Chapter 858

Unexpectedly, I feel very Bored, I licked my lips, stretched my hand to the mineral water bottle again, but I didn't want to drink too much water before I started to talk. So I held the plastic bottle and listened to a slight Click to amuse myself.

Looking forward, that is to say, the rostrum is empty. I can feel that there are more and more congressmen taking seats. There is a short haired white woman with good temperament in the middle. Underwood's intelligence is completely correct. Song Ya recognizes her. Nancy Patricia, the real power federal representative from a political family, is also the chairman of this round of house hearings.

That's right. The name plate in front of her is Mrs. Nancy Patricia, with the words California underneath.

A few more glances. I should be over 50 years old, right? Her appearance is not very obvious, and it is well maintained. According to the rumor that Gordon heard from the middle level of Comcast, she is "her own person", because it is said that her husband has invested heavily in Hollywood, Comcast and other large media groups that have benefited from the telecommunication bill.

I just heard that. He and she did not intersect, but Underwood did promise that she would not be bad.

However, her excellent family background can be seen from her dress. This year, the dark male style, high-end fashion, slightly exaggerated shoulder pads, black and white color, and glittering precious necklaces and jewelry, which are popular among female politicians, are very attractive among a representative.

She looks around the whole hearing from time to time and whispers a few words to the congressman who comes to say hello, as if she is the queen of the hearing. Sloan said, "this old woman is a little princess sick." the original words seem to be very accurate.

The reporters squatted and changed their positions like lanterns, and kept shooting and shooting. It seemed that someone was shooting the third round. If it was not for the two fixed position cameras installed on the scene by PBS, song Ya would like to stare at them and save some film!

He can't help but recall the speech he gave at the garbage public high school in South City after crossing. At that time, Underwood and Michelle were both there, as if to force BMI to settle membership as soon as possible?

In fact, my feelings about that speech were not much different from that of this important parliamentary occasion many years later. The "Rites" and "rituals" of western style politics, journalists, observers, members of Parliament, and members' staff or entourage walked around, but they all maintained a rather restrained unity, noisy but not noisy, so that this sense of order exerted a certain pressure on their own psychology power.

No matter what, Sonya opened the folder again to review. This is part of the final hearing of the telecommunications bill in the house of Representatives. He was summoned as the chairman of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, that is, the representative of medium and small and minority media groups. Sloan has listed in detail the possible questions of members, some of which were revealed by the black party through Langer‘ The real title.

"I think the bill will encourage mergers and acquisitions in industries. Small and medium-sized media groups, especially those who speak for ethnic minorities, will face a more brutal competition situation. The government should make plans for this, such as increasing the protection of the interests of minority media, subsidizing, or providing other necessary support."

"Of course, I don't object to reform. Reform is absolutely necessary, and I don't object to deregulation of competition. In fact, I like the current grand commander's free economic policy. Our deficit and debt are shrinking, and inflation is suppressed at an acceptable level..."

"Cough." While reciting the "standard answer," Pierre Sutton coughed in the back and gave the signal.

Members seemed to have arrived, behind all the nameplates on the podium, and Nancy Patricia began to play with the microphone.

Thankfully, the ordeal was finally over. Song Ya pushed the mineral water bottle to the side a little, and his back was straight.

Well, a white male congressman was suddenly called away by her staff. Nancy Patricia curled her mouth in displeasure, did not speak, and kept her eyes on people's faces.

“M-fxxk……”

Song ya, who had been shaken for a while, had to scold secretly and look down again for the exam. "It's a pity that someone in our Congress has just gone through the motions." He comforted himself while cramming.

“APLUS。” Suddenly, a white man came to greet him, a little familiar. He seemed to have met him on Capitol Hill, but he couldn't remember for a moment.

"Hello." Song Ya took his extended hand.

"Dan Burton, on the far right of the rostrum, looks like a senior member of the party." The other side was smiling like an old friend and whispering, "be careful of him."

"Yes, thank you." Song Ya's tacit smile.

"Well, don't stare at him right now." The other side told him to leave.

Song Ya is very obedient and looks back at Sloan immediately after the other party leaves.

"Deputy commander's office." Sloan whispered, covering the folder in front of his mouth.

Gore's men? So this is a warning to myself

But he didn't have much time to think about it. With a few clicks of the microphone on and off, Nancy Patricia finally said, "ladies and gentlemen."

The sound system of Congress Not bad, at least the volume is enough, song Ya gives professional judgment.

