Chapter 1276

"Tonight we will stay at the charity dinner organized by Michelle for a long time. This is the best opportunity to meet local politicians in Chicago at the beginning of the year. The governor and his wife, the Underwood couple, and the Daly couple have good reasons. To be there, but...they should all go to the Bronfman Symphony Center to catch the New Year's concert of the Chicago Orchestra, because there will also be dinners and other activities there, so the time is difficult to grasp, and we may have to wait until very late."

On January 3rd, Sloan called to update the schedule.

"OK, just wait, no problem."

Since she didn't want to meet the rich three generations again, and didn't want to appear at the Bronfman Symphony Center again, Song Ya declined to continue to conduct Baba Yetu at the New Year's concert this year. See you sometime."

One of the more embarrassing developments in the East Hall bathroom incident is that politicians are cautious about meeting themselves in public. At least before the dust of the impeachment case settles, they don't want to be contacted by the gossip media.

"see you then."

Song Ya hung up the phone and picked up her eldest daughter Sansa. Today, the sons and daughters, Xue Linfen, and Mira are all going back to Los Angeles, and he finds time to send them off.

"The filming started in Ireland and Canada at the same time in March, divided into two groups, and the Irish side was in charge of the war scenes."

The Cold Mountain project has officially started operation. First, the history, archaeologists, costumes, props teams, etc. will cooperate to get the location, costumes and other content during the Civil War. Nali must take advantage of these three months to gain weight to the size required by the director, while the male protagonist Caviezel needs to lose weight until he is thin. Since the male and female protagonists are not together most of the time in the plot, they will be separated first. There are two groups, one for literary dramas with heroines and second-class female characters, and one for war scenes in which the male protagonist participates.

The Irish ensemble successfully completed the extremely difficult World War II scene of Saving Private Ryan. Before that, they also took on the location of big productions such as Braveheart. The country also provided various preferential policies to support. Yeremov finally chose Cold Mountain After being there, and Xue Linfen's familiarity, she will go there with the team to watch the production work in the future.

Choosing Canada is to take care of the snow scene shooting.

"Don't smoke and drink."

Song Ya finally told Mira that she was in a hurry to return to Los Angeles to continue furnishing the 20 million mansion.

"Understood... Oh, by the way, I read the news this morning that the value of your YAHOO stock has doubled again?" Mira asked before leaving.

"Not that much." Song Ya shook her head.

"How much is that?"

"It's very complicated, and I won't be able to explain it clearly in a while."

In the second half of last year, YAHOO completed two large acquisitions of billions of dollars. The market was wildly optimistic and sought after. In less than half a year, the market value rose by 50%. The proportion of some stocks has dropped to 3.2%, and as of today it is worth about 2 billion.

Song Ya doesn't want to talk about real wealth with women, especially women who give birth to themselves.

However, he does not want to clarify the misunderstanding that his net worth has risen in the same proportion as YAHOO's stock price. This year, he will basically continue last year's strategy and reveal his richness in the Fujibi rich list in August and September, or he will keep it from now on. High-profile, no longer hiding it, and even bluffing a little bit, the 'staff' agreed that it would be beneficial.

The Grammy judges have been offended,

The A+ film studio is out of this year's Oscars, but it is no surprise that he will be in another industry at the beginning of the year, and the financial industry's awards season will be very rewarding. Fortune magazine will most likely list him in the 1998 Global 50 in April. In the important list of business elites.

Of course, the first task now is to fight the new special battle well, send away the women and children, and continue to go back to work.

"You made a lot of money last year."

During the day, he accepted an exclusive interview with Stephanie, the chief reporter of A, "Can you update the data on APLUS? The last figure on my side was 3.1 billion, which was given by Fujibi magazine. It is rumored that your net worth has increased since then. Fifty percent up."

"Sorry haha, I can't say too much about this you know, let's get back to the topic of music, Stephanie."

Song Ya declined with a Nancheng accent, laughing and laughing, but her complacent expression seemed to be giving an affirmative answer, a bit schizophrenic, but this effect was necessary.

