Chapter 252 The four major film companies give in
“It’s not that I don’t agree, it’s just that Congressman Peoples thinks that if Director David hadn’t launched an investigation, the source of this information would be too cautious. ..."
Melinda quickly smoothed things over.
“Haha.”
Donald sneered and said: “It’s not necessarily because our Director David’s source of information is careful, it can’t be that some people are not doing things cleanly and leaked the news? ”
The so-called certain people naturally refer to Pips.
At this time, Pipps naturally heard the yin and yang in Donald's words, and he also replied with a slight dissatisfaction: "Whoever does something unclean will be wiped out by David, the IRS." Everyone knows that as long as he wants to do something, who dares to say that his privacy will not be leaked? "
"Congressman Pipps, what do you mean now?"
Two people? Their eyes met each other, and an invisible smoke filled the air.
When he thought about the mid-term elections in November, if he did not win the support of a large number of criminals, he would most likely lose the Senate seat. Peoples could only bite the bullet and said: "Nothing else. , I want to send another investigation team from Washington to re-investigate this matter thoroughly. If nothing can be found this time, then I will admit it!”
"If you want to investigate, just investigate. Do you think our IRS is your back garden? Do you know that because of cooperating with your investigation, the Western Suburbs Branch has been basically shut down for the past two days? How much work has been delayed and how much has been lost? Taxes? You provide us with these taxes, right?”
What Donald actually wants to say is, I’m giving you a fucking face, right?
Forget it about the black tax bill, now you are chasing after the Western Suburbs Branch. Is it going to be over?
"Chairman Melinda, you should know how much financial pressure we are in in the United States now. The White House attaches great importance to the contribution of the Western Suburbs Branch. If you continue to pester like this, you will be If you fail to meet the tax performance assessment targets set by the White House, we will reduce your parliamentary budget to make up for it. If the parliament is shut down by then, don’t blame us.”
It was Austria who made the statement this time! Badea.
"Director Obadiah, what you said is serious. We are not making things difficult for the Western Suburbs Bureau. Well, since Agent Hewlett went to the Western Suburbs Bureau to investigate, and since the results are out, there is no problem, then this case That’s the end of the matter. We, the Taxation Committee, will not get involved!”
As a member of Congress and the chairperson of the Taxation Committee, Melinda certainly understands the current economic situation in the United States. If the IRS is really forced to do so, Don't worry, if the IRS gets tight on fiscal funds, it might even lead to a shutdown of Congress.
After all, no matter how powerful your Congress is, its facilities, electricity bills, labor, and salaries still need funds. If the funds are stuck, all departments and links will be paralyzed in minutes.
She would have to take the blame by then, so seeing the situation in a hurry, she naturally didn’t want to accompany Pipps and the three of them to stir things up.
"Chairman Melinda..."
"Okay, no need to say any more. If you don't agree with this matter, you can talk to the Speaker of the House of Representatives!"
Seeing that Melinda was about to disembark and run away, Pipps immediately became anxious. , but before he could continue, Melinda interrupted him.
"Okay, I also want to talk to the Speaker of the House of Representatives this time. Since you three have objections to this, let's go there together."
Looking at Melinda Having already indicated that he would not interfere, there was no need for Obadiah and Donald to stay here, so they turned around and walked out.
The three Pips were staring at each other.
If they were asked to go to the Speaker of the House of Representatives to talk about this matter, they would naturally not dare.
Because in the past few days as they have criticized the black tax bill, the IRS has been putting pressure on the Speaker of the House of Representatives to control them.
But in order to win over the votes from those criminal elements, they chose to turn a deaf ear to the words of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
If you run over now, let alone support them, it would be nice if you don’t spray blood on them in front of them.
Just when the three of them didn't know what to do, Melinda's landline phone rang. She picked up the phone and listened for a while, then put down the phone and said to the three of them: "Listen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives said... I see you, and I also remind you not to think about shirk!”
The three people's expressions suddenly turned bitter. The Speaker of the House of Representatives knew that they were here in the Parliament Building, and they also used words like "don't shirk". So what else can they do, they can only get over it.
An hour later.
In the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the three Pips walked out in disgrace.
Each member of Congress has his own office in the Parliament Building, and the last place the three returned to was in Pips' office.
"Faq, what should we do now?"
As soon as he entered here, Timothy cursed loudly, as if he wanted to vent his grievances.
Because the IRS threatened the president and cut off funds and shut down Congress, the three of them were sprayed with blood when they were called in front of the Speaker of the House of Representatives just now.
That is to say, the Speaker of the House of Representatives does not have the power to directly remove them, otherwise the three of them would probably pack up and leave now.
“The Tax Committee led by Melinda has now withdrawn, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives is suppressing it again. It is difficult for the three of us alone to pose any threat to the black tax bill. If we continue, don’t It is said that he is coveting the position of senator. Maybe he will not be able to keep his seat in the House of Representatives now..."
Prinhal's worry is not unreasonable.
Although the Speaker of the House of Representatives cannot directly remove them, he can set up a special committee to investigate them. If this committee invites David to join, I believe David will be very happy to deal with them.
The reason why David dare not attack them now is mainly because he is worried about the overall influence of Congress. But if the Speaker of the House of Representatives authorized it, then David would not be worried and would let go of them. .
At that time, like the shipyard scandal in which Pips was exposed, I am afraid that the source of the news will not be ‘rumored’, but may be evidence on the table.
“Damn it, if only we had allies in the Senate!”
Pips cursed unwillingly. If the Senate had senators who supported them, then now the Speaker of the House would I dare not put so much pressure on them.
"Yeah, it's a pity that Stevenson hasn't been elected yet. If he is elected and he endorses us in the Senate, it will be much easier."