The reporters stepped back to both sides, and his eyes suddenly brightened. The man who had just left the seat had returned to the rostrum at some time. The casual attendants no longer appeared, and the others stopped talking."Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet. The hearing of the house of representatives of americana on the telecommunication bill No We are very honored to invite Mr. Song, chairman of Neicheng Broadcasting Co., Ltd

Nancy Patricia said, the scene everyone in place, very quiet, except for the voice of turning the paper, some people restrained cough very harsh, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Song Ya knows that the name plate in front of her body says, "in fact, I'm more used to being called aplus." After waiting for a while, he didn't see Nancy Patricia go on, so he turned on the microphone in front of him and said with a smile, "Madam congressman."

"Of course, I don't think anyone in this room doesn't know you." Nancy Patricia also responded kindly.

Some members of Parliament laughed, as if the effect was good. The atmosphere was not oppressive. The two black Congressmen who had been chatting with each other laughed most exaggeratively. The fixed position lens of the PBS and all hospitals in Song Dynasty still smile and take the opportunity to glance at the white congressman on the far right. His name is really Dan Burton. He is a typical old white man. He comes from Indiana is on the bottom of the plate.

Well, I know, I'm conservative no What do I know? Let me be careful. What?!

Song Ya loosened the collar of his shirt and looked back at Sloan. He really shouldn't have come. Gore sent someone to remind him that the other party was likely to have something wrong. He really shouldn't have come It's said that 99% of the good ones won't go wrong?

Sloan couldn't respond to the conversation. Nancy Patricia was reading a manuscript to explain the reason for the hearing in Congress, the reason for summoning the chairman of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, and so on. Then she asked, "aplus, the house of Representatives has noticed that you have another opinion on the telecommunications bill, so we have held this hearing."

"Well, yes, as one of the owners of the inner city broadcasting company, I notice that the bill tends to encourage free competition, which often means that it is in the interests of large companies. We are a media company with only 12 small stations, and I don't think the telecommunication bill takes our interests into account. However, there are still many small and medium-sized media companies like inner city in all parts of the country... "

Song Ya read to the first page of the document.

"Can you elaborate on your reasons?" Nancy Patricia said.

"Well, madam Councillor, Neicheng broadcasting company is an African American media with a very difficult operation. We have made statistics before, and more than half of its stations have lost money, and the average salary of its employees is below the median of Omni Broadcasting Corporation. This year, in 1996, we just decided to close a radio station and lay off some of its staff due to the loss of money. "

"We're not afraid of competition, but we really can't compete with big companies. We, and Mr. Pierre Sutton behind me, are worried about this, because inner city broadcasting is one of the few media that focuses on African Americans. There are many other similar situations in quanmi... "

Song Ya had no time to pay attention to anything else. He focused on reading the draft forcefully and forcefully, "and the telecommunication bill is undoubtedly unfavorable to us. I think this is also the voice of most small and medium-sized media..."

"We urge members of Congress to deeply consider the interests of small and medium-sized media before the house of Representatives finally votes on the bill." He said, "Mr. Patricia, members and gentlemen."

"Well, the next step is Questions from members. "

"Do you have a radio station in Washington?" Asked the member of the Black Caucus.

"Yes, sir, by Sir Song Ya Chao pointed to trust the director of the Washington branch, "FM..." There was an ad by the way.

"Ha, I often listen to it. It's very good. It's a serious old school style." The other party continued to be happy and even said hello to the director.

"Thank you, Mr. member."

"You just said, aplus, your business situation is very bad, but can you confirm that it is caused by the competition of big companies? Or will the telecommunications bill continue to worsen this phenomenon? " "I noticed that you only invested in this company last year," he said

"Er..."

Song Ya turned over a few pages of his document. "There is no clear evidence yet, Mr. Councillor."

It's enough to make the above statement, so that I won't really take the opportunity of this hearing to meet with large companies and the vast majority of members of Congress.

According to Claire, that is, the donkey party whip Underwood's wife, the next vote will probably pass the bill by almost all votes. Now, if you jump out, you can do nothing but disgusting people. Why? This is not our own style. Moreover, a + CN is still cooperating with Comcast, and it can not offend the telecom, network and media groups that are waiting for the bill to pass. "We do not resist reform. We did not lose money because of competition from big companies before. Maybe the passage of the bill is an opportunity for us to regain new life. I just had some doubts about the industry merger after the passage of the bill, so I chose to put forward my own opinion to the Congress. "

"Isn't there a contradiction in your attitude?" The other side asked."Well, I don't think Mr. Councillor, I'm pointing out a possibility to Congress, which has a high probability. At the same time, I personally admire the reform achievements of the current commander-in-chief. The recovery of our economy is visible to the naked eye, the deficit and debt are decreasing, and inflation has been well controlled... "

"If, I mean, what would you do if the inner city broadcasting company was faced with a big merger?"

