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00:05Hey.
00:06Hey.
00:07Seems like every time I see you, you working.
00:10You becoming a regular bookworm these days, huh?
00:13Well, this journalism class ain't no joke.
00:15Well, if anybody can handle it, my baby can.
00:20Thank you for your vote of confidence, Dad.
00:22Yeah.
00:23How's things with Jackson?
00:25I guess I'm about to find out.
00:27How's that?
00:29Well, he volunteered to do the on-camera research for our first project.
00:33And you guys trust him with that?
00:36I guess.
00:36He can't cheat off of anybody with this assignment.
00:39So, he just has to talk to the residents of an apartment community.
00:43So, no room for error?
00:45Either he has the videos of his interviews or he won't.
00:48Okay.
00:49Well, I can't wait to see how this turns out.
00:51Me too, Dad.
00:59Hey, what's up, Nigel?
01:00Hey, Jasmine.
01:01Hey, Megan, come in.
01:01Hey, Jasmine.
01:02Hey, Jasmine.
01:04Where's Jackson?
01:06He said he was running a little behind, but was on his way.
01:09Don't tell me he's late.
01:11I think he said one of his interviewees was going to be late, so.
01:14So, it's not his fault?
01:16I don't think so.
01:18All right.
01:19We'll see.
01:21You really don't like Jackson, huh?
01:23Girl, it's a long story.
01:24I see.
01:25Well, in the meantime, we can pull together what we were able to compile.
01:28Yeah, sounds good.
01:29Yeah, cool.
01:30So, I spent the week down at the Board of Supervisors.
01:33What you got?
01:34So, the apartment complex first opened in 1982.
01:37It was owned by a company called TQZ & Associates.
01:40They owned several apartment communities in the 80s.
01:43It was then sold in 1996 to a local developer who was supposed to renovate.
01:47The apartment had a pretty steady decline in those 14 years.
01:50Yeah.
01:51I spent the last week researching court records, 341 court cases involving Egbert Apartments.
01:57All residents suing?
01:59Not as many as you'd think.
02:01Mainly evictions and litigations with the county over failures to get proper permits and
02:05code violations.
02:07Okay.
02:08Well, my work was on the present case where the county condemned it.
02:10And the state issued this 341-page report about the living conditions at the building.
02:16Was it bad?
02:17Oh, yeah.
02:18It was bad.
02:18The state investigation uncovered 215 violations.
02:23That's crazy.
02:25Mm-hmm.
02:25Unapproved vendors, exposed electrical wiring, roach and vermin infestations, bed bugs.
02:30It was just ridiculous.
02:34Hey, Dad.
02:35Hi, Dad.
02:36Guys, this is my father, Chief Payne.
02:37This is Megan.
02:38Nigel.
02:39Hello.
02:39Hi.
02:40How you doing?
02:40Where's Jackson?
02:41Great question.
02:43I just got a text.
02:45He's not gonna make it.
02:47Are you serious?
02:49Oh, no.
02:50We need those interviews.
02:52There goes our grate.
02:54I said I didn't want to work with him.
03:24I told Professor Davidson, good, that I did not want to work with this dude.
03:28Calm down, Jasmine.
03:31He almost got me kicked out of Dr. Hutton's class, and now this.
03:36Okay.
03:37Well, Megan, did he say why he couldn't make it?
03:39He said his car broke down.
03:42Yeah, right.
03:44Well, he does have a very old car.
03:46Well, that's not our problem.
03:48Everybody's got issues.
03:50It's fine.
03:50I'll do it myself.
03:53Well, I'm sure you'll figure it out, baby.
03:56Thanks, Dad.
03:58I'm texting with him now.
04:00What's he saying?
04:01It doesn't matter.
04:02Don't waste your time on him.
04:04He said he can send over files with all the interviews.
04:07You think he actually did them?
04:10I guess we'll see when he sends the links.
04:14All right.
