Hardy Mining was granted US$5 million for gold mining development. The Casey Group of the California Financial Group has a mining company and also sells mining equipment. Hardy Mining started to cooperate with the Casey Group, purchasing equipment and asking the other party to assist in mining.

As for the remaining land, Hardy asked Columbus to recruit more explorers to conduct mineral exploration on the purchased land. Hardy was confident that more mineral deposits would be found.

As long as new mines appear, Hardy Mining's stock will naturally rise.

Columbus and his team discovered gold this time, and everyone received a large bonus. Columbus received more than 40,000, ordinary supervisors received tens of thousands, and ordinary prospectors received four to five thousand bonuses.

Don't underestimate a bonus of four or five thousand. This amount of money is equivalent to two years' salary for an ordinary person. You should know that the normal salary of these prospectors is not low. This time they are only given a bonus, so when they hear about exploring new mines, they are all very excited.

The exploration team was expanded to 300 people, with more equipment added, and divided into six groups to search in that vast land.

......

The conference room at the Hadi Group headquarters.

The new annual work meeting is being held, and the presidents of all major companies are here. On the one hand, they are summarizing the work of the previous year, and on the other hand, they are formulating the business plan for the new year.

Although the company has a three-year plan, it still has to formulate a full-year plan at the beginning of each year and adjust the original plan according to circumstances.

Hardy scanned the more than twenty presidents under him, and the Hardy Group's team grew stronger day by day.

The presidents of various companies began to report one by one. The first one was Lanster from the security company. No matter how big the industry was in the future, Hardy always put the security company first.

"Last year, HD Security developed steadily and its business was going very smoothly. It has established branches in six cities and set up two subsidiaries, the 'Information Consulting Company' and the 'Security and Defense Company', to develop intelligence on the one hand and external defense on the other."

"In the next year, the security company will continue to make steady progress, open branches in more cities, and become a security partner for major banks and large enterprises. At the same time, it will vigorously develop overseas business, establish bases overseas, and carry out a variety of businesses such as shipping escort and military training."

The security company's business is somewhat confidential, so Lanster was vague about some things.

The person who came from Wells Fargo was a vice president, and the president was currently in Finland with a delegation.

"Wells Fargo will have the following tasks: first, opening more branches to become a bank covering the entire United States, and then covering some countries in Europe and Asia.

The second is to conduct more investment business and purchase shares of companies that we are optimistic about. Last year, we have purchased stocks of many companies, including IBM 1.5%, Motorola 2.7%, Courbet 0.6%, Colgate 11%, Mobil Oil 300,000 shares, General Motors 150,000 shares, Johnson & Johnson 0.8%, Merck 1.8%, Pfizer 2.6%......".

The guy mentioned dozens of companies in a row, with a total investment of more than 150 million US dollars.

"At the same time, we will also vigorously develop the 'angel investment business' and establish a professional angel investment company."

“.......”

"The last one is that Wells Fargo is going to set up a professional investment consulting firm and is going to hire the 'McKinsey team' to become Wells Fargo's senior consulting team."

It's hd films' turn.

Edward said: "Recently, affected by the 'Paramount Decree', major film companies have been in turmoil and have reduced their film production. HD Pictures is also preparing to reduce its film production and continue to implement the boss's strategy of only producing high-quality films."

"We have increased our production of TV series and become the best partner of ABC TV. Recently, the first season of the new series Captain America has been filmed and will be released after the end of Super Idol to fill the gap in the prime time in the evening."

"After American Idol ended, the talent agency signed hundreds of new artists, who will receive a new round of training before being pushed into the market, releasing songs, producing albums, filming MTVs, shooting TV series, making movies, performing outside, etc."

When Edward said this, Hardy suddenly thought of something and said, "Edward, remember two things."

"Ah, boss, please go ahead." Edward immediately picked up the pen.

"First, we should establish an award for television dramas. Just as movies have the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars, television dramas should also have their own separate award. As for the name, let's call it the 'Emmy Awards'."

"Also, establish a music award. There is no separate music award now. Let ABC TV station do it and call it the 'Grammy Awards'."

ABC TV President William Fox quickly took note of Hardy's words and prepared to establish the Music Grammy Awards.

As for the origins of the names of the Emmy Awards and Grammy Awards, Hardy had no intention of exploring them. He just remembered that they were familiar to him so he used them.

As for the work of ABC TV station, the new season of "Super Idol" is of course indispensable. The popularity this year is so high, crushing the other two major TV stations, so it must continue.

However, the show doesn’t start until May and will last until Christmas, so it will be another busy year.

Then the presidents and managers of the Global Times, Hardy's Casino, airlines, Barbie, Playboy, Marvel, art auction companies, Occidental Petroleum, Hardy's Mining, logistics companies, supermarket chains, Caesars Palace, Venetian Hotel, etc. also made reports.

