America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 271 270. Five women face each other and showdown!

According to Eric's arrangement, Facebook decisively announced the permanent closure of the drift bottle and other related businesses that may involve pornography.

And it provoked Myspace in a very provocative way. Although it did not name any names, there are only two social networks of scale in the market, and everyone knows it.

The ball was kicked back to Myspace in an instant. I have already responded. Shouldn't you also express your opinion?

What?

You don't want to express your opinion?

Sorry! This is not up to you!

Because the market will teach you how to be a person, just look at the reaction of the people.

As soon as Facebook's announcement was issued, everyone's attention turned to Myspace, waiting for its response.

"Yesterday morning Eric Cooper gave a furious speech, and in the evening major TV stations began to criticize Facebook and Myspace. When I woke up, Facebook responded positively. I like this kind of socially responsible company."

"Myspace kids, now is the time to see who the clown is."

"I support Facebook's approach, but I think it's possible to discuss the permanent closure of the message in a bottle. I actually like this feature."

"What! The message in a bottle is not available! This is my favorite aspect of Facebook. The sense of mystery and anticipation when throwing and picking up bottles is really good. Why turn it off!"

"Raise your hand if you often use the message in a bottle. Its original intention is to increase the way of social interaction. It was just discovered by those disgusting people, but pornographic content still only accounts for a small part. It's a pity to turn it off directly."

"I have to pick up hundreds of bottles every day, and more than 85% of them are normal dating content, which has nothing to do with borderline information."

"I don't understand, is the boss of Facebook Fitz Heisenberg or Eric Cooper? Can anyone explain it?"

"Brother, the table On the surface, it was Fitz Heisenberg, but the actual controller behind it was Eric Cooper, so I doubt that his furious speech was aimed at attacking his competitors! Neither side is a good person! "

"Correction, I have been following the development of the whole incident. In essence, it is still a struggle between Eric Cooper and the Big Six and TV stations. Bar Rafaeli, Gal Gadot, Facebook, Myspace, etc. are all extensions. Now MGM has reversed its decline and is going to pull out the nail. "

"I don't care about commercial competition, I just want to know what Myspace will do. If it ignores it, I will complain to the Cybersecurity Bureau. "

"After watching the speech, I registered a Myspace account. Oh my God! The content inside is too disgusting. No matter men or women, they are showing their bodies. It is difficult to find anything else except sexual organs. I have ordered my children to cancel their accounts. "

"I agree. I also asked my son to cancel his account yesterday. "

The public opinion on the Internet is surging. The masses are angry. Eric also hired a lot of water army to lead the rhythm and constantly push Myspace to the edge of the cliff.

Many bloggers on Facebook and YouTube have gone to the entrance of Myspace's headquarters to take photos. It seems that this place is evolving into a place for Internet celebrities to check in in the future.

And some people have come to protest with signs, demanding that Myspace give an explanation quickly.

Myspace pretended to be dead and did not say anything, calling the police to expel the protesters who affected the work order.

This practice was exposed by many self-media, and then attracted more turbulent dissatisfaction.

Until today's regular White House press conference, a Yahoo reporter asked this question on the spot.

The White House spokesman responded: "The White House has paid attention to the relevant incidents and is conducting in-depth discussions on this."

"Can you tell me what you think about the Myspace website being full of a lot of pornographic content?" The reporter continued to ask.

"Unhealthy content has indeed had a serious negative impact on teenagers, and Myspace has also played a certain role in fueling the occurrence of many sexual assault cases. We have noticed many people's messages and complaints on the official website."

"Will the Cybersecurity Bureau investigate and intervene in this matter?"

"This is the job of the Security Bureau. I have not yet received relevant information, but the government will not sit idly by for Internet companies that have caused adverse effects."

And shortly after the White House press conference ended, the Cybersecurity Bureau really took action and said that it would investigate and collect evidence on the business content of Facebook and Myspace, and the specific results would be announced at any time.

Fitz's phone call came later.

"Boss, the Security Bureau has taken action. We have received the official letter, and Myspace must have received it as well. They are finished!" Fitz said happily.

