Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Chicago is starting to chill again, especially in the empty suburbs.

"Why did you ask them to come here to talk about things?"

Linda, president of A+ Records, looked out the window and complained.

The cornfields and the wind were still there in the distance, but the wasteland, the mounds, and the big sheds were long gone, and the sidewalks that drove by were paved with asphalt and no longer dusty.

The two buildings are rising from the ground in the distance, the crane has just stopped working, the construction speed is OK, the current reinforced concrete frame has been fully completed, it is just time to get off work, and some workers are sitting in groups of three or five on the elevator of the construction site down.

"It's coming."

Song Ya sighed and looked at it, the temporary parking lot where the workers' private cars and commuting buses were parked should be the place where he was shot, Mawota......

The place where Mawota and another bodyguard were shot was probably at the entrance to the parking lot, and the cornerstone of the ceremony, which was not attended by politicians and naturally did not take place, was erected by Kozco Real Estate with a large billboard for their own company.

It's also good to save the hurt of the scene.

Old Mike sighed silently and got out of the car to get his wheelchair in the back, "It's been almost a year since you were more entangled in that than I am, Linda." Song Ya joked with Linda, pushed the car door, stretched out the two crutches first, and then supported her body to get out of the car.

"You don't know, I have nightmares right now, and the sound of horses' hooves and gunshots is ringing in my ears...... Forget it, let's not talk about this. ”

Linda hurriedly got out of the car to help.

"It's okay, I can do it myself now, see." Song Ya flexibly walked around on crutches.

Linda had no choice but to laugh as well, "You're always optimistic, boss." ”

"People have to look at it before......" Song Ya said with a smile: "Fortunately, the work continued to work here after I passed out, otherwise I would have lost a lot of money." ”

"A+CN insisted on continuing to work, and A+ Records had to follow."

Linda replied, "Gordon isn't there again." ”

Linda was eager for Gordon to come back, and he had been talking about Gordon in his ear many times in the intervening years.

"Is Gordon still on the board of directors of the National Council for People of Color?"

Song Ya has been playing stupid before, because it is really not easy to arrange, although he has made meritorious contributions after the shooting, there is always a personal insistence, and Gordon, who is not very controlled.

Now that he finally has an eyebrow and has recovered from the Amerika music website case, he took Linda's words.

"Yes, but except for the executive director, everyone else is generally only part-time ......" Linda climbed down the pole, almost explicitly, "You know his old-school eccentric character, you wake up, he is embarrassed to come to you and take the initiative to speak......"

"Well, I'll figure it out."

Song Ya smiled and got into a wheelchair, handed over the crutches to Old Mike and put them in the car, "But don't give him too much hope, he will definitely not be able to go back to A+CN, and other positions ...... I don't know if I can satisfy him. You know, he's been on the verge of reaching the ceiling of African-American media people before. ”

"No, no......" Linda choked up for Gordon, "it's better than now, he's been rolling in journalism all his life, and he loves it." ”

"Hmm."

The two were chatting when several white men in suits walked over from afar, "Mr. APLUS, the Americalica Music website...... Actually, we don't know much about the actual situation, but I still have to solemnly apologize to you. ”

Andersen, who was involved in the IPO of American Music Co., Ltd., such as Mindman Fund and Arthur Andersen, was the one who wanted to pry himself away from Coopers, he said: "In fact, purely in terms of business, Arthur Andersen, which is headquartered in Chicago, is still the most suitable for you, and you may not know much about the current situation of multinational accounting firms, Coopers has been difficult to protect itself, and their business conditions are very bad." ”

Still dreaming, Song Ya ignored him and asked, "You have already negotiated with KPCB, Morgan Stanley and Coopers?" ”

"Yes, it's settled, Hoho, they're taking advantage of the fire." The man of Deming replied with a wry smile.

