170. Business in the shadows

Jim Ann smiled, his smile making Metershaw feel very kind and warm.

"Actually, I'd like to tell you about it, but I feel that if I tell you suddenly, it won't seem abrupt, yes, Mr. Metshaw, you know what kind of person Dopombe is."

Jim settled, waiting for Metshaw's nod.

Sure enough, Metshaw nodded.

"Dopombe is a typical independent ruler, so he is also afraid of being purged or suddenly overthrown, and I took the lead in negotiating with him many times with the congressional supporters of my parliament......"

After Jim'an's ramblings, Metershaw no longer doubted, but convinced that he was fighting for a cause worthy of respect.

Jim'an smiled and bared a mouthful of white teeth, "Mr. Metshaw, I wish us a happy cooperation. Although everything is going on in secret now, we can't take Dopombe Masamu lightly, and I'm going to let you first hold a powerful position in the Madofu when you go back. ”

Metershaw looked embarrassed: "I'm afraid my father still doesn't agree now." ”

Jim An was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help patting his head, "Look at my memory, you are now the backbone of our secret front, and this cannot be exposed." ”

The two talked intimately all afternoon, and it was not until late evening that Jim'an left.

Since Jim Ann was the first black man to enter Metshaw's apartment, and at the same time stayed in it for a long time, it naturally attracted the attention of Ji Mo Lin, and when Ji Mo An's car left, Ji Mo Lin had already arranged several cars to follow Ji Mo An and them on different road sections.

Jim Ann didn't know anything about that.

When Vladimir got his hands on Jim'an's picture, he felt that it was a big deal, and he was able to spend an afternoon chatting with Metershaw in his apartment, either as a real friend or as someone from Nial.

By feeling, Vladimir still leaned towards Jim Ann being a native of Nial.

To this end, he asked Ji Molin and his troops to monitor Jim An in two ways.

This time, because the place where Jiman lived was relatively remote and there were few residents, especially the police station, Chernov successfully set up a pseudo-base station near his house.

……

Vladimir spent nearly a week in the United States, and except for a day or two when he had to go to the family business's office in New Zealand, he would go to his girlfriend's house every day.

Over time, Mr. Douglas also began to have a series of in-depth discussions with him, from politics to economics to man and nature.

Douglas is a doctoral supervisor at Aso University, and he is also quite knowledgeable, so every time Vladimir chats with him, he always receives a reward from the system, although most of the time the reward is only a fraction of a tenth, but after receiving the reward, Vladimir feels that his thinking and horizons have inadvertently broadened again.

Regarding the knowledge related to the election of the old man of the United States, he has almost become an expert from a layman.

His girlfriend, Yoon Poplar, is also helping his uncle, Mr. Trupp, pull up the ballot near New Zealand.

I have to say that Yin Fupola is a killer feature, and her appearance made many previously wavering voters begin to lean towards Trupp.

Trupp is indeed a nationalist, and his campaign slogan is "Give me twenty years, and give you back an elite country." ”

Vladimir also went to see Trupp's speech on site before returning to Wheelton.

This guy's eloquence is excellent, coupled with extremely exaggerated body language, so that Vladimir can't help but think of a homonym at once: betel nut with cigarettes, mana is boundless.

Trupp, who is standing in the middle of the stage right now, belongs to the kind of mana that is incomparable.

I have to say that Trupp's slogan has well enveloped the hearts of the middle and upper classes in the United States.

After a speech, although Trupp was sweating profusely, almost every audience at the scene couldn't help cheering for him.

And he likes to enjoy the worship of the people.

Vladimir can't even help but have a feeling that maybe the next boss will be Trupp.

After staying with his girlfriend for more than a week, Vladimir did not wait for Vasily and Kara to fly straight to Wheels in the morning local time in New York.

As soon as he returned to his office in the Empire State Building, the presidents of the group pounced like bees.

The second quarter will end again, and as is customary for the ADG Group, they are required to report on a quarterly basis.

In fact, for Vladimir, he does not care about the processes in the middle of each company, he cares about profits.

Generally speaking, the companies with the most profits are ranked high when they report.

The first is Mr. Ford, the president of the jewelry company.

Ford reported a profit of $250 million in the second quarter, unchanged from the first quarter.

However, Vladimir is very pleased with the reason for the flat, that is, in the second quarter, "forever" jewelry has opened branches in seven cities, including New Vietnam, Barri, Edo, Modu, Duolunduo and Cairo, and they have used part of their profits for the construction of these branches.

Take the branch of Modu as an example, the store covers an area of 1,500 square meters, and the rent per square meter is about 30 yuan per day, that is to say, the rent of the store alone is nearly 50,000 yuan per day, and it is 1.5 million yuan a month.

They signed a three-year contract with the shop, and the rent alone amounted to 50 million.

