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Simon arrives in Greenwich, and Joseph Schlapp also brings Simon some bad news.

The latest draft of the Digital Copyright Act, which the Westeros system focuses on improving the Internet work system and copyright protection, was rejected again during the second deliberation of the House of Representatives.

The core of the controversy is the "safe haven regulation".

Lawmakers who oppose the safe-haven ordinance say the provision is likely to be abused when enacted.

According to the legislative process in the United States, a bill needs to be voted twice by the House of Representatives and the Senate after it is passed for deliberation, and it can take effect after being signed by the president after receiving the support of half of the members. The president of the United States has the right to refuse to sign certain bills, and Congress also has preventive measures. , as long as more than two-thirds of the members of Congress can approve the bill, the bill can also be forced through.

Most bills in the United States are usually blocked in the deliberation process, and sometimes after five or six years of deliberation, seven or eight deliberation may not be passed.

The suspense in the final voting session is not great, because once the voting begins, it often means that a bill has won the consent of the majority of congressmen after repeated negotiation and game compromise.

"According to our team's lobbying feedback data, the Senate is not a problem because the Senate majority leader is Gore. However, if we want to pass the House, we need to get at least 20 votes."

The 100 seats in the U.S. Senate remain unchanged for a long time, and the number of members of the House of Representatives is regularly fine-tuned according to changes in the U.S. population. There are currently 434 seats, and more than half of the votes are at least 218. 20 votes do not seem to be many, and it is not easy to win.

At this stage, the number of seats held by Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives is 256 and 178 respectively. It stands to reason that as supporters of Democrats, it should be easy for the Westeros system to pass a bill, but it is far from the case. The Democratic Party is not monolithic, and the Westeros system is not popular with all Democrats.

It is easy to imagine that Democrats who lean toward traditional print media groups will not stand by the Westeros system and continue to watch Igret grow.

Joseph Schlapp saw that Simon was just looking down at a document he brought in silence, and continued: "Congressman David Melrose of Connecticut, together with several other members of the House of Representatives, is recently seeking to promote an Internet media The regulation bill," Schlapp said, rummaging through the stack of materials he brought in front of Simon, and said: "This is it, so, if we want to pass the Digital Copyright Act, we probably need to make some exchanges. In addition, many members of Congress, both parties, are also seeking to ease the 'transmedia ownership ban', and this is our opportunity."

Although everyone understands that platforms such as Igreit Portal are emerging Internet media companies, Igretech itself positions its news and information department as a content publisher, not a media company. The key lies in these two Large areas need to be regulated quite differently.

The publishing industry in the United States has a strong degree of freedom, and the media field is subject to strict supervision due to the provisions of the United States Constitution on freedom of speech.

Among them, the 'cross-media ownership ban' is a major curse that binds traditional media such as newspapers and television. This is a decree issued in the 1960s in the United States, and since the Nixon era, many media giants have been lobbying to lift the relevant ban. .

In order to avoid media manipulation of public opinion, the main provisions of the cross-media ownership ban include that a media group shall not own more than two newspapers in the same region, and shall not own both newspapers and TV stations in the same region, and media companies shall not own more than 12 directly affiliated local TV stations, The major public television networks must have a market share of no more than 35% of viewers, etc.

In the past few years, the Westeros system can probably mobilize congressional votes. There are 17 in the House of Representatives and 6 in the Senate. These are all members who will clearly stand on the side of the Westeros system if necessary. At the same time It's also what Schlapp calls the exchange of chips.

Simon has a good memory.

David Melrose of Connecticut, a congressman introduced to him by William Hearst III himself when he attended the Hearst family party, took advantage of the stalemate between the Westeros system and traditional paper media. , it is natural for the other party to take the lead in launching the Internet Media Supervision Act.

The relaxation of the "cross-media ownership ban" is also a relaxation that traditional media groups urgently need to maintain their industry status in the context of the increasingly turbulent Internet industry. The Hearst Group, Condé Nast Group, The New York Times Group, etc., these deeply ingrained traditional paper media, the congressional votes they hold will definitely only be a lot more than the Westeros system. If the two sides reach an agreement, they will get extra. 20 House votes to pass the Digital Rights Act is a breeze.

Obviously, the main obstacle to the passage of the "Digital Copyright Act" is probably also on these print media.

With this information running fast in Simon's mind, he suddenly raised his head to look at Joseph Schlapp with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Isn't someone who wants to reconcile?"

Joseph Schlapp was stunned. He originally wanted to find a suitable time to jump off the topic. However, because he knew the character of his boss, he had to be very cautious. After all, he was working for Westeros. System work, work for Simon Westeros, and Joseph Schlapp also attaches great importance to his current status, and absolutely does not want Simon to speculate that he is not loyal to the Westeros system because of this rumor.

In recent years, even before the rise of the Internet industry, more and more

With the impact of the booming TV industry in January, the huge U.S. paper media industry has already begun to decline.

Whether it is the Hearst Group or the Condé Nast Group, etc., they are all seeking to develop into the TV field. This is the case when the Hearst Group snatched 20% of the espn sports network from Daenerys Entertainment in the past two years.

However, the traditional paper media has not yet completed the transformation to the TV industry, and the Internet has already surged, and it has formed a more direct and strong impact on the media and paper media.

The first thing that the old media forces think of is naturally blocking and confrontation.

Only now it seems that these targets are obviously futile.

In less than four years, the popularity of Internet users in the United States has reached 30% of the total population. This development speed far exceeds the promotion of TV sets. It is conceivable that within 10 years, the popularity of the Internet may be as high as that. Go straight to the TV network.

Since confrontation is ineffective, following the trend is undoubtedly the best choice.

