At half past nine a.m. local time in New York, the New York Stock Exchange trading floor ......

Fred S. Hart sat in his seat, the latest transaction data has appeared on several monitors, he casually cut a window, enter the stock code HAS of Hasbro, and opened a special monitoring window, sometimes he will receive such a job of monitoring the trading situation, in fact, it is to use the free time of work hours to take a look, for some listed companies or investors to pay attention to their interests, but after all, this is first-hand data, and it is the fastest timeliness, so this kind of thing is not less。

Fred Hart entered a few more stock symbols and opened separate monitoring pages on three monitors, while the rest of the monitors were used to follow the broader market or provide work data. Taking a closer look at the data bouncing across the three monitoring pages, which seemed to be in order, at least for now, Fred Hart breathed a sigh of relief and turned his gaze to the other monitors.

As soon as Fred Hart left the Hasbro stock monitoring page, the speed at which the transaction data flashed suddenly accelerated......

Fifteen minutes later, at 9:45 a.m. local time in Rhode Island, Newport Avenue in Portucket, ......

On the sixth floor of the Hasbro corporate headquarters building, Alan Hassenfeld sat in his office, his face slightly haggard, he was drinking a cup of coffee absentmindedly, but his mind was still thinking about where Hasbro should go in the future. He had been thinking about this question all night yesterday, and he had nothing to gain at all, except for the fact that his mind was like a pot of cereal porridge.

Alan Hasenfeld has thought of a lot of ideas, including developing new products, New marketing promotion, etc., but there is an unavoidable crux, that is, Money, any new action needs a lot of money as a backing, but Hasbro is most lacking now is funds, not that now a dime can't be taken out of cash, but including bank deposits are less than 100 million US dollars, there is not enough money for him to try, unless he can come up with a way to make a sure profit, or another fire pit like Star Wars toys, then Hasbro is really finished.

After taking a sip of coffee, Alan Hasenfeld picked up his pen and drew haphazardly on the back of a used piece of paper, twisting and turning meaningless lines quickly filling the page, but the mess in his mind did not improve. At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and Alan Hassenfeld looked up to see CEO Al Verrickchar standing by the open door, his face very pale and as if he hadn't slept well.

"Al, what's wrong?" Alan Hasenfeld raised the cup in his hand and asked, "Would you like a drink?"

"Thank you. CEO Al Verrickchar shook his head, walked to his desk, sat down in his chair and said, "Alan, the NYSE has found something going on. ”

Alan Hassenfeld's hand shook, quickly put down the coffee cup in his hand, and asked anxiously, "What's the situation?"

"Hasbro's stock has fallen 3% since the market opened today, and with rumors of huge losses for our company, we suspect someone is trying to snipe at our stock. CEO Al Verikchar said: "I've arranged for someone to follow up, but if that's true, we're in trouble." ”

Alan Halsenfeld understands what CEO Al said, if someone really deliberately snipes at Hasbro's stock, then they must find a way to save the declining stock, otherwise once investors lose confidence, the consequences will be unimaginable, but he doesn't know how much of a role he can make with the small amount of cash in hand, but this matter can't be ignored.

"Al, do you think anyone would want to take advantage of the chaos to buy Hasbro?" Alan Hasenfeld suddenly thought of another possibility, a situation that was even more terrifying for him.

CEO Al Verikchar frowned and said: "This situation cannot be ruled out, but we have already taken precautions and designed a poison pill plan, giving the company's shareholders the option to buy $200 worth of the company's shares at a price of $100, and when 20% of the company's shares or 30% of the shares are acquired, this option is provided to shareholders, and if the acquirer buys 51% of the company's shares, the option can be implemented, so that the shares in the acquirer's hands can be effectively diluted...... Our board members are staggered in terms of term, which prevents the acquirer from controlling the board...... With so many precautions, I'm sure that even if someone hits our company's attention, it will be carefully considered. ”

After thinking about it, Alan Hassenfeld also felt that he seemed to be too sensitive, with so many anti-takeover precautions, it stands to reason that no one would easily touch Hasbro, everyone is in business, why lose both.

Alan Hassenfeld smiled slightly awkwardly and ordered: "Al, then you let people keep an eye on the stock market, and make a plan to protect the disk, and if necessary, choose a suitable time to execute." ”

"Well, I've arranged for someone to do it. CEO Al Verikchar nodded and agreed.

"Al," Alan Hasenfeld remembered his own headache, "Do you have any good ideas for Hasbro's next steps?"

CEO Al Verikchar's face darkened, and he shook his head gently, he didn't sleep well last night, and finally came up with a solution, and reconsidered it in the morning, and found that it was still not appropriate. He was going to hold a seminar after returning to the company, but something went wrong in the stock market, and it was delayed. He decided to start the seminar as soon as possible, after all, this is about the future of Hasbro, they have to carefully work out a feasible plan, and they must ensure that there will be no more Star Wars toys, so as to ensure that Hasbro can get out of the current predicament and have a chance to continue to catch up with Mattel, otherwise the consequences will be worrying.

An hour later, at 10:45 a.m. local time in New York, the 15th floor of the Pennsylvania Hotel......

Soft music wafted from the luxury suite, the occasional keyboard tap or mouse click, and the occasional short ringing from one or two phones. Sitting on the sofa, Mak-kin was enthusiastically rinsing the tea set with freshly boiled water, and Thomas Karinsk's mood suddenly became nervous, and he kept taking out his mobile phone to see if there were any missed calls as he walked around.

"Tom, don't dangle around like that. Mai Jiajun, who was sitting on the sofa, greeted: "Do you want to come over for a cup of tea, Anxi Tieguanyin from Fujian, China." ”

"Oh. Thomas Karinske absentmindedly agreed, still lingering.