That's just the cost of renting a shop, and the salaries of nearly a hundred employees.

……

Ford finally analyzed that according to the current sales of a total of eight jewelry stores, there is no problem with their profits exceeding $400 million in the third quarter, and this $400 million is the minimum guarantee.

When Vladimir heard about it on the spot, he directly set a profit target of $600 million for Fotty, and at the same time, he also motivated the employees of the jewelry store through profit dividends, once it exceeded $600 million, giving them 30% of the profit for every 10 million.

If Ford can make a profit of $800 million in the third quarter, that is, they can get a 30% dividend on the basis of $200 million, which is calculated to be $60 million.

With such policy incentives, Ford is naturally very willing to do it.

As soon as Ford left, Mr. Wilton, the president of the airline, also came in.

In the first quarter, the airlines contributed $120 million in profits after only two months of operation, and they thought that their profits would exceed $200 million in the second quarter, but Wilton told him that their profits in the second quarter were only $100 million.

And this $100 million does not include the cost of Airbus materials worth 20 million.

Vladimir was surprised that he actually lost money?

You must know that because Bruce's handle is controlled by them, many golden flights have been added by their airlines, such as Lundun to New Zealand, to Dubai, to Barri......

"Why is there a loss?"

Wilton looked so embarrassed that he almost cried, "Boss, intimidated by the Golden Moon Organization, flights have been reduced now, and now the aviation union requires each flight to be equipped with no less than ten safety officers, and every flight cycle must enter the factory to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the aircraft. ”

In Yingguo, the power of trade unions is so great that they can organize a strike of workers in any industry.

"Check what?" Vladimir didn't expect the Yingguo trade union to be so troublesome.

"Check whether the aircraft has been dismantled by humans to prevent terrorists from planting bombs."

Vladimir angrily knocked on the table, "Shet, this damn Golden Moon." ”

"Well, that's enough to make it difficult for you."

Wilton said: "Thank you boss for your understanding, we will also work with other airlines to put pressure on the police, the current security policy is too harsh, and starting next month, the fuel fee will also increase, and it will be about twenty dollars more expensive per ton than before." ”

Twenty dollars may not seem like much, but considering that the annual fuel consumption of airlines is calculated in 10,000 tons, it can be tens of millions of dollars in a year.

The prospect of airlines is a huge headache for Vladimir, in fact, the Golden Moon organization has not carried out terrorist acts so far, but just a few of their threatening words have cost the entire European economy at least hundreds of billions of euros.

After Wilton left, Richardson, the president of the short video platform, also came in to report.

Short-form video sites are still in the red, losing $300 million in the quarter, just eating up the profits of airlines and jewelry stores.

Vladimir has long known that the short video site is still in a state of loss, but compared to the huge loss of $300 million, he is more concerned about user traffic.

Richardson told him that there are currently 1.2 billion users in the world, of which more than 500 million are active according to the popularity, with an average of more than three hours a day, and more importantly, they have cooperated with an agent in Huaxia to create an app called "Kuaiyin" for billions of users in this country.

Except for a few functions that are different from those they use, the rest of the functions are no different.

"At present, the average daily user growth is around two to three million."

"We plan to invest another $1.5 billion in platform fees in the near future to vigorously promote it."

……

Aldowski, the general manager of the Imperial Hotel, was on a business trip abroad, and Ms. Jenverny, the deputy general manager, came to report.

Jenverie is a beautiful and elegant lady, as a hotel industry, one of the unspoken rules is that the number of female employees is more than men, and the external conditions of these women are excellent, take Jenverny as an example, a height of 1.7 meters, a convex and backward figure, with a decent professional suit, everywhere will make people look twice.

Naturally, Vladimir also looked at it twice.

But he swore he had only looked at it twice, and he didn't have any crooked thoughts at all.

The Golden Moon organization has brought about a decline in the business of airlines, but on the other hand, it has promoted the rise of hotel profits.

Generally speaking, the occupancy rate of hotel rooms at 70 to 80% is already very good, but the Imperial Hotel has recorded 100% occupancy rate for three consecutive months, and this kind of occupancy must be booked in advance, otherwise it will not be able to stay at all.

So this quarter, the total profit of hotel rooms, restaurants and shopping malls also reached a staggering $250 million, more than double the first quarter.

"By the way, I'll have to leave a few presidential suites next week." Suddenly, Vladimir remembered that Trupp was coming to Lundun the next week.

Naturally, the Imperial Hotel, which is safe and comfortable, is the first choice for Troup.

(The review started at seven o'clock in the morning, and it was continuously rejected as a last resort, and a thousand words were deleted, including Jim Ann's conversation with Metershaw, Trupp's wonderful speech, I was going to be tortured by .asxs. and went crazy, I hope you understand)