"..." Tony opened his mouth, he had considered various schemes that Jiangnan Group might come up with and his own countermeasures when he arrived, but he never imagined that Jiangnan Group would directly raise the bidding price from 142 million US dollars. What kind of trick was this?
"This is unreasonable, why would they start the auction from 142 million US dollars!" Tony said angrily.
"If I say so, then it is!" Leng Zhimeng said indifferently, "When the last auction started, it was 27 million US dollars, continuing from the price of the first auction. So it is very reasonable for the third auction to continue from the price of the second auction!"
"..." Tony opened his mouth, then laughed in anger, "I'm afraid no one will bid on this, I'm not buying this TV series either!"
"I will!" Suddenly, a figure walked in, he sat down in Tony's position openly and said, "142 million, our Los Gatos Television Station bids!"
"..." Tony was stunned, what the heck was this Los Gatos Television Station, he had never heard of such a crappy television station. Did such a television station really exist in the United States?
"Do you have the money?" Tony asked a question that he later felt was very foolish.
"Of course we do!" The blonde and blue-eyed man directly took out a card from his pocket and said, "This card has exactly 142 million US dollars, neither more nor less. You can check it!"
"Very good!" Leng Zhimeng nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Tony and said, "Sir, does your television station still want to bid? If not, I will directly announce that this gentleman and Los Gatos Television Station have won!"
"..." Tony's head was a little dizzy, how did it get to the point of closing the deal in the blink of an eye?
Also, why did this guy's bank card have exactly 142 million US dollars, not a penny more, not a penny less. Doesn't this mean that he could win if he just bid one more time?
Wait, how could there be such a coincidence in the world? This guy was clearly a plant, just like the previous one, trying to lure him into spending more money!
Upon realizing this, Tony immediately shook his head without hesitation and said, "We are not interested in bidding further, you can just announce the deal!"
Tony thought that his attitude would cause panic for Jiangnan Group and the representative of this damn television station, after all, this was just a plant, and he wouldn't really spend 142 million US dollars to buy the TV series.
But what he didn't expect was that the other party didn't say anything more, and instead politely asked Tony to leave, and Tony returned stupidly, not reacting until he saw Little John.
"This should just be a strategy!" After listening to Tony's account of how things unfolded, Little John said very confidently, "This is a characteristic of a struggle. The fundamental purpose of the other party is still to force us to spend a lot of money to buy the copyright of Misty Journey, and there will be no doubt about this. Because in the entire United States, besides us, there is absolutely no sixth force capable of spending so much money, let alone allowing Misty Journey to be broadcast across the entire US."
"So we are still in a struggle, and the other party just wants to force us to turn back and buy it at a high price according to their intentions! Believe it or not, as long as we do nothing and wait patiently for no more than a month, Jiangnan Group will proactively ask us to come back."
"Where did you get the confidence to say a month?" Tony asked, confused.
"It's very simple, because in a month, all sorts of pirated resources will be all over the internet, and the TV series Misty Journey will no longer be mysterious, and its price will plummet!" Little John said very confidently.
After all, Jiangnan Group had already sold the copyrights to various regions around the world, and the TV series version of Misty Journey would be successively released in these regions within a month.
And recording TV series on television was a traditional skill in many European and American countries. Almost every household had a VCR, or a more advanced VCD or DVD recorder and player. At that time, various pirated resources would be everywhere, so they would naturally be worthless.
"So that's how it is!" Tony's spirits were revived, and then the several television stations jointly reached a strategy, which was to drag it out, drag it until Misty Journey became less and less valuable, and drag it until they voluntarily sold the exclusive broadcasting rights at a low price.
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"Okay, my part of the play is over, can I go back to work in the company now!" On the other side, after Tony left, the blonde and blue-eyed foreigner said cheerfully.
He was an employee of Jiangnan Group's international department, an American named Brian. He was a very gentle person, usually responsible for some of Jiangnan Group's business in the United States. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly pulled by his leader yesterday and temporarily became the representative of Los Gatos Television Station in China, and even participated in an intense auction.
