American Entertainment 1982

  Chapter 64 We are all fools

  Producer Elton Bourne read the information on Stephen Bean and CSLS collected on the table, and then remembered to take a sip of the coffee that had become cold, and then said to his assistant Butch:

"It's hard to imagine that three public high school students came up with this summer camp and won the attention of Princeton. What's even more exaggerated is that they went to a country I have never heard of and persuaded that country to accompany them to play government affairs simulation game, which does sound more interesting than American Legacy."

   "That country is not much bigger than a small town on the outskirts of New York." The assistant said with a smile beside him.

Elton nodded: "Yes, it may not be as big as Madison Square in New York, but it is a real country. This summer camp just has the two conditions we urgently need, fun and depth, and both of them are better than "American Legacy" is stronger, it's a group of real high school kids, and "American Legacy" is all these child actors."

   "So, are you going to talk to the director about this idea?"

"No, you know? Butch, I feel that this gimmick must have ratings. Americans like to watch children play tricks, so what we have to do is to hold this show in our own hands instead of letting it belong to Nick. Children’s Channel, the production company we established ourselves has negotiated cooperation with the summer camp before deciding on other issues. I talked with the high school student named Tommy, and he pretended to be an adult. The tone is really ridiculous, and he thinks he is mature, just coax He treats him as an adult, and all the benefits can be ours." Elton picked up the cigarette, walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the bustling Broadway street below and said:

"The most important thing is that the speed should be faster. New York real estate tycoon Leon Binn is about to pass away, and his grandson designated to inherit the inheritance is in that summer camp. If you prepare well, you can absorb another one under Binn's name." Eyeball, the richest high school student in America."

  The assistant laughed: "Speaking of which, which one is better, a high school student or a baby?"

"Believe me, of course high school students, praise them, encourage them, and satisfy their desire to show themselves, they will treat you as a close friend, but Baby is much more difficult. Take my personal experience as an example, my nanny I encourage and praise my two-year-old son every day, hoping that he can understand that he can’t play with his own poo, but my son obviously doesn’t take the nanny’s compliments to heart, and goes his own way every day.” Elton looked away and looked at his assistant :

"Go to book air tickets, contact the company's four-person filming team with rich experience in outdoor shooting, plus the two of us and a legal counsel who can draw up the contract in the first place, let's go and see with our own eyes the magical country ruled by American high school students. "

  …

When Elton Byrne wanted to take the benefits into his own hands, Tommy Hawke was driving an old Jeep to the airport to greet Rhode Island from Providence to Kingston in person. The top litigator Andy Nelson.

"Do you think the identity of the country's prime minister or the identity of the chairman of the CSLS committee, which one is more respected by Mr. Nelson to pick up the plane?" Tommy held the steering wheel, started the car slowly, and sat on the back seat with a briefcase. Andy Nelson asked.

Andy Nelson looked at Tommy Hawke through the rearview mirror and laughed: "With all due respect, Mr. Tommy Hawke, who is not a few years older than my daughter, you or your summer camp pay My check is the greatest respect for me, otherwise I would never come to this kind of place where I feel like I will get eczema just after landing."

"Thank you for your frankness." Tommy Hawke did not drive the car towards the government building, but drove along the road for more than ten kilometers until the sugar factory of Bolton Sugar appeared in sight. Only then slowly parked along the side of the road: "This is the problem I want to solve."

"When you called, I briefly learned about the information of this sugar company through my law school classmates. The four companies, American Sugar, Imperial Sugar, Midland Sugar, and Crystal Sugar, have a total share of US refined sugar. 78% of the sugar market, the Bolton Sugar you mentioned is one of the many sugar companies that are taking the remaining 22% market share under the coercion of the Big Four, and the label is other." Andy Nelson opened the briefcase, Take out a document from it and pass it to Tommy Hawke.

  Tommy opened the file and flipped through it, and Andy Nelson continued to introduce:

"Bolton Sugar is headquartered in Hendry County, Florida. It is next to the largest sugar company in the United States, American Sugar, but compared with its neighbor American Sugar, which owns 230,000 acres of sugar cane in Florida, it In a bit of embarrassment, under the suppression of the US sugar industry, Bolton Sugar has only 26,000 acres of sugar cane plantations left in Florida, and it may be lost at any time, so its founder donated money to the Reagan administration to buy a car park in the Caribbean. Ambassador to the Caribbean Sea region, deploy business in the Caribbean, so as not to be eaten up by the American sugar industry."

