In the bar, White Night and Belmode came to a clean counter and sat down.

She wears a low-cut suspender, revealing her slender neck and fair skin on her chest. A pair of long patent leather bright high boots make the whole leg fairer.

"I haven't seen you for so long, and you still haven't changed at all!"

Bai Ye smiled.

"There's nothing to brag about." Belmode shook his long silver hair and said, "If you are envious, you will have a chance to do it if you lie on the operating table as an experiment." ”

"Hey...... Forget it. ”

Bai Ye sneered.

He added: "Is it really only experimental?" So didn't the distillery directly develop a 'frozen age drug'? ”

Belmode's actual age should be very large, because she was the same when she killed FBI agent Judy's father 20 years ago, and today, more than 20 years later, her appearance has not been at all, and Judy is called an ageless witch, still beautiful and charming.

If there is really a frozen age medicine, Bai Ye really wants to ask for a few for Tangtang and Andy, so that they will be so happy that they will let Bai Ye unlock the knowledge at will, and the person who finally enjoys all this is still Bai Ye.

"Is there a ...... Guess? ”

Belmode blinked.

White Night: "......"

"If you don't say it, forget it." Bai Ye said: "When I meet my good brother Gin again one day, I ask him to go." ”

"Don't spoil Gin." Belmode said: "Gin has little hair in the first place, and if you do it again, it will be completely gone." ”

"Huh?" Bai Ye became interested: "You mean to say that Gin is actually bald, but people want to maintain their cold and handsome image, so they use a fake long hair to decorate themselves, and in order to prevent being blown off by the wind, they simply use a hat to press it?" ”

"I didn't say that!"

Belmode hurriedly said:

"If you want to take off his hat, don't take me with you."

"As far as your relationship with Karasuma-san is concerned, are you still afraid that he will have a gin?" Bai Ye said: "I think that even if you take off his hat and make him bald, he won't dare to do anything to you!" If he dares to shoot you without Mr. Karasuma's order, it means that he doesn't take Mr. Karasuma seriously, and his loyalty to Mr. Karasuma is not enough, or why don't you try Gin's loyalty? ”

"Huh."

Belmodepi didn't smile and didn't speak.

She encouraged Bai Ye to try it, but she didn't expect Bai Ye to want her to try it, she didn't have such a heavy curiosity, and she died after trying carefully.

Although she has a high status in the distillery, when it comes to actual combat effectiveness, it is estimated that Gin is the first, and Rum is most likely not Gin's opponent, so she can't beat Gin, Gin is fighting with her, and the person who dies must be her.

At that time, even if Karasuma Renya wants to avenge her, she will die a long time ago, and she has a fart meaning.

"How is Shiho Miyano doing?" Bai Ye took a sip of Rum Cola, which is made of 50ml of rum + 100ml of cola + two slices of lime wedges + an appropriate amount of ice cubes, which is a cocktail with bubbles, with a soft, sweet and sour taste, and a unique tropical flavor of the Free Cuban cocktail: "Where is the research process of the elixir in your distillery?" ”

In the mouth, there is a faint chocolate aroma and a long aftertaste, which is very good.

"That little girl, hehe, it's still the same old look, doing things slowly, things that can be dragged have been procrastinating, resulting in the entire APTX4869 research and development process up to now, there is no movement, the boss is already very dissatisfied with her, and if it goes on like this, she will not end well."

A trace of anger flashed in Belmode's eyes, and he said lightly:

"You'd better prepare a coffin for her in advance."

Belmode has always been very disgusted with Miyano Shiho, and Bai Ye guessed that it was probably because, in the process of research and APTX4869 development of Miyano Shiho's parents, Belmode was one of the experimental subjects, and suffered great pain in it, even if Belmode obtained the age-freezing effect that ordinary women dream of, she still hated the Miyano couple, and after the death of the Miyano couple, her hatred was directly transferred to their daughter, Miyano Shiho, who continued to develop APTX4869, So in the entire winery, the person who wants Miyano to keep him alive is probably Belmode.

