"That's right, Vice President Al Gore has a lot of experience in politics, and we are very optimistic about him internally, but there may also be uncertainties, after all, there are more than 10 months before the presidential election day, right?

But it would be great if Gore could have your support, because people like you, and they will support the people you support.

Just give me a cup of coffee, it's really tiring to take the car, but luckily the view of the bay is beautiful, the location of the company's headquarters is awesome, and the view is great. ”

Old Mr. Byron said with a smile, sitting on the sofa by the window, and crossed his legs.

The two chatted briefly, and the topic was mainly focused on the recent collapse of the Internet industry, and there was nothing the official could do in the face of such a situation, but listening to the meaning of Old Byron, it seemed that corporate taxes and M&A taxes would be temporarily reduced, which made Han Xuan a little interested.

You don't have to worry about corporate taxes or anything, the annual profits of those Internet companies are pitiful, counting all kinds of huge expenses, not only do you not have to pay taxes when filing taxes every year, but you can get a large amount of consumption tax rebates from the government, on the whole, the tax system in the United States is really good.

Han Xuan is concerned about the Internet industry merger tax exemption policy, every time there is a big economic crisis, in order to promote economic recovery, there will always be some policy support, there was an economic crisis in the eighties, because the policy support led to a vigorous wave of mergers, he secretly wrote down this matter, if those preferential policies are promulgated, the next can save a lot of money.

Miss Olivia brought the brewed coffee, and put it in front of the two without saying a word, without disturbing them, the topic went around and around, but it never talked about Time Warner Group, Han Xuan was not in a hurry, and Old Byron couldn't bear it first.

He picked up his cup and took a sip of his coffee at the moment, and asked as if he were very casual, "What's going on between you and Time Warner?"

I've heard that Time Warner's stock price plummeted today, and they're blaming you for it, and there was a negative press about you last night, and I've met with their board chairman a few times, and if it's not too much of a problem, I can help you resolve the conflict. ”

Knowing that this was probing his own tone, Han Xuan smiled and said: "I don't have a big problem with Time Warner Group, I think the future of this company is very good, so I persuaded several shareholders to sell their shares to me."

You should know that the industries of Time Warner Group can be combined with some of my family's existing industries, and the company's current liquidity is so large that there is no place to invest, so I have taken a fancy to Time Warner Group.

Within their company, many people prefer me to manage Time Warner, after all, the benefits of my company have always been very good, and the old chairman of Case seems to be very unhappy about this, but it doesn't matter for the time being, I will soon get a controlling stake.

He may retire at that time, and if you have a good relationship with him and feel that my actions have hurt him, then I can only say sorry, this is the decision of the directors of my company.

I've lost billions of dollars because of the negative press about Time Warner, and I've invested tens of billions of dollars in Time Warner, I've started the acquisition program, and they've cost me a lot of money, and it's impossible to stop.

Business is business, and I think Mr. Byron should understand that......"

These words are enough to show Han Xuan's determination to acquire Time Warner Group, and the elder Byron decisively gave up the intention of persuading him to stop the acquisition, of course, it is impossible to come to the door as a lobbyist without knowing anything.

He knows what happened to Han Xuan and Time Warner Group these days, and he also understands that Han Xuan has indeed lost billions of dollars, not hundreds of thousands of dollars, or millions of dollars, but billions of dollars!

This level of business is not something that old Byron can interfere with, hearing that the opening is billions, tens of billions of dollars, Mr. Byron seems to be unmoved, but in fact, his heart has long been unable to calm down, billions, tens of billions......

Sitting in front of Han Xuan in person, the more he could feel the terrifying energy of this Chinese teenager, and at the same time, he clearly found that the old Chairman Case faced such a person, and the chance of winning was very small, so he considered the countermeasures all the way, and all of them were held back in his stomach, and he had dealt with businessmen for decades, Byron summed up two experiences, one is that the idea of the super-rich cannot be shaken, and the other is that never meddle in the business between the rich.

Especially helping businessmen who are at a disadvantage, there is a big risk in this, big enough to make a party editor retire early, there are a lot of politicians, and the charm of money is eternal......

"I understand what you mean, you don't have to worry about it, I've only met him a few times, and the relationship is not very good, since you have lost so much, you should try to recover your losses."

