235 I want to be on TV
The real estate businessman was very satisfied with the shooting effect. After the shooting, he immediately invited Bai Quinn and Samantha to his house for dinner.
Faced with the warm invitation from the real estate businessman, Bai Quinn naturally would not refuse and immediately agreed.
After the real estate businessman walked away, Samantha immediately pulled Bai Quinn back to her office. After closing the door, she whispered: "Xiaobai, there is something I have to tell you in advance. If Donald pulls you to invest in his project, don't agree!"
"Is something happened?" Bai Quinn was quite puzzled by Samantha's warning.
Samantha lowered her head and thought for a moment, and when she raised her head to look up at Bai Quinn again, a strong look of care appeared in her eyes.
"Donald is my client. I can't say anything to you, even if you are my little man...
But I'm afraid you will be bewitched by him, he is too good at this...
Due to the principle of keeping customer information confidentiality, I can only choose something that I can tell you..."
Upon hearing this, Bai Quinn's expression became serious. He pulled Samantha over and sat on the sofa, put her on his lap. Samantha half lying on the man, which made it easier for the two of them to whisper.
"Due to financial pressure, Donald is preparing to sell part of Miss Universe's operating rights. CBS's Miss Universe broadcast ratings have indeed been increasing in the past two years. Donald's advertising revenue seems to be getting more than one year, but in fact...
It loses money!
Donald plans to cash out part of his equity, which is no longer a secret within Miss Universe.
I once tried Donald from the side, saying that it was to acquire a golf course to make a reserve of funds.
But in fact, when I accompanied Caroline Keppch, who was in charge of the golf course, to visit the local councillor of the stadium, I found that the 11 golf courses he claimed were actually put into use, which means that the remaining seven are all based on the concept of PPT. When they are truly put into operation, I don’t know when it will be done!”
Bai Quinn nodded slightly and said she understood, "Golf course...well, I wouldn't have touched such a business."
Samantha further explained: "From my standpoint, I can only remind you that you should prevent problems before they happen.
Last time, Mr. Donald applied for bankruptcy for the company, and he had owed a lot of money to his loans. If he hadn't sold his house in the Upper West Side to Hong Kong Islanders, he would not have been able to pay the loan from Chase Bank, and now he would have to go to the countryside to farm and retire."
As soon as I heard about the house in the Upper West Side, Bai Quinn, who grew up in New York, became very familiar with it.
It was the riverside center developed by real estate merchants at the former site of the Central Railway Station in Shangxi District. It started planning since 1985 and sought opinions from citizens everywhere. The municipal government held meetings and discussions one after another. Members of Congress rolled up their sleeves to stand up, but the real estate merchants' ambitious development plan was not passed.
It was not until Giuliani came to power that this amazing project finally passed. The entire project spanned two blocks, totaling 16 buildings, 5,700 houses, 30,000 square meters of office areas, multiple annexes, and a park covering various business formats such as apartments, shopping malls, shops, office buildings and independent studios.
After sorting out the plan, just as the construction was about to start, the real estate businessman's capital chain had another problem. Many banks took out loans to him, and finally had to sell half of the equity of the project to a consortium from Hong Kong Island, so that the project could start successfully.
Since the real estate businessman's company is not a listed company, its financial situation is also a fog for outsiders. On the surface, real estate businessman still has a glamorous image of a real estate tycoon.
But after Samantha's reminder, she learned that the real estate businessman intends to sell Miss Universe's hosting rights and the seemingly glorious golf resort is actually not as huge as it boasts. Adding some information about real estate businessmen reported through public channels, Bai Quinn immediately inferred that real estate businessmen may have encountered capital flow problems, and his current style is actually his force.
At this time, those who are more conservative will definitely accept Samantha's reminder, stay away from any bait released by real estate merchants and protect themselves to avoid being dragged down by them in the future.
But some adventurers think that this is an opportunity to get benefits from real estate developers’ pockets at a low price.
Bai Quinn was ready to take a chance.
So he asked tentatively: "I think you have been running on Capitol Hill recently, for Donald's business?"
Upon hearing this, Samantha sat up straight, her blue eyes staring at Bai Quinn's eyes, trying to see something from it.
