Chapter 190 Things are getting interesting
Tommy is going to treat the guests himself, bringing Rick and his team who came up with the idea of "How to Marry a Millionaire" to go to the nightclub to make a little crazy plan, but because of the call from Sean, the vice president of public relations, it was canceled.
In the end, Tommy could only ask Rick to apologize to the employees below for him, and let them go to the nightclub for fun instead, and he, who couldn't go there in person, paid the bill.
Sean’s tone on the phone was very hasty. He only told Tommy not to socialize for the time being tonight, and to wait for his call at the company at any time, or to come back in person. The original words were:
"Tommy, we're getting ready to help a widow."
This sentence made Tommy excited.
Yeah, how could a man refuse to help the widow, so Tommy deliberately canceled the swimming and fitness classes at night, and stayed in the company to work overtime, waiting for Sean to give him a chance to help the widow.
My vice president in charge of public relations does not have a high sense of presence in the TV station. To be honest, people in other departments of BTTV have almost forgotten about this chubby middle-aged man with a simple and honest smile, because he almost never appears on the TV station. , His office is also vacant most of the time, only a few ordinary clerks from the public relations department shuttle through the company every day to process various documents, which proves that BT TV still has such a department.
But Tommy knows that Sean is almost the busiest person on BT TV. If other people just work according to their own orders, then Sean is the tentacles of the little ant of BT TV. He was released by BT TV to explore All the unknown, and then pass back the learned message.
He will fly to Washington once a week to ensure that he can track or obtain the latest developments, policies and regulations of government departments, industry associations and other institutions in the first place, because if he is expected to be like an ordinary American, everyone can buy It will take at least half a year to get these seemingly inconspicuous but amazingly influential developments in the industry from newspapers or news.
He is also responsible for helping BT TV establish communication channels with the state government, city government, local TV industry associations, and national TV industry associations.
It is necessary to be responsible for checking whether there are sensitive points in the programs of its own TV station that are likely to offend people of color. It is necessary to communicate with Rick's program department in a timely manner, and to help Rick build a program library belonging to BT TV station bit by bit according to Rick's needs. Deal with various sales parties in the syndicate program market for Rick, and start a network with other small TV stations in California that are really powerful, not the kind of small TV stations that the Big Jack brothers deal with, and look for opportunities for cooperation, such as CBS, NBC, ABC The flagship stations of these large television networks in California.
It is even necessary to formulate plans for various emergencies that may arise after the broadcast of each program of BT before the official broadcast.
So he said to Tommy that if he wants to help a widow, it is definitely not because he sees a beautiful widow and then wants to find a chance to help Tommy pimp and strike up a conversation.
It wasn't until 9:40 that Sean showed up at the company with a face full of alcohol. He first pushed open the door of Tommy's office, gestured to Tommy to wait a moment, then walked quickly into the bathroom to vomit the alcohol, and used a After splashing cold water on his face and cleaning it off, he chewed two pieces of gum again, and then sat across from Tommy, staring straight at Tommy.
But soon, he got up again, dragged his fat body in the office, and moved in front of Tommy according to Z-shaped steps. Those clumsy steps matched his figure, making Sean look like a limp Duck.
"Do you know what this is, Tommy?" Sean finished this set of ridiculous moves, sat back down again, and said to Tommy: "Marco, the public relations expert of KNBC, sat across from me, and used the **** three When he was young, he bragged about his bravery when he was shot at a school as a child, and when he had a good time, he showed me the nimble steps he used to dodge the bullets fired by the gunman.”
KNBC is the flagship TV station of NBC in California, and one of the seven main TV stations owned by NBC TV network. It can be regarded as the real direct line of the NBC TV network.
Throughout the United States, there are nearly 200 TV stations broadcasting NBC programs, which are classified as the NBC TV network. However, only seven TV stations are actually owned by the NBC Group. The other more than 100 TV stations are all collected in NBC through cooperation. in the bag.
Tommy looked at Sean amusedly, then stood up and poured him a glass of water himself: "I don't care how the man survives, Sean, I care more about how to help the widow."
"To help the widow, you need to watch the **** wiggle his **** for three hours. You're lucky, boss, you only need to watch me do it once, and my **** is obviously more upturned than the old guy's dry buttocks. Fuller." Sean took out a cigarette from his suit pocket, lit it up and said with a smile:
"After watching our pilot program, KNBC was willing to help us convince their sister TV stations in Philadelphia and Chicago to buy the regional broadcast rights of our program through the syndicate program market. They felt that the large black groups in these two areas should like our program. , but only if the price is favorable enough, and do a small thing for KNBC.”