He thought that all this was over yesterday, but he didn't expect to be called again this morning to continue working. Of course, Brian was very happy with this kind of work, after all, it was a very interesting thing, and he could also escape from the heavy daily work.
It's just a pity that this kind of work couldn't last long, and it would basically be completely over today, and he would return to his previous working state.
"No, I don't think you can go back to the company. Headquarters has already issued a termination notice. You will go to headquarters to complete the resignation procedures and collect severance pay. You are no longer an employee of our Jiangnan Group from today!" Leng Zhimeng said with a smile.
"What? President, is there any problem with my work? Why are you firing me!" Brian said anxiously, he never expected the nurse to enter such a development.
He was very satisfied with his work at Jiangnan Group. Although it was a job in a distant land, Brian enjoyed it very much. Not only was the salary provided by Jiangnan Group considerable, but the most important thing was that he had fallen in love with China... well, mainly he had fallen in love with the food in China, and the company atmosphere was also very good.
This was much better than his life as a bad salesperson in the United States.
"No, don't misunderstand, although you will leave Jiangnan Group. Your work at Los Gatos Television Station will be officially settled. From today onwards, you will be the true President of the China branch of Los Gatos Television Station! And also the Vice President of Los Gatos Television Station. The head office will give you a fund of up to 1 million yuan later."
"You can use this money to rent an office building in China and recruit some employees to build the structure of the entire branch company."
"You lucky dog, from today onwards, you are the real president!" Leng Zhimeng said cheerfully, and Brian was stunned. He never expected that this accidental role-playing job would turn into this situation. In the blink of an eye, he went from being an ordinary office clerk to the vice president of a television station.
In fact, even Leng Zhimeng felt this change was sudden. Just this morning, about an hour ago, her brother-in-law had dragged her, who was playing games in the office, to the conference room and told her to raise the starting bid to 142 million US dollars!
He also asked her to find someone to set up the structure of the China branch of Los Gatos Television Station.
Leng Zhimeng naturally said that she didn't understand such operations, and then Boss Huang told her that he had bought the entire Los Gatos Television Station for 3 million US dollars yesterday.
Alright, Leng Zhimeng was even more confused.
At this time, Boss Huang told Leng Zhimeng that as soon as there was a problem yesterday, Boss Huang had unhesitatingly mobilized his forces to monitor all the representatives of those television stations.
As a result, all the relevant content, including their private conversations in the private room, naturally fell into Boss Huang's hands without a single word. Boss Huang already knew that these guys were still plotting.
This also made Boss Huang furious. He kindly gave them a chance for fair competition, and didn't even set a trap to trick them, but this was how they repaid him, so Boss Huang had no choice but to act himself.
Thus, Boss Huang devised a new plan, which included directly buying Los Gatos Television Station, which was originally just a plant.
This was easily completed because Los Gatos Television Station was already operating at a loss. It was just that the owner and founder of the television station were reluctant to give up like this.
Now that the capital-rich Jiangnan Group was willing to take over Los Gatos Television Station and declared that it would develop Los Gatos Television Station into the largest super television station in the United States.
Although he completely felt that Huang He was talking nonsense, he quickly convinced himself that what Boss Huang said was the truth, and then directly sold the television station.
As for what happened next, it had nothing to do with him. He wanted to enjoy his later life properly.
On the other side, time passed quickly. Little John and others, who had originally been certain that the other party would come back within a month, waited in China, but after a week, there was no result.
Of course, this was still a considerable distance from their estimated month. When they felt they could still wait, they received a call. Their bosses behind them directly summoned them back, and their attitude was very bad.
Because Los Gatos Television Station actually started advertising on Weibo, stating that they would exclusively broadcast the TV series version of Misty Journey, and Huang He himself had flown to the United States. From all indications, Jiangnan Group was planning a major move this time!