This group of companies is now pretending to be innocent and good, but at least Arthur Andersen, as the company responsible for auditing the A+ audio spin-off and the IPO of the American music website, must have participated in some of the dirty things of Delay hollowing out A+ audio, and it is not that they can't catch the evidence at all, but it is not easy to catch and Arthur Andersen's forces, especially in the Midwest where Chicago is located, are very inconvenient to tear their faces.

Song Ya asked Alicia to get what Icahn Capital handed over and forced them to make a choice, either get out or see you in court, they have been negotiating with the alliance of KPCB, Morgan Stanley and Coopers for a long time, it seems that the two sides have finally negotiated the handover today, and all the claims were cleared.

Song Ya turned his head away from them, raised his hand and waved it like a fly.

"Okay, farewell."

The gang touched their noses in embarrassment, got into the car and left.

"Please follow the safety rules." Ms. Sloan also came down from the elevator at the construction site, carrying a few hard hats and walking away.

"Then let's go up too."

Song Ya, Linda, and Mike Sr. put on hard hats and were also taken into the elevator by Sloane.

The rumbling elevator gradually rose, and the cars and buildings on the ground became smaller and smaller, "Ten months have changed too many people and too many things." Sloane stared down and suddenly sighed.

"Aren't you still with me?" Song Ya smiled and stretched out her salty pig hand and touched her.

She immediately looked at Old Mike and then at Linda in horror and crampedly, and the old white man and the black aunt twisted their faces away, and she had to glare angrily, "Beware of your wheelchair sliding down!" ”

The elevator at the construction site leaked everywhere and ran staggeringly, Song Ya was still very panicked and didn't dare to speak.

"Hey! APLUS！ What did you just talk to them about? ”

People from KPCB, Morgan Stanley, and Coopers all gathered in the lobby on the top floor to laugh and laugh, and probably saw themselves chatting with people from Arthur Andersen and other companies on it, and asked questions.

"They said they had settled with you." Song Ya smiled and shook hands one by one.

"yes, you also settled the stake in Icahn Capital, right?" The man from Morgan Stanley asked.

"Almost, almost."

Whether it was Carl Icahn, Arthur Andersen, Goodman Hamlin, or even DeLay had top lawyers to help operate at that time, and there were very few handles between each other and the outside world, but after Icahn Capital decisively admitted defeat, the source of the money that Goodman and Hamlin invested in his family's two special funds was unclear, and the crime of money laundering definitely could not escape, and Delay left more horses and feet left by large-scale hollowing.

Hamlin repaid about $20 million from overseas accounts in order to reach a settlement, and also used other means to transfer 20% of the 49% of the 49% shares held through the two specialized foundations of Icahn Capital back to A+ Copyright and Asset Management, and 47% of the 49% held by DeLay was also recaptured by Alicia A+ Audio.

Icahn Capital has about one-third left, that is, 49 percent divided by three, and according to Infoseek's valuation of 1.8 billion, 30 million was sold back to A+ copyright and asset management company, basically like Demingxin and other parties.

However, given that Carl Icahn made a lot of money when he helped Goodman and the Hamlin Mouse move the warehouse, it is estimated that he did not lose a few dollars in the end, and the loss of shorting 3DFX meat is not clear.

So now A+ Audio owns about 55 percent of the website, A+ Rights & Asset Management 26 percent, and the rest is owned by a consortium of companies like KPCB and Morgan Stanley.

A+ Audio, after negotiations with creditors and the recapture of 15 percent of DeLay's shares, was wholly owned by A+ Rights and Asset Management, and restructured some of its debt with the money from DTS's buyback of 5 percent of the shares and the sale of synth rights to Universal Music, and now has only Sunnyvale's real estate and office buildings in addition to the shares of the Amerika Music website.