"Well, the one that everyone is paying the most attention to is undoubtedly the out-of-stock problem of your new album. When will it be resolved? Do you have a specific timetable?"

Stephanie is also the White House correspondent of Channel A. She has a sharp style and a strong personality. Otherwise, this top elite woman in journalism would not have fallen out with her previous employer, FoxNews, which has countless times better development prospects.

"Of course, I'm working hard, and I worry about it every day when I open my eyes." Song Ya replied.

"So what are the specific actions? Your fans are very concerned." Stephanie asked.

"Uh, I don't know if I can mention some specific content, because... you know, this involves some business decisions with my business partners, such as transferring goods, placing orders with new factories, etc... ...but I promise..."

Song Ya put his hands on his chest and looked directly at the camera sincerely, "I promise to get you 't Hold US as quickly as possible."

"But I noticed that some people have a lot of stock in their hands, second-hand vendors on the street and on the Internet, and some PC and game console chain stores. There are rumors that even video stores are sold out and they still have them." Stephanie pressed.

"I probably understand some of the situation, I'm sorry, I solemnly apologize, I really messed up this time, I didn't expect the problem in the production line, and I didn't pay special attention to the release situation, I will deal with it, I promise again. "

In the evening, he went to Big A and Al's radio stations to brag about each other for a while, and waited for Sloan to meet up, and they rushed to Michelle's charity organization to attend a dinner together.

"This year is okay, the mid-term elections are over, and there will be a lot fewer politicians asking me for money this year haha."

After the entertainment, he got together with Michelle's husband's campaign manager, top pusher Axelrod and others to pass the time. They have been friends for many years, and they can speak less scruples, "When will Senator Underwood arrive?"

"The New Year's concert should not be over, it's still early."

Axelrod looked at the watch and replied, "Poor Underwood."

"Yeah, he was the one who suffered the most last year." He lost the third position of the Donkey Party in the House of Representatives, and was demoted from a party whip to an ordinary federal member. There is no doubt that his political career has suffered a major blow. "Will the commander in chief give him some compensation this year?" Song Ya asked, "After all, it was because of the impeachment case..."

"Probably not." Axelrod shook his head.

"Why?"

Axelrod smiled but did not answer.

"Ha, is there a consulting fee?" Song Ya also smiled, "I can afford it."

"Of course you can afford APLUS." Mikva, the former White House counsel, his own law school teacher, who also helped Michelle's husband in the election, arrived.

He is also accompanied by Milton Davis, the chairman of South Shore Bank, and top black bankers. These people are basically staunch supporters and campaign staff of Michelle and his wife.

"It's like this. Ms. Sloan doesn't have the energy to take care of public relations anymore. The Ogilvy & Mather company I hired is a big company, so it's always inconvenient..."

Song Ya was actually half-joking just now, "Mr. Axelrod, is your company interested in taking over part of my public relations and lobbying affairs?"

He had discussed it with Sloan, and they agreed that this candidate was the perfect one, with a complicated political and social circle and good energy skills, especially in Chicago.

"Of course, wow, it's an honor."

Of course the business of the three billionaires was successful, Axelrod happily agreed, "Then..."

"Shall we talk in detail tomorrow?"

"Okay, I'm at your..."

"A+ Records HQ, I'll be there these days."

"OK." The two shook hands.

"Congratulations." The others immediately teased Axelrod, "Don't forget to go back to school." Teacher Mikva laughed again.

After everyone continued to talk about the topic just now, Axelrod opened the conversation box, "There are only two years left in the term of the Grand Commander. It is rumored that his wife will enter politics. She has a high-ranking government position, so there is a high probability that she will choose a place to run for office. In Chicago... there are no suitable vacancies in two thousand years, and the governor, senator and other important positions have been elected. We are."

"OK, I see."

Time has changed and the situation has changed. Whether Underwood got the post of party whip or other political benefits in exchange, it was because the commander-in-chief at that time needed the blue highlands in the Midwest to support him in running for re-election. Retiring for a one-year term, and his wife did not come to Chicago for the election, it should be more important to use it to pave the way for the target constituency while he still has power in his hand.

