to be here. My name is Clement C. Burton Hill. I'm a BBC broadcaster and journalist and I had the immense pleasure of interviewing Ilka earlier this year and I'm super thrilled to be back. So thank you for having me. I'm going to move a little bit closer to you, having moved a little further away. The warmest possible welcome to Ilka Parnanan and to Martin Lau. I'm sure they don't need much of an introduction, but just to put it in context, Ilka is one of the co-founders of Supercell. They are the world's leading mobile games developer behind, as we've just heard, things like Clash of Clans, Heyday, Boom Beach, and Clash Royale. They have more than 100 million daily users of their games. So really, a game changer sitting on my right right here. We also have one over there, Martin Lau. He is president of Tencent. They are one of the world's biggest technology companies and investors. The largest games company in the world. We're going to be hearing more about the very happy partnership between Supercell and Tencent shortly. They recently passed Facebook's valuation of $500 billion. They are a major shareholder in Supercell, but also have a very broad portfolio of other companies too. Social media, for example, WeChat and QQ, and also internet infrastructure services, looking at content, looking at finance and cloud services. So a really incredible company. I'm so excited to be talking to these two. We've got about 25 minutes. So we're going to start by asking you where you first met and how this happy partnership came about. Do you remember the day?  So I think I had been in touch with various people from Tencent since I think 2012, I believe. And of course I knew of Martin, but we actually hadn't met in person before we even finally met in 2016. It's March 2016. Right around the time when you guys launched Clash Royale. Correct, correct. Yeah, so that's where we met for the first time. And what I remember actually about that meeting was that I was so impressed about Martin and his team, because like they really like, they all seem to be like so passionate about games. And Martin, for one, was seemed to be a kind of a hardcore player of our Clash Royale game. I think you, is it true that you were actually on the top 10 globally? Top 100, top 100. At one point. Yeah, that was old history, but no longer. So Martin, you could have the option of investing in pretty much any company you want. Ilker, I imagine investors are queuing up to work with you. What was the chemistry? What brought you guys together? And what makes this such a special partnership? Maybe I can go first. I think the first thing is really when we invest in company, we look at the product of the company, right? That's how we first get to know Supercell, right? Ilker talked about we had some interaction between the organizations starting from the year of 2011 and 12. That was a time when they came up with Heyday. They came up with Clash of Clans. I have to say, at the time of Clash of Clans, we actually gave an offer to invest in Ilker at that time. We said we would love to take 20% of the company and work with you. At that time, I think the shareholders of Supercell wanted to sell majority. At that time, we were concerned. When you actually buy majority, what does it mean? Are the people going to stay? I actually made a big mistake of not meeting with him at that time. It was a $3 billion mistake. Eventually, we got to where we are supposed to be, but we pay $3 billion more at the very least. The product is very impressive for us. Then when I met with Heym, Ilker and the core team of Supercell, I think the people we immediately fell in love with. These are the people who are really passionate about games. Ultimately, they are very good people. They work together with each other really well. Finally, when we dig more into Supercell, I think it's the culture that took us away. I'll pass it to Ilker. We're going to talk a lot about that culture because it is so exceptional. It is the secret to Supercell's remarkable success. Ilker, what are you looking for in an investor? Why did you find it in Martin? I guess for us, the most important thing was that we wanted to find a partner who would value our independence. I mean, what really makes Supercell great is it's people who form these amazing teams and the culture that keeps everything together, and I just felt that Martin and his team got that immediately, and they really understood that. Then the other thing for us was that we wanted to have a partner who is very patient, truly thinks about long term. Those were the two most important things, but then of course, the additional benefit that comes in with Tencent is that first of all, they are games companies, so they really understand games, and second of all, they are huge in China, so they have a lot of users there. Obviously, getting access to their resources in China is a big advantage for us. We were saying earlier it's not inconceivable that you can have a game that is played by 100 million people daily in China alone, and we'll talk a little bit about those potential opportunities. How have you guys been working together? I've had the great pleasure of being backstage with these two for the last hour or so, and they clearly have such a great personal chemistry, but how does your relationship work on a kind of one-to-one level? Well, it has been pretty amazing to work with Ilka. I think we're not as close as you saw us to be, because we actually keep Supercell in a very independent position. There's only at times when we have issues that we need to talk about. We would get up to call to each other. We see each other every quarter, and I think our family are good friends with each other, but other than that, they are on their own. But Ilka, you were saying earlier that when you went through a rougher time last year, there was a moment when Martin gave you a call, and that that personal interaction really meant a lot. Perhaps you could tell us about that. Yeah, so I think I even talked a bit about it in the last year, but I think it was literally maybe a month after we had closed the deal with these guys. We went into a bit of a rough period. Actually, I think all of our games fell out of the top 10 list, and we had various kinds of issues. Then I just remember Martin giving me a call during that time, and he just reassured me that the reason why they invested was because of the team and because of this shared vision and belief in the long term. He also asked me to tell that to everybody else at Supercell, which of course I did, and I think it was quite remarkable. So imagine somebody who has just invested to you in a $10 billion valuation, and then immediately thereafter you go into this rough period, and making a call like that. Well, I think it speaks a lot about Martin and the culture at Tencent. Tencent, Martin has had its own ups and downs, as all companies will. Talk us through this idea of the long-term vision, because clearly that's vital to what you give to Supercell, but it's also not necessarily what people would expect of in this very fast-moving tech world where so much pressure is put on huge growth very early on. I think when you look at the way we look at our own business and the way we look at our investing companies, the companies that we back and we want to build relationship with, we really look at a long-term. And the most important thing that gets us excited about a company is really the people. And there are a lot of people who ask us, in a traditional corporate world, a lot of companies, big companies would acquire companies. And for us, we very much