Chapter 114: Litman Press
'Didi! Didi! ’
The electronic alarm clock went off, and Song Ya felt in a daze that someone sitting up next to the pillow turned it off, and then there was the sound of Suo Suo getting up with his clothes on.
Closed his eyes and reached out to touch it, the thin man, it was Sloan, yes.
He rolled over and put his arms around Alicia and fell asleep again.
"Haha, yes, thanks to you, Mr. Geffen, thank you to little Bronfman for me this time."
"I know, I know, I'll talk to Sutton and my sons, and I thank you Mr. Jesse Jackson...... No, no, I won't ...... anymore Yes, that's the end of it. ”
"You know it's not my Mr. Dinkins, I was surprised by the results of the board vote, maybe Giuliani wants to see us laugh, I'm happy with the result...... Of course not, I wouldn't have any personal deals with him. ”
"Hey, Pierre, is Mr. Persisaton all right? How's the body? No, no, no need to apologize, it's all over...... Yes...... Yes...... Gordon? I understand him, huh...... Okay, let's get back and talk. ”
At noon, when Sloan and Alicia walked into his suite with a cold attitude as a professional woman, Song Ya was already busy with the microphone between her neck, and her hands were not idle, typing quickly on her laptop, 'CBS TV has been systematically discriminating against black people!' That 'crime and punishment' documentary is full of fictional facts, lies and lies, and is standard fake news! Cochrane will help me get them done! ’
"It's back on track, isn't it?" Alicia asked, standing behind him and watching.
"yes, all the guys on both ends of the rat are now running to ask for credit, claiming that it is because of their good offices that Oprah chose to bow to me."
Song Ya put down the microphone and smiled bitterly, "Life has to go on." ”
Even if these people were biased towards Oprah at the beginning, it was not good for him to immediately turn around and liquidate on a large scale, so he could only pinch his nose and continue to maintain the relationship, and I will talk about it later.
After the vignette, it is still necessary to re-target Motula, but for now we can only hold on to the problems of the CBS documentary.
He continued to dial, "Dorothy? It's me, APLUS, Alicia said to me, are you going to talk to me about the shares of your TV station in the hands of A+CN? Do I remember the number is five percent right? Well, what do you think? Okay, wait a minute......"
He covered the microphone and asked Alicia, "What was Dorothy's attitude at the time?" ”
"She is clearly hinting that she wants to decouple her African American women's TV station from A+CN." Alicia replied.
"Wow, I'm very good at reading the direction of the wind."
Song Ya sneered, "Okay, you say...... So that part of the shares will not change, right? The board of directors is also ...... Okay, I understand, I understand, thank you for what you did for me, I know Oprah has always respected you, well......"
He hung up again, "Dorothy said that it was just a small adjustment to the shareholder structure of her TV station, and it had nothing to do with A+CN. Then she laughed again with Alicia.
"Tribeca has checked again, and she can go back at any time." Old Mike came in and reported, "I've got someone to pick up little Rhaegar." ”
"I'll see you here in the afternoon." Song Ya replied.
"I'll wait for you to let me know."
“OK。” Old Mike asked Marvota and the silencer to bring in the checked lunch.
Hallie yawned and came out of the bedroom and sat lazily at the dining table to deal with her chicken salad, so Songya and Sloane and Alicia also went over, everyone had body requirements and didn't eat much.
"Hello, Mr. Litman, Ms. Fleming."
Afternoon tea should be sumptuous, Song Ya saved some stomach, and Sloane and the two met Littleman and Shirley Fleming in the dining room of the Warrendorf Hotel, and Littleman brought two white attachés.
There is no need to be too cautious about security issues here, where senior executives and dignitaries often come and go, and a few bodyguards standing around a singer are too pretentious.
"Sit down."
Shirley Fleming, who treats this as half a family, acts as an intermediary, "Don't you have anything?" APLUS。 ”
"I don't really understand the ...... here Anyway, come on. Song Ya gentlemanly pulled her chair apart, and Littleman did the same.
"Alright, waiter."
Shirley Fleming called the waitress to start the snacks and tea.
