William's guy is quite sensible, and after receiving a call from Song Ya personally, he immediately began to encourage the 'sheep' in the constituency not to provide Alice Palmer with an autograph, and together with Aunt Susie, publicly endorsed Michelle's husband's platform.

Of course, the veteran politician Alice Palmer has had a long-standing relationship with his predecessor, the Reverend Allison, and Michelle's husband, as a fledgling political amateur, has no such baggage, so it is not surprising that William chose to side with Michelle's husband.

At the same time, as a black female politician, Alice Palmer's die-hard supporters are also mostly black aunts, and the likes and dislikes of this group of people are greatly influenced by the church, and she seems to be an active believer herself, William's 'abandonment' has dealt Alice Palmer a heavy blow, whether it is in the progress of the autograph collection, the momentum of the campaign, and even her personal self-confidence. Coupled with Michelle's husband's extraordinary appeal to female voters, her base and fundraising have been severely eroded.

But it's not enough, she only lacks a few hundred signatures, how can she give up lightly at this time, the United States is not doing a good job in voter eligibility, and there is a lot of room for manipulation.

Two days later, Alice Palmer announced that she would qualify for the primaries tomorrow with only the last 200 signatures left, and she prepared a rally to celebrate.

Unbeknownst to Songya, all of this was in the calculations of the campaign team behind the Michelles, who were waiting for this moment, when the Illinois Board of Elections authorized law enforcement officers to raid Alice Palmer's campaign headquarters on the grounds that there was evidence of fraud in the process of collecting signatures.

The next day, Alice Palmer's celebratory rally was turned into a withdrawal press conference, with the former state senator choking up and announcing that he would not run in the primaries on the pretext that voters' signatures did not meet expectations.

The Illinois Board of Elections then complied with the political agreement and did not trouble her again.

"I don't have to carry the moral baggage, but the political trick is very slippery, and to some extent, the couple also began to run with illness......"

Song Ya, who heard the news, commented on Sloan with a smile.

"You've been successful in pushing Alice Palmer's limits, haven't you? Alicia? Sloan took a sip of his wine with his big red lips, leaving a shallow lip print on the glass.

"We? I don't get involved in Peter's business......"

Alicia really wasn't very interested in politics, she had just returned from a busy job with the Inner City Broadcasting Company in New York, "What's next for APLUS?" My law firm can help you in your Barn chemical case. ”

"The Bath Chemical case? Where is it? There is no such lawsuit yet, do you want me to be sued? Alicia. Song Ya interrupted with a joke.

"Ha, that's pretty much the case in a way, I'm a lawyer." Alicia was amused.

"Let's not talk about these spoils today, and enjoy the party, two beautiful ladies." Song Ya put his hands on the left and the right, and caressed the waists of the two evening beauties politely, "I'm sorry, I'll leave for a while, thank you for coming Alicia." ”

After Damberton accused himself at the hearing, it was temporarily inconvenient to interact openly with politicians, so this time Michelle didn't mention that she would go to help her husband endorse the platform, and she also obeyed the rules to avoid causing them trouble, and the people who came to the Highland Park party today were basically employees of the Chicago music industry and her own business.

Don't foul if you break the law, on the verge of being caught for a foul, Song Ya tacitly did not disturb the politicians, and the politicians also tacitly and quietly helped all kinds of favors. A gratifying trend is that politicians are much more 'proactive' in their attention to him than before, such as Gore sending people to warn before the hearing begins, Underwood having Doug urgently persuade Nancy Patricia not to embarrass herself in the middle of the hearing, the Consul General suppressing FBI Director Freese after the fact, not providing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with a file involving his own taint, and Peter Flock's influence on the Chicago prosecutors in the 'starting place', causing the conservative white people's reports to go to waste......

In the election year, at the beginning of the year, when her always generous purse had not yet begun to spread, Song Ya felt that her relationship with politicians was at a very 'harmonious' moment.

"It's not easy to get the old Barn, the country club he frequents is too difficult to enter, all white, all male, there is a cap on the number of members, and when someone hangs up or quits, the club council will pick a replacement from the applicants, very old-school play."

He left the two daughters because he saw Goodman's call from afar, and while continuing his studies, he just happened to deal with the hidden dangers inside and outside the home base of Chicago, "He himself basically didn't mention the past of Barn Chemical to his old club friends." Goodman said, closing the study door.

"Is there a messenger you can trust in that club?" Song Ya asked.

"It's a small circle, and the old guys are basically in retirement, playing golf, reminiscing about the past, and taking some time to manage low-risk investments...... At the moment, the closest person to our network is O'Grady's uncle, a former executive of the Northern Trust. Goodman replied.

"Sounds good? Oglady can be trusted. O'Grady manages hundreds of millions of his own stock funds, "I can easily transfer the funds that are placed with him, and he doesn't dare to disadvantage me." ”

"His family is very weak, and O'Grady told me that he hadn't seen that uncle for at least three years." Goodman said.

