Sales of the Strus phone on the first day of public sale were disappointingly low. Martha did not hide when answering the reporter's question: "According to incomplete statistics, in the first weekend of public sales in the United States, including online sales, a total of 5,000 units were sold. ”

That's a small number that is too small to look at.

After a lot of advertising, only 5,000 units were sold in a day and a half. That's probably going to make up for the cost of activities and labor for these two days. As for the rest, don't think about it.

People are more willing to hear bad news from others, which proves that they are not too bad. It is for this reason that the word 'schadenfreude' appears.

And the media is good at grasping people's hearts. They were of course gloating over Strus's sales results.

"Link Hans suffered Waterloo because citrus is not an apple. ”

"Strus mobile phone sales were dismal, and specialty stores were crowded. ”

Citrus admitted defeat but said it would not give up. ”

Link Hans: Apple is not, citrus is the top mobile phone. ”

Whether the media ridiculed or hated iron, Link didn't take it to heart. Not long after the ribbon cutting, he took his daughter around in Seattle.

Ocean parks, zoos, amusement parks and other things that children like to play, he took her to play. Let her have as much experience as possible with the lives of other children.

He left Seattle before Strus's cell phone sales were tally. He was on the plane listening to Martha's report on the phone.

Five thousand phones, even the highest-priced models, are just over $7 million in sales. This is still more than two months of momentum. If this sales situation cannot be reversed in the end, the daily sales will only get lower and lower in the future.

And Link invested more than two billion dollars in Strus. Strus then borrowed nearly $800 million from his bank for the company's operations. This relatively large investment will indeed be very disappointing.

His plane landed at Mora Airport, where Jessica was already picking him up with her two children.

When Caitlyn saw him, she broke free of Jessica's hand and threw herself at him with her little hands. Although this little daughter is very quiet, she is more clingy to him than Evan.

He was still holding Hannah in one hand, and when he saw her running over, he quickly squatted down to catch her, and kissed her twice on the face before hugging her.

Hannah is woken up by her sister's whisper. She looked at her wistfully: "Daddy, are you home?"

Jessica then walked up to them with Evan and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with Hannah?"

"She's just sleepy!"

Hannah has been so excited for the past two days that she didn't sleep well last night, but she fell asleep as soon as she got on the plane today, and she didn't wake up when the plane landed.

Hearing that Hannah was not uncomfortable, Jessica breathed a sigh of relief and asked Hannah, "Hannah, is Seattle fun?"

Hannah struggled to get off the ground and said, "Fun! Daddy took me to the amusement park for a pirate ship ride and a roller coaster." We went to the zoo to see the monkeys and tigers, and we also went to the marine park. There were whales, white and lovely!"

Link laughs, "She doesn't even want to go to the zoo." I'm thinking about whether I should build a private zoo in Fox. ”

Jessica thought for a moment and said, "Maybe you can build one in your theme park." ”

Link nodded and said, "It's really fine to carve out some land there." "The area of the Werewolf Theme Park is very large, and the scenes that have been collected in it are not used so much for the time being. If you want to expand it in the future, it is not impossible to get Fawkes to agree to lease a larger piece of land in the werewolf-themed park, which has many scenes that can be arranged in the forest without cutting down the forest.

"If there is a zoo, maybe it can attract more visitors. Like children. Of course, you'll need to bring in some rare animals. ”

They said as they walked towards the car. While helping the child into the car, Link said, "I'll stop by the park tomorrow when I drop Hannah off for school." He paused and said with a smile. "Jonathan: They're filming there. I, as an investor, seem to care too little. ”

Jessica laughed, "The other day, it seemed like they were recruiting extras, and quite a few people from Fox went to see the interview. You might get a character if you go. ”

"Like a corpse that was slapped to death by a werewolf?"

"Maybe it was sucked dry by a vampire. ”

Link started the car, and Jessica, who was sitting in the back seat, said, "I saw the news." Sales of mobile phones do not seem to be very good. ”

Link nodded and said, "That's too bad! We weren't expecting much from this weekend either. And things will get better soon. ”

Jessica was worried that he would be disappointed because of that incident, but now that he is full of confidence, she doesn't say anything more. She added: "The companies in Australia have reached an agreement. We can buy Milulag for 180 million dollars. But there is another $40 million in debt that needs to be repaid within six years. ”

Their previous psychological floor price was $200 million to buy the million acres of land.