prefer to invest in companies and be partners with them. And I think the very important thing for us is we invest in people, not just the business. We invest in creativity, not invest in efficiency. And we look at people and culture and creativity over a much longer-term period. It's only through that period that you can build this kind of skills. Because if you look at Ilka and his company, it didn't become a breakthrough they want. They have gone through many, many stages of ups and downs and eventually through a lot of learnings and resurgence from mistakes and failures and overcome challenges and eventually they build a great company. And I think that's actually something that gets us really excited about. Well, Ilka, give us the secret. If people in the room don't know how Supercell is organized, that's really where the magic lies. And again, it comes back to this idea that absolutely of paramount importance is the people. And the way that you work with your people is what unleashes this incredible creativity and ultimately the great success. But talk us through how Supercell is organized and why that's so radical and how you got to that decision. Well, first of all, I should emphasize that the magic lies with our game development teams. And that's where the magic is. And it's because of these amazing teams and the great work that they do. We've been successful. And of course, we've also been ridiculously lucky in addition. So in addition to having the best possible teams, Supercell is about trying to create the right type of environment for these teams. And how we sort of define that, like for us, the right environment is one where these teams can have the biggest possible impact. So the way we are organized is that it's sort of a, or maybe I actually should talk about first, like how most gaming companies are organized. So in most gaming companies, you know, the product vision comes from the leadership. It comes from the top. And then everybody else underneath is just there to like implement this vision and execute against it. And Supercell was born out of this idea that we actually wanted to turn this traditional organizational model upside down. So we asked ourselves that what would happen if instead of the management, the product vision would be owned by these individual product teams. And the sole role of the management would actually be to enable these teams to be successful. And then somebody suggested that, you know, this is such a kind of radical idea that we actually shouldn't call these teams teams, rather let's call them cells. And then the question was, okay, what do we call the whole company? And then that of course is the Supercell. And that's where the name of the company comes from. So we are organized into these small independent teams, which we call cells, which you could almost think as their own independent companies, as I said. People might be surprised to know that that means that it's only those cells that can develop or kill a game. So even if there's a game that you're passionately in love with, if your team decide that it's not going ahead, they have full autonomy over that game. Exactly. And everyone, the structure is incredibly flat and level, so that everyone is involved, everyone gets an email on a daily basis, letting people know what's going on. I mean, talk us through the kind of culture. What could you expect, say, if you were working at Supercell? Well, for us, it's really, it's about two things. So it's about independence. And then it's on the other hand, it's about the responsibility. So independence, of course, it's the fun thing to talk about.  But then the other side of the coin is the responsibility. So independence comes great responsibility. And for what it means to us is that we have a very high quality bar in terms of the types of games we want to do. I mean, our dream is to create these games that people would play for years, and that would be remembered forever. And it's a pretty bold dream in a marketplace that gets, I guess, like 10,000 new games every single month. And we also have this internal goal that we don't want to launch games, games that we believe that don't have a chance to hit the top 10 globally. And again, it's a very sort of bold dream and goal. And for that reason, like we actually, Martin was talking about these ups and downs. And for us, like, it's going to continue. So and we won't be launching that many games, you know, like between our game number three, which was Boom Beach and game number four, which was Clash Royale. We actually developed 10 games, and nine of those 10 were killed, and one was released. And I fully expect that to be the case like going forward. And I view that as a kind of positive thing. So we want to be in this place where we take as much risk, which then leads to innovation, which then hopefully, if you get lucky leads to hit games. Martin Tencent is also organized, not as a traditional company. You also think about empowering individual teams. Perhaps you could break down how it works from your side. Yeah, well, of course, we we operate at a different scale, right?  We actually have a team of more than 30,000 people, right? You know, and you know, we have a lot of different businesses. But you know, as we grow our company, we wanted to scale our company in such a way that's not in like a traditional company that work in command on orders.  You know, allow our different teams to be small, to be nimble, to be driving for what they believe is the right product experience for the users. There's a common theme at the company, which is, you know, you have to create the best user experience for the users. But other than that, you know, you have to come up with the right way to do it. And for example, right, you know, in the case of a very important product of ours, which is called WeChat, right? It's a mobile chat product, which, you know, was created in 2011. And at that time, we had our flagship product called QQ, which is a PC-based instant messaging plus social network. And it's also creating its own version of the mobile product. But we said, you know, we need to have a mobile-only chat and social networking product. So at that time, the company has got three different teams who put up their hands and say, we want to create the next generation mobile chat product. And we actually allow all of them to create a product. And eventually, one team create the best product, and that became WeChat. But in that process, right, you know, we enable each one of the teams to come up with the best product. That must create a healthy degree of competition amongst your companies. Yeah, we want to look at our own teams, you know, not as competitors, right, but more like sports team, right, you know, different sports, you know, teams within the company trying to compete and race with each other rather than, you know, engage in unhealthy competition. Ilke, here we are in Helsinki, hugely exciting for me, my first time. This place has such incredible energy, clearly one of the great tech hot spots of the future. I'd love to know your thoughts, Martin, of your sense of the opportunities here in Finland and why it makes for such an interesting and exciting place to invest. Yeah, I would say, you know, number one, I feel incredible amount of energy, right, you know, in here there's a lot of entrepreneurism.  But, you know, if you look at Finland, right, you know, it's a very advanced country, you know, with a very strong egalitarian culture. And, you know, there are people who engage in different types of work and they respect each other, they enable each other to do great things, right?  