The man always kept smiling, and his clear eyes looked at her, which made Samantha, the veteran, panicked and avoided his gaze. Then he said, "Sorry, I need to keep this matter confidential for the client."
Needless to say, it must have been for real estate businessmen to lobby for Congress.
Bai Quinn took this opportunity to tell Samantha about the House Business Committee launching an unfair competition investigation into Wademark Image.
Bill Taojin, the leader of the "Blue Dog Alliance", shouted fiercely and quickly recruited a six-person investigation committee, led by a congressional intern, rushed to Burbank with the authorization of the House Business Committee and up to $30,000 in case handling funds.
The group did not even find the "Special Operations Office" and was submerged in the massive communication records provided by Chris for lobbying the Oscar judges, and the storm did not stir up any of the storms.
Bai Quinn was sure that he had not offended Bill Taojin, so he must have been requested by Harvey this time.
Although Bai Quinn won in the first round, the victory was because his side was prepared for it, and the opponent rushed to fight before the situation was cleared.
However, Bai Quinn's advantage cannot be maintained all the time. Even if this small investigation committee cannot find any results for a while, as long as it keeps checking, it will definitely be able to pick out bones from the eggs. Not to mention, the Oscar lobbying work of Wademark's image has many "secret means" that cannot be shown in the public, giving gifts to the judges, arranging travel in the name of a seminar, buying pens and writing flattery articles...
If you want to pick things up, there is always a way.
Although the House Business Committee's investigation failed to save Shakespeare's Love History from the whirlpool of public opinion in a timely manner, it may cause trouble to the Wademark image in the following months.
Chris' suggestion is that after this award season, he would take the initiative to bow his head to the men of the House of Representatives, accept the penalty and pay some protection fees, and quickly expose the matter.
This requires Samantha’s relationship on Capitol Hill.
Originally, Bai Quinn came to Samantha during the filming interval to talk about this, but she was pushed down as soon as she met. She had just finished her business and had to solve the performance problem of real estate merchants, so she has only gotten to the point.
"Bill Tao Jin, I have some contact with him. My main client was tobacco companies, and my main target of lobbying was the business committees of the two houses. However, I will ask my friends in Washington to help me find out the reasons first, and when I see him, I will be targeted."
Samantha promised very readily, and Bai Quinn immediately gave it back, holding her plump body and whispering her hands until Samantha begged for mercy, and then she returned to the set to work with satisfaction.
Just before he left, Samantha suddenly remembered something, hurriedly called him, and said, "Actually, just defense, counterattacking moves is not possible. You need to have a spokesperson on Capitol Hill."
Indeed, Bai Quinn's business is getting bigger and he has made many enemies. He rarely communicates in-depth with politicians, and only pays protection fees to make some campaign donations to members of the constituency, and the amount is not large.
The only person who has more relationships is Spitzer, who has just become the Attorney General of New York.
Unfortunately, Spitzer and the men on Capitol Hill were not in the same circle and could not speak to each other. They could not help at all when encountering such a thing.
Now his business is spread all over the country and he has to deal with multiple opponents at the same time, so he naturally encounters more troubles.
Some troubles need him to face, such as the rating problem of "The King of War" who is arguing with MPAA;
Some troubles require him to coordinate, such as patent litigation between its Baidu and Google;
Some troubles require him to come forward and support, for example, Randy's series of reform measures in the WCW have triggered a rebound, and they have all hit the president of Time Warner.
There are so many troubles, more "friends" from the upper level will also have more solutions to the trouble.
Just like saving UFC, if the real estate businessman had no match for him and rashly went to John McCain, he would have been slapped out by someone else's words and things would not be possible at all.
"Yeah, I really need some powerful friends, what do you think of McCain?"
Samantha shook her head quickly, "With McCain's current status and energy, even if we go up and lick, people will still dislike the posture and strength. Favoring him is a relatively poor price-performance option."
Bai Quinn's nomination was rejected, and she didn't care. "Then tell me, who should I find as our interest spokesperson?"
Samantha said: "You are a good move for Spitzer to run for the Attorney General, and this relationship is the strongest.
But Spitzer's influence is limited to New York, and we need to find a Spitzer spokesperson on Capitol Hill."
Samantha seemed to have thought about this matter, and she said her name without waiting for Bai Quinn to ask.
