“Then I’ll get up and leave immediately. I guarantee this company won’t survive past Friday.”
"At that time, 100% of you will be unemployed. Get out on the streets and collect welfare."
"Choose!"
Cold sweat instantly broke out on the forehead of the union leader.
Finally, Lin Huowang looked at MacLehose and the few "invisible" parliamentary representatives.
"Third, towards the British Empire."
“I will keep the core R&D departments of Land Rover and Rover in the UK.”
"Furthermore, I will use all the proceeds from Harry Potter, this great British magical story, in the UK to establish a 'Hogwarts British Cultural and Educational Foundation'."
"I won't take a single penny. It will all be used for educational charities..."
...
The meeting room was completely silent.
Enticement.
Coercion.
And political posturing.
This is a perfectly calculated "open strategy".
A calculated scheme they couldn't refuse.
"We...agree."
Sir Humphrey spoke with great difficulty, “We agree to all your terms…”
The union leader quickly stood up, bowed deeply, and said, "Mr. Kobayashi! We...we, on behalf of all the workers, welcome your...salvation!"
Lin Huowang nodded in satisfaction.
The acquisition has been successfully completed.
So he stood up, ready to leave with MacLehose to sign the acquisition agreement that was practically a "free gift".
However, at that moment...
His encrypted satellite phone suddenly rang shrilly.
Lin Huowang answered the phone.
"Awang! It's me!"
On the other end of the phone came Liu Rumeng's voice.
"Just now... Liao Gong called urgently from the mainland..."
Liu Rumeng's voice carried a hint of pride and excitement.
"The US... Walmart... and Europe... all orders..."
Two billion US dollars!
"Ah Wang! Shekou... Shekou is completely alive! We're going to make a fortune, and we can help create countless jobs and generate foreign exchange revenue for the mainland..."
Lin Huowang smiled and nodded. Everything was as he had expected, except that the sales revenue from this first wave was much higher than he had imagined.
He overestimated the "restraint" of these Western countries and instinctively felt that many of them would boycott Chinese-made products.
However, what he didn't fully consider was that the Pokémon IP's influence was like wildfire, spreading rapidly throughout the world.
During negotiations with Lin Huowang's business representatives in various countries, representatives from many stores and sales channels strongly requested that the mainland toy manufacturers provide more IP-related derivative products related to "Pokémon," emphasizing that this would significantly enhance the competitiveness of their electronics sales.
Imagine buying a Pikachu TV and getting a Pikachu plush toy as a free gift – what family with kids could resist such temptation?
Therefore, Lin Huowang's initial sales target of around one billion US dollars has more than doubled to two billion US dollars.
More importantly, the warehouses in the Shekou Industrial Park in mainland China have been stockpiling various electrical appliances for several months, all in stock, just waiting for the frenzied sales season of Christmas in the West.
so……
The wholesalers who bought the goods paid the full amount for the two billion yuan in sales revenue in order to grab more stock.
Tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of US dollars in payments were continuously deposited into the unified foreign exchange account of Shekou Industrial Park.
Lin Huowang had just hung up the phone with Liu Rumeng.
"Ring ring—!!"
His other phone, the satellite phone that was the dedicated line to contact Fok Ying-tung, was also ringing frantically at the same time.
The assistant quickly handed it to Lin Huowang, and the call was connected.
The sound wasn't very clear, just a hissing noise, followed by Huo Yingdong's anxious, even trembling voice saying:
"Kobayashi! Something terrible has happened! That bastard Newbijian! He reported us... he reported us and the Hunter brothers... to the CFTC!!"
Upon hearing the report to the CFTC, Lin Huowang's smile froze instantly.
He thought to himself, "What was bound to happen has finally happened."
"The Chicago Mercantile Exchange...the exchange just changed its rules! 'Silver Rule 7'! That is, the Silver Rule No. 7, long positions are only allowed to close out existing ones! No new positions are allowed! More importantly, the margin requirement...has been increased by 100%!!!"
"It's over...it's all over..."
"Xiao Linsheng!"
"As soon as this rule was announced, many highly leveraged investors who had gone long were frantically selling at rock-bottom prices, and the silver bull market is... collapsing!!!"
...
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