The day before the negotiation.
French girl Irina comes to Hardy's office.
"Boss, I have prepared the list you requested."
Hardy took the list, which was full of graduates from the USC School of Broadcasting, and the names of their current employers were also noted at the back.
Many of them have already joined companies like NBC and CBS, and many have gone to work for other local TV stations. These people with skills and work experience are exactly what ABC needs most in the future.
A TV station is divided into the editorial office, administration department, planning department, office, news department, program production department, advertising department, technical department, maintenance department, operation department, broadcast monitoring, logistics and other departments...
ABC is now just an empty shell that needs to be built from scratch. It requires a lot of talents. By finding these experienced and skilled people, we can quickly set up the platform.
"Boss, I would like to recommend someone to you. I think this person is suitable to be the president of a radio company." Irina said.
"Oh, who is it?"
"It's my teacher, his name is William Fox, he's 42 years old this year, he also graduated from USC, after graduation he went to work at Nickelodeon TV in New York, he worked in the news department, planning department, and editorial department, later he was promoted to station director, and he turned the station from loss to profit."
"Then the boss sold the TV station, and there were disagreements between Fox and the new management, so I quit. Later, I took the master's degree in broadcasting at the University of Southern California, and stayed on to teach after graduation. Now I am an associate professor in the School of Broadcasting."
"Mr. Fox has rich work experience and a lot of theoretical knowledge. He is also a graduate and professor of USC and has extensive connections in broadcasting. If you can invite him, I believe he will be of great help to the creation of the new TV station."
"By the way, the story about the candy company owner and ABC Radio was what Professor Fox told us in class."
After listening to the French girl's introduction, Hardy felt that Professor Fox was indeed a good candidate.
"Elian, please help me contact Professor Fox. I will talk to him in person to see if he is willing to join ABC Broadcasting Company." Hardy said.
"Boss, are you so confident that you can buy ABC?" asked the French girl.
"Haha, I should be able to get it."
Irina licked her lips, hesitated for a moment and said, "Boss, if you really acquire ABC Broadcasting Company, can I work there?"
Hardy was a little surprised.
"You don't plan to work in the auction company anymore?"
Irina said with some hesitation: "Actually, I am very happy working in the auction company, and I don't want to leave Yizhen, but my major is broadcasting and hosting, and if there is a chance, I still want to stand in front of the camera."
Hardy thought for a moment and nodded, "Since you like broadcasting, then come to the broadcasting company. From now on, you will be the chairman's secretary and serve me. In the future, you can also be a host on TV."
Irina was immediately surprised.
"Oh, that's great, thank you boss, no, thank you chairman." The French girl said happily.
The chairman's secretary is definitely a senior executive of the company.
"Being my secretary is not that easy. You have to do a lot of things. As my representative, you must be able to shoulder this responsibility." Hardy said.
"I will work hard, boss."
"Okay, your first task now is to help me contact Professor Fox. Once we have a director, you will also be responsible for building the structure of the radio company, and later on you will have to develop various businesses." Hardy said.
It’s okay for the secretary to do it if there is anything.
"I love these bosses at work," the girl said passionately.
"Okay, go ahead."
After the French girl left, Hardy looked out the window. Now all that was left was to acquire ABC Broadcasting Company. He gave Andy and Henry the order to succeed and not fail.
......
The day before the negotiation.
Alderman, the owner of Pegasus Rubber Tire Factory, led a team of five people to Springfield, including his assistant, two vice presidents and a financial lawyer.
Pegasus Rubber & Tire Factory is located in Chicago, only 200 kilometers away from Springfield. They drove over and stayed directly at the hotel they had booked.
The car stopped in the hotel parking lot and several people were walking towards the hotel when a commotion suddenly broke out nearby. When they looked, they saw two masked robbers with guns robbing two passers-by.
There was a scuffle between the two sides, and one of the robbers suddenly pulled out a gun and fired three shots outside. The other people around were frightened and ran away. The person who was robbed was frightened and dared not resist. The robber snatched the bag from his hand and ran away.
People were relieved only after the robbers ran away.
"I~I~I, I think I was shot."
At this moment, Alderman, the tire factory owner in the crowd, spoke in pain.
Everyone at the Pegasus Tire Factory turned around and saw the boss, Aldman, holding his stomach in pain. Blood was flowing from Aldman's hands, dripping all over the floor.
"Boss, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah, there's blood, the boss is injured!"
These people were terrified and quickly put their boss in the car and sent him to the hospital.
After arriving at the hospital, the doctor found that he was shot in the abdomen. Fortunately, he was not injured in any major organs, so he was immediately prepared for surgery.
Alderman remained in a coma after the operation.
The doctor told the person accompanying him, "The bullet has been taken out and the patient is stable now. The patient has been given anesthesia and will not wake up until tomorrow afternoon."
"I also need to inform you that the patient is still in danger during this period, and no one can guarantee what other problems will arise."