"Helping a widow?" Tommy asked, nodding slightly.
Sean also nodded: "That's right, Georgia Roseblum, the widow of Carol Roseblum, the dead owner of the NFC (American Football Competition) Los Angeles Rams."
"I'm pretty sure that the money in my pocket is not enough to play the game between TV giants such as broadcasting rights for major sports events. Sean, you should also be clear." Tommy frowned slightly when he heard Sean's words , and then frankly said to Sean.
Sports events have always been a game of competition between the three major TV networks. In order to compete for the fattest blood food and keep competitors out, the three major TV networks have racked their brains, so the consequence is that the broadcast of sports events The method has been played by them in various ways.
If a layman rushes into the arena with tens of millions of dollars to compete, the end result is that he thinks he has bought the broadcast rights of some well-known teams, but it is strange to find that he can't even do a **** game for a whole season. Broadcasting, can only lose those banknotes in vain.
Why? Because the cooperation between the team and the TV station has an attendance rate clause, that is, if the attendance rate of fans watching the game does not reach a certain percentage, the team has the right to ask the TV station not to broadcast the game for the benefit of the club, which can stimulate more fans to buy. Tickets to watch the game live.
In fact, it is impossible for the attendance rate to be bad for a whole season. It is very likely that a certain TV network colluded with the club to falsify the data. The replies that do not meet the standard, and then the team and club can find out various loopholes in the contract. In the end, the club unscathed and terminated the contract with the idiot layman, and switched to the embrace of other TV networks. The three major TV networks watched the amateur TV station lose a lot. A sum of money, and finally left sadly.
There are many abnormal clauses similar to the attendance clause, all of which are traps set up by the three major TV networks in collusion with the competition organization.
Let's put it this way, other small TV networks and TV stations don't even have the courage to participate, because the three major TV networks have already accumulated experience with money and experience, and other TV stations have to pay three times the amount if they want to step into this broadcasting business The price is that you have to step through all the traps of the three major TV networks before you understand all the rules, and the price you need to pay is an astronomical amount of money.
"I know we don't, but Murdoch has. NBC has received news that FOX has loaded 125 million bullets in the battle for sports broadcasting rights this year, and is preparing to do a big fight. The three major TV networks are terrified. They don't know where Murdoch raised funds. You know, not long ago, Murdoch just acquired the American Triangle Media Group for 3 billion. Before that, "New York" magazine lost 200 million, and "Country" magazine lost 9000. Wan, the "Chicago Sun" was sold cheaply by him because of serious losses. The "New York Post" was held for twelve years, with a loss of 150 million, and sold cheaply. This is not counting his series of bad investments in the UK. In short, everyone I believe that this Jew is definitely not a business genius, but what I am curious about is who can make Murdoch continue to lose money, and at the same time provide him with a steady stream of funds, is it a banknote printing factory? 125 million, which is equivalent to using the existing The price was raised by one-third, forcing the three major TV networks to bid with him." Sean picked up the glass of water that Tommy helped him pour, and said, taking a sip.
Tommy shrugged: "If NBC wants me to seduce the widow for them, so that the other party will change their minds and not cooperate with Fox, I think the chances of me agreeing are not very high, because I have a girlfriend, which may make me agree. Depending on the age of the widow, whether she is beautiful, and how much inheritance she has inherited, if I am satisfied, I may spend some time and work hard."
"Fox's flagship TV station in California, KTTV, is negotiating with the Los Angeles Rams on the rights to broadcast away games in the new season. Previously, the rights to broadcast home games of the Los Angeles Rams belonged to CBS, while the rights to broadcast away games belonged to NBC, but the rights to broadcast home games are The long-term contract will expire in five years. CBS does not need to worry about losing home games, but NBC's away game broadcasting rights are calculated according to the season. That is to say, Fox is now grabbing KNBC's fat. , Marco has been a good friend of the team owner Carroll before. If Carroll is still alive, he is not worried that Fox can take it away, but now... the team owner Carroll accidentally drowned while on vacation in Florida before, no Will, so the team fell into the hands of his and his ex-wife's five children and his widow, Georgia Roseblum. At present, Georgia and Carroll's five children have joined Carroll's five children for the Los Angeles Rams worth 56 million. And other assets worth billions of dollars that Carroll did not leave any wills were completely torn apart. FOX's public relations got Carroll's five children, and promised to provide the necessary support for the five of them, and help the five of them get the ownership of the club. , and the best way for BNC is widow Georgia to cooperate with them, the problem is, Georgia is now completely ignoring Marko of NBC, because he pimps her husband Carol, and even the wild man who was with her husband when he died The women were all introduced by Marco."
