Chapter 865

It was already late when I rushed to the TV station, and the rehearsal was very detailed. When Song Ya and Mariah Carey were calmly accepting reporters' photos downstairs in the Tribeca apartment building, the lights of the Empire Heart were already full. night sky.

"snort!"

After entering the door, Mariah Carey immediately shook her hand away, "It's all your fault, now we can hardly get rid of the paparazzi."

"Sorry, Mimi, Taraji is helping you tidy up the master bedroom."

Song Ya didn't care much about her. After CUU and other media suddenly "helped" on a large scale, his subordinates seemed to be a lot more optimistic, but only he knew in his heart that Dan Burton's accusation was not groundless. When you can breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is the trouble with the hearing still unfinished?" Mariah Carey asked.

"How can it be so fast, I'm not a god." Song Ya replied, "Go, rest more, you are very tired today."

"What about you?" she asked.

"I'm going there..." Song Ya pointed to the study, "It will be very busy."

"oh."

Mariah Carey took her people to follow Taraji upstairs, Song Ya turned her face and asked Linda, "Is Goodman here?"

"Not yet, the snowy weather over there in Chicago caused flight delays, you've asked me several times." Linda asked, "Do you really need him that much now?"

"More than ever."

Only Goodman knew the whole story, Song Ya said to Linda: "Send someone to wait at the airport, I will wait for him if I don't sleep tonight."

"No problem..." Linda glanced at Hamlin, Sutton and his son who were walking into the study, and asked carefully in a low voice, "It's not as easy to solve as you imagined, right?"

"Nothing is easy for Linda, let alone Jesse Helms behind Dan Burton."

Song Ya didn't answer directly.

"Tomorrow morning the conservative media will make an effort to release the full text of Dan Burton's press conference and the live video they edited. I guarantee that it will have a completely different effect from CUU."

Goodman and Sloan didn't show up, but the meeting was still going on as usual. Percy Sutton was still very worried about the conservative media, "their audiences in the United States are not low, but their voices have become less and less popular since the 1960s. It's just loud."

"Then let's start preparing for the public relations countermeasures.

"Song Ya discussed with them for a while, and according to their optimistic attitude, they agreed that the biggest danger did not come from Dan Burton or Jesse Helms, but the attitude of Sony Columbia Records.

Generally speaking, Sony Columbia Records will also be the strong backing of its superstars. Their media influence is not low, but after Daniel left and the second Motura incident, the two sides tacitly stopped talking about contract renewal. The relationship between Howard Stringer and John Carley at the helm is delicate, and Percy Sutton is worried that Benzi and Motura will try to seize this opportunity again.

"We have to find a way to try it out. The A+ records will be settled at the end of the month, right? Linda, maybe you can ask if it can be a little earlier?" Hamlin asked.

"It's likely to have the opposite effect. It's not a good thing to make Sony Columbia Records think that our cash flow is out of order. It's tantamount to pushing them on the road of betrayal."

Linda resolutely objected, "Now we don't even know who stabbed Dan Burton in the Bahn chemical case, maybe it was Motura."

"My cash flow is unlikely to be a problem. My shares in Netscape will be lifted in February, although Jim Clark and I signed a series of selling restrictions..."

Song Ya waved his hand. He didn't want to be misunderstood by the Suttons and his sons present that his cash flow was tight, "Don't worry about money for me, Hamlin."

"That's Netscape's stock." Hamlin didn't recommend selling it very much, "IE2.0 is not enough for Netscape browser, the outside world agrees that it will rise even higher, and it may reach 200 yuan per share next year. .”

"Maybe, anyway, you don't need to worry about this." The shares are worth 300 million yuan, and they have no power. Song Ya is also planning to sell part of the shares for the sake of risk diversification, and has entrusted O'Grady of Northern Trust to find another home.

"Ms. Sloane is here."

When the meeting was in the middle of the night, Percy Sutton couldn't bear it and left first, while Sloan rushed over from Washington, "I didn't eat anything." She said as soon as she entered the door.

Linda got some cookies and water, and she devoured them regardless of her appearance, "Me and Jesse Helms' cronies..."

"Wait." Song Ya stopped her from continuing, "Pierre, Linda, and...you all go out first."

After only Sloan, himself and Hamlin were left in the study, "You can talk."

"Jesse Helms' confidants have personally suggested to me that they ordered Dan Burton to do this."

Sloan continued.

"That's even worse, very bad." Hamlin held his forehead in frustration when he heard the news, "Federal Senator, the energy of the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee is far from that of Dumbleton, a federal congressman."

"It's not surprising, Dan Burton and Jesse Holmes have been inseparable recently." Sloan replayed the short conversation outside the Capitol Hill Club in detail, "The good news is that they only want to punish, or give some color to Let's see, the specific reasons ... they let us think for ourselves."

"What are you thinking?"

Song Ya rolled her eyes, "Could it be that I did something wrong first? I have nothing to do with the conservatives of the Xiangdang Party, so it can't be because I committed the original sin of entering the Mi rich list?"

"I summed up the following possibilities on the road."

Sloan said: "One, think of it in the simplest way, Jesse Helms needs your money. He raised 16 million campaign funds in his last Senate campaign, and it's his turn to run for re-election this year. The current fundraising progress is far behind, and my old friends in the lobby circle predict that it can only raise half of what it was six years ago, which is 8 million.”

"We can't give him money, neither explicitly nor secretly, and he can't accept our campaign contributions. An ultra-conservative senator takes money from African-American stars? It's better not to..."

Hamlin shook his head: "He has to take the risk of APLUS funding his opponent if he does this."

