Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

When Jed arrived in Washington, he had to admire the professionalism of the person John was looking for.They found an abandoned large warehouse in a relatively remote place in Washington, and there was a business hotel adjacent to it.At this time, John has used Jade's funds to rent out the hotel and warehouse as a temporary residence for Jed and the Indonesian massacre witness team.

When Jed arrived at the hotel, he had already discovered that the hotel and warehouses had been completely emptied, and the Blackwater company he hired had already protected the entire area tightly.For the sake of safety, the more core security work was handed over to the security company under the Chinese American Historical Society.In addition, John specially invited four bodyguards from the New York family as Jed's personal bodyguards.

Because Jed's speculative business is very important, the entire investment department had to go to the basement to work, and the entire first floor was assigned to the staff of the investment department.The rest of the floors are allocated to the witness corps and accompanying staff.But no one can stay on the first floor unless they can walk out of the stairs.

Because Jed made such a big battle in Washington, the police in Washington had to control it, and naturally the FBI and NSA were secretly monitoring.Fortunately, Jed has already greeted the federal government through the so-called Morgan Club, otherwise they would have been taken to investigate by the relevant departments.

Less than an hour after Jade was placed, the witness team from Hong Kong also arrived here after meeting with the Chinese American Historical Society.After Li Jiayao saw Jade, he said, "Thank you for everything you have done. Especially for securing a hearing for us."

"Don't be too happy, how to persuade the hearing is still very important." Jade said, "The Indonesian ambassador will not only attend the hearing, but the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress will support him, and he also won the Philippine ambassador to support him. He The point put forward is that this is just an act of racial discrimination in Indonesia, which belongs to Indonesia’s domestic affairs. Neither the Indonesian government nor the military are involved in these acts, so there is no humanitarian crisis in Indonesia, and the United States should not interfere.”

"So many people have died, isn't it considered a humanitarian crisis?" Li Jiayao scolded angrily.

"There is no way, Indonesia is the most important ally of the United States in Southeast Asia, and they will not give up this ally easily." Jed shrugged, "So how to convince the vast majority of congressmen is what we need to do. I Bian has hired Miss Annabeth Scott and the WPP Group as our PR firm to be in charge of lobbying."

"It's Miss Scott and WPP Group!" Li Jiayao showed an expression of disbelief.

Although he knows that Jed is half of Chinese blood, the problem is that Jed's mother is already the third generation of Chinese immigrants. Does Jed really have the so-called sense of Chinese identity?But the person in front of him who looked no different from ordinary Americans has been silently supporting them behind his back.

As far as Li Jiayao knew, apart from this intervention in the Indonesian incident, Jade injected capital into the "Nanjing Truth Foundation" and the "Investigative Committee of the Japanese Invasion of China" under the Chinese American Historical Society every year.Thanks to the support of huge funds, these two organizations publish many books and audio-visual products every year, so that Japan has no way to deny it.

While Li Jiayao was still in a daze, someone had already notified Jade that Miss Scott and the WPP Group's working group had arrived.So Jade took Li Jiayao to the temporary conference room converted from a restaurant, and Miss Scott and a working group of more than ten people from the WPP Group had already arrived.

Miss Scott said with a smile: "Mr. Sherman really paid a lot for this hearing. He not only invited me, but also WPP Group. But according to the agreement between John and me, I will be the leader of the whole case. Director of Public Relations, WPP Group can only provide me with advice and implement my request, is this okay?"

The people from the wpp group hurriedly said: "Of course there is no problem. Who doesn't know that Miss Scott is an expert in this field? It will be a rare experience for us to cooperate with Miss Scott this time. This time the wpp group The dispatched working group is composed of Ogilvy Advertising Company and JWT Public Relations Company, on the one hand, it is to shoot corresponding promotional materials, and on the other hand, it is to conduct polls and collect strategic suggestions. Mr. Sherman, Scott Miss, is there any problem?"

"Very professional!" Annabeth nodded, and then she turned to Jed and said, "I saw the PR strategy you provided, it was very amateurish and childish! Don't repeat those bloody scenes over and over again. It aired on TV! The housewives won't watch it anymore, they don't feel the same way, they just feel that these scenes are not suitable for their families, because they want to protect their children! So, the bloody scenes give me all Put it away, I don't want to see these X-rated images in any mass media except for use in hearings! I need the helpless tears of mothers, I need the bewildered tears of teenage girls, and the innocent tears of children Tears... Tears are the weapon we use to touch the hearts of the American people! Don't blame me for speaking directly, if we don't do this, the tragedy in Indonesia will not be stopped!"

