Hardy Empire 1945

  Chapter 186 "The Hardy Group"

  The scandal incident has caused NBC Broadcasting Company’s position in the eyes of the audience to plummet, and it is not a matter of a while to promote it again.

at the same time,

  The demonstration did not stop until a week later, and Columbia TV’s reputation was also affected to some extent due to the poaching incident.

  ABC took the opportunity to secure the top spot among the three major TV stations.

   Hardy’s revenge.

  Fighting opponents to improve oneself can be described as taking both sides into consideration.

  But this is not over yet.

  Henry is still in action.

  On NBC TV, he bought a planner and an editor, and on Columbia TV, he bought a text secretary and a reporter.

  These people can provide him with a lot of intelligence information, such as the projects that these two TV stations are currently working on, and the internal affairs of these two companies.

  Sometimes a small breakthrough can cause a company to suffer a major blow.

The   HD Security Intelligence Office has expanded its functions now. Hardy’s request for them is to develop into a multi-functional intelligence department that can collect intelligence, spy on secrets, secretly investigate, track and counter-track, and establish an intelligence network.

  There are already some similar agents and spy organizations.

  Buying the staff of the other TV station is more effective than digging corners. Hardy will know what they have in the first time and can completely respond to them.

  For example, in the past few days, Columbia TV is preparing to open up new programs and find the Broadway Theater in New York, hoping to broadcast their performances.

  Broadway theaters were a little tempted, but they did not promise them the first time, but on the second day, ABC TV signed a contract with the Broadway Theater in New York, which will broadcast ballet, opera, and musical performances here in the future.

  Columbia executives received news that the angry president wanted to curse.

   But there is no way, they have already signed a contract.

  The reason for signing the contract so quickly is that Hardy found the old godfather, and the old godfather found the relationship and communicated with the high-level parties of Broadway Theater, which made it so smooth.

The war between the three TV stations ended with a big victory for ABC. The two TV stations originally wanted to catch up, but they stepped into the mud pit before they even started and planted a dog to chew the mud. It might be even more difficult to stand up and continue chasing. .

  The development of ABC TV station is very smooth during this period, and the audiences of various programs have responded well.

  TV shopping is getting more and more prosperous.

  Andy reports to Hardy the gains of this period.

   "The 5,000 motorcycles previously acquired have all been sold out. Although the price is cheap, our purchase price is low, and the total income is 126,000 US dollars."

   "Because of the fire on this motorcycle, the motorcycle factory has also received a lot of publicity. I asked someone to publish a small article in the newspaper, introducing the future of the motorcycle factory, and the stock price of the motorcycle factory has now risen."

   "We originally purchased 58.3 shares of the motorcycle factory. At that time, the investment was 140,000 US dollars. Now the value has risen to 520,000. Boss, do you want to keep the shares of the motorcycle factory?" Andy asked.

  Hadi waved his hand, “You can make your own investment decisions, when to buy and when to sell, you can make your own decisions.”

  The importance and recognition of the boss, Andy was very moved.

   "Good boss, I understand."

  Andy went on to introduce that they not only bought shares in a motorcycle factory, but also a dozen factories including clothing factories, shoe factories, hair dryer factories, and chocolate factories.

  The things that are sold on TV shopping these days are the products of these manufacturers. A 5-hour simulcast has a very obvious promotional effect, so the stock prices of these places have increased to varying degrees.

  Andy calculated it carefully. At the beginning, he invested about 1 million, and now he can sell the shares to 3 million.

  Achieve 300% profit in a short time.

"Das Kapital" says that with 50% profit, businessmen dare to take risks; with 100% profit, they dare to trample on all human laws; with 300% profit, they dare to commit anything. Crime, even risking hanging.

  Now Hardy has done it without risking being hanged.

"Boss, some big brands have found us now, and they also hope to open a few TV shopping. The conditions offered by the TV station are advertising fee + sales commission. The advertising fee is $30,000 per session, and the sales commission is the selling price. 30% of it."

  Hadi said in his heart, isn’t this the mode of selling goods through live broadcast by internet celebrities in later generations?