No wonder the donkey party politicians in Chicago have had a bad time recently. Underwood's resignation was not retained. Last year, he lost a seat in the federal senator to the elephant party. Song Ya was taught, "Where will she go?"

"I still can't see the clue, the south, Arkansas, Tennessee? In short, you can either go to the former territory of the commander-in-chief and Gore, or go to heavyweight iron ticket areas such as New York and California. The lack of members." Axelrod replied.

"Well……"

But David Patterson, the hopeful star of the Manhattan Gang he supports, has long been eyeing that vacancy? I thought that the main opponent was Jr. Kennedy, but Song Ya was taken aback, "Isn't it going to be with Jr. Kennedy..."

The Kennedy family is also very powerful in the Donkey Party. The only remaining third of the three brothers, Edward Kennedy, has been a Massachusetts U.S. Senator for more than 30 years.

"Well, so everything is not certain, let's see again, it's hard to say now."

Maybe he knew that the business was in sight and deliberately showed his strength. Axelrod talked a little too much. Song Ya felt that he should be better than Sloan. His main experience and communication level were much higher, and he was Jewish.

Everyone agrees that the commander-in-chief can pass this month's Senate impeachment vote, with 67 votes. It is almost impossible for the Elephant Party to get it under the current political and public opinion environment.

So in the end of the impeachment case, we Chicago lost the most? Song Ya secretly complained about Underwood's grievances, and she was also involved because of the talkative Lewinsky, so she couldn't help feeling a little resentful.

"The concert just ended, and they seem to be going to the dinner party over there." Sloan came to report from Michelle and his wife.

These power animals don't want to join the Bronfman family with a watermelon, damn it, they are so active...

Song Ya and Sloan looked at each other, both secretly worried.

The others looked at their watches at the same time, so they had to continue chatting and waiting.

"David, do you think about it anyway?"

At the Bronfman Symphony Center, Fu Sandai stood up to applaud the conductor, Barenboy and the Chicago Orchestra, and at the same time said to David Geffen beside him: "Please understand me, Universal Music Group needs to continue to streamline its internal organizational structure and reduce costs. And that's what Doug Morris has been trying to accomplish."

David Geffen glanced at Doug Morris behind him, knowing that this was the habit of the third generation of rich people throwing the blame, "I will."

"If you have doubts about your bid..."

During the concert, Bronfman Jr. and Barry Diller formally proposed to David Geffen the idea of ​​buying the remaining shares of Geffen Records and MCA Records in his hands. The psychological price calculated after negotiation was 600 million. will be so high.

David Geffen was very shocked by the sudden attack, and also showed anger. In his eyes, Seagram Global Group is about to go public as a whole, and it is a bit immoral to drive people away now.

But... 600 million, when David Geffen sold his Geffen record to MCA in 1992, he got a total of 550 million in cash plus some MCA record shares, and now those MCA record shares plus his retained Some Geffen Records shares, the remaining six or seven years have passed and I have given a price of 600 million, and I have made a lot of money. What else is there to be satisfied with? According to the current market conditions of the record industry, I'm afraid someone else would have to laugh in their dreams.

"Uh, I will send someone to negotiate with Doug. Sorry, I'll take a step first..." David Geffen left with a sullen face, "Go back and rest."

He was already very generous, and Little Bronfman almost laughed out loud when he looked at the dejected back of the other party. He was very happy, "Take a chance to hint, if he doesn't know the fun... let him not forget that many of DreamWorks' release contracts are still with us. hands." He whispered to another subordinate, Universal Pictures President Ron Meyer.

"Okay." Ron Meyer nodded.

Bronfman Jr. looked down again. The crowd near the first row of the auditorium in the lobby, Governor Peter Flock, Mayor Daly Jr., and other prominent figures in Chicago politics and their families were surrounding Ann, who had just returned from Washington D.C. The Durwoods chatted and laughed.

This Underwood still looks like a political boss, smiling and socializing as if nothing happened.

snort!

