Brad thought for a while and said: "This matter is completely full of conspiracy, and even we haven't figured out the situation yet, but the speed of the media is actually faster than our internal one, and the reaction of the Wanwan government is also very strange, our RCA is their largest export factory, affecting tens of thousands of jobs, and they actually say that it will be closed, which is too inconsistent with normal logic." ”

"Someone is targeting us?" The blonde secretary said.

"Yes, otherwise it can't be said, the people who target us must have a lot of influence, otherwise they would not have been able to use such a big media power to hype up this matter at the same time, and also persuaded the Wanwan government." Brad said with a frown.

"Ding Ding Ding" The phone rang, and the blonde secretary hurriedly walked over to answer the phone, but soon her face changed greatly, and after a while, she hung up the phone, and Brad hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The blonde secretary replied: "He was just the director of the executive department, and he was notified by JPMorgan Chase Bank that due to risk considerations, JPMorgan Chase Bank asked to recover the $160 million loan we owed them, and at the same time, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs just announced that they have downgraded our stock ratings, from holding to wait-and-see, and the stock price is expected to fall soon." ”

"But I really didn't want anything." Brad frowned and said: "It doesn't matter if the stock rating or anything is left in the first place, as long as this matter is resolved, the stock price will come back sooner or later, but JPMorgan Chase's debt collection is the most troublesome, and once something goes wrong, it is easy to cause a chain reaction." ”

$160 million is not much for RCA, which holds NBC TV, and it is less than the net profit of the TV station for a year, but this is a dam opening, once it is repaid, then what if other banks follow suit? And if you don't pay it back, if this knot is spread out, I'm afraid it will cause panic among all creditors, the consequences are unimaginable, although the probability is not high, but you still can't bet, which enterprise has to rely on the bank for development, debt is a normal behavior, but this brings risks, once forced to debt, even if the company is not finished, he will be a professional manager will finish.

"So what now?" The blonde secretary asked.

"Tell me about Vice President John of JPMorgan Chase, I need to talk to him in person." Brad thought for a moment and said.

"Okay." The blonde secretary nodded.

Time flies like a white horse, what happened in the United States, Chen Zhiwen has only been watching the play, he did not participate in any behavior, until a month later, several companies under the Morgan consortium jointly acquired 25.6% of the shares in the hands of RCA and officially entered RCA.

"Henry, congratulations, on becoming the ruler of one of the three major television stations in the United States." In the Hong Kong Hilton Hotel, Chen Zhiwen smiled and met the Henry Morgan who had just arrived from the United States.

"Thank you Eric, if you hadn't come up with this idea, I wouldn't have imagined that I would be where I am today, you know, before I came to Hong Kong, I had a meal with President Reagan at the White House, and the Secretary of State invited me to play golf in Washington, D.C., which I never dreamed of before." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

Although he also knew President Reagan before, it was before the election, and after the other party became president, that status was completely one day and one place, although the president of the United States is for the capitalists, but not the top capitalists, they are not qualified to mix in this circle, and now, with NBC, he seems to have become one of them.

"With this relationship, plus NBC, it will be much more convenient for you to start other businesses, and our cooperation will be smoother." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile that in his alliance, there is one more character with American television, so many things are too convenient, such as the prime-time advertising he needs, which can be easily obtained, and before, it was a special time for the world's top 500 competition.

The only pity is that you can't control it personally, but it is impossible for you to control the big TV station in the United States with your yellow appearance, the strong ceiling of capital, and the country behind it, the United States is currently the global leader, and only American capital can infiltrate other countries at will, and it is almost impossible to do the opposite. Of course, except for the future at home, it is impossible for American capital to enter sensitive areas, which is also one of the fundamental reasons for friction and decoupling in the future.

"I came to Hong Kong, but I just want to cooperate with you, otherwise I will go crazy with the loan pressure." Henry Morgan said helplessly: "The board of directors of RCA has agreed to sell the TV business. ”

"Didn't your family help you a lot?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile, Henry's acquisition of RCA this time, in fact, Chen Zhiwen did not support a lot, mainly provided some in the early stage, and the main funds for the acquisition still came from loans.

"The family has helped me a lot, but the family's money is also loaned to me through formal bank channels, depending on the relationship between the family, at most the procedures are not complete, the interest is a little lower, but I still have to pay it back." Henry Morgan said.

In this world, brothers have to settle accounts, not to mention family members, although the family supports their own acquisition of RCA, but it is not free sponsorship, not even interest-free loans, at most it is strong financing support, but this is normal, Henry Morgan also refuses to hand over the RCA shares he originally acquired, if it is handed over, then the Morgan family will definitely support it more, but in this case, NBC TV is the family's, what does it have to do with Henry Morgan?

"That's okay, RCA's TV business, you don't need to keep it, sort out the relevant information as soon as possible, and then we will evaluate a price and trade directly, which can reduce the economic pressure in your hands." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

He put forward the whole plan, the most fundamental purpose is RCA's TV business, which is already a sunset industry for American brands, for Chen Zhiwen, but it is fragrant, not to mention to obtain such a large market in the United States, it is so much technology, put it in China, it will inevitably win a large share in the future, and the TV business, American technology is not comparable to Japan, and the US Department of Commerce will not have any restrictions at all, as long as it does not affect employment too much.

"Okay, that's not a problem, but RCA still has a lot of business, and I only learned the details recently, are you interested?" Henry Morgan said again.

"Forget it, I don't want it, you better sell it to someone else." Chen Zhiwen hurriedly shook his head and said.

