Chapter 167 I Also Want to Abuse My Power, Sisters Come Together

Chapter 163 163. I also want to abuse my power, sisters, let’s do it together

"Hello everyone, I am Andrew Adams, the mayor of Santa Barbara. The main purpose of holding this press conference today is to respond to the unfair treatment of Michael Jackson.

"Two days ago, Mr. Jackson was summoned by the police station and Neverland Ranch was also searched. However, there were certain violations in the law enforcement process, which caused some damage to Mr. Jackson's property and person."

"In this regard, as the mayor of Santa Barbara, I sincerely apologize to Mr. Michael Jackson on behalf of the city government and am willing to compensate for all losses."

Click! Click! Click!

The flashlights kept lighting up, and the cameras were pointed forward for live broadcast. Behind the reporters, there were a large number of demonstrators staring at them.

"Regarding Tom Schneider, after a collective resolution by the city government, it was decided to terminate his appointment as prosecutor and transfer the judicial process to investigate his violent law enforcement issues and verify whether there is an issue of private use of public power."

"Regarding Police Chief Brown Howard, we have decided to suspend him as chief and appoint a joint working group to investigate whether he was involved, whether he failed to report knowledge, malfeasance and other issues."

"Regarding the decision to suspend the eleven police officers involved in the search of Neverland, we will hold each of them accountable based on the video footage for the financial value they destroyed."

"All investigation results will be announced one after another. The Santa Barbara City Government assures everyone that it will severely punish any lawbreaker and provide justice to Mr. Michael Jackson."

"Finally, I would like to express my sincere apologies to Mr. Jackson again!"

In Neverland, watching the live TV broadcast, several people nodded silently.

"You see, Maikou, this is the power of public opinion. In peacetime, public opinion is comparable to swords and guns, it can kill without blood."

Of course, Maikou has personal experience of this, but what he enjoyed before was slander, but this time he enjoyed sympathy and apology.

He said with satisfaction: "As long as we take down Tom Schneider, we can at least ensure that there will be no interference from public powers in the subsequent court hearings, which is good."

Eric smiled slightly: "Well, I must have seen what happened to Tom Schneider and Brown Howard. No one dares to mess with your case."

"It will all depend on each other's methods at that time. The evidence we have is enough to choke Janet Arvizo to death in court."

As he spoke, he looked around, then stood up and closed the door.

"What's wrong? Why are you closing the door?" Maikou asked strangely.

"Just in case the walls have ears, let me tell you something, I've got Jody Chandler, and he promised to come to court and come clean about what happened in 1993."

"What! Really?" Maikou's eyes widened instantly.

"Of course it's true, so we're going to win, and not just this case, but 1993 as well."

"Maikou, it's been ten years. You've endured more than you should have endured. It's time to be freed."

"call"

Maikou took a deep breath and patted his face with his palms to ensure that he was not dreaming.

The 1993 case has always been a thorn in his heart. Although he did not plead guilty, the out-of-court settlement still made him feel guilty.

Why give money if you don't have a guilty conscience? Giving money means you must have done it, but these people don't know the game behind it at the time.

"Eric, how did you do that?"

"Haha. Remember what I said before, we must make rational use of the resources in our hands. The wealth and power in our hands are resources."

"These resources become powerful weapons when you decide to use them, as they are now."

"Maikou, you still have huge power in your hands, but you haven't learned to use it."

"You mean copyright?" Maikou asked.

"That's right, it's the 50% copyright of Sony Music that you hold. It can decide many things. If I remember correctly, what you hold is the copyright of lyrics and music."

"Yes, the distribution rights are exclusive to Sony Music, and I only hold the copyright to the lyrics and music."

Eric said coldly: "That's enough, Maikou. As long as you give the order, except for the singers in Japan, most of the other artists under Sony Music will no longer be able to speak."

"Commercial performances? Concerts? Haha, all activities will be suspended. This is the trump card you have in your hands."

"If until the end, Sony is still unwilling to let you go, then we can only take this step, draining the bottom of the cauldron and destroying the net!"