Mak Ka Jun flipped over the two cups, poured the freshly brewed tea from the teapot, and then raised his voice and beckoned again, "Tom, come and have a cup of tea." ”

"Ahh

Mai Jiajun looked at Thomas Karinsk's windy figure with a smile and shook his head helplessly.

At the same time, about 140 kilometers from New York, Bridges Avenue in Philadelphia......

Terry Gilliam pushed open the door of his shop on the high street, ready to go to the software store next door to buy two sets of games to kill time, and just walked down the steps, he suddenly heard someone call him: "Hello, Mr. Gilliam!"

The voice sounded familiar, and Terry Gilliam turned to see a smart-looking man in a black suit and carrying a briefcase smiling at him.

"Are you?" Terry Gilliam wondered, why did this man sound a little familiar as he didn't seem to have seen before.

The man in the black suit saw Terry Gilliam's face full of confusion, so he reminded him loudly: "Mr. Gilliam, I called you yesterday, my name is Dean Acheson. ”

"Oh~" Terry Gilliam suddenly realized, he remembered that he had received a phone call last night, saying that he wanted to discuss with him about shareholder voting proxies, in fact, he didn't quite understand what the person said, but thinking about it anyway, he didn't have much to do on weekdays, so he agreed to meet today, but he didn't expect the other party to really come, no wonder the voice raised just now has a little familiar feeling.

Dean Acheson took two steps forward, reached out and shook Terry Gilliam's hand, and then invited, "Mr. Gilliam, why don't we find a place to have a cup of coffee?" ”

Terry Gilliam thought about it, when he came out to buy the game just now, he had already instructed John, who was looking at the store, to come out and do something by himself, and he was ready to go back for a while, and he was ready to pick a game. Since this Dean Acheson was going to invite him to coffee, it didn't hurt to go and pour it, and he wouldn't have anything to lose anyway.

Thinking of this, Terry Gilliam nodded, and agreed to Dean Acheson's invitation. The two walked together to a café diagonally across the street, where Dean Acheson was very talkative and good at choosing topics, and just by crossing the street, he became familiar with Terry Gilliam's old friend, and could even call him "Terry" directly.

Coming to the café and sitting down, the two of them each ordered a cup of coffee, Dean Acheson took a sip of coffee and got straight to the point: "Terry, as far as I know, you bought about 14,000 shares of Hasbro stock......"

"What do you mean, Mr. Acheson?" said Terry Gilliam.

"Terry, don't be so nervous, I'm here to talk to you about Hasbro, there's a situation I don't know if you've heard, Hasbro is likely to face huge losses this year. Dean Acheson smiled and said.

"What does this have to do with you, Mr. Acheson!" said Terry Gilliam's vigilant mood still did not relax.

"Terry, the coffee here is really good. Dean Acheson took a sip of his coffee and deliberately changed the subject first to ease Terry Gilliam's nervousness before explaining: "My client has also bought a lot of Hasbro stock, and he was very worried when he heard that Hasbro is likely to face huge losses this year, so he asked someone to inquire, and it is said that the Star Wars toys developed by Hasbro last year were not selling well, and the backlog of products from more than ten warehouses could not be sold." My client is worried, but he can't change anything on his own, so I want to invite enough shareholders to put pressure on Hasbro to change the situation and recover the investors' losses. ”

Terry Gilliam didn't really know much about stocks, and the reason why he bought Hasbro shares in the first place was entirely the result of the recommendation of his stockbroker Jim Toth, who also said at the time that the company had not been listed for a long time and had very good development prospects. Last year, it looked good, but who would have thought that the stock suddenly fell in the first half of this year, and it has not risen back yet, Terry Gilliam scolded the unlucky agent on the phone, but the stock situation has not improved, and now he heard Dean Acheson's statement, he understands why Hasbro's stock has fallen this year.

Seeing the change in the expression on Terry Gilliam's face, Dean Acheson pretended to be casual and said again: "By the way, I heard a news when I came that Hasbro's stock fell again after the market opened today. ”

"Dean, is this true?" Terry Gilliam was so anxious that he even changed his name.

"It should be true, I heard from the client, he was in a hurry. Dean Acheson shrugged and said, "Terry, if you call your agent, it should be clear." ”

Terry Gilliam nodded, turned sideways and beckoned, calling the waiter in and asking, "Do you have a phone here?"

The waiter pointed his finger and said, "There's a phone at the back door." ”

"Thank you!" After saying that, Terry Gilliam hurriedly ran to the back door, picked up the phone and dialed the familiar number: "Jim, it's me, Terry." How's my stock going today?"

"Aha, Mr. Gilliam, that ......" came the voice of Jim Toth on the phone.

"Stop talking nonsense, talk about the situation!" said Terry Gilliam, dissatisfied.

"Mr. Gilliam, the stock market always goes up and down, and a temporary trough does not mean an eternal trough......" Jim Toth felt that his foreshadowing was almost over, so he told the truth: "The price of Hasbro is now 11.2, which has fallen by 6.67 percent, but Mr. Gilliam ......"

Jim Toth muttered behind Terry Gilliam didn't listen to a word, he remembered that "it fell by 6.67 percent" and "11 pieces of two", and he still remembered that when he bought it, Hasbro's stock was still more than 30 yuan, and in less than a year, more than 500,000 became more than 150,000, which is too much change.

"You liar!" Terry Gilliam yelled at the phone, then hung up angrily and walked back to his seat in a rage.

Listening to the busy tone coming from the phone, Jim Toth snorted softly, muttered, "Hillbilly", put the phone back in place, then stood up, greeted a man who looked like a successful person who had just walked in the door, and asked with a smile: "Sir, what can I do for you?"

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