Chapter 1290: 1290
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Melbourne is three hours away from Beijing.
On the same Friday night, in the northern suburb of the city, at the Johnston family mansion on the Yarra River.
These days after arriving in Australia and after dinner, Simon will discuss with the men of Johnston family about the future of westrow system, covering all aspects.
In the midsummer of the southern hemisphere, there is a cool study on the first floor of the mansion.
Simon, the old man, Anthony and Norman brothers, as well as tonight's Janet Lai are in Simon's arms. The topic is about Simon's recent layout of South Korea, and even more considerations.
After explaining to the old man who doesn't know the relevant industries that his layout of South Korea is mainly for semiconductor, one of the lifeblood of information industry in the future, and why it is South Korea, Simon continued: "it's not impossible that the scale of the whole westero system will only become larger and larger in the future, and even exceed the GDP volume of the United States. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has been at another peak of its own in recent years, and its economy has been improving as a whole, so there will be no problem for the time being. However, once the U.S. economy turns or even worsens, social contradictions will become fierce. It is hard to say whether anyone will point the finger at us, just as Hitler pointed the finger at the Jews in those years. "
The old man, who is 79 years old, is still hale and hearty. He hears: "so, it's not a good idea for you to leave the United States, son. At this stage, no other country can hold your stall, neither can Australia?"
Simon shook his head: "it's not detachment, but decentralization. On the one hand, we try not to put our eggs in one basket. On the other hand, we try to weaken our sense of existence. One of the best conditions I pursue is that most people in the world will not be able to perceive the existence of the Westeros after more than a decade or decades. "
Norman Johnston broke in with a smile: "Simon, I'm afraid it's not easy."
"I know it's not easy, but try to do it."
Anthony Johnston said, "Simon, is this too passive?"
Simon said: "of course, there are initiatives. As far as the United States is concerned, I have been trying to infiltrate into the political circles in recent years. In addition, I also hope that through the control of the American media industry, we can guide the future social contradictions to the racial level as far as possible, such as the contradiction between black and white Americans, the contradiction between white and Latino, the contradiction between Latino and Asian, and so on. There is almost no solution to the racial problem in the United States, so when there are social and economic problems, the relevant contradictions will break out with a little promotion. If we lead the contradiction to the racial level, the public will no longer pay attention to issues such as the gap between the rich and the poor. "
The old man, waiting for Simon to finish, grinned out his teeth, which were still quite white, and said, "good idea. In this case, you need to increase your support for the Democratic Party, open immigration as much as possible, and promote the greatest degree of ethnic diversity in the United States."
Janet smiles as her father praises her husband. Her face sticks to Simon's chin and she enjoys the friction of men's stubbles.
Anthony nodded slightly, then said: "Simon, just listening to you, I found that you seem to be very pessimistic about the U.S. economy?"
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States can be said to be the only superpower in the world. In particular, the Gulf War that devastated the world a few years ago has been recognized all over the world. In recent years, with the rise of new technology in the United States, even if the Internet bubble burst in the first half of the year, the tide of new technology has been briefly plunged into a low ebb.
Pay attention to the official account: the book club's main camp is concerned about sending cash and coins.
Simon said: "the Great Depression of the 1930s has proved that there are quite fatal problems in the American economy. Luck has played a very important role in its success today. The root of social problems has always been economic problems. In August this year, the Clinton administration pushed for the signing of the balanced budget bill, hoping that before the end of its term of office, the U.S. budget will be balanced rather than in a long-term deficit state. Tony, do you know the last year before that when the United States achieved budget surplus rather than deficit? "
Anthony shook his head.
Simon said: "in 1969, it's 28 years since now. No matter how rich the wealth accumulated in the two world wars is, no matter how hard the hidden harvest of the US dollar as a settlement currency is, it will be exhausted one day. As far as I'm concerned, the peak of the United States will last for another 30 years at the most. It happens that the cycle of a century will return to the origin of the great depression. "
Westerners do not know about the great depression, because when the Great Depression happened in the United States, the world was also experiencing a serious economic crisis, and then brewing the Second World War, which was more tragic than the first World War.
Born in 1918, the old man, who has a certain memory of that time, was silent for a moment and said, "my child, pay more attention to Australia in the future, and make it our real home. If there is anything wrong with our home, just hide."Simon nodded seriously: "I'm also thinking about it. Australia is only a vassal of Europe and America at the present stage. I hope to make a change. Probably, like Switzerland, it makes Australia a neutral place. "
"It's a good idea. I'm tired of those politicians and businessmen who are always used to flattering Europe and the United States," the old man said with a satisfied smile, and then called his name directly: "just like Rupert, who first immigrated to the United Kingdom and then moved to the United States, oh, since he thinks Europe and the United States are so good, don't come back. We try our best to accept the assets of News Corporation. If we want to build Australia into our territory, the Johnston family must first control public opinion. "
Even after many years, News Corporation is still the largest media power in Australia.