Because I remember, right, when we look at the financials of supercell during the due diligence process and when we negotiate on the deal, you know, the number one criteria that Ilke put on the table for the deal is that we'll never move the tax jurisdiction. You know, it will always stay in Finland. You know, I think, you know, that's a very interesting ask. You know, it's going to be quite costly from some people's perspective, but I actually think, you know, that's the right thing to do, right? And the other thing is that, you know, when we look at the capital structure, we saw there's a foundation which they have put shares in, you know, which they would be doing good, right? That's another thing which I felt we're dealing with the right people because they intend to do good. And the right people in the right place, Ilke, it must be very gratifying to hear Martin talk in that way and he must feel fully vindicated in that determination to keep supercell in Finland, but also be a kind of poster child, if you like, for what this incredible community can do. We were talking earlier about the possibility of creating a very frictionless technology hub here. Talk to us about why Finland is such a great place to be and where you see the future going. Well, I think it comes down to many of the things that Martin already mentioned, like what's great about the Finnish culture or even the Nordic culture as a whole. And, you know, there's just like so much talent in this country and at least, you know, and there's like more talented people who want to move here. And, you know, because I mean, in Helsinki, you can actually, the quality of life is actually really high. So, we have a great infrastructure here. We have the best schools here. And then, you know, and you can read the rest from if you use the Brack for Finland hashtag. But, you know, there's so many great things about this place. And I think we have a real opportunity here to bring one of the leading tech hubs here and not just in Europe, but globally. And do you feel that as a culture it can be very nimble, for example, setting up more kind of English-speaking or Chinese-speaking daycare and schools? Yeah, I think like the most important thing that Finland can do right now is to kind of enable all of this. So, first of all, we have to remove like all possible friction for the foreign talent to move to here and work from here and, you know, set up their families here. And then it comes down to very practical things like having, as you said, English-speaking daycare, English-speaking schools. And also, actually, like I think probably equally important in the very near future is going to be Chinese-speaking daycares and Chinese-speaking schools and so forth. Martin, you're nodding. Do you think that's a likely look ahead? Well, I think this is a great place to live as well as to pursue entrepreneurship and especially given the talent pool that's here, it's very attractive. And also, I would say there's a broader mission, right, which we felt we can facilitate, which is, you know, Europe actually can have more exciting tech startups and bigger tech companies, right?  There may not be enough infrastructure services to support them, you know, and a lot of European tech companies actually got sold too early, right? And what we would love to see is, you know, we could be, you know, helping some of these amazing European tech companies, right, to get access to capital and maybe get access to some market in China and to grow into a much bigger company independently. Ilke, that's obviously a huge opportunity for you, you know, this idea that the same game can be a huge hit in Western markets, but also in Eastern markets and opening up that incredible opportunity in China. Tell us a little bit more about how you see the partnership going in that direction. Well, that's the big dream that they have. So our dream is that one of these days we can develop a game that is a truly global hit game. So not only would it be number one in the Western markets, but then it would be also number one in each of these big Asian or Eastern markets, China, Japan, Korea, and also in the rest of the world. And it feels to me that for the first time in the history of gaming, it's actually possible to do that. And in these days, everybody carries a gaming device in their pocket with a smartphone. And distribution can be truly global. And of course, with the help from Tencent, for example, we can actually it is entirely possible for us to do that in China as well. And of course, what it takes is a great game, a lot of luck and a lot of patience to get there. But if your time perspective is not just years, but maybe tens of years, I believe it's entirely possible. And that's super exciting to us. Watch the space. Very exciting times ahead, I feel. We've got a couple of minutes left. We're looking at this incredible sea of faces. So many dynamic entrepreneurs, potential founders, even founders here in the room. What is the one takeaway that you would each like them to leave with? You've got a minute each, Martin. Well, I would go back to my original theme, which is when you look at a company and an entrepreneurial process, what's valuable in that process is not the successes you have. It's actually the challenges that you face. What we found, we have invested in 600 different companies around the world. So we have a broad spectrum of interaction with different founders. What always excites me is when we see founders who might not be making the first right move, but then over time can actually research, rebunk from the mistakes and overcome the challenges. And through that process, build a much stronger character, build a much stronger culture at the company. And at that time, you see, and this is a much better company. So I think when you face challenges, don't give up easily and keep going for it. Ilka? Well, I think last year at Slush, I said something along the lines of like, my dream is that the next Google or our next Facebook or maybe the next Tencent could be actually be born out of Helsinki. And then after that event, I got feedback. I'm sure it didn't come from the Slush audience, but from somewhere else that, you know, this is this I think the Finnish word was started up het. It's probably translates into like pipe dream or something like that and that. But it really, like I am really serious about it. So if your perspective is, is not just one or two years, but it's decades. And if we can do the things that we just talked about, so if we can make Helsinki a kind of a global hub for the best talent in technology, I think it's entirely possible. But also what that requires is that we, all of us here who are in this ecosystem, we understand that the competition for the best global talent, it's extremely fierce. So the best talent has an option to move like anywhere in the world. And we just have to make Helsinki the best place for them to move. And I think there's still some work to do, but feels like we are in a great track there. Okay, Helsinki, let's do this. Are you up for it? Yes, you are. Thank you so, so much. Martin Lau from Tencent, Ilka Parnanen from Supercell. Thank you everybody.


