The early winter sun shines through a mansion in the Hollywood suburb of Century City, illuminating the exquisite gardens.
Little Murdoch sat alone at a small table in the garden, enjoying his morning tea.
Several servants of the villa hid out of the garden early. It seemed that the person sitting there was not the president of one of the six major Hollywood companies, but a monster that could eat people at any time.
Since last year, the owner of the house has become more and more irritable.
Especially after a certain movie was released during the Halloween period, this situation really became more and more serious.
The only exception was Jim Ganopoulos, who stood at the entrance to the garden seemingly waiting for something.
However, this person does not seem to be considered as Murdoch Jr.'s servant.
But even Jim didn't dare to touch the tiger's whiskers at this time.
The man sitting in the garden now, although he is very graceful when facing the media, seems to be the role model of all rich second-generations.
But Jim knew very well that his man's mind was really not much bigger than the eye of a needle.
Especially when dealing with matters related to the Washimine Group, Murdoch Jr.'s narrow-mindedness becomes increasingly obvious.
Every time he sees that Washimine Entertainment's movies are doing well at the box office, Murdoch Jr. gets angry for a long time.
If it were just that, it would be fine, but Murdoch Jr. is very conceited.
He always loves to collect various data about Washimine Entertainment movies as soon as possible.
As for Murdoch Jr.'s situation, even a fool can guess how he would react when he saw those eye-popping data.
This is also the reason why the servants stayed away.
After all, no one is a fool and no one likes to be a punching bag.
"Why is this necessary?"
Thinking of this, Jim couldn't help but shook his head.
Although he also wanted to beat Washimine Entertainment, Murdoch Jr.'s behavior was just making himself uncomfortable.
Not to mention that because of its parent company News Corporation, Fox's work focus has already shifted to Warner Group.
What's more, given Fox's current situation, it is not suitable for it to spend too much energy on sniping Washimine Entertainment.
In Jim's opinion, what Fox needs to do most now is to bring its performance back up as soon as possible through successful projects.
You should know that Fox's performance this year is the second to last among the six major studios, only better than Sony Columbia.
At this time, you should develop yourself well and take the lead in strengthening your own strength.
but...
Jim shook his head helplessly.
There are some things that he can persuade once or twice, but he cannot persuade them continuously.
To News Corp., he is, after all, an outsider.
Just at this moment, Jim saw the villa's housekeeper walking over with a strange man.
"Mr. Ganopoulos."
Seeing Jim's confused look, the butler explained to Jim, "This is Joan Wille, a reporter from the New York Post. He has something to ask the master."
[Reporter from the group? What does he want to do? ]
There was a hint of confusion in Jim's eyes, and he had a bad feeling.
On the small dining table in the garden, the breakfast prepared by the servants was placed quietly, without any signs of having been touched.
Even though the food on the plate had already gone cold, little Murdoch didn't care at all.
In front of him was a list of the latest statistics about "Madoka Magica", and the box office data on it was so bright that it hurt his eyes.
Although he wanted to deceive himself, Murdoch knew that the movie "Madoka Magica" had been an incredible success.
The only obstacle standing in its way now is Titanic.
Bang!
Murdoch Jr. slammed the newspaper down on the table.
His chest was heaving violently, and his deformed chest cavity due to his heavy breathing showed how angry this man was.
Perhaps realizing that it would be bad for his health if he continued like this, young Murdoch quickly adjusted his breathing rhythm to calm down.
[This movie is paving the way for Avatar. The Avatar that we will release next month will surely achieve even better data than this! ]
Little Murdoch comforted himself silently.
But whether this is well-founded speculation or groundless fantasy, even Murdoch himself doesn't know.
"Forget it, let's eat first."
Little Murdoch thought so.
But as soon as he picked up the fork, he found that the food on the plate was already cold.
"These people are so ignorant..."
Little Murdoch looked towards the entrance to the garden, as if he was planning to catch a servant and give him a scolding.
However, his behavior misunderstood the people waiting at the door.
"Master, Mr. Will and Mr. Ganopoulos have something to ask you."
The housekeeper's words made young Murdoch swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
"You let them in."
He has not lost his mind to the point of behaving so badly in front of outsiders, as this would only lower his prestige.
"What's up with you two?"
Little Murdoch gave them a haughty look.
"This is the promotion plan for Avatar. I brought it to you."
Jim was not pretentious and took out the documents he had with him.
"Leave it there. I'll take a look at it later."
Little Murdoch pointed casually at the dining table.
