In the news footage, the two bailiffs stepped forward to take Sugnette into custody with his hands behind his back, and he subconsciously resisted in a daze, but fortunately the judge did not look for him again.

Song Ya watched him twist his shoulders under the push of the bailiff, delay his steps, and frequently unwilling to look back at the lawyer and be sent out of the courtroom, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his heart.

Yes, Sugnett has been majestic in the minds of the black people at the bottom of the West Coast, but the worship psychology of the vast number of people is actually fading very quickly, they can love you to death today, but they may wish you to die tomorrow, just so ruthless.

Whether it is Sugnette or pop star, the social influence it had in its heyday is quite similar to that of a rootless Ping, a dream bubble that can be broken at the first poke.

It's the same with pop stars, last year you were a young man who would put posters in your bedroom and autographed photos and keep them in your school closet, but this year you may be in high school and suddenly start to be ashamed to admit that you are fans, because it means that you have too much taste, you are not trendy, you can't talk to your classmates, and so on.

Since Sugnett didn't do anything effective to get rid of the black cauldron of the murder of 2PAC, it was inevitable that he would lose the favor of the black people at the bottom, and once he lost the ability to agitate the basic plate, he would become a dough that could be kneaded and kneaded at will in front of the Los Angeles law enforcement agencies, and the judge would use the top penalty without pressure and psychological burden.

There is a way to take humiliation.

Isn't this the case, after being framed by Oprah, he lost a large number of middle-class housewife fans, was riddled with negative news, and lost the favor of some specific groups of people, plus he has been popular for some years, and he may be regarded as an older generation of artists in the minds of young people, when he is a star chaser, he will be ridiculed by his classmates, although he is only twenty-two years old.

And because of the long-term low-key loss of exposure, lack of interaction with low-level blacks, etc., his popularity is indeed going downhill.

But Song Ya is also very clear that his rank is completely different from Sugnette's now.

The so-called being loved is a very passive and lucky thing after all.

The development and evolution of elements such as the economic situation, social trends, aesthetic concepts, music and pop, and even some accidental memes, such as Kane's father, was angry because he ran to take a set of exposure photos for Madonna's magazine......

These may cause a sudden change in the public's taste, even if it is not smeared by Sugnette or himself, the star is still the star, the person is still the same person, and it is very likely that he will suddenly become popular.

And if you want to fully grasp the pulse of fate, you can't put all your hopes on luck.

"Even though there is a big gap between me and the black people at the bottom, there is still a force to mobilize them in Chicago, New York...... There are also some of them, relying on years of 'investment' in both places, media, religious figures, politicians, DJs, charitable organizations......

People may not go out on the streets because they love me, but pastors, politicians, DJs, and other leaders who go deep into the community can also organize them, perhaps based on practical interests, religious sentiments, or whatever.

In fact, that relationship is stronger.

Over the years, all kinds of relationships, contacts and media have quietly formed a complex web under the pervasive flow of my money.

People don't have to love me, I just need to get them to love or to make someone who can move them.

That's the power of organization.

Sugnette was on the first floor, and I was at least on the second floor. ”

Song Ya thought secretly.

"Look, what am I missing!? Linda, is there anything else to eat? ”

Reverend William arrived.

"William."

Song Yahe smelled the smell and walked into the kitchen as soon as he entered the door and hugged Pastor William, who was joking with Linda, "I need you to be with me tomorrow morning, is that okay?" He asked.

"Of course, why am I here?"

William laughed, "But this place is really hard to find, I almost drove the wrong way." ”

"Haha, no way, extraordinary times. You take a break and eat something first. ”

Song Ya's affectionate greeting.

William must have no problem, his current esteemed status in the diocese of Nancheng is all given by himself, and he will raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while.

The details continued with William and the lawyers until Ms. Sloane returned.

"Gordon will cooperate."

Her coat was wet.

Song Ya then looked out the window, it turned out that it was snowing, "he said ......"

"The Barn case is a persecution of you by ultra-conservatives, Senator Jesse Helms, Rep. Danburton Balabala......"

Sloan said in Gordon's tone.

"It sounds worse." Song Ya gentlemanly helped her take off her coat and hang it on the coat rack.

"I think it's good to loosen the chain and let him out to bite at this stage."

Sloan said: "They have some old grudges, and after the congressional hearing, you didn't allow Gordon Lee to retaliate in order to ease the relationship with Jesse Helms, but Gordon still used A+CN's resources to collect some attack materials privately. And so it happens, now that the Barnes case is still in the cracks, it's time for us to fight back, just like you did when you asked Cochran to launch a lawsuit against CBS. ”

"Well, who asked me to hire a tough PR consultant?"

Jesse Helms is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Song Ya smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect you and Gordon to find a common language." ”

"Note that I mean at this stage, when we need Gordon to stop, if he refuses, then use your backup."

