: "Boss, the news just came from the West Coast. France's Vivendi Group and Disney Company will hold a press conference at 9 a.m. on the West Coast to officially announce that the two companies have reached an acquisition agreement."
Ever since Michael Eisner suffered a heart attack and was forced to withdraw from Disney's management, lacking Eisner, a tough opposition, Vivendi's acquisition negotiations for Disney have officially begun.
After a few months, the negotiations have not gone smoothly, and there have been more than once rumors that the negotiations between the two sides have broken down or that Vivendi will turn to other targets.
Simon's attention was always in Europe some time ago, but unexpectedly, the two companies suddenly reached an agreement.
Simon opened the documents handed over by Girl A, and saw that Egg was curious and looked at them. He moved the documents towards him, and then looked over.
Last Friday, Disney's closing market value was about $8.1 billion.
To be continued...