Eric hummed: "Don't let your guard down. At this point, I'm worried that someone will be desperate and drag us down with them."

"What do you mean?"

"Recently, we must increase the intensity of the review and recruit a group of new employees to keep a close eye on those illegal content. Once found, the account will be immediately blocked."

"Remember, it's not just pornography, but also racial discrimination, blasphemy, spreading rumors and other content that will cause adverse effects. At this time, it's better to kill the wrong person than to let him go."

"Boss, are you worried that James Murdoch will take improper means to destroy our network ecology?"

"Yes, Facebook will at most divest its message in a bottle business and be fined. Myspace is already terminally ill. Pornography is its core selling point. Without this selling point, it is nothing."

"He is halfway into the grave. When he gets crazy, he can do anything. Be careful!"

"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on the company recently."

"Thank you for your hard work. In addition, keep buying water troops to lead the rhythm for me. The bigger the wave of public opinion, the faster the security bureau will act."

After the official exit, Myspace finally issued a statement reluctantly, expressing its willingness to cooperate with the investigation, resolutely crack down on bad content, and maintain a healthy network ecology.

However, after this statement was issued, it was treated in a completely different way from Facebook, and almost all of it was cursed.

People with a defense on their faces really have the nerve to say that they are not stinky.

Now they just have to wait for the other party to fall.

On the big screen, the ice and snow storm brought by "The Day After Tomorrow" is still raging in cinemas around the world.

It is about to enter June, and many countries in the northern hemisphere are hot enough to wear short sleeves. At this time, going to the cinema to watch an ice and snow storm is indeed a way to cool down and relieve the heat.

The special effects are powerful, the plot is good, and the overall rating is commercial. The good audience reputation made this blockbuster win the weekly box office champion again.

"Million Dollar Baby" has not broken the 100 million box office so far under continuous sniping, especially affected by this incident.

Moreover, today another Universal blockbuster "Pitch Black 2" has joined the sniping ranks.

More than 3,000 theaters opened at the same time, starring Vin Diesel, who has a good box office appeal among young people, and the reputation of the first part is also good.

Universal spent 105 million US dollars on filming, and it was just short of writing the words "I want to make a fortune" on its face.

Due to continuous sniping, box office's forecast for "Million Dollar Baby" has been continuously lowered, from the initial global 180 million US dollars to the current 110 million, but looking at the current situation, I am afraid that 110 million is also difficult.

Fortunately, the cost of the movie is not high. Even if it really does not break the 100 million, it will not lose money, but there will be no profit.

But it doesn't matter. Eric is still full of confidence, because this month MGM will release the super blockbuster "Frozen" which took more than a year to produce and cost $180 million.

This movie is the most expensive movie of MGM, costing more than "Transformers".

I want to see what you can use to fight me!

In the evening, Beverly Hills, Cooper's house.

Mom and Lisa were preparing dinner in the kitchen, and Eric looked at the bottles of red wine in front of him and compared them back and forth.

"Don't know which one to choose?" Dad appeared behind him.

"Which one is better? It's more suitable for women. You have experience, dad."

Dad shrugged: "I don't know, but the one on your right is the most expensive. If you don't know which one to choose, just choose it."

Hearing this, Eric nodded in agreement. No wonder we often hear that rich people don't choose the best but the most expensive.

It turns out that it's because they don't know which one is better. After all, people only know a very small part of the thousands of things in the world, so naturally they can only choose the most expensive.

"Son, there is a good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Bad news, this will help me adjust my mood."

"The bad news is that I contacted Brad Grey and expressed our intention, but he did not accept this goodwill."

Eric's emotions did not fluctuate much. As the weakest of the current seven major companies, Paramount has the weakest ability to bear risks.

Brad Grey certainly does not dare to risk offending the other five, even if MGM is willing to provide more benefits than Disney.

What's more, Brad Grey himself is not an excellent decision maker, so Eric is not surprised by this result.

"But even though he refused, I still have to give him some eye drops. The news of our meeting has been released, and those old guys will definitely doubt him."

