Governor Jerry Brown looked over with a smile on his face, and Ji Kai smiled and nodded to the governor.

"Well done, Boss, after taking a picture of this pen, I guess the governor will have a better impression of you. In the future, when there is something that requires the state government to intervene, Mr. Brown will speak for you. Lina whispered in Ji Kai's ear.

"Lina, it's not that simple. This can only be regarded as deepening the governor's impression of me, and it would be wishful thinking to want him to open the door for us to rely on this. The governor of a state is not so cheap. Ji Kai thought very clearly.

Next, there were some more lots, but they were all celebrity gadgets, but everyone was quite enthusiastic and took them one after another, and there was no unsuccessful auction.

Until there was a very special auction item, which was not a thing, but an invitation to participate in the auction.

"The next lot is special, it's just an invitation to bid. This is an invitation from Kevin Chandler, and if you take this invitation, you will have the opportunity to bid on the LA TV auction hosted by Kevin Chandler next Friday. Okay, let's start the auction now, the starting price is $1,000, and the starting price must not be less than $100 each time, is there anyone willing to auction this invitation?" said the host, taking out a gold-edged invitation.

When the people below heard the news, they talked about it.

Unexpectedly, after the death of Otis Chandler, the famous "Prince of News" in the United States and the fourth-generation publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the Chandler family became more and more chaotic. Although this television station was only acquired by the Chandler family to strengthen its journalism career, it is a pity that the descendants are not angry, and now it is becoming more and more useless, and can only be sold off. It is estimated that today this is a signal that the Chandler family will not expand again. Smith leaned over to Ji Kai's side and explained to him.

"A TV station? Interesting, I don't have any identity in the United States, and the identity of the director of the TV station is very good, I think I'm going to make a decision. Ji Kai said with a smile, then raised his hand and shouted:

"$2,000. ”

"Okay, this gentleman is bidding $2,000, is there anything higher?"

"$2,200. ”

"$2,300. ”.....

Ji Kaijian really has a lot of people participating in the auction, and I'm a little unhappy, I finally want to do a serious job, why are there still people to grab it?

"$10,000. ”

Seeing that Ji Kai actually offered a price of $10,000 for a bidding invitation, the scene was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

"$10,000, Mr. Ji Kai, the owner of Cuizhu Manor, bid $10,000, is there anything higher?" This time, the host thought that he had received Ji Kai's identity, and deliberately said his identity and name.

"$13,000. "There are still bidders.

"$20,000. "Ji Kai bid again.

"$25,000. "The guy over there doesn't know if he's provoking Ji Kai and adding another $5,000 offer.

"$50,000. "Ji Kai directly doubled.

I don't know if it's because I don't care about the invitation, or if it's some other reason, but no one bids anymore this time. After the host shouted three times, no one answered, and the bidding invitation finally fell into Ji Kai's hands.

"Ji, in fact, you didn't need to take a picture of this invitation just now, it is estimated that there are not many people who want to take over that TV station by then, you just need to find someone to discuss with the Chandler family. Smith whispered.

Then why didn't you say it just now? Although Ji Kai thought so in his heart, he still said with a smile:

"It's okay, it's just a little bit of money, you see, now everyone in the audience knows me, and the effect is much better than when I introduce myself. ”

Smith didn't know if he understood what Ji Kai meant, but looked at Ji Kai with very appreciative eyes, nodded again and again, and said:

"The future is terrifying! You are still wise and decisive! I am not as good as you. ”

Ji Kai hurriedly and modestly thanked Smith for his compliment, and praised Smith a few more words.

After the charity auction, Ji Kai went to sign the check, then took back a pen and an invitation letter, and after laughing with everyone, he said goodbye and left.

On the way back, Ji Kai instructed Lina to find out the current situation of Los Angeles TV and the Chandler family's offer to the TV station as soon as possible, and then called Wilson and asked him to launch an intelligence network to see if there was anything wrong with this matter.

In the following days, Ji Kai learned from various sources that the official name of the Los Angeles TV that the Chandler family was going to auction should actually be Los Angeles KTLA TV.

KTLA Los Angeles was the first licensed commercial television station in the western United States, which began operating in 1947 and was initially affiliated with the Dumont television network in the United States, and was spun off in 1948 to become an independent television station, broadcasting television programs including news, children's and sports, and broadcasting the annual Hollywood Christmas parade.

Later, KTLA TV station was wholly acquired by the Chandler family for 1.28 billion US dollars, but unfortunately it was not properly managed, and even many directors, hosts, and editors-in-chief have jumped ship.

During this period of time, the Chandler family released the news that they were going to sell this TV station, and many companies and families were still very interested in it for a while, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of people participating in the auction at that time, and of course, the price will increase a lot accordingly.

On the day of the auction, Ji Kai came to Los Angeles early with lawyer Benjamin, secretary Lina and a team of security guards. Arrive at the venue 10 minutes before the start of the auction, which is the venue of a hotel and is used as a bidding venue for KTLA TV.

After verifying the invitation, Ji Kai led people to the auction venue and sat down in a row of seats under the guidance of the waiter. At this time, there were already agents of more than a dozen companies or families around the seats.

By the time the auction time arrived, 23 companies, including him, had already appeared at the venue.

One of the Chandler family's estimates is that the old white man who was the former director of the TV station stood in front of the rostrum of the venue, announced the start of the KTLA TV auction, then introduced the situation of the TV station, and then started the auction with a starting price of $1.1 billion.

For a while, no one spoke, and after the meeting, someone finally bid to the price of 1.15 billion, which ignited the atmosphere of the venue.

The price slowly rose until it reached 1,342 million, then the bidding slowed down, and only two companies were left bidding at 1 million per bid.

Lina introduced on the side:

"These two are agents of Murdoch's News Corp. and Edward's Corporation, respectively, and it seems that they are your main rivals for taking this station. ”