Han Xuan has recently lost a lot of money, so much that Byron Sr. feels terrible, so he wisely dissociates himself from the chairman of the board of directors of Time Warner Group.

What makes him feel even more terrible is that even if Han Xuan loses so much money, his worth is still terrible, and he mentally agrees with the phrase "there is so much money that there is no place to invest", hundreds of billions of dollars in cash, and it is really troublesome to find a suitable investment area.

After a brief consideration, he simply opened up the topic and said to Han Xuan: "You should know that several media under Time Warner Group are very important to our party, especially when the presidential election is about to be held.

Many in our party are concerned about this, and if this is dealt with, I believe that many shareholders within Time Warner will be willing to support your acquisition.

Many of those people are close to us, and if possible, I believe they will change their position, after all, you are better at business than Chairman Case, and no one will dislike your money, right? ”

After hearing this, Han Xuan couldn't help but smile on his face, this time Mr. Byron acted as a microphone between himself and the Donkey Party, maybe Chairman Keith also asked him to help.

Since the wind on the Donkey Party's side has changed rapidly and has begun to seek cooperation with itself, it means that Time Warner Group and the Donkey Party have been forced into a very embarrassing situation, otherwise they will never admit defeat easily.

This morning's plunge, the sale of shares by many shareholders, and the frenzied buying of retail shares have forced their leadership to consider what will happen if they lose Time Warner, and they are paving themselves in advance.

Finding that they extended an olive branch, Han Xuan would also be a man, and said to Mr. Byron with a smile: "Please rest assured, I am not a member of the Donkey Party, but I am not a Republican either."

In the morning, we had communicated with the president and reached an agreement on the acquisition of Time Warner Group.

I am a businessman, so I naturally want to see my business expand, and I will support whichever party has a favorable proposition in my favor.

The friendly relationship between Time Warner and you will not change, and I can assure you on that that that this is my promise to the president. ”

Byron didn't know that Han Xuan had spoken to the president before, as a party editor, he had enough strength to speak in front of the president, and if the president wanted to realize a certain idea, he would definitely not be able to avoid the majority party leader and party editor, and if it wasn't for the position, he could even concurrently serve as the vice president of the United States.

I probably understood what Han Xuan meant, and found that Han Xuan wanted to keep the Times Group neutral, just like ABC TV, it was not the best result, but it was by no means the worst situation, as for the idea of interest exchange, this was the unspoken rule of mutual assistance between American politics and business, and the use of Time Warner Group as a sounding board in the past was not carried out for free.

Nodding, Mr. Byron said with a smile on his face: "As it should be, I believe that in the future we will agree on some points, and in return, the bill on the tax reduction policy for the Internet industry will be discussed in the parliament in the near future."

I believe that after a new round of mergers, some outstanding Internet companies will be born and increase the influence of our United States in the world.

The President's information superhighway plan is best known only to Vice President Al Gore, who is already in charge of policy arrangements in this area, and I believe that his hands will be very beneficial to the recovery of the Internet industry. ”

There is only sugar coating, no cannonballs, and maybe the cannonballs are still hidden in the dark for the time being, but at least in the process of this conversation, Han Xuan has an absolute advantage, and I believe that Mr. Byron, the party editor, is very aggrieved, because he has no hole cards that can be confronted when facing Han Xuan.

Han Xuan wanted to laugh a little in his heart, when he talked about the annexation tax exemption policy just now, he didn't deliberately control the micro-expression on his face, he didn't expect that Old Byron really caught it and gave it to him as a gift from the donkey party.

I am even more determined to win Time Warner Group, and at this moment I feel that it doesn't matter if I pay a little more, if I get a controlling stake in Time Warner Group, then it means that for a long time, both parties will be stammering themselves, which is really great.

He continued: "Vice President Gore is really good, there is no candidate of his strength yet, I remember that the approval rating is as high as 60 percent, right?

For now, he just needs to be himself, and when he needs my help next year, I can give Vice President Gore some support.

It was a pleasure to talk to you, Mr. Byron, my company is in short supply of such a competent staff member as you, and when I retire, would I like to be my advisor? ”

Hearing this, Byron suddenly smiled, most companies send money to politicians like this, and the Han family is famous for its generosity, and nodded decisively and said: "That's great, I'm happy to continue to do something for society after retirement......"