"Isn't it, it's so serious?" Bai Ye smiled: "Zhibao may have a lower emotional intelligence, but her scientific research talent is unique, graduated from Columbia University at the age of 18, with a double doctorate in chemistry and medicine, if she is killed, then where will the winery find a new suitable APTX4869 chief researcher?" ”

The reason why Hakuya and Belmode and Gin met them at the beginning was mainly because when Shiho Miyano came to school in the United States, the distillery and the Osborne Group reached a cooperation to develop the elixir APTX4869 together, so Shiraya and Shiho Miyano were the product of the marriage between the two families, deepening the connection, and in the process of interacting with Shiho Miyano, Shiraya also met Gin who came to protect her, and Belmode, who sometimes came to see the situation.

However, later, the research and development work of the distillery did not seem to go well, and they wanted the financial and technical support of the Osborne Group, but did not want to share the specific technology of the APTX4869 with the Osborne Group, and slowly, the two gradually fell out.

It is estimated that Norman Osborne also thinks that the elixir of life is such a thing, it sounds very funny, he just wants to cure the retro cell hyperplasia of the Osborne family, and he has not yet reached the time when he has any obsession with immortality, so when the APTX4869 of the distillery made all kinds of jokes, and after the elixir was researched into a poison, he slowly stopped believing in the strength of the distillery, and naturally broke off the connection.

Without the alliance of interests of both sides, Miyano Shihoshu was going back to Japan to continue his APTX4869 studies after reading, and Bai Ye naturally broke up with her.

Of course, Osborne gave up cooperation with the winery, and he didn't completely turn around, and White Night maintained a little private friendship with Belmode, well, it belongs to the kind of friendship that knows the roots.

"That stinky girl probably has this kind of thought from you, so she will have no fear." Belmode smiled: "It's a pity, everyone is turning when this earth leaves, and recently the organization has found a good bioengineer, as long as that stinky girl continues to toss, so that the organization can't bear it, then, replacing her is just a matter of time." ”

"Really?" Bai Ye was surprised: "Even if you can find a researcher who is not inferior to Zhibao, but Zhibao has been immersed in the APTX4869 for many years, and it is by no means that others can reach her level casually, and you estimate that you will waste at least 5 years." ”

"People who can't be loyal to the organization, even if they are capable, can't be used." Belmode said: "I also have to admit that that stinky girl has a bit of brains, so she is already guessing about the cause of her parents' deaths, and secretly took a lot of small actions, but still thinks we don't know?" Hehe, it's just looking for your own death. ”

"Then you did the death of her parents?"

Bai Ye asked curiously.

He's got it.

Atsuji Miyano, Shiho Miyano's father, is a pharmaceutical scientist. He is known in the scientific community as a "mad scientist expelled from the industry". I met Dr. Asasa at a presentation event, and expressed interest in Dr. Agasa's invention, and he was a very straightforward person. Together with his wife in the organization, he conducted research on the "secret drug for resurrecting the dead", died in an accident during the experiment (according to the organization's report).

Shiho's mother, Elena Miyano, was known as "Hell Angel", an Englishman. When he came to Japan from the UK to study, he met Atsuji and got married. With a melancholy and gloomy personality, Shiho's gloom is likely to be her genetics. She died with her husband, but from the tape she left for her daughter, it was clear that she actually cared about Shiho.

Although on the surface, the Miyano couple died in the fire after the experimental explosion, but Bai Ye thinks that it is most likely the hand of the distillery, because the things that the Miyano couple kept for Miyano Zhi are not very auspicious, as if they knew that they would die early.

"I don't know." Belmode shrugged his shoulders and said, "Anyway, it wasn't my hand, and I don't know the cause and effect." ”

Maybe Belmode knew, but she didn't want to say, she changed the subject without a trace:

"In addition to the stinky girl who is too smart, her sister who is in love is also absolutely amazing, that big stinky girl has no outstanding ability, her sister carries everything for her, and uses her scientific research ability to keep their sisters, so that she can eat the organization's funding and be an ordinary person and not work, but she deliberately made an FBI undercover boyfriend, and let her boyfriend step on her to become the organization's code name, and when Akai Shuichi's identity was exposed, it naturally led to a crisis of trust in the organization in their sisters, I really don't know what she thinks in her head...... Is it too comfortable to live in the organization because your sister is disgusted? ”

Bai Ye also thinks that Miyano Akemi is really a bit outrageous, for a boyfriend, or a boyfriend who is suspected of cheating on her feelings, she is willing to run away with her sister with the organization, her sister is so awesome, let her poke out such a big basket as Akai Shuichi can still save the two, at this time, she is not honest, she has to be for love, after Akai Shuichi was exposed and escaped, she was still unilaterally contacting Akai Shuichi, probably because love led to a decline in IQ, and she didn't realize that her actions would bring danger, and she was simply on the edge of the organization's patience. In the end, she was reckless, which made the organization unbearable for her...... It's a bit of a smart feeling.