"Wait a minute, what are the Georgia couples who have already broken up with five Carol's children? Isn't her husband dead?" Tommy keenly caught the question in Sean's words and asked, Sean is a publicist. Personnel, it is impossible to make such exaggerated errors in conversation.
Faced with Tommy's doubts, Sean gave the answer: "Yes, it was her ex-husband who died. This woman just turned 60 this year, but she has been married six times. Carol is her fifth husband. Three months after Carol's death, she lived with a white man who was 10 years younger than her and married, but the wedding has not yet been held, but this does not prevent her from fighting for the family property as the widow of her ex-husband."
"This woman must not be white. Even those low-level white women in Warwick can't have such exaggerated desires. They can't wait to find something to stuff under it all the time." Tommy was stunned after listening to Sean's explanation, and sighed with admiration on his face.
Sean nodded: "The guess is really accurate, a product of black and white mulatto, as if she was a beauty pageant when she was young."
"So, just figure out a way to reach out to that black widow who can't sit down down there, and then use the name of BTTV to trick her into giving us the away broadcast rights for the new season, but in fact we will give it to NBC, right? "Tommy sorted out the news Sean brought back, and asked.
"The main idea is this, what I need to emphasize is cooperation, not deception." Sean said.
Tommy continued to ask: "Are her ex-husband Carol and his first wife white?"
"Carol is of Jewish descent, and his ex-wife is of Germanic descent."
"Of course, there are about two or three million private money, otherwise, which man in his forties would be willing to * a sixty-year-old black old woman in bed?"
"What about the other party's five children?"
"If she is not rich, otherwise she would not be in a hurry to reach a cooperation agreement with FOX, but they are likely to get the most inheritance in the end. According to the judgment given by the lawyer, the five of them together can get about 85% of the ball. team shares."
"Do you think our Earl is willing to sleep with a 60-year-old black old woman on the bed?" Tommy thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked Sean.
Sean froze for a moment, then said: "I don't think he would be willing, and he is not short of money."
Tommy laughed: "You lack awareness of elite blacks. Their hearts are even more shameless than low-level blacks. They are probably similar to Indians. As long as the price is rich enough, they can do anything."
"You mean, an excuse for Earl to provide free legal help to get close to that woman? Tommy, it will be difficult for Earl to help Georgia get enough ownership in the team, and the other party does not need free legal aid. If it works, NBC I’ve already solved it by myself, and I won’t leave it to us, treat this matter as a problem, and give us a chance to cooperate.” Sean shrugged, feeling that Tommy’s consideration was a bit too simple, and the words he said were serious. Out of standard.
Tommy looked at Sean with twinkling eyes, and said seriously: "I know, Earl alone is not enough, but I not only have Earl, I also have a girlfriend who can do everything, and my girlfriend's huge Circle of friends."
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Earl Rush recently relied on Tommy's funding to launch a non-profit organization called Leap Race in Los Angeles, California with some long-time friends. U.S. citizens of color are offered jobs, not whites.
In fact, this kind of organization has three or five similar existences in any city in the United States. It is not new. It wants to stand out from the crowd and let Americans know its existence. Pay the bill.
Tommy, the financial supporter behind Leap Race, is willing to pay for this. First, he can pay for Earl to appear on major TV stations to explain the organization's philosophy, and second, he can make the organization's slogan come true.
For example, Earle listed a lot of names of Silicon Valley technology companies, and said to the blacks in front of the TV that these technology companies responded to the initiative of Leaping Race, and were willing to provide college students of color with computer majors with more convenient employment interview procedures than whites , to show their support for the Leap Race Initiative.
But Tommy will not tell the black people in front of the TV that people of color are not just black people, and technology companies are actually very welcoming to Asians.
In short, the main base of support for this organization is those who were harmed by the policies of the Reagan administration, such as people of color, the poor, single working mothers, the unemployed, workers who were unemployed because of the policies, homosexuals, etc.
As Earl appeared on the TV, many white people in the Democratic Party finally remembered that this black man with the support of his father as a financial supporter seemed to be one of his own. It was logical that Earl's party circle also slowly opened up.
