Chapter 221 Invitation

[…China has reached agreements with Slovakia, Indonesia and other countries. They have shown great sincerity and actively lowered tariffs. They want to join the world economic stage and become part of the global village.]

[…We cannot and have no way to exclude about a billion people from our great global village plan. Whether as a human resource factory or as a huge super-scale potential market, this is a huge waste and an undesirable approach.]

[…Given China’s large population, strong enough economic market development potential, and growing international influence, it should be given an international trade status consistent with its strength, which will also be of great benefit to promoting U.S. economic production.]

On the morning of August 20, Milo boarded the Sky Palace and flew directly to Manhattan, New York, looking at the cover page of "US Weekly" in his hand: "The United States should allow China to join the WTO."

The content of the article is somewhat flattering.

But who can blame Paladin Media for always claiming to be neutral in its political stance?

At present, neutral Americans do support China's entry into the WTO.

In fact, the Washington authorities are now supportive of China's participation.

When Zipperton came to power, the struggle between the US and the Bear was at its most intense.

In 1991, with the dissolution of Red Bear.

The United States became the world hegemon.

At this time, China had just implemented reform and opening up.

Although its national strength is not strong, it does not pose a real threat to the United States.

But at that time, Zipperton, who had just come to power, remained cautious towards China.

Because of this caution, La Zindon acted tough most of the time during his first term.

First, they started to attack on human rights issues, and then they frequently created tensions.

Later, American capital forces realized that China's huge consumer market and cheap labor could bring them huge profits.

These capital forces began to put pressure on Washington, actively demanding to ease relations with China and seeking access to Asia's largest population market.

In order to meet capital needs, Zipperton began to actively persuade Congress, promising to allow China to join the WTO and grant it "most favored nation treatment", saying that this would bring more development dividends to the United States.

Through Zipton's active coordination, the United States granted China most-favored-nation trade treatment in 1994.

In this social context.

The vast majority of interest groups in the United States are willing to accept China into the world stage of the WTO.

Essentially, American capitalists are no longer willing to give too much dividends to factory workers in the United States after the fall of the Red Bear.

They complain that local workers' wages are too high.

They want workers with lower wages.

So at this moment, China poses no threat to the United States.

China, with its large educated population, is naturally the first target of the Americans.

But if the WTO restrictions on China are not relaxed.

It would also be difficult for American capital to enter that market.

So at this time, "US Weekly" came out to brag about the necessity of allowing China to join the WTO.

It’s not purely because Milo’s soul has half Chinese attributes.

But the vast majority of people in the current vested interest groups in the United States want to do so.

At most, there is a small group of people who hope to be in the process of being relaxed.

It can force China to give up some benefits, even if it is only nominal.

Closing the weekly magazine, Milo looked at a beautifully wrapped, festive red paper bag at hand.

The packaging bag has been opened.

Inside was an invitation.

Milo had just finished reading the contents of the invitation letter.

It was a letter from across the ocean, personally delivered to Blackburn's home in Washington by the Chinese envoy to the United States who was staying in Washington.

The content was to invite him, Milo Blackburn, or his grandfather, John II Blackburn.

Invite them to participate in China's National Day celebrations this year.

Although inviting international friends to participate in various celebrations on National Day is a traditional diplomatic means.

The invitees often include various foreign leaders, diplomats, business elites, etc.

Most countries in the world, including the United States, would do the same.

Two years ago, Hua Xia also invited Milo, or rather, invited his grandfather.

But this year, their sincerity is clearly strong.

The ambassador plenipotentiary personally delivered the invitation letter.

There aren't many people in the United States who have this kind of treatment.

Should I go or not? Milo was a little conflicted.

On the one hand, his current identity is sensitive, and if he goes, there will definitely be a lot of noise.

Again, he is the son of the US Secretary of Defense, the grandson of the US Elephant Party whip, an American media tycoon, the world's richest man, the grandson of the former US president, the nephew of the governor of a US continent, and the son-in-law of Rockefeller...

No matter who you are, they will send a big shot to accompany you.

All these identities added together - Milo seemed to feel that he had seen the square-framed glasses...

On the other hand, due to its connection with China.

He really wanted to see what China looked like in this era.

In short, it's very confusing.

After thinking about it, he decided to call his grandfather later.