"Then we've got all the difficulties over, and it's time for the IPO plan to go ahead!" The people of KPCB excitedly exclaimed to the sunset on the horizon, "The glorious years are back!" ”

"Ahh

Song Ya interrupted him with a smile, "I'm not going to let the America Music website go public separately, but I will integrate it with A+ Audio, A+ Copyright and Asset Management Co., Ltd.'s Littleman Publishing House, Stereo Commentary, Modern Photography and other print media shares, as well as A+CN and Inner City Broadcasting Co., Ltd., and other miscellaneous media to become Littman Media Co., Ltd. and go public." ”

"It's troublesome APLUS." Coopers' Samuel frowned, "A+CN and the inner city are not profitable, let alone those print media...... On the contrary, it will blur the concept of the Internet that is now very popular, dragging down the stock price. ”

Sloan wasn't too happy to see it, she hadn't heard anything beforehand.

"I've decided that you guys don't have much to contribute to the whole thing I took back the site......"

Song Ya shrugged: "Now it's your turn to work." ”

"Then why don't you just call it A+ Media?" The man from Morgan Stanley asked.

"I guess it's better to have a white name, like your company." Song Ya rolled his eyes when he said a word.

"So such a happy decision? Anyway, it's a good thing, isn't it? Song Ya spread her hands and smiled.

"Okay."

"Yes."

"Not bad, either."

The main owner has decided, and others can't think about it much worse, at least the IPO scale will expand a lot.

"Delai...... After going to prison, have you found the helmsman of Mediacorp Group? Samuel asked.

Song Ya Dynasty Slonnunu mouth.

Sloan frowned even more unhappily, shook his hand and shook his face, and did not accept the compliments and congratulations of the others.

"Why? APLUS, don't you even bother to do it in advance? When Song Ya sent the others away, Sloane asked.

"Come and sit." Song Ya patted his thigh and smiled at him.

"Seriously, do you want to do business here?" Sloan asked rhetorically.

"Come on, everyone is gone, come with me to watch the sunset." Song Ya continued to invite.

"Unsafe...... And we only have a trading relationship, I pay first, the one who has the full initiative, recognize your own status APLUS. ”

"Don't be arrogant, I have something to tell you, come, I won't move my hands and feet, just sit for a while." Song Ya continued to pat his legs, "Old Mike has stuck his wheelchair, and I can see the most beautiful scenery from this angle." ”

"Don't cross the border......"

"I won't, I swear."

"I can't stand you anymore." She walked over and walked around uneasily in front of her wheelchair, "Go over it." In the end, he pushed the man's leg away and squeezed directly into the wheelchair, "Hand." He stopped Song Ya from wanting to hold his hand.

"Right? It's beautiful......"

She is thin, but her skeleton is not small, Song Ya is squeezed into a rather uncomfortable posture by the delicate body next to her, but she is really gentlemanly to enjoy the sunset on the horizon wholeheartedly, "Except that the scaffolding is a bit of a bad scenery." ”

"It's okay."

The two did not speak again, and in the empty hall with only the natural color of cement and no glass curtain wall, they silently enjoyed the sunset scene cut by the steel scaffolding.

The shadows of the concrete frame move with the change of the sun, and the place where the two sit is light and dark.

Song Ya quietly turned her head to admire her sunset-stained face and flaming red lips, and the tip of her nose leaned closer to take a deep breath of the complex scent of her favorite cosmetics and cleaning products.

"Is it okay?" She felt it, glanced at it, and asked impatiently, "You're so obscene." ”

"That day...... Thank you. Song Ya looked into her eyes and said softly sincerely.

"You mean the day you were shot? Hehe, you do have to thank me for saving your life...... With Mike. At the time......"

A hint of hesitation and fear flashed across her face, and she changed the subject, "But that's not a reason for you to make me the manager of a media company without my permission, I don't accept any grateful handouts, and I'm not sure I'll like that job." ”

"Let's not talk about it yet."

Song Ya stroked a strand of her hair with her hand, "Blonde hair is also beautiful." ”

She didn't look at it, she raised her hand and flicked her fingers to get Song Ya's hand away.

Song Ya pouted again and lightly imprinted it on her cheek.

