Chapter 431, Forty Percent and Seventy Percent
Burke's reply didn't come quickly. When Burke reappeared, Brooklyn turned out to be a little nervous.
"Seventy percent." Burke stretched out his hand and gestured to seven, and said.
"Including positions such as prosecutors, courts, etc., priority is given to Harvard students. Harvard Council members are involved in industries that require exclusivity, and you need to make sure to help Harvard Council members exclude other companies in the industry. ”
"Don't think it's seventy out of ten. Seventy percent of the asking price is for someone else. Harvard won't take you a penny. How about Harvard take care of all the troubles for you? Compared to 170 million, Harvard's sincerity is very sufficient, right? Brooklyn shook her head
"I'd better make it Jerusalem." Whether Brooklyn is dissatisfied or not, he must return the price, which is called negotiation.
Burke was not surprised and waited patiently for the following.
"Prosecutor, it is impossible to transfer these positions in the court, I can give Harvard students a chance to ensure fair competition, but I will not give them positions directly, there is an old saying in the East that it is better to teach people to fish than to give a fish, you should cultivate the ability of Harvard students to adapt and survive on their own, instead of preparing everything and feeding it to the mouth."
"No position will be ceded."
"Seventy percent of the share is also impossible. Thirty percent at most, that's the bottom line. I don't care where the money goes, or whether you put some of the money upside down to solve the trouble, or if you save money by being on a budget. That's your problem. "After a pause, Brooklyn said
"You probably don't realize how much there are in thirty percent."
"New York's GPD last year was seven trillion dollars, and that's just last year's amount. We have cleaned up New York, and we will continue to ensure that New York is clean, tidy, comfortable, and safe, update basic transportation facilities, eliminate gangs, D goods trade, and restrict the use of guns and controlled knives. ”
"New York will be more attractive in the future, combining the freedom and openness of the Federation with the security and comfort of the East, far from being comparable to London and Shanghai. The New York of the future will be truly the center of the world. "Brooklyn is full of confidence and his voice is sonorous.
Burke didn't move, he shook his head indifferently
"That's the future, and after risk assessment calculations, there is less than a 1 percent chance that the future blueprint you are talking about will be realized. Brooklyn, we should be realistic. Thirty percent is too low, since it's your trouble, you should show real sincerity. ”
"That's my sincerity." Brooklyn shook her head
"We've cleaned up New York completely, and now New York is a blank slate, and I'm talking about the future, and it's time for your risk assessment team to change."
"In Brooklyn, you can't eat alone." Burke warned
"You are not willing to cede the interests of the market, but you also want to occupy the interests of the government, and you don't want to take risks, there is no such good thing in the world."
"So I'm working with Mr. Governor and Mr. Director." Brooklyn replied with no seriousness
"Please don't think of the three of us as one." With that, Brooklyn sent a text message to Winston asking him to contact the Republicans and try to make an offer.
"Looks like there's no need to talk about it." Burke shrugged and habitually began to pick on Brooklyn.
"You're too short-sighted. We can only see the immediate benefits, but not the longer-term benefits. Maybe you suffered a loss this time, but you know the people who solved the trouble, and your network has broadened, and the next time you encounter trouble, you won't be as at a loss as now. ”
"And you're too stingy with profits, and you like to eat alone." Burke commented
"Maybe it seems to you that New York is something that the three of you have worked so hard to clean up, and you have done your work, and you deserve more in return, and they are just making a phone call, or even just talking about it, and they shouldn't take too much." Anthony, who had been quietly listening to the bargaining between the two, suddenly interjected at this time
"I think Brooklyn is doing a pretty good job."
"It's good to protect your own interests and those of your allies and maximize the interests of the group. If you don't protect the interests of the group, do you want to be a fool and send money around? ”
"The trouble was originally created by them, and they solved the trouble they created and collected money, isn't this a fraud?"
"What is the difference between threatening and intimidating Brooklyn and crushing them without them having enough to eat, and a mob charging protection money?"