With the help of Annabeth, the entire external publicity work has made great progress.The public service announcements put out by the Chinese American Historical Society no longer feature bloody news images, but the dictation of survivors.Most of them are women, including happy housewives, lively and lovely campus girls, and of course young women who are full of hope for the society and the future... But their happiness and hope turned into a nightmare overnight. They were either ravaged by mobs, or saw their family and friends slaughtered, and their skies were no longer colorful but black and white.

At the end of all the public service announcements, there are black and white texts stating how many Chinese have been massacred or injured in the Indonesian tragedy so far.At the same time, remind viewers and friends in larger fonts, "Please write or call the member of Congress in your constituency and ask him to stop this!"

And every major newspaper in America has a picture of a tearful girl with a fallen crowd behind her and a machete-wielding thug rushing towards her, with the words on one side of the picture, "You really can stop this !Please write and call the MP in your constituency to draw his attention to the humanitarian crisis in Indonesia."

In addition to these publicity, Annabeth also arranged for the survivors to appear on various news programs, and even invited them to "The Oprah Show" and "The Ellen Show".When the survivor girl recounted how she was raped by thugs on the way to school, Oprah couldn't help crying and hugged the girl tightly.On news programs, stories of the survivors were made known to Americans through the interviews of anchors and hosts, and members of Congress gradually felt the pressure of public opinion.

"Why don't those Indonesian civil servants and military officials be interviewed?" Li Jiayao suddenly asked, "They are evidence that they can directly bring down the Indonesian government. If they can be on the show, we will have a better chance of winning?"

"No, having them on the show will only destroy our current advantage in popular opinion." Annabeth said, "The United States is a very conservative country, and they don't think it is a decent thing for the country's civil servants and military officials to betray their country Honorable thing. So even if they tell the truth, the American public will think they are morally deficient, so they are only fit to testify in the hearing. And do you think the moderators will let them go? I don't want to put A simple humanitarian crisis turns into a government crisis or an international political crisis. Once that happens, the sympathy of the American people will completely disappear, and the politicians of the congressmen will be fully exposed. At that time, it will be a contest between countries , we are just spectators watching the show.”

With Annabeth's big win in the media, Jade and Soros took a large sum of money in the Indonesian market, which not only really made the Indonesian treasury unable to make ends meet, but also made money through the Indonesian market. of banks control substantial resources.And Jed and Soros found buyers for these lands, mines, and oil fields by changing hands.

A week after the tragedy, the hearing officially began.In fact, it is not so rare for the US Congress to hold a meeting. As long as the American audience is willing to watch, they can watch it through the free cable and satellite public affairs television network (c-span) at any time. C-span One is responsible for broadcasting the House of Representatives, Channel Two is responsible for broadcasting the Senators, and Channel Three is responsible for broadcasting such things as hearings, congressional speeches and election debates.

So Jade is paying attention to the changes in the Indonesian and even Southeast Asian markets on the one hand, and on the other hand to the hearings broadcast live by c-span3.Annabeth does not recommend that Jade attend the hearing every day, because the American people and Congress regard him as a third-party source of opinion. If too much attention is paid, Jade's objectivity will be questioned.So Annabeth thinks Jed just needs to be there when he's supposed to be there.

In fact, what happened in Indonesia is indisputable. The only hope for the Indonesian government is that the whole incident is considered "racial discrimination" rather than "genocide", otherwise they will attract sanctions and intervention from the entire international community. This is Suharto not expected.But Indonesia's arguments have become less and less convincing in the face of solid evidence from the Chinese American Historical Society and the Hong Kong Association for Saving Indonesian Compatriots.

On the final day of the hearing, Jed was called to testify.Congress was concerned about why Jed would let his broadcaster pay so much attention to events in Indonesia.Jade replied that although the Asian Broadcasting Group invested in itself, he did not interfere with its daily operations.The work of ABC and Asia Satellite TV is based on the quality of the journalists and the professionalism of the news channel, so he will not interfere and there is no need to interfere.

After the two sides talked for a long time, the chairman of the hearing suddenly asked, "Mr. Sherman, do you think this matter is 'genocide'? Based on the relevant regulations of the current Congress, we believe that the seriousness of the matter has not reached the level of 'racial massacre'." massacre' standard."

After a moment of silence, Jed asked, "Your Excellency, what I want to ask is, how many times does an act of genocide take place before it is 'genocide'?"

The chairman of the hearing was silent, and Jed continued to ask, "I remember Mr. President once said in his State of the Union address to Congress, 'Where a humanitarian crisis occurs is the place where the US government intervenes'. This sentence, it Do you still count?"