At this time, the police came and inquired about the situation. They found out that there was a robbery nearby and the robber fired randomly to scare people. Unexpectedly, the person being robbed was not injured, but Alderman, who was 20 or 30 meters away, was accidentally hit by a bullet.
I can only say that he is so unlucky.
After the police left, the two vice presidents discussed, "What should we do about the negotiation?"
"How can we talk now that the boss is like this? Who of us has the right to decide such a large amount? Let's wait until the boss gets better."
"Well, let's wait until the boss wakes up."
"The medical conditions in Springfield are too poor. Why don't we transfer our boss to another hospital as soon as possible? What if he's in real danger?"
"Yes, let's go back to Chicago."
......
The boss of Paramount did not come to Springfield in person, but sent a vice president. The vice president and a group of four people got off the plane and hailed a taxi at the airport.
"To the Xiangge Hotel."
The car was driving on the highway and soon turned into a side road. The four people in the car didn't pay any attention and were still chatting about tomorrow's negotiation. When they noticed it, they found that the car was parked on an empty road and several masked men with guns were standing outside the car.
"What's going on?" the vice president asked in surprise.
"Robbery!"
Several masked men opened the car door and forced several people to get out. The vice presidents of Paramount and others were scared. They didn't expect to encounter such a situation just after arriving in Springfield.
Someone punched the vice president in the stomach.
“Bang~!”
The vice president of Paramount bent over in pain.
"Take out your money." the robber said viciously.
The vice president thought to himself, if you want money, then you should speak up. I didn’t say I wouldn’t give it to you, so why did you come up and beat me up first?
Several people obediently took out the money they had.
"Mr. Robber, can you let us go?" the vice president asked tremblingly.
"Let's go~!"
The leading robber said.
Hearing that they were allowed to leave, several people felt relieved. It was not a big problem to just rob the money. Someone came up to help the Vice President of Paramount to leave, but at this moment, a robber next to him said:
"Brother, these guys look rich. Why don't we tie them up and notify their families to take the money to redeem them? It will definitely be much more than robbing them."
Some people at Paramount were terrified.
I thought to myself that the robber leader must not listen to him.
The robber leader looked at the Paramount guys, all of whom were dressed in suits and ties, and touched his chin. His action immediately made the Paramount guys worried.
"Your suggestion is good. Tie them up, hide them somewhere, and then ask for ransom from their homes," said the leader of the robbers.
Several people at Paramount suddenly felt chilled to their hearts.
It's over now.
A group of people were forced into an abandoned factory, their hands and feet were tied, and they were thrown into a dilapidated house. Someone asked them for the contact information of their company and home, and then ignored them forever.
They were lying on the ground, their mouths were blocked and they were not allowed to speak. They looked at each other, feeling miserable.
The few of them had long stopped thinking about the negotiations and were only thinking about how to survive.
I don’t know if the robbers have contacted the company. Even if they get the money, I don’t know if they will kill the people.
Several people lying on the ground felt that every second was torture.
the next day.
Edward Noble came to the meeting room of the Xiangge Hotel with his economic lawyer and assistant, and they found that the time was almost up, but no one came.
He was surprised.
Are these people so uninterested in acquiring ABC radio?
If they were very keen on the acquisition, I believe the three of them would have come earlier. He might even see some verbal sparring when he came in. The more tense the atmosphere among the parties, the better it would be for him to raise the price.
But things turned out to be far beyond his expectations.
Just one minute before the agreed time, the door of the conference room was finally pushed open and Andy walked in with his men.
"Good morning, Mr. Noble." Andy greeted with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Andy."
Andy and his friends sat down and said with a smile, "Mr. Noble, now that both parties are here, can we start the negotiation?"
Noble's face was a little confused.
He invited people from the tire factory and Paramount without telling Andy beforehand, thinking of giving them a surprise attack to let the people at HD know that there are many people who enjoy ABC. But now the other two parties haven't shown up, so he doesn't know what to say.
"Let's get started," Noble said with a forced laugh.
Both sides began to put forward their own conditions.
HD has raised the price this time and is willing to pay 11 million to acquire ABC, while Noble's price remains at 14 million.
The two parties also have other matters to negotiate, such as personnel arrangements, payment methods, redemption period, etc.
The two sides argued for a long time, and finally Andy raised the price to 11.5 million and refused to increase it any further. The two sides were in a stalemate.
"I think why don't we stop here today and talk about it tomorrow?" Noble said.
Andy nodded. "Okay, but I want to tell Mr. Noble that although our boss is interested in ABC, we both know the value of ABC. Our boss once said that if the price is too high, we might as well build a new broadcasting company. So if we can't reach an agreement tomorrow, we might withdraw from the negotiation. We don't want to waste time here."
Noble felt a little unhappy after hearing what Andy said, but since it was other people's opinion, he could only listen.