Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Sumner Redstone, a graduate of Harvard Law School, is a prominent figure in the American media industry. His Viacom Corporation is the third-largest media company in the United States, after Disney (which has since been acquired by Apple) and Comcast, a company Chen Yiran deeply resents.

Although it is the third largest, in terms of scale, it is not much different from its second-largest brother, Comcast.

He has a lot of cards to play, not only his family's century-old cinema assets, but also Paramount Pictures, MTV, CBS, and Simon & Schuster, a top global book publishing giant.

It can be said that he single-handedly brought his family's drive-in theater to the forefront of the media industry.

But if there's anything that gives him a headache, it's his relationship with his children.

In 1999, Sumner Redstone divorced his wife of 52 years, and his relationship with his son Brent deteriorated sharply.

In 2006, Brent, along with his cousins, sued their father, accusing him of abusing the family trust fund by acquiring shares that belonged to the family trust at unfair prices, thereby consolidating his absolute control over the company.

Sumner Redstone had his reasons for doing this. He felt that his son was simply incompetent, and their relationship was deteriorating. If he were to hand over the company in the end, it might be completely ruined.

The two eventually reached a settlement. Sumner Redstone bought back his company shares, but lost his son forever and didn't see him for nearly ten years.

Helpless, he turned his attention to his daughter, Sally Redstone. In the previous conflict with his son, his daughter had firmly stood by his side, which made him feel very gratified.

From all perspectives, the daughter is the only suitable successor.

But after a few years, Sumner Redstone discovered that his daughter wasn't doing so well either!

He believed he had provided his daughter with a good enough platform, delegated a lot of power, and transferred some shares, making Sally Redstone a powerful figure behind the scenes and a member of the board of directors.

However, the daughter has very poor judgment; she is not sensitive to streaming media at all, and even likes to bet on old business lines.

Sally founded Rising Star Media, a chain of movie theaters. She personally served as the company's chairperson, attempting to expand into new business territories beyond the family's traditional theater business.

Continuing to scramble in a red ocean will certainly not end well.

So at the beginning of the year, Sumner Redstone made a decision. He had a good talk with his daughter and hoped to acquire Sally's 20% stake in America Entertainment for one billion US dollars.

As part of the deal, Sally had to relinquish her right to succeed her father as chairman of Viacom and CBS after his death, and could not object to the large sum of money her father had given to his two female companions.

Sumner Redstone never expected that his daughter would not inherit his business acumen, but she would inherit all of his talent in office politics, and her desire for control was almost a carbon copy of his.

For Sally, it wasn't about having more or less money; it was about having control.

Sally's reaction was very strong. She issued a public statement saying that she had no intention of personally becoming CEO, but insisted on having absolute say on the board of directors to ensure that the company was run by the best management team.

This marked her formal challenge to her father's absolute authority, and the family feud within the company began once again.

In just over six months, Sally demonstrated exceptional management skills and a strong desire for power, successfully resisting her father's attempts to marginalize her.

At the company, she and Dorman, the professional manager her father had hired, were evenly matched.

Sumner Redstone was somewhat pleased; his daughter was stronger than he had imagined.

However, he also has a headache. Due to internal strife, the company has completely failed to keep up with the current streaming media trend. Viacom is facing a number of difficulties, including declining viewership on its core cable network, loss of subscribers, and a continuous drop in stock price.

In his mind, it would be best to have his daughter leave the company. He believed that his daughter was too controlling but not capable enough, and that if she really took power, she would only ruin the company and then sell it.

He found several senior lawyers in Boston to form a cross-generational trust. The trustees were the three senior lawyers, his daughter, two girlfriends, Dorman, who had been his professional manager for thirty years, and himself.

The beneficiary was not his daughter, but his three grandsons.

For several months, Sumner Redstone had been communicating with his daughter about this, hoping she would agree to the condition.

However, the results were not good. Sally was also very arrogant. She did not think that she was less capable than her father. She believed that the company should be handed over to her to manage, and that she would make the Redstone family great again!

Surpassing Disney is unlikely; they're too powerful with the aurora borealis as their backdrop. However, surpassing Comcast to become the second-best in history is still a possibility.