04:14But I know this dude.
04:16I'm telling y'all.
04:17Don't hold your breath.
04:34Okay.
04:34Floyd.
04:35Yeah.
04:35Could you sit the hell down?
04:37Okay?
04:38You're making me nervous.
04:39I'm sorry, bruh-bruh.
04:41I just...
04:41I'm just anxious, man.
04:44I just don't trust this cute Anthony dude.
04:47Well, I don't know why he ain't done nothing to you.
04:49Not yet, Curtis.
04:51There's something about when my Holy Ghost gets riled up.
04:55Holy Ghost?
04:56What's up?
04:57Since when have you had the Holy Ghost?
04:58I've always had the Holy Ghost.
05:01I don't want to be running up and down the aisles and hollering like they do at Ellis Church,
05:05but I have more of a quiet, private praise.
05:11Is that right?
05:12Yes, that's right.
05:17Oh, it's probably Hugh Anthony.
05:18I'll get it.
05:19Go and get that.
05:19Yeah.
05:20All right.
05:21Just finish your little book.
05:24Floyd.
05:25What?
05:26Go get the door.
05:26I'm going to get the door.
05:28You got to open it to get it.
05:36Curtis, my man.
05:39How you doing?
05:41I'm doing good.
05:42I'm doing good.
05:43Floyd.
05:44What's going on?
05:45Look at you, bruh, bruh.
05:46You lost some weight.
05:47You noticed?
05:49Yeah.
05:49You know, just trying to work out this one app, you know, out on the track.
05:53I see it.
05:54I see it.
05:54You're an inspiration, huh?
05:56Well, you know, I'm trying to inspire my business partner to get out there with me.
06:00You know, wait.
06:01Hold on now.
06:02I can't have both of y'all being skinny.
06:03Come on.
06:04Nothing says good barbecue like having a little meat on your bones.
06:11Yeah.
06:11That's what I'm saying.
06:12That's what I've been telling them.
06:14Please.
06:14That's why I don't even mess around with Floyd in these little workouts.
06:17This is part of business plan.
06:20So, uh, it's going to be a great day, huh?
06:23Yes, it is.
06:23Yeah?
06:24Yes, it is.
06:25Okay.
06:25What's happening today?
06:26What's happening today?
06:28Yeah.
06:28Floyd, today is a day a partnership is born, huh?
06:32Yeah.
06:33Are you two excited?
06:35I'm excited.
06:36Yeah.
06:37That.
06:40Well, I'll tell you what.
06:41Let's just get down to it, huh?
06:43Let's get down to business.
06:44So, where's the contract?
06:45Oh, wow.
06:46You just get right to it, huh?
06:47Well, you said let's get down to business.
06:50You know what?
06:50I did.
06:51Yes.
06:51Okay.
06:52So, I had my attorney draw up a little partnership deal here.
06:56Okay.
06:57Awesome.
06:58There you go.
07:01There it is.
07:03Standard partnership deal.
07:05All right.
07:06Damn, this is thick.
07:09That is.
07:10Standard.
07:11Yeah, Curtis, we're going to need an attorney for this.
07:14Wait a minute.
07:15You don't already have an attorney for Curtis?
07:18Well, yes, yes, yes.
07:19We have an attorney.
07:21I mean, we have a plethora of attorneys.
07:24We do?
07:26Yes, we do.
07:28Yes.
07:29We have to decide which one of the attorneys is suitable for this contract.
07:35Oh, I tell you what.
07:36Just give it to your contract attorney.
07:37He'll go through it in no time.
07:40Contract attorney.
07:41Yes, I was just thinking that.
07:43All right.
07:44We on the same page.
07:45All right, Greg.
07:45So, Curtis, you have your people call my people.
07:49And once we strike up a deal, we can go conquer the world, baby.
07:52I like it.
07:52Sounds good.
07:53Let's do it.
07:53Let's do it.
07:54All right.
