"Mr. Dinkins, Russell Simmons just submitted their offer as well."

Dingkins, who taught at Columbia University during the day and had a regular talk show at the New York main station in the evenings, came almost every day, and the next day Pierre Sutton quickly waited for him, and reported excitedly: "30 million injections, 30 percent equity, four directors and chairman of the board, the same as the power to dispose of bad assets." ”

"I'll see."

The old man took the document and shook it, "So thin? ”

"It's not easy for them, they only set the investment ratio last night, and they will come up with an offer today." Pierre Sutton explained.

"Hmm."

Dingkins put on his reading glasses and studied it carefully, "You revealed what APLUS submitted to them, right?" I think this quote is exactly copied. "Whoever has been mayor of New York, this little trick can't hide it from him at all.

"It wasn't completely handed over to them, there were several boxes of funding documents submitted to us by APLUS, and I only gave a summary." Pierre Sutton laughed.

So Russell Simmons copied a summary? It's a pity that this is not a bid, and he also cleverly raised the offer slightly, asking for equity to lower it a bit, to ensure that he can win the bid......"

The simple three-sheet paper Ding Kins quickly finished reading, "The ability on both sides is too poor Pierre, although APLUS is a little harsh, but it is really serious and hard......"

"Isn't that worse for us? Russell Simmons is much easier to deal with than he is, and it's a good thing that the stake is lower. ”

Pierre Sutton said.

"I'm politically finished, your father was politically finished in the seventies, Wrangel is not the same person as us except for the Apollo Theater, all the political hopes of our gang are all on little Patterson alone, he is just an ordinary senator in New York State, and his eye disease is getting worse and worse."

Dingkins sighed, "The Inner City Broadcasting Company can't continue the previous model, you and I both know this, if we just want to maintain it, 30 million won't help us much." ”

"Russell Simmons has more affection for the Apollo Theater, he's a musician in New York, he loves Manhattan, he loves Harlem, and he's willing to do anything possible to help us keep the Apollo Theater."

Pierre Sutton continued, "And APLUS resolutely does not want to take the risk of the Apollo Theater, which is impossible to pass with Rangel. ”

"Hmm."

Now Dingkins was convinced, and after thinking about it, he picked up the document in his hand and read it again, "Russell Simmons, what's going on with their contribution ratio?" He accounts for 51 percent, Quincy Jones accounts for 30 percent, some other friends in the circle share 4 percent, and this engineering and construction company accounts for 15 percent? Wait, I seem to remember this construction company......"

Tinkins glared at Pierre Sutton and picked up the landline to dial, "Let the city police commissioner answer the phone, no appointment, I'm Tinkins." ”

"It's just an investment......" Pierre Sutton looked at the old man with a begging look.

"Hey, it's me, you know...... Construction company? Behind them are ...... Okay, I got it. ”

Dingkins hung up angrily, "We can't take money from Italians, this construction company is a business opened by the Black Party after it was laundered ashore. You say to Russell Simmons, I don't care how he got in touch with the Italians, but either change the funder of this part or quit! ”

"Italians don't like Giuliani, just like us." Pierre Sutton also wanted to save it.

"So what? Giuliani is indeed an enemy, but after all, he does not dare to do anything to us blacks for the time being, and if we take money from the Italians, it will almost be equivalent to a declaration of war...... He fought the mafia for decades. ”

Dingkins is sober-minded.

"Russell Simmons said that it was introduced by Motula, and Motura assured that the source of funds was fine."

Pierre Sutton said.

"Tommy Motula? It turned out to be an anti-APLUS alliance? Dingkins still shook his head, "We can't use our power against that young African-American light, and we don't end up embarrassing us collectively like MJ and Simpson." ”

"APLUS's approach to Russell Simmons and Quincy Jones isn't much better, and he's been doing a lot of things against them and LL Cool J lately."

Pierre Sutton asked rhetorically, "Aren't these people the Light of African descent?" ”

Dingkins hesitated again, "In this way, in short, it is beneficial for us for the two groups of them to compete with each other, you can reveal this matter to APLUS again, and then reduce the price." ”

"That's exactly what I thought."

Pierre Sutton was finally satisfied.

"Wait, I'll call APLUS personally, right now."

Dingkins dialed Song Ya's mobile phone again, "Linda? I'm Dingkins, what about APLUS? ”

"Hello Mr. Dinkins."

The phone was delivered to Song Ya.

"I understand, I'll discuss a new offer with the law firm in charge of this." Song Ya said after listening to Ding Jinsi's euphemistic relay.

