Chapter 719: The Manhattan Four
"He's using our trust to sneak up on ghosts!"
Pierre Sutton followed Dinkins' words and complained, "This kid is playing with us Mr. Dinkins!" The Chicago politician's wife, his lawyer, approached our employees in the name of an investigative visit and cooperated with Morningstar to poach his new TV station! ”
"That's because you brought Quincy Jones and Russell Simmons to my door, Pierre, I'm not a guy who doesn't do anything after being humiliated in person."
Without this excuse, it would have been dug a month late, but it doesn't have to be in vain, what if the other party has a donkey party with real power in the federal House of Representatives today? He is a person who has been torn apart with Underwood, the whip of the Donkey Party, and there is no need to bow his head on such an occasion.
“Bullshxt! You're APLUS, you've been reaching out to the people at Washington Radio for a long time, and Dorothy. Pierre Sutton retorted.
"That's none of my business, Gordon is the president of my new TV station, and the guy we promised not to poach BET, he can only find a way with acquaintances near Washington." Song Ya threw the pot out.
"What? You think I don't know Gordon? He wouldn't be so bold without your consent! Pierre Sutton continued to puncture.
"So what? Brought me here today for a critique conference? ”
Song Ya took the wine glass and played directly, "Then just while everyone is here, I also made it clear, don't treat me as a fool Pierre, I won't stupidly invest 30 million in the inner city broadcasting company, that's 30 million, rice knife!" I had to work hard for a year and a half to earn it! ”
The two quarreled, and the other old men in the room were silently listening, except for Dingkins and Percy Sutton, the other three old men, namely Rep. Wrangel and New York State Comptroller Herman McCall, and former New York Secretary of State Rohr Patterson all stared at him with interest.
Song Ya had already observed that he was nominally arguing with Pierre, but in fact he had been making his attitude clear to the old men, "And I also told you that Pierre, even if you choose to cooperate with Quincy Jones and them, I will never allow them to use the inner city broadcaster to study VIBE magazine to attack me wantonly, otherwise I will go to war!" I'm not going to eat the Chicago case you threatened! After yesterday's incident, I'm sure you already know my character, right? ”
"Look how rampant this kid is!" Pierre Sutton waved his hand upwards and complained to Dinkins.
"Fxxkyou Pierre, I've been very restrained, don't make it look like I don't invest money in the inner city broadcaster like I owe you something!" Song Ya continued to scold, but limited the target to him, "Few people dare to fool me as a fool now!" ”
"Don't say a word, OK?"
Ding Jins spoke, and the old man rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, "It's just a business, everyone is their own people, and the most important thing in the game is not to misjudge the opponent, otherwise things will get out of control." So I need to make it clear beforehand, that no matter what we talk about today, there is no need for either of us to do anything to cross the line, APLUS, I can guarantee that the inner city broadcaster will never attack you in Chicago, Pierre was angry with you yesterday. I'm sure you wouldn't use something like that, would you? ”
That's the best, Pierre Sutton also mentioned the Vic case at the wedding, and they definitely didn't know their role in it at the time, but after the capital injection negotiations reached an impasse, the Manhattan Gang must have checked themselves through their channels, and according to their energy, they could probably know some inside information about the case, otherwise Pierre Sutton wouldn't have used that incident to threaten yesterday.
"Of course, Mr. Dinkins."
Song Ya nodded in agreement, both sides are not clean, and they have already guarded against it, the Manhattan Gang is using political power to maintain the cheap lease of the Apollo Theater and the inner city broadcasting company is not a secret in New York politics, and when Gordon's 24-hour news station is launched, he will also have a good voice in the black media, coupled with the power of new media that was proven yesterday, the end of the two sides dropping nuclear bombs on each other will definitely be a lose-lose situation.
"Pierre?" Dingkins looked at Pierre Sutton.
