Chapter 42: The Greed for Money
"What? Oh hell! Adrias Schneider screamed in disbelief, and Ryan Collins shook his fist excitedly - if it weren't for this sudden earthquake, the Jackson child molestation accusation that had been fermenting for more than half a year would still be one of the most important news headlines at the moment, and whether Xiao Yang's prediction could come true like this one, the topic alone would have caused a sensation!
Considering the far-reaching impact of the Jackson case, Ryan Collins did not dare to specialize, and after exchanging communication methods with Lin Yuanhang, he hurriedly left the restaurant and rushed back to the Hollywood bureau of USA Today to report the matter to his superiors. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Well, at least I got what I wanted." After a short period of frustration, Schneider comforted himself very aquely, and then asked Xiao Yang: "Now, can we talk about the specific details?" ”
"I'm afraid not for the time being." Xiao Yang smiled apologetically, took out two notes and put them on the table, and pushed them in front of him, "I want to ask you to take a look at this first." ”
Schneider glanced down, and his face suddenly changed color, "ABC and CBS quotes...... What does that mean? ”
"That's what you think it means." Xiao Yang shrugged his shoulders innocently, "Look, the other two offer more than you, it's only out of respect and affection for Mr. Tom Brokaw that I decided to contact you first, and now, you have 5 minutes to convince me to accept your sincerity, not the other two alternatives." ”
Schneider then understood the meaning of what he said at the end of the auction, he gritted his teeth and stared at this greedy guy, hesitating whether to splash him with coffee, and then patted his ass and walked away, of course, the consequence of this is more likely that he rolled up the bed and got out of NBC in style, and in his heart, this overly young little guy was greedy, but he knew how to measure and was not disgusting, so he decisively took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of Robert Marholland, the editor-in-chief of NBC's evening news"Sir, it's me, Schneider, yes I'm with Shaw, but there's a situation you need to know about......"
After a few whispered conversations, he covered the microphone and asked Xiao Yang, "Do you have a car, Xiao?" ”
Xiao Yang was stunned for a moment, then spread his hands and smiled: "Of course not, as you can see, I am a poor person." ”
Schneider nodded, covered the microphone and said a few words, looked up at him and said: "350,000, plus a latest BMW-M5, a full set of aerodynamic kits, 18-inch wheels, the fastest speed!" ”
Xiao Yang and Lin Yuanhang looked at each other and smiled, "Deal!" ”
At present, the price of the BMW 5 Series in the North American market starts at $25,000, but that is limited to the regular third-generation 5 Series, and after being tuned by BMW's exclusive internal modification department M Company, the M5 has been reborn in terms of power, performance, handling and extreme speed, and the price has been directly doubled, plus 350,000 yuan in cash, which is enough to exceed the offers of the other two competitors.
In exchange, Xiao Yang will not be interviewed by other similar media outlets for the same content, otherwise NBC has the right to refuse to perform the contract and pursue financial damages, and the same terms apply to the interview contract between Xiao Yang and USA Today.
After a simple lunch, the legal counsel hired by NBC TV also rushed over, and the two sides had an in-depth and detailed discussion on the specific content of the contract, as Xiao Yang's temporary guardian and lawyer, Lin Yuanhang signed the interview agreement on his behalf, and took the initiative to settle the bill and tips - for the sake of such a generous person, this little favor is still necessary.
After exchanging communication methods with each other, they made an appointment to go to Lin Yuanhang's law firm tomorrow morning to discuss the specific process and details of the interview, the two sides shook hands and said goodbye, Lin Yuanhang pushed the door and walked out of the restaurant, took Xiao Yang to the parking lot not far away, and asked him with a smile: "What are your plans next, stay in a hotel, or go to my place for a few days, and wait until you rent a house?" ”
Xiao Yang pretended to think about it seriously, "Do you collect rent?" ”
"What do you say?" Lin Yuanhang looked at him with a fuss on his face, "You are my nephew, how can I collect rent from you?" But today's meal is still on your head. ”
Xiao Yang snorted, "Then you're welcome." ”
"Of course I'm not going to be polite to you, you're already a rich man anyway." Lin Yuanhang looked at several reporters squatting across the road, and said with emotion: "There are more than 600,000 yuan in the account with your mouth, no wonder everyone wants to be famous!" ”
Xiao Yang raised an eyebrow at him, "It seems that your old man also eats by mouth?" ”
"I'm self-reliant, working for pay, you're simply grabbing money, it's different in nature, and it can't be mixed up." Lin Yuanhang shook his head and asked him a little worriedly, "Can you really foresee the future?" It can't be a casual fool, right? ”
Xiao Yang smiled mysteriously, "I think this has been fully verified, hasn't it?" ”
Lin Yuanhang's car is a 1991 Buick Road Rage, as one of the classic representative models born on the GM B platform, this full-size sedan has an 18-foot (5.5 meters) long, 6.5 feet (2 meters) wide huge body and the same wide interior space, equipped with a 5.0L displacement V8 engine and a 4-speed automatic transmission, combined with leather seats and interior and center console mahogany trim, the American sedan luxury, comfortable, regardless of fuel consumption design concept vividly embodied, Xiao Yang sits spacious, In the soft passenger seat, Lin Yuanhang asked curiously: "Don't you lawyers all prefer to drive Mercedes-Benz?" ”
"That's true for those white lawyers, but as a Chinese-American ......," Lin Yuanhang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If you want to better integrate into mainstream society, you have to make compromises in many aspects, such as driving an American car, living in an American-style house, wearing an American brand, and preferably marrying an American wife...... Speaking of which, I'm lucky, do you know why your aunt is willing to marry a poor Chinese boy? It was because she thought Americans were too boring that she wanted to find a foreign man to marry, which made her think it was cool - if it wasn't for my early and decisive proposal, she would have almost married an old Filipino man. ”
"I guess the old man must be rich!" Seeing Lin Yuanhang's pale face, Xiao Yang couldn't help laughing, caught a glimpse of a newspaper kiosk at the intersection, hurriedly loosened his seat belt and shouted: "Stop, stop!" ”
"You'd better hurry up, this is not a parking area, and it's going to be a problem for the police to catch you, oh my God, we're in front of the police station!" Lin Yuanhang was slowly slipping forward while breaking his thoughts, Xiao Yang had already come back with a large stack of newspapers, patted the center console and shouted: "GO, GO, GO!" ”