As someone who has been tricked and swept away by Littleman, the relationship between the two parties does not seem to be so bad later, probably because Shirley Fleming's family friend is in Bambark, helping Johnny Carson write his memoirs, and she knows that she wants to find a publishing house for her memoirs, and Littleman Publishing is just the right fit for now.
"Didn't you bring a lawyer?"
Although he did business, Littleman actually didn't see him much, and the relationship between the two sides was average, because Rick Rubin was his friend, and he and Rick Rubin fell out after the Grammys.
One of Littleman's two attachés was his personal lawyer, and when the conversation began, he was a little surprised to learn that Sloan was just his public relations consultant, "I thought ......."
"Well, Goodman and Hamlin are working hard in Chicago on my case and my relative's case, and you may have heard of it."
Song Ya planned to hand over this acquisition that could be hundreds of millions of dollars to Goodman and Hamlin, but they really couldn't pull away, "Goodman, you know." ”
"Well, I saw it last time when America Music Magazine was negotiating."
Litman, who is in his fifties and on the verge of bankruptcy, has long since lost his ambition at that time, but the magnanimity of a tycoon is still there, but unfortunately the paper media is really not easy to sell now, especially in the context of the passage of the telecommunications bill and the frequent occurrence of a large number of high-value mergers and acquisitions in the television and communications industries, his ambitious expansion in the print media in the late eighties and early nineties has become a joke that is often ridiculed by the industry.
Originally, he didn't want to sell the family business, Litman Press, but now he can't help it.
"This is ......"
The other attaché he brought with him turned out to be the editor-in-chief of Guns & Hunting magazine, who owned about 30 percent of the conservative media outlet.
“Hey! APLUS, MS. FLEMING......"
In the middle of the mutual greeting and introduction, Alicia appeared in a bright light, "What a coincidence. She pretended to meet by chance and came to Shirley Fleming's side to greet her affectionately.
"Oh, to introduce, this is Mrs. Flock, and her husband is Peter Flock."
The men all stood up, and Song Ya had to take on the task of helping with the introduction, "Her law firm is also responsible for the legal affairs of some of my companies. ”
"It's an Illinois ...... Fortunately, Mrs. Flock. ”
Littman reacted and gave her a kiss with a smile, "Is Peter okay?" I met him a few years ago......"
"Not bad, busy."
"You may be seated, Mrs. Flock." Song Ya helped her pull out the chair, and the words came out of her teeth word by word.
"Hehe, what were you guys talking about?" She pretended not to feel it and sat down gracefully.
"About the publishing house, business."
Litman replied, he didn't want to waste his time, and asked the private lawyer to pull out a paper, "APLUS, I think you've seen this, my list of asset packs for sale, do you have any questions?" ”
"I'm primarily interested in your publishing house, Mr. Litman."
Song Ya glanced at the list of assets that were priced at hundreds of millions of yuan, densely packed, except for the publishing house that accounted for 85% of the shares, most of them were print media, and the high-fidelity magazine was wholly owned by Litman, and the other shares were almost all below 50%.
"I know, but it's not just selling, the publishing house is still profitable."
Litman replied, "Actually, I don't want to sell the family asset, and Ms. Fleming said you'd bring Johnny Carson's memoir distribution rights for it, right?" I have respect for Mr. Johnny Carson, and if it is an honor to publish his memoirs, I think it will be a great addition to the Littleman Press, so ......"
His personal lawyer added, "We hope that the name of the publishing house will not be changed after the transfer, and then the terms of the signing and distribution of Johnny Carson's memoirs will be included in the contract, and Mr. Littleman also wants to retain a small stake and an independent director." ”
They were clearly talking beyond the price and range of the transaction and going straight to the details.
And Song Ya will not be so stupid to give up the pace of negotiation and accept all the orders, "I don't have much doubt in this regard, but as far as the entire asset package is concerned, I still need to conduct a more detailed investigation on my side." ”
Litman Publishing House is indeed profitable, but the profit is very meager, most of the publishing projects are loss-making, and only rely on the high-profit textbook market to survive, but it is also going downhill. Song Ya has taken a fancy to their distribution channels in this regard, and the fact that the textbooks can be selected by schools in various states must show that the relevant public relations ability is not bad, and it is useful for his own 'new education film' plan.