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I'm staying at the Royal Albert in room 319. Maybe I'll be there and maybe I won't. I'll have to think it over. All right. You think it over as much as you like. Right there. You know what the consequences will be. Edmund Grant had confided the secret of his past to only one man, and that was his partner, Hal Bishop. Hal had gone to Dawson on the evening that La Trobe paid his visit to their cabin. Soon after the blackmailer left, Hal returned from town. Hi, Ed. Oh, Hal. Hey, you should have come into town with me tonight. I went to the Monte Carlo and... I'll say, what's the matter with you? You look as though you just got measured for a casket. Maybe you're not so far wrong at that. What are you talking about? Hal, a long time ago you asked me how I ever happened to come up here to the Yukon. Yeah, I remember that. Well, I told you the truth because you're my best friend. I knew you could... I could trust you. I told you I killed a man named Karnac back in Chicago. I also told you a fellow named La Trobe was blackmailing me. Yeah, I know. You said you came up here to get away from him. Well, he's found me. What's that? You mean La Trobe is... He was here tonight. He wants $25,000. Holy smoke. What are you going to do? I haven't decided yet.  Don't worry. I'm not going to start that all over again. I've learned my lesson. The question is, what am I going to do? Listen, Ed. I'll tell you what. Draw your money out of the bank and clear out of the Yukon. Leave Marion? Well, yes, with the time being, you can high-tail it on a skagway, get on a ship. La Trobe will never be able to trace you. No, Hal. That's not the answer. Then what is? I don't know what to think. If I feel tomorrow morning like I feel right now, I'm going to the Mounties and confess. By morning, Edmund Grant's mind was made up. He told his partner that he had definitely decided to turn himself in to the Northwest Mounted Police. 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You were going to get a cut of the blackmail money. Sorry, La Trobe. I didn't play in you for a sucker right from the start. What do you mean? The real reason I got you up here was to scare Ed into running away. That'll leave me in control of the claim and what's more important, it'll leave me a clear field with Ed's girl.  Now that my plan hasn't worked out, I'll have to try a different tack. Hey, put away that knife. Don't, don't do it. Don't. A short time later, Edmund Grant and his fiancee, Marion Lee, called on Sergeant Preston at Mounted Police Headquarters. Sergeant? This is Marion Lee, the girl I'm going to marry. Well, maybe I should see the girl I'd hope to marry. How do you do, Miss Lee? How do you do, Sergeant? I asked Ed to let me come along because what he's going to tell you is important to both of us. I see. Sit down, please. Oh, thank you. What is it you want to tell me, Ed? Sergeant, I've come to make a confession. A confession of what? Of murder. 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I decided the only way out was to disappear. So I came up here to the Yukon and assumed the name of Ed Gary. My real name is Ed Grant. Well, Ed, I don't want to raise any false hopes, but has it occurred to you that you might have been tricked? What do you mean? Did you ever read in the paper that Karnak's body had been found? Well, no, but I assumed that was because La Trobe had buried it somewhere. Or, anyway, he'd done a good job of getting rid of it. Making a man think he's murdered someone and then blackmailing him for it? It's one of the oldest confidence games in the book. Oh, Ed, maybe the sergeant's right. Holy mackerel. I never even thought of that. Mind you, I don't say that's what did happen, but it might have been a frame-up from what you've told me. You mean, Karnak got me to his place that night just on purpose to stage a fake murder scene? It's possible. Karnak pulls the gun loaded with blanks, maneuvers you into taking it away from him and shooting him. Then La Trobe rushes in just in time to catch you red-handed. Certainly has all the earmarks of a put-up job. Ed, it all sounds so logical the way the sergeant just explained it. I'm sure that's what happened. What made you come here and confess all of a sudden, Ed? Oh, La Trobe finally caught up with me. You mean he's here in the territory? He's right here in Dawson at the Royal Albert Hotel. He showed up at my cabin last night and demanded $25,000. I was supposed to pay him by noon today. In that case, we'll set a trap for him. You can pay him and mark money and I'll arrest him as soon as he accepts it.  Come in. Sergeant. What is it, Constable? It's just been a murder over at the Royal Albert Hotel. Who was killed? A man named Frank La Trobe. Frank La Trobe! Ed, you better come along with me to identify him. Miss Lee, I'm afraid you'll have to excuse us for the time being. A short time later, a sergeant Preston arrived at the hotel, accompanied by Ed Grant and a police surgeon. 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He's your guarantee that you're getting the one and only Quaker Puff Wheat and Quaker Puff Rice. Shot from gun. Now to continue. A sinister blackmailer named Frank Latrobe had been found murdered in his hotel room. On the wall beside the body, the name Edmund Grant had been scrolled apparently by the dying man. At the sight of the damning evidence, Ed Grant exclaimed in despair. Sergeant, surely you don't believe I killed him? I haven't arrived at any conclusions yet, Ed. However, you certainly had a motive for killing Latrobe. There's no doubt that he's guilty, Sergeant. The probe certainly knew who his own murderer was. He wouldn't have written that Grant's name on the wall if Grant wasn't the one who stabbed him. Probably not. But how do we know the name was written by Latrobe? The murderer could have written it himself. Well, maybe so. How long's Latrobe been dead, Doctor? Not very long, Sergeant. Probably not more than half an hour or so. The knife went right to his heart. To his heart? In that case, he must have died instantly, didn't he? That's right, Sergeant. Then he couldn't have written that name on the wall. In other words, someone tried to frame me.  How many people knew that Latrobe had been blackmailing you, Ed? Well, I've just told two people beside you, Sergeant. Who are they? One is Marion. You said you told her this morning, didn't you? That's right. Did the two of you come straight to headquarters after you told her? Of course. Who's the other person you told them? My partner, Hal Bishop. How long has he been in on the secret? He's known for a long time, ever since we first became partners. Would he have any motive for framing you? Hal? He's got no motive at all. If that's true, there's only one alternative. What's that? The trove must have had an accomplice who was in on the blackmail plot. You mean the accomplice killed him? It's the only possible explanation of you and Hal Bishop are innocent. Your fiancee couldn't have killed him, and no one else knew you were involved with Latrobe. Yes, it certainly adds up. Sweat, how long has Latrobe been staying here at the hotel? Well, not very long. I think he just checked in the day before yesterday. Anyone come with him? Well, now let me see. Yes, by golly, there was someone with him, a fellow named Colonel. Colonel? Yeah, that's right. He took a separate room. Is he still here at the hotel? He hasn't checked out, if that's what you mean. What's his room number? He's downstairs in 210. Come on in. We'll pay a call on Mr. Karnak. Should be quite an experience meeting a man you shot to death two years ago. With the hotel manager leading the way, Sergeant Preston and Ed Grant went downstairs to Karnak's room. This is it right here, 210. I don't hear anyone inside. Have you a pass key, Clint? Yeah, yeah, sure. I got one right here. The room's empty. What does Karnak look like? He's a big, heavy-set fellow with a dark beard. His nose is sort of crooked. Looks as though it might have been broken sometime or other. That's him all right. Ed, I'm fairly certain you didn't kill the trome, but you'd better stay in town until his case is cleared up. Suppose you go back to headquarters and wait there for the time being. All right, Sergeant. Anything you say. In the meantime, King and I will try to locate Karnak.  