Chapter 487 Crisis
Time flies.
A month has passed since Jiang Tiantong arrived at the British Empire, and the climate has gradually become warmer.
Tangyun Group, office.
Jiang Tiantong leaned back in his boss's chair, silently flipping through a fax that had just been sent from Guangyue.
She was only wearing a thin beige wool sweater, and her cool and beautiful face was shrouded in a lingering layer of fatigue.
Du Bing brought a cup of coffee and placed it next to Jiang Tiantong. He hesitated and reminded her, "Miss, you should take a rest first."
Jiang Tiantong shook his head slowly, handed the document in his hand to Du Bing and said: "Let Tiannao analyze how to continue to reasonably maintain Shengtang's current profitability without additional investment, and give me a report in the evening."
Compared with the previous management of the Jiang family's affairs, the actual profits generated by Jiang Tiantong have not increased since he began to be in charge of Tang Shuo's several industries, but the workload has increased greatly.
Anyone who understands the current situation Jiang Tiantong is facing would not think that it is a wise move for her to take over these industries.
The Jiang family actually had a set of established investment methods, and they had accumulated years of experience in their respective fields. However, these methods were not applicable to Tang Shuo's several businesses, so everything was now starting from scratch.
Especially after Cribber put pressure on him, Jiang Tiantong personally began to take charge of some specific matters of the company and began to make preparations in full swing.
Even though he has tried his best to change the current situation, Jiang Tiantong's achievements are still very limited.
Looking at Tang Shuo's businesses, whether it's the pharmaceutical company he started with or the luxury goods group he invested in most recently, there's absolutely no connection between the three; they're all operating in different fields.
To put it nicely, this model can be called diversified development, but diversified development has a very important prerequisite, which is huge financial support.
The problem was that Tang Shuo had no financial security at all, having previously relied on patchwork to keep his business afloat. His industry lacked a robust supply chain capable of withstanding risks, and now, faced with a blockade from rivals, each company had to operate independently.
Tang Shuo's success is completely unreplicable. If someone else were to do it, they would not be able to accomplish what he did.
Du Bing took the information, turned around and walked out of the office helplessly.
Jiang Tiantong took a sip of coffee, stretched, and then walked to the office window, frowning as he looked out at the rows of skyscrapers.
Judging from the series of problems happening now, it is easy to guess that someone is deliberately doing bad things behind the scenes.
It wasn't that Jiang Tiantong didn't want to continue investing in these businesses, but the Jiang family had already used up almost all of their available funds, especially on the Tangyun Group. The overwhelming GG promotions in North America and Europe this month were a complete waste of money.
If we continue to insist without considering the consequences, even the Jiang family will be in crisis.
Considering the long-term interests of the company, Jiang Tiantong should give up the pharmaceutical and real estate industries. He should also cancel the investment plan for Tang Yun immediately and try to recover the invested funds.
The first two options didn't offer enough returns, so even if one could barely withstand the risk, it wouldn't be worth it. The latter option was a complete money-burning bottomless pit, and even Jiang Tiantong himself didn't have an accurate figure in mind.
But some things cannot be considered only from the perspective of interests. The reason why Jiang Tiantong persisted was that he hoped to see a miracle happen.
But how long can this situation last?
Boom boom boom…
Hearing the knock on the office door, Jiang Tiantong turned around and said, "Come in."
Yang Chen walked into the office and said to Jiang Tiantong, "Mr. Jiang, the GG fees for North American TV stations and the internet are about to expire. What should we do now?"
"The TV advertising fee will be reduced to 30 million US dollars, while the online advertising fee will remain the same." Jiang Tiantong replied quickly, obviously having already thought about the answer to this question.
The corners of Yang Chen's mouth twitched twice. He stood there with a heavy face and did not answer immediately.
Jiang Tiantong raised her eyebrows when she saw this, and she had a bad feeling in her heart. She immediately asked, "Any other questions?"
"North American TV stations are asking us to increase our fees by 10%, and the internet is asking for a 15% increase," Yang Chen said with a look of resentment. "This must be the Burberry family's doing."
Jiang Tiantong's expression also began to become a little serious. He frowned and calculated the use of funds in his mind.
With the Jiang family's financial resources, it would be difficult to deal with the Lawrence or Burberry families alone, let alone the two of them joining forces. Moreover, there are several people in the country who are watching the situation with eager eyes, so Jiang Tiantong has to be more cautious.
According to her expected investment in GG, the Internet sector should be around 100 million US dollars, which means that the total investment in GG in the North American market this time has reached more than 140 million US dollars.
If that were the only way, she could accept it, but the problem was how to deal with the European gg fee that was due in a week?
However, Jiang Tiantong was also very clear in her mind that fortunately the GG contract signed previously stipulated that Tang Yun had the priority right to compete for GG broadcasting, otherwise she might not have the opportunity to spend money this time.
Although funds were already somewhat stretched, Tang Yun's investment in GG could not be discontinued. Cribber and Todd had been hesitant to directly revoke Tang Yun's operating rights by threatening to breach the contract. It was precisely because of these reckless GG investments that Burberry had temporarily refrained from taking actions that would damage its brand image.
But once Tang Yun disappears from the public eye, Burberry and the Lawrence family will probably not show mercy.
"Agree to their request." Jiang Tiantong replied.
"Mr. Jiang..."
Yang Chen hesitated and said, "Our expansion this month has already cost over a billion dollars. Shouldn't the progress be slowed down a bit?"
Jiang Tiantong shook his head and said in an unquestionable tone: "Do as I say."
"I'll do my best." Yang Chen answered solemnly, then turned and walked out of the office.
Knock, knock...
As soon as Yang Chen left, the office door was knocked again.
This time, before Jiang Tiantong could say anything, the other party had already opened the door, poked his head in and said, "I hope I didn't disturb you."
Perhaps at the beginning, many employees, including Yang Chen, were a little dissatisfied with Jiang Tiantong. But after seeing Jiang Tiantong's style and determination, everyone's attitude towards Jiang Tiantong was nothing but admiration.
Now there is only one person in the entire company who can speak to Jiang Tiantong in this tone, and that is Li Yihe.
After seeing Li Yihe, Jiang Tiantong's frown relaxed a little, and she shook her head and said, "No, it just so happens that I have something to ask you."
"Looking for me?" Li Yihe walked into the office and asked doubtfully, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Tell me what you want to do first?" Jiang Tiantong asked.
"I heard from Jia Ting that you haven't eaten yet, so I came to ask if you are hungry." Li Yihe replied.
"That's perfect, we can eat and talk at the same time." Jiang Tiantong walked to the clothes rack, picked up the coat on it and said.
Li Yihe nodded and said, "I know a delicious Chinese restaurant. I'll take you there."
…
The relationship between Jiang Tiantong and Li Yihe is very delicate. The reason why they became familiar with each other is entirely because of Tang Shuo.
However, the two of them almost never discussed topics involving Tang Shuo during their time together, instead only chatting about trivial matters in their own lives. However, it was usually Li Yihe who did the talking, with Jiang Tiantong just listening in.
"You got up at five o'clock again this morning?" Li Yihe took a bite of food and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up when you left?"
"There are too many things going on recently, you can rest for a while." Jiang Tiantong replied.
"Please call me next time, otherwise I will be late."
Jiang Tiantong didn't know what he remembered. After hesitating for a while, he nodded and agreed.
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