"Pierre is not so impulsive." Parcy Sutton eased his son's cheeks, who were still angry, "Everyone can rest assured. ”
"When your 24-hour news station is launched, you can also be regarded as a media personAPLUS, and our own media people should have a tacit understanding with each other......"
U.S. Rep. Wrangel chimed in with a laugh.
"Yes, I know how to do it, Gordon has told me repeatedly." Song Ya assured again.
"That's easy, now it's just the issue of funding the inner-city broadcaster......"
Dingkins gestured to the people in the room, "Just in time for us old guys to be here, APLUS, you need to give us a clear message, we're all here for this, it's been a long time since we've been together like this in recent years." ”
Song Ya took a sip of wine and made the pre-agreed code.
"First."
"My client, APLUS, understands the financial woes of the Inner City Broadcaster, and he knows that the figure of 30 million is extremely important to the Inner City Broadcaster, but whether or not we inject capital depends on how much we know about the Inner City Broadcaster. We need to get information about the company's assets, liabilities, and shareholding structure that Mr. Pierre Sutton has been refusing to provide, and we also need to understand all the current operational, litigation, guarantee and tax risks of the inner city broadcaster and its affiliates. ”
"I want to see the real documents, otherwise I won't invest this money." Song Ya added, "It's a normal request. ”
"Go on." Pierre Sutton didn't say a word, the old men were noncommittal, and Dingkins motioned for Sloan to continue.
"Second, we also understand the management claims of the two Mr. Sutton, but after the first requirement is satisfied, we will use our calculation method to determine how much equity to claim, and if it exceeds 30%, we need to get the chairmanship in addition to the corresponding director's seat."
"Third, if we inject capital, we must have certain powers to split, sell, and close non-performing assets after the capital injection."
"Fourth, if the most profitable Apollo Theater is forcibly withdrawn by the New York City government two thousand years ago, we need a VAM compensation mechanism for our capital injections."
"THIS IS MR. APLUS'S FINAL OFFER."
After Ms. Sloan finished speaking, Song Ya noticed that the old men's faces were a little unhappy, and added again, "Please rest assured, as the rank just said, I am my own person, and I know where the boundaries of behavior are. ”
The atmosphere in the room was quite solemn, "By the way, where is the bathroom?" ”
Song Ya gave Sloan a look, and the two made an excuse to leave the study and let the people inside discuss it themselves.
"I remembered that the four people in it just now, former New York Mayor Dingkins, former Manhattan borough chairman Patsy Sutton, former New York Secretary of State Rohr Patterson, and current U.S. Rep. Wrangel, four of New York's top African-American politicians, used to have a nickname: the Manhattan Four."
The two walked to the open and remote outside the villa, and Sloan said, "They had a very close relationship. ”
"You're my political advisor, Ms. Sloane, but you've missed two of the most important Manhattan Gang political forces, leading me to misjudge their leader as the Comptroller Herman McCall."
Song Ya complained.
"I'm mostly focused on Congress in Washington, D.C., and I'm a little new to New York politics, and that's a very early past, right? Patsy Sutton chose to curry favor with white voters in the seventies campaign, which led to Rangel's break with him, and Rangel turned to embrace the mainstream faction of the Donkey Party, and Rohr Patterson also deliberately distanced himself from Manhattan politics after stepping down as Secretary of State of New York, focusing all his energy on helping his son David Patterson take root in New York State politics. Then it means ......"
Sloan is very professional in his analysis, "Although the four of them have parted ways politically, they still have interests in the inner city broadcaster. ”
"That's how it should be, after all, we have known for a long time that the inner-city broadcaster is the money bag of some black politicians......"
Song Ya remembered that BET's Johnson had also said to himself that the Manhattan gang leader was the comptroller, and with that guy's understanding of black politicians, there should not be a miscalculation, "Do you think they will agree to my terms?" ”
"We've considered APLUS, and Pierre insisted on waiting to hear from Quincy Jones about their offer."
Back in the study, the old men also threw the pot to Pierre, the 'youngest'.