Some report on development status, while others report on construction progress. For example, Caesars Palace and The Venetian will probably take more than a year to complete. Hardy's supermarket chain, with five supermarkets under construction in Los Angeles and San Francisco, is expected to be officially operational by the end of this year.

Now it seems that

The six pillar industries of the group initially formulated by Hadi, namely security, media, banking, gambling, retail logistics, and luxury goods, are all progressing in an orderly manner.

After everyone else had finished reporting, Hardy said:

"Other departments are proceeding as planned. Andy, regarding luxury goods, although we have acquired some brands, it is still not enough. We need to continue to increase our investment in luxury goods. For those companies that do not sell shares, let us sign contracts with them and become their exclusive brand agent in North America."

"My idea is to build two luxury shopping streets after the two major casinos in Las Vegas are built. Only brands that have signed contracts with us can move in. Those that have not signed contracts are not allowed to move in. Tell them that if the market is completely occupied by others, it will be difficult for them to enter in the future."

Andy took note immediately.

Hardy also commented on the development of other companies. The meeting lasted for two days, but the good thing was that the future operations of the entire group were clearer.

After the meeting,

Hardy called Edward alone and took out the script outline he wrote in his Rocky Mountain vacation home. "I have written three movie script outlines. You let the best screenwriter write them into scripts."

Edward immediately took it respectfully.

Every script that the boss has written before has become a classic after being made into a movie. This year's "Along the Way" and "Singin' in the Rain" have done very well both at the box office and in terms of word of mouth. At this year's Golden Globe Awards and Oscars, HD Pictures will surely be the big winner again.

"Boss, are you planning to shoot these three movies this year? Do you have suitable candidates?" Edward asked.

"The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot were written specifically for Monroe," said Hardy.

Edward thought to himself, the rumor that the boss slept with Monroe seems very likely. Now he is writing movie scripts for her himself, and writing two at a time. This shows that he is preparing to promote Monroe.

"And what about this Roman Holiday?"

"Roman Holiday is for Audrey Hepburn," said Hardy.

Edward's heart moved. It seemed that the innocent little girl was the boss's next target.

"By the way, how is Hepburn these days?" Hardy asked casually.

"She is still in training and has a lot to learn. The company has just arranged a small role for her. Filming will start next month. It is a drama that reflects the British aristocracy." Edward said.

Imagine Hepburn wearing European period costumes, and with her temperament, it should be very beautiful. "Take more makeup photos of her and bring them back to me to see the results."

"Okay, boss." Edward agreed quickly.

......

After the New Year.

Taylor left to continue filming Beauty and the Beast in France.

Ava also left and followed the crew to Africa to shoot "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". Now Africa is a mysterious existence in the eyes of Americans, and many movies at this time are shooting movies with African themes.

Han Ye-jin is busy building a museum in Hong Kong.

The only genuine woman around me now is the French girl Elaine.

Some people say that there is also Hedy Lamarr? No, Hedy Lamarr is at most a friend, a friend you can have sex with. Hedy Lamarr once told Hardy that she didn't want to be bound anymore and just wanted to live like this.

"Captain America" ​​is officially released, telling the story of how American soldiers obtain genetic fluid and gain extraordinary combat power.

Although its ratings are not as high as "Super Idol", it still crushes the other two major TV stations with a ratings of over 80%.

Isa loves this show.

At this moment, I am lying on the bed, watching the show with great interest.

Hardy leaned against the head of the bed, his feet on the woman's hips, holding a document in his hand and looking at it carefully.

The president of Wells Fargo Bank sent a telegram saying that they had just arrived in Holland when a company called Nile Shipping approached them, hoping to cooperate with the Hadi Group.

The Hadi Group has cooperated with four shipping companies and has a good reputation. There are connections between shipping companies. It is estimated that this "Nile Shipping" heard that Hadi was willing to cooperate with others to develop shipping business and the inspection team was in the Netherlands, so it took the initiative to approach them to seek cooperation.

Although Hadi had no impression of the Nile Shipping Company, it didn't matter. He now had a large number of cargo ships and was looking for partners.

The Netherlands is located at the estuary of Europe's three major rivers. It is the intersection of the North Atlantic route and the European sea route. It is known as the "Gateway to Europe". Its economic circle within 900 kilometers includes the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark and other countries. It has an excellent geographical location. As long as it gets Hardy's support, it will not be difficult for this shipping company to develop.

After reading the information, Hardy decided to invest in the shipping company.

At this moment,

Elaine didn't know if she felt the pressure from Hardy's foot, she pulled her head back into the quilt and turned over inside.

Soon a bulge appeared in the middle of the quilt.

Oh~!

Hardy couldn't stand watching this girl anymore, so he put down the documents in his hand and lifted the quilt. Yilian gave Hardy a charming smile and continued to do her own thing.

Hardy put down the quilt.

He reached out and ruffled Yilian's hair.