Timothy also sighed with emotion. , the atmosphere at the scene became silent.
After a while, Prinhal seemed to have made a decision. He said to the two of them: "Forget it, the current situation is not very optimistic. I'd better quit first and see if the mid-term elections can help. Let’s decide whether it’s the senator or Stevenson.”
“In this case, I’ll get out of the way first”
The criminals. Although the votes are tempting, the pressure from the top to the bottom of the House of Representatives is too great now. If the two continue to do this, I am afraid they will be kicked out if they cannot insist on voting for them. So after some careful consideration, The two finally had no choice but to quit. If it were normal, Pips would definitely have scolded him when he saw the two allies withdrawing like this, but he also understood the situation he was in now, so although he was unwilling to do so, he could only express his acquiescence. .
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In the next few days, the three congressmen headed by Pipps suddenly lowered their profile, not to mention accepting interviews with the media and attending events to express their views on the underworld. The tax bill was criticized and even stopped tweeting, which confused many people.
"What's going on? Why haven't Congressman Peoples spoken out for several days in a row?"
"This is not right. It just seemed like Congressman Peoples abolished the black tax. The slogans for the bill were so loud that even after the embarrassment occurred during the TV debate, they still continued to criticize the bill. Why has it disappeared now? "
"Forget it that Pipps disappeared, and there is no news about the two Congressmen Timothy Pringhall, something must have happened. Could it be that the IRS threatened them?"
Don’t you say that the black tax bill has serious flaws?
Didn’t you say that you would do your best to promote the repeal or reform of this bill?
How many days have it been like? Just start pretending to be dead?
Netizens who didn't know what was going on started talking about this a lot, but among them, the criminals who originally expressed support for the three people were angry.
Although I don’t know much about the inside story behind the sudden retreat of the three people, it can be guessed that they must have received some pressure or even threats from the IRS!
These criminals began to set the pace on major social media, constantly attacking the three people with words such as coward and coward.
At the Western Suburbs Bureau, after receiving the news from the main bureau that the Pips and the others had ceased their activities, David has not been idle these days. He will preside over this round on April 1st. After the appraisal meeting, he asked his subordinates to conduct a thorough investigation of the remaining major film companies.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, after reading the information and documents collected in the past few days, David immediately called Lewis over and ordered: "It's been delayed for so many days. It's time to get down to business. Send out the Announcement, the six major film companies must come to our Xijiao branch to accept punishment for tax issues before three o'clock tomorrow afternoon!"
"Understood"
Lewis immediately turned around and left the arrangement.
Soon after receiving the news, representatives from several major film companies came to the Disney Film Company building and walked into the conference room with solemn expressions.
Here Disney Vice President Okanji, who was waiting, didn't look much better at the moment.
After everyone gathered, the door of the conference room was closed.
The representative of Warner Film Company immediately asked: "Mr. Okanji, now tell me, what should we do?"
"Ai Wen, don't panic first..."
"How can you not panic!"
Representative Warner, who was called Ai Wen, interrupted and continued: "You too You see, lobbying Congress is not working now, and the three MPs have also backed down. Do we have any other options now?
As soon as this was said, representatives from the major film companies also They all looked at Okanji with dissatisfaction
If Disney hadn’t come out to interfere
After seeing that United Artists, Mijiao Film Company and Mijiao Film Company surrendered, they might just follow suit.
Now that it’s over, with the black tax bill, it would be strange if the Western Suburbs Branch didn’t blame them.
Even if you surrender now, the price you pay will definitely be heavier than if you surrendered in the first place.
"Please be patient, my bosses are already working on it, and there will be a solution..."
Okanji was still trying to comfort him.
However, Ivan didn't take this trick anymore. He retorted: "Didn't you say the same thing before, saying that your bosses were already working, but what was the result?"
"Those who criticized Members of the House of Representatives regarding the Black Tax Act have stopped saying anything due to the pressure from the Internal Revenue Service. Even if it is put into operation again, what will happen?”
This was once again recognized by the representatives of several major film companies present.
It is true that the backgrounds of the bosses behind Disney are complicated, but David can even handle members of Congress, so what else can’t he handle?
The Disney family is a big business and can still withstand hardships, but these major film companies cannot withstand the hardships anymore.
As the saying goes, mortals suffer when gods fight. If the fight continues, I don’t know whether Disney will die or not, but they will definitely be used as cannon fodder.
When Jiaduobao and Wang Laoji fought fiercely, wasn't it just He Qizheng who died?
"Gentlemen, please believe me one more time. My boss will find a solution. Don't compromise so easily..."
Okanji knows that he is in the wrong and is not too embarrassed. To retort, one can only continue to appease.
"Okanji, as you know, the West Suburban Branch just let out the news and has investigated our situation clearly. We need to go for review before 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. We have reached this point. It is impossible for me and our Warner Film Company to continue fighting with him. In the past few days, our stock price has suffered great losses because of this. I hope you can understand our situation..."
Because Warner Film Company may face sanctions from the Western Suburbs Bureau at any time, the market has lacked confidence in them during this period, and their stock price has suffered great losses, so they really cannot withstand the pressure.
If you give in now, you may bleed heavily, but it doesn’t mean it’s over.
But if you really dare to continue to resist, once the Western Suburbs Branch imposes severe penalties, the entire company may collapse directly.
"Mr. Okanji, the same goes for us at Huanqiu Pictures, and I hope you can understand."
"The same goes for us at Columbia Pictures."
"And we have Paramount..."
The other major film companies obviously also thought carefully, so when they saw that Warner Bros. was preparing to protect their lives, they also followed the trend.
"Evan...you...Fake, do whatever you want!"
At this point, what else could Okanji say besides cursing.
(End of this chapter)