Why did Australia first propose to charge Internet giants for using news resources of traditional media? With a little brain movement, it's not difficult to find the shadow of news corporation that sticks to the old-fashioned news position and has deep-rooted influence on Australia. Simon wants to control Australia and create a similar neutral place. The first thing he has to do is to occupy all media resources in Australia, as the old man said.
The whole family knows that the old man doesn't like Murdoch.
However, Simon did not mean to fall out with News Corporation, at least not now: "in the short term, we still need to develop TV and Internet new media, which is easier to control. As for the traditional paper media, it is doomed to be eliminated, and it does not need to spend too much energy. In addition, I think the core of Australia's operation is economic control. Now that we have completed the integration of BHP, I think we can launch an acquisition from BHP to further control the economic lifeline of Australia, such as iron ore. "
The old man grinned again, understood Simon's subtext, obviously didn't mind, and said, "you kids can do it by yourself, I can't do much."
Feeling the old man's voice, Janet got up from Simon's arms and ran to sit down on the armrest of the sofa next to the old man. She put her arms around her father's neck and said, "Dad, you are the backbone of our family."
The old man shook his body and patted Janet's hand with a smile, but suddenly he looked at Anthony and Norman, and his expression turned serious: "Tony, Norman, you two remember that Simon will be the backbone of our family in the future. Even if you are brothers, you should listen to Simon's arrangement, OK?"
The old man's long established authority in front of his children was obviously effective. No matter what they thought, Anthony and Norman immediately nodded.
Seeing the two sons nodding, the old man looked at Simon again, drew back his eyes and turned to Janet, complaining with obvious direction: "what's the name of westero, isn't it good for Johnston? That's our last name. "
Janet saw the old man bring up the old story again for the nth time. She just laughed and pretended to be silly.
The old man thought of another thing and looked at Simon: "Tony's old lady, Becca, you saw her today. What do you think?"
Simon thought of the youngest daughter of Anthony Johnston, Rebecca Johnston, 4 years old, who he met at dinner. She was the fourth child of the eldest brother's family. For a moment, he was puzzled: "what?"
Finally, the old man was not satisfied. He thought Simon was acting silly and said directly, "Mel and Becca have a good time. Let's make a decision about them. Becca will marry Mel in the future, just like you and Jennie."
Simon:
Isn't it true that there is no arranged marriage in the west?
What's more, even if arranged marriage is over, it's still a baby kiss. Even if the baby kiss, still so... Kiss, really good?
The old man seems to have made up his mind, ignoring Simon and looking at his second son: "you and Judy have another one, too. Your eldest brother has four children, and you only have victor in your family. What a shame. It's better to be a daughter and marry Nick in the future. "
Norman Johnston didn't know how to answer.
But this is speechless, but it's different from Simon.
It's a little... Exciting.
Norman certainly knew about Simon's making a bunch of children. However, like his father and brother, Norman believed that the true heirs of the Westeros family should be Melbourne and Nicholas born to his sister.
If the eldest brother and he married one daughter each in the past, not to mention that the relationship between the two families would be closer. As the father-in-law of the two inheritors of the Westeros family, they would certainly rise in the future. Frankly speaking, in front of his dazzling wife and brother-in-law, Norman Johnston still had a kind of feeling that he couldn't stand up even if he had another identity.
When Janet saw her father's words, she made her husband and two brothers speechless. She put her arms around the old man's neck and shook them again. She said with a smile, "Dad, Moore and Becca are several years behind each other. Besides, Nick is four years old. When Norman gives birth to a daughter, ha ha, that's too much."When the old man saw his daughter shaking himself again, he said something impolite to Janet: "how old are you and Simon?"
Janet: --
So he got angry, loosened the old man's neck and jumped back into his man's arms.
Actually, Janet doesn't mind that much.
For so many years, raw rice is not only cooked, but also eaten dry and wiped clean, and is not afraid of anything. Anyway, this man himself is caught dead, who dares to rob is desperate.
As for the old man's proposal?
Actually... Janet thinks it's good, too.
The old man chatted directly to death, looked at the expression of a group of children, grinned again, got up, said good night and went out.
The remaining brothers had a lot to talk about, but now they can only stop for a while.