Debt is likewise an acquisition cost. However, the debt does not need to be paid immediately, it is equivalent to paying in installments. So taking on cash and debt adds up to a little higher than the psychological floor price, which is not too big of a deal.

Link didn't pay much attention to that either. What he cared about was what kind of role the land could play.

"It's late summer, but the temperature is still high. ”

"Yes, and the rainy season is over, as soon as we get the land, we can start the transformation. ”

"The Australian government has solved it?"

Jessica frowned and said, "There are still some things to work out." For example, the scope and method of development are all nonsense. I'm going to take a trip to Australia. ”

Link was stunned for a moment and said, "The problem is serious?"

"Protectionism!" Jessica said helplessly. "The uses we declared are wheat breeding farms and llama breeding farms. Australia has its own industries in both. ”

Link nodded and said, "That's really the difficulty we have to face. But the company in Australia can't solve it?"

"The company had just been founded, and the framework had not been fully established. It's normal if it can't be solved. ”

The first priority of the Australian subsidiary is to buy land, so the company formation is a bit hasty.

"And when are you going to go and how long are you going?"

"I'm going to go tomorrow, about two weeks. I used to find someone to deal with those troubles, and by the way, I came back after improving the company's management structure. ”

Link asked this because he had planned to go to New Mexico in three days, maybe a few days as well. But now it looks like the plan is going to be reconsidered.

If neither of them is at home, the child will be taken care of. But there are no parents around to make their children happy.

The next day, Jessica went to Australia. When Link returned from a trip to the crew that was filming at the Werewolf Theme Park, he called Matthew.

He asked Matthew what the impact would be if he didn't appear in court in a case where Sheng claimed liquidated damages.

Matthew muttered on the phone for a while and said, "Link, that case is likely to be decided in court." Of course, it is no problem for you to entrust me with plenipotentiary. But that would make the jury psychologically different. If you don't appear in court, they will subconsciously feel that you don't care about the verdict of the case. It is also possible that the judge will make a judgment that is not in your favor. ”

Link asked, "Well, I'd better go to court!"

"The facts of the case are clear. And John Malone's legal team does not appear to have presented more evidence or asked for a postponement of the trial. I think they've come to terms with reality. I guess they also want the case to be over as soon as possible. ”

U.S. law requires that both the plaintiff and the defendant submit evidence in court in advance and notify each other. After the judge and the original defendant's lawyer deliberate, it is decided whether the evidence is necessary to be presented in court. That would reduce the time spent in court.

John Malone, who is now the defendant, did not present new evidence. And the original evidence can even allow the court to make a verdict completely in favor of them.

"You appeared in court to prove that you take this case very seriously. Let them understand that if it doesn't satisfy you, you're likely to appeal. They don't get lucky. ”

Matthew said that, and Link thought about it for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go to court!" Then he took the twins to New Mexico, and took Ms. Hammer and let them play at Hanova Farm for half a day. Maybe he rushed back to Huazhou, and he could catch Hannah out of school.

Things soon changed, though.

John Malone's personal lawyer held a press conference on behalf of his client and announced that he was willing to pay liquidated damages in connection with the contract with Shengshi International Trading.

"Mr. Malone has always believed that he should abide by all contracts. Therefore, he is willing to assume the contractual liability of Shengshi International Trading Company. I have been given his carte blanche to negotiate liquidated damages with Mr. Link Hans. ”

Link received a call from Matthew before he knew the news.

"Link's situation has changed. John Malone agreed to reparations. The court told me to go and negotiate an out-of-court settlement. What do you ask for?"

"A billion dollars in compensation, no less!"

"Okay, do you have time?"

"When. ”

Matthew said the time, and he said, "I'll show up on time." ”

Link didn't expect that when the trial came, John Malone suddenly opened his mouth to admit defeat. But that's also the best choice for the other party.

Even if the trial was held, the court did not dare to violate the law and sentence Link to lose the case. If the court pronounces the verdict, it is essentially saying that John Malone is in breach of contract, and it is also a fraud.

But now he said that he was willing to take responsibility, and he could save some reputation. That at least shows that he is willing to take responsibility. Only when he is willing to take responsibility can he be whitewashed, and it is possible to make the public believe that he "did not know" about the fraud.