"No, do you think that Jesse Helms and Dan Burton have no sponsors with different political opinions? Many large companies, such as the Telephone and Telegraph Company, have long-term funded Dan Burton's golf hobby. He participates in at least two Celebrity tournaments in golf tournaments...there aren't as many APLUS as you might think of people who spend a small amount of money to buy a safe place." Sloan retorted.

"Could it be the telephone and telegraph company..." Song Ya asked, "I asked Mimi to blackmail them into a settlement of 2.5 million in retaliation?"

"Telephone and telegraph company? No, it's a small amount of money. The people responsible for civil reconciliation and political donations in that kind of giant enterprise are definitely two completely irrelevant groups of people." Hamlin shook his head.

"But is it possible that Motura got online with the other party during the self-rescue process of the wiretapping case?" Song Ya thought of a possibility.

"Maybe, but let's leave that aside for now. Two, Jesse Helms is pushing the Cuban sanctions bill at Dumbleton, and he might need your influence with Rangel, and the Black Caucus of the Donkey Party in the House," Sloan continued. explain.

"It's also impossible. The Black Party Caucus of the Donkey Party will not help the conservatives of the Elephant Party to pass the bill. Not that big."

This matter happened to be mentioned by Doug, and Song Ya said: "As far as I know, that bill is difficult to pass. Even if it is passed, the commander-in-chief will not sign it into effect."

"You have to try. It's good to get one more vote. Isn't that what politicians do." Sloan shrugged.

"Well, what else?" Song Ya nodded.

"The third is wine."

"liquor?"

"Yes, after the success of the Cuban revolution, Western capital was driven away. Among them was the liquor giant Bacardi that started there. It is rumored that Cuba is planning to restart the original Bacardi rum production line that was nationalized. Even the brand No change. Therefore, Bacardi is also a strong supporter of the Jesse Helms and Dan Burton sanctions against Cuba, and the Gray Goose vodka you found is selling well in the United States, and it may be taken by Bacardi. "

Sloan said: "It is also a must-have skill for politicians to help the benefactors steal money."

"I'll make a call."

Song Ya called Riise, president of A+ Liquor Industry, and said: "Rise didn't receive any quotation from Bacardi, but Seagram and Universal boss Bronfman Jr. asked once, because we use Sigra However, there is no follow-up for the time being. In fact, Gray Goose Vodka is still very weak. I heard that the three-color vodka of the French brewer Francis Thiebault is also very strong, and it is also under the small company, buying French products Wouldn't it be more reasonable for the liquor giants?"

"Well, there is a fourth possibility. They want to force you to betray the donkey party politicians who have cooperated with you for a long time. It is best to provide some black information." Sloan said.

"I don't want to die yet." This is even more absurd. I would rather take the risk of going to jail than do such a foul thing.

"The last remaining possibility is that A+CN once attacked the law enforcement units in the Dan Burton and Jesse Helms constituencies, treated them violently, and discriminated against African-Americans." Sloan added.

"Is there? Didn't we... call Gordon last time?" Song Ya remembered that another lobbyist, Remy, came to greet Sloan on behalf of Elephant Party politicians, and he also hinted that Gordon had rectified.

"It seems... it didn't stop completely, right? Gordon just lowered the attack intensity, I don't think much about A+CN..." Sloan rarely showed an embarrassed expression, "Remy didn't look for me again, I think the matter It has passed."

Song Ya looked at Hamlin.

Hamlin shrugged and admitted generously, "I never watch it."

"Well, you are white, Linda!" Song Ya called Linda in.

"Uh... I'll subscribe." Linda didn't expect to watch either.

I can't complain that A+CN has no ratings. In fact, Song Ya himself watched it for a while when he changed the channel. Besides, he rarely watched TV himself, so he rolled his eyes helplessly, so he had to pick up the phone again. Called Michelle.

"Recently? Yes, A+CN has been paying attention to the case of a young black man in Charlotte who was shot and killed by a white police officer." Michelle said: "The man tried to escape the police inspection and was shot in the back by white people. kill."

"Why?"

"Maybe it was because he appeared on the side of the road in the rich area, and then put the hoodie on his head." Michelle said: "He has many previous convictions for theft, but he did not commit any crimes at the time. Walk in an orderly manner."

"A young black man with multiple burglary convictions, wearing a hood, and showing up in a rich area where there are no public transportation? Then he must be on his way to burglary." Song Ya caught Michelle's words Point, "And then resisting arrest..."

"Your thinking is very dangerous, APLUS, but he was not caught committing a crime at the time." Michelle said with a smile, "This is definitely excessive use of violence by the police. The local black community is holding large-scale protests. We in Chicago Will also support."

"Okay, thanks Michelle." Song Ya asked a few more words about her husband's election situation. Alice Palmer, who would cause them a moral crisis, was still in the stage of collecting voter signatures. The next step is not going well, but the danger is still great.

"It's okay, and thank you for your donation to APLUS. Don't take what happened at the hearing lightly." Michelle said.

"See you."

"goodbye."

"Charlotte is in Jesse Helms' North Carolina constituency, and the local politicians should have had friendship with the old man for many years." Sloan said after he hung up the phone.

"This Gordon." Song Ya curled her lips in displeasure.

"We are thinking so wildly now that we will only consider more and more possibilities. If we want to please Dan Burton and Jesse Helms, we will only throw ourselves into the trap and let them get more surprises." Hamm Lin warned: "Doesn't this make us more guilty? Maybe they will use this to believe that the Bahn chemical case is true and speed up the investigation."

"Yes, we need more accurate information." Song Ya looked at Sloan.

"I'll ask Remy again." Sloan looked out the window, it was already dawn, "I'll go outside and find a payphone."

"Mr. Goodman is here." Taraji pushed open the door.

"Great, you all go to rest, I'll have a chat with Goodman alone." Song Ya yawned and went out to greet her.

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