Anyway, the other party invited not only him, but also old Blackburn.

But there was no Joseph.

This is quite normal.

Joseph is now the US Secretary of Defense.

My father’s identity is more sensitive than mine, so it’s normal that he didn’t invite me.

The Boeing 747-B landed smoothly on the private apron at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Black frog sunglasses, white T-shirt, navy shorts, and white sneakers.

Milo, dressed in casual clothes, walked down the gangway and got into a black Cadillac Escalade SUV under the guard of a group of bodyguards.

Milo adjusted his sitting position comfortably, leaned back in the airline seat, took out his cell phone and started making a call.

"You will go? Why?"

"Okay, I see. I'll think about it, maybe I'll go with you then."

"Okay, I wish you a smooth day today."

“…”

Milo hung up the phone call with his grandfather, Old Blackburn.

Milo just mentioned the invitation from Huaxia.

Old Blackburn said that he would accept the invitation from China this time.

The reasons are twofold.

One is that originally, the Blackburn family itself was a moderate faction within the Kennedy faction.

When the United States under Kennedy's leadership had conflicts with other countries.

It was this group of people who came out to ease the relationship.

Another is that Blackburn is related to the bush by marriage.

The Bushes have always been the political family with the best relations between the United States and China.

In this case, Blackburn cannot have too rigid a relationship with the opponent.

It's not difficult to take this opportunity to go over and say some nice things.

As for whether Milo wanted to go over, old Blackburn didn't care.

It doesn't matter whether he goes or not, unless he goes there and makes some random promises.

But he is not a politician, so even if he says something nonsense, the impact will be just that.

John F. Kennedy International Airport is located in Idyllwild, Queens, about twenty kilometers from Manhattan.

However, when Milo arrived, it was already the afternoon of the 20th.

He did not go back to Manhattan, but asked the driver to drive back to his villa in Long Island.

“Beep beep—”

The convoy drove into Long Island Manor and honked its horn before stopping.

When Milo got out of the car, he saw Sophie Marceau, pushing a two-way stroller, standing in front of the beautiful archway of the manor.

Sophie today is wearing a blue cardigan dress.

This color is really perfect for summer.

It is refreshing yet elegant, full of graceful femininity. The high waistline stretches her body proportions and makes her legs look longer.

Her slim waist, impressive talent and delicate lantern-style short sleeves make her look even more cute.

A pair of little sisters in white doll clothes stared at everything around them with their beautiful sapphire eyes wide open and curious.

Milo smiled gently, walked quickly forward, put his arms around Sophie Marceau's slender waist, and gave her a passionate kiss.

The two daughters didn't know whether it was Lily or Rose. They first widened their eyes, shook their heads, and then burst into tears.

Then the younger sister or elder sister next to her also started crying.

Interrupting their kiss, Sophie Marceau said with a sweet smile: "You scared them. They haven't seen you for several months and they don't recognize you anymore!"

This is how memory works in infancy.

Sometimes they will forget who the other person is after not seeing them for a few days. Generally speaking, only the nanny and mother who are with them every day will leave a deep impression on them.

"It's my fault, it's my fault." Milo smiled and shook his head, then pushed the stroller into the villa.

"This is indeed your fault. You haven't fulfilled much of your responsibilities as a father!" Sophie became much more sharp after becoming a mother.

It's not like when he first started dating Milo, when he was always asking for whatever he wanted.

The father, daughter, mother and daughter, a total of four, happily walked into the manor, accompanied by many bodyguards and nannies.

Although this place also belongs to Long Island, it does not belong to Milo's manor villa in Great Neck.

This is another estate located in Southampton, Long Island.

Like Great Neck, Southampton on Long Island is also a gathering place for New York celebrities.

In that golden Gilded Age, Southampton was a place with much more old money than the Upper East Side and Upper West Side today.

In that era, Manhattan was actually the industrial area of ​​New York.

It is where poor workers and small traders live.

The really rich people live on Long Island.

The story of "The Great Gatsby" is set on Long Island.

The mansion where the protagonist Jay Gatsby lives in the book is located on Long Island.

Two important locations in the novel correspond to Westhampton and Easthampton on Long Island.

Southampton is not far from either of these places.

