Song Ya naturally wouldn't know that Russell Simmons was angry and scolding his mother, in fact, from his point of view, Russell Simmons was the most difficult one.

He didn't have much trouble forcing the Manhattan gang to concede, Pierre Sutton relented, the Def Jam record was panicked, the Quincy Jones father and daughter were arguing at home, LL Cool J hid in Hollywood, and the braggart dad didn't even dare to enter the game, only Russell Simmons, who couldn't say anything for a while.

That guy has been up and down in the music industry for many years, when he was in charge of Def Jam records, old-fashioned, hardcore, political rap music was glorious for almost the entire eighties, and musicians in New York and even on the East Coast respected him, he was neither as big mouth as Quincy Jones, nor had any bad habits, it was extremely difficult to get caught, and he had a good relationship with New York politics, which was recognized by Dingkins and others.

Rooted in New York for many years, he has countless connections within the Inner City Broadcasting Company, including jazz pianist, composer, media and education activist Billy Taylor, jazz pianist, composer, and female singer Roberta Flac, two highly respected African-American musicians are his close friends, not to mention a large group of veteran rappers such as LL Cool J, who know each other with the Inner City Broadcasting Company and the Manhattan Gang.

In the past, his status may not have reached the top in the black group, but after getting Polygram's nearly 50 million cash net worth of more than 100 million, everything is different, billionaires are rare these years, black billionaires are even more precious animals, once he crossed that threshold, he instantly became one of the representatives of black people in all rice, and his prestige and influence have jumped rapidly.

30 million injection, he subscribed to half of it was only 15 million, the pain in the flesh is the pain in the flesh, but it should not be difficult to afford, at least Song Ya thought so.

But what Song Ya didn't know was that Russell Simmons had just felt the troubles he had gradually become accustomed to in the past two years, countless people who wanted to make money from billionaires were surrounded like flies, social activists solicited donations to any fund or charitable organization, politicians and friends needed funds for campaigns, brokers who promoted luxury homes, yachts, and luxury goods, Wall Street elites who encouraged him to buy investment products, and so on, it took time to adapt.

"Oh yes, I wish you the party primary."

Back in Chicago, where he endorsed Peter Flock's gubernatorial campaign, the two went to Alicia's law firm together.

It's still the freight elevator.

"Thank you."

Peter Flock thanked him, but the two of them weren't here for gossip, and he began to talk about Vic's case, "There have only been two trials going on so far, and it's the old case of the two less important members of the stormtroopers, so it's not dangerous for the time being. I found out that the FBI side has changed the head of the detective named Mahon, who is on a rampage in Chicago, and many times does not even pay attention to procedural justice, which is difficult to ......."

"In that case, put him in the dock?" Song Ya asked.

Peter shook his head and lowered his voice to the point that it was almost drowned out by the noise of the freight elevator, "The Grand Commander has already helped and forced the FBI to delegate the leadership of this case to the Chicago Branch, and the director here has a certain tacit understanding with us, so at present, everyone is making do, and it is inconvenient for us to move the front-line case handlers......"

"That's good news." Song Ya smiled.

"Yes, but there is still a big and unpredictable risk, after winning from the party, my opponent is the last one, the candidate of the Elephant Party is the president of the Chicago Bar Association, he has a much lower public opinion base than me, but there is a lot of social energy, it is impossible not to use this case to attack me."

"That's the main risk we face in the second half of the year, and luckily there will be no redistricting in the next governor's term, and the Elephant Party will have less support for the gubernatorial candidate, otherwise it will be more difficult to do," Peter looked honest. ”

Song Ya knows that every ten years, that is, 1990/2000 and other integer years will be redrawn, and the governors of each state have a lot of power in this matter, for example, there are two congressional districts, one constituency is like the die-hard supporters of the two parties, and one constituency is three or seven.

"Okay, I see, if there's a need for me, just say, Peter."

Now that the interests of the two are highly bound, Song Ya is not stingy in providing generous promises.

"So, can you get Pastor Allison to endorse me? This was crucial for me to get the African American vote. ”

Peter also made a direct request.

"Pastor Allison, I'm familiar with it, I'll go say hello tomorrow." Song Ya nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll count on you." Peter happily patted him on the shoulder, "Get out, Alicia is waiting for you." ”

"Okay."

Pierre Sutton has handed over his claim for the status of the inner-city broadcaster to Alicia's law firm and Morningstar, and they are currently working on the statistics outside.

Peter said hello to his wife and hurried away, while Songya stayed in her office.

"This is the basic statistical result, if you want to read it, read it first, the first page is the briefing, and I have to keep busy......"

Alicia placed a large stack of folders in front of Song Ya.

"Okay, good work Alicia."

After Song Ya thanked him, he looked through it alone.

In general, the Inner City Broadcasting Company is not a standard private company, it receives government grants every year, it also accepts social donations, most of which come from wealthy African-Americans, and it offers to undertake some social obligations, such as giving Malcolm Ekex's widow a high-paying idle pension, such as injecting a lot of small media that do not make money and speak for African-Americans in various parts of the country, and it is also the money bag of many politicians, and a large amount of commission funds flow in and out of various names every year. Of course, the 12 self-owned radio stations, eight joint venture radio stations, and some small local television stations are still the main players.

