It would be stupid to make such a choice at this point in time, at least Song Ya's intuition was so.

Either reconcile early, MJ should have started to feel uneasy at the beginning of last year, otherwise he would not have changed his attitude to accept Oprah's interview, and put aside the contradictions with the Grammy jury's low and noble head just to win a legend award, and his subordinates made formal contact with the plaintiff dentist Evan Chandler in May last year, and Motula, who was still in the position of president at the time, also frequently went to Neverland for meetings, and at that time he had countless opportunities to agree to a settlement.

According to the news, Evan Chandler offered 20 million dollars, and was quickly counteroffered to 15 million, but the psychological price should be much lower than this amount. Even Evan Chandler's side did not act immediately after announcing that it was about to launch a civil lawsuit, but gave MJ a window period of more than ten days, and it was still not difficult to close the transaction at a price of less than 20 million.

At that time, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Snedon had not yet jumped out in a high-profile manner, and the District Attorney in Los Angeles, Gil Gahiti, was relatively mild, and since he had missed that last opportunity, he should no longer consider settling and make a gesture to drag the civil lawsuit indefinitely like the Barnes fluorescent case, and it is in MJ's interest to drag it out until the plaintiff is soft.

Now, MJ has to pay the plaintiff 23 million, which is more than the other party demanded. Of those, five million belonged to the vulture lawyers' group headed by Feldman, the former president of the Los Angeles Bar Association, Evan Chandler and his wife 1.5 million each, and the 'victim' Jody Chandler 15 million. Because Jody's mother is a fan of MJ, she sent her son to Neverland, and insisted on believing MJ after the incident broke out, and later changed her story, so she also lost the custody of her minor son, and the huge amount of money paid in installments will all be managed by Evan Chandler.

The dentist was a big winner.

And MJ is miserable, from 20 million to 23 million, the people of the United States with a little legal concept will think that he was forced to reconcile in a desperate situation, and he is the unreasonable party, although the terms of the settlement agreement signed with the plaintiff are definitely good, Evan Chandler and his son will not disclose the details of the case again, but psychologically the United States people will also tend to think that MJ has really done something bad.

MJ's motivation for the reconciliation is probably based on three considerations: MJ's physical reasons, as well as his desire to get out of trouble and get to work as soon as possible, and his desire to let the media consume him anymore.

These are all pale, MJ's physical condition does look terrible, but the global tour has been suspended, many advertising endorsements have been terminated, and criminal charges are still in place, how can he get back to work? The huge sum of 23 million is a hot topic in the United States where money worship is prevalent, and the tabloid carnival is still there, and the heat can't be calmed down, how can you not be consumed by the media?

"How so? Originally, MJ's situation was good. ”

Song Ya was incomprehensible.

Tom Neddon, the district attorney who conducted the physical examination of MJ, did not speak as strongly as before after receiving the results of the examination, indicating that Jody Chandler's description of MJ's private parts may indeed be problematic, and the recent hearing did not find the evidence sufficient. The maintenance of Elvis Presley's daughter helped MJ win back a lot of public trust, and the child protection bill has been signed by the president, and the case has lost its usefulness politically......

"Even if MJ did do it, and the civil settlement can't get away with it, and the criminal investigation in the hands of the two district attorneys is still ongoing, according to California law, refusing to testify in a criminal trial after accepting a civil settlement may be judged as accepting a bribe, isn't it? That's a felony, right? He called Goodman and asked.

"Negative testimony is enough, there is always ambiguity. At this time, the civil settlement shows that MJ's side wants to quickly resolve the criminal suspicion, and the key witnesses in the case accept the civil settlement, and the pressure on the prosecution will increase dramatically, which forces Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties to expedite the process and decide whether to file a formal indictment. ”

Goodman analyzed it from a professional point of view, "Tom Nedden has the support of other voters in the jurisdiction of Neverland, and the poll numbers are beautiful, even if he wants to be re-elected, he will not let MJ go." At the end of this year, MJ will certainly not be able to accept Tom Nedden's brutal criminal investigation methods for a full year, so for him, the biggest enemy and source of danger has changed from Evan Chandler to Tom Nedden. The appearance of this man was definitely an accident, including his colleague, the Gilgahiti in Los Angeles, who should not have expected it, otherwise the attitude would not have changed from mild to tough. ”

"I see......"