Sophie and her friends came last week because the paparazzi had recently discovered their home in San Francisco due to her frequent visits.

There are many media reporters who have been secretly lurking in the surrounding neighborhoods for the past two months.

From the perspective of public opinion security, that place is no longer safe.

Even San Francisco is not safe anymore.

Milo then asked her to move to New York, away from San Francisco.

This Victorian-style English-style villa in Southampton, covering an area of ​​134 acres and worth nearly 80 million US dollars, was the building that Milo arranged for the three of them, mother and daughter.

By the way, Sophie’s mother returned to France two months ago.

Madame Marceau's son is getting married soon.

Sophie didn't have much affection for her brother, but her mother certainly had affection for her son.

Although the son followed Sophie's father, he was still Madame Marceau's son.

As for Sophie's side, there's actually no need for her help at all.

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There are more than ten nannies taking care of the children every day, so it doesn't really matter whether Madame Marceau is there or not.

The companionship of family is far more valuable than many material gifts.

So, Milo continued to communicate with his two daughters in Martian language that no one could understand.

Hug, kiss, and physical contact.

The strangeness that had been there for a while was soon washed away, and they were laughing happily with their tongues sticking out.

Of course, this is when Sophie is not around.

Otherwise, you'll smell mom's special scent.

Their two pairs of big eyes will shift away, and their happy smiles will only be given to their mother.

And that was enough for Milo.

He was destined to not be able to give all his love to just a few children.

He now has four children and one is still in the belly.

There will only be more to come.

He was only more patient with Lily and Rose because they were the eldest daughters.

Wait until his children have more.

Then he will run out of patience.

The next day, International Building at Rockefeller Center.

"Boss, this is the release and filming schedule for the second half of the year..."

In the office, Milo took the documents handed over by Ted Turner, smiled and raised his chin to him and said, "Sit down."

With Milo's drastic reforms in the content of Paladin Media, which was re-listed after the integration, and taking advantage of his foresight, almost all of Paladin Media's business groups are now thriving.

As reflected in the stock price, the market value of this media company continues to hit new highs.

On the TV side.

The excellent American dramas and variety shows brought to TBS allowed TBS, which had been declining and even believed to be destined to be swallowed up, to taste the glory of dominating the ratings for the first time.

Not only that, Aladdin Media's TV channels can be said to be flourishing on both ends.

When the TBS wireless television network was flourishing, Universal MCA's cable pay television also began its rampage in the American cable television industry.

The number of user subscriptions skyrocketed, from just a few hundred thousand subscribers at the beginning.

After a few months, it has risen to around 2 million now.

It has already ranked among the top ten in the US pay cable TV subscription rankings.

As for news broadcasting, this has always been Turner Broadcasting's strong point.

A CNN news channel is enough to give Paladin Media enough authority in news reporting.

This is progress for the television station.

As for another important territory in the media field, the film industry under Paladin Media has undoubtedly become the biggest winner in Hollywood's summer movie box office war this year.

The industry is booming, the Federal Reserve has been flooding the market with money, and the dollar tide is at the point of flowing back to the United States.

It can almost be said that the US economy has never been so prosperous.

This is reflected in all walks of life. This year's North American summer movie box office once again set the highest record in history.

According to statistics from relevant agencies.

This year's North American summer box office revenue reached 3.57 billion US dollars, of which "Rivals" ranked fourth with a box office of nearly 400 million US dollars.

The film also became Jennifer Connelly's highest-grossing film.

It allowed her to shake off the halo of being a box office poison for commercial films and stage a remarkable comeback.

The film earned approximately $72.5 million in its first week in North America, setting a new weekly box office record for new films released that month.

The film also broke the weekly box office record for movies with a warm and romantic theme, and ranked in the top ten of the box office list with a North American box office of 260 million.

Although to be honest, this is the main reason why this movie was a big hit at the box office.

Or maybe it’s more because of Will Smith.

But no matter what, Jennifer is the female lead, and she certainly contributed to the movie's box office success.

Every summer there are some box office dark horses, and this year's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" took over this title.

With a box office of nearly $300 million, many action movies are far behind.

It can be said that this summer, the film company under Paladin Media became the biggest winner.

It was the most popular movie of its time, beating out Warner, 20th Century Fox, Disney and Paramount to become the real winner of the summer season!