"Hmm......" Song Ya thought about it, "let O'Grady try it first, is someone else coming?" I spoke to him personally. ”

"Not yet."

While the two were talking, Sloan knocked on the door and entered, and Gordon arrived.

“APLUS。”

The director of A+CN, who had been repaired by himself in the air, was obviously a little uneasy, and said unhappily when he entered the door and hung his coat on the coat hook: "I'm not a gang person, your bodyguard can't treat me like this." ”

Song Ya looked at Old Mike outside the door and exchanged glances, he should have searched Gordon outside just now, not because he was afraid of bringing weapons, but because he was guarding against the recording device.

"In extraordinary times, I was misunderstood Gordon, please be seated. Ms. Sloane, you may also be seated. ”

In the business, Gordon is the most unstable factor at the moment, even if he is now in a cage, "How is A+CN doing?" Song Ya asked.

"We didn't have ratings, and we didn't have 24 hours of programming, so we had to buy some old news documentaries to show because the migration time was brought forward!"

Gordon was not stupid enough to mention the Barn Chemical case and Charlotte's murder of the black man who made his boss's enemy, and concentrated on complaining: "Our new office space is not ready, and everyone has to be crammed into one floor, which is to satisfy all the anchors and staff who broadcast continuously 24 hours a day!" Leaving Comcast's free channel, the social attention of our show has dropped dramatically, the morale of the staff is very low, and someone has already submitted my resignation. ”

"Does that sound like a mess?" Song Ya sneered and secretly admired the other party's distress, he deserved it! Dare to disobey me!

"If you hadn't asked Comcast to ...... early"

"Well, Mr. Gordon, let's not talk about this anymore, okay? Just now we were outside and said yes. Sloan interrupted his grumbling.

"So what now?" Gordon lay down on the couch, "I need an extra amount of money to rent a studio and stabilize the hearts and minds of A+CN employees." ”

"The money will be transferred to A+CN's account at the scheduled time." Goodman said.

"What about this empty period?" Gordon asked: "A+CN is about to fall apart, don't think I'm alarmist, the ratings are not as expected, it just so happens that at the critical moment when MJ's divorce is hot, our M-Fxxk was moved to Channel 88, which has few subscribers, by Comcast in advance!" Completely missed the opportunity to turn the tables! You must know that many employees of A+CN are willing to reduce their salaries to join our first African-American 24-hour serious news station for the great future, and those media elites have quit after seeing no hope......

"Gordon, if you want me to say that this is all your mistakes, maybe you should apologize to APLUS first." Sloan interrupted again.

Gordon sat and shook his head repeatedly, the arrogant top African-American media person finally relented after holding on for a few minutes, "I CAN APOLOGIZE, SORRY MR. APLUS, I'M NEW TO MANAGEMENT, I OVERESTIMATED MYSELF." But now I want you to pay attention to the difficulties that A+CN is looking for......"

"It's really a pity to miss the news of MJ's divorce, but it's too late to regret it, and everything will be fine when the 10 million channel promotion fee arrives, I promise."

Still not convinced, Song Ya and Sloan exchanged glances with Goodman, "But until then, you'll have to get through Gordon on your own, and I think it will help you deepen your memory......" He mimicked what Jesse Helms' cronies had said to Sloane.

"You burned your money for nothing, just to teach me a lesson?"

Gordon was indeed unconvinced, "A lot of Charlotte's law enforcement units are Ku Klux Klan parties who are in collusion with Jesse Helms!" Everything I do is a just cause! You're betraying the race! What a disappointment to bow to ultra-conservative whites! ”

"Damn it! Gordon! Don't challenge my patience anymore, if, I mean, if you do me bad luck again, get out of my business! I don't mind burning another penalty, you know who I am! ”

Song Ya's patience was also gone, and she yelled at him, "You must formally promise me that you will not do this again in the future, or else ...... I've got the legal paperwork for your dismissal ready for the governor's wife outside, you can call the lawyer right now, and today, right in this house, we'll get the matter done!" I don't have the patience to curry favor with an executive who will burn me 20 million dollars for nothing, your job is not up to Gordon! Do you know how much money News Corp gave Roger Ayres when he hired him to run FOX's 24-hour cable news station? Millions, just a few million dollars! As a result, their studio had to be rented next to the subway line, and the recording of the show was interrupted every time the train passed by! That's a much bigger FOX than me! Don't give me this place, I don't know how to be blessed in the blessings! After betraying BET and being swept away by my A+CN, do you want to maintain your status as a top African-American media person? Stop dreaming! ”

After the roar, Gordon sank into the couch with a gloomy face and said nothing, and the study fell into dead silence.

"Gordon, you have to make that promise today." Ms. Sloan poured Gordon a glass of wine, "APLUS was just a young man's angry talk, and everyone likes you. ”

"I understand, I promise...... Gordon cocked his neck bitterly, "I promise I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary...... I PROMISE, SORRY APLUS, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU AGAIN. ”