Chapter 320 Work

【For the first time in three decades, New York City has gone more than a week without a shooting. This is thanks to the courageous work of members of the NYPD every day...】

The morning light gently penetrates the gauze curtains and shines on Milo's townhouse next to Central Park in Manhattan.

In the spacious and bright restaurant, the sunlight adds a layer of gold to every exquisite decoration.

Milo, wearing silk pajamas, sat lazily on a custom-made Italian leather dining chair. On the marble dining table in front of him were fresh baguettes from France, exquisite caviar, fragrant Blue Mountain coffee, and organic fruits just picked from their own greenhouse on Long Island.

Outside the window, the lush scenery of Central Park and the singing of birds interweave into a natural symphony.

Milo enjoyed his breakfast leisurely, but looked at the newspaper in front of him speechlessly.

This was reported by the New York World, his own newspaper.

That’s right, it’s that outrageous.

Just one week without a shooting is enough to make the headlines.

It's enough for New York police to take credit to the whole city.

Shaking his head, he continued reading the newspaper while eating breakfast.

It was still his own New York World, and on page 6 he saw another piece of news that left him speechless.

[According to our reporter in Nashville, the gunman, Solomon Henderson, killed a teenager and injured at least one student before committing suicide.]

[In the process, Henderson also left behind what he called a manifesto.]

The reason why Milo was speechless was that the murderer in the news was a black man himself.

It even says that the little black guy is fascinated by Europeans and calls for their protection…

It is well known that the Swastika defines Jews and Slavs as consumables. But for black people, they are simply treated as livestock, with a status even lower than consumables.

That's it. It's really very abstract.

These two abstract news made Milo no longer in the mood to continue reading entertainment reports.

He turned to the Wall Street Journal.

In comparison, the Wall Street Journal is much more normal.

The front-page headline is that food prices in Neon have been rising recently, and the Neon government has announced the release of its grain reserves.

But what’s funny is that the Neon government’s grain reserves, including tomorrow’s, do not even add up to 2.5 million tons.

Don't think that two and a half million tons is a lot.

The staple food of Japanese people is rice, and ramen is a side dish for them.

A normal adult needs to eat about half a pound of raw rice a day, while the elderly and children need to eat slightly less.

On average, it is about 200 grams a day, and there are about 130 million people in Japan.

It comes down to that they consume about 26,000 tons of rice a day.

In other words, Japan's national grain reserves, including those from the private sector and the government, can only feed them for less than a hundred days.

Seriously, this is going to cause some turmoil, like the Strait of Malacca or the Taiwan Strait being blocked.

Japan was doomed immediately. It only took three months for cannibalism to start among them.

Although their territory is indeed small and their food self-sufficiency rate is very low.

But the reason why it is so outrageous is simply because the agricultural cooperatives within them are so inhumane.

The full name of Neon Agricultural Association is Agricultural Cooperative Association, and the gameplay is the same old way -

If farmers need fertilizers and seeds, the agricultural cooperatives can purchase them in bulk, or rent agricultural machinery and equipment at a low price, or even invite experts to provide technical guidance.

In terms of efficiency, agricultural cooperatives are certainly much better than individual farmers working on their own, and can reduce production costs, which is the advantage of collective labor.

There are many things that the Agricultural Cooperatives can do, such as contracting the sales of agricultural products, packaging the rice produced by farmers into brands, and then selling it through their own channels. This is more convenient and hassle-free than for farmers to find buyers themselves, and the sales price is often higher.

But there is no such thing as a free lunch, and farmers have to pay a hefty commission to the agricultural cooperative every year.

Over time, some people chose to withdraw from the association.

In the early days, everyone said they would withdraw, and at worst they could return to a self-sufficient state.

But now, the Neon Farmers' Cooperative has become a behemoth that even the Neon government dares not offend.

If any farmer dares to mention withdrawal again, his only outcome will be being banned.

Even if the price of the grain they grow is very low, no one will risk offending the farmers' cooperative to buy it. They would rather let it rot in the mud and no one will care about it.

With such an evil dragon as the Agricultural Cooperative Association around, it is impossible for Japan's food self-sufficiency rate to increase.

Putting down the Wall Street Journal, Milo thought for a while, then suddenly picked up the phone next to him and dialed a number.

After the call was connected, he said to the other end: "Nelson, pay attention to the issue of food prices in Japan. If appropriate, short a wave of international staple food futures. Also contact ABCD for me to see if they are interested in making a profit from the Japanese."

Milo hung up the phone only after Nelson on the other end agreed.

Sometimes it is like this, business opportunities are hidden in newspapers, television stations, radio stations and even every corner of life.

In addition to having eyes that are good at discovering.

You also need to have the ability to use various conditions to ride the wind and waves after discovering something.

Like the recent surge in food prices in Neon, the most the average wealthy people would do is pay some attention to it, and if they have the means, they would transport more food to Neon and take the opportunity to make more money.