"I knew it!" She immediately ducked and tried to stand up, "A man's oath ah?" ”

"Wait, okay, let's get down to business, I'll ask another question." Song Ya hugged her to prevent her from leaving, "The last one, just one." ”

"Ask."

Song Ya asked in a solemn tone, "You're of New England descent, right?" Patrilineal ancestors can also trace back to the Mayflower immigrants? First of all, I'm sure you're not Jewish, you're not Chinese, you're not African, you're not Arab, you're not Indian, you're not of any ancestry, you're not American ”

"What do you mean?"

She frowned again, turning her head to look at each other with a slightly disgusted gaze, "You're also a believer in the Bloodline Theory?" Or is it implying that I was able to open up on Capitol Hill at a young age for reasons other than having some ability to work? ”

"Isn't it?"

"I don't want to answer such a boring question!"

"Don't be angry, listen to me. Here's the thing, I've been thinking about it for a while, you're actually on the same class as the general manager of Barnes Fluoresce, the professor at the University of Chicago Law School, the attending physician at the medical center, the senior staff at the Pentagon and the FBI, and some of the aides on Capitol Hill, right? ”

Song Ya said: "You all have a good social status, a lot of income, better than the middle class, you can go to tourist resorts to various scientific seminars or think tanks and other activities to make extra money, and participate in the formulation of some industrial or political, diplomatic, social governance and other policies......

"That's probably so, but what exactly are you trying to say?" Sloan asked.

"You told me about the so-called revolving door of the Officer. In the politics of the United States, because politicians have the right to appoint many positions or simply private staff, the mobility is far greater than that of the template Britain, which means that there is a high probability that those officials will be idle for several years, and in addition to being recruited by companies to be executives, they often go to various conservative liberals or foundations and think tanks of environmental protection and charitable organizations. They can still continue to influence policy there, and stronger think tanks and foundations will naturally have more influence, right? ”

"That's pretty much it."

"I also have the opportunity to buy someone out of pity...... They gave me a ticket, or a ticket, but you know, the irony is that in terms of my pedigree, even though I'm worth a billion, it's almost impossible for me to get in, or I'm just a mascot with a glass ceiling, or I'm inconvenient to get in...... In any case, the premise of getting that ticket was that I had to have a media company of sufficient size. So I have to make the Littleman media package big enough, and even not enough at the moment, maybe after a while I have to buy Ovitz to build a news station ACN that has been struggling after only half a year of running with the news team that has been squeezed out by ABC. ”

"So you want to recommend me?"

Sloane rolled his eyes, "Don't forget that Littleman himself climbed into it with his head sharpened, and in the end he put the cart before the horse and went bankrupt and failed, that shouldn't be the reason for you to change your business strategy at willAPLUS, it's better to naturally reach that position after many years......"

"That's why Mediacorp called Littleman Press, and in part because Littleman gave me his invalid tickets, and the giants in the photo in my study let me go, plus I was beaten for six ......."

"I've been in a coma for five months with six holes, and I'll be able to carry them."

"Hehe, politicians always have to give me some sweetness to comfort me." Song Ya smiled, "The opportunity is rare, and the window period is very short, and time waits for no one." ”

"What the hell is a ticket so far?" Sloan asked.

"Council on Foreign Relations."

Song Ya replied.

Sloane turned his face to look at him in surprise.

"Don't look at me like that, the level you went in...... I don't know what kind of organization it is, so it shouldn't be too high. But I think you're more than capable enough to climb all the way up until you get into the Trilateral Commission, and then the Peterberg Conference......"

Song Ya said.

"Hah! How dare you think about it! ”

"Think about it and don't break the law, you can continue to practice your ideal of banning guns, and the stage over there will definitely be a broader one."

Her eyes softened when she heard this.

"No way, I can't change my complexion."

Song Ya pushed her blonde hair behind her ear, and said with an indifferent smile on the corner of her mouth, "So we went back to the previous question, you are indeed New England, right?" ”