It's okay to poke such a big basket, so for her sister's importance to the organization, didn't she know at first, and then she didn't know? Do you really think you can easily take your sister away on your own? As an older sister, she didn't discuss with her sister, she made a deal with the organization without knowing it, and she didn't think about what kind of consequences it would bring to herself and her sister if she failed, so she acted rashly, didn't she know what her sister's character was? I don't know who her sister has been working for the organization? After clearly perceiving that Akai Shuichi was undercover, she didn't report it, didn't break up, and continued to play love games with Akai Shuichi, if she didn't APTX4869 or a half-finished product, it would be equivalent to pit her sister to death, and the winery would never be soft on traitors and undercover agents.

In fact, after her death, Shiho Miyano was also included in the distillery's removal list, so he fed herself a pill with an almost 99% mortality rate, because of the 1% probability, she escaped by luck.

Seeing that the robbery she planned was quite successful, her brain is very smart, and she is a ruthless person in terms of planning ability, organization ability and courage, but unfortunately her brain is filled with water called love, and love brain is harmful.

"Forget it, if you don't talk about these things, it's not interesting to talk too much." Belmode said: "Let's be honest, I came to you this time for business." ”

"Oh?" Bai Ye smiled and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"There was a Blue Devil in New York before, right?" Belmode said.

Bai Ye nodded: "Yes." ”

"That armor on your body is also your Osborne's core scientific and technological work?"

"Of course."

"Good." Belmode said bluntly: "Our organization wants to buy a set of that kind of armor, can you make a price?" ”

Bai Ye shook his head: "I'm sorry, I don't sell it." ”

He had already guessed that after the matter of the Blue Devil armor was exposed, Osborne and him were estimated to become the sweets in the eyes of many people, and if they wanted to use beauty tricks to deal with him, Bai Ye Le Eel was easy to give, and those who came did not refuse, but if someone wanted to come hard, then Bai Ye would teach them what it meant to be really hard.

"Why?" Belmode's eyes widened, and he said, "I heard that an organization has made a purchase request to your Osborne Group, and you Osborne have made an offer. ”

"Because the other party is an official organization, selling things to them is the most normal transaction of money and goods, and Osborne can certainly make a price." Bai Ye said: "But your winery is a killer organization, if someone finds out, you take our Osborne Group's core technology Green Goblin Armor and go out to kill people everywhere, then what should we Osborne Group do?" Do you want to be charged with collusion with a terrorist organization? Although it is true that there is collusion between the two of us in private. ”

"Unless ......"

Belmode squinted: "Unless what?" ”

"Unless your winery is willing to offer us something of equal value in exchange." Bai Ye said: "Your distillery has been researching APTX4869 for so long, if there is really no result at all except poison, then it is impossible for you to invest so many years and use countless resources to fill this bottomless pit, so as long as you give valuable APTX4869 variant drugs and let us evaluate, then the Green Goblin Armor is not impossible to sell to you privately." ”

"I know that you Osborne have always had our organization's core technology in mind." Belmode spread his hands and said: "It's a pity, our boss is very close to this, he will never agree, take APTX4869 in exchange for the Green Goblin armor, one is a drug that is expected to lead to immortality, and the other is just a weapon that enhances people's strength, if it were you, how would you choose?" ”

"An immortal who doesn't have enough strength is just a pig." The corners of Bai Ye's mouth hooked up a smile, and said: "The most powerful killer in your distillery is probably Gin, and with the power of Gin, compared to the transcendent, which is more important?" You will keep the secrets of your APTX4869 all the time, but don't let the transcendents break into your lair by means you can't imagine, slaughter your high-ups, and hold the APTX4869 directly in your hands. ”

"Maybe it's a possibility, but that's not something you or I have to worry about." Belmode said indifferently: "Okay, I will report your conditions to the boss, as for what decision he will make, it depends on him, it has nothing to do with me anyway." ”

After purchasing the Green Goblin armor, the driver used by the distillery could never be her Belmode, so for her, this matter was just a simple task, and there was not much impetus.

