American Fortune Life
Chapter 86: The Newspaper Sector
After Andy's words, the office went into a strange silence, and Arthur Carter looked down at Andy and tasted the coffee with stunned eyes for a long time.
Smoking a cigar, Arthur Carter calmed his inner surprise, throwing up the smoke in his mouth, closing his eyes, thinking seriously about what Andy said, this young man's eyes, his analytical skills were terrible.
He and Robert, Judd, had two or three meetings about the acquisition, and they didn't communicate very well, and although Auston was his private lawyer, he didn't know that very well.
And it's incredible that this young man can speculate on the attitudes and thoughts of the other two regarding the acquisition of the Observer simply through limited information.
Andy's analysis was right, Robert's Tribeca Group didn't want to pay a dime, but repeatedly stressed that it would give newspapers a good future, would steam the newspapers, and Arthur Carter had basically ruled out Tribeca.
Without Andy's presence, perhaps he would really sell the newspaper to Judd KSN, he had some rapport with Judd's father, and he was very keen on Judd's future, young and talented, and a few real estate investments were very profitable and powerful, but it also showed that Judd was a standard businessman, all for the sake of making money, and according to Andy, Arthur Carter was pretty sure Judd would definitely reform the newspaper to become an entertainment tabloid.
Judd doesn't seem to be a good choice now, but Judd's offer to buy $7 million is one of the reasons he's upset. Andy would not hesitate to agree to sell it to him if he could give a good price.
Seems to have decided, Arthur Carter opened his eyes and said in a low voice, "Young man, you have succeeded in persuading me, so, Mr. Smith, at what price are you going to buy The New York Observer? ”
Arthur Carter's words relieved Smith's father and son. Auston really admired his son a little. Think about what he was doing when he was 21. Looks like he's still studying law in college, studying hard for a lawyer's license.
Andy frowned for a moment, and quickly analyzed in his head, the final price was $10 million, and Arthur's contact with Judd was just beginning, as Judd's home, and his starting quote should be between $5 million and $7 million, after all, the buffer zone that needed to be negotiated, no one wanted to be the culprit.
“Eight million. I'm willing to bid eight million for The New York Observer!” Andy bites his teeth in the dark and decides to take a chance. He'll never spend more money. A number comes up.
Arthur Carter's face didn't change, but he kept thinking, his psychological level was $10 million, Judd's bid was $7 million, and Andy's bid is now $8 million, which is a little different from his, but it's not unacceptable. After all, there are dozens of employees in the newspaper who still need to negotiate.
“Young man, after all, to sell the Observer, I still need to hear what the management of the newspaper has to say and ask for, you wait here for a moment.” Stand up and go back to the desk and hit the phone, "Annie told Pete, holding a management meeting in the conference room later. ”
“Auston, why don't you stay here with Andy? I'll be right back.” Arthur Carter picked up the suit on the hanger and put it on and said to Auston Smith.
“Okay, Mr. Carter.” Auston nodded and promised.
Watching Arthur Carter leave the office, Andy gets a little tangled up and apologizes to his dad, “Dad, has it not affected your relationship with Mr. Carter? ”
“Oh, think about it, I'm his personal lawyer, I'm responsible only to him, his newspaper is the responsibility of another lawyer, don't worry, it doesn't have any impact.” Auston explained softly that he was extremely pleased and proud of his son's performance today.
“Well, I'm also afraid Arthur Carter will misunderstand you by breaking the rules of confidentiality and giving me the news.” Andy heard Dad's explanation and let go of his worries this time.
“Oh, I'm a lawyer, how could I make that kind of low-level mistake, I'm not against my professional ethics, I've been with Arthur for seven or eight years, he knows me, don't worry.” Auston took a sip of coffee and asked, “Do you think Arthur would agree to the $8 million purchase price? ”
“Perhaps, but this is not the final price, after all, it is impossible for me to say what my heart feels as soon as I come up, which will not do any good for the next negotiations.” Andy shrugged his shoulders and stepped up.
Auston nodded and said nothing more.
The waiting time was a little boring, and Andy left Arthur Carter's office, lowered his voice with his negotiating team in the secretarial lounge, and went through the details of the conversation he had just had with Arthur Carter, putting the negotiating team in the heart.
About half an hour later, Arthur Carter's secretary came back and asked Andy to send them to the newspaper conference room.
Andy knew the play was coming, and with his own lawyer, Nelson, Finance David whispered a few words and took the lead as Annie walked to the conference room.
There were six people already sitting at one of the tables in the conference room, while Arthur Carter stood at the door and saw Andy walking in, smiling and introducing Andy.
When it was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Pete Kaplan slightly lit his head at Andy and said, "Nice to meet you. ”
Sitting on both sides, Arthur Carter basically agreed to Andy's acquisition, but there was still some disagreement over the price, and he handed over the newspaper's details and financial statements to Andy's negotiating team for review.
Neither Andy nor Arthur Carter have been to much interference in the negotiations. After all, they are the bosses, telling their people what they want and letting them fight for themselves is a qualified boss.
Not only did the Andy side bite the issue of newspaper losses and refuse to increase its acquisition funds, but the Arthur Carter side was constantly stressing the influence and credibility of the Observer, but the newspaper side also wanted the Andy side to make a commitment not to reform through layoffs.
As soon as he heard this, Andy's negotiating team blew up, his blushing neck started yelling, and the two truly dressed gentlemen foamed and quarreled.
In the conference room, the employees of the newspaper finally knew what the group of people who appeared this morning were doing. At one time, everyone was in danger. After all, the new boss was replaced, and the future of everyone was variable. The newspaper loses every year, and no boss would like it. The simplest way to avoid losses is to lay off and reduce spending on funds.
The news soon spread to the newspaper, even the journalists who had gone out early this morning rushed back from the outside, gathered with a heart to discuss, saw Arthur Carter's secretary Annie come out of the conference room and was immediately surrounded by middle management for questioning.
Returning from the outside to Annie in the conference room, the colorful whispers in Arthur Carter's ear revealed a slight anger on Arthur Carter's face, whispered to Pete Kaplan, whispered a few words to Pete standing in front of him and waved impatiently.
Pitt Kaplan walked out of the conference room with a dark face, and then heard his roar, and then there was some messy noise and he couldn't really hear it.
“Andy, I agree to sell you $8 million, but you have to agree that you can't lay off a lot for a loss in the year after you take over!” Arthur Carter listened to the noise outside, he couldn't help but sigh. The newspaper he founded 20 years ago came to this day, and he was still sad and disappointed. It's not that he can't support it without money, it's just that he doesn't have that energy anymore to pioneer it. His children can't see this loss-making newspaper and can only find him a suitable new owner.
“Okay! I agree.” Andy did not hesitate at all, ignoring the shaking of the head of attorney Nelson and financial manager David, and responded with a heartfelt response.
Now that Andy and Arthur Carter have reached a consensus, things are simple, contracts are drawn up quickly, Andy makes checks.
Signature, exchange of contract signatures, delivery of cheques.
Arthur Carter put the check in his pocket, reached out his hand and held Andy together, with a low voice and a touch of sadness, "It's yours, I hope you treat it well! ”
“I will! You'll see it get stronger!” Andy smiled with sunshine on his face and said confidently and firmly.