America 1982

Tommy prepares to treat the guests in person, and takes Rick and his team, who came up with the idea of ​​"How to Marry a Millionaire," to go to a nightclub for a little craziness, but the plan is canceled because of a call from Sean, the vice president of public relations.

In the end, Tommy could only ask Rick to apologize to the employees below for him, and instead let them go to the nightclub to have fun, and he, who was unable to attend in person, paid the bill.

Sean's tone on the phone was very hasty, and he only told Tommy not to socialize 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 need to be ready to help a widow."

This sentence made Tommy excited.

Yes, how could a man refuse to lend a helping hand to a widow, so Tommy deliberately canceled his evening swimming and fitness classes and stayed at the company to work overtime waiting for Sean to give him a chance to help the widow.

The vice president in charge of public relations does not have a high presence within the TV station. To be honest, people in other departments of BTTV have almost forgotten 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, and only a few ordinary clerks from the public relations department shuttle through the company to handle various documents every day at work, proving that BT TV station still has such a department.

But Tommy knows that Sean is almost the busiest person at BT TV station. If others just follow his instructions, then Sean is the tentacles of the little ant at BT TV station. He is released by BT TV station to explore All unknowns are then passed back to what is known.

He has to fly to Washington once a week to ensure that he can track or obtain the latest developments, policies and regulations from government departments, industry associations and other institutions as soon as possible, because if he expects to be like an ordinary American, he can buy it from everyone You have to wait at least half a year to get these developments that may seem inconspicuous but have an astonishing impact on the industry in newspapers or news.

He is also responsible for helping BT establish communication channels with state governments, municipal governments, local television industry associations, and national television industry associations.

He needs to be responsible for checking whether there are sensitive points in his own TV station's programs that may easily offend people of color. He needs to communicate with Rick's program department in a timely manner and help Rick build a program library for BT TV station bit by bit according to Rick's needs. Dealing with various sellers in the syndicated program market for Rick, and establishing relationships with other California local friendly stations that are truly powerful and not the small TV stations that the Big Jack brothers deal with, and looking for opportunities for cooperation, such as CBS, NBC, and ABC The flagship station in California for these major television networks.

They even have to make plans for various emergencies that may arise after the broadcast of each BT program before it is officially broadcast.

So he told Tommy that if he wanted to help a widow, it was definitely not just because he saw a beautiful widowed woman and wanted to find an opportunity to help Tommy pimp and strike up a conversation.

It wasn't until 9:40 that Sean showed up at the company smelling of alcohol. He first pushed open the door of Tommy's office, made a wait signal to Tommy, then quickly walked into the bathroom to vomit the alcohol and used He splashed cold water on his face, wiped it clean, and chewed two pieces of gum before sitting across from Tommy and staring directly at Tommy.

But soon, he stood up again, dragging his fat body in the office, moving in front of Tommy in a Z-shape. The clumsy steps combined with his figure made Sean look like a lame Duck.

"Do you know what this is? Tommy?" After Sean finished this ridiculous set of actions, he sat back and said to Tommy: "Marco, the public relations expert at KNBC, sat across from me and used three fucking When he was young, he boasted about his bravery when he was attacked by a school shooting when he was a child. When he was having fun, he also demonstrated to me his nimble steps when he dodged the bullets fired by the gunmen."

KNBC is NBC's flagship TV station in California and one of the seven main TV stations owned by the NBC TV network. It can be regarded as a true direct force within the NBC TV network.

Throughout the United States, there are nearly 200 television stations that broadcast NBC programs and are classified as NBC television networks. However, the NBC Group actually owns only seven television stations. The other more than 100 television stations are all gathered under NBC through cooperation. In the bag.

Tommy looked at Sean funny, 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 that bastard twist his ass for three hours first. You're lucky, boss. You only have to watch me twist it once, and my ass is obviously more upright than the old guy's shriveled butt. Fuller." Sean took out a cigarette from his suit pocket, lit it and said with a smile:

“After KNBC watched our pilot program, they were willing to help us convince their brother stations in Philadelphia and Chicago to purchase the regional broadcast rights of our program through the syndicated program market. They felt that the large black groups in these two areas would like our program. , but the premise is that the price is favorable enough and you have to do a small thing for KNBC."