07:55Curtis, have a good one.
07:57All right.
07:58Floyd, I'll see you, man.
07:59All right.
08:00Curtis, you are a barbecue giant.
08:03Remember that.
08:04Huh?
08:05Yeah.
08:05I'm going to make sure everybody knows your name, baby.
08:07I like that.
08:07All right.
08:08Let's go do it.
08:09Let's go make some business.
08:10Let's go do it.
08:11Let's go do that.
08:23What's up?
08:24Oh, CJ.
08:25Floyd.
08:26What's up?
08:26Man, it sounded pretty urgent.
08:28What's up?
08:28Yeah.
08:29Uh, we need an attorney.
08:30You know anyone?
08:32Uh, I might know a couple people.
08:34Yeah.
08:35What's happening?
08:36We got a contract we didn't help with.
08:39Contract?
08:40What kind of contract?
08:42We got a chance to go into business with Q. Anthony Fields.
08:45Oh, that's the guy you told me about?
08:47Yes.
08:48Yeah.
08:49So he gave us this contract, right?
08:50Okay.
08:51Yeah, and it reads like a book.
08:54I mean, it's thick.
08:55Now, Unc, don't go signing no long contracts, man.
08:59CJ, I ain't no fool.
09:01That's why we here.
09:02I need a lawyer to look open.
09:03Okay, well, you know, I know a few people.
09:07Let me see what I can do.
09:09Thank you, CJ.
09:10You're mad, CJ.
09:13Don't go thanking me yet.
09:15Well, I mean, do you know an attorney or what?
09:19I know a few people, but...
09:22But what?
09:24Lawyers are expensive.
09:26Okay, how expensive, CJ?
09:29Very expensive.
09:31Like $1,500 just to get started.
09:34$1,500?
09:36The devil is a lie.
09:37A big-ass lie.
09:39You guys killed me, man.
09:41What did you think?
09:42You weren't thinking of $1,500.
09:44Hmm.
09:45And that's just to get started.
09:47Locker, you ain't no help.
09:49Can anybody help you?
09:49A hundred and a hundred and a hundred and a half.
09:52Can't let it.
09:58Hey, then.
09:59Hey, baby.
09:59What's wrong?
10:01Nothing.
10:02Just trying to figure out how to salvage my grade without Jackson.
10:06You really think he's flaking on you?
10:08Oh, I know he is.
10:10Not only did he not show up, but he didn't send the link to the interviews like he said he
10:14would.
10:18Who's that?
10:25Hi, Mr. Payne.
10:26Yes.
10:27I'm Caroline Brooks, Jackson's grandmother.
10:30Hello, Mr. Payne.
10:38Oh, come on in.
10:45Hi, Jasmine.
10:46Hi.
10:47Hello.
10:48So how can we help you?
10:50Uh, Jackson was supposed to come over earlier today for a group project.
10:54Yeah, uh, Jasmine's group met earlier today.
10:57Yes, his car broke down.
10:59And Jackson was so upset, he begged me to bring him over.
11:01He wanted to drop off the work he did.
11:05Um, have a seat.
11:06Can I offer you something in a drink?
11:08Uh, I'm fine.
11:09No, thank you, Mr. Payne.
11:12Jasmine, I'm sorry I didn't make it earlier.
11:15I can't lie.
11:15I was disappointed.
11:17I know.
11:18My last interview was late, and then when I was leaving, my car wouldn't start.
11:23But you said you were going to send the interviews, and you didn't, so.
11:26The files are too big.
11:27I, I put him on an external hard drive.
11:32Here.
11:35Jackson worried me so to take him to the office supply store and then get him over here.
11:39I've never seen him so worried about anything in his life.
11:43I appreciate you, Grandma.
11:45I'm so happy to meet you, Chief Payne and Jasmine.
11:48And I thank you, too, for not giving up on my grandson.
11:51I know he made a big mistake copying your paper, Jasmine.