Oh, ho, ho, there. Karnak. Hello, Bishop. Fool. Come here for a while. I had to. The trove's been murdered. Murdered? You heard me. Who killed him? Who do you suppose? You mean Grant? Sure, I mean Grant. How did you find out? In the hotels in an uproar. Everybody's talking about it. But what they say, the trove broke Grant's name on the wall just before he died. Have they arrested Grant yet? No, they didn't. When he came in the lobby and he had Grant with him. Did Grant see you? No. There was a whole mob of people milling around. I still don't say why you had to come here. I had to go somewhere. If I stick around town, the Mounties will nab me. Nab you? Why should they?  By this time, Grant spilled the beans about the trove and blackmailing him. What if he has? What if he has? Once the Mounties find out I checked him with the trove, they'll get wise with the whole deal. They'll know I'm the guy Grant's forced to have killed. Yeah, I never thought of that. But even so, they can't prove a blackmail charged without evidence.  Grant killed the trove because he was being blackmailed. Ain't that evidence enough? What do you expect me to do about it? I expect you to hide me out or help me make a getaway, that's what. Just remember you're in this just as deep as I am.  So you better make doggone sure they don't catch me. Did you check out of the hotel? Of course not. I would have looked too suspicious. I figured the smartest thing to do was just slip away when I had the chance. Hey, someone's coming. Wait a minute. I'll take a look out the window. Holy smoke. Now who is it? It's a Mounties sergeant named Preston. A Mountie? For Pete's sake, what am I going to do? Keep it sure, Don. Probably just came here to tell me about Grant being arrested. Yeah, but what happens if he finds me here? He does know you from Adam. Let's see. I'll tell him you're a friend of mine named Johnson. Now keep back out of sight. Maybe he won't even come in. Okay. Hi there, Sergeant Preston. Hello, Hal. What brings you this way? I'm trailing a man named Karnak. Apparently he came here to your cabin. Came here? Why, you must be mistaken, Sergeant. Whose team is that? It belongs to a man named Johnson. He came here to visit my partner at Grant. Inside? Uh, why, yes. Then I'll go in and talk to him. All right. Get your hands up, Mountie. Don't let that much come any closer. I'll plug him. Steady, King. Steady, boy. So your visitor's name is Johnson, eh, Hal? Now don't get me wrong, Sergeant. That's the name he gave me. Like I told you, he came here to see Ed. You can cut out that innocent stuff, Bishop.    Why should I? You hadn't pulled that gun. You might have fooled him. Ah, fat chance. I heard what he told you. He trailed me here from town. I suppose you were both in on the murder. What? Both in on the murder. You mean La Trove's murder? That's right. What are you talking about? It was Grant that killed La Trove. I heard all about it back at the hotel. He wrote Grant's name on the wall before he died. Sorry, Carnac, but your frame-up didn't work. Stop talking riddles. La Trove was stabbed through the heart, which means he died instantly. In other words, he couldn't possibly have written Grant's name on the wall. That leaves only two possible suspects, you and Hal Bishop. What's that? Figure it out, Carnac. Grant wouldn't try to frame himself, and you two are the only other persons who knew he was connected with La Trove.   Why should I kill him? In other words, you're accusing Carnac of the murder. Accusing me? Why, you...  I'm not accusing you of anything. Can't you see he's just trying to place against each other? Don't hand me that. I know Doggone well I didn't kill La Trove, so you must have. All right, all right. So what if I did? We can discuss that later. The big problem right now is how to get rid of this money. What do you mean, get rid of it? We can't leave him here alive.  What else can we do with him? Tie him up and high-tail it out of here. And how far do you think we'd get before they nabbed us? I'd rather take my chances on that than swing from murder.  Haven't you heard how these Mounties never give up till they get their man? If you leave Preston here alive, be sure to track you down sooner or later. If we kill him, we can get rid of the body and no one will ever know he trailed you here. Maybe you're right at that. Sure I'm right. What's more, if you help me do away with Preston, I'll pay you $5,000. $5,000? All right, it's a deal.  No one's asking you, Preston. What do we do, plug him right now? No, too many cabins around here. Someone to hear the shot. And what's your plan? No time up and gag him, keep him here till it's dark. And we'll load him in a sled, take him into the woods. We can kill him and plant his body someplace where no one will ever find it. Good idea. You keep him covered. I'll go out of the wood shed and get some rope. As Hal Bishop went out of the cabin, Sergeant Preston noticed that he left the cabin door standing ajar. A plan flashed into the Mountie's head. If he could distract Karnak's attention, King could make a dash for freedom through the open doorway. Looking Karnak straight in the eye, the sergeant began to move slowly away from King's. Stand still, Preston. I have my hands up. What are you worried about? I said stand still. If this really frightens you, I'll stop, but I don't see why you should get so nervous. The great dog Yukon King stood watching his master intently, waiting for the command he sensed was coming. Suddenly the sergeant spoke. Go, King! A gray streak flashed out the doorway. Karnak whirled and exclaimed in baffled rage.  I got along. Meanwhile, King was racing around to the rear of the cabin. As he approached the wood shed, he saw Hal Bishop standing inside. Hal turned, and his jaw dropped in dismay as the great dog charged with a ferocious snarl. The terrified man groped for a club, but before he could use it, King had knocked him off his feet. Inside the cabin, Karnak and sergeant Preston heard the faint sounds of the struggle going on inside the wood shed. That dog of yours. He's got a hole of bishop. I wouldn't be a bit surprised.  Oh, I... As Preston obeyed the order, Karnak came up close behind him and jammed his gun in the sergeant's back. Get out that door and don't try any false moves. The sergeant was thinking fast. As he stepped out of the cabin, he suddenly turned his head, as though King were waiting just outside the door and shouted, Karnak, world to meet the surprise attack. Preston whirled around, grabbed the crook's gunhand, and dealt him a terrific blow to the head. Karnak staggered, but kept hold of the gun. As the two men grappled desperately, the gun went off. The sergeant was twisting Karnak's wrist. Stop it, Karnak. With an agonized gasp, Karnak let go of the gun. It dropped in the snow, and a moment later it was kicked several yards away as the two men struggled back and forth. Meanwhile, King had heard the shot and came running back to the front of the cabin to help his master. Hal Bishop followed close behind the great dog. He saw the gun lying in the snow. As he darted toward it, the sergeant landed a punch that knocked Karnak out. Hal was just picking up the gun. Before he could take aim and fire, the sergeant drilled him with a shot from the hip.  