Time is not early, they will separate.
After dinner, Jennifer takes her children back to her mansion, but Simon and Janet stay here. They pester the man to hold them all the way to the second floor bedroom. Janet turns over and looks at Simon sitting at the desk: "honey, what do you think?"
Simon turned on the computer and said solemnly, "I'm a very open-minded father. I'll never have an arranged marriage."
Janet turned her lips.
A very enlightened father
Ah, Pooh!
However, I think I'm also a very open-minded mother... Well, it's not urgent.
Anyway, the old man won't just talk about it.
What's more, I just took a look at the expressions of the two elder brothers. Obviously, they are also very excited.
In a word, adults don't seem to object to it. It's only two little guys... Well, four little guys nodded.
There's another one that hasn't been born.
But whatever.
the coming days would be long.
Thinking with a smile, Janet sees Simon open an email, glances at it, remembers it again, and asks curiously, "how much?"
Janet asked about the box office of Titanic in the past box office week.
This unexpected Hollywood blockbuster has attracted more and more attention in recent days, and there is even a sign that "flash 2" will be overturned, even in Australia, where it is released simultaneously. The johnstons' family talked about this movie at dinner.
It's still Friday morning in North America, and the box office data for the new week has just been released.
Simon flipped through the report in front of him and said, "it's down 4%, and the revenue is 63.94 million."
"Less," Janet said, "isn't it 8% down on the weekend as a whole?"
Simon reminded, "Christmas Eve."
Janet blinked her eyes. In response, the Christmas Eve family were reunited. There was basically no box office that day, which was equivalent to one less day in four working days. The overall box office decline in one week was not as large as three days on the weekend.
In any case, it's a miracle to be the first to go down under the pressure of a blockbuster like flash 2.
"By the way, how much is flash 2?"
"97.88 million."
"Oh, Warner must be very sorry for not breaking the hundred million mark."
Simon then smiles. He can really imagine the mood of Warner and even the parent company of General Electric.
In fact, both Warner Brothers and Ge have high hopes for the movie "flash 2". Moreover, the significance of the film lies not only in the box office, but also in striving for more initiative in the universe of DC movies from Denise entertainment.
Now, it's a great pity for Warner and Ge that "flash 2" failed to achieve a very symbolic first week box office success of more than $100 million, even if it seems to be only less than $2 million.
What's more, it's Denise entertainment, Warner's biggest rival in Hollywood, which was not favored by most people, that suppressed "flash 2" and made it impossible for it to achieve more than 100 million yuan in the first week, which is even more depressing.
Because this actually means that Warner is still firmly suppressed by daenerys.
I can't move.
Simon has just read the North American box office data report in the past week, and checked other emails. He points to Chen Qing's email from South Korea. In addition to some affairs in South Korea, Chen Qing specifically mentioned the hit of huanzhu gege in her email, and her audience rating has easily surpassed that of Balabala in Kangxi Weifu private visit.Even in anticipation, but after all, it is two time and space, for the new version of "huanzhu gege" still achieved such ratings, Simon is somewhat surprised.
Just about to return an email to Chen Qing, Janet pesters her from behind. Simon has to give up for a while.
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Melbourne is three hours away from Beijing.
On the same Friday night, in the northern suburb of the city, at the Johnston family mansion on the Yarra River.
These days after arriving in Australia and after dinner, Simon will discuss with the men of Johnston family about the future of westrow system, covering all aspects.
In the midsummer of the southern hemisphere, there is a cool study on the first floor of the mansion.
Simon, the old man, Anthony and Norman brothers, as well as tonight's Janet Lai are in Simon's arms. The topic is about Simon's recent layout of South Korea, and even more considerations.
After explaining to the old man who doesn't know the relevant industries that his layout of South Korea is mainly for semiconductor, one of the lifeblood of information industry in the future, and why it is South Korea, Simon continued: "it's not impossible that the scale of the whole westero system will only become larger and larger in the future, and even exceed the GDP volume of the United States. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has been at another peak of its own in recent years, and its economy has been improving as a whole, so there will be no problem for the time being. However, once the U.S. economy turns or even worsens, social contradictions will become fierce. It is hard to say whether anyone will point the finger at us, just as Hitler pointed the finger at the Jews in those years. "
The old man, who is 79 years old, is still hale and hearty. He hears: "so, it's not a good idea for you to leave the United States, son. At this stage, no other country can hold your stall, neither can Australia?"