11:56Yes, ma'am.
11:56I almost got in a lot of trouble for that.
11:58It's unacceptable.
12:00I was so mad at Jackson.
12:02But please, let me tell you, he made a mistake.
12:05He's not a bad boy.
12:07And he really wants to make it up to you.
12:13Well, we thank you for coming by, Mrs. Brooks.
12:16Thank you for allowing Jackson to bring over his part of the assignment.
12:19He was so upset.
12:21He has this old car that breaks down every other day.
12:24I can't afford to get him anything else.
12:25I can barely keep him in school.
12:28If it wasn't for his baseball scholarship, he wouldn't even be at that school.
12:32Believe me, I understand.
12:34It's a struggle for my wife and I, too.
12:36This one here changing majors every year.
12:40Okay.
12:41Thanks, Dad.
12:42Sure.
12:43No problem.
12:45Well, you'll be in my prayers.
12:47No, and you are in ours, too.
12:49Oh, thank you.
12:50Yeah.
12:51Tell me what you think of my research, Jasmine.
12:53Your opinion means a lot to me.
12:56Okay.
12:57Thank you for bringing it by.
13:01It was nice to meet you.
13:02Nice to meet you, too.
13:03Sure.
13:04Have a good night.
13:10Jackson, good to see you again.
13:16You feel better?
13:19I'll let you know after I see his work.
13:22Boy, tough crowd.
13:31Crazy.
13:32I can't...
13:34Oh, Curtis, what are you guys working on?
13:38Oh, baby, we got this big contract we're reading.
13:41A big contract for what, Curtis?
13:45Q. Anthony Fields.
13:46Who else?
13:48Curtis, don't you go signing no contract, baby, without reading it.
13:55Donna, let me just tell you we read the contract.
13:57Okay, Curtis.
13:58All right.
13:59What do you know about a contract?
14:01Well, first of all, it's a bogus contract.
14:04Because, you know what I mean?
14:05The whole thing is written in a whole nother language.
14:08Of course it's written in a whole nother language.
14:11It's called legalese.
14:14Legal what?
14:17Legalese.
14:17That's lawyer talk, meaning you two need to hire a lawyer.
14:24Look, baby, do you know how much a lawyer costs?
14:27Curtis, I'm sure it's a lot.
14:30Yeah, then there you go.
14:32You looking at the lawyers, me and Floyd.
14:35Curtis, baby, don't be ridiculous now.
14:39What, Ellen?
14:40Curtis, you and Floyd running around talking about you building a business.
14:46I'm a business man, fella.
14:49You don't understand business.
14:51Oh, stop.
14:52Floyd don't even sound like that.
14:54Curtis, paying a lawyer is part of doing business.
14:59But, you know, CJ said that it's going to cost at least $1,500 for us to even get started.
15:04I can believe that.
15:06Then you can believe how crazy you sound.
15:09Curtis, you sound crazy.
15:12Now, you and Floyd need to get the since God gave you and hire a lawyer.
15:17Ella.
15:18Period.
15:19I mean it, Curtis.
15:20Baby Q Anthony said it's just a standard contract.
15:23Q Anthony, Q Anthony, Q Anthony.
15:26For the record, Curtis, I don't like Q Anthony.
15:30Ella.
15:32Curtis, really?
15:34You and Floyd were doing just fine without Q Anthony.
15:40Mm.
15:45You know what?
15:46I don't even know.
15:47Your wife has the anointing.
15:49You should listen to your wife more often.
15:53Shut the Holy Ghost up.
16:05Hey, Jazzy.
16:06Hey, ball.
16:09What's going on, book wine?
16:10Book wine?
16:11Yeah.
16:13Every time I see her these days, she working.
16:15I like it.
16:16It's the life of a college student.
16:18Yeah.
16:18Hey, I love it.
16:22So, your father told me Jackson came by with his grandmother.