But someone like Milo can directly make a fuss about international food as long as he thinks it is appropriate.

Whether it is shorting or going long on futures, or buying out directly or using other methods.

This can easily cause instability in the staple food supply in some countries.

It's actually not that bad for a situation like Japan, as the international situation has not yet reached the point of chaos.

They have money, so the most they have to do is spend money to avoid the disaster and suffer a slight loss of funds.

But if the target of a person like him is a southern country that has poor natural talents.

That would be really fatal.

This world is so uneven that a thought from someone above can be transmitted to someone below and decide the life and death of countless people.

After breakfast, Paris and Nikki were still asleep.

Milo didn't wait for them, but went straight out the door and headed towards Rockefeller Center.

Because it was rush hour, he did not travel with the convoy.

Instead, he chose to take a helicopter to his headquarters on the helipad on the rooftop.

Looking down from the sky, the orderly structure formed by the vehicles, ships, and people in Manhattan brings a unique visual enjoyment. The different orders and geometric forms are full of complexity.

Although Milo prefers the sunshine in Los Angeles and San Francisco, after staying in New York for a long time, he will get used to everything here and enjoy the busy life here every day, the people walking hurriedly on the streets, the fast work pace, the fast walking speed, the towering buildings, the crowded streets, and the pedestrians who don't wait for the red light.

It seems that in California, he becomes lazy.

Once back in New York, Milo found that he seemed to be able to get used to the high-density life here.

The "density" here refers to the "density of human activities", including economy, trade, politics, social and art, etc., the sum of all aspects you can think of.

New York on Manhattan Island is undoubtedly the city with the highest density of human activity in the world.

Here, the most funds flow, the most frequent transactions occur, and here, thousands of encounters, conversations, and quarrels occur all the time...

"Good morning, boss."

"Good morning."

As they walked out of the parking platform and entered the building, two building security guards greeted them at the same time. Milo also smiled faintly and nodded, then walked into the exclusive elevator that was already waiting. Kenny and the other three stood in front of him.

"bite!"

"Good morning, boss."

Return to your office.

Milo put the coffee cup beside his desk, then picked up the daily briefing that had been placed in front of him and started reading it. While browsing, he asked, "What's going on this morning?"

"At 9 o'clock, Ted Turner will come to report to you. At 9:30, there will be a video conference in London. At 10 o'clock, there will be a video conference with Yahoo. At 10:30, we will leave for a meeting with New York Mayor Giuliani. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a personnel meeting for the media group. At 7 o'clock in the evening, there will be a video report from the heads of media in Asia."

"Okay, I understand. You go out first. When Turner arrives, let him come in directly." Milo nodded with a frown and ordered.

"Okay, boss. I'll be out first." After saying that, the beautiful female assistant walked out of the office with her slender waist twisted.

Milo was spinning a pen on his finger, turning it like a windmill. He put the daily briefing aside, took out a folder from the drawer, opened it, and started thinking again about the positioning of the companies and members of the Global Electronic Technology Alliance that had been gradually completed.

After alliance members Nokia and Samsung launched their first generation GPRS phones with Symbian 1.0 system and Qualcomm's first generation CPU last month and the month before last respectively.

The global electronic technology alliance envisioned by Milo has officially entered the historical stage.

If everything goes smoothly as he wishes, then when mobile Internet appears in the future.

This electronic technology alliance will form a large network that covers everything in the mobile Internet, from hardware to software, from the infrastructure of signal towers to various interfaces of software terminal APPs.

For this reason, he did not reject the participation of many foreign companies, such as when he visited China at the beginning of the month.

He agreed to allow several official Chinese telecommunications companies and private telecommunications companies to join the alliance.

It’s not that he gave China a break, but Milo knew very well that what the early alliance should do was to incorporate all forces.

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Only when the alliance has a monopoly position and becomes completely mature can we consider the issue of harvesting leeks.

This idea is very similar to the development idea of ​​Internet companies.

Even if it costs money in the early stage, we must develop it. After burning out everyone in the industry and establishing the leading monopoly position.

Qualcomm is already developing 3G mobile technology based on WDCMD.

There was a sudden knock on the office door.

“Boom boom boom…”

"Come in."

Ted Turner, the founder and former owner of TBS and CNN, CEO of Paladin Media, and one of the most famous wealthy people in the United States, pushed the door and walked in.

"Good morning, Boss."

Ted Turner greeted him with a smile.

"Good morning, Ted. Sit down and have something to drink while Jenny makes it for you."

"Just coffee."

Ted Turner thanked him respectfully and sat down in the chair opposite Milo.

Although Milo initially acquired his TBS and CNN.

Milo is nothing except his origins.

But now Milo has gone from being a political tycoon and playboy whom he looked down upon to one of the top figures in the United States.