Simon shook his head: "it's not detachment, but decentralization. On the one hand, we try not to put our eggs in one basket. On the other hand, we try to weaken our sense of existence. One of the best conditions I pursue is that most people in the world will not be able to perceive the existence of the Westeros after more than a decade or decades. "
Norman Johnston broke in with a smile: "Simon, I'm afraid it's not easy."
"I know it's not easy, but try to do it."
Anthony Johnston said, "Simon, is this too passive?"
Simon said: "of course, there are initiatives. As far as the United States is concerned, I have been trying to infiltrate into the political circles in recent years. In addition, I also hope that through the control of the American media industry, we can guide the future social contradictions to the racial level as far as possible, such as the contradiction between black and white Americans, the contradiction between white and Latino, the contradiction between Latino and Asian, and so on. There is almost no solution to the racial problem in the United States, so when there are social and economic problems, the relevant contradictions will break out with a little promotion. If we lead the contradiction to the racial level, the public will no longer pay attention to issues such as the gap between the rich and the poor. "
The old man, waiting for Simon to finish, grinned out his teeth, which were still quite white, and said, "good idea. In this case, you need to increase your support for the Democratic Party, open immigration as much as possible, and promote the greatest degree of ethnic diversity in the United States."
Janet smiles as her father praises her husband. Her face sticks to Simon's chin and she enjoys the friction of men's stubbles.
Anthony nodded slightly, then said: "Simon, just listening to you, I found that you seem to be very pessimistic about the U.S. economy?"
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States can be said to be the only superpower in the world. In particular, the Gulf War that devastated the world a few years ago has been recognized all over the world. In recent years, with the rise of new technology in the United States, even if the Internet bubble burst in the first half of the year, the tide of new technology has been briefly plunged into a low ebb.
Pay attention to the official account: the book club's main camp is concerned about sending cash and coins.
Simon said: "the Great Depression of the 1930s has proved that there are quite fatal problems in the American economy. Luck has played a very important role in its success today. The root of social problems has always been economic problems. In August this year, the Clinton administration pushed for the signing of the balanced budget bill, hoping that before the end of its term of office, the U.S. budget will be balanced rather than in a long-term deficit state. Tony, do you know the last year before that when the United States achieved budget surplus rather than deficit? "
Anthony shook his head.
Simon said: "in 1969, it's 28 years since now. No matter how rich the wealth accumulated in the two world wars is, no matter how hard the hidden harvest of the US dollar as a settlement currency is, it will be exhausted one day. As far as I'm concerned, the peak of the United States will last for another 30 years at the most. It happens that the cycle of a century will return to the origin of the great depression. "
Westerners do not know about the great depression, because when the Great Depression happened in the United States, the world was also experiencing a serious economic crisis, and then brewing the Second World War, which was more tragic than the first World War.
Born in 1918, the old man, who has a certain memory of that time, was silent for a moment and said, "my child, pay more attention to Australia in the future, and make it our real home. If there is anything wrong with our home, just hide."Simon nodded seriously: "I'm also thinking about it. Australia is only a vassal of Europe and America at the present stage. I hope to make a change. Probably, like Switzerland, it makes Australia a neutral place. "
"It's a good idea. I'm tired of those politicians and businessmen who are always used to flattering Europe and the United States," the old man said with a satisfied smile, and then called his name directly: "just like Rupert, who first immigrated to the United Kingdom and then moved to the United States, oh, since he thinks Europe and the United States are so good, don't come back. We try our best to accept the assets of News Corporation. If we want to build Australia into our territory, the Johnston family must first control public opinion. "
Even after many years, News Corporation is still the largest media power in Australia.
Why did Australia first propose to charge Internet giants for using news resources of traditional media? With a little brain movement, it's not difficult to find the shadow of news corporation that sticks to the old-fashioned news position and has deep-rooted influence on Australia. Simon wants to control Australia and create a similar neutral place. The first thing he has to do is to occupy all media resources in Australia, as the old man said.
The whole family knows that the old man doesn't like Murdoch.
However, Simon did not mean to fall out with News Corporation, at least not now: "in the short term, we still need to develop TV and Internet new media, which is easier to control. As for the traditional paper media, it is doomed to be eliminated, and it does not need to spend too much energy. In addition, I think the core of Australia's operation is economic control. Now that we have completed the integration of BHP, I think we can launch an acquisition from BHP to further control the economic lifeline of Australia, such as iron ore. "
The old man grinned again, understood Simon's subtext, obviously didn't mind, and said, "you kids can do it by yourself, I can't do much."
Feeling the old man's voice, Janet got up from Simon's arms and ran to sit down on the armrest of the sofa next to the old man. She put her arms around her father's neck and said, "Dad, you are the backbone of our family."