Eric gave a thumbs up. The old man is still spicy, and he is really good at killing two birds with one stone.

"So this is the good news you want to tell me?"

"No, the good news is that I have contacted Jim Giannopoulos, and he did not refuse my request for a meeting. We will meet in Mexico on Sunday."

"Mexico? So far!" Eric was a little surprised.

"Be careful. Jim is going there to do some business. If people know that he met me privately, Thomas Rothman will definitely use this opportunity to drive him out of Fox. He will have no place in the Big Six."

"Dad, are you sure you can convince him?"

"It's a 50-50 chance. Since he chose to meet, it means that his situation is very bad. Now, except for us, no one in Hollywood can help him."

Eric nodded: "Then it depends on you, Dad."

"Hehe. I think it's your mother who should be relied on. A Hummer stopped. Whose car is it?"

Eric glanced through the window: "It's Theron's."

"Wild style, go open the door, young man."

Ding Dong

As soon as Dad finished speaking, the doorbell rang outside.

Eric opened the door and saw Theron standing there. She was wearing a white jumpsuit tonight with a black hoop belt tied in the middle.

Her lips were red and obviously painted with lipstick, her eyeliner and eyebrows were painted, and she exuded a faint scent of perfume.

"You are so beautiful darling," Eric said as he held her in his arms.

“Should I wear taller shoes?”

"What?"

"That would make me look slimmer, but my mom said that's fine. It's best not to wear high heels when I come to your house for the first time."

"You told your mother you were coming to my house?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Uh it's nothing, come in quickly."

Eric led her into the living room, praying in his heart that his mother would work hard tonight, otherwise her parents would know that she was in trouble and they would have to come to fight with him.

Theron's mother has a glorious record of shooting her ex-husband. Ashley and Mary's father is also an expert shooter, and his marksmanship is very good.

"Hello Theron, it's our first time meeting you. Nice to meet you." Dad came over and said.

Theron nodded somewhat cautiously: "Mr. Cooper, it's my honor to meet you. You are a famous figure in the industry."

Dad smiled and waved his hand: "It's all over. I'm a retired old man, but I've seen several of your movies. The actress must have suffered a lot to achieve her current achievements."

Theron glanced at Eric: "Fortunately, at least I have good luck."

The father and son felt twitching in their hearts at the same time. This luck was not good, but it was a mistake.

"Where's Mrs. Cooper? Isn't she home?"

"Emily was in the kitchen preparing dinner and Eric said you liked chickpeas and she learned how to make them."

"Oh my God! Thank you, you guys are really attentive." Theron said flattered.

Ding dong

At this time, the doorbell rang again outside, and Eric's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know who it was this time.

"Go and open the door, Eric." Seeing him stunned, his father said.

"Whoa whoa."

Taking a deep breath, Eric could only brace himself and walk to the door. Then he saw Nicole standing outside dressed beautifully, with also very delicate makeup.

Nicole opened her arms and wanted to hug her, but Eric didn't dare to let her succeed, so he took her hand and pulled her inside.

"My dad is in the living room, and a friend of yours is also there."

"My friend? Who is it?"

After a few seconds, Nicole's doubts were answered, and at the same time, the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

Theron didn't give in too much, his expression became frozen, like an ice cube, which made people feel chilly just by looking at him. Of course, Eric might be the only one who felt this way.

The two women looked at each other, even if they played many rounds of mahjong together, they still couldn't say "hello" at this time.

Ding dong

Just as the atmosphere was getting tense, the doorbell rang for the third time.

Eric was jumping a little just now, but now he just feels like a savior. Anyway, it's like this now, so love it.

"I'll open the door!" he said hurriedly.

After a moment, Gadot was brought in, and then the three women stood there like a triangle, with no one moving even a step.

The distance between them is perfect, no one is too much and no one is too little, and they look extremely stable.

Ding dong

"I'll open the door." Dad couldn't stand the suffocating feeling anymore and rushed to open the door.

But Eric was one step ahead. He had already walked directly to the door and brought Ashley and Mary in.

At this point, the five girls finally gathered together.

I have a showdown!