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Chapter 357
"Over there in Los Angeles, Geffen will take responsibility for the whole thing."
Josie met Claire Underwood outside the ICU ward of New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
The middle-aged woman with short blond hair and a determined face brought good news that should have been pleasant when she opened her mouth.
But the problem is that Josie can't give positive emotional feedback at all now, because the person lying in this ward at the moment is named "Frank Horton".
Weird isn't it?
Frank, who had heard the gossip for a long time, actually appeared near the World Trade Center on the day of 911/[-]. Because of the impact of the building collapse, a tragic car accident happened!
"I'm sorry about what happened to Frank." Claire's face was slightly sad, which was just right.
She has already learned from the attending doctor that Frank Horton will most likely not be able to wake up. This is undoubtedly very bad news for her husband, Mr. Underwood, the whip of the majority party.
Not to mention anything else.
Tianmu Capital, the money-making tool that has always served it, what should it do next?
In addition to the many assets in Frank's hands, apart from real estate, shares in various companies, private investments, and overseas accounts, should they all be handed over to this young girl who is an entertainment star in front of her?
Thinking of this, Claire couldn't help looking at Josie with some scrutiny, as if she was weighing whether the latter was qualified enough to take her father's place.
Josie didn't realize it, as if she was still immersed in sadness.
Claire said goodbye and left.
Fifteen minutes later, Frank's personal lawyer, John Triest, arrived.
His face was serious, but without any panic, he took out a document from his briefcase and said, "This is Frank's will to prevent accidents, it has been notarized, do you need me to read it out now? "
As he said that, John Triest looked at Josie with a questioning look.
Josie shook her head.
Through the glass of the ward, she saw that the man who called her a few days ago to remind her to leave Manhattan was lying quietly and powerlessly on the hospital bed with many bandages on his body.
This scene made her feel inexplicably lost.
The eye sockets were slightly hot, as if some strange liquid had slipped from them unknowingly, a unique sense of confusion and helplessness rose from the bottom of her heart, making her frown subconsciously.
Looking back, this feeling of vulnerability was suppressed by Josie.
The armor returned to the body, taking control of the situation.
With tears in her eyes, but her expression was calm and indifferent, she asked, "Uncle John, why did my father come to New York?"
"I don't know," John Triest replied, "he booked the plane ticket on the spur of the moment, never commanded anyone, never went home, was even in a taxi when the accident happened - God knows how many years he has been Haven't called a taxi yet."
Josie nodded, and asked again: "If I want to transfer my father to another hospital, when can I arrange it at the earliest?"
"Where are you planning to transfer to?" John Triest frowned. He didn't think Frank's current situation was suitable for moving.
"Princeton," Josie replied. "They almost gave him a death sentence, but I know a doctor who is good at dealing with difficult diseases."
John Triest didn't ask again, and said decisively: "I'm going to negotiate with the hospital now, and then arrange a helicopter to Princeton."
After a pause, he added before leaving: "I know that this is a critical period for you to rise to the top in Hollywood, but I still hope that you can devote some energy to Tianmu Capital. This is not just for Frank's hard work. But Tianmu Capital has Frank preparing for you, you'd better go home and look for the black notepad in the study."
notebook?
Josie took the incident to heart.
After a while, John Triest personally followed up on Frank's transfer, and Josie drove back to Horton's home in the Upper East Side after calling the dean.
This is not because of the indifference between her and Frank, but because she knows better that she has too many urgent things to deal with now.
Even on the way home, she took the time to contact Barry Diller and Bill Bratton separately, and finally confirmed that David Geffen had completely fallen victim to the game of all parties.
The key is still "money".
In addition to the illegal cash out of the MCA M&A case, as the top international broker, he traded artworks for some people in exchange for a part of the controversial amnesty of the former president before he stepped down.
This is the tacit and customary "last amnesty".
However, the former president was a bit ugly, so that the 177 amnesties and commutation orders he signed are still being protested. Underwood also seized this point to reach an agreement with him, and the latter had to make a series of concessions In exchange for the whole thing to stop there.
Coupled with the fact that some of David Geffen's former enemies have fallen into trouble, the downfall of this once powerful figure will be a certainty, even though he himself cannot believe in "temporary detention" and "cooperating with the investigation". The "principal culprit".
After all, Robin Antin is just a little person with more than enough ruthlessness and insufficient city power. Washington is more filthy and selfish than Hollywood. The two names she gave casually and the umbrella she thought was omnipotent are one Urgent.
With them, Rick Caruso, who took the blame and resigned, was also opened up under high pressure. He had to choose to cooperate with the FBI and confessed another chain of power and sex transactions that runs through Los Angeles and New York, pointing directly at the famous New York Jewish billionaires.
Like a snowball, more and more people were involved.
Everyone in Hollywood is in danger, especially some seemingly sanctimonious company executives and celebrities with a clean public image, but the [-]th-tier actors, singers, and models who are being manipulated don't care if their names are on the front page of the newspaper, because This is also a degree of attention.
Isn't Carmen Electra a perfect example?