"Helping a widow?" Tommy asked with a slight nod.

Sean also nodded: "That's right, Georgia Roseblum is the widow of Carroll Roseblum, the dead boss of the NFC (National Football League) Los Angeles Rams."

"I'm pretty sure that the money I have in my pocket right now is not enough to play the game between TV giants like the rights to broadcast major sports events. Sean, you should also know." Tommy frowned slightly when he heard Sean's words. , and then said frankly to Sean.

Sports events have always been a game of competition between the three major TV networks. In order to grab the most juicy food and keep out competitors, the three major TV networks racked their brains, so the consequence is that the broadcast of sports events The methods have been played by them in various ways.

If an outsider comes in and competes with tens of millions of dollars, he will end up thinking that he has bought the rights to broadcast some well-known team games, but surprisingly finds that he can't even play a fucking game throughout the season. Broadcasting, you can only lose those money in vain.

Why? Because the cooperation between the team and the TV station has an attendance clause, that is, if the attendance of fans watching the game does not reach a certain percentage, the team has the right to consider the interests of the club and ask the TV station not to broadcast the game, 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 the whole season. It is very likely that a certain TV network colluded with the club to falsify the data. But if it is an upstart game and there is no evidence at all, the club attendance rate can only be obtained for the entire season. If the response is not up to standard, the team and club will find loopholes in various contracts. In the end, the club will terminate the contract with the idiot amateur without any damage and switch to other TV networks. The three major TV networks will watch the amateur TV station lose a lot of money. The money eventually left sadly.

There are many perverted clauses similar to the attendance clause, all of which are traps set by the three major TV networks in collusion with event organizations. The three major TV networks stepped on each other's faults and spent decades of trial and error before reaching the point where they know themselves and their enemies.

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 accumulated experience with money and experience, and if other TV stations want to enter this broadcast business, they have to pay three times the amount. 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 have it, but Murdoch does. NBC got the news that FOX has loaded 125 million bullets in the fight for sports broadcast rights this year and is preparing to fight. The three major TV networks are all frightened. They don't know where Murdoch raised funds. You know, not long ago, Murdoch just spent 3 billion to acquire the American Triangle Media Group. Going further, "New York" magazine lost 200 million and "Country" magazine lost 9,000. Ten thousand, the "Chicago Sun" was sold at a bargain price due to serious losses, and the "New York Post" was held for twelve years and sold at a bargain price with a loss of 150 million, not counting his series of bad investments in the UK. In short, everyone Everyone believes that this Jewish guy 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 continue to provide him with funds for the money printing factory? 125 million, which is equivalent to the existing The price was raised by one-third, forcing the three major TV networks to compete with him." Sean picked up the glass of water that Tommy poured for him and took a sip.

Tommy shrugged: "If NBC wants me to seduce the widow for them and make her change her mind about not cooperating with Fox, I think the chance of me agreeing is not very high, because I have a girlfriend, which may be the reason why I agree. It depends on the age of the widow, whether she is beautiful, and how much inheritance she has inherited. If it satisfies me, I may take the time to work hard."

"Fox's flagship TV station in California, KTTV, is negotiating with the Los Angeles Rams over the broadcast rights for away games in the new season. Previously, the Los Angeles Rams' home game broadcast rights belonged to CBS, and the away game broadcast rights belonged to NBC, but the home broadcast rights were The long-term contract will expire in five years. CBS does not need to worry about losing its home court. However, NBC’s away game broadcast rights are calculated based on the season. In other words, Fox is now grabbing KNBC’s fat. The problem is , Marco has been a good friend of team owner Carroll before. If Carroll is still alive, he is not worried that Fox can steal it, but now... Team owner Carroll accidentally drowned while on vacation in Florida. There was no will, so the team fell into the hands of his and his ex-wife's five children and his widow, Georgia Roseblum. Currently, Georgia and Carroll's five children have bought the Los Angeles Rams worth 56 million. The team and other assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars that Carroll did not leave any will were completely torn apart. FOX's public relations secured Carroll's five children and promised to provide the five with necessary support and help the five get the club. ownership, and the best way for BNC is for the widow Georgia to work with them. The problem is, Georgia now pays no attention to NBC's Marco because he pimped her husband Carol and was even by her side when her husband died. The wild women were all introduced by Marco."

