Alex Hoffman left the office building with his assistant and got into an official car provided by the local branch.

He frowned all the way, not being able to finish the battle, and Hoffman was very unhappy.

In his opinion, the conditions he offered were favorable enough, and as long as Carl agreed, ACAH would definitely be able to grow and develop in a very short period of time. For Carl, it is easier to become a millionaire without saving a lot of energy.

It's a win-win for Carl and Johnson & Johnson.

So Karl still didn't agree immediately, which made Hoffman unpleasantly surprised.

The assistant sat in the driver's seat and immediately started the car, but belittled Carl in front of his boss: "Sir, this Carl is really insatiable." The conditions we gave were good enough, and he still wanted to make inches. ”

Seeing that his boss was silent, the assistant asked, "Sir, do you want to agree to his terms? Not only will the shares be reduced to 15%, but there will also be a buyback condition." ”

"That Karl is clearly on guard against us!"

"Isn't it natural to guard against us?" said Hoffman, "A small company without a sense of defense will only be easily swallowed up by a large company." ”

"This only shows that Mr. Karl is a smart man, and we can't be angry because people don't like us. ”

Hoffman gave his assistant a small lecture, then frowned and said, "Although he does feel a little too good about himself." ”

"Alright...... Let's drive. ”

Before the assistant started the car, he was still curious and asked, "Sir, what should I do next, will I dry them for a while?"

Hoffman said, "What to do? It depends on what Mr. John means about Karl's conditions, and whether Pfizer and other companies are moving quickly." ”

Hoffman was referring to Mr. John as Robert Woody Johnson II, president of Johnson & Johnson.

If the president agrees with Karl's conditions, then everything is easy to say and the cooperation continues.

If a competitor also discovered this small gold mine and wanted to try to get a piece of the pie, Hoffman would back down.

As for other means to bring Karl to his knees, Hoffman had thought so. However, after investigating ACAH's background, Hoffman wisely chose to give up.

Carl's profile is easy to find, he is not only the general manager of ACAH, but also the director and former general manager of Magic7.

Not long ago, Magic7 was confirmed to have a close relationship with California Governor Warren's family — not only did the reclusive California First Lady attend the company's dinner, but the company's chairman was also named Warren.

Carl himself is no less extraordinary, a top student at Princeton Law School, with outstanding abilities. What's more, his father was Attorney Albert, and Attorney Albert was the Governor's personal lawyer.

From this point of view, the relationship between ACAH and the Warren family is almost obvious.

Admittedly, if Hoffman or Johnson & Johnson wanted to, they would still be able to cause a lot of trouble for ACAH. But this is not necessary, commercial companies, making money is the first priority.

Besides, a Republican bigwig is not so easy to mess with.

Later that evening, Evan, who received a call from Carl in the solid-state physics laboratory, decided to make a trip back to the office.

"Carl, in your opinion, if you put the stake down to 15%, is it possible for them to agree?"

In Carl's office, Evan sat in the same place where Hoffman had sit, and after reviewing with Carl, he asked.

Karl thought for a moment and replied, "Hoffmann himself should not be able to make this decision, it depends on the opinion of the higher-ups." ”

Evan thinks back to Andy Vidak's key management of Johnson & Johnson, whose founding family is Johnson's investigative report, and tries to deduce the outcome based on their style of conduct.

Evan's funding for Andy Vydak is not just about building a security team, but also about gathering business intelligence.

According to the information given by Vidak, Johnson II was the biggest contributor to Johnson & Johnson's transformation from a family business to one of the largest healthcare companies in the United States today. Within Johnson & Johnson, Johnson II has unparalleled control. During World War II, this man served as vice chairman of the U.S. War Production Council, personally overseeing the war contracts assigned to more than 6,000 companies. After returning to the company after the war, Johnson II advocated raising the minimum wage, improving factory conditions, emphasizing the responsibility of enterprises to society, calling on management to respect employees, develop plans, and improve the skills of workers to better prepare for industrial modernization, while also advocating the decentralization of management to individual subsidiaries. This is one of the reasons why Hoffman is so aggressive in bringing Band-Aids under the Johnson & Johnson umbrella.

After going through the information in his mind, Evan's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "What about Hoffman's own opinion, Karl?"

Karl recalled Hoffman's attitude at the time and replied, "He should have thought that I was getting an inch, but it was not absolutely unacceptable. ”

Evan said: "Looking at it this way, Johnson & Johnson will most likely accept our terms!"

After making this judgment, Evan instructed Carl: "Continue to keep in touch with Johnson & Johnson in the future, don't be too positive, just normal frequency." ”

Karl nodded with some confusion and replied, "Okay!

"I'll go to APS next door and have a look!"

Evan walked out of the office with a relaxed expression.

APS's R&D department was brightly lit, and Wells and his men were working overtime.

Wells has already made prototypes of the rice cooker and slow cooker, and they are doing various tests, including testing and improving the actual use effect in addition to various reliability and safety tests. So, when Evan walked into the R&D product testing room, he was greeted by the smell of a variety of food mixed together.

Meanwhile, Evan sees Wells and four of his men feasting at the lab table. On the bench in front of them was a pot of beef stew with potatoes presumably just out of the pot.

"Evan?"

Seeing the boss coming, the four engineers immediately stood up, one of whom estimated that he had rarely done this kind of chicken stealing work before, and his nervous hands did not know where to put them. Wells was the only one who was unhurried and beckoned to Evan, "Evan, do you want one?"

A minute later, Evan was eating the "experimental product", nodding his head as he chewed and giving Chef Wells a thumbs up.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wells reported to Evan on the progress of the R&D department: the rice cooker had been finalized, and the slow-blunt pan using aluminum alloy as a container was about the same, but the progress of the ceramic pot was relatively slow.

Wells asked Evan to show how to arrange mass production.

Speaking of mass production, Evan put down the bowl, thought for a while, and asked, "Wells, are you interested in moving up the next level?"

In this way, after a beef stew, Wells was promoted to the position of deputy general manager of APS, assisting general manager Carl in promoting the implementation of the factory.