You and Karnak are under arrest in the name of the Queen. To save himself, Karnak eagerly agreed to testify that Hal Bishop had admitted murdering Latrobe, and Hal, seeing that his position was hopeless, made a full confession. That evening, after he and Karnak had been taken back to Dawson and locked up in jail, sergeant Preston discussed the case at headquarters with Ed Grant and his fiance. Ed was stunned by the news of his partner's treachery. I can hardly believe it, sergeant. Why on earth did Hal want to frame me? Well, for one thing, he hoped to take over your share of the claim. For another thing, he was in love with Marion and wanted to get you out of the picture. I knew he was kind of sweet on Marion before we got engaged, but I thought he was being a good sport about the whole thing. Did he bring those two blackmailers up here just on purpose to frame Ed for murder? No. Originally, he just intended to betray Ed to the Chicago police as a fugitive from justice. But when he wrote to the chief of police in Chicago, he got a reply saying he must be mistaken. No such crime had ever been committed. So then he wrote to Latrobe. Is that it? That's right. You had told him that Latrobe ran a little cafe called the Ten Spots, so it wasn't hard to get in touch with him. Even then, he wasn't planning to kill Latrobe. He just wanted to scare you into running away. Yeah. I remember that. He tried to talk me into going down a skagway and getting on a ship. When you refused, he decided to frame you for murder. Well, thank heavens it's all over with. Yes, and what a relief to know that I never killed Carnac after all. But for two years, I've been thinking I was a murderer. You did the wise thing in coming to the police, Ed. I certainly realize that now, Sergeant. I just wish I'd done it a long time ago. I suppose the next wise thing you're going to do is make Marion Mrs. Grant. That's right, Sergeant. We're getting married tomorrow. 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Hi friends. Welcome back to my channel and a special welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen. I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach and I'm on the WW personal points plan. It is time for my December favorites. I have so many WW foods, beauty and household favorites to share with you. I can't wait to share with you all of the things that I have been loving over the last month. So if you're excited to see all of my favorite things, give this video a huge thumbs up and if you're new to my channel or you haven't yet subscribed, I would love to have you here. Hit the subscribe button and click the bell right next to it so you never miss a single video. Check out that description box down below for nutrition coaching. I do offer personalized to you macros and calories as well as one-on-one coaching if you would like to chat with me directly. Links, discounts to all of my favorite things are also down in that description box as well as my Facebook group. Come on over, join us there. We'd love to have you. So let's jump in to my December favorites. As always, we're going to start with my WW food favorites for the month of December. First up, let's talk about tea. So I have really gotten into having hot tea, especially as the weather has gotten colder and I was looking for a company that has ethically sourced tea. I didn't want to pick up cheap tea at the store because I've heard that they sweep up the stuff on the floor and throw it in the tea bags. So I did a little bit of research and discovered teapigs and I went ahead and placed quite a lofty order for some of their seasonal flavors as well as some of their traditional in-stock flavors and I've been loving their tea. This is their limited edition gingerbread. It is so good and I love this spiced winter red tea. I actually purchase eight or nine different kinds of their tea. I love every single one of them. They are naturally caffeine-free which was something else I was looking for was to pick up a tea that didn't have a lot of caffeine. I love them. The flavor is so good. It's truly what it says on the package. It's rich. It's flavorful. So, so good. So highly recommend teapigs if you are someone that enjoys a good hot cup of tea or even iced tea. Next up is a water enhancer and this is from the brand True Lime and this is their Limeade water enhancer with watermelon. I'm really picky on my water enhancers. I mentioned in my grocery haul that I picked up a propel one that I didn't like at all. I really like this one. This one is super delicious. It has nice clean ingredients. It's 10 calories for one of the little packets, three carbohydrates, one gram of sugar. It's made with stevia so it has a nice sweet flavor to it. I really like this. So this True Lime, True Lemon brand, really delicious. I bought this from Imperfect Foods as a little sample and this is my third package that I've picked up. This is the Kitchen and Love Rice Cauliflower Ready to Eat. This is super convenient.  All that is in here is cauliflower and lactic acid non-dairy, which is just a preservative in the rice cauliflower. It's really good. It has a nice texture, a nice taste. Again, I did buy this off of Imperfect Foods. I'll link Imperfect Foods down in the description box for you with $20 worth of free groceries if you're interested in supporting a great cause. They actually prevent food waste by selling at a discount, overstocked foods and foods that would generally be thrown away. So I love them. I order from them every couple of weeks as you guys know and this has been a staple product in my order. Again, the brand is Kitchen and Love. I don't know if you can find this anywhere else, but it's super affordable on Imperfect Foods. This soup is so good. This is the Pacific Foods Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup. Again, the cold weather brings out the soup. This is so incredibly delicious. It tastes just like tomato soup, but with a little bit of a flavor kick. And I think it's that red pepper. So it's sweet from the red pepper, but it definitely has that tomato vibe as well. It's really, really good. It has nice clean ingredients. You can have an entire cup for 130 calories. This has been my go-to soup this winter. Now I shared this in a What I Eat in a Day. This is the PE Science Select and this is their Peppermint Bark protein powder. Now I don't know if this is still available. It is a limited edition flavor. This protein powder is incredible. It literally tastes like you're eating a piece of peppermint bark candy. It is creamy. It's chocolatey. It's pepperminty. I love it. I really like this brand in general. I had a great experience ordering from their website. If this is still available, grab it while you can. It is the best protein powder I've ever had. It is that good. And I can't wait to try more of the PE Science brand. You've also seen me haul these pretty much every week in my grocery haul. These are the Winky Sugar-Free Jello. I don't know what it is about this brand. I don't know what voodoo magic is in here, but this sugar-free jello is so good. This one is the sour cherry. It comes in lime and orange. You can buy an entire flat of jello cups. I think there's 18 for less than $3 at Walmart and these have been such a big game changer for both myself and Troy. I like to have these for dessert. I put a little whipped cream on top sometimes and these and the little cups are perfect to throw into Troy's lunch. They're super affordable. They're convenient. They're pre-portioned out. Highly recommend if you can find the Winky brand at Walmart. This has also been another recent staple for