After a little consideration for his words, Joseph Schlapp said: "The New York Times plans to open an electronic version in the near future. You know, Simon, if there is no Igreit portal to support and guide traffic, the other party will not have much development at all."

Schlapp clearly has a subtext.

If the electronic edition of The New York Times wants to gain a firm foothold on the Internet platform, it will inevitably mean that the Igret portal must limit its own news and information business development. After all, if the services provided by the two are comparable, users will definitely prefer the free Igreit portal information, rather than paying to subscribe to the electronic newspaper.

Compared with the entrenched old paper media, the news and information department of the Igreit portal is actually very weak.

In terms of the number of employees, the New York Times Group is just one newspaper, The New York Times, with more than 1,600 employees around the world. The Igreit news and information department has grown to the present, and the total number of team members has just reached the level of 500 people.

The news and information business has never been the core of Igrit.

If the Igreit portal could have obtained the online news authorization of the traditional paper media group, Simon would not have invested a lot of resources to build his own news team.

On the other hand, if an established media such as The New York Times can digitize the large amount of print media information it has, it can definitely enrich the content resources of the Internet platform to a great extent, which is what Simon has been promoting.

Moreover, although Simon is determined to let the Igreit company grow wildly, he is not against it if it can reach a settlement with some large paper media. One more friend is always better than one more enemy.

Schlapp's suggestion was already very obvious, Simon thought for a while, and asked, "Behind the scenes of the New York Times, um, the Salzberg family?"

At this stage, traditional American newspapers are basically controlled by various old-fashioned families, such as the Hearst family, the Salzberg family behind the New York Times Group, the Graham family behind the Washington Post, and the Condé Nast Group. The Newhouse family behind it and more.

Joseph Schlapp nodded and said, "Simon, if you have time, Arthur Salzberg, Jr., the current publisher of The New York Times, would like to chat with you."

Simon did not immediately agree.

The last experience with the Hearst family was not pleasant, even Rupert Murdoch was an old fox. Now that the other party has just tested, Simon is eager to respond, and it is difficult to say what the state of the Salzberg family is.

After thinking for a moment, Simon said: "I have to return to Los Angeles in the afternoon. If the other party has time, let him come to the West Coast. I can entertain him at any time."

Joseph Schlapp probably also understands Simon's thoughts. The stalemate between his boss and the Hearst family has not eased at all, even if he himself has not seen the arrogance of the old media family. Now the initiative is on the side of the Westeros system. Since the other party wants to reconcile, it is necessary to take the initiative to show goodwill.

Then we continued to talk about the earnings of other things, the 1994 midterm elections, the capital gains tax reform bill, the media industry consolidation ban, etc. At noon, Schlapp was retained for lunch, and Simon boarded the return to Los Angeles at one o'clock in the afternoon. airplane.

Inside the study in the forward cabin of a Boeing 767.

After the plane was stabilized, girl a came in to report the arrangement of the information from the UK in the morning, and finally said: "Boss, Yulia Shurshigina's matter has been dealt with, do you need to arrange her to come to the United States?"

Simon was still reading the documents left by Joseph Schlapp in the morning, when he heard the words, he wondered: "What?"

Alison repeated: "Yulia Shulsikina."

Simon then remembered that the ballet teacher of the girls in the fruit Nana group in London was a Slavic girl who fit the image of the elf in his heart.

Last time I watched the group of girls in London with Janet who contacted the ballet and found each other, and ordered them to go down casually. I got the information a few days ago.

A very ordinary little woman under the turbulent background of a big era, the advantages and disadvantages are probably too beautiful.

31 years old this year, married once, and a 3-year-old daughter. The girl followed a British tourist to London for two years. To be precise, she was tricked into London by a rhetorical British banker. The other party promised marriage and a green card, but the result was not fulfilled. be a lover.

The girl originally had to accept her fate, but she did not expect that the banker, who was rich in her own family, went in the wrong direction during the sterling crisis in 1992 and suffered a complete defeat. Not only did she lose all her fortune, she also owed millions of pounds in debt. In ashes, the bankers after the collapse are not only unable to

In supporting his Russian lover, he also forced the other party to find a job to subsidize himself.

When the Westeros system workers contacted the girl, the banker was even planning to sell the mother and daughter to London's Fengyuechang together, and the price was negotiated, 150,000 pounds.

Simon didn't have any special feelings about this. In the turbulent times, the fate of individuals was more turbulent than this. He just sent the broken banker to prison, and arranged for a mother and daughter at the same time. everything needed. Of course, Simon also did not hide his desire for possession. He's never been a bad guy who helps people in distress. However, the Russian girl only knew that she had become an affiliate of the big men behind the girls in the London villa, and she did not know the identity of the department.

Simon is just a habit of collecting, and there are no shortage of women around him, so he shook his head: "Let her continue to teach girls to dance in London, by the way, don't let girls practice their toes, as if the toes of ballet dancers are not very beautiful. ."

Alison nodded, and was a little puzzled. He flipped through the folder in his arms and said, "No, it's beautiful."

Simon looked up and saw a photo in her hand. She reached out and took a look at it. This is a photo of a Russian girl in a dance pose. Although she is wearing light white stockings, she can still recognize a pair of pocket-sized and perfect Small feet.

Girl a said next to her: "I know a little bit. Many ballet dancers' toe deformations are caused by inappropriate training patterns. Yulia is very professional."

Simon recalled the last time he saw the Russian girl teaching the girls to practice, and he could feel it at the time.

Putting down the photo, Simon said: "That's it. In addition, collect a copy of the family information behind the major US print media groups for me, starting with the Salzberg family behind the "New York Times", and try to be as detailed as possible."

Alison nodded, seeing that Simon had no other repetitions, turned and left the study.

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