  “Now we can’t accept all the goods. The main reason is the inconvenience of picking up the goods. It’s better to have special counters in shopping malls in various cities, or where there are sales shops in various places. Customers can go to the store to pick them up. We can’t cooperate if there is no point of sale.”

   Hardy knows that in the future, live streaming will bring goods so fast, mainly because of the logistics, but now it is far from reaching that level.

  This reminds Hardy of the idea of ​​building a large logistics supermarket.

  If there is a large supermarket in every city, it is equivalent to the establishment of countless transfer centers. Customers can go to the supermarket to get the goods for TV shopping, so as to truly realize national sales.

  The profit will definitely be higher then.

  Finally, Andy said about stock investment. He has been a stock expert for several periods. Through the influence on the stock market and capital operation, the original investment of 1 million has now reached 1.6 million US dollars. This profit rate is already very high in the stock market.

  After that,

  Both of them relaxed, Hardy handed Andy a grilled cigar, and the two of them smoked the cigar.

  Andy took two breaths:

   "Boss, I have a suggestion."

"you say."

   "I think you should establish a group company." Andy said.

  Hadi's smoking action.

   "What do you think?" Hardy said.

"You now have dozens of industries, and the management has been very loose. It can be said that each is doing its own way. Each company reports to you independently. You have a lot of experience now and can manage it. However, your future career ratio will inevitably be bigger and bigger. When it can’t be taken into account, it is very necessary to set up a group company to manage the industry under your name.” Andy said.

Hardy reborn himself in this world. His energy is different from that of ordinary people. He rarely feels tired and his memory is much stronger than before. Although he can’t reach the memory, it’s almost the same. There are so many industries, but he hasn't felt a little strenuous so far, so he didn't consider getting a group company.

  However, he will inevitably take that step in the future. Today Andy puts it forward, and Hardy feels that it can be done now, and it is only good for him.

   and so on, the establishment of a group company, the management is more standardized, even if the boss does not interfere, it can still operate normally.

   Then you can let go and do more other things.

  For example, a certain company has four to five hundred companies under its name, and others have groups and subordinates, so it is easy to manage.

  "Your suggestion is very good, Andy, you are responsible for the establishment of the group company. Please ask me if you have any questions." Hardy said.

   "Good boss." Andy took the task.

   "Now I have a question for you. What do you think our group is called? It will be much easier to do things after you have a name." Andy said.

   Hardy didn’t think much.

   "Let’s call it Hardy Group."

  Meyer informed the MGM board of directors of the news after discussing the acquisition of shares in ABC TV with Hardy.

  The board members of MGM are very interested in being able to participate in ABC. In addition to the recent ABC's popularity and profitability, it can definitely be regarded as a high-quality investment.

  But when Meyer said Hardy’s offer and request, the board members felt that Hardy’s offer was too high.

   "We cooperated with ABC to develop a film library and help them produce programs, which is also a big improvement to ABC. 20% of the price is 15 million. I don't think ABC has such a high value." A director said.

   "The shares of the Los Angeles Times are also very valuable to us. If we only sell it at the current stock price, I think it will be low." Another shareholder said.

  Meyer said heartily, at this price, I still agreed to Hardy's condition, and he only agreed to give him the chairman of the Actors Guild.

  These people will only say that the purchase is expensive and the sale is low. Shareholders all over the world only want to make money, and no one considers the difficulty of the operator.

  I am tempted by ABC shares, and tempted to open a casino, but I don’t want to pay. How can there be such a reason in the world.

After meeting the board of directors, Meyer communicated with Hardy, and Hardy smiled after hearing this, "My Hardy Hotel is about to open. Then you will bring MGM directors to attend, and wait for them to see this business. I believe they will be tempted by their profitability."

   "Okay, I will definitely be there when that happens." Meyer agreed.

  Las Vegas Hardy Hotel will open soon.

  Now all the facilities have been completed and have reached the best design condition.

  Hadi has stepped up its promotion efforts. ABC TV broadcasts the casino's promotional video every day, and it also indicates the countdown.

  In order to be able to take customers to Las Vegas, Hardy also asked to register a passenger transport company to open a passenger line from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, and purchase 20 coaches, one every half an hour.

  Hadi’s friends all received his invitation.