"Please note that APLUS, we don't want any restrictions on the Apollo Theater, that's the bottom line." Dingkins warned.

"Okay."

Song Ya hung up the phone, "Alicia, Russell Simmons also made a move, what should I do?" ”

"We agreed before, we are determined to maintain the offer, and we can't easily let the inner city broadcasters take advantage of our competition with Russell Simmons."

Alicia said, "Didn't you say you weren't interested in injecting capital itself?" ”

"The opposing side has added another enemy of mine."

Song Ya said.

"You have a lot of enemies." Alicia smiled and raised her glass, "Considering you're only twenty years old, maybe you should consider restraining your temper?" ”

"It's almost twenty-one." Song Ya also smiled.

"Oh, you can't drink just yet." She jokingly reached out and snatched the wine glass from Song Ya's hand.

"Hehe, it's okay to have two drinks with you."

Song Ya subconsciously pinched her wrist, she tried to break free, and the two of them were involved back and forth.

"So what do we do now?"

Ms. Sloane, who was standing next to her, suddenly spoke after scanning her eyes on the faces of the two of them for a few rounds, Song Ya quickly let go, and took a sip of wine at the same time as Alicia to dilute the faint ambiguity just now.

The Motura guy somehow suddenly got rid of the eavesdropping case easily, and now he is starting to behave again, and it is not good news for him and Quincy Jones and the others to join forces, "Inner City Broadcasting Company, Inner City Broadcasting Company......" Song Ya muttered to himself, making repeated choices, and finally Oprah's little trick prevailed, "Let's give the backup offer to the past." ”

"The backup offer also stated that we had to avoid the risks of the Apollo Theater altogether." Ms. Sloan said.

"I'll talk to Dingkins again."

Song Ya asked Linda to call back, "Mr. Dinkins, maybe you noticed that I am indeed serious, after I inject capital, I will run your inner-city broadcasting company to a new level, considering that I will soon have my own A+CN news station, which is unanimously optimistic about Morningstar and Northern Trust, they will also join in the early investment, and Comcast will also invest a little." ”

"Apollo Theater." That's all the old man cares about.

"The Apollo Theater is a big risk, I can't ignore it, believe me, I'm a lot better for money and business than the Russell Simmons and Quincy Jones guys, you know, it's easy for tech startups to get big VCs right now, but some people survive, some people die very quickly. The biggest difference I have concluded is that it is difficult to get investment in terms of the ability to burn money, and it is even more difficult to spend investors' money......

He began to repeat Jim Clark's words, "Only I can save the inner city broadcasters, Quincy Jones, they certainly can't, because I can't even lay the chemical plant in place." ”

"I agree, I agree, you may be able to convince me, but you can't convince Wrangel, without his nod, the Inner City Broadcasting Company will not accept your investment child, you know what his foundation depends on to survive, think about it again."

"I'll talk to Wrangel again, or will you two make an appointment to talk openly and honestly?" ”

"Okay."

Song Ya hung up the phone helplessly, "Or the Apollo Theater can't handle it, and the Manhattan Gang will never accept that we ignore the risk of operating rights there." ”

"So......" Alicia asked.

"That's it, since we have set the bottom line of the negotiation, let's just go according to the plan, I'm not the one who changes after making a good decision." Song Ya sighed, "The project is canceled, and the team is disbanded." ”

"OK, I'll send you a bill for my firm's involvement in the pre-work shortly."

Alicia laughed.

"And mine." Ms. Sloan followed.

"OK, OK, send it to me, two 'valuable' ladies......" Song Ya began to talk.

"Boss, Dr. May." Linda came again.

"What's the matter?" Song Ya answers the call from Dr. Mei, who has been working as a 'supervisor' at 3DFX.

"The three founders of 3DFX said that they are about to burn out the venture capital money, and now even if the 3D chip is sent to the wafer factory for pre-tape-out and trial production, it still needs to increase investment......

Dr. May reports.

"No, just ...... Burned out? My five million, and the millions of other investors...... Burned out? So fast? He was slapped in the face as soon as he pretended to be in front of Dingkins, and Song Ya was so angry with those liars that he was angry.

"Yes, they say tape-out and other costs to the foundry, as well as upfront payments to go into the formal manufacturing process......"

Dr. Mei explained, "The chip industry burns money like this. ”

"How much more do you need?"

"I can't do it without a million."

“Fxxk！ Those three bastards, wait for me, I'll take someone to San Jose! ”