"It makes no difference." Burke Road
"They have this qualification, Brooklyn doesn't, so he can only obediently pay protection money, or he will be kicked out." After a rebuke to Anthony, Burke said to Brooklyn
"Brooklyn, you have to play by the rules of the game. If you don't abide by the rules of the game, no one will play with you, and only by abiding by the rules of the game can you integrate into this huge group, and someone will be willing to play with you and take you to cooperate. Brooklyn was about to say something, when the phone on the table suddenly rang.
Brooklyn gestured apologetically to Burke and Anthony, and got up to get his phone. Mark Milley Aldington.
What was he calling for? The phone was still ringing, and there was no sign of stopping. Brooklyn beckoned to Bob, who had come over and pointed to the two computers and the water glass.
"Help me find a quiet lounge." After giving the order, he went out with his mobile phone that was still ringing.
"Brooklyn." As soon as the phone was connected, Mark Milai said directly
"I heard you're in trouble, and someone offered a seventy percent offer?" Brooklyn was silent. It was not surprising that the news from the upper echelons spread so quickly.
"We offer forty percent, and some detailed requirements have been sent to your mailbox." Mark Mie said
"Take a good look, we can still talk about the details."
"I don't want to negotiate with the sales manager of the arms dealership." Brooklyn quipped. The Confederation has been fighting wars since its inception, and some wars are not necessarily fought by the federal government, but by arms dealers and the military.
It is said that war is an extension of politics, but this sentence is not very applicable in the Federation, where war is actually an extension of the economy.
Brooklyn said that Mark Millay was the sales manager of the arms dealership, but in fact he was not only talking about himself, but also including the military group represented by Mark Millay, who believed that they were all workers who stood up for arms dealers and sold them.
"You should take a look at our conditions first." Mark Meelai was very professional, and in the face of Brooklyn's sarcasm, as if he hadn't heard it, he continued to negotiate it.
"We are more sincere than politicians, and we don't pick out words and play word games like politicians, we mean what we say and have a good reputation." Speaking well, Bob had already chosen a room, and even thoughtfully prepared a plate of doughnuts for Brooklyn.
Brooklyn followed Bob into the room, told Bob that he could come here to find him, and closed the door.
Opening the mailbox, an email from Mark Milai lay quietly inside. Open the email, and Brooklyn takes a closer look.
Mark Mie is right, the military is indeed sincere. The email details and categorizes information on land, oceans, ports, sewerage, drinking water, education, urban planning, energy, factories, and more.
The mail carefully demanded each category, carefully demarcating the line between what the military wanted to occupy and what belonged to them in Brooklyn.
Clearly organized and distinct! This email is really sincere.
"Or you can reach a verbal agreement, we will help you solve the trouble first, you think about it, and the share can be negotiated again." Mark Milai waited for a moment and said.
They seem urgent? Brooklyn was suspicious. Now it's really time crunch Brooklyn.
"The official business is over." Mark Mie said
"Now for a personal matter."
"Private?" Brooklyn was even more confused.
"Brooklyn, for your advice." Mark Milai held up a finger
"If possible, try not to get too close to people in the Pentagon."
"I love what you're doing in New York, and how you think about New York, and not only I like it, but a lot of us like it." Brooklyn sensed the danger.
"Sorry, I have two meetings here." Brooklyn made an excuse, put the phone down, and went back to the Harvard conference room.
"The military offer, forty percent." Brooklyn said directly
"They said they could talk, and Sancheng could accept it."
"And they have made meticulous planning and division in all aspects, at least let me see the sincerity, at least they put more energy on facilitating the deal, instead of thinking about cheating the alliance like you!" The military wants 40 percent, and it can even be discussed, which shows that the military only needs 40 percent of the cost to solve this matter, so it seems that the cost of Harvard to solve the trouble will only be lower, and it is impossible to occupy 70 percent at all.
Whether Burke Forsman is for Harvard's more than forty percent, or for the sake of individuals, Brooklyn sees the gap.
Burke is indeed clever, and he can indeed strategize and win thousands of miles away, but so what?