The father and daughter argued almost every three days, a minor argument every five. However, they maintained a good relationship, considering it an internal conflict. Otherwise, given the father's control over the company, he could easily have kicked his daughter out.

But everything changed after Aurora's launch event in September.

Sumner Redstone saw the hope of immortality; he could control the company forever and never have to entrust it to an uncertain future again!

Moreover, he always harbored fantasies about immortality.

In 1979, 55-year-old Sumner Redstone suffered severe burns in a fire at a Boston hotel, with 45% of his skin burned. But he survived countless surgeries with his indomitable will and was reborn from the ashes.

This experience filled him with confidence in his vitality, and he left behind the famous quote, "I will never retire, I will never die."

In 2006, at the Milken Institute Global Conference, the nearly 86-year-old Sumner Redstone reiterated, "I have no intention of retiring, nor do I intend to die."

In a 2012 interview, he reiterated, "I hope to live forever, and I will do everything in my power to achieve this."

In a 2013 interview with The Wall Street Journal, he still said, "Only those who are afraid of death die. I will not die; I will live forever."

Previously, he would just give himself some psychological suggestions. He always believed that as long as a person's will was strong enough, they could live a few more years.

And now, the chance for immortality is right before our eyes.

While the world was focused on Singapore, he was also watching. When several scientists explained the principles of newborns on television and confirmed that newborns were indeed a continuation of life, Sumner Redstone could no longer contain himself. He immediately asked one of his girlfriends to book a plane ticket, as he was heading straight to Hawaii.

He doesn't care what happens to the Legislative Council; he's not dead yet, so he can bypass the death certificate to protect his own interests.

Several old acquaintances were already waiting for him in Hawaii. They were all top lawyers in Boston, and he had known them for decades.

They devised a sophisticated plan to deposit all his shares into a trust company in Hawaii, which is completely impenetrable by firewalls in other states of the United States.

In Hawaii, newcomers are recognized and can continue to directly control their companies.

He had planned everything out, but he never expected that one of his girlfriends would betray him.

Sally had already bribed the detective, obtained evidence of her girlfriend's infidelity, and then coerced her into tipping her off.

Sally couldn't bear it when she learned that her father was truly preparing for immortality.

In the whole world, how could there be a prince who reigns for thirty years?

She immediately contacted Dorman, her open rival but secretly sworn enemy. Together with several family doctors, they effectively confined her elderly father to the villa. Furthermore, she filed a lawsuit, claiming her father was now mentally unstable and demanding all his rights be transferred to her immediately.

Sally also had a talk with her father's closest girlfriend, Hesel, who was actually just a tool for sexual gratification.

Sally knew that Hesel was the person her father trusted most. She had even proposed to him twice, but Hesel had refused.

She felt that her initial refusal to accept the proposal stemmed from Hesel's dissatisfaction with the prenuptial agreement, which, frankly, was ultimately about money.

Sally went all out and promised a reward of one hundred million US dollars.

If Hezer can say something in court as a close caregiver and the person closest to him, the court is likely to accept it as evidence that Sumner Redstone was not of sound mind.

Hezer said he needed a few days to think it over, and then continued to take care of Sumner Redstone's daily life at the villa.

Sally didn't care. After all, this was a big deal, and she believed that Hesel truly loved her father and wouldn't betray him so easily.

But she didn't expect that Hezer had a hidden side. That night, Hezer stabbed the bodyguard who was monitoring them with a butter knife, grabbed the gun, and drove Sumner Redstone to the police station for refuge.

She didn't even trust the Los Angeles Police Department, and drove all the way to Silicon Valley, into Aurora's territory.

This incident acted as a fuse, igniting the nerves of countless old-money individuals.

In many parts of the United States, elderly people have sought refuge in police stations. Many of them are wealthy billionaires, and some even have a net worth of billions of dollars.

The power struggle in the legislature is no longer hidden. On one side are the young and energetic leaders of large corporations, and on the other side are the fathers of the shareholders of these large corporations. Both sides have begun to exert their full political influence in various states.

That day, the headlines of major media outlets all proclaimed that the largest generational conflict in human history had arrived.

Chen Yiran felt that the time was about right, so he began his operation.

He set his sights directly on BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, the three largest investment management companies in the world.