After more than a month of negotiations between Brad and Matthew and Deere on behalf of Westward and CF Industries, the two sides finally reached an agreement. However, CF Industries needs the approval of their board of directors, and Xihua also needs the approval of Link, the majority shareholder. Only after both sides have no opinion can they really reach cooperation.

The terms negotiated between Brad and CF Industries have been put into writing.

In the terms they negotiated, the two parties jointly invested in the establishment of two companies.

A marine aquaculture company not only cultivates its own kelp, but also does extension projects. The company exists as an independent subsidiary, but is mainly operated by Westward. In addition, a green manure production company was established, which was mainly operated by CF. The share distribution of both companies is 55:45. The operator accounts for 55% and the other party for 45%.

The two companies are invested in the two companies on a share-based basis. These investments are all capital investments, and neither company needs to invest in any patents or anything.

As for the issues that Link and Aaron Naris talked about before, they are also reflected in this cooperation agreement. The cultivated giant algae has the right of priority to be purchased. After processing, the green manure company has the right to give priority to the purchase of waste residue. However, there is one point, the giant algae waste residue from Xihua's own breeding farm is not among them.

The waste was to be given to Link for free, according to the agreement between Link and Brad.

The agreement also explicitly mentions that CF Industries has an obligation to help find suitable areas for the sea and to help promote kelp farming. Of course, that is also crucial for them, and if the scale of kelp farming cannot be expanded, their green manure production plans will be put on hold.

Link read the text carefully, then closed the folder and said to Brad, "I have no problem with this agreement. ”

According to the terms and conditions of this agreement, it is more beneficial to Xihua Company in the early stage of cooperation. Xihua has access to more raw materials. However, once this cooperation project is rolled out, it will be more beneficial for CF. It is impossible for Xihua to process all the macroalgae by itself, but the green manure company can consume all the residue.

But neither Link nor Brad cared much about that. The business of green manure companies is good, and they are also profitable.

Brad is actually looking forward to this collaboration. Polyploid macroalgae is the brainchild of him and Hayley, and it would be best if they could be cultivated on a larger scale. Now Link has no doubts about this cooperation agreement, which means that this project is one step closer to a successful cooperation.

With a smile on his face, he said, "Matthew and Deere have fought a lot for our company. ”

Link smiled. He just knew that although Brad ran a company with a turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars, in the end, he was the same as he was back then, a shopping mall newcomer. That's why Matthew, who is proficient in law, and Deere, who has a good understanding of human psychology and negotiation skills, to assist him.

Now it seems that his initial fears were correct.

He asked, "And what are your plans for this collaboration?"

"We talked about cooperation in the promotion of kelp farming during the negotiations. F Industries will use their connections to get more places to rent the sea area to us. At the same time, I hope to get support at the government level. As for the first step after the establishment of a new company, the first thing to do is to find the sea area that belongs to the company. ”

Link listened to him, although he knew that this was only a general direction, but with such a direction, it would be much easier to get things done. "You can just let it go," he said. If you need funds, you can take out a loan from Ozette Bank. ”

"I will. "Investing in the establishment of two companies, Xihua Company simply can't come up with so much money. So a loan is definitely needed. Even Xihua's previous investment in the acquisition of the sea area was a loan from the Bank of Ozette.

"And the newly acquired sea area to the south. We've got a plan in place. There are 100,000 acres of the area, but only about 70,000 acres can be used to grow macroalgae. Some areas are not suitable, and we also need to reserve working channels for harvesting vessels. We are already preparing to release kelp seedlings into the sea area there. But our nursery workshop is undercapacity. At this stage, we also need to stock the seeds in the Ozete Sea area. ”

"Then expand the capacity of the nursery workshop. ”

In the future, the marine aquaculture company will also need the spores from Xihua. It is even possible to provide some seedlings, so it will not be wasted to expand production capacity now.

"If we want to plant all the areas that need to be seeded with kelp starting next summer, we need about six million dollars in investment in our nursery plant. ”

"Does the company have enough money?"

"The company still has this money. But I think this should let you know. ”

"I see. ”

After Brad said this, he hurried away again.

Link looked at his watch, and it was not half past three. And he didn't seem to have anything to deal with after he came to the company, so he planned to wait until four o'clock, pick up Hannah and go back together.

But just when he thought there was nothing to do today, he suddenly received a phone call.

"Mr. Jiang, hello!"

"Hello, Link!" the caller was Chairman Jiang of Meiya Media.

"May I ask you to call me for?" To be honest, he was surprised and curious to receive Mr. Jiang's call.

Link, who owns 15 percent of Mayer Media, is also on the board of directors. But his shares have no voting rights, so even if he attends the board of directors of Meiya Media, he is at most qualified to observe. So he never attended. He is not very familiar with the sensible people of Meiya Media. I rarely contact each other.