Listening to Eric's cold analysis, Maikou couldn't help but frown.

Then he waved his hand: "No, I can't use this trick. Many singers from Sony are my friends. They will hate me to death!"

"I'm afraid not only the singers will hate me, but their fans will also hate me, and I will become a public enemy."

Eric grabbed his hand suddenly and said with a fierce look: "We are not public enemies. It was Sony who forced us to be like this. Otherwise, you will be pinched by those people until you die because of your kindness."

"And it's not necessary to take this step. This is just a bargaining chip for us to negotiate and force Sony to compromise."

"As a listed company, Sony must be responsible to shareholders, shareholders, and the market. Once the tug-of-war begins, you can afford to delay it, but it cannot."

Maikou looked hesitant: "Actually, I can't afford it. In fact, due to the issue of shares, every time Sony expands and acquires some brands or companies, if I don't want my equity to be diluted, I have to join the investment."

"So over the years, I have also borrowed a lot of money from the bank. In addition to the expenses of Dream Manor and other aspects, I also have to rely on Sony's income to maintain expenses."

"If it really comes to this, I'm afraid it will be a lose-lose ending."

Hearing this, Eric understood the core of the problem.

"Michael, how much money do you have now? How much debt is it?"

"I don't know the details, I need to ask my accountant."

"Okay, tell me the number after you ask clearly, I will prepare a sum of working capital for emergency and help you through the difficulties when necessary."

Before he finished speaking, Michael shook his head and refused: "No, this is not good. I heard that your MGM is still in debt and owes a lot of money to the bank."

"Haha. I don't need to pay the bank for a while, and MGM's business is in very good condition. The bank is also eager for me to owe it for a few more years and earn more interest."

"And you don't think that I only have MGM in my hand. I still have a lot of chips."

"In short, this is just a plan, just be prepared."

"Okay then."

Squeak!

The door was pushed open, and Siti came in with a tray: "Have a cup of coffee, Michael."

Eric picked up the remote control to change the channel. When he jumped to NBC Entertainment Channel, he saw Madonna flashing on the screen.

Eric stopped pressing his fingers and looked at it with interest.

"Ciconi, you look beautiful today." The reporter asked.

Madonna in the picture opened her mouth confidently: "Of course, I look this beautiful every day."

Standing next to Madonna was her husband Guy Ritchie, the world-famous director of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".

"What do you think of Michael Jackson? Especially when he found the Playboy magazine with you on the cover in his bedroom."

Madonna laughed: "I think this shows that Michael is obsessed with me. Maybe he has been secretly in love with me for many years, since we met."

"But if you want, you can tell me directly, I can show you more private things."

Although everyone knows that Madonna has a bold personality and is an old friend of Jackson, your husband is right next to you.

In this regard, Guy Ritchie could only shrug his shoulders and said nothing, looking aggrieved and funny.

With the statement of the Santa Barbara City Government, this incident symbolized that Michael had won.

At Eric's instruction, MGM began to shrink its tentacles.

However, although he retreated behind the scenes, the protests and demonstrations caused by him did not stop.

There are still a lot of fans, justice people, and people who like to join in the fun.

The condemnation on the Internet has just begun. Michael has also begun to accept interviews, talking about this matter and slightly guiding it to the child molestation case, gaining the understanding and sympathy of the public.

In this era when the Internet is not too developed and there are relatively few topics, the heat of the incident will last at least half a month.

Eric quietly returned to Los Angeles after staying in Neverland Manor for three days.

The casting of "House of Cards" is still going on, but Eric is too lazy to care about the remaining supporting roles, and let Andrea and others take charge of them.

He just set the start time on July 17.

Eric continued to fine-tune "Blue Is the Warmest Color". He would repeatedly ponder the use of some shots, and the details were different from the original version.

Time passed quickly and it was July 10. The offline protests and demonstrations finally stopped, but the media and the Internet were still torturing the Santa Barbara City Government, demanding that the truth be found out as soon as possible and the punishment results be announced.

The summer season continues. "Pirates of the Caribbean" opened yesterday, and the Black Pearl landed in major theaters.