While enjoying the success, Earl felt a sense of absurdity instead. Yes, he felt that the world was absurd and ridiculous. You know, he really provided legal aid to those compatriots for free before, and participated in the underworld with passion. The Leopard Party wanted to change this unequal country, but at that time, no one looked at me at all. As a result, now that I am middle-aged, I have become a greedy person who only wants to get both fame and fortune. Instead, I have become a person worthy of respect in the eyes of everyone. , a promising black person worthy of association.
But no matter how absurd the world is, it is not so absurd that Tommy asks him if he is interested in hooking up with a sixty-year-old mixed-race old widow while asking him to play golf.
"Didn't you suggest to me to find a low-level black woman? The widow of the owner of the Los Angeles Rams can never be related to the word low-level." Earl returned the golf club in his hand to the person next to him. The caddy took the water glass handed over by the other party, took a sip, and asked Tommy who was focusing on observing the distance.
After Tommy calculated, he hit the golf ball on the green with a standard swing, and then he dropped the club and sat under the parasol next to him: "No, she is a low-level woman, a low-level single mother, that is Older, sixty."
"No one believes that she is a low-level black, Tommy, and the black community will not believe it." Earl sat next to Tommy, looked sideways at him, and said seriously.
Tommy cast his eyes on the green in the distance: "She's certainly not a low-level black man, but she can be reduced to a low-level black man in a short period of time, and then become a rich woman again, so you should be happy about that, because you don't need Really* a black woman from the bottom, always worried about whether the other party is dirty. Although this 60-year-old lady has slept with many men, I guarantee that she is definitely cleaner than those black women at the bottom, at least she has regular medical examinations. "
"How did you fall?" Earl ignored Tommy's teasing, and asked about topics he cared more about.
If the other party can have such a sympathetic image, I will not be too repulsed. After all, the other party has a lot of wealth, and no one can refuse the temptation of an older rich woman, not even a lawyer.
Tommy picked up the cigar and tossed one to Earl: "She wants to get half of the inheritance, and the other half will be divided equally by the other five children of the ex-husband. For this, she will do anything, such as making herself look like a child in the short term." Poor, desperate poor."
"I need to be more specific."
"I asked Sean to persuade her to disband the team of lawyers who were in charge of fighting for her property on the grounds of insufficient financial resources, and you will provide her with free legal help."
"Didn't you just say that she has accumulated about two to three million private properties during her marriage with her ex-husband over the years?"
"She felt that her husband would not want to see her quarreling with the other party's children, and she was very kind, and those children were like her children, so she chose to give up, but at the same time felt very chilling, so she donated her assets to The American Children's and Women's Legal Defense Fund hopes that there will be no more tragic stories like her own where the husband dies and is immediately swept away by non-biological children, yes, so she has nothing now."
"Why would she trust Sean and willingly donate all her wealth?"
"Because of me." Tommy looked at Earl and said lightly:
"Because I asked Hillary Clinton, chairman of the board of directors of the New World Foundation, chairman of the board of directors of the American Children's and Women's Legal Defense Fund, and the fourth most powerful lawyer in the United States in 1987 by American Lawyer magazine, to call her personally , tell her that we will help her get the wealth she deserves."
Ear heard the name and immediately reacted: "My free aid is just a warm-up, right? And it's unlikely to be the climax of the contention."
"Yeah, the free aid you offered her was when the ownership of the club was not clear, she got her current husband to pre-sale tickets, and her husband would privately sell tickets to the Los Angeles Rams home games next season, And those five children will quickly discover the problem and seize the opportunity to send the stepmother and her concubine to prison, and you, and the organization Leap Race, need to portray her as a persecuted person, one has quit Inheritance competition, just want to sell the last part of the tickets to make a profit, and the stepmother who lived in another city was driven to death by those murderous and vicious ex-husband and children." Tommy looked at Earl:
"She is black, she is a woman, and she is being persecuted. As long as there is a trend, Ms. Hillary can naturally intervene to provide legal help for this poor widow. Up to now, she has never been involved in this lawsuit involving women's rights. Never lost."
"You are really a black friend, Tommy. You help older black women fight for property, and you also help her introduce young black boyfriends." After hearing this, Earl grinned and joked.
Tommy also laughed: "If you don't want to, I'll introduce Martin to her. To be honest, Martin is much stronger than you."
"Of course I am willing, as long as she can accept a sexless marriage and doesn't object to me going outside to solve my physical problems." Earle said frankly.
"You don't object to her fooling around, and she won't object to you fooling around. You are two kind-hearted black men and women, the most perfect and ideal combination."
"When does it begin?"
Tommy took out a business card and handed it to Earle: "You can drive her to your house now, because she has moved out of her ex-husband's house and is homeless."
(end of this chapter)