Riding the wind of rebirth

Tony Huang denied it: "There is still a big difference. Malmut is a senior expert in music intellectual property. If you hadn't given me a full advantage in forum structure and operation, I really wouldn't be able to face him."

"Oh, by the way, how is Malmut now? I think he has strong professional ability." Zhou Zhi said: "Although I haven't seen his defensive ability yet, I have seen his offensive ability. If Lewis is not also a veteran, I think he is fully capable of muddying the waters."

"You might as well say that you are an old hand." Tony Huang laughed, "Malmut has indeed used similar tricks to win countless lawsuits in the past, but you pointed out the most core problem, which is that the Practitioners Association cannot sue us on behalf of practitioners without the authorization of the practitioners."

"If he regards us as practitioners, then his identity becomes that of a referee, and he cannot act as our opponent; if he does not regard us as practitioners, then he must first obtain authorization from practitioners and can only initiate a lawsuit against us on behalf of some individuals, but cannot constrain us from the perspective of an industry manager using internal industry regulations."

"This is also a process of an emerging thing going from chaos to standardization." Zhou Zhi said with emotion: "We are now taking advantage of this loophole. Next, when we become managers, we should quickly plug this loophole and prevent it from being exploited by others again."

"We are now simulating the way the Film Association was established, with several influential record companies and our alliance forum joining the Practitioners Association and becoming important management parties," said Zhang Siluo. "This can be considered as absorbing advanced experience."

What the hell! Zhou Zhi secretly complained in his heart. To put it bluntly, this is just a few major record companies and alliance forums trying to learn from the Film Association and eat up the bulk of the profits of the North American music industry. It's just that the previous "barbaric competition" has changed to a more "elegant competition".

It is estimated that the necessary thresholds will be met soon, and the shady dealings that are supposed to happen will still happen, but he has now become a party with vested interests, so it is difficult to blame him.

"Is Huron too old?" Zhou Zhi said, "Now the Alliance Forum has such a large amount of legal work to do, and he also has to communicate with the legal community and formulate new bills. Can he handle it?"

"Don't look at me." Tony Huang thought Zhou Zhi was plotting against him and was shocked. "I'm busy enough now."

"Then how about asking Sheldon to invite Malmut back to continue to serve as the legal representative of the Practitioners Association? You and him will work together to draft the new regulations?" Zhou Zhi said: "One of you has been deeply involved in the traditional industry for many years, and the other understands the latest industry development trends. Together you will definitely complement each other."

"He may not be happy to come back now because he has to represent Truney and Denor in criminal proceedings, so he will probably be busy again."

"Is he really that persistent?" Zhou Zhi was somewhat puzzled. "If it was fine before, but now if he brings up those two idiots to defend him, is there any benefit? I'm afraid public opinion will be unfavorable to him, right?"

"Maybe he has his own reasons." Tony Huang said, "I heard that he was a child from the slums and became an orphan when he was a teenager. It was Truney who raised him and sent him to the law school."

"Tom in The Godfather?" Zhou Zhi immediately thought of the famous supporting role.

Tom Hagen is a rather complicated character in The Godfather. He entered the Corleone family and became the Godfather's adopted son because the Godfather found the best ophthalmologist to cure his eyes when he was a teenager. He was sponsored by the Godfather to study law because of his excellent academic performance. After becoming a lawyer, he assisted the family and became a very important "military advisor". However, because of his legal studies and Irish ancestry, he had conflicts and alienation with his family, but he still assisted two generations of the Godfather. In the end, he was taken down by the second generation Godfather because his personality was not suitable for the identity of "wartime military advisor" and was exiled to Las Vegas to open up a new family business.

Every time Zhou Zhi thinks of this person, words like pity, wisdom, calmness, rationality, talent, loyalty, and conservatism emerge in his mind. Although he does not appear too many times in the book and even less in the movie, Zhou Zhi believes that he is the most complex character in the entire work.

"Even Mario Puzo himself didn't show us everything about Tom, right?" Tony Huang shrugged: "What about real people." "Besides, as the long-term attorney of the Practitioners Association and an important assistant to Truney in conducting business, it is hard to say that he is not involved in those important criminal cases." Ikeda Oka did not quite agree with Zhou Zhi's idea.

"It seems not." Tony Huang said, "There is currently no evidence that Malmut has any connection with those cases. Truney seems to admire and value Malmut's legal ability and is very satisfied with the legal benefits he has secured for the association. Or maybe he thinks that letting him participate in those cases is a waste of his talent, so he protects him quite well."

Zhou Zhi finished the bread in two bites, took an egg and a small cake, and muttered to Tony Huang: "I just feel that it is a pity to lose such a talented person. Why don't you and Sheldon go talk to him again? If it doesn't work out, you can still take care of it. Forget it, you guys think about it. I have to go wake Xiao Miao up..."

"Is he still busy now?" Tony Huang has been meeting with Ikeda Qiu Zhang Silu more often recently, but has seen Zhou Zhi less often, so he asked the two of them.

"I heard from Xiao Miao that they seemed to be restoring some large paintings a while ago. And today there is an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and they said we must go and attend it."

"Alas, we are not so lucky!" Zhang Siluo said, "We still have to continue to participate in consultations with the association."

"I don't think he has a good life." Tony Huang doesn't think so: "From the day I met him, he seemed to be very busy. I heard that he has to defend his master's thesis right after he returns?"

"Yes, his life is boring and busy." Zhang Siluo also turned against him: "It lacks the most basic fun. He can only rely on food to comfort himself."

"Hahaha, if Elbow knew we were talking about him like this behind his back, he would be angry." Ikeda Oka urged, "Now that we've finished eating, let's go."

Zhang Siluo put on his shoulder bag and stood up. "Who's afraid that he'll be angry? But it's true that Xiao Miao will be unhappy. Let's go, let's finish the negotiation quickly. We can also find time to play in New York for two days!"

……

At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhou Zhi, who was described by Zhang Silu as lacking joy in life and could only be comforted by delicious food, had already brought Mai Xiaomiao into the museum through the VIP passage at the back of the museum as if they were familiar with the place.

Although the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a very rich collection, its exhibition area is actually not spacious and even seems a bit "crowded".

Compared with the 200,000 square meters of the National Museum of China, the 130,000 square meters of the Metropolitan Museum seemed relatively small.

Due to the rich collections and the need for special exhibition halls, many cultural relics are often arranged on one wall to make the most of the three-dimensional space.

For example, many Roman statues and Chinese porcelain are actually just a display in a closet, which is very awkward. (End of this chapter)