  Tommy carefully read the materials prepared by the lawyer, and then raised his head to look at the other party:

"Let me talk about the questions I want to consult now. First, I want to use TV programs to expose the dirty things it has done for this country, but I don't want to cause trouble, so the second point is that I want to pretend to be an idiot and catch The producer of a TV station took the bait and lent his hand to promote this matter. The reason for doing this is to convince Americans that me and my high school students and all people in this country are kind and simple. The plots that have nothing to do with joy are planned by the producer, who wants to sensationalize the public and lead us astray step by step. If someone is upset and wants revenge, don’t find the wrong person.”

  Andy Nelson stared at Tommy Hawk for more than a dozen seconds with a half-smile, then lowered his head, lit a cigarette, and cast his gaze at the sugar factory in the distance:

"It doesn't sound like a kind and simple person can say it, Tommy, when Ms. Melonie-Bianconi called me and introduced this business to me, she briefly described you, saying that you I am willing to pay high consulting fees and reimburse my round-trip air tickets and other expenses. I always like high-quality customers, so I learned about your information, plus the question you just asked. If I guessed correctly, Melo not long ago Miss Ni's little trick, is it a way to save money that you came up with when you couldn't afford the consulting fee?"

   "I don't need to save money now, so I'm going to leave this kind and simple matter to professionals to take care of me." Tommy responded with a smile on the other side.

Andy Nelson gave Tommy an appreciative look, and said in an affirmative tone: "It's the right decision, so my advice to you as a professional at this moment is that no high school students or nationals of this country are dissatisfied with Bolton Sugar from the beginning to the end. , I don't know how dirty it is under the surface. The exposure will happen only because of the competition between the sugar industry. You innocent and passionate children are just seduced and instigated by the people of the TV station. The TV station just wants to gain attention , and used the suspected tax evasion problem to investigate the sugar factory and get the account book as a gimmick to attract everyone. You never thought that the sugar factory would really evade taxes. It's very normal, I will hand over the things that need to be leaked to the newspaper that I trust and have cooperated with for many years to act as an intermediary. Acres of sugarcane company to create opportunities, when the big fish will know how to eat the small fish. The advantage of this is that you and your friends are all innocent and kind, and at the same time, I can also learn from other sugar companies. There are some consulting fees there, but your consulting fees need to be paid normally, is there a problem?"

   "No problem." Tommy nodded in satisfaction.

Stuffing out the cigarette, Andy Nelson took out a piece of throat lozenge, peeled it off, and put it in his mouth: "Very well, since the sugar factory issue has nothing to do with you, you can naively demand debt from the United States together with the people of this country , when it comes to comedy, Americans love comedy, especially teen comedy, which is why sitcoms like "Brothers at Crandall" and "Happy Days at Ridgemont High" consistently do well."

"I think it's really worth the money for the check to pay you as the legal adviser for the summer camp, Mr. Nelson." Tommy said with emotion: "My friend once suggested that I find some well-known lawyers to help the country. The debt collection was rejected by me, am I doing the right thing?"

Nelson thought for a while, and then asked: "If you consult a professional, no one will advise you like this. I guess it is your high school friend who proposed this idea, and there should be a private lawyer at home who is dedicated to running for him? So Is he used to leaving everything to lawyers?"

   "Yes." Tommy said affirmatively.

  Nelson laughed:

"Most lawyers will not advise clients to take full responsibility for this kind of work. For lawyers, the pressure is too great, the preparation work is too cumbersome, and even a separate team must be formed specifically for this kind of case. After all, there are many laws in the United States. Lawyers I am not proficient in all the laws, and the fee is too high and the client is unlikely to accept it. For example, the United States really took out 20 million. I think this country will not be willing to pay me 12 million of it as a reward. A law firm, so as long as the general lawyer is not planning to make a big fortune before retirement, or the newcomer wants to take the opportunity to become famous, and the client is determined to tear up his face and meet the other court, he will wisely advise the client to make peace. To solve this kind of matter, don't make it too serious and embarrass both parties. Just like I suggested just now, under the watchful eyes of all audiences, use comedy to collect debts. As long as the other party lets go, the next step is to remind the lawyer How should the other party pay? In this way, I may only earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, but I hardly need to expend energy, and I think that if the client encounters troubles in the future, the first lawyer that comes to mind should be me who gives him the correct advice. Not the one who killed him twelve million."

   "So my friends and I just need to play games with that TV show producer." Tommy thought for a while: "When signing the contract, will you help us control those terms?"

   "Yes, that's it." Andy Nelson said: "Just one question, how good are you and your friends playing fools."

  Tommy opened the door and looked at Nelson: "Don't worry about this, because we are fools."

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  (end of this chapter)