If I were only content to use affiliated TV stations to fill my own network...
"I think as a young talent, this Tommy Hawk is unlikely to be foolish, because that would be like a bunch of leeches feverishly sucking his blood," he said.
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While others were speculating behind his back whether he was a fool, Tommy was being requested for a meeting.
The visitor was a young black director he had once met, Spike Lee.
Young, that is, in comparison to other directors, but in reality, Spike Lee was five years older than Tommy.
However, in the face of money, Spike Lee could only bow his head and silently accept the praise from the younger potential investor Tommy for being young and promising, though aware that there was no malice intended, Spike Lee always felt that such compliments coming from Tommy were rife with irony.