This female artist, who was originally unknown in Hollywood, turned over overnight and continued to sell miserably on various talk shows, which aroused a lot of sympathy.
So there is a very weird polarization in Hollywood.
With respectable industry insiders keeping quiet about the Pussycats case, and unhinged starlets scrambling to break the news, Hollywood is described as increasingly chaotic—though it is true in places where the sun doesn't shine.
Someone should take responsibility for the whole thing.
Many people have a high degree of tacit understanding on this point, because no one wants to be the next "David Geffen", and they know very well that they are not innocent.
Ten years, or 40 years?
No one knows how many years he will be in prison.
In any case, David Geffen, who is already facing a prison sentence, has finally withdrawn from the Hollywood stage, and there is no possibility of turning over again.
Just like when he drove Michael Ovitz out of Hollywood, he lost his source of greatest voice, several senior executives within Universal Music stepped down, and his so-called friends shunned him because of the scandal. His huge wealth Part of it is trapped in MGM's bad debts, and part of it is temporarily frozen by the Ministry of Justice.
A seal was pasted on the once grand gate of Geffen Manor.
the other side.
Vivendi no longer wants to continue to rescue Universal Music, which frequently explodes.
The French even told Edgar Bronfman, Jr. to resign immediately and go home early to find his father in a mocking and taunting manner at Monday's routine meeting.
Especially in the past few years, the recording industry has become less and less profitable, and Vivendi has long been eager to close some of Universal Music's labels.
But Edgar Bronfman Jr. is still dreaming of his dream of being a Hollywood tycoon, even if only in name, so he strongly opposes Messier's negative measures towards Universal Music, which makes the existing contradiction between the two parties even more serious. swell.
At this delicate time, the French learned that Bronfman had long been prepared to sell the profitable Universal Pictures back to the Americans, which simply added fuel to the fire!
The world is in turmoil.
Unexpected result.
Josie's side didn't plan to end immediately, but wanted to let the bullets fly for a while.
And they have more important things to do.
When Britney Spears's sweet smile appeared on the cover of the latest issue of "VOGUE", her fans were reveling that this was Britney's era, but Josie, surrounded by a team of luxurious lawyers, sat on the acquisition The negotiating table of Skynet Media.
The acquisition, which was escorted by Tianmu Capital and Blue Mountain Capital, did not have too many twists and turns.
On the one hand, it was because Qiao Qian's personal shareholding in Skynet Media had exceeded 20% of the acquisition;
On the other hand, the result of various negotiations is that after the integration of Skynet Media, it tacitly agreed to take back Universal Pictures from the French and continue to be one of the six major Hollywood companies.
As usual, Eli didn't show up.
However, after the negotiations in the morning came to an end, he asked Josie to meet at Kim Reeves' racecourse.
After accepting the order of the "Secret" crew, this originally very private place has completely become a private place. Only a few leading actors of the crew will come here on time to receive equestrian training.
Of course, as one of the hosts here, Keanu is not restricted.
As soon as his car stopped at the door, Jin, who received the news, couldn't wait to hug his brother, with a little girl's joy on his face.
After the brothers and sisters talked about the past, Keanu walked in and asked, "Hi, Josie, how is Mr. Horton doing recently?"
"Doctor House is trying various methods to help him wake up." Josie was brushing her love horse in the movie, which made her feel at peace, and replied without raising her head at this time: "Although it seems It didn't work out, but it shouldn't have gotten any worse."
Keanu nodded, without trying to comfort him with any pale words, but took out a small piece of paper from the breast pocket of his jacket, handed it to Josie, and said, "My friend helped me get in touch with the neurology department in Asklepios, Germany. Expert Professor Mark Obermann has promised to fly to the United States in person next week, and the specific contact information is here."
Josie temporarily stopped her work, took off her gloves, took the small piece of paper, and put it close to her body.
"Thank you, Keanu," she said, "and thank you to your friend."
"We're friends." Keanu smiled back and asked, "Is the Hollywood going well?"
Talking about the business, Josie simply returned the tools to the staff of the racecourse, left the stable and chatted with Keanu.
She said clearly: "Everything is in the plan. Atlas is held by me and Eli McCullough of Blue Mountain Capital, and then this company that will never be listed will control the restructured Skynet Media, and henceforth Universal Pictures—or, shall we call it by its new name, ATLAS-Universal Picture?"
Keanu laughed as soon as he heard it, and joked: "Wow, this name is not easy to remember. It was your idea or the son of Texas."
"Hercules in Greek mythology is a giant with the earth on his back. Both Eli and I think it is very suitable for Universal." Josie looked frank, automatically ignored Keanu's teasing, and continued to talk about her business, "Carson Berger, Spielberg and others are very supportive of integrating the current Skynet Media into a media group that spans multiple fields. They help us persuade some shareholders. I think this is not only a direct benefit, but also because we have achieved The Big Three didn't do anything back then. By the way, Shirley Lansing is smarter than I imagined, I don't quite understand how she acted so... eager for quick success when she was working for Paramount?"