Of course, he didn't tell anyone about this, and at the moment even Yeremov, who had already received the 'original material', did not know.
He put the papers back on the table, and Alicia immediately picked them up and looked at them.
"For example?" Litman's personal lawyer asked.
"Uh...... I haven't thought too deeply yet. Song Ya replied.
"Guns & Hunting Magazines, and Christianity ...... Living"
Sloan suddenly answered, "Mr. APLUS is not in a convenient position to own these conservative magazines at the moment, so they must be removed from the asset portfolio. ”
It's all a rebellion, aren't they!? It seems that it is a lie that what work and personal relationships are completely treated independently, these scheming women! Alicia wants to rob Goodman and Hamlin's business, and Sloan insists on a gun ban......
Song Ya scratched her head.
"APLUS, I LOVE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS."
The editor-in-chief of Guns & Hunting Magazine spoke, and the old white man with glasses leaned forward aggressively, "Haha, that's so vivid." It is true that in life, as you say, conservative white men will be very eager to help strangers, they are the cornerstone of the spirit of the country, and liberals are too hypocritical. I want to ...... from what happened recently. You've already experienced it, right? Oprah ......"
"My problem with Oprah is solved." Song Ya spread her hands.
"So you're going to hug them again now? Continue to be in the same stream and hypocrisy? The editor-in-chief asked.
"It's not that bad...... Sorry I don't want to talk about this topic. ”
Song Ya could see that this person wanted to pull himself to 'transfer', but it was impossible.
"You're wearing the All-Meter Rifle Association logo."
Sloan pointed to the small badge on the editor-in-chief's chest, "I've read your magazine, advocating gun-owning, isn't there enough resources in the United States to fight?" What kind of African tourism is also promoted, going there to hunt rare large animals. ”
"Haha, it's just an advertisement, now we have a hard time surviving, there is no way, a beautiful magazine printed on coated paper, most of the content is all kinds of firearms and travel advertisements. Our magazine audience loves hunting, and they love adventure and challenge. The editor-in-chief replied.
"Challenge? Local guides, pickup truck teams, high-powered rifles...... All of this is in the service of a rich man and his friends, and you have enough force to stage a small coup d'état in Kenya, what is the challenge of killing an African lion from a distance? ”
Sloan is aggressive.
"Hey, take it easy, Ms. Sloane, that kind of activity is licensed by the local government, it's fully licensed, and we spit on illegal hunting, okay?"
The editor-in-chief laughed: "The African authorities really need this tourist income, which is spent on education or medical care, and those old and weak women and children ......"
"You're preaching the wrong thing." Sloan said.
"Oh? Who has more important right to live, lion or man? Cattle are also being killed, tens of thousands of heads are killed every day, don't you eat beef......"
"Hah! Old-fashioned rhetoric, stealing the concept! ”
"You're the hypocritical liberal I just talked about!"
The two quarreled as they spoke, and Song Ya and Litman exchanged helpless looks.
"What do you think? APLUS。 The editor-in-chief asked.
"I don't know much about hunting, I'm just a poor boy from Chicago's South Side......"
Song Ya and Xi Ni added under Sloane's fierce eyes: "Of course, my position is to support the ban on guns, at least as Deputy Commander Gore insisted, against cross-state gun sales. ”
"Oh?" The editor-in-chief asked, "What about the same-sex issue?" I remember Deputy Commander Gore was the opposite. ”
"Mr. David Geffen is my friend......"
Song Ya didn't answer positively, but his statement was very clear, whether it was the faint feeling before or after the crossing, he didn't hate same-sex people, "Mr. Litman, let's talk about the issues that everyone is concerned about." ”
"Agreed."
Litman nodded, then glanced at the editor-in-chief with displeasure, he wanted to make a business and avoid bankruptcy, and the guy who insisted on coming with him wanted bad things.
"I'm sorry, I'm going to make a call."
The editor-in-chief left halfway through to make a phone call, "I just spoke to APLUS, Mr. Helms. I think he was just using the conservative media against Oprah before, and he didn't want to be like Colin or Condoleeza...... Yes, he is surrounded by countless liberals, and the position has been deeply affected and cannot be saved! ”