"Wait a minute, what do you mean, Georgia and his wife have already broken up with five of 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 mistakes in conversation.

Faced with Tommy's doubts, Sean gave the answer: "Yes, it was her ex-husband who died. This woman just turned sixty this year, but she has been married six times. Carol is her fifth husband. In the third month after Carol's death, she cohabited and got married to a white man who was more than ten years younger than her, but the wedding had not yet been held, but this did not prevent her from fighting for the family property as her ex-husband's widow."

"This woman must not be white. Even those low-class white women in Warwick can't have such exaggerated desires. They wish they could find something to stuff down there all the time." Tommy was dumbfounded after listening to Sean's explanation, and sighed with admiration.

Sean nodded: "My guess is accurate. She is a mixed-race product. She seems to have been a beauty pageant girl when she was young."

"So, we just want to find a way to contact the black widow who can't take any time off, and then use the name of BTTV to deceive her into giving us the away broadcast rights for the new season, but in fact we will give it to NBC, right? Tommy asked after sorting out the news Sean brought back.

"The general idea is that what I need to emphasize is cooperation, not deception." Sean said.

Tommy continued to ask: "Are her dead ex-husband Carol and his first wife both white?"

"Carol is of Jewish descent and his ex-wife is of Germanic descent."

"Does the widow have money now?"

"Of course, I have about two to three million in private money. Otherwise, which man in his forties would be willing to sleep with a sixty-year-old black woman in bed?"

"Where are the other party's five children?"

"If she is not rich, 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 inheritance. Team shares.”

"Do you think our Earl would be willing to sleep with a sixty-year-old black woman in bed?" Tommy thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked Sean.

Sean was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I don't think he will be willing, and he is not short of money."

Tommy laughed: "You lack knowledge of elite black people. They are more shameless than black people at the bottom. They are probably similar to Indians. As long as the price is rich enough, they can do anything."

"You mean, let Earl provide free legal help as an excuse 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 is feasible, NBC You have already solved it by yourself, and you will not leave it to us. You will regard this matter as a difficult problem and give us a chance to cooperate." Sean shrugged, feeling that Tommy's thinking was a bit too simple, and what he said was too big. Loss of standard.

Tommy looked at Sean with twinkling eyes and said with a serious face: "I know, Earl alone is of course not enough, but I not only have Earl, I also have a girlfriend who can do anything, and my girlfriend's huge... Circle of friends."

…

Earl Rush recently relied on Tommy's funding to launch a non-profit organization called Leap Race in Los Angeles, California with some long-term friends. This organization advocates a boycott of the workfare system and calls on large companies to provide equal benefits to all kinds of people. Job opportunities are provided to American citizens of color, but not to whites.

In fact, there are three or five similar organizations of this kind in any city in the United States. They are not new. If you want to stand out from the crowd and make your existence known to Americans, it is very simple. If you have the capital, you are willing to contribute to this organization. Pay the bill.

Tommy, the financial backer behind Leap Race, was willing to pay for this. First, he could pay for Earl to appear on major television stations to explain the organization's philosophy. Second, he could make the organization's slogan a reality.

For example, Earl listed a large number of names of Silicon Valley technology companies and told the black people in front of the TV that these technology companies responded to the initiative of Leap of Race and were willing to provide college students of color majoring in computer science with a more convenient employment interview process than white people. , 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. Technology companies are actually very welcoming to Asians.

In short, the main base of support attracted by this organization are all those who have been harmed by the policies of the Reagan administration, such as people of color, poor people, single working mothers, the unemployed, workers who have lost their jobs due to policies, homosexuals, etc.

As Earl appeared on the television, many white people in the Democratic Party finally remembered that this black man with a financial sponsor father as his backer seemed to be one of their own. Naturally, Earl's social circle within the party also slowly opened up.