It turned out that Sloane's plan was to be ready to cross the river and tear down the bridge.

"Wow, tough and cold-blooded......" Song Ya looked at her and smiled.

"You can opt out of my decision-making suggestions."

Sloan sneered, "If there is a day, I don't mind if you use the same methods on me, I have this awareness, everyone should have." ”

"Why, I'm a very humane employer......

"Don't be narcissistic, we're in a mutually employing relationship."

"Uh...... I paid more. ”

"But you often refuse to serve, this habit is not good, beware that I fire you."

"I'm sorry, I'm just a part-time worker."

The two chatted and chatted about business, and they were full of metaphorical flirting and scolding.

"APLUS, LET'S GO BACK FIRST, SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING."

It was getting late, and Chicago-based lawyers such as Diane Lockhard and Will Gardner were saying goodbye.

"See you tomorrow morning, oh yes, it's snowing ...... outside"

Gradually, in addition to the security personnel in the house, only Goodman, Hamlin, Sloane, Jimmy, Linda, William and other close people remained.

In fact, it is not necessary to take the initiative to go to the police station to appear in the case, but this will be a very meaningful opportunity for lawyers to make an appearance, and today in this room, Song Ya signed a formal representation agreement with various law firms in the Barn case, which means that with the 10 million announced to be paid to Cochran Law Firm under the pretext of initiating a lawsuit against CBS, he will spend at least 20 million dollars in this case.

The cash in front of him is very sufficient, most of which comes from the income from the second Netscape shares.

"I'll go to sleep first."

This old-fashioned log cabin has a traditional fireplace, and Jimmy watches over it, occasionally using tongs to clip a log into it.

Everyone sat around the fireplace and chatted for a while, Linda couldn't stand up and went upstairs to the guest room to rest, and soon old Michael and William also went to sleep.

"Are you nervous? APLUS。 ”

Goodman asked suddenly.

"It's fine."

Song Ya casually covered Sloan, who had fallen asleep on the armrest of the sofa, with his clothes closed, there were not many bedrooms in the safe house, and the guest rooms were not enough, so the 'young man' could only make do on the sofa, "Even if you sit in the dock, you won't be nervous." He joked about Goodman's quirk of not daring to go to court.

"Haha."

Goodman smiled and didn't speak again.

The firewood was burning crackling in the fireplace, and several people lowered their voices and chatted, and as time went on, there were more and more people who didn't have a match, but Song Ya became the last person to be awake.

He shifted to Jimmy's original position, staring at the flickering and jumping fire up close.

Barn case......

He has done a perfect job, putting Gordon in a cage in time, earning enough money to fill the gold-eating behemoth of the fantasy lawyers, giving money and resources to make Sloan struggle on Capitol Hill to obstruct and delay the establishment of the special investigation team and the size of the budget, crying and making trouble for Underwood and other powerful politician friends to quietly exert a lot of effort.

All of the above efforts have led to the fact that even if the special investigation team gets the latest budget, the resources are still very insufficient, and it may be that the special prosecutor is aware of the existence of the fantasy lawyer team and has to make a compromise and choose to rely on the power of the Chicago prosecutors, which makes the whole lawsuit as he wishes to be placed on his home turf for many years.

There is also the use of public opinion......

Resisting step by step in all directions, the result may not be the most perfect, but it certainly won't be too bad.

"As long as you do your best, you have no regrets."

He yawned and fell asleep unconsciously.

“APLUS？ APLUS？ ”

When he woke up, Sloan had changed into a new blue class suit and his makeup was neat.

The others are similar, and it seems that they have slept quite a lot.

"We're about to go." Old Michael said, "Eat first, we'll wait for you." ”

"Okay, soon."

He jumped up from the couch, ran to clean himself up, and then used his laptop to send a group email to Netscape's Jim Clark and other related business leaders, as well as the presidents of DeLay and Riesser.

"Snow all night?"

The snow was still falling, the sky was even more gloomy than yesterday, it was already early in the morning, but the visibility was low, and he went out and saw Diane Lockhard and they were coming again, all waiting outside in the car, and one or two lawyers were standing under the porch and smoking.

"Let's go."

He said hello and slipped into the car with Old Mike with Sr.

"It's a bit of a jam on the road." Old Mike said before starting the car.

"Well, let me know when it's almost there."

At this time, all the office workers were driving into the city, and their convoys were very large, and there were some people who stopped and walked on the road, at first Song Ya and Sloan listened to the radio and talked with great interest, and then both of them looked out of their car windows and were stunned.

The special attorney in the Barn case has forced APLUS to go to Chicago's South Side Police Department this morning to take the initiative. ’

Bloomberg first sent out a very concise short message, the shorter the news, the bigger the matter, and then various media outlets immediately followed up.