"That's it, my mission is done, it's time to go home and sleep."

Belmode stood up.

"Then I'll send you!"

Bai Ye said without hesitation.

Belmode glanced at the white night, then walked out.

"Hey, hey."

Bai Ye smiled, if he didn't refuse, he agreed, a top scumbag like him naturally understood.

Following Belmode, the two went to a hotel in New York together.

"I'll go take a shower first." Belmodra lifted the suspenders, the clothes on her body slipped off, and she walked barefoot towards the bathroom, saying, "I just killed someone, and I smell some blood on my body, and I smell a little uncomfortable." ”

"Then let's wash together and save water resources, how precious is the clean water source now!"

Seeing the stitches in the white night, he seized the opportunity and squeezed into the bathroom.

“……”

After several fierce battles on the waterway, the two fell on the carpet of the hotel and slept for half the night, until in the early hours of the morning, Belmode got up.

is worthy of a person whose body has been transformed, and his recovery ability is much better than that of a small dish like sugar candy.

She lit a ladies' cigarette, took a puff, lifted her pants, and threw down $10,000:

"Keep in touch in the future."

Then he turned around and left the hotel.

White Night: "......"

"Made, is labor and management being prostituted?" Bai Ye took the $10,000 speechless and said, "And $10,000 is not enough, am I so cheap?" You'll have to add at least $10,000......"

……

When Bai Ye left the hotel, it was already early in the morning.

The hustle and bustle of the city gradually dissipates and is replaced by tranquility.

There is a faint fog in the streets and alleys, which makes the whole city look even hazy.

When Bai Ye came home, Tangtang was still asleep, and he didn't notice that Bai Ye had ever left.

Belmode can come to the second round, but she hasn't even had a CD from the first round.

Bai Ye shook his head and chuckled, hugged Sugar Candy, and fell asleep.

As time passed, the sky began to light up. At this time, the city is different again. The number of pedestrians on the streets gradually increased, and the vehicles began to get busy.

"Sugar candy, sugar sugar."

Bai Ye called her twice.

Sugar Candy pouted half-asleep, and then gently shook her waist, making her waist-to-hip ratio even more amazing, and also tilted her fair and plump buttocks towards Bai Ye.

This makes the white night a black line in his head.

"It's time for you to get up!"

Bai Ye slapped Sugar Candy's buttocks directly.

"It hurts!"

Sugar Candy sat up with a scream and covered her ass.

"It's already dawn, you forgot, you still have to catch a plane!" Bai Ye pinched Tangtang's cheek angrily and said, "You've slept all night, and you still want to lie in bed, what a little lazy pig!" ”

"What, it's not all my brother, you're embarrassed to talk about me." Tangtang said angrily: "I usually go to bed early and get up early, but every time I sleep with my brother, I have to supplement at least ten hours of sleep at a time, you say, who is to blame?" ”

"Of course it's your physical fitness that isn't good enough, who else can blame?"

Bai Ye flicked at the door of Sugar Candy's head and said with a smile:

"Okay, get up, I'll go and make you breakfast first, you're washed, and you can eat."

"Well, thank you, brother."

Sugar Candy stopped, smiled and kissed Bai Ye's face, and then put on her pajamas and jumped into the bathroom.

After breakfast, Sugar Candy changed her clothes.

Wearing a white T-shirt with a pattern, a yellow strap skirt, and a red chain bag with a cat pattern, it is very fresh and girly, and the color matching is also just right, showing a youthful and energetic beautiful girl atmosphere.

The big round eyes are really bright and bright, and at first glance, I feel like a little fairy who is descending to earth.

"Let's go!"

Sugar Candy took Bai Ye's arm and walked out of the door happily.

Arrived at the airport, in front of the private jet that Bai Ye had specially booked for her.

Her face fell.

If she really wants to leave Bai Ye for a few months, she is really worried, what if her position next to Bai Ye is replaced by another Xiao Bichi?