In just one day, it received a lot of praise.

The large-scale screening of "The Purge" in North America has ended, and it finally closed with 97 million US dollars. Unfortunately, it did not break 100 million.

However, the overseas market took advantage of the strength of the Japanese market and rushed to 60 million US dollars.

It is expected that the overseas box office can collect about 15 million US dollars, and the final global box office is expected to be 180 million US dollars.

Anyway, it has surpassed "Sharknado" and become the new top brand of AK Films.

Compared with the cost of 3 million US dollars and the insignificant publicity and promotion, it can be said that it has made a lot of money.

Eric finally finished editing "Blue Is the Warmest Color", and he was satisfied with the version he had made.

MGM building, internal cinema.

Eric and the Olsen sisters sat in it. Today the cinema was not open to employees, and the boss was going to conduct an internal film review.

Perhaps some people think that the more people there are in the film review, the better? You can give your opinions.

But today we are reviewing the director's special edition, which is rarer than the edited version and is not available for sale.

Eric only plans to keep one copy for himself, and give one to Ashley and Mary.

In the dark hall, wolf howls came one after another.

"OhFuc!"

Ashley sat on Eric's body and swayed left and right, and the two of them were entangled in love.

Mary looked at the big screen, and the content on it made her blush.

The two sisters were trying their best to explore art in the picture, and the close-up shots made their expressions clearly visible.

On the smooth skin, the lines of texture and blood vessels mixed with the heavy breathing sound exuded the tension of love.

Sitting in her seat, Mary kept opening and closing her mouth, pinching her fingers nimbly.

Eric grabbed her hand and pulled her over, looking at Mary's wandering eyes and asked, "Tell me, what do you want?"

The little hand gently stroked Eric's chest, and Mary grabbed his fingers and put them in her mouth to suck.

Her eyes couldn't help but look at her sister and Eric.

Her golden hair was covered with dew, exuding a strange temptation.

Nearly three hours later, with the release of the end credits of the movie, this hearty battle came to an end.

Eric hugged the two sisters in his arms on the left and right, and the three of them had no strength and lay on the floor gasping.

He kissed each of the two girls on the mouth. Although the Olsen sisters were not first-class beauties, they were young.

Their tight and elastic skin and energetic movements showed their vigorous vitality.

Of course, what's more important is that they are twins, and the stimulation they bring is not a simple 1+1=2.

Moreover, the two of them often talked about little Elizabeth, which made Eric more excited, wave after wave, and he was squeezed four times.

As for the content of the movie, who cares about the plot?

Just like some people watched Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" for the plot, Eric watched the whole movie several times, but he didn't remember the plot.

All his attention was attracted by Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei, especially Tang Wei's night hair, which was really eye-catching.

"Have you finished reading the script of "Mean Girls"?"

"I have."

"Yeah, I have read it."

"Do you have any ideas? This is actually a movie with two female protagonists, but one has a little more scenes, but the so-called female villain is actually very likable."

After a pause, Eric saw the two women drawing circles on their chests, and he understood.

"You don't want to act in youth campus dramas anymore?"

Ashley stuck out her tongue and licked his ribs: "We have all acted in art films like Blue Is the Warmest Color. It always feels awkward to go back to act in campus dramas."

"It feels like you have already bought a plane, but you still want the same one."

Mary also said: "That's right, and we are a little tired of campus youth movies. We should choose more challenging roles, right?"

"Eric, didn't you say before that you also prepared a wedding movie with two female protagonists."

Eric smiled: "Yes Yes, but you are only 17 years old, and you are still young. "

"Blue Is the Warmest Color" has indeed made you grow up a lot, but there is no need to look down on campus movies."

"After proving themselves, many movie stars like to make cameo appearances in various brainless movies, and the audience will not hate them, but will smile instead."

"And the script of Mean Girls is really good, you'd better consider it."

"Of course, if you don't want to act, forget it, there is no shortage of young actresses in the market."

After listening to Eric's advice, the two girls could only say that they would think about it again.