Mr. Jiang was polite for a while before he explained the real purpose of his call: "Now the TV station business is developing rapidly, and we have now rolled out our own cable TV network to several states around New York, adding more than 2.5 million subscribers to the broadcast capacity. But this has also caused our group's funds to be somewhat tight. Therefore, I want to borrow a cash flow from the bank. ”

When Link heard this, he remembered that he hadn't paid attention to the situation of Meiya Group since he got the shares. He originally thought that the Meiya Group would wait at least a year or two before it would consider asking him for a loan. I didn't expect it to come here after only a few months.

He was surprised in his heart, but he didn't pretend to be confused: "I don't know how much money the company needs?"

"We need 50 million dollars. However, we do not have any assets to pledge at the moment. ”

When Link heard this, he pretended to be embarrassed, and after a while, he said: "Mr. Jiang, I am also a director of Meiya Group, and of course I hope that the company can be better." But you know that the requirements for capital lending are stricter, and collateral is necessary for large loans. Moreover, the operation of the bank is now entirely handed over to another shareholder, who is also the CEO of the bank. I can't ask him to make a special case because of me. The most I can do is ask them to make a loan to the company as soon as possible according to the maximum amount of the collateral assets. ”

"Link, I understand your rules, but we can't borrow with collateral this time. But this funding is very important to the company! As long as we have this funding, we at AIG Media will be able to become a major television station covering the six northeastern states of the United States. This is our only chance. And you have a 15% stake in the group, I hope you can help with this point. ”

Link was embarrassed and said, "I'll try to convince Claire." There is a result, and I am giving you an answer. ”

Although Mr. Jiang hoped to get the funds immediately, the money was in Link's hands, and Link refused to give it, and he couldn't help it. He had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll wait for your good news." ”

After Link hung up the phone, he immediately dialed another one: "Douglas, help me find out what happened to the Meiya Group." They need a large amount of cash and want to borrow but have no collateral. I wonder if they've pledged all their major assets. ”

"I'm going to let people check it. ”

"Give me an answer by noon tomorrow!"

Douglas still has a vast intelligence system in his hands. This system is not only his subordinates, but also some of his subordinates' downlines and private detectives who are in contact. Although he is now the president of the Venetian Casino, Link still puts him in control of the intelligence system.

It's just that even if there is such an intelligence system, it is not easy to find out what Link wants in half a day.

But he still replied categorically: "No problem!"

And he did.

Before noon the next day, Link received a call from Douglas.

"Boss, it's because the shareholders of Meiya Media don't agree to use the group's assets as collateral. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Pretty much sure. ”

Link groaned for a moment and said, "I see." As he spoke, he immediately hung up and dialed McAlay's number.

He asked on the phone: "McCully, I want to know the debt situation of American Chinese TV and Meiya Media." ”

McCully happened to be in the office. He immediately said, "I'll fax it to you." ”

Because Link has little influence in Mayer Media, Link didn't even hand over its affairs to Martha, but made McCully his representative in Mayer Media.

Although Link is not involved in any decision-making of Mayer Media, he has the right to know the operation of the group, so McCalli has some information about the Meiya Media Group.

Link soon received the fax, and he saw that the debt of the Meiya Group was actually quite normal, with a debt ratio of less than 80%, which was not a large debt burden. And American Chinese TV, as a subsidiary, is not considered insolvent.

He took a closer look at the information and felt that he could borrow money from Meiya Media.

Not wanting to mortgage and not having something to mortgage are two different things.

And judging from the information faxed by McCalli, Meiya Media is not without money to inject capital into Zhongwei TV in the United States, and it may still be that shareholders do not agree.

In just three months, Chinese television in the United States has used up $100 million, adding more than 2 million broadcast capacity.

The problem is that the broadcast capacity does not equal the number of viewers. That's just a potential. However, judging from the reluctance of group shareholders to inject capital, the new ratings should not be optimistic. At least it didn't make shareholders feel like it was worth investing more.

He thought for a while, didn't ask Claire, and directly called back Mr. Jiang's phone, and said with embarrassment: "Mr. Jiang, I can't convince Claire to agree to an unsecured loan." ”

Mr. Jiang said in a deep voice: "That's really a pity. But thank you anyway. ”

He was about to hang up, but he heard Link hesitate and say, "But I can lend 50 million dollars to the company." ”

Mr. Jiang didn't dare to agree immediately.

In fact, borrowing from Link's bank was not his top priority. If it weren't for the shareholder's disapproval of the pledge of assets, he would rather take out a loan from another bank than go to Link.

However, the current rollout of the viewing network needs to be funded, and this expansion cannot be stopped, otherwise it will be difficult to start such a plan again in the future. So he was in dire need of money and had to find Link. But he was also worried about what conditions Link would take advantage of or what kind of conspiracy he would make.

"And Link, what do you want?"

"The loan term can be three years, but the interest needs to be calculated according to the bank rate. ”