"Good girl, in addition to having a career line, a woman must also have a career line and be financially independent, in order to have personality independence, you go to Los Angeles first, and I will come to see you in a short time." Bai Ye smiled: "And we can keep in touch with the phone all the time, when you have time, just make a video call to me, it's okay." ”

"Hmm!"

Tangtang nodded unhappily, and before leaving, she wrapped her arms around Bai Ye's neck and gave her a wet kiss fiercely, until she couldn't breathe, she let go, and said a little reluctantly:

"Brother, come to me, when you come to Los Angeles to talk about work, you must come to me."

"Of course." Bai Ye touched Tangtang's head and said, "Good, do the right thing first, we will have a long time to come, and we will have time to be together in the future!" ”

Tangtang only dragged the suitcase helplessly, waved his hand with Bai Ye, and walked into the plane.

And Bai Ye waited until the plane took off, and when he was in the sky and could no longer be seen, he took the car and left the airport:

"Whew! I finally sent this sticky little ancestor away, and with Sugar Candy here, I can't spare much time to hook up with other little sisters. ”

"Boss, where do you go next?"

Bai Ye thought about it and decided to go to Ikana and discuss the problem of Sugar Candy with her, although he was relieved to send the little goblin Sugar Candy away, but the treatment of Sugar Candy must still be solved for her, and she can't let this little goblin be wronged in Los Angeles.

Manhattan.

A branch of Mercury Media.

"Why are you here?"

Ikana was busy and said:

"Hurry up and talk about something, I have a very important acquisition to talk about in a while, but I don't have time to fool around with you."

Bai Ye: "Acquisition? ”

"yes." "I asked Arthur Carter, the owner of The New York Observer, to talk about the paper's acquisition," Ikana said. Mercury Media is positioned as a media company, not a film company, so after spending seven or eight billion dollars to acquire several Hollywood film companies, there is still half of the start-up capital left, and I think it should be used to buy some newspapers with higher sex ratios to improve its industry influence, and "The New York Observer" is one of the good choices. ”

For more than 20 years, The New York Observer has been owned by its owner, Arthur Carter. Although the newspaper had a circulation of only 50,000 copies per issue, this did not affect its importance in the New York area. On the contrary, the New York Observer has long been a must-read for celebrities, literary and political circles, and it is one of the most acclaimed newspapers in the Manhattan area, with a high reputation and influence. It attracts many well-known columnists, and often interviews heavyweight celebrities, and its articles have a wide reprint rate. One of the most notable is columnist Candace Bushnell's "Sex and the City" column, based on which the popular series "Sex and the City" was based. ”

However, the New York Observer has faced its challenges in recent years. Due to the witty and witty style of writing, as well as the appropriate content of the report, the content of newspapers and periodicals can easily be converted into online texts and gradually dissolved into the Internet. According to the latest estimates, the weekly magazine is losing about $2 million a year, which is the main reason why owner Arthur Carter chose to sell it. ”

White Night blinked.

The New York Observer is a newspaper that White Night has heard of because of its relationship with Ikana, but ...... Wasn't this newspaper supposed to have been sold in '06, and why is it still there?

Belch......

Bai Ye thought about it for a while, and seemed to have discovered the truth, probably because he borrowed money everywhere, so no one took over this newspaper, so he has survived until now.

It's no wonder it's often said that a few flaps of a butterfly's wings in the Amazon forest can cause a huge storm in Texas a few weeks later.

Hey, Bai Ye felt embarrassed, and unknowingly, he sucked other people's luck again.

"But this newspaper is losing a lot of money, do you have the confidence to turn it into a profit?"

Bai Ye asked again.

"This kind of credibility of a newspaper has been turned into a huge loss, which is definitely a stupid comparison of the former boss." Ikana said unceremoniously: "When I knew that this newspaper had been losing money, I was so surprised that my jaw was about to drop, Arthur Carter would not make any money, and he cried poor while holding Jinshan." And not to mention how I relied on my ability to turn this newspaper into a profit, with the scale that our Mercury Media is about to reach, even if it relies on the industrial chain, it is enough to bring it back to life. ”

She raised three fingers: "Three goals: first, use the influence of Mercury Media to expand the brand effect of this newspaper, such as brand placement in the "Spider-Man" movie; Second, build and promote online distribution channels, you just happen to have a snap social software under your hand, and you can reach in-depth cooperation with this newspaper; 3. Provide more explosive news and information to attract more readers and advertisements. ”

"It seems that you have enough preconceived ideas about how to run this newspaper after the acquisition, so I can rest assured."