Nowhere is this more evident than at the Apollo Theater, where the owner, the City of New York, offers very cheap leases and annual subsidies for cultural and minority programs, as well as a lot of money from admission and tours at 125th Street in Harlem. In addition to maintaining normal operations, the profits are also used to support many 'idlers' who receive salaries for nothing, such as retired jazz musicians, family members of African American politicians and celebrities, retired politicians who walk through the revolving door, and so on. The remainder went to the Inner City Broadcasting Company, and some went to a few foundations, and the foundation of the federal Congressman Rangel as chairman took the lion's share of it, and although these foundations had legitimate reasons such as equality and charity, these foundations paid directors and other positions very generously, and how much they could really spend on practical matters was all up to one's conscience.

The same is probably true of other small establishments scattered throughout the meter.

It was a big net, and even though Pierre had been genuinely cooperative, and had been informed in advance of his visit to the Malibu Seaside Villa that could not be reflected in the official accounts, it was still a foggy report, and the Manhattan Gang had sternly warned that it should never be leaked.

But on the other hand, the big net that the Manhattan gang has woven since the seventies is also very tempting for Song Ya, isn't this the source of social influence?

"The loan alone is as high as nearly 60 million, and the interest is not low, and the more than 10 million yuan borrowed from the First Bank of New Jersey has been recalled many times, and the deadline will be reached in October this year......

Song Ya shook his head as he watched, the name of the First Bank of New Jersey evoked his memories, and when he was blackmailed by Motula, the bank forced him to pay back......

He shook his head and threw away the bad past, the inner city radio company was indeed about to go on, no wonder the Sutton family bit the 30 million figure and refused to let go, without this 30 million, once the loan defaulted, it would immediately face a bankruptcy crisis.

Of course, he also has no shortage of high-quality assets, such as the Apollo Theater, two major radio stations in New York, and the Washington branch that has been hollowed out by himself......

"How? What do you think? APLUS。 ”

He was dizzy and suspicious when Alicia came to an end and walked in with two cups of coffee.

"I don't know...... Oh, thanks. ”

Song Ya took the coffee and took a sip, "My mind is a mess right now." ”

"That's true." Alicia smiled, "This fruit has a mottled appearance and bitter flesh, but it is still a bit nutritious......"

"It's a good analogy, at least it's not really a simple bottomless pit." Song Ya smiled bitterly.

"They estimated that the 30 million they received was mainly used to repay and replace the loan......," Alicia said.

Song Ya nodded in agreement, "Yes, so I will definitely stick to Ms. Sloan's four-point advice, you must get the power to spin off, sell, shut down non-performing assets, and you must not fall into the big risk of the Apollo Theater being forcibly repossessed by the New York City government." ”

"It's harder."

"I'm talking about the Apollo Theater, where U.S. Rep. Wrangel has a major interest, but you have to know that it's almost the second term of Odona Mayor Giuliani, and there should be no pressure for the strongman who will turn the tide of law and order in New York to be re-elected," Alicia said. The overall political influence of the Manhattan Gang is rapidly weakening, and it is becoming more and more difficult to keep the interests of the theater every year. ”

"Well, it's the same thing."

Song Ya naturally agreed, "But I noticed that former New York Secretary of State Rohr Patterson's affiliated foundation can still get a large amount of money from the inner city broadcasting company every year, and his son, New York State Senator David Patterson, should be the future star that the Manhattan gang has high hopes for. ”

"There are only senators in the state, and there are dozens or hundreds of politicians of this status in each state, not to mention that there are super cities in New York City in New York City, which are heavily decentralized."

Alicia disagreed, "It's hard for that David Patterson to stand out. ”

"That's ......" Song Ya also knew that this was the case.

"Alicia." A staff member knocked on the door and entered, "What's going on with this multimillion-dollar sum?" Receivable? Or is it a bad debt? ”

"What money?"

Alicia took the Chinese document from his hand and glanced at it, "Oh, this is a donation commitment that they have not actually received over the years, it is nothing, it is attached to it, according to the nature of the operation of the inner city broadcasting company, it does not even have to be disclosed to the public, maybe I misplaced it." ”

"Okay." The staff went out, and she casually put the papers on the table.

"Isn't this just a fraud?" Song Ya picked up the document casually and flipped through it.

"Ha, how ugly it is, in fact, this phenomenon is not uncommon, and some of them have a tacit understanding between the two sides, after all, celebrities take the lead, and ordinary people will follow." Alicia wasn't surprised at all.

"Huh?"

Song Ya saw the names of some African-American celebrities in the pledge lists, among which the most famous talk show host Oprah appeared the most frequently, he instantly became interested, sat up straight, and looked carefully, "Wow, wow...... Since she came to New York in 85 to promote the movie Purple, she has successively 'donated' millions to various affiliated units of the Inner City Broadcasting Company in the past ten years, all of which are empty words? ”

"Of course, otherwise her name wouldn't be in this document." Alicia replied casually.

Song Ya's eyes lit up, "Alicia." ”

"Huh?"

"Speed up, speed up the negotiation with Pierre!"

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