Three days later, Shangguan Xiaobao was able to raise enough funds and handed a check with two million written on it to Zhao Chen, who identified it and signed his name and handprint on a loan contract.

After all, this is not a small amount of money, even if Shangguan Xiaobao believes in Zhao Chen, he must be careful, so he has this loan contract.

"Uncle Shangguan, how is the investigation?"

Zhao Chen carefully put away the check, if he lost it, it would disrupt his plan, for convenience, the nature of this check is a bearer check, which means that anyone can use it if they get it.

"In the past three days, I have asked about it, and most of the publishing houses have no intention of selling, and only two medium-sized publishing houses that are not doing well have the possibility of acquisition!"

Shangguan Xiaobao obviously made a lot of effort and put a piece of paper in front of Zhao Chen, on which were written a bunch of names, operations, and estimates of the publishing house!

Zhao Chen picked up the paper and looked at it a few times, most of the publishing houses were crossed, only two were not determined, and they were the two publishing houses that Shangguan Xiaobao said.

"Uncle Shangguan, thank you for your hard work! But I still have to bother you to accompany me on a trip, if I can do this today, I must ask Uncle Shangguan to rub it well! ”

Zhao Chen's meaning is quite obvious, although he is already a celebrity in Xiangjiang now, he is not as good as Shangguan Xiaobao in terms of grade, not to mention that Shangguan Xiaobao has been in Chai Wan for so many years, and he belongs to the standard head snake, and it will make a big difference if Shangguan Xiaobao does not come forward.

"You kid! Forget it, there's no need to rub it, how can Fang Zheng say that I am also your subordinate, it doesn't hurt to accompany you on a trip! ”

"That's great, let's get out now!"

"Okay, then let's go to the nearest Galloping Horse Publishing House first!"

Galloping Horse Publishing House belongs to the old publishing house in Xiangjiang, with a medium scale, and it is only a few hundred meters away from the world's comic company, so it can be said that the two sides belong to the 'neighbors'!

Zhao Chen, a publishing house so close, naturally also came once, at that time, due to the creation of the world's comic company, in order to save costs, he was looking for cheap and high-quality publishing houses everywhere, and Galloping Horse Publishing House was so close, so he naturally did not let it go.

Galloping Horse Publishing House, because Shangguan Xiaobao made a phone call earlier, the boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House personally came out to receive the two and welcomed them in.

"You two should have something important to come here this time, do you want to change the publishing house and publish at your own expense? If this is the case, Galloping Horse Publishing House will definitely give your company the lowest price, as for the quality, you can absolutely rest assured! ”

The boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House is always a middle-aged man with a big belly, a round face, a square head, and a smile on his face, which looks quite like Maitreya Buddha.

This boss naturally knows Zhao Chen, seeing that Zhao Chen came over in person this time, accompanied by Shangguan Xiaobao, he couldn't help but be happy, in his opinion, Zhao Chen is simply the money bag of the industry, as long as Galloping Horse Publishing House can publish the magazines and comic daily newspapers of the world's comic company, then the profit can be said to be considerable.

Today's Galloping Horse Publishing House is no longer as good as before, business can be said to be quite light, there are more than a dozen employees in the huge factory, except for some who are working, the rest of the employees have no work, and can only stand aside and occasionally play and be lazy.

In this factory, there are all kinds of huge machines, and some books or periodicals are constantly being printed out and placed in cardboard boxes by several employees.

"Lao Hu, we're not here for this matter! Now there is a big matter to discuss with you, and this is a good thing for you! ”

Zhao Chen didn't speak, a commercial smile appeared on his face, he was far from Shangguan Xiaobao's opponent in terms of negotiation, so he naturally left it to Shangguan Xiaobao to deal with.

"Oh, I don't know what's a good thing? Hu is listening! ”

The boss surnamed Hu obviously showed a disappointed expression on his face, but he had been in business for so many years, and asked with a reluctant smile in an instant.

"We are here for your company this time, and we hope to be able to buy your company!"

Hearing Shangguan Xiaobao say this, the face of the boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House changed several times one after another, he never thought that Zhao Chen and Shangguan Xiaobao's plan to come here was to acquire Galloping Horse Publishing House.

