"You can supply gas to nearby communities. Link said this, sneering. "If necessary, I can pay for a network of gas pipelines. ”

Of course, there would be a lot of cost to do that, but at that point, Link had no room to back down. He could only hold out to the end. And his annual income of one or two billion dollars can also support it. He can see who can't stand it first. As long as the other party compromises, what he gets at that time will slowly make up for the loss.

Besides, if he promotes the technology of biomass natural gas elsewhere, the world's natural gas prices will definitely be shocked. It was a lose-lose situation.

He believed that those people would not be fools.

Listening to Link's "grim" words, Fren smiled and said, "It seems that I can expect more from your plan." ”

Link: This is also already understood what he meant by expectation. At the end of the day, I want to do futures.

Link, however, was not very optimistic about their ideas. He shook his head slightly and said, "Fren." This is a long-term plan, and perhaps the introduction of this technology can cause temporary volatility in the natural gas market, but the market reaction is certainly not one-sided. ”

Flon knew that this kind of fossil fuel industry was not something he could easily get involved in. So he thought about using Link's plan to hype up the impact on gas prices.

According to Link's plan, there is not much profit in producing natural gas from cow dung. The key to attracting cattle farms to his plan is to produce healthier, pollution-free beef and reduce the cost of raising cattle. Instead, the key is the fermented waste from cow dung and the high-yielding alfalfa, while natural gas is just an incidental product.

But Link's current statement also made him start to reconsider.

He nodded and said, "I'll be cautious." ”

Neil took a sip of wine and said, "Fren, it's better to think about gold first now!"

"I will follow in your footsteps. Flon said with a smile. "I'm sure you'll be as pleasantly surprised as ever. "It's not like he's working with Neil once or twice.

"Can I invest?" Claire said suddenly. "You've succeeded, and I think we can set up two banks at the same time. ”

Link said with a smile: "Now the bank can pay dividends without money." Are you sure you have the money to invest in them?"

"I have money to spare, but I'm rich. I took out a loan from Ozette Bank with shares in several other banks as collateral. You wouldn't disagree!"

"Do you have to play that big?"

At present, just 5% of the Texas Development Bank is worth at least $1.5 billion, and with a few other banks, Claire has at least $4 billion in book assets.

Claire suddenly smiled and said: "The two-day meeting made me think that it is not necessarily a good thing to have too many shareholders. Maybe we can set up the rest of the bank with a few of us, and we can invest more capital. ”

"Man, you're pressuring me. Neil smiled and looked at him as he spoke. "I'm also going to put my spare money into it. You won't allow it. ”

His last words were to Link. Link is the majority shareholder of the financial investment company, and if he does not agree with other people's additional investment, then of course he and Claire's funds cannot be put together to speculate. Because the more capital, the more complex the operation.

But he is confident and wants to give those on Wall Street a hard blow. Let them deepen the memory of the Wall Street Fox.

"You made me want to put all my wealth into it. ”

Link's words made the other three burst into laughter.

Others may be vague about Link's assets, but they know a lot. Not to mention stocks and fixed assets, Link's presence in the Bank of Ozete alone exceeded $20 billion.

If Link's true devotes all his wealth to Neil's plans. He can only borrow at least $30 billion if he takes the shares of each company as collateral in other banks. Neil may be able to operate a principal of one or two billion dollars, but let him operate six or seven billion dollars of original capital, his team may not be able to withstand it.

Neil put away his smile and said to him, "I can only accept ten billion dollars in additional funding at most." Including my personal funds. He paused and said. "Maybe Fren can take in more money. ”

Although there has been no big move in the past year, the financial investment companies have still benefited a lot. He changed his investment strategy and partnered with his girlfriend to buy the company and split the sales. Although the yield is not high, it is still satisfactory. Coupled with the various investment operations done by his subordinates, the company has also made a lot of money.

At the financial investment company, he can use more than $10 billion in funds. And he thinks that his team can operate 20 billion US dollars easily, but no matter how much, it can only be used as a backup fund, which does not need much.

Flon really thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Now Stoll has about five billion dollars of funds at his disposal, and I plan to invest 1.5 billion dollars personally." An additional $1.5 billion investment can be accepted. ”

"I personally invested 2 billion US dollars in the financial investment company, and Stoll invested 1.5 billion yuan. ”

Link said, holding up his glass and saying to Neil and Claire, "I haven't lost money gambling in years, so don't let this be an exception." ”

In Link's view, such a speculative plan is really a bet on the size. Open big and open small, no one knows what the dice inside are performing before opening the dice cup.

