It wasn't long before John arrived at ICM and met Devon Morgan, dressed in professional attire, in the president's office. "Auntie, what's the urgency?"

Devin Morgan stepped from behind his desk to the sofa in the sitting area and sat down. "John, you're in trouble this time. Devon Morgan said seriously. "CAA has reduced the service packaging fee by 2%. ”

The service package fee of the three major Hollywood agencies CAA, ICM, and WMA is 10%, which is the highest service package fee among all Hollywood agencies.

It doesn't matter how high the fees are, because all three companies are giants among brokerage companies. Moreover, the service fee is the same, there is no price competition, and customers can only compare and choose according to other aspects.

But now CAA has reduced the price by 2% alone, which breaks the balance of the three companies, and the other two companies can only follow the price reduction and pull the price to the balance stage from the beginning, or they can only look at their own customers and slowly attract the price of CAA.

John naturally didn't want to see his customers lose to CAA, so he had to follow the price reduction. "Auntie, then we will also reduce the price, and we will reduce it more than CAA, we will directly reduce it by 6%. ”

John felt that since Michael Ovitz wanted to fight the price war, he would accompany him to the end, and he did it even more ruthlessly, directly reducing the price to 4% of the cost price in one step.

And Devon Morgan heard John's offer and thought about it. "John: When it comes down to 4 percent, our profits are gone. ”

"That's okay! I'm sure Michael Ovitz won't last long!" John had a nonchalant attitude, he could keep ICM from making money for a few years, but Michael Ovitz didn't have the net worth like him.

If CAA doesn't make money, then the only thing that awaits Michael Ovitz is bankruptcy, and all he has to do is to shut down CAA.

"John, then you're probably going to be disappointed!" Davin Morgan wiped out John's desire to kick the CAA out of the game. "CAA isn't Michael Ovitz anymore, and you're not necessarily going to win against CAA now. ”

"Oh!" John was surprised.

CAA was actually bought, and this was the first time he had heard of it. "Auntie, who bought CAA?" asked John curiously.

"Bowen Rothschild, heir to the British branch of the Rothschilds!" replied Devin Morgan. When CAA changed to a new owner, she deliberately asked people to check.

And John's brows furrowed when he heard that the new boss of CAA turned out to be the Rothschilds.

He had heard the name of this family in his previous life, and he was familiar with it, but he had never heard of this family stationed in Hollywood, so he wondered why this Bowen Rothschild came to Hollywood to develop, and there was a price war as soon as he came. "Auntie, do you think this Bowen Rothschild is coming from me?"

Devin Morgan replied without thinking: "Of course they are coming for you! You must know that you are now in the assessment period, as long as they destroy your assessment, then you will not be able to inherit the position of the patriarch of the Morgan family, and you will not be able to inherit the patriarch, then the Morgan family will have a period of chaos, and they will be able to profit from it at that time." ”

John nodded, Devon Morgan's analysis was correct, and the old Morgan also told him some time ago that someone would make a move on him, at that time he and Daini thought for a long time and didn't think who would do it to him, and now it seems that this person should be the Rothschilds.

"Auntie, even if we put the price at 4%, then this Bowen de Rothschild will definitely drop it even more in order to consume my money. John felt that since Bowen Rothschild was coming for him, he would definitely do whatever it took to hit him and consume him.

"Of course!" Devin Morgan took a sip of his coffee. "So we have to find a way, or you'll be dragged to death by him!"

John nodded, and then started his brain to think of a solution, but after thinking about it for a long time, there was no good solution. "Auntie, we can only keep 4% now, we must not lose money, as for the loss of customers, we have to hold on for four years, and when the victory is divided in four years, Bowen Rothschild will definitely quit Hollywood, or restore the price, and then we will be able to recover. ”

John is now a toothless tiger and no match for a hungry wolf, so he can only defend passively until he unblocks it four years later.

But Devin Morgan disagrees. "John, even according to what you said, the ICM company can only be hung half-dead, and it will not be able to provide you with any funds for the past four years, so how will you win your father then?"

Devin Morgan thought for a moment and then said. "John, let's sell ICM for the time being, so that not only will we shrink our funds, but we will also avoid temporary risks, and when you succeed in the assessment in four years, you will buy it back." ”

"Absolutely not!" John immediately vetoed. "Auntie, in a few days, everyone will know that the brokerage company is engaged in a price war, and if we sell ICM now, it will be a question of whether anyone will take over, and even if someone takes over, it will be a big fire sale at a loss. And more importantly, we need a shield to catch the eye of our opponents, and if this shield is gone, they will definitely attack the rest of us. ”

"Then how are you going to make money! You only have four years to make $2 billion, and when the four-year period is up, even if you lose a penny, you will lose!" said Devon Morgan worriedly.

"How to make money!" John smiled. "Auntie, I can make $300 million a year on arms, and if I add the stocks in the stock market and the money I make from making movies, it will not be a problem to make $400 million a year, and I should be able to make $2 billion in four years, and if it is not enough, I can sell my stock or sell ICM, which will be enough for $2 billion. ”

Devin Morgan was relieved to hear John's reckoning. "If that's the case, then we can't sell ICM, but we have to use ICM to divert the attention of Bowen Rothschild from causing trouble in the stock market or the arms market. ”

John nodded, and what Devon Morgan said was what he thought.

"Auntie, I'll trouble you in the future, you may have a hard time!" John said apologetically. Devon Morgan will not only have to run the company in the future, but also help him attract Bowen Rothschild, so he will definitely be busy.

And Devin Morgan smiled indifferently. "You don't have to be polite with me! Helping you is also helping myself. ”

John shrugged. "Well, I'm welcome, but I'll have to say it. John jokingly said, "I wonder if Ms. Morgan will be able to have dinner with her face tonight!"

Devin Morgan thought for a moment that nothing was going on after work. "Okay! I'll give you a face!"

"Thank you!" John smiled and was about to pull out his phone to make a reservation, when the phone rang without warning just as he was about to dial the number.

John was a little surprised when he saw that the number was Dani's, and then pressed the answer button.

"It's me, you say!"

John listened to the report from Dani on the other end of the phone, and the smile on his face faded.

"Okay! I see. John listened to Dani's debriefing, with a hint of anger on his angular face.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Devin Morgan rarely saw John angry, and what could make John angry was definitely a big deal.

"The arms ship was looted in Somalia! $400 million worth of arms on board was looted by pirates," John said, gritting his back teeth. He bought his arms from the Soviet Union, then shipped them to Somalia where the war was taking place to sell them, and finally went to Namibia to buy diamonds and sell them to the United States.