下面引用由Little-Susie在 2004/03/11 01:32am 发表的内容：哦，KEEN的那篇文章也不知道他会不会发，文章说MJ是个机会主义者，呵呵，不以为然，孩子气使然。
这就是前段时间两个MJ官方站的JAMES SHAFTER给我的邮件，因为那次他做网站的时候，我通过STUART（MJ前发言人）和他取得了联系。
http://mjdb.cn/news/main/news/view.asp?id=1062
Jackson又遭人讨钱 时间:2004-3-4
关于Michael Jackson的谣言不断，总有声音宣称其经济触礁。上月《纽约时报》称他欠美洲银行7000万贷款，现在则有一个名为James Shafer的前雇员出来向Jackson要钱，他曾经负责了两个Jackson网站的建设，但现在它们都已关闭。
据“娱乐今宵”节目报道，Shafer称Jackson依然欠他75,000美元没有支付，尽管他一直在尽力向Jackson阵营要钱。 “我不知道是否出了资金流动问题，”他说道，“但看起来总是有阻力，总是让我有必要说，‘嘿，说好是周三的，说好是周四的，说好是上个星期的 。’但钱从没出现过。尽管最终我会拿到钱，但却毫无规律可言。”
据Schafer说，一年半前，Jackson的代表联系到他。“我和他的管理层合作了很多项目，”他说道，“我最主要做的是一个Jackson慈善基金会项目。其中一部分就是做一个网站，但他没有网站，所以管理层和Jackson决定建立一个官方网站。”
但他说当Jackson遇上法律麻烦后，Shafer和他的团队则被要求做另外一个网站。“当指控下来后，各种各样的人都宣称他们是Jackson的发言人，”他说道，“管理层和Mark Geragos律师非常担心错误消息的散播，所以他们想要一个网站来发布正确消息。”
但Shafer声称他和他创造性的技术团队还没有完全被支付这两个网站的工钱，而这两个站已经在2月的时候被关闭了。 据Shafer表示，他在两个网站开放三周后，给Jackson的会计寄去了发票，但他说，“我长话短说吧，发票还将被商议。会计告诉我们说，发票上的面值是不能接受的，得谈判。于是谈判继续继续，最后因多种原因停滞了。上周末，他们告诉我们说，‘不，我们不会为那两个网站付钱了。它们超出了你们原始合约的范围。’
尽管我们提醒说这是管理层的决定和授权，而且这是出于好意的工作，这些发票应该被偿付，但如今它们不会被报销了。” Shafer认为是Jackson和伊斯兰组织，尤其是和领袖Leonard Muhammad的联系导致了这种结果。“我真心实意地认为是Leonard Muhammad在主控Jackson的日常事务。从我和Jackson会计直接的对话来看，他（Leonard）在Jackson的财务和案子中扮演积极的角色，决定着什么钱该付，什么不该付。” Shafer说他相信建设网站的技术公司不会起诉Jackson，但他表示他走出来说话只是为了一个原因： “我做生意有自己的方式，我也愿意这样想：当你和做生意有自己方式的人打交道的时候，很明显规则就已经不适用了。”他争辩道。
来源:Yahoo！/“娱乐今宵”
现在他统一向与他取得过联系的MJ斑竹和歌迷发了封信（只在这里独家公开），不禁让人有点担心MJ的处境。其实有的时候真的很担心的，希望MJ没有事。但我想MJ也不一定如正面新闻里那么毫无问题，当然也不是完全如负面新闻那样就要“死的难看”，毕竟有的事情是无风不起浪~~比如STUART，从我和他的联系过程中，我认为他是一个很好很尽责的人，但还是被踢出局~MJ身边的人很成问题~~~不得不说这是一个遗憾：
邮件原文：Dear Friends...I would like to consider myself a man of honor and I attempt to do the right thing. In my dealings with people, I try to be as honest and forthright as possible. I have been reluctant to respond to your many encouraging emails over the past many months, but as you have no doubt heard, I have not responded because of the very trying circumstances in which I have found myself. The purpose of this letter is to explain what has transpired and also to apologize for any perceived indiscretions on my part.My involvement with Michael Jackson started about two years ago while working with Ronald Konitzer on other ventures. Ronald ended up, with Dieter Weizner, trying to create opportunities for Michael Jackson and literally running his affairs. Specifically, I was retained in August to do two things: create and execute a philanthropic initiative for MJ (I crafted the Go For Your Dreams concept) and to be the “point man” for the creation of an official Michael Jackson Web Site. I researched various web site design firms and made the decision to go with a firm here in Vancouver. From August to the time of the latest charges, we worked to create an exciting new web site. The contract under which we were operating was “staged” - in other words, the contract was incremental – as we reached certain milestones in the development of the site, new contracts would be entered into to complete the next portion of the work.Shortly after the charges were laid, I received instructions from Ronald Konitzer to have the web site company create a special web site “by days end” that would address, from a legal perspective, all the rumors that were floating around. That was on a Friday. Our team worked hard over the weekend, had the site ready by the time the site was announced on Monday (Good Morning America) and watched as the site received over 10,000 hits per minute during the first weeks it was up. We did a great job – all in good faith – as clearly, this was not within the contract under which we were working – but our belief was that Ronald was in charge and this appeared to be confirmed by MJ’s accountant. Shortly after the launch of the first site, it was decided that a