CUU: 'APLUS will surrender to Chicago's South Side Police Department later today due to a case of illegal chemical technology transfer to a Chinese company many years ago. ’

CNBC: 'Shareholder APLUS is deeply involved in the Bath case, and Netscape continues to fall under pressure in early trading. ’

MSNBC: 'Danburton had the last laugh?' After presenting evidence related to the Barn Chemical case at a congressional hearing, the investigation team finally forced APLUS to take the initiative to come to the case today. ’

ABC: 'A few months after the formation of the Barn Special Investigation Unit, it succeeded in forcing APLUS this morning to choose to come on its own. ’

CBS: 'APLUS was forced to surrender to the prosecution today in a case that has essentially constituted treason due to the alleged illegal transfer of embargoed technology, and we will continue to follow up on it. ’

FOX: 'Traitor? Mixed-race pop star APLUS was caught, and he will voluntarily surrender in Chicago today after he secretly transferred a large amount of cutting-edge technology to China many years ago. ’

A+CN: "Forced by an unfounded allegation, APLUS will go to the Chicago South City Police Department this morning to explain the situation. ”

"It's almost there."

Old Mike reminded him that he had already turned off the radio.

"Hmm."

Song Ya took out her mobile phone from her pocket and turned it on, "From now on, don't respond to any questions about me to reporters for the time being." He sent a group text message to Sherlyn, Amy, Hallie, and the rest of the forest.

Just as I was about to reconnect, the bell rang, and the number was not in the phone book, but it was a little familiar.

"Hello?"

"APLUS, APLUS......" the man over there muttered triumphantly.

"Edward?" The voice seemed to come from the enemy in the Barn case.

"I heard you got involved with Will Gardner's lawyer, who was almost disbarded? You'll all regret it, he can't help you, and you can't win the lawsuit. Edward sneered, "Go to jail, Chicago boy." ”

"No, it's you're going to regret it, just stay on Wall Street and wait for me to come."

Song Ya hung up the phone, turned off the phone, and Old Mike just stopped the car.

I got a world to see， and my girl she wanna see Rome，

Waving goodbye, I'm going to travel the world, and my sister wants to see Rome

Caesar make you a believer. Now I never ever did it for a throne.

Caesar made you a believer in him, and I never did it for the sake of fame

That validation comes from giving it back to the people.

I just want to give to people

Now sing a song and it goes like

Listen to this song I sing

Raise those hands， this is our party

Hands up, this is our party

We came here to live life like nobody was watching

We're here to enjoy life. Crazy, just think you're the last person left

"There are a lot of reporters, don't get out of the car yet."

Old Mike went out first, and the steps at the entrance of the Nancheng Police Station were already full of reporters, constantly pressing the flash on the long black convoy.

'Bang, bang, bang......'

A series of sounds of opening and closing the car door, and the well-dressed lawyers getting out of the front and rear cars, the dream lawyer group made its first public appearance, and the reporters immediately recognized the famous lawyers among them.

"Cochrane! Are you going to help another bad guy get away with the law!? ”

"Diane, Lady Diane Lockhard! Can you reveal the price code of your agent APLUS? ”

"Is it okay to talk about the specific facts of the case? Will! ”

"Hamlin, say a few words!"

Old Michael opened the back door a crack, and Song Ya took the pompous black mink coat from Sloan's hand and put it on, and opened his arms to reveal the large thick gold chain and rhinestone tag around his neck, he cleared his throat, pushed open the door and stepped out.

'Click! ’

The reporters rushed forward like crazy crowds around the police wall, the shutters like the sound of machine guns, and the flashing lights illuminated the dim snowy sky as if it were day.

Song Ya saw Diane Lockhard and Cochran standing in front of them holding the folder, and the two pretended to laugh and chat relaxedly, and greeted reporters from time to time, so they followed.

A huge team of lawyers and bodyguards in suits and leather shoes, carrying various briefcases, immediately surrounded him.

“APLUS！ Look at this! ”

"APLUS, WILL YOU GO TO JAIL?"

“APLUS！ APLUS！ APLUS！ ”

Song Ya turned a deaf ear to the reporters' shouting of her name, and walked all the way up the stairs, and Ms. Sloan seemed to be following her? Don't bother to look back.

Standing at the top of the steps, he turned back before the two officers approached him, and shouted in a rough rap voice at the reporters: "This is persecution! I'm not going to give in to the fat cats of racist politicians and record companies! ”

Then he raised his right hand and shouted "love and peace!" Then he turned and walked in the door.

I got my city right behind me

My city is my backer

If I fall， they got me. Learn from that failure gain humility and then we keep marching ourselves

If I get knocked out, they'll catch me, and then I learn my lesson and come back again

Here we go back， this is the moment

Can we go back? Now is the time

Tonight is the night， we’ll fight till it’s over

It's tonight that we're going to fight until the very end

So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us

So let's raise our hands and swing, even the ceiling can't stop us