Bai Ye smiled and nodded.

Because of the rise of Internet media, "The New York Observer" has been seriously impacted, resulting in huge losses, but the Internet media has captured the eyes of young people and the future, while the words of "The New York Observer" have grasped the present, because the people who really grasp social resources are basically some conservative middle-aged and elderly elites, and precisely these people are the audience of "The New York Observer", so the acquisition of "The New York Observer" will cause de facto losses. However, it is a great improvement to the brand value of Mercury Media, and this acquisition, no matter how you look at Mercury Media, will not lose, it is a good business.

"Okay, then you're busy, I won't bother you for now." Bai Ye said: "It's good to have a meal together at noon." ”

"Wait." Ikana said: "Forget it, you stay, although it will definitely not be possible for you to help me do things, but your people are there, it is a living signboard." I go to talk to people about business, people don't know who I am, and the negotiation is unceremonious, but you are different, the head of the eldest prince of the Osborne family, but with the halo of nobility, when I talk about business, I have you next to me, and people quarrel with me, and they don't dare to speak loudly. ”

White Night: "......"

So I'm your negotiation mascot, right?

Okay, anyway, White Night is nothing to do for the time being, and it's not a big deal to be Ikana's mascot for a while, and Ikana is also helping him work anyway.

Seeing that Ikana was still busy, Bai Ye was fine, so she played two games and swiped Twitter on the sofa in her office.

Swiped a Tweet.

[I love my wife very much, I have been married for a few years, but she still ran away with the rich man, why? Is it true that feelings are worthless in the face of money? 】

Bai Ye thought about it and wrote a reply.

[Let me tell you a story - there is a golden key, inserted in an iron lock, and it can't be opened. Then an iron key came, and it was opened at once. The Iron Key said to the Golden Key, "Do you know why you can't open it?" Because I am the original match, no matter how noble your background is, you can't get her heart! The golden key said, "I'm just playing with it, what do I want her heart for?" Later, the iron lock still left the iron key. It turned out that it was the gold dust left in the keyhole that made the iron lock feel that the iron key was no longer worthy of him. 】

After about twenty minutes, Ikana's assistant came running and said that Arthur Carter, the owner of The New York Observer, had arrived.

Ikana hurriedly put down the work at hand and went to greet her.

Half a day.

Ikana led the other party to the negotiation room and met with Hakuya.

"Mr. Arthur Carter, this is our boss of Mercury Media, Mr. Osborne Jr., you should know."

Ikana introduced.

"Of course, of course, little Mr. Osborne is famous, how could I not know him?"

Arthur Carter warmly stepped forward to greet Bai Ye, he is a real estate businessman, the newspaper is just a product of diversification and interest, and by the way, he also uses the newspaper to advertise his family's real estate, and his worth is close to hundreds of millions of dollars, which must be very different from the Osborne family.

He looks very old, but his body is still very strong. The hair was gray, but it was neatly combed and not a trace of messiness. His face was weather-beaten, but not wrinkled, but exuded confidence and determination.

"Mr. Arthur Carter, it's a pleasure to see you."

Bai Ye also gave a smile to the face.

"Tiger father has no dog, sure enough, Mr. Osborne is powerful, and his son is by no means general, in a short period of time, he has earned this family business, which is much more than the money my old man has earned in his life, amazing!" Arthur Carter said with a smile: "If I can put half of my life's work in the hands of Mr. Osborne Jr., then I will die without regrets." ”

Cut.

That's nice, so why don't you just give me the newspaper?

Then I'll definitely take care of it for you.

The two sides sat down at the negotiating table.

In the center of the room, a long negotiating table was placed, covered with a dark tablecloth, on which various documents and materials were neatly arranged. On one side of the table, a large monitor was placed for participants to view important business documents and present data.