The old man shook his body and patted Janet's hand with a smile, but suddenly he looked at Anthony and Norman, and his expression turned serious: "Tony, Norman, you two remember that Simon will be the backbone of our family in the future. Even if you are brothers, you should listen to Simon's arrangement, OK?"
The old man's long established authority in front of his children was obviously effective. No matter what they thought, Anthony and Norman immediately nodded.
Seeing the two sons nodding, the old man looked at Simon again, drew back his eyes and turned to Janet, complaining with obvious direction: "what's the name of westero, isn't it good for Johnston? That's our last name. "
Janet saw the old man bring up the old story again for the nth time. She just laughed and pretended to be silly.
The old man thought of another thing and looked at Simon: "Tony's old lady, Becca, you saw her today. What do you think?"
Simon thought of the youngest daughter of Anthony Johnston, Rebecca Johnston, 4 years old, who he met at dinner. She was the fourth child of the eldest brother's family. For a moment, he was puzzled: "what?"
Finally, the old man was not satisfied. He thought Simon was acting silly and said directly, "Mel and Becca have a good time. Let's make a decision about them. Becca will marry Mel in the future, just like you and Jennie."
Simon:
Isn't it true that there is no arranged marriage in the west?
What's more, even if arranged marriage is over, it's still a baby kiss. Even if the baby kiss, still so... Kiss, really good?
The old man seems to have made up his mind, ignoring Simon and looking at his second son: "you and Judy have another one, too. Your eldest brother has four children, and you only have victor in your family. What a shame. It's better to be a daughter and marry Nick in the future. "
Norman Johnston didn't know how to answer.
But this is speechless, but it's different from Simon.
It's a little... Exciting.
Norman certainly knew about Simon's making a bunch of children. However, like his father and brother, Norman believed that the true heirs of the Westeros family should be Melbourne and Nicholas born to his sister.
If the eldest brother and he married one daughter each in the past, not to mention that the relationship between the two families would be closer. As the father-in-law of the two inheritors of the Westeros family, they would certainly rise in the future. Frankly speaking, in front of his dazzling wife and brother-in-law, Norman Johnston still had a kind of feeling that he couldn't stand up even if he had another identity.
When Janet saw her father's words, she made her husband and two brothers speechless. She put her arms around the old man's neck and shook them again. She said with a smile, "Dad, Moore and Becca are several years behind each other. Besides, Nick is four years old. When Norman gives birth to a daughter, ha ha, that's too much."When the old man saw his daughter shaking himself again, he said something impolite to Janet: "how old are you and Simon?"
Janet: --
So he got angry, loosened the old man's neck and jumped back into his man's arms.
Actually, Janet doesn't mind that much.
For so many years, raw rice is not only cooked, but also eaten dry and wiped clean, and is not afraid of anything. Anyway, this man himself is caught dead, who dares to rob is desperate.
As for the old man's proposal?
Actually... Janet thinks it's good, too.
The old man chatted directly to death, looked at the expression of a group of children, grinned again, got up, said good night and went out.
The remaining brothers had a lot to talk about, but now they can only stop for a while.
Time is not early, they will separate.
After dinner, Jennifer takes her children back to her mansion, but Simon and Janet stay here. They pester the man to hold them all the way to the second floor bedroom. Janet turns over and looks at Simon sitting at the desk: "honey, what do you think?"
Simon turned on the computer and said solemnly, "I'm a very open-minded father. I'll never have an arranged marriage."
Janet turned her lips.
A very enlightened father
Ah, Pooh!
However, I think I'm also a very open-minded mother... Well, it's not urgent.
Anyway, the old man won't just talk about it.
What's more, I just took a look at the expressions of the two elder brothers. Obviously, they are also very excited.
In a word, adults don't seem to object to it. It's only two little guys... Well, four little guys nodded.
There's another one that hasn't been born.
But whatever.
the coming days would be long.
Thinking with a smile, Janet sees Simon open an email, glances at it, remembers it again, and asks curiously, "how much?"
Janet asked about the box office of Titanic in the past box office week.
This unexpected Hollywood blockbuster has attracted more and more attention in recent days, and there is even a sign that "flash 2" will be overturned, even in Australia, where it is released simultaneously. The johnstons' family talked about this movie at dinner.
It's still Friday morning in North America, and the box office data for the new week has just been released.
Simon flipped through the report in front of him and said, "it's down 4%, and the revenue is 63.94 million."
"Less," Janet said, "isn't it 8% down on the weekend as a whole?"
Simon reminded, "Christmas Eve."