  There are Los Angeles officials, Hollywood stars, and entrepreneurs who have cooperated with Hardy. The preliminary statistics have reached about 500.

  Hadi Hotel also has shares in the Corleone family. Mike will also come by then, and there will be local officials from Las Vegas. I believe it will be very lively by then.

  Las Vegas in October.

  The temperature during the day is about 28 or 9 degrees. It can be said that the climate is pleasant. At night, it is 15 or 6 degrees, and it is very cool. There is little rainfall this month, which is the best season of the year.

  Two days in advance, he sent a large number of HD security personnel over to fully ensure safety and order.

finally,

  The opening day has arrived.

  Today’s weather is clear and sunny.

morning,

  An HD airliner flew to Las Vegas non-stop, and the shuttle bus parked in the downtown area of ​​Los Angeles was also full of people. The Hadi Hotel advertised so well that many people decided to play in the past and use it as a trip.

  Wait until the afternoon.

  Hadi Hotel has gathered nearly 3,000 people, including officials, celebrities and ordinary gamblers. Fortunately, the casino has a large area and there is no problem in receiving these people.

  Guests, some can't wait to sit on the gaming table, and some are playing with friends in the amusement area.

8pm.

  The guests walked to the courtyard.

  The ribbon-cutting ceremony officially began. Hardy and Mike invited several people with identities to cut the ribbon together. When they finished the ribbon-cutting, a firework bomb flew into the sky in the next second.

  Bang~!

  Huge fireworks bloom instantly, like fire trees and silver flowers, illuminating the sky of Las Vegas.

   Then countless fireworks lifted off.

  The gorgeous and colorful images of Las Vegas.

  People looked at the fireworks and cheered. After the firework party, Hardy shouted: "Friends, guests, I hope everyone has a good time and everyone can make a fortune."

  Gamblers swarmed into the casino, and the real carnival began.

All the women are here tonight, Ava Gardner, Elaine, Han Yezhen, Heidi Ramah, Taylor came with her parents, Hardy did not accompany them, let them play by themselves, he still has a lot Greeting important friends.

  The hall is extremely lively.

In addition to slot machines and various gaming tables, there is also a betting game. Two dollars is a bet. Each bet gets a number. You can bet more. It’s no problem for one person to buy 10,000 bets. The prize is drawn once every two hours, and whoever wins Take away all bonuses.

certainly,

  Casino rake and taxes cannot be less.

  Hadi also thought about the future lottery, but it’s not appropriate to move here now. Gamblers don’t have that much patience at all. They prefer to draw money directly, and the main purpose of the casino is to retain and stimulate customers.

On the    sign, there are now more than 11,300 dollars in the prize pool. After all, there are many people here today, and many of them are rich people, who don’t care about these dollars.

  2 hours have passed, the casino blasts music and the lottery starts.

For the sake of reality and fairness, Hardy asked him to make a glass lottery device. The gambler and the prize pool each had one small lottery ticket. The lottery tickets were drawn by blowing and inhaling. What if you draw 5 tickets at a time? , Until the only one is drawn.

  This one is the big prize~www.novelmt.com~ Many people pay attention to the lottery here. The manager personally came on stage, took out the only lottery ticket from the prize sucker, and quoted a set of numbers.

   "Ah~~!"

  A woman screamed.

  She won the lottery.

  This person is not a star or a politician, but an ordinary gambler with friends. She only bet $2, and she did not expect to become the biggest winner.

  This is more than ten thousand U.S. dollars, enough for an ordinary person's salary for 5 years. This girl can be said to be rich overnight.

  The girl excitedly came to the stage to accept the prize and received a few thick stacks of bills. In order to realize the fact that there are more bills, Hardy let people use the 10 dollar bill to pay the prize.

Hardy instructed Elaine, who was accompanying him: "Let someone take a few more photos, ask about the girl's situation, ask a reporter to write a beautiful manuscript, publish it in the newspaper tomorrow, and let ABC News report it too. this matter."

  Ordinary women won a grand prize of 10,000 yuan in Hardy Hotel with two dollars. I believe this news will stimulate more people to come to Hardy Hotel.

  (End of this chapter)