American Fortune Life

True Truth Adventure is undoubtedly a very cruel reality show, but it is also fascinating because of its authenticity, and the viewership rate can be said to be very good.

Yet also because of the destructive power of this reality show, it was extremely controversial throughout the United States.

Andy doesn't care about these controversies, however, and he never underestimates the public's interest in spying on other people's privacy, and the gourd eating crowd is never uncomfortable.

According to Nelson's ratings survey, Truth Adventures has a total of 2,300 viewers, with a rating as high as 10.2%, enough to see its explosion.

At the same time, according to AMC TV's survey feedback, although 90% of viewers said they would not participate in the show, 100% said they enjoyed watching it very much.

Faced with the temptation of half a million dollars, hidden secrets were exposed in broad daylight, the shortcomings of the human form appeared in front of the world, and when questioning the moral bottom line of the show, one had to admire the complexity of humanity and the courage of the contestants.

In modern society, people are accustomed to lying, and telling the truth not only makes them lonely and widowed, but also destroys their lives and renders them socially incapable of standing.

“I've seen some media questions about the show, but don't worry about them, what humanity is, self-preservation is human nature, and the truth out of nature is often evil, hard to accept, disappointing, so people have to choose decorations to keep up with the world.

Just like our new president, when he was elected, he used to call politics the right thing to shake. In the past, everyone shouted, but now, you see, they're the ones making the worst noise. Oh, that's ridiculous. ”

Andy's expression was disdainful, and Prepler laughed a little helplessly, and he naturally knew that O'Negroes had not officially taken over, that two premeditated assassinations had been broken, that three KDangs had begun to rock the streets, and that some cities with serious discrimination had been hung up with slogans attacking xing.

They had another conversation about AMC TV until the assistant knocked on the door.

“Boss, Mr. Vitley is here. ”

“Well, let him in.” Andy nodded, then stood up and grabbed Pripler and said, "That's it, going back to the planned merger with NBC Worldwide isn't going to start so fast, even if it does, AMC is still AMC, although it will go online, but it won't go into NBC, so watch our TV station. ”

“I get it, boss, I know what to do.” When Prapler heard the big BOSS, that misgivings dissipated, knowing that AMC and NBC would remain separate until the big boss had complete and complete control of NBC Worldwide. And it's not like he didn't have a crush on the NBC Broadcasting Corporation's CEO position.

As soon as Prapler's front foot left the office, Alvitelli's back foot walked in and said to Andy, "Boss, it's almost time, the reporters downstairs are here, and the Black Knight program can begin. ”

“Oh, let's go, let me officially open the curtain! ”

Andy stood in front of the cap mirror and pulled off his suit pendant, fastened the button on the suit, and smiled confidently on his face. After speaking to Alvitelli, he stepped out of the office.

“Ding!”

The elevator door opened, and Andy came into the hall at the mouth of the Gaia Building, which had already been filled with journalists, and as he arrived, the loud hall immediately sounded a clicking shutter.

“I don't have to introduce myself, thank you for coming. The reason I asked you to come here today is to announce something to the public... ”

Andy stood in front of a lot of reporters, all kinds of pens in front of him, a bunch of microphones appeared, smiling on his face, and went on without hesitation: “Just now, I already held 25% of Starbucks shares, and from this moment on, I will officially make a full offer to the Starbucks Board of Directors! ”

“Wow...”

Everyone here was shocked, not because the reporters were lonely and had never seen the world before, but because Andy's acquisition of a company was so special.

Not because of the special business, but because of what Andy calls a 20 percent Starbucks share, which is incredible, and everybody looks at Andy with shock and admiration.

Starbucks shares have been publicly traded in the secondary market since 1992, when Starbucks was successfully listed in Nasdaq. Starbucks' equity structure is at a turning point.

Since then, the company has had four 2-to-1 stock splits in '94,' 96, '99 and' 01, respectively, allowing equity to spread at the fastest possible rate.

Starbucks' ability to intervene in the company's operations to prevent shareholders from holding too many shares is the reason why Starbucks is so evenly dispersing the speed of equity communications.

In turn, such fragmentation would allow the control of the company to remain in the hands of senior management, thereby initially achieving a separation of equity and corporate control.

By 2003, Starbucks had more than 12,000 shareholders, and it was even more difficult to imagine that none of them held more than 3 per cent of the shares.

This undoubtedly suggests that Starbucks' equity is completely dispersed, and even those who own more than 0.5% of the company can be considered major shareholders, which puts firm control in the hands of senior management.

And now, Andy Smith says he's got 25 percent of the shares, and he's undoubtedly become the biggest shareholder since Starbucks went public, and it's also a sign that Starbucks' equity structure has changed dramatically.

He can now rely on his position as the largest shareholder to completely influence Starbucks operations, and he can request a board meeting as the largest shareholder to complete the robbery.

The crowd here were shocked by Andy Smith's courage and patience, and Starbucks today's opening price was $7.71, largely due to the financial storm and the downturn caused by Starbucks' continuous layoffs and frenzied closing of its doors.

In addition to purchasing shares from the secondary market, it would undoubtedly take a long time to prepare and not tire of negotiating with a small shareholder to acquire shares from the other party, which would definitely take a lot of human and financial resources to achieve this.

“Mr. Smith, you're already the biggest shareholder, why don't you join the board of directors... ”

“Mr. Smith, will you be chairman of Starbucks? ”

“Mr. Smith, will Starbucks' reforms be interrupted? Have you met Howard Schultz... ”

“Everybody be quiet! ”

Andy's face was faint, and in the face of emotional excitement, journalists began to ask questions of all kinds, and Andy raised his voice and reached out and made a depressing move.

The scene quickly calmed down and hundreds of eyes stared at themselves, and Andy didn't care. “As we all know, Starbucks has a very decentralized and even equity structure, and holding 3% of individuals is already a big shareholder. I now hold 25% and am already the biggest individual shareholder, but this doesn't meet my requirements at all. I can only tell you that my acquisition of Starbucks is just beginning! ”

“Thanks, that's it for the press conference, thanks... ”

After Andy finished, he smiled and the many journalists present finally nodded, ignoring the many bodyguards and security guards that had stopped him, yelling at the journalists with all kinds of problems and turning to the elevator.

“Did you have an appointment?” Andy asked the assistant who came across the street.

“It was an unexpected appointment, but I was very happy and looking forward to meeting with the boss.” The assistant replied hastily.

“Well, let's go.” Andy revealed a sunny smile with twinkling eyes gleaming.