Although it was a great victory, if we look at it from another perspective.

If there was no Milo's script and no integration of Universal Pictures' resources.

Then Universal Pictures will completely fail in this year's summer season.

This also shows that Milo Blackburn's talent in film is still as strong as ever.

Once various box office data came out, Milo's golden body in this regard became even more stable and invincible.

“In the next stage, we still need to focus on other fields besides television, movies and newspapers.”

Milo stroked his chin and spoke to Ted Turner.

It can be said that in these three areas, Paladin Media has done an excellent job with existing resources.

All that is left is to follow the normal steps of strengthening itself by merging and acquiring other companies.

Paladin Media wants to maintain its current super stock price and even do better than it already has.

The only way is to explore other media-related fields and profit points.

For example, Milo is ready, and Hearst and Newhouse are collaborating in the field of fashion and luxury goods.

The future market size of this field is huge.

Not to mention occupying an important position in it, at least it gets a share of the pie.

That could bring in tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars in profits every year.

And this money is reflected in the annual financial statements.

That is enough to increase the stock price of a company with a market value of more than $100 billion by another 10% or 15%.

Watch the company's stock price rising little by little every day.

Milo now felt that he understood the mentality of those executives of listed companies.

Because let alone he is a boss, even if he is just a senior employee.

Watching the company's stock price continue to rise every day, I can stay happy for a long time!

"Understood!" As a 'veteran' who had actively followed Milo and joined him since Milo intended to start his media empire, Ted Turner was very clear about his young boss's ideas and thoughts.

Besides, Ted Turner also feels that the combination of luxury goods and fashion is indeed a very good profit growth point for a media company.

He had tried it before at Turner Broadcasting, which also broadcast some beauty pageants and model shows.

Unfortunately, TBS’s positioning at the time was too high-end and more oriented towards the social elite.

The social elites, who have always prided themselves on being restrained, don't like this kind of thing very much.

But things are different now.

Now that Paladin Media has broad support in various fields, it can naturally develop in all aspects and fields.

Of course, you can't do it recklessly.

You can't, as a media company, go into the automotive or industrial business.

At the very least, there should be some connection with the media.

"Commercial sports is also a good growth point. I noticed that the NBA has been growing for more than a decade since David Stern took office. But I found that except for a basketball team owned by Charles Dolan, we have not invested much in the basketball field."

Milo has also ventured into the world of commercial sports.

But because Charles Dolan was in charge of this area, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Now, after reading the company-wide business briefing brought by Ted Turner, Milo found that Paladin Media was very conservative in commercial sports.

Ted Turner hesitated and said, "But Michael Jordan is about to retire. There are many data surveys that show that once Jordan retires, the influence and various statistics of the NBA will be greatly affected."

Milo nodded: "That's true. Jordan is a basketball star created by David Stern. His existence is indeed a great help to the NBA."

"But I believe in David Stern. If he can bring out one Jordan, then he can bring out several more Jordans. Even if their influence is not as great as Jordan's, they can still win by numbers. The key is that his model has been proven to be a very mature and useful tactic. So the NBA will definitely not decline in the future. Let Charles focus more on the field of basketball."

Ted Turner nodded in understanding.

The old man believes in the young boss's vision because ever since the boss appeared.

No matter what field.

His vision has never been wrong! As the saying goes, the boss only needs to talk, and his subordinates will run around.

Now that Milo has made the decision, the entire group will naturally follow his lead and start moving.

Paladin Media inherited the shortcomings of two old media companies.

But under Milo's drastic reforms and ruthless layoffs.

Plus the equity incentives when reintegrating and listing.

The entire company is now bursting with a momentum that makes other media giants feel apprehensive and fearful.

Basically, as long as Milo gives an order, the entire group will move and work in one direction.

At least for a few years.

For a period of time afterwards, Milo stayed in New York, exercising his power and work as the head of a media empire.

He will be in New York until about October.

That’s when temperatures start to drop in the northern part of the East Coast of the United States.

As usual, he would go to the warm West Coast to spend the cold winter in New York.

But this October, he plans to go to Europe.

Apart from anything else, Paladin Media just wants to enter the luxury goods field.

He knew that he would be better off visiting the birthplace of today's luxury goods industry.

(End of this chapter)