He said that he was narrow-minded and short-sighted, but why not himself? At this moment, Brooklyn suddenly felt that Burke was nothing more than that, and that he was not worth fearing.
"I'm making it very clear, I'm making a profit, and I'm making a profit from Harvard. It seems that you do not agree with this view. Brooklyn said.
Anthony said suddenly
"Wait, Brooklyn."
"I've reached out to John, and he's going online." Brooklyn looked at Anthony in some surprise.
The last time Brooklyn was in Burke vs. Anthony, he also took the initiative to bring in John, but he let John Manning act as the host and referee, maintaining order in the meeting and letting the participants speak in an orderly manner, instead of turning the meeting into a shrew scolding street.
This time was different from this time. Anthony asked John Manning to go online, and the timing was cleverly chosen.
It was when it had just been confirmed that the league with Brooklyn was against Burke, and Brooklyn was unhappy with Burke.
Even stuck at a time when Brooklyn and Burke were at a fundamental disagreement. The timing he chose was different from that of Brooklyn, and it was very similar to the timing that Burke chose.
When Burke drove John away, the timing was also particularly accurate. Anthony looked like a smiling and kind old man.
Burke quickly realized that something was wrong. The main reason is that Anthony chose the timing too well. What time is it?
He has just had a fundamental disagreement with Brooklyn, one believes that Harvard is Harvard, and the individual is an individual, and cannot be confused, and the other believes that the boundary between the individual and Harvard is not clear, and the strength of the individual can also help Harvard in turn.
He had just quoted seventy percent, an offer that was much higher than the actual price, which was debunked by Brooklyn. There really isn't an exact 'cost price' for this kind of thing.
It's not like a store where you can't get a concrete estimate of the cost of production. How much is a sentence worth? Which is more important than the Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security, and what is the value of each other?
There's no comparison. Therefore, seventy percent is not actually a false report. It's just that I didn't expect the military to come out and mix in, I didn't expect the military not to be with the big guys, but wanted to sit at a table alone and eat alone, and I didn't expect the military to offer such a 'real'.
With the comparison of the military's forty percent quotations, seven achievements seem to be too much, and it seems that he Burke is really falsely reporting the price and taking the opportunity to eat kickbacks.
In the competition of the three, whether intentionally or not, whether it was a mistake or not, Brooklyn has left him and stood with Anthony.
To make matters worse, he's pretty much cleaned up Harvard...... John Manning was held back for two reasons, one was not to put Harvard in turmoil, and the other was to trade with Burke, in exchange for Burke cleaning up Harvard, leaving Brooklyn with an excellent environment to take over.
Now that Burke's 'job' was done, he was of no use to John Manning.
What Harvard needs now is not a big move, but pacification, a recuperation. Compared to Burke, it is Anthony who is more suitable.
Thinking of this, Burke looked up at Anthony.
"You want to get rid of me?" Burke asked. Anthony nodded, full of honesty
"I didn't succeed last time because you were still useful, and John needed you to clean up the tumor."
"Now that the cancer has been cleaned up, you are again deceiving John's designated successor to have such a big conflict with him." Anthony pointed to Brooklyn
"Now is a good time to get rid of you."
"Also, you really should listen to other people's opinions." Anthony smiled a little in amazement.
"Brooklyn suggested that we look at the history of the East, and I did, what about you?" Anthony raised his chin and said
"I haven't finished reading it yet, and the content in it is very profound, it's hard to understand, sometimes I don't quite understand why they do that, but I understand a truth, the old people are a lot of doubts."
"You jumping up and down, the old man doesn't like it at all."
"What are you looking at?" Brooklyn couldn't help but ask curiously. Anthony replied with a smile, a little smug
"Bloated Dynasty!" Bloated dynasty? Brooklyn was immersed in Anthony's lame accent and looked confused.
Burke let Anthony taunt and remained silent. For him, it was a test. Anthony's move came as a surprise.
Soon, in the midst of Anthony's stumbling narration, Brooklyn finally reacted to what he was talking about a bloated dynasty, and John Manning joined the meeting.