16:26Yes, he did.
16:27And how did he do on his part of the project?
16:30Um.
16:31Uh-oh.
16:32Now, I can't wait to hear this.
16:34His interviews are actually amazing.
16:37Really?
16:38I know.
16:38I can't believe it either.
16:40That good.
16:42Dad, interviewing people is a lot harder than it looks.
16:44I've always struggled with it.
16:47Yeah, we know.
16:48We remember.
16:49Mm-hmm.
16:49You know, you were going to quit journalism when you tried to do your first interviews.
16:54Because I can't get people to talk.
16:56But Jackson naturally has people opening up, and they believe him and trust him just right
17:02off the bat.
17:03So, you think they honestly talked to him?
17:06Dad, these people were complete strangers, and they confided in him.
17:11Professor Davidson always talks about amazing journalists like Barbara Walters, and how she
17:15was able to really get people to open up to her.
17:17Yeah.
17:19Surprisingly, it seems like Jackson has that same gift.
17:23Maybe your father was right.
17:26He was right there with you.
17:27I didn't really feel like Jackson deserved a second chance.
17:30Hey, we all deserve a second chance, and we all have days when we are not at our best.
17:38Yeah.
17:40Maybe.
17:43You know what I see, Jess?
17:47I see a young man with a lot of issues, and all he has is his grandmother.
17:55He's a young man with a young man with a young man with a young man with a young man
18:01with a young man.
18:01He cheated off of you in order to get to a baseball game in order to pay the tuition, which
18:09is what he should not have done.
18:11Right, but now it seems like he's trying to make it up to you.
18:17Well, he did the work, so I guess I'm good.
18:23Well, we're going to let you get back to your work.
18:27But Jess, I'm proud of you.
18:32Because it's not easy to forgive people when they let you down.
18:38Thanks.
18:40She did it all by herself.
18:42That's my baby.
18:43I didn't even have to tell her to walk in there like the gangster that she could be.
18:46That's not you.
18:47I love you, baby.
18:49I love y'all, too.
18:50But I can't be a gangster.
18:53I can get caught.
18:55I love you.
19:08I got an idiot.
19:10You probably need to put these back on.
19:13I'm done with these.
19:15Okay, Floyd, what we going to do?
19:19Bruh, I'm going to pay for the lawyer.
19:22The whole thing?
19:25Yeah, I mean, look, you're the creative genius behind this, and I'm the businessman of this whole operation.
19:32Yeah, I'm a creative genius.
19:36I'm going to chip in, Floyd.
19:37Okay.
19:38Cool.
19:38Yeah, I'm going to chip in, too.
19:40Yeah.
19:41I got to tell you, Floyd, now I feel good about this.
19:45I mean, we're businessmen.
19:47Yeah, me too, Kurt.
19:48Me too.
19:48Yeah, we are.
19:49And hopefully this QAnthony guy can take our operation to a whole new level, bro.
19:54Yeah, that's right.
19:55Yeah?
19:56Yeah, I guess time will tell.
19:58All right.
20:01Look here.
20:03Let's go ahead and call the lawyer that CJ got us.
20:05Okay.
20:08Let's do it.
20:09Businessmen.
20:10Forever.
20:11I feel good about this, man.
20:13I do, too.
20:14Let's do it.
20:28Jackson.
20:29Hey, Jasmine.
20:30Hey, I got your text.
20:31It sounded urgent.
20:32Come in.
20:32I was at school early today, and the grades were posted.
20:37The media group?
20:38Yep.
20:39What was our grade?
20:41Um, A+.
20:44Wait, you got an A-plus!
20:46Oh, my God!
20:51Yes!
20:53Yes!
20:55Yes!
20:57Yes!
20:57Yes!
20:58Yes!
20:59Yes!
21:00Yes!
21:01Yes!
21:03Yes!
21:05Yes!
21:06Yes!
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21:07Yes!
21:08Yes!
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