On the other side of the table, there are senior executives and members of the commercial representative team from both companies, meeting and discussing face-to-face in an attempt to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.

"Although I have nothing to worry about handing over the company to Mr. Osborne Jr., for the sake of so many employees in the company, I still have to ask President Ikana about it." Arthur Carter's face also became serious, and he said, "I wonder how Mercury Media will run the New York Observer if it takes over?" Will it try to change the status quo of huge losses with large layoffs? ”

"Even though I'm only 26 years old and don't have any experience in the publishing industry, I have two qualities that a publisher needs: good staff and curiosity about all sorts of new things." "In my opinion, The New York Observer is an excellent brand, it has an elite reading base, and it has the best editorial team. In this day and age, when most newspapers are either left or right, conservative or liberal, the New York Observer is just an 'observer,' and that's a fact. So in a short period of time, the personality of "The New York Observer" will definitely not change significantly. ”

"Secondly, Mr. Arthur, the big layoffs you are talking about are even more impossible, and they are very simple: if the toy is broken, play becomes a secondary thing. If I get involved in the editorial process, the newspaper loses its value, and it's entirely up to the editors and reporters to decide. I think editors and reporters are the greatest wealth of the New York Observer, the foundation and the heritage, so I can't mess around in this matter, and there must be a reasonable reason for layoffs. ”

Regarding the future reform of the "New York Observer", Ikana also briefly expressed some of her own opinions, which are not very subtle, but they are also reasonable.

"It seems that although President Ikanna is young, she has a unique and in-depth view of the newspaper industry." Arthur Carter sighed: "It has taken me 20 years and countless efforts to develop the New York Observer to its current size, and now, I can't afford it, but I also want to find a real suitable owner for it, and now it seems that I have finally found it." ”

Ikana's heart is also speechless, this old thing, opening his mouth is painstaking effort, and it has been more than 20 years at every turn, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than a means to raise prices, and it looks like the deep and righteous feelings that I entrust you with this newspaper, which is really hypocritical.

Well, in fact, doing business in the mall is so hypocritical, and honest people who can't turn their brains will only be eaten and wiped clean.

Ikana spoke, "So Mr. Arthur, at what price do you plan to sell your 20 years of hard work?" ”

"$10 million!"

Speaking of the price, Arthur Carter's eyes flashed with a bright light, and he did not hesitate to say the ideal price in his heart, and he looked at Ikana with a bright gaze, with a slightly sharp color.

"Mr. Arthur, you're too open-mouthed." Ikana said dissatisfiedly: "I remember that two years ago, you peddled "The New York Observer", but you didn't let go of the $10 million selling price, so after several buyers approached, they all gave up on the acquisition. Now two years later, "The New York Observer" has lost more than $2 million again, the advantage of Internet media has expanded again, and the impact on print media is getting bigger and bigger. ”

"Ahem." Arthur Carter coughed and said, "Business, the selling price I opened is not a counteroffer, President Ikana, then what price are you going to buy The New York Observer?" ”

Speaking of which, Arthur Carter regretted a little, in 06, a buyer talked about the price of 9 million US dollars, but he just felt that he was losing money, so he didn't sell, thinking, maybe in two years, his newspaper will turn around?

The fact is that the newspaper's losses are getting worse and worse, and it is estimated that even $9 million is impossible.

"$6 million."

Ikana said.

“……”

Arthur Carter is on the verge of vomiting blood, $6 million, that's too little, right? The price in his heart is at least $8 million.

"The price of $6 million is absolutely unacceptable to me, this is too insincere, so let's take a step back, $9.5 million, what do you think?"

"Impossible! At most, $6.5 million, the Osborne family's money is not blowing in the wind, and it is impossible to buy something worth it at a premium too much......"

Next, the business negotiation teams of the two sides began a wave of team battles, and saliva sprayed back and forth.

Ultimately.

For $7.5 million, the acquisition agreement was reached.

Since then, Mercury Media has acquired a newspaper with brand power.

And Bai Ye was scrolling through Twitter and saw three hell jokes:

For girls in Tokyo junior high school, the virginity rate fell below 50%; Japan's population growth rate is still negative, and elementary schools in many places are closed indefinitely because there is no source of students; Japan has the largest population growth rate among East Asian countries.

(End of chapter)