Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 543 Westinghouse Electric
In Manhattan, New York, Aaron first went to the GE building in Rockefeller Center to visit General Electric Chairman Jack Welch and propose to acquire NBC wireless broadcasting network;
But Jack Welch seems to want General Electric to continue running NBC. In recent years, with the broadcast of CNBC and WSNBC, General Electric's support for NBC has been considerable.

NBC's development direction is diversified and overall expansion, including heavy investment in NBC's television and variety talk shows, and NBC Sports acquiring the broadcasting rights for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
"The premiere of Friends on NBC definitely helped them gain fame," Aaron said, leaning back in his chair in his office in the Dawn Tower in Times Square, a pencil spinning rapidly between his fingers.

Then, his gaze fell on the desk in front of him, where an open copy of the Wall Street Journal featured an interview with George Soros, chairman of the Quantum Fund:

"My interest in defeating China outweighs my concern for U.S. national interests!"

This notorious American speculator has suffered considerable losses this year.

Not only did it suffer setbacks in Hong Kong, but it also bled in the Russian bond market, and recently it misjudged the yen's trend and suffered another huge loss.

In the middle of the year, the yen fell to a low of nearly 150, and Soros believed it would continue to fall. However, the yen soon began to appreciate, and now it has risen to around 120!

Aaron shook his head, stood up, and looked out at the Manhattan skyline through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. For someone like George Soros, nothing mattered except profit.
Using tools such as the Open Society Foundation, the United States has cooperated with the US government to instigate "color revolutions" in many countries and export American ideology and values ​​to the world.

The Quantum Fund has profited from these crises, including the British pound crisis, the Italian lira crisis, the Mexican peso crisis, shorting the Japanese yen, and the recent Asian financial crisis.

That evening, in a bar in Greenwich, Aaron and Sophie Marceau sat on a sofa drinking. "The World Is Not Enough for MGM has started filming 'The World Is Not Enough.' Isn't it a bit of a shame that you didn't play a Bond girl?"

In response to Aaron's teasing, Sophie Marceau simply smiled and said, "The 007 series is one of the dumbest film series I've ever made; it's completely pointless."

"Recently, 'City of Angels' was released in France, and the results were quite good!"

Aaron nodded. "City of Angels grossed $7500 million in North America, which is not bad. It should perform even better in overseas markets."

After all, Sophie Marceau is European, and her international fame is much greater than that of Hollywood!

Aaron has high hopes for Nicolas Cage, the Hollywood actor who co-starred with Sophie Marceau in "City of Angels";

The popularity of action blockbusters like "The Rock" and "Face/Off" has transformed him into a Hollywood action movie superstar.

This year, in addition to the romance film "City of Angels," the crime film "Snake Eyes" was released, and drama films such as "8mm" and "Boundary Between the Living and the Dead" were also filmed!
However, in Aaron's mind, Nicolas Cage should star in more action movies, as those films would do better at the box office.

Sophie Marceau smoothed her long hair. "Next, I'm going to take a good rest for a while, and I also want to try other types of work."

Aaron kissed the woman on the cheek, then pulled her into his arms. "Three years ago, you wrote and directed a short film; two years ago, you published a semi-autobiographical novel."

"What, what other profession would you like to try?"

Sophie Marceau smiled and said, "I'm going to officially direct a feature film, which has always been my dream!"

Sophie Marceau debuted at the age of 14 and has been in the industry for 18 years now. Being an actress for so long is no longer enough for her.

"Yes, of course, no problem. I can fully support you!" For Aaron now, Sophie Marceau wanting to be a director is really not difficult at all; he can treat it as a hobby.

As he spoke, Aaron kissed the woman, their passion blazing...

Pittsburgh, an industrial city in southwestern Pennsylvania, sits at the confluence of the Allegheny, Mononga Hilla, and Ohio Rivers. It is the second largest city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and is known as the "Steel City" and the "Bridge City."

Aaron and Westinghouse Electric Chairman Michael H. Jordan met at a coffee shop near Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh!

"How's it going, Aaron? It's already snowing in Pittsburgh. It's much colder than Los Angeles, isn't it?"

Michael H. Jordan laughed.

Aaron nodded. "That's true. The climate in warm Los Angeles is very different from here."

"However, Pittsburgh has a temperate continental humid climate, which means the winters are a bit cold, but it is a very livable city in the United States!"

Pittsburgh, after all, gave birth to George Westinghouse, the founder of Westinghouse Electric Company; Andrew Mellon, the founder of the Mellon Group; and Andrew Carnegie, the "Steel King," the founder of Carnegie Steel Company (U.S. Steel Company)!
In particular, Richard Mellon Skev, a fourth-generation descendant of the Mellon family, is a cornerstone figure in the American conservative camp.

The Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal was inseparable from his instigation.

Aaron glanced at the University of Pittsburgh, located just across the street from Carnegie Mellon University. "Mr. Jordan," he said, "Westhouse Electric's focus right now should be on industry and energy."

"Westhouse Electric doesn't seem to value the media business represented by CBS Group?"

Michael H. Jordan took a sip of coffee. "This year, we sold Westinghouse Electric's thermal power business to Siemens for $10 billion."

"In fact, Westinghouse Electric is currently undergoing a strategic transformation, preparing to focus its business on media and nuclear power businesses."

Aaron couldn't help but laugh. "They sold off the thermal power business and then acquired the American Broadcasting System;"

"It seems like that's the intention, but you're merging Westinghouse Broadcasting, CBS Television Network, and American Broadcasting Systems into a new CBS Group;"

"Then, Westinghouse divested the entire CBS Group. Westinghouse no longer wants to directly operate the media business represented by the CBS Group!"

Michael H. Jordan glanced at Aaron. "What does 'Dawn' mean?"

Aaron cut to the chase and stated his intentions directly: "Dawn Group wants to acquire CBS Television Group through a combination of Dawn Group stock and cash."

"With the acquisition of CBS Television Group, Dawn's last weakness has been addressed..."

(End of this chapter)