me and this is the Gatorade Zero. I buy mine at Costco because it's the most affordable price. You get the white which is Glacier Cherry, the lemon lime and a fruit punch for a really affordable price at Costco. It is 10 calories for the entire bottle. It's zero points. I really like this because it gives me back some electrolytes. I'm not eating as much as I was before just because I'm eating foods that fill me up a lot faster. I've been liking to break the monotony of water all day with a Gatorade Zero. I either do a Gatorade Zero or a water enhancer. I definitely drink mainly plain water but sometimes I like to break it up a little bit and these Gatorade Zeros have been huge for me and Troy also takes one every single day in his lunch. Another thing I've been obsessed with are these shelled hemp seeds. These ones are actually from Trader Joe's. These add the perfect crunch to literally anything. I love to put these on my yogurt, in my smoothies, in a smoothie bowl, in oatmeal, on salad. It adds a ton of crunch and these are so so good for you. It says they have a nutty like flavor and soft chewy texture. Each serving provides two and a half grams of omega three and eight and a half grams of omega six fatty acids which are essential fatty acids and they taste really good. They do have kind of a little bit of a nutty flavor. You don't need very much. I usually put a tablespoon or two and these have just really enhanced my bowls, salads, oatmeal and things. I really am loving these and you don't have to buy the Trader Joe's ones. I just picked these up because they were really affordable and they have such a great chewy nutty crunchy texture. And my last WW food favorite is actually the Skinny Girl Poppy Seed Dressing. This is my second container. I just bought this. That's why it is still sealed up. This dressing is really good. I was skeptical of these sugar-free, fat-free dressings, mainly because of the ingredients but because of the way that I have to eat. I can't have sugar. I really have to watch my fat. So these are really my go-to when it comes to salad dressing and I was pleasantly surprised on how good this Poppy Seed one is. I know that they have a ranch as well. That will be the next one that I pick up. Pleasantly pleasantly surprised, you can have two tablespoons for only 10 calories. It has really good flavor and I don't have any sugar-free aftertaste. This definitely has been a big game changer for me. I can have my salads again and have a dressing that works with my diet. So those are my WW food favorites. I also have a couple of home favorites that I wanted to share with you that I picked up in the month of December and we have been loving these. First is this little two-pack of bowl cradles. These things have been a huge game changer.  These have been such a game changer for us when it comes to warming things up in the microwave in a bowl. It just makes it so easy. We're not burning ourselves anymore and I like to be able to take this over to my table and actually eat out of this. It also prevents the heat from the bowl going on to your table. My table in my kitchen can discolor with a lot of heat so these have been amazing. I just bought these off of Amazon. They had lots of different patterns. I think this blue one was the most affordable so that's why I bought it but we love these. We love these. They're washable. You can just throw them in your washer. Both Troy and I have been using these pretty regularly. I also picked up some small plates. I picked up two different sizes. This is a pack of these little teeny tiny kind of pastel colored plates. These are about the size of a dessert plate. Definitely a little bit smaller than a salad plate but these have been really good for me to eat my meals on these or my snacks on these instead of dirtying up a full-size dinner plate. If I'm just having a small snack or a small meal I feel like I'm getting more on these bigger plates. These are kind of a plasticky material. They're dishwasher safe. I've actually thrown these in the dishwasher and you get this whole pack on Amazon for really, really affordable price. It's just really helped with portion control and to help me not feel like I'm not getting very much on a huge dinner plate. I also bought the little bit larger set as well so this is another set of four. These are really nice. They actually have more of a ridge on them so you could even use these as a shallow bowl. These have also been nice again just for portion control and to make me feel like I'm getting a lot of food on a small plate. So here is the size difference of the two. So you can see this one's definitely larger. Again I bought these on Amazon too. They were super, super affordable. I will go ahead and link both of these down below. They'd be great for kids. Absolutely fantastic for kids. They are indestructible. You cannot break them. Dishwasher safe. I've really been enjoying having these for my snacks and meals. Now let's jump into my beauty favorites. I have some skincare items, some makeup items, some really exciting things for you guys when it comes to beauty that have been my favorites this last month. Starting with these facial radiance pads from First Aid Beauty. I wish I would have discovered these a long, long time ago. These little pads are amazing. You can see that they look kind of like stridex. If you remember stridex when we were kids. They're just these little pads. One side is textured and one side is not. The textured side is used for exfoliation. These are great to tone your face with. So I'll wash my face. I usually double cleanse and then I'll run one of these over my face with the smooth side and with the textured side and it just adds literally instant radiance to your face. They're not too expensive. You get 60 pads and I love these. I use these every single day. I really wish I would have discovered these sooner. I will link them down below and sometimes you can even find these at TJ Maxx. Another skincare product I've been loving is from Tarte and this is the Youth or Dare Multi Acid C Serum. I've been using this in the morning as my vitamin C serum. My skin loves vitamin C. It just adds instant hydration and glow to my skin and this one from Tarte is really, really good and it is quite a large container so you get a lot of uses out of this for the price. It doesn't have a scent which is great. You don't want to add a lot of fragrance to your skin if you can avoid it especially if it's something that's going to be sitting on your skin like a serum. This one is really good and for vitamin C serum, this one is really affordable. I've really been enjoying it. So before the holidays, before New Year's Eve, I decided to pick up a couple of new perfumes. You guys know I've been loving perfume and I went ahead of course and grabbed two more fragrances from dossier. I've shared these with you guys a couple of times in the past. These two new fragrances are incredible. Dossier creates perfumes inspired by very high-end fragrances. So instead of paying $80, $90, $100 for a high-end fragrance, you can buy the dossier version for $29 or $39 and let me tell you I own quite a few. I think six or seven of these and they are a dead-on match to the high-end fragrance for $29 or $30 which is such a great deal. I decided since I wanted some new perfumes in my life that I would pick up a couple more from dossier. So I thought I would share these with you because I love them both and actually my husband actually likes the sense of these and he's kind of a perfume snob. He doesn't like a lot of perfume scents but he really really enjoys these two. So