Even though Ted Turner was a capable man who truly made his fortune from scratch.

He now doesn't dare to underestimate his boss at all.

This, this is a terrifying person who controls an entire consortium and can influence two or three other consortiums.

He is a living legend, an alternative Morgan or Rockefeller.

Ted Turner, who has already reached the ceiling of American society, would not dare to act rashly in front of Milo even if he had ten thousand guts.

Milo gathered up the papers on his desk and smiled at Ted Turner, "When do we leave for Asia?"

"Tomorrow morning." Ted Turner answered, and then handed the folder in his hand to Milo with both hands, saying, "Boss, this is the project plan for my trip to Asia. Please take a look."

Milo didn't answer, but smiled and waved his hand and said, "I believe you."

Although Paladin Media is large in scale, it is young and enterprising, both in terms of its length of existence and its internal self-positioning.

Even though Ted Turner is almost seventy years old, he has a platform like Milo.

He is also very ambitious.

A while ago, a huge plan was proposed to build ten theme parks around the world.

Although anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ted Turner is making a modified version based on the plan proposed by his boss after his inspection in Neon Osaka.

However, the goal is indeed ambitious, because the construction of a theme park requires at least one billion US dollars.

Ten of them is tens of billions of dollars. For a media company or an entertainment company, this is definitely a super project.

"The benefit of the theme park business, in particular, is the way we approach the theme park business and where we are in the life cycle. It's very much a 'build it and they will come' business."

In the office, Ted Turner, CEO of Paladin Media, attaches great importance to the construction of theme parks.

This is also because Disney has set an example for all companies around the world that are interested in building theme parks.

Make money, real money!

Last year, Disneyland alone contributed nearly $5.4 billion in operating revenue to the Disney company.

The profit was as high as one billion US dollars, accounting for 30% of Disney’s net profit last year!

Who wouldn't be jealous? "If we continue to build theme parks in Florida, California, Japan, Hong Kong and other potential countries in the world, we can have obvious double-digit growth for many years in a row. And this year's operating cash flow of theme parks is expected to reach 1.5 billion US dollars."

"When I insisted on acquiring Neon's theme park, I thought about it. In the future, theme parks may become the most popular part of Paladin Media." Milo nodded calmly.

"Because theme parks are the best form of output for media companies' intellectual property, especially the superheroes of Marvel Group, they can perfectly complement other departments of the company."

Milo continued: “Of all the businesses in the company, I think carefully about the next 10 or 20 years, and the one we know best now is how to maintain rapid growth over the long term.”

"So, for this trip to Asia, we must hold at least 60% of the shares of Neon Osaka Theme Park and Xiangjiang Theme Park." Milo looked deep and raised his lips slightly, saying, "Tens of thousands of people will participate in the construction of this project. This is a super project that can solve employment problems. Even after completion, it can solve 5,000 to 6,000 jobs. I believe the local government will definitely make a compromise."

Of course, Milo also knows some of the problems that the studio will face in the future when it builds a new theme park.

How to distribute character IPs to different theme parks, and how to attract tourists to a huge park including a large future hotel complex and the latest properties.

Besides, Osaka is fine. The cinema project in Hong Kong has not yet purchased land, and it is already 1998.

The land prices in Hong Kong have already skyrocketed.

The prices in the mainland are indeed cheap, but it has not yet developed, so there is no need to consider building a theme park.

It will be about ten years later.

Therefore, the theme park land issue in Hong Kong needs to be resolved in cooperation with the local government.

There are problems, but they are easy to solve because Paladin Media is much stronger than Disney in terms of IP.

Moreover, a successful theme park will definitely bring considerable passenger traffic revenue to the local area in the future.

Milo and Ted Turner chatted about the theme park project for a while, then turned the topic to London.

Ted Turner's first stop on this business trip is Asia. He will stay there for about half a month, and then he will not come back directly, but go to Europe.

"The London government has agreed to provide land, but they would rather take money than too much equity."

"They will regret it." Milo was very confident and said with a smile: "Harry Potter alone is enough to compete with Disney."

This is referring to the London Palatine Park which is currently under preparation.

The live-action version of "Harry Potter" is now in preparation for filming.

The reason why JK Rowling insisted on filming the original version in the UK was because she is British.

Now Milo's version was chosen to be filmed in the UK, because he wanted to take the opportunity to let London contribute money and manpower to help him build Hogwarts Castle! That is, the filming location of the movie.

Then, based on the castle, a Paladin theme park can be built around Harry Potter's Hogwarts Castle, and then various other IPs of Paladin Media can be added into it.

It can save a considerable amount of investment and taxes, and at the same time it can also be tied to the London government.

But now it seems that London is happy to have a new large theme park.

But they are not willing to pay for shares, and instead want to sell the land directly.

But I don't want to sell all of it, I want to own 20% of the shares, and sell the rest of the land for money.

(End of this chapter)