Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

night~

Blue Crystal Hotel, Manhattan.

After the dinner with old Morgan and his family, Julie and the old Morgan couple went to a room on the 10th floor to rest for a while.

Old Morgan's wife, Nereia, was in a very bad mood at this time.

She walked to the nearby liquor cabinet and poured herself a glass of whiskey, holding it and crossing her arms over her chest, she looked at her husband and Julie and asked expressionlessly.

"How long do you plan to play this boring game?"

"Haha~"

"Mediterranean Bad Uncle" Julie raised her hand to stroke her sparse hair, looked at Nereya and smiled.

“The charm of drama lies in the constant conflicts and contradictions between the characters created by the actors!”

“It is the essence of dramatic tension and the source of people’s imagination.”

"Without these contradictions and conflicts, it would become bland and boring, and would not arouse people's interest at all."

"What do you mean?" Nereya walked over and sat down opposite Julie, staring at him with a frown.

Julie shrugged calmly, spread her hands and glanced at the old Morgan couple with a smile: "You should know what I want to express."

"If I could have a child like Giles or Cheryl, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"Nereya!"

"Don't you really know how lucky you are?"

"..." After hearing what Julie said, Nereya's expression gradually relaxed and she felt better.

Old Morgan silently observed his wife and Julie for a while, and when he saw that they were silent, he spoke.

"Paine came to me a few days ago and told me that he wanted to accept David's invitation..."

"I was very surprised at the time and didn't quite understand why he decided to leave."

"But when I was alone and calm, I gradually figured out the key to his decision~"

Old Morgan looked at his wife, Nereia, calmly: "Children, you are not puppets whose fate we can arbitrarily predetermine..."

"They are flesh and blood, have their own thoughts and emotions, and have experiences that are completely different from ours."

"The perfect life we ​​want to create for them may seem painful to them."

"The marriage tragedy of Elder and Grace must not happen again!"

"Laura and Lilith... Absolutely not!" Nereya's mood, which had just improved, became gloomy again, and she said with a dark face.

"Yeah, I don't approve of their abnormal relationship either."

"But it is difficult for us to influence their will or to separate them in a gentle way."

"So, now we can only hope that Laura can meet a better boy in college so that she can understand what kind of love is right."

"That would be too indulgent for them!"

"I know."

"But there is no need to mention this matter again!" Old Morgan ended the conversation with his wife in a very tough tone.

He turned to look at Julie, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "Whistler called me this morning. Murdoch, who just founded News Corporation, has been very active in London recently."

"Murdoch?" Julie quickly searched for the name in her memory and nodded slowly.

"I also heard that after the News Corporation he founded acquired The Sun and The News of the World, it supported Mrs. Thatcher through continuous positive reporting in the upcoming prime ministerial election."

“The last time we went to London, I met Roy Thomson, the owner of The Times.”

"He said Murdoch appeared to want to buy The Times after supporting Mrs Thatcher's election victory."

"Can you... contact Roy?"

"What? Do you want to buy it first?"

"No, I just wanted to ask him how much he wanted for it."

"Haha~" Julie leaned back in the sofa, crossed her legs and laughed.

"Murdoch is a guy who loves to participate in political activities and is very good at using the politicians he supports for his own personal gain."

"That's what he did in Australia, and now he wants to do it again in London."

"correct!"

"The two newspapers he bought have always been newspapers that expose all kinds of gossip."

"Murdoch uses them to attack his enemies, win over his allies, and weave a network of relationships."

"Although, I despise the despicable means he used..."

"But I have to admit that his methods are very effective, especially on the eve of this year's British prime ministerial election."

"Because he is good at using media reports to avoid important issues and incite ordinary people to attract their attention."

"News Corporation!" Old Morgan murmured in a low voice, frowned and thought for a moment before saying.

“We must also speed up the layout of the media industry and strive to establish an interest rate swap contract transaction information release platform in major cities around the world as soon as possible.”

Julie shook her beard and smiled, narrowing her eyes slightly and asked, "Are you confident in the plan proposed by David?"

"Ok!"

Old Morgan leaned on the sofa with his arms and nodded, then changed the subject and said, "In 76, after Murdoch acquired the New York Post, the original owner of the newspaper, Dorothy Schiff, chose to stay in the newspaper as a consultant."

"Dorothy?"

"She's Jacob's granddaughter, isn't she?"

"Yes."

"Hmm..." Julie understood what old Morgan meant. She gently looked at the leather surface of the sofa with her fingers, frowned and thought for a moment, then asked softly.

"In 76, it has been more than two years now, and they are not focusing on New York, but on London."

"Is it because of the Prime Minister's election..."

"Yes." Old Morgan nodded slowly.

"Do you remember? When we went to London to meet Whistler last year, he said that he would choose supporters to participate in the prime ministerial election depending on the situation."

"Later, in a phone call with me, he mentioned casually that David had said... that Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher would win the election for prime minister..."

"Did David mention Thatcher?"

"When did he say such a thing... How did Whistler know?"

"I do not know."

"You should know."

"Haha!" Old Morgan and Julie looked at each other and smiled calmly.

Julie smacked her lips, actively avoided Old Morgan's gaze, tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "The Bancroft family controls Dow Jones and its subsidiary, The Wall Street Journal."

"After the death of Barron Sr. of the Bancroft family, the shares were placed in a family trust and managed by Roy Hamer of Hemingway Barnes Law Firm."

"So if we want to gain more control of the Wall Street Journal, we have to buy into Dow Jones and become a director."