second site should go up to allow fans to show their support for Michael and you people we great in providing us with a great deal of information. To some of you, my apologizes for the oversight of not including your web sites on our link page – but these addresses were given to us by Stuart and non inclusion was his oversight! During the construction of the second site, I was instructed by Konitzer to work with Carol Davis who works with Mark Garagoes. On numerous occasions, Carol deferred to “Leonard” - who would be making certain decisions with respect to the site. With Stuart’s resignation, I was informed that the “Leonard” making the decisions was in fact Leonard Mohammed, Executive Director of the Nation of Islam. My concern was that Leonard and the NOI were in fact pushing Konitzer out of control and I became worried for the expenses that had been incurred and an “interim invoice” was sent to MJ’s accountant. Within weeks of the second site going live, we were concerned that it needed refreshing with new information that kept on pouring in. I advised Carol Davis and Mark Garagoes of this on numerous occasions, but they refused to address my concerns. Further, the web site company was reluctant to make any changes because as time marched on, their bill was unpaid for the services they had provided.The long and the short of it...after much discussion and negotiation and a very frustrating time dealing with the delaying tactics of the “new management”, we were informed that for all the work that had been done to create these two very effective sites, THEY WOULD NOT PAY THE BILL! To me, this is morally reprehensible. Konitzer authorized the work in his “managerial” capacity – the accountant confirmed that capacity by paying for the initial bills that were presented on the original project, but the “new management” determined that all the work was “unauthorized” and therefore would not be paid for. And this from MJ’s accountant who also confirmed that this decision came from Leonard Mohammed.I tell you this not only as a form of apology for not getting back to you sooner, but also as warning to you that this type of behavior is what you might expect in the future unfortunately and knowing the personal commitment you all have towards Michael Jackson, I hope you are not as discouraged in the future as I am with what has transpired in the past.Further...on a personal level of concern for Michael Jackson. It is my perception, having been indirectly involved with him for over two years, that he has a very nasty habit...His last best friend is the one who promises the most and as soon as someone comes along with a bigger promise, he has a new best friend. This is not a good way to develop long standing relationships. This is clearly the definition of an “opportunist” and I hope he doesn’t take this attitude with his fans – because they are the longest standing relationship he has and if he continues on with this pattern, that relationship will be in jeopardy as well. (Candidly, I really don’t believe he “loves” his fans to anywhere near the extent he professes in public announcements – he clearly realizes that his fans are his future meal ticket –period. But that is just a personal observation.)I wish you all the best with your future endeavors. I really do wish that things didn’t turn out as they did because there were some really exciting opportunities on the horizon – all of which have disappeared due to the criminal charges. Truly unfortunate.And once again, my apologizes. I really didn’t mean to ignore anyone, but given the circumstances, I was really reluctant to do or say anything. I hope you understand.Take care.James |
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