MAGIC:

IT WAS GOOD SEEING YOU SUNDAY AT THE GARY PAYTON ALL-STAR GAME. AS I MENTIONED, SINCE MEETING YOU THREE YEARS AGO, I’VE EAGERLY AWAITED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS CONVERSATION. UNFORTUNATELY, MY PATIENT PERSISTENCE ONLY PRODUCED A QUICK REACQUAINTANCE IN THE LOCKER ROOM. THE THUNDEROUS OVATION YOU RECEIVED, REMINDED ME OF THE ELECTRICITY I FELT DURING OUR MEETING IN YOUR HOME SEPTEMBER 24, 1996. IT REKINDLED THE “MAGICAL” EXCITEMENT I FELT WHEN YOU SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID, “NOW, WE KNOW,” AFTER EXPLAINING THE MARKETING CONCEPTS I HAD BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON.

AS THE WEEKS WENT BY, AND THE FOLLOW-UP WE ANTICIPATED NEVER CAME, I FAXED YOU IN NOVEMBER 1996. THAT FAX WAS A SHORT BACKGROUND ON ME, MY COMPANY, THE NUMEROUS CHALLENGES I OVERCAME AFTER LAUNCHING A NEW FITNESS PRODUCT, AND HOW I GOT IN POSITION TO MEET YOU ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. HOPEFULLY IT GAVE YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO THE BULLDOG TENACITY I HAVE.

I LISTENED SUNDAY AS YOU TOLD THE REPORTER FROM ESPN MAGAZINE ABOUT YOUR EFFORTS IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. IN FACT, I’VE APPLAUDED YOU ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR YOUR ENDEAVORS IN THAT AREA. I LISTENED EVEN MORE INTENTLY AS YOU STRESSED YOU’VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO JUST GIVE “HAND OUTS.”

DURING OUR BRIEF CONVERSATION, YOU ASKED ME IF WE EVER GOT OUR DEAL OFF THE GROUND, TO WHICH I REPLIED, “NO, NOT YET.” IT’S STILL ON THE LAUNCHING PAD AND NEEDS A “PUSH UP THE COURT” FROM YOU. I’VE CREATED THE “WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL SPORTS DRINK ADVERTISING PROGRAM” AS A RESULT OF INVENTING ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL FITNESS PRODUCTS OF THE 90’s FOR WHICH I HOLD A UNITED STATES PATENT. THE PROGRAM IS VALUED AT $15 MILLION AND I COULD USE A HAND (NOT A HAND OUT) GETTING IT DONE.

MAGIC, IF YOU GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU FOR JUST ONE HOUR, I’M CERTAIN YOU WILL SEE THE SIMPLICITY AND BENEFITS OF HELPING ME CLOSE THIS DEAL. DEPENDING ON YOUR SCHEDULE, I CAN MEET YOU ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WITH THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE, ASSURE YOU THAT IT WILL NOT BE A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.

PLEASE TAKE A “TIME OUT” AND RESPOND BY PHONE, FAX, OR EMAIL. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. IF NOT, THEN THE CHAPTER ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU, IN THE BOOK I’M CURRENTLY WRITING ABOUT MY 10-YEAR MARKETING JOURNEY, WILL BE COMPLETE. EITHER WAY, I’M PRAYING FOR YOU. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS.

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