Janet blinked her eyes. In response, the Christmas Eve family were reunited. There was basically no box office that day, which was equivalent to one less day in four working days. The overall box office decline in one week was not as large as three days on the weekend.
In any case, it's a miracle to be the first to go down under the pressure of a blockbuster like flash 2.
"By the way, how much is flash 2?"
"97.88 million."
"Oh, Warner must be very sorry for not breaking the hundred million mark."
Simon then smiles. He can really imagine the mood of Warner and even the parent company of General Electric.
In fact, both Warner Brothers and Ge have high hopes for the movie "flash 2". Moreover, the significance of the film lies not only in the box office, but also in striving for more initiative in the universe of DC movies from Denise entertainment.
Now, it's a great pity for Warner and Ge that "flash 2" failed to achieve a very symbolic first week box office success of more than $100 million, even if it seems to be only less than $2 million.
What's more, it's Denise entertainment, Warner's biggest rival in Hollywood, which was not favored by most people, that suppressed "flash 2" and made it impossible for it to achieve more than 100 million yuan in the first week, which is even more depressing.
Because this actually means that Warner is still firmly suppressed by daenerys.
I can't move.
Simon has just read the North American box office data report in the past week, and checked other emails. He points to Chen Qing's email from South Korea. In addition to some affairs in South Korea, Chen Qing specifically mentioned the hit of huanzhu gege in her email, and her audience rating has easily surpassed that of Balabala in Kangxi Weifu private visit.Even in anticipation, but after all, it is two time and space, for the new version of "huanzhu gege" still achieved such ratings, Simon is somewhat surprised.
Just about to return an email to Chen Qing, Janet pesters her from behind. Simon has to give up for a while.
Melbourne is three hours away from Beijing. On the same Friday night, in the northern suburb of the city, at the Johnston family mansion on the Yarra River. These days after arriving in Australia and after dinner, Simon will discuss with the men of Johnston family about the future of westrow system, covering all aspects. In the midsummer of the southern hemisphere, there is a cool study on the first floor of the mansion. Simon, the old man, Anthony and Norman brothers, as well as tonight's Janet Lai are in Simon's arms. The topic is about Simon's recent layout of South Korea, and even more considerations. After explaining to the old man who doesn't know the relevant industries that his layout of South Korea is mainly for semiconductor, one of the lifeblood of information industry in the future, and why it is South Korea, Simon continued: "it's not impossible that the scale of the whole westero system will only become larger and larger in the future, and even exceed the GDP volume of the United States. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has been at another peak of its own in recent years, and its economy has been improving as a whole, so there will be no problem for the time being. However, once the U.S. economy turns or even worsens, social contradictions will become fierce. It is hard to say whether anyone will point the finger at us, just as Hitler pointed the finger at the Jews in those years. " The old man, who is 79 years old, is still hale and hearty. He hears: "so, it's not a good idea for you to leave the United States, son. At this stage, no other country can hold your stall, neither can Australia?" Simon shook his head: "it's not detachment, but decentralization. On the one hand, we try not to put our eggs in one basket. On the other hand, we try to weaken our sense of existence. One of the best conditions I pursue is that most people in the world will not be able to perceive the existence of the Westeros after more than a decade or decades. " Norman Johnston broke in with a smile: "Simon, I'm afraid it's not easy." "I know it's not easy, but try to do it." Anthony Johnston said, "Simon, is this too passive?" Simon said: "of course, there are initiatives. As far as the United States is concerned, I have been trying to infiltrate into the political circles in recent years. In addition, I also hope that through the control of the American media industry, we can guide the future social contradictions to the racial level as far as possible, such as the contradiction between black and white Americans, the contradiction between white and Latino, the contradiction between Latino and Asian, and so on. There is almost no solution to the racial problem in the United States, so when there are social and economic problems, the relevant contradictions will break out with a little promotion. If we lead the contradiction to the racial level, the public will no longer pay attention to issues such as the gap between the rich and the poor. " The old man, waiting for Simon to finish, grinned out his teeth, which were still quite white, and said, "good idea. In this case, you need to increase your support for the Democratic Party, open immigration as much as possible, and promote the greatest degree of ethnic diversity in the United States." Janet smiles as her father praises her husband. Her face sticks to Simon's chin and she enjoys the friction of men's stubbles. Anthony nodded slightly, then said: "Simon, just listening to you, I found that you seem to be very pessimistic about the U.S. economy?" After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States can be said to be the only superpower in the world. In particular, the Gulf War that devastated the