"Jinned Kennedy."
Bai Quinn felt it was unreliable. Due to the Robin Hood Charity Foundation, Bai Quinn, who became a member of the Robin Hood's board of directors, met with Kennedy Jr., gradually more frequently.
After more contact, the image of Kennedy Little was three-dimensional in front of him.
Kennedy Jr., who currently focuses on managing political commentary magazines, although he claims to be running for parliament, in Bai Quinn's view, his ability is significantly different from Spitzer and Richard Dadario, who are the "Three Musketeers of the Manhattan Procuratorate", for an ordinary legal entry exam. He failed the "BabyBar" several times, and finally had to resign from the Manhattan Procuratorate.
This kind of second generation, when he becomes a member of the parliament, Bai Quinn feels that it will take decades to come. Who will support him at that time?
Maybe she saw that Bai Quinn was not slashing, and Samantha didn't explain too much, but just said something without any conclusion: "It's not the time to talk about this matter now. After June, we'll have a good chat. You hurry up and go to the set."
"Okay, I'll come to you tonight and go to Donald's house together."
...
"Haha, QB! This is my daughter Ivanka. Although she is still in middle school, she is already a model."
The real estate businessman patted Bai Quinn on the back and introduced him to the others who were having dinner with him.
"Hello, Miss Ivanka!"
The blonde girl probably inherited the genes of the ex-wife of the real estate businessman's supermodel. She has tall and long legs and looks very charming. The key is that she has developed very maturely at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
Then there were the two sons of the real estate businessman, the eldest and Bai Quinn, who were the same age as Bai Quinn, who had already participated in the family business under the guidance of his father. The youngest was only in his teens. He also wore a suit and straightened his back, shook hands and greeted him politely, which seemed much more mature than children of the same age.
It is said that the real estate businessman has a second wife who is separating and has a daughter. At this time, the mother and daughter did not appear.
It’s not that Bai Quinn is gossiping. Reports about this high-profile real estate businessman can be seen everywhere. He is also known throughout the United States that he is having a divorce.
After a while, both sides sat down. Ivanka happened to sit opposite Bai Quinn, and from time to time raised her eyes to peek at the big star opposite.
After a little chat, the real estate businessman took the lead in getting to the point, but to Bai Quinn and Samantha's surprise, the real estate businessman did not promote his Miss Universe pageant operation rights, nor did he attract investment for his newly established golf group, but talked about Bai Quinn's business.
"I want to go on TV! QB, can you help me?"
Bai Quinn replaced the answer with a question and said, "Mr. Donald, what kind of TV do you want?"
"Let me say that, some time ago, I chatted with Vince and he invited me to participate in his show as a guest. I can perform in my true nature and play a arrogant and domineering billionaire..."
Only then did Bai Quinn remember that after Vince McMahon steadily absorbed wrestlers from WCW, in order to expand the number of wrestling audiences and PPV subscriptions, he prepared to invite some celebrities to make guest appearances. Each guest star will appear multiple times within a month, fully participate in the plot, and perform on stage in paid PPVs.
This was inspired by the fact that White Dana arranged for Tyson to appear on the stage and the result was very popular.
The first guest invited was O'Neal, the Big Shark, who made his debut last week sparked a ratings boom.
It seems that the real estate businessman was also targeted by Vince McMahon.
"Since Vince has invited me, I will definitely not object!"
Bai Quinn actually doesn't care about WWF's daily operations, so he doesn't have to worry too much. Vince McMahon will naturally make WWF elites very well without financial pressure.
On the contrary, Vince McMahon always urged him to build the promised sports and entertainment group as soon as possible, and Vince could no longer wait to go public.
After the group went public, Vince, who has more say, plans to transform WWF's programs from cable channels to public stations with a wider audience.
This is another plan.
Bai Quinn agreed happily, but it was not the answer the real estate businessman was looking forward to.
"No, you misunderstood. QB, it was Vince's invitation that inspired me. After all, even though Vince has many programs, it can make me appear on stage two or three times in a month, and the influence it brings is limited.
I hope to become a nationally known TV star so that every American can know me. Is there any way you can?
You can't expect a young man like me to fight in the ring, right?"
Chapter completed!