"If you don't answer, even if the talk collapses, APLUS won't have the guts to do anything."
Peter showed strong self-confidence in front of Eli. He knew that APLUS had tremendous pressure from Silicon Valley, and he also had it. After looking at the watch, he and Eli arrived at the agreed place early and waited, but Gore hadn't appeared yet, it was already over. The time agreed by both parties...
He took a deep breath, clenched his fists in his trouser pockets, and his knuckles turned pale.
"It's eleven o'clock, APLUS." Jim Clark was also watching the time. The reception dinner held for him by A+ Records headquarters was lively outside, but the atmosphere in APLUS's office was completely opposite. It seemed that the air was freezing, Jim Clark Putting aside the fresh Oscar best original soundtrack, Golden Man, pretending to be a relaxed reminder.
"Don't rush Jim, it's useless to urge me." Song Ya looked at Ms. Sloan, and Ms. Sloan shook her head slightly. That was a secret signal that Peter had still not answered the phone.
"Your stock price has fallen below one dollar, right? You will be warned by the Nasdaq exchange in a month and enter the observation process. If you don't do it, you will be in danger of being forced to delist."
Jim Clark walked to the window again and looked at the brightly lit Litman Media Headquarters building on the opposite side. “Don’t think I’m alarmist, maybe soon, you’ll find that all your listed companies are abandoned by the capital market, one by one. destroy."
"If you are threatening, then I don't accept it. If you plan to anger me all, the big deal is that the YAHOO and other stocks in my hand will be sold on the open market, and I will go back and continue to be my star." Song Ya indifferently replied. .
"Hehe, I just feel a little pity for you..." Jim Clark closed his mouth.
Song Ya and Sloan looked at each other, and both of them cast their eyes on the wall clock on the wall. At a quarter past eleven, half past eleven, the minute hand was firmly sliding towards twelve o'clock.
At twelve o'clock, the wall clock rang on time, but the phone on the desk still did not ring.
Jim Clark suddenly became very irritable. He strode to the table of the boss, took the Cuban cigar and held it in his mouth, "APLUS, you...don't blame us...we will..." he clicked and said, without burning for a long time.
Song Ya ignored him, holding his temple in his hand, and elbowed him on the table in a daze.
Sloan took out his cell phone and continued to dial Eli's number non-stop.
"It's the Secret Service car!"
In Washington, Eli hung up the call, and he saw Gore's deputy commander convoy approaching...
Peter looked back abruptly.
"The deputy commander leads the students."
The two former allies faced each other individually for the first time after their current rivals broke up. Although Gore was deliberately late for a long time, Peter did not express any dissatisfaction. The two greeted each other and walked far away.
"Peter..." Gore looked straight into the distance.
"Have you read my speech?" Peter asked with a smile.
"I've seen it, it's wonderful."
"I didn't write down some things I wanted to say because it was inconvenient to be seen by APLUS," said Peter.
"Oh?"
"I'm not going to talk about this, anyway I'm sorry, I have said a lot of things against you during this period." Peter apologized.
"Election, I understand."
"I am willing to quit, but there are some prerequisites."
"Please speak…"
At two o'clock in the morning, Jim Clark, the Silicon Valley tycoon, was lying on the office sofa to take a nap. Song Ya was still sitting in the chair and barely moved. Sloan still called Eli regularly.
"Ling Ling Ling..."
Suddenly the office landline rang, and Jim Clark sat upright for a moment. Sloan put down the phone and picked up the microphone, "Elay?"
"It's Amy..."
It's Amy Adams, "Is he still fooling around at the dinner party? Not coming back tonight?"
"We're still working..." Sloan handed the microphone to Song Ya.
"Hehe, it seems that you two often work together until late..." Amy suddenly became jealous.
"Don't make trouble, I'm busy with business, Mr. Clark is also here." Song Ya stretched the microphone to Jim Clark.
"FXXK! I don't want to wait any longer, let's do it APLUS! Still the same sentence, you choose yourself!"
Jim Clark didn't bother to help him testify to the woman. He burst into foul language impatiently, got up and walked towards the door.
"Wait Mr. Clark!" Sloan stopped him in a shrill voice, "Look!"
She picked up the phone, and there was a text message from Eli on the screen...
‘Finish! ’
"FXXK!" Jim Clark scolded again after seeing it clearly, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com went back to the sofa and sat down.
"Come on some champagne?" Song Ya was actually not that scared, but at any rate he was finally able to let go of his hanging heart, walked to the wine cabinet in relief, picked a good bottle of champagne, and opened it slowly.
"Is there anything? It's so late."
On the other side, Chicago Mayor Jr. Daley was awakened by the ringing of the phone in his sleep, and his brother's voice came over there, "Gore has compromised with Peter again!"
"What!? What conditions!?" Little Daly immediately sobered up and asked angrily.
"Peter resigned from the election and resigned as governor at the same time. Gore promised to let go of the past and support her wife's bid for the Cook County State Attorney next year to take over Peter's political legacy!"
"FXXK! FXXK! FXXK!"
Little Daley was so angry that he dropped the landline to the ground, cursing wildly.
(End of this chapter)
Chicago 1990 Chapter 1382: Where to go
"Today, I announced that I will officially withdraw from this general election. I want to say to those who have supported me all the way: Thank you, thank you..."
After Peter returned to Chicago, he read out his withdrawal speech in front of his campaign headquarters, "Without you, my family and I could not hold on to the present, I let you down..."
He was full of affection, his wife and children standing behind him, and the lieutenant governor of Illinois standing on the side, "At the same time, I also want to apologize to the people of Illinois. I owe you too much. The heavy campaign affairs distracted me. . Therefore, I will also resign as governor of Illinois...but this is by no means the person who is politically attacking me bows his head, I am innocent from beginning to end!"
"I also owe the family too much, I'm sorry... Alicia..." He turned around emotionally, leading his wife and children to the front, a family of four with his arms around his shoulders, "I need to spend more time with the family. ...Being a good husband and a good father..."
He swallowed even more, and suddenly stopped, lowered his head and slowed down for a while before continuing: "I also want to remind all voters that the battle is still going on and our goal has not been completed. Let us continue to use our abilities, our enthusiasm, and our The power of the United States and everything we can do to help the deputy commander lead Sheng Gore and make him the next commander of the United States!"
"I wish him victory and applaud his outstanding performance. I fully support him. I met him a long time ago. I know what a good politician and a good man he is. I don’t doubt that he can Leading America into the next century's prosperity, I will fully support him, and I hope everyone will continue to support him and vote for him!"
"Some people will become leaders, others will follow closely, but no one can do all this alone..."
The scene was warm, Peter clearly expressed his position to support Gore after retiring from the election, and then ended the speech to the reluctant applause of his fans, hugged Alicia, kissed the two children on the foreheads, and finally introduced His successor: Lieutenant Governor.