This galloping horse publishing house can be said to be his lifeline, he has been doing this business for more than ten years, starting from scratch to achieve the current scale, although it is now declining, but he is naturally extremely reluctant in his heart, after all, this is his brainchild over the years.

But in the end, he also knows the current situation faced by the Galloping Horse Publishing House, to put it mildly, it won't last for a few years, unless it buys some equipment and lays off some employees, but at that time, the Galloping Horse Publishing House can only be regarded as a small publishing house, and the value is naturally very different.

"Two, let me think about it first!"

On the one hand, he is reluctant to work hard for so many years, and on the other hand, it seems that he can't help but sell, at least the buyer can always negotiate a good price when he comes to the door, which is much better than breaking the factory and selling it at that time.

The boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House's chest rose and fell, and after a while, he stretched out a palm and said, "You can sell it, but it can't be lower than this number!" ”

Zhao Chen and Shangguan Xiaobao looked at the fat palm and couldn't help but glance at each other, this price exceeded their psychological expectations, and was obviously above their psychological price.

"Lao Hu, your price is too high, can you get a little discount, you also know that the world comic company has not been created for a long time, and it can't come up with so much money at all!"

Shangguan Xiaobao saw that Zhao Chen didn't speak, so he had to show an embarrassed expression and said, the implication was naturally to reduce the price, after all, he also knew how much money Zhao Chen had.

"Alas, let's go, for the sake of Brother Shangguan's face for so many years, the price can also be negotiated! But after all, this is Hu's hard work for so many years, and he can't let me sell it at a loss! ”

With the words of the boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House, Shangguan Xiaobaoyan couldn't help but show a smile on his face, as long as he gave face.

The two have been in business for so many years, and the negotiation methods are naturally not bad, but no matter what Shangguan Xiaobao says, the price will eventually stay at four million, and the boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House will never continue to reduce the price.

"Alas, Lao Hu, we can't get four million in a short time, if the price is lowered, we can consider it!"

Shangguan Xiaobao sighed, the price of four million was not at all what Zhao Chen could take now, and seeing that the boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House still had no intention of reducing the price, Shangguan Xiaobao had no choice but to stand up from his seat.

Zhao Chen on the side was the same, with an expression that only Shangguan Xiaobao was looking forward to, and was ready to leave with Shangguan Xiaobao.

"Wait, Brother Shangguan, I can lower the price again, three million and eight million, what do you think? That's the lowest price. ”

Seeing that the two of them were about to leave, the boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House hurriedly said, but the price was only reduced by 200,000, even so, the boss of Galloping Horse Publishing House had a painful expression on his face.

"Lao Hu, we need to think about it, and we'll give you an answer after thinking about it!"

Shangguan Xiaobao only paused, and finally said such a polite word, and left the Galloping Horse Publishing House with Zhao Chen.

"Uncle Shangguan, what do you think?" After the two left the Galloping Horse Publishing House, Zhao Chen couldn't help but ask, he didn't know if the price was worth it.

"It's okay, it feels a little expensive! The equipment of the Galloping Horse Publishing House is a little old, and the factory building is rented, so it is not worth the price at all! Okay, let's take a look at Pioneer Press, and if not, consider Galloping Horse Press! ”

"Okay!"

Zhao Chen naturally has no objection, he is no different from a blind man in this regard, Shangguan Xiaobao is an expert, and it is impossible to pit himself, listen to him!

Pioneer Publishing House is also located in Chai Wan, but it is a little far away from the World Comics Company, and the address is located on the edge of Chai Wan.

For Zhao Chen, distance is not a problem, at most it is a little troublesome, and the most important thing is still the price. If the price is not negotiable, he can only buy the Galloping Horse Publishing House.

In addition to being much stronger than small publishing houses in terms of scale and personnel, medium-sized publishing houses also have a much deeper heritage, and their predecessors are often small publishing houses, which are slowly expanding step by step.

It is also because there are too many newspapers and comic companies in Hong Kong that so many publishing houses have been born, and there are nearly ten in Chai Wan alone, which can be said to be quite inflated.

However, in recent years, due to the large number of individual publishing houses, the more brutal the competition has become, and some publishing houses have begun to appear in the phenomenon of lack of success.

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