While enjoying his success, Earl felt a sense of absurdity. Yes, he felt that the world was ridiculous. You know, he had previously provided free legal aid to his compatriots and participated in the underworld with passion. The Leopard Party wanted to change this unequal country, but at that time, no one even took a look at itself. As a result, now that I am middle-aged, I have become a greedy person who only wants fame and wealth. Instead, I have become someone 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 as absurd as Tommy asking him to play golf while asking him if he is interested in hooking up with a sixty-year-old mixed-race old widow.

"Didn't you suggest that I find a black woman from the bottom? The widow of the owner of the Los Angeles Rams cannot be associated with the word bottom." Earl returned the golf club in his hand to the man next to him. The caddy took the water glass handed to him, took a sip, and asked Tommy next to him who was concentrating on observing the distance.

After Tommy calculated it, he hit the golf ball onto the green with a standard swing. Then he threw away the club and sat under the umbrella next to him: "No, she is a woman from the bottom, a single mother from the bottom. Older, sixty years old.”

"No one believes she is a low-class black person, Tommy, not even the black community." Earl sat down next to Tommy, turned his face to look at him, and said seriously.

Tommy cast his sights on the green in the distance: "Of course she is not a black person at the bottom, but she can be reduced to a place inferior to a black person at the bottom in a short period of time, and then become a rich woman again, so you should be happy about this, because you don't need to There is really a black man who comes from the bottom and always has to worry about whether the other person has a dirty disease. Although this sixty-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 physical examinations. "

"How did you fall?" Earl ignored Tommy's teasing and asked about the topic he was more concerned about.

If the other party can have such a sympathetic image, I won't be too repelled. After all, the other party has a lot of wealth. No one can resist the temptation of an older rich woman, not even lawyers.

Tommy picked up the cigar and threw one to Earl: "She hopes to get half of the inheritance, and the other five children of her ex-husband will share the other half equally. To this end, she is willing to do anything, such as making herself look like a Poor, desperate poor people.”

"I need something more specific."

"I asked Sean to persuade her and disband the legal team responsible for fighting for her property due to lack of financial resources, and you will provide her with free legal help."

"Didn't you just tell her that during her marriage to her ex-husband, she accumulated about two to three million in private property over the years?"

"She felt that her husband would not want to see her quarreling with each other's children, and she was very kind. Those children were like her children, so she chose to give up, but at the same time she felt very chilled, so she donated her assets to The Children's and Women's Legal Defense Fund of America hopes that there will no longer be tragic stories like hers where her husband died and she was immediately kicked out by her non-biological children, yes, so she has nothing now."

"Why would she believe Sean and willingly donate all her wealth?"

"Because of me." Tommy looked at Earl and said lightly:

"Because I asked Hillary Clinton, the chairman of the board of directors of the New World Foundation, the chairman of the board of directors of the 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 he will help her get the wealth she deserves."

When Earl heard that name, he immediately reacted: "My free aid is just a warm-up, right? And it is unlikely to be the climax of the fight for land."

"Yes, the free assistance you provided her was when she asked her current husband to pre-sell tickets for the Los Angeles Rams' home games next season when the ownership of the club was unclear. And those five children will soon discover this problem, and then 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, and one has already quit. The inheritance fight was just a stepmother who wanted to sell the last part of the tickets to make a profit and change her life in a city, but was driven to death by her cruel and vicious ex-husband and children." Tommy looked at Earl:

"She is black, she is a woman, she is being persecuted, and as long as the trend rises, Ms. Hillary can naturally intervene and provide legal help to this poor widow. Until now, she has never been involved in such lawsuits involving women's rights. Never lost a lawsuit.”

"You are really a friend of black people, Tommy. You help older black women fight for family property, and you also help introduce her to young black boyfriends." After hearing this, Earl grinned and joked.

Tommy also laughed: "If you don't want to, I will introduce Martin to her. To be honest, Martin's physical strength is much better than yours."

"Of course I am willing, as long as she can accept a sexless marriage and has no objection to me going outside to solve my physical problems." Earl 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 Earl: "You can drive her to your house now, because she has moved out of her ex-husband's home and is homeless."