world a few years ago has been recognized all over the world. In recent years, with the rise of new technology in the United States, even if the Internet bubble burst in the first half of the year, the tide of new technology has been briefly plunged into a low ebb. Pay attention to the official account: the book club's main camp is concerned about sending cash and coins. Simon said: "the Great Depression of the 1930s has proved that there are quite fatal problems in the American economy. Luck has played a very important role in its success today. The root of social problems has always been economic problems. In August this year, the Clinton administration pushed for the signing of the balanced budget bill, hoping that before the end of its term of office, the U.S. budget will be balanced rather than in a long-term deficit state. Tony, do you know the last year before that when the United States achieved budget surplus rather than deficit? " Anthony shook his head. Simon said: "in 1969, it's 28 years since now. No matter how rich the wealth accumulated in the two world wars is, no matter how hard the hidden harvest of the US dollar as a settlement currency is, it will be exhausted one day. As far as I'm concerned, the peak of the United States will last for another 30 years at the most. It happens that the cycle of a century will return to the origin of the great depression. " Westerners do not know about the great depression, because when the Great Depression happened in the United States, the world was also experiencing a serious economic crisis, and then brewing the Second World War, which was more tragic than the first World War. Born in 1918, the old man, who has a certain memory of that time, was silent for a moment and said, "my child, pay more attention to Australia in the future, and make it our real home. If there is anything wrong with our home, just hide."Simon nodded seriously: "I'm also thinking about it. Australia is only a vassal of Europe and America at the present stage. I hope to make a change. Probably, like Switzerland, it makes Australia a neutral place. " "It's a good idea. I'm tired of those politicians and businessmen who are always used to flattering Europe and the United States," the old man said with a satisfied smile, and then called his name directly: "just like Rupert, who first immigrated to the United Kingdom and then moved to the United States, oh, since he thinks Europe and the United States are so good, don't come back. We try our best to accept the assets of News Corporation. If we want to build Australia into our territory, the Johnston family must first control public opinion. " Even after many years, News Corporation is still the largest media power in Australia. Why did Australia first propose to charge Internet giants for using news resources of traditional media? With a little brain movement, it's not difficult to find the shadow of news corporation that sticks to the old-fashioned news position and has deep-rooted influence on Australia. Simon wants to control Australia and create a similar neutral place. The first thing he has to do is to occupy all media resources in Australia, as the old man said. The whole family knows that the old man doesn't like Murdoch. However, Simon did not mean to fall out with News Corporation, at least not now: "in the short term, we still need to develop TV and Internet new media, which is easier to control. As for the traditional paper media, it is doomed to be eliminated, and it does not need to spend too much energy. In addition, I think the core of Australia's operation is economic control. Now that we have completed the integration of BHP, I think we can launch an acquisition from BHP to further control the economic lifeline of Australia, such as iron ore. " The old man grinned again, understood Simon's subtext, obviously didn't mind, and said, "you kids can do it by yourself, I can't do much." Feeling the old man's voice, Janet got up from Simon's arms and ran to sit down on the armrest of the sofa next to the old man. She put her arms around her father's neck and said, "Dad, you are the backbone of our family." The old man shook his body and patted Janet's hand with a smile, but suddenly he looked at Anthony and Norman, and his expression turned serious: "Tony, Norman, you two remember that Simon will be the backbone of our family in the future. Even if you are brothers, you should listen to Simon's arrangement, OK?" The old man's long established authority in front of his children was obviously effective. No matter what they thought, Anthony and Norman immediately nodded. Seeing the two sons nodding, the old man looked at Simon again, drew back his eyes and turned to Janet, complaining with obvious direction: "what's the name of westero, isn't it good for Johnston? That's our last name. " Janet saw the old man bring up the old story again for the nth time. She just laughed and pretended to be silly. The old man thought of another thing and looked at Simon: "Tony's old lady, Becca, you saw her today. What do you think?" Simon thought of the youngest daughter of Anthony Johnston, Rebecca Johnston, 4 years old, who he met at dinner. She was the fourth child of the eldest brother's family. For a moment, he was puzzled: "what?" Finally, the old man was not satisfied. He thought Simon was acting silly and said directly, "Mel and Becca have a good time. Let's make a decision about them. Becca will marry Mel in the future, just like you and Jennie." Simon: Isn't it true that there is no arranged marriage in the west? What's more, even if arranged marriage is over, it's still a baby kiss. Even if the baby kiss, still so... Kiss, really good? The old man seems to have made up his mind, ignoring Simon