"I heard that the Grand Commander doesn't plan to please this blue highland anymore in the remaining two years?" he asked.

"Yes." Barry Diller replied in his tone: "This place is temporarily useless to the couple, and Underwood messed up the impeachment vote of the House of Representatives."

"hehe……"

Little Bronfman sneered, feeling a little irritated for no reason. Although the other party had received a severe lesson, he still didn't know who he had offended... Isn't that boring?

"There will be a dinner party soon." Doug Morris reminded, "We are leaving."

"OK."

The politicians below may have talked about him, and at the same time he looked up and waved hello, and he also smiled back.

"Governor Flock."

The dinner was held in a different place, this time not at Barenboy's house, the host was the manager of the Symphony Center, Shi Shiran communicated with the Illinois governor and his wife, "Mrs. Flock." Gentlemanly, he kissed the old-fashioned hand.

"It's an honor to meet you Mr. Bronfman, Mr. Diller, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Meyer." Alicia greeted.

"Ha, I remembered, your law firm is representing the American music website?" He recognized the woman, "Title partner?" Mr. Pian Pian didn't care much.

"Yes, we are fighting." Alicia admitted generously.

"It's okay, it's just business, I understand." He knew that Peter Flock was fighting against Daly Jr. in Chicago, and secretly made a note that he couldn't touch a newly elected governor for the time being, but he would definitely have a chance in the future.

"Mr. Bronfman, during my new term of office, Illinois will increase taxation and other preferential measures for the entertainment industry. The conditions are very good. I think we have the opportunity to deepen cooperation." Peter invested in the state lira.

"Yeah?"

"Of course, our policy is..." Peter introduced.

Doug Morris and Ron Meyer were on the sidelines to supplement the conversation, and the atmosphere was very good.

Forget it and give it another chance, "Ms. Flock, although I understand the responsibilities of a lawyer, maybe we can also reach a long-term cooperation? Seagram Global Group also provides services to excellent lawyers and law firms like you The need is urgent."

"Really?" Alicia was very happy, "That's great, of course welcome, I'm honored."

Peter felt that his wife didn't realize what she meant, so he gently squeezed her waist.

"Uh, I'm currently..." Alicia quickly reacted, and just said, "Hey, Mr. Bronfman." It happened that the Underwood couple also came to participate in the social interaction, and Underwood extended his hand enthusiastically, "Thank you Everything you've done for the Symphony Center, it's so beautiful."

"It should."

none of your business? A federal congressman also regarded himself as the owner, "My family and I have the habit of supporting literary venues, creations and artists."

"Salute to you and your father." Underwood shook his head twice forcefully, "Claire, my wife."

"Hello."

"Hello."

"Claire is doing some women's equality and African charity affairs." Underwood introduced.

"oh?"

What if you still have the face to ask me for money? Little Bronfman coped with it with all his strength.

"Dangdangdang..." At this time, the manager of the host symphony center knocked on the wine glass with a spoon.

"Let's go there." The crowd surrounded them.

After saying some scene words, "I invite Governor Flock..." The manager of the symphony center invited Peter Flock to give a speech.

Peter smiled and waved his hand to decline, pushing the Underwood who had just returned, and the others had tacitly booed in unison, wanting him to feel the warmth of Chicago's political scene.

"thanks, thanks."

Underwood walked to the center of the crowd with emotion, "Thank you everyone, I'm honored, I love Chicago!" He said loudly with deep affection: "It's great to be able to concentrate on coming back and continue serving here..."

He also has a set of repeating routines for regular speeches, and immediately took a short joke from when he was working in Chicago, which made the whole room laugh.

He didn't specifically shy away from his failure in Washington, of course, mainly to draw out the content of betting opponents later, "I have to mention an interesting person, my colleague in Congress, Mr. Newt Gingrich..."

"Hahaha!" The donkey party people present laughed again. Newt Gingrich actively advocated impeachment, but he was revealed to have an office affair within marriage.

Underwood is still confident, humorous, and charming, and has a domineering control over the years, but all this is quite dazzling in the eyes of Bronfman Jr.