"I do not deny that the capacity of Neicheng broadcasting company is very weak. Small and medium-sized media groups, especially those who speak for ethnic minorities, will face a more brutal competition situation. I am prepared, but need more policy support Take care of Subsidies Preferential policies... "

Song Ya can handle it with ease. When drinking water, she noticed that Linda was almost in tears. It was recorded. Anyway, it was the president of my record company. She was not calm

Then a white congressman, also the donkey party, had an intimate relationship with Jim Clark of Netscape, "you invested in Netscape, right? APLUS。”

"Yes, sir."

"Did you make a lot of money? Is it estimated by the media to be around 300 million? "

"Er, ha ha..." Song Ya laughed a little shyly, "I don't know if I can reveal it on this occasion I want to ask my lawyer, Mr. Councillor. "

Members of Parliament, journalists and observers all laughed.

"Yes."

Song Ya pretended to pose and whispered to Hamlin, "yes, it's about this number, according to the share price of Netscape yesterday."

"Do you pay taxes?" Everyone laughed again.

"Yes, I am a law-abiding citizen."

Everything seems to be going well and I have a lot of friends in Congress.

Song Ya took time to observe the congressman danburton several times. He did not seem to be abnormal. He was concentrating on making notes and making plans on the documents in front of him.

The first accident did not come from him. When another member of the elephant party asked a question, he took advantage of the anti discrimination wave against motura launched by inner city broadcasting corporation and a + CN not long ago.

Will motura still hold on? Song Ya was a little wary. "I think it is absolutely right to oppose any form of discrimination, and we must always work hard..." He said, looking back at Sloan.

"Last page." Sloan said with his mouth.

has a big mouth. Today, she also painted red lipstick specially, like Julia Roberts.

Er, where do you want to go? "Neicheng broadcasting company itself is a radio station focusing on African American groups. So is news broadcasting station. So is a + CN. Mr. Gordon, who was absent, and I may have seen his excellent work on the bet evening news..." Turn to the last page to find out the answer and read on.

When it comes to political correctness, the other side is also very careful to say, "I fully agree with you. What I care about is whether you are using the power of the media to make profits for yourself, such as attacking your opponents in your career."

"I will not interfere with the freedom of the press in our media. I think Mr. Pierre Sutton and Mr. Gordon can testify for me."

Song Ya interrupted and mended: "of course, no matter my opponent or friend, I have zero tolerance for discrimination Mr. member. "

"Now Councillors. " Nancy Patricia continued to push the process after getting the elephant MP to stop asking questions.

About 40 minutes later, danburton was allowed to ask, "where were you born, Mr. Song."

"Chicago, South City."

"Are you from America?" Everyone laughed again.

"Yes, of course Mr. member. "

"Are you a singer, an investor, or a media boss? Last year, fujiby magazine listed you on the rich list of all rice companies. Do you think you have realized your American dream?" Asked danburton.

"Well, sort of."

"Is it? Do you love your country? "

"Of course, I mean..." No ready-made answer copy, song Ya looked at Hamlin, only got a feeling of surprise in the eyes, "I think I have unlimited possibilities."

That's a good answer.

"Please note, Mr. Song, this is the Americana parliamentary hearing, which you swore before. Now, please answer a document in my hand, which shows that you illegally transferred some of the technical information prohibited from export to China to Sinochem in the case of separation of Bain chemical industry in early 1993. What is your explanation for this? "

“WhatThe……”

Song Ya almost came out of the swearing words. He saw that Dan Burton was holding up a document with a straight face and showing it to the reporters. People on the scene made a buzzing noise. The flash lights came on again. Several reporters left the table and squatted down to him to shoot the document at close range.

It's a long time ago, and you are not afraid of the former commander in chief Sonya looked at Hamlin in a hurry, and then went back with him to ask Sloan.

"Calm down, push back, don't remember." Sloan whispered out three phrases."Have you discussed it with your lawyer? Mr. Song. " Danburton, still holding the document, began to show his tusks. "You'll have more opportunities to chat in the future, I promise."

"Well, I don't remember that, Mr. Councillor." Song Ya replied.

"Let me help you recall that this is the secret testimony of an engineer of the bain fluorescent factory at that time. He said that after you acquired Bain company in 1992, a large number of high-tech materials were transferred to the warehouse of the subordinate fluorescent factory, and then, with your direct intervention, they were transported away by the Chinese factory."

Danburton flipped through the documents and let the reporters take pictures. "Just outside the warehouse, you yelled at the general manager of the fluorescent factory at that time, swearing rudely and attacking him in terms of life safety..."

"I really don't remember. You know, people like me are always busy singing. I don't usually manage the company affairs."

He watched the other members of Parliament. They were all looking at the papers in Dan Burton's hand. No one made eye contact with him Mr. member. "

"You are a business genius praised by financial magazines. Didn't you know the business situation of Neicheng broadcasting company

"At that time I was very young at that time... "

Song Ya clearly felt a drop of sweat hanging on his forehead.

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