and looking at his second son: "you and Judy have another one, too. Your eldest brother has four children, and you only have victor in your family. What a shame. It's better to be a daughter and marry Nick in the future. " Norman Johnston didn't know how to answer. But this is speechless, but it's different from Simon. It's a little... Exciting. Norman certainly knew about Simon's making a bunch of children. However, like his father and brother, Norman believed that the true heirs of the Westeros family should be Melbourne and Nicholas born to his sister. If the eldest brother and he married one daughter each in the past, not to mention that the relationship between the two families would be closer. As the father-in-law of the two inheritors of the Westeros family, they would certainly rise in the future. Frankly speaking, in front of his dazzling wife and brother-in-law, Norman Johnston still had a kind of feeling that he couldn't stand up even if he had another identity. When Janet saw her father's words, she made her husband and two brothers speechless. She put her arms around the old man's neck and shook them again. She said with a smile, "Dad, Moore and Becca are several years behind each other. Besides, Nick is four years old. When Norman gives birth to a daughter, ha ha, that's too much."When the old man saw his daughter shaking himself again, he said something impolite to Janet: "how old are you and Simon?" Janet: -- So he got angry, loosened the old man's neck and jumped back into his man's arms. Actually, Janet doesn't mind that much. For so many years, raw rice is not only cooked, but also eaten dry and wiped clean, and is not afraid of anything. Anyway, this man himself is caught dead, who dares to rob is desperate. As for the old man's proposal? Actually... Janet thinks it's good, too. The old man chatted directly to death, looked at the expression of a group of children, grinned again, got up, said good night and went out. The remaining brothers had a lot to talk about, but now they can only stop for a while. Time is not early, they will separate. After dinner, Jennifer takes her children back to her mansion, but Simon and Janet stay here. They pester the man to hold them all the way to the second floor bedroom. Janet turns over and looks at Simon sitting at the desk: "honey, what do you think?" Simon turned on the computer and said solemnly, "I'm a very open-minded father. I'll never have an arranged marriage." Janet turned her lips. A very enlightened father Ah, Pooh! However, I think I'm also a very open-minded mother... Well, it's not urgent. Anyway, the old man won't just talk about it. What's more, I just took a look at the expressions of the two elder brothers. Obviously, they are also very excited. In a word, adults don't seem to object to it. It's only two little guys... Well, four little guys nodded. There's another one that hasn't been born. But whatever. the coming days would be long. Thinking with a smile, Janet sees Simon open an email, glances at it, remembers it again, and asks curiously, "how much?" Janet asked about the box office of Titanic in the past box office week. This unexpected Hollywood blockbuster has attracted more and more attention in recent days, and there is even a sign that "flash 2" will be overturned, even in Australia, where it is released simultaneously. The johnstons' family talked about this movie at dinner. It's still Friday morning in North America, and the box office data for the new week has just been released. Simon flipped through the report in front of him and said, "it's down 4%, and the revenue is 63.94 million." "Less," Janet said, "isn't it 8% down on the weekend as a whole?" Simon reminded, "Christmas Eve." Janet blinked her eyes. In response, the Christmas Eve family were reunited. There was basically no box office that day, which was equivalent to one less day in four working days. The overall box office decline in one week was not as large as three days on the weekend. In any case, it's a miracle to be the first to go down under the pressure of a blockbuster like flash 2. "By the way, how much is flash 2?" "97.88 million." "Oh, Warner must be very sorry for not breaking the hundred million mark." Simon then smiles. He can really imagine the mood of Warner and even the parent company of General Electric. In fact, both Warner Brothers and Ge have high hopes for the movie "flash 2". Moreover, the significance of the film lies not only in the box office, but also in striving for more initiative in the universe of DC movies from Denise entertainment. Now, it's a great pity for Warner and Ge that "flash 2" failed to achieve a very symbolic first week box office success of more than $100 million, even if it seems to be only less than $2 million. What's more, it's Denise entertainment, Warner's biggest rival in Hollywood, which was not favored by most people, that suppressed "flash 2" and made it impossible for it to achieve more than 100 million yuan in the first week, which is even more depressing. Because this actually means that Warner is still firmly suppressed by daenerys. I can't move. Simon has just read the North American box office data report in the past week, and checked other emails. He points to Chen Qing's email from South Korea. In addition to some affairs in South Korea, Chen Qing specifically mentioned the hit of huanzhu gege in her email, and her audience rating has easily surpassed that of Balabala in Kangxi Weifu private visit.Even in anticipation, but after all, it is two time and space, for the new version of "huanzhu gege" still achieved such ratings, Simon is somewhat surprised. Just about to return an email to Chen Qing, Janet pesters her from behind. Simon has to give up for a while.