Although the success rate of project operations has been very low in the past two years, Jim's ability to operate movies is unquestionable.
In addition, "Avatar" was a work that Jim himself strongly promoted from the very beginning, so he was very familiar with it.
So on this project, Murdoch Jr. still trusts his subordinates very much.
"Mr. Murdoch."
A flattering smile appeared on June Weir's face, and he took a step forward to make his presence felt.
Little Murdoch glanced at the other person and asked, "Have those two done anything secretive recently?"
Joan Wille is the leader of the paparazzi responsible for following Nanaya Kiryu and Shion Washimine. His current task is to keep an eye on those two people 24 hours a day to dig out some private information.
Of course, stalking is certainly not legal.
But if there is any explosive information, especially the kind that can hit the Washimine Group.
I believe that the public will then ignore how these explosive materials were obtained.
News Corp has done this kind of thing more than once, so they have no pressure at all.
"Uh...they haven't seen each other much lately." Joan Wille whispered, "It seems like they don't have any relationship at all."
"How is that possible! I don't believe it!"
Although there was no concrete evidence, Murdoch Jr. always believed that there was some unspeakable secret between the couple.
As a successful businessman, he knew very well that if there was no special relationship, Washimine Shion would definitely not allow Kiryu Nanaya to hold such a large number of Washimine shares.
Although Jim Ganopoulos is the chairman of Fox, the shares he holds are less than a fraction of News Corporation.
Although Washimine Entertainment claimed that Nanaya Kiryu was able to get so many shares because of her talent.
But Murdoch Jr. never believed it.
Therefore, Murdoch Jr. asked the paparazzi of News Corporation to use various legal and illegal means to find solid evidence of the private relationship between Kiryu Nanaya and Washimine Shion.
The reason why Murdoch Jr. intends to focus on the abnormal relationship between Kiryu Nanaya and Washimine Shion is mainly because he hopes to suppress Washimine Shion through the scandal.
But the current result seems to be a little beyond his expectations.
"Recently Washimine Shion has been meeting with the other six top executives to discuss the development of [See Moon], and has not met with Kiryu Nanaya at all."
June Weir reported quietly.
"Did they have a phone call? Didn't you monitor anything?" Murdoch Jr. continued to ask.
These words made Jim's eyelids jump. He opened his mouth to remind him something, but he couldn't say it.
Joan Wille said in embarrassment: "The phones of Kiryu Nanaya and Washimine Shion are all highly secure commercial mobile phones. They hardly ever use home phone lines."
Little Murdoch was a little annoyed: "Tsk, did they notice something?"
"No, we did it very secretly. It should just be out of habit."
Joan Wille didn't think anyone would expect their home phones to be tapped, and this wasn't the Cold War.
I think it is the public figures' instinctive sense of self-protection.
Joan Wille has encountered many such people in her paparazzi career.
Little Murdoch's expression darkened.
The longer this kind of thing goes on, the greater the chance of it being exposed.
If I don't find a breakthrough quickly, if they discover that I'm monitoring them, I'll be the one in the passive position.
"However, we still found an interesting piece of information that may become the focus of a breakthrough."
Joan Wille noticed her boss's unhappy look, so she quickly reported to him in a tone of seeking credit.
"Although there is no breakthrough on Washimine Shion's side, we still have new news on Kiryu Nanaya's side."
"Are you talking about the relationship between Nanaya Kiryu and Lily Wettin?"
Little Murdoch snorted coldly and threw a newspaper in the other person's face.
"Other newspapers have already clarified that Kiryu Nanaya and Lily Wettin were just attending a normal social event last night."
The impatience in Murdoch Jr.'s tone was very obvious.
Joan Wille glanced at the report and, after making sure her information was not outdated, she immediately said, "But they don't know this."
As she spoke, Joan Wille took out a photo.
The photo shows the scene of Nanaya hugging Lily and saying goodbye to Lucas and others on the street.
From the angle of the person taking the photo, you can see that Lily's face is filled with a happy smile.
"Well, Mr. Murdoch?"
Joan Wille smiled and said, "If Nanaya Kiryu is really having an affair with Lily Wettin, that would be really big news!"
Even though promiscuous relationships between men and women have always been the norm in Hollywood.
But the North American public certainly cannot accept public figures having such chaotic private lives.
As a public figure, if Nanaya Kiryu had an improper relationship with Ryan Wettin while dating him, it would be a shame for her to have such a relationship with his sister Lily Wettin.
This incident will definitely become a super headline that shocks the entire entertainment industry!