they all come in this super nice box. You get a card here that tells you the notes, what perfume it's inspired by, the concentration and how dossier perfumes work. The packaging is beautiful. It is glass packaging with, I love this, a magnetic lid. So I mentioned that I picked up two new fragrances. So the first one is florental coconut and this is actually inspired by the Tom Ford Soleil Blanc Odie perfume. I will go ahead and put here on the screen the price of the Tom Ford which you may be shocked versus the price of the dossier. This has notes of top notes of Cardamom, pistachio, bergamot, middle notes of Lang Lang, two bros and jasmine and base notes of cedarwood, amber, banzoine and coconut. It is kind of fresh, fruity, spicy. It's a little bit of everything. Oh, oh my gosh. It smells so good. I smell the Lang Lang, that fruity vibe. I smell the coconut for sure. That's definitely front and center and then you have the cardamom and the jasmine which bring in kind of a spicy floral. This is so good. This is a perfume that whenever I wear it I get a lot of compliments. So if you're interested in the Tom Ford, pick up the dossier for a much more affordable price. The other scent I picked up is fruity honey and again the packaging and I love this. So satisfying. So fruity honey is inspired by Joe Malone Nectar Blossom and Honey Cologne. So I have the dossier version of the other Joe Malone perfume and I love it. It's amazing. So as soon as I saw that they had this Joe Malone perfume, I grabbed it and the price of the original high end is insane. So the top notes of this are black currant and green leaves. Doesn't that sound so good? The middle notes are honey and nectarine and the base notes are peach and velveteer. So this is more of a fruity fragrance. It's definitely lighter. I just love it. It is so fruity and light. This is actually a perfect spring or summer scent. I just had to pick it up because I really like the Joe Malone perfume but I didn't want to spend the money and this definitely does not disappoint. Truly both of these are very very very similar to the high end. You wouldn't notice the difference by smelling these on yourself or someone else. You wouldn't know that these are dossier and not the high end. So I will make sure that I link dossier down below for you with the discount code and the great thing about them is you can double dip your discounts. So whatever discount is site wide, you can apply this code to that as well and get a double discount. So you can save 20, 30, 40, 50 percent on their already super low prices. So these two have been favorites. I also ordered some really fun makeup brushes in December and I've really been loving the quality. These are from the brand Bling brushes and you can see that these these babies are blingy. They have all different types of colors of the rhinestones but what I really love about these is the quality of the brushes is so so good. You can see mine are pretty dirty. I've been using these regularly since I got them. Bling brushes was running a huge sale so I got these for a really affordable price. I received an entire set of eye brushes for I want to say about $50 which is not bad at all and I just love the blingy handles. It just makes my heart happy to put my makeup on with these. Also from the brand Pink Honey, this is the Honey Glue Original Super Hold. Here's what it looks like. So you can see kind of the hole in the middle. It is hard to the touch. It's waxy. It smells incredibly delicious. It has a very fruity smell to it. This is a brow wax and I have the wildest craziest out of control eyebrows ever. This holds my eyebrows in place all day. It comes with a spoolie to apply the product. It just smells so good and it works so good. There is no need to buy high-end brow freezes or brow glues. This one works so incredibly good. This is the best brow glue I've ever used and it takes a lot to tame my brows and it's super super affordable. Definitely recommend if you need a good brow glue in your life. Next up is from Fenty Beauty and this is the Fenty Match Stick Contour Stick. So this is what the product looks like. It's just a stick contour. This has been my go-to contour. I love that it's cream. As I get older, I'm really getting into cream products because they sit on my skin better. They don't settle into all my fine lines and wrinkles and this Fenty Contour Stick is amazing. It is so creamy. It's so blendable. I generally contour right on my cheeks, under my chin, my nose and right on my forehead and it blends out so so well. You can layer so I'll apply a cream bronzer on top of this and it layers really really well. This is a little bit more expensive than a drugstore contour but it's the best one that I have ever used. It is my holy grail when it comes to contour sticks. You know I love highlighter and I have been obsessed with this melt blush light in shadow play. Now I know when you look at it you're thinking interesting it looks like chalk. In fact when you swatch it it looks like chalk but let me just tell you when you put this on your skin it is absolutely stunning. Look at that that shimmer that shine that glow. I love to be seen from space with highlighter. This is actually the highlighter that I have on my face today. I've been loving this when I first got it and I looked at it and swatched it. I was like chalk. No ma'am this is amazing. Again this is the blush light in shadow play from Melt. This has been another staple for me since I picked it up. This actually just was released. This is the Natasha Denona Rose Cheek Duo and you have a stunning cream to powder blush and highlighter. I love cream blush as you guys know but I really really have been loving this cream to powder blush. I love the color of it and the highlight is so buttery soft. So here is the cream blush. It is so pretty and then that highlight. Look at that that glow of that highlight for Natasha Denona. This is super affordable. It's $19. What I like about this is it's great for travel. There's even a mirror in it as well and it's great for travel.  And as always we are ending out our beauty favorites with a palette. Oh my gosh I love this palette. So I hinted and hot about picking this up. Finally bought this on sale. This is the palette I wore for Christmas. That is how much I love this palette. This is from BH Cosmetics. This is the Mrs. Claus Lip List Eyeshadow Palette. Look at the packaging. How cute is that? This palette. Oh my gosh. It says you're the ho ho hottest from BH Cosmetics. Look at this palette. I mean this shade right here. This green is absolutely stunning. That's the shade I wore on my lid on Christmas. I went in with the reds and the greens with a little bit of the glitter. This eyeshadow palette the quality of this I'm floored and I love BH Cosmetics. I own probably 40 of their eyeshadow palettes but the quality of this one is like a $200 eyeshadow palette. The mattes are buttery soft. The shimmers are out of this world. You saw that green shimmer. Absolutely beautiful. There's only one pressed glitter and this pressed glitter isn't bad at all for pressed glitter. It's just a great palette. There's neutral. There's color. There's a little bit of everything. This is still available. I'll link it. There's a possibility that it's even still on sale. Get this palette. It is worth the full price which I think is only like $34 which is not bad at all but I think I pay 20 or $21 for it. I'm obsessed with this palette. I can't wait to play with it more. So those are all of my December favorites. WW Foods, Home and Beauty. 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