"Okay, I'm actually not the protagonist here today, Mr. Bronfman, please."

Underwood finished his speech and began to drive everyone to applaud and invite.

"Thank you, I am ashamed that before supporting the Symphony Center, I myself have not had a more in-depth communication with here, Chicago."

In the past tense, Underwood kept shaking hands with one hand while supporting his back with the other hand. After going down, he whispered to the governor and his wife. Little Bronfman became more and more upset. He temporarily decided to make the other party more interesting. After the scene, he continued: "My grandfather sold wine all his life, and my father probably did the same, but I rebelliously love music and Hollywood..."

Everyone laughed.

"But I do know that my family has countless ties to Chicago and Illinois, and Seagram has been buying produce from here for nearly a hundred years, making whiskey out of barley, vodka and aquavit out of potatoes, that's a A Nordic wine..."

When he said this, he glanced at Underwood deliberately.

The other party's reaction was very satisfactory. Underwood stopped whispering ears with Peter in an instant, turned his head to look in surprise, and then looked at his wife Claire.

"And the main problem plaguing the traditional entertainment industry right now is..."

But he didn't pay attention to Barry Diller and Doug Morris. The two looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe what they had just heard, and their eyeballs were almost round.

It was also difficult for Peter Flock to maintain his demeanor and blinked his eyes a few times to digest the message.

"APLUS."

When it was Little Daly's turn to give a speech, Peter simply made an excuse to sneak out ahead of time. He and Alicia arrived at Song Ya's side early, "Let's chat in private?"

"Okay." Song Ya walked outside with him

"You know what happened to Underwood when he ran for re-election last year?" Peter asked.

"There is no danger."

"Hehe..." He smiled.

"What?" Song Ya asked strangely.

"I'm not sure, you can ask him yourself later." Peter was also tall, and put his arms around his shoulders affectionately, "Little Bronfman still seems to have some opinions on you?"

"That rich third generation, I didn't mess with him, and now he has caused me to lose a lot of money, a lot..."

Song Ya gritted her teeth, "What? He just..."

"Yes, but the real friendship is between us, isn't it?" Peter said something very nasty, "Don't worry, it's very difficult for us to separate from each other."

"Of course, we are the best partners." Song Ya continued to be puzzled.

Peter then chatted about the new entertainment incentives, state unemployment and Alicia's law firm business.

Song Ya Wenxian knew the elegant meaning, and promised to help anyone who could help.

"The key is little Daly. I might not endorse him during his re-election campaign. What about you?" Peter revealed his real purpose.

"Between you..."

"Yes, he is very annoying. Chicago is not owned by him and his family. I must take back the powers that the governor should have during this term," Peter said.

"I see."

"You support me?"

"Uh..." It's really hard to choose, the Daly family is the king of Chicago, and Peter's background...

"I must consider the safety of my business, and on this premise, I absolutely support you, Peter."

"Um."

Peter was a little dissatisfied with this statement, and turned to rambling.

"By the way, did you know that Vic McGee was shot and killed by a little thief?" Song Ya asked casually when talking about security issues, thinking of Vic.

"I know, but that's not bad news for us, isn't it?" Peter smiled and blinked his eyes subtly, "So I just said that only the two of us taking care of each other are the most perfect combination."

That's the reason, Song Ya nodded with a wry smile.

But he immediately realized that the other party's expression and small hints were not normal, his scalp suddenly began to tingle, and he tentatively said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome, let's talk back to the topic of Little Daley."

At the same time, Claire walked up to her husband after socializing at the dinner there, and said coldly, "I don't remember that you have the habit of giving up on yourself after setbacks, and overeating."

"I'm starving."

Underwood didn't give his wife the answer he wanted to hear this time. His eyes seemed to be full of desire for meat. He put down the bone he had just gnawed, and immediately picked up a piece of freshly grilled ribs from the counter , without any scruples about eating, he held both ends and put them horizontally into his mouth, "You know what? Claire, I'm very, very hungry right now..."