Song Ya's doubts were answered, "It's a pity that the dentist is cheaper." "Other people will see the 'role model' and they will surround it like flies," he said. ”

"Think about the Rodney King case, it doesn't always matter who does justice." Goodman said.

"That's true." Song Ya sighed.

"You have to be careful, too."

Goodman admonished, "Oh yes, here's something for you here in Chicago, Peter Flock has just appealed, and immediately after his release from prison, he announced that he would run for Illinois attorney at the end of the year." ”

"Really?"

That guy really got out of prison, of course, only halfway through it now, and Song Ya, who had seen the news of his prostitution, couldn't help but be surprised, "You can come up with a suitable number and donate it to his campaign committee from my Where Is The Love personal income account." ”

"Okay, with that money, he can afford Eli again." Goodman joked.

"Eli is very good, will help him a lot." Song Ya is very satisfied with her crisis PR, the key is that it is not expensive, compared to large companies such as Ogilvy Advertising, which signed a contract with A+ Apparel.

"Indeed, uh......" Goodman said again.

"Is there anything else?" Song Ya asked.

"Did you know that Phigie and Jimmy broke their contract?" Goodman asked.

"You know, Fergie signed with CAA, and one of the co-agents is Jacksley, Liangtang's agent, although she won't be Fergie's main agent, but seriously, Jimmy is completely uncompetitive in front of competitors at that level."

Song Ya replied, "Even Donovan is far less resourceful in Hollywood than Billingsley." ”

"Jimmy is back looking for me again......" Goodman said helplessly.

"Jimmy made a lot of money from Fergey, right? Still coming to live in your house? Song Ya said with a smile.

"He's very frustrated, you know, my poor brother has a lot of passion for the agent's job and he's going out of his way to get into arguments with you for the sake of the client, and he's a little bit out of a position to deal with that fact right now...... He was naïve enough to think that as long as he was wholeheartedly devoted to his employer, he would be treated equally. Goodman said.

"Hey...... Songya smiled, he knew what Goodman was talking about, "Is Jimmy by your side?" Right now. Let me have a word with him? ”

"He's next door, you wait."

After waiting for a while, the microphone was called to Jimmy's hand.

"Hey, Jimmy."

"HELLO APLUS SIR, I'...... Uh, I ......" Jimmy's voice was so low that he didn't know what to say.

"Pack up your mood and I'll give you another task."

Although he was offended, Song Ya didn't hate him, and he didn't waste his tongue to comfort anything, "You haven't lost your lawyer qualifications and knowledge, have you?" ”

"I didn't ...... NO APLUS SIR. ”

"So, go to A+ Records and find Andrew and Henry, and ask them to take you to Silicon Valley to meet someone, Mark Anderson, whose profile I'll have Linda fax to you."

The two tech nerds found out where Mark Anderson was, and after the industry got a job at a tech company and settled down, he began to keep in touch with chasers from all sides, including himself, but he was very slippery and unsparing if he was about to leave the ground and wait for the price to sell.

Song Ya introduced the situation to Jimmy, "If you are briefly familiar with the situation of the technology and investment industry, go to him immediately, talk to him, be quick, I want to participate in the pre-venture capital of the web browser project in his hands, preferably in the angel round." ”

"Good...... Okay, I'll try. Jimmy replied.

"It's not enough to work Jimmy, you have to be smart, as I said, this Mark Anderson is very cunning, and there are many competitors who are stronger than me, and you have to do everything in your power to deal with him even on the edge of law and morality in order to achieve your goals."

Song Ya said: "You are too honest, don't be so honest Jimmy, otherwise it is often you who suffers." ”

"I WILL, I WILL TAKE THE LESSON AND TRY TO DO WHAT YOU TOLD YOU, MR. APLUS." Jimmy thanked him sincerely, "Thank you for giving me another chance." ”

"It's not my business, it's your business Jimmy, you're doing things for yourself, and if the result doesn't satisfy me, there won't be a second chance, no, a third chance, it's the first time you help Fergie offend me, I'm a small-minded person, and I don't like to raise idlers."

Song Ya gave him another sweet date after beating him, "On the contrary, if you help me win this investment opportunity, I will let you follow up and manage some of my other scattered investments, and do a good job." ”

"DON'T WORRY, MR. APLUS."

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