Neil and Furlen are like gamblers who can listen to dice. But no matter how high the master's ability is, it is impossible to compare with Lao Qian. Especially the thousands of people who sit in the bank.

Flon leaned back on the couch, clinked glasses with him, and said, "You're going to Silicon Valley tomorrow?" Link asked for a temporary recess at the Texas Development Bank's board of directors just to go to Silicon Valley.

"Yes. Link laughed, "Are you going to go along?"

"No, I'd better go back to New York sooner. I don't want to feel bad again. You seem to be busy lately, though. ”

"First go to California for the premiere of the Internet TV station. Then you'll have to go to a few farms. ”

If the network TV station can be successful, it will mean no less to Link than making two or three billion dollars in a day. As for the farms, mainly because the wheat was starting to fill, he needed to look at the farms that had grown Benis No. 1 wheat and estimate their yields.

"I wish you a successful TV premiere. ”

As he spoke, he touched him again, and drank the wine from his glass in one gulp.

If Link's online TV premiere is a success, one of Link's two most important shortcomings will be compensated.

What Link lacks now is a formal channel for his voice. And the innovative media of online TV stations does not need to be directly delivered to various families through the TV network. As long as it succeeds, it may slowly grow into a media that leads the six major television networks.

"Thank you!" Link took a long sip of the liquor as well. "My next trip is really intense, I have to go to the Lin retail headquarters to solve some problems in the middle of the farm. When I'm done with things in the United States, I'll go to China for the Summer Davos Forum. Then take Jessica and the kids to China for a trip. It's a vacation. ”

After dinner, all four left Houston. Neil and Claire returned to Washington, and Flren returned to New York. And Link, of course, went to San Francisco.

When Link arrived in San Francisco, it was past ten o'clock in the evening. But Amanda still picks him up at the airport and takes him to the hotel.

On the land ride to the hotel, Tiger drove it, and Amanda was in the back seat talking to Link about the preparations and arrangements for the start of tomorrow's network TV broadcast.

Usually, a TV station chooses prime time to start broadcasting. However, their online TV station plans to officially start broadcasting at 10 a.m. tomorrow. To this end, they have been heavily advertised on two other websites and other websites and television stations.

It should be said that it is definitely well known.

Amanda also does a weekly market research to see how well the ads are performing. At the same time, it also evaluates how many people will tune in after the broadcast. That can have an accurate positioning of the premiere, and also provide reference data for the promotion plan after the premiere.

Amanda doesn't have much confidence in the start of the broadcast: "We estimate that there will be more than 500,000 viewers on the day of the broadcast. ”

That's not an optimistic estimate.

"Is it because of the show?"

"Yes, we don't have a big show yet, and we don't have an audience for the time being. However, the fact that our signal can be connected directly to the TV will expand our viewership. ”

Link listened to her and only listened to her reports along the way, asking only the occasional question or two.

When she arrived at the hotel, Amanda had not been able to finish her work and followed Link into the hotel.

In the hotel room, Link listened to her and concluded, "You mean that the TV station needs more engaging programming, and I agree." But what you said about buying broadcast rights and filming serials, will it be too risky?"

Whether it's the broadcast rights of a series or a sports game, it's someone else's. Even if you spend money to buy it, you just have to share it with others. Moreover, the broadcast rights of some popular sports competitions are still sold exclusively, and it is still a question whether they can be bought. Undesirable, there will be no audience.

Filming a series, the investment is low, and it is not good-looking. If the investment is high, it may not be able to recover the cost until the TV station does not have a certain viewing group.

"We need to build up the audience slowly. Amanda was also helpless. Link asked for a speedy start to the show, but the TV station couldn't find a sensational program. It's hard to attract consistent ratings. "The most important thing for us now is to open up the market among the audience and let more people know that we have good programs. ”

There's nothing wrong with that. But Link felt that no matter what it was, the cycle was too long, and the effect was not necessarily good. Because this is to compete with others for the market. Wouldn't other TV stations be fools, would they watch his TV stations seize the ratings market?

He thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible to do a talk show about ordinary people?"

"Ordinary people?" Amanda asked, stunned for a moment. "You mean, find some ordinary people who have had interesting experiences and share them with the audience? ”

Link said: "Most of the interviewees on talk shows today are still interviewing celebrities. Even if it is a show for ordinary people, it has a fixed selling point. Like fun, like kids. But there is a lot that can be mined in ordinary people. They have succeeded or succeeded, they have failed or failed, and they have suffered injustices. There will be something more interesting to share with the audience. Maybe we can have different selling points. ”

He concluded, saying, "Don't forget, we have a free period for half a year. ”