Before the advent of tech giants, in fact, all companies in the world liked to diversify, because when a large company develops to a certain scale in its own industry, it is difficult to continue to expand, in this case, they will go to other fields.

Some will take advantage of their advantages in the industry and then enter similar businesses, while others will inexplicably expand and start unrelated fields, of course, there are mergers and acquisitions. There are many such companies in Hong Kong, and the same is true in the United States.

RCA belongs to the latter, and has a lot of businesses, in addition to the most well-known NBC and color TV salesmen, as well as aviation business, carpet business, medical equipment business, construction-related business, etc., in the original history, after General Electric acquired RCA, it also left an NBC, and the others were all sold subsequently.

When the business is getting bigger and bigger, the company will inevitably go to the expansion route, although Chen Zhiwen has a lot of business, but most of the business is clear, only to overcome electronics, food and beverage, infrastructure, real estate, retail, trade, automobiles and parts, other small industries, basically give him he don't want, if there is a future, most of the direct investment, the future from the stock profit on the line, too bloated company, will only lead to future internal friction.

"Okay, if you don't, then I can only find a buyer in the United States." Henry Morgan was not surprised, he actually probably guessed the result, this was just a polite question, after all, he was able to have all this today, thanks to Chen Zhiwen.

"I have asked several heads of Midea and Red Bull in the United States, and their advertising contracts are currently within the deadline, and it is estimated that they will not begin to expire until June at the earliest, and at that time, I will arrange for them to go to NBC to find your subordinates, so that we can reach a long-term mutually beneficial cooperation with each other." Chen Zhiwen said again.

"No problem, I'm sure I'll give you a big discount." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "It's the same on my side, some prime-time advertisements are also limited by contracts, and some of them will have to wait until a few months, but the time is about the same." ”

"That's good." Chen Zhiwen nodded, the advertisements of the TV station are also booked in advance, especially this kind of big TV station, and Henry have reached a cooperation, so that their products have a strong publicity channel.

"The economic account is easy to calculate, that is, Wanwan's side, in order to hype and crack down on RCA, we have speculated on this matter to the whole people, and now that RCA has acquired it, it is not good to just end it directly." Henry Morgan frowned again.

"It's a problem, you can only try to compensate, you can't change the groundwater in Taoyuan City, and the gods can't do it." Chen Zhiwen shook his head slowly and said.

How did the Morgan family help Henry acquire RCA, which must involve the struggle for power in the American business and political circles, and even Wanwan must have been given very favorable terms, otherwise it would be impossible for Wanwan to cut off his largest factory, he doesn't know the details, and he doesn't want to know, he just needs this result.

But on the Wanwan side, the pollution has already been caused, and there will inevitably be victims in the future, and since Henry has acquired RCA, he naturally needs to bear this responsibility.

"I've talked to the people over there, but it's actually them, and I don't know how to deal with it." Henry said.

"This kind of thing is indeed the first case in the world." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, it is very common for large factories to secretly discharge pollution into the river, but it is very rare to discharge it into the groundwater, and this is the only one thing that makes such a big fuss, this is simply a matter of cutting off children and grandchildren, and fortunately, the pollution of the TV manufacturing plant is not very large, if a large chemical factory plays like this, it may really ruin a radius of 100 kilometers.

"What do you think?" Henry asked.

"As for compensation, I can't say for the time being, but you can always monitor the local water quality and crops, and you can entrust this matter to a local company, and the rest can only wait for a few years to see the local anomaly." Chen Zhiwen said again.

The wood is already in the boat, and all that can be done is to monitor more, and now that the long-term sewage discharge has been interrupted, then the loss of the people of Taoyuan City must be much smaller than in the original history.

"That's the only way to go, set up another fund, and then activate it if there is an abnormal situation, I will negotiate this matter with the Wanwan government, and then we will trade RCA's TV business." Henry Morgan said again that he would not leave this kind of thing to Chen Zhiwen, and he also knew that his identity as an American would be better to deal with this matter.

"Okay, that's enough, and we've achieved our goal." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said with satisfaction.

Although he basically didn't participate in the whole thing, and most of the things he was able to accomplish were due to the Morgan family, he also got what he wanted, plus an ally who owned NBC, which can be said to be earned in blood.

Of course, Henry Morgan earns more, not in terms of money, but in terms of influence.

"In the future, I may not be so idle, our family means that I will personally manage NBC, it doesn't matter, at least I must know what the company is doing first." Henry said.

"That's actually right, you didn't buy NBC for money, which makes it inconvenient to find professional managers, but if you have someone you trust within NBC in the future, you can let it go appropriately." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, NBC's biggest resource is its influence, if Henry is not often involved in the company's operation, it is equivalent to giving up this largest resource, in this case, the Morgan family definitely disagrees, they support Henry, but they hope that NBC can become part of the Morgan consortium.

"That's all I have to do, and I need to learn it slowly." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "After I get acquainted with NBC, RCA's bunch of businesses are sold, then we can buy some newspaper media companies according to our previous plan." Which ones do you think are more suitable? ”

"In my own company, I just set the direction, as for how to do it, it's all up to my subordinates, and it's actually the same for you, the more media companies you can acquire, the better, but how to expand is what you should do." Chen Zhiwen said. He really doesn't know this, if you want to become a media tycoon, you need to have a certain vision, similar to Murdoch, otherwise, you can only guard a TV station.

A month later, after Henry Morgan reached an understanding agreement with the Wanwan government on what terms, RCA sold the global business of RCA's color television sets for $630 million, including the Wanwan RCA factory, three major factories in the world, a sales terminal network throughout the United States, two technical research centers, thousands of various patents on color televisions, and so on.

(End of chapter)