blackstone code

Chapter 1297 Backhand... dig
In a somewhat cramped office, the president hung up the phone in his hand, and a little light reflected into the window through the opposite wall.

This is an...office building in a very bad location, but for the publishing house, they are quite satisfied.

The competition in the paper media is too fierce, and this industry has gradually changed from having the opportunity to catch mistakes in the past to now often making mistakes.

In the past, when the publishing house had a good life, many unknown authors came to the publishing house with books, as long as they could print them out, they would agree to any conditions.

They used to do this a lot in the past, and of course they would not accept bad books, and the ones they selected were all very good books.

But soon a large amount of capital began to flow into the publishing industry, and publishing houses became more and more difficult to operate.

Now, before those authors finish writing and then call around to ask who can publish their books, those purely commercial publishing houses are waiting outside the author's house early, waiting to sign a contract with them!

The president even saw a salesman in a publishing house serving an author like a nanny from morning till night, with the purpose of signing the contract as soon as possible.

Not only can they be shameless, but they can also spare money!

This also caused many publishing houses with less capital to be gradually eliminated by the mainstream in the rapid development of the entire industry, and eventually even the shadow of Qianlang could not be seen.

That's what this publishing house is.

The sales volume of magazines is very poor. It can only be said that the cost of printing and distribution of magazines is barely maintained, and the salary may not be fully covered.

There is still some income from various works and books, but these incomes are getting less and less.

Accountants have calculated that if the publishing house cannot find new sources of funding in the second half of this year, then the publishing house will have to make some difficult choices.

Cut off his own works and turn it into a reporter station. While making money by selling news, he signed printing contracts with other publishing houses.

The transportation cost of books is not low. Compared with printing books and transporting them to other places to add an extra transportation fee, it is better to find a local printing house that can cooperate.

This is a good way, at least as far as the current market is concerned, there is still business.

It's just that no one expected that the turning point would appear in their lives so quickly, and it would come so quickly.

"What did the other party say?" The vice president couldn't help asking after he stubbed out a small half of the inferior cigarette in the ashtray.

Since they heard from their peers that a very important magazine was about to be launched recently, they found that good luck appeared.

Generally speaking, there are heavyweight magazines that start publications, and these people's thinking is definitely not to regard this magazine as a competitor, but to consider whether there is a chance to change jobs.

Where is work not work?

And this time it is still relying on Lynch's Blackstone Group, at least there will be no shortage of wages.

Many people thought so, until someone raised a question, "Our magazine... is also called "Pioneer", right?"

The president swallowed, at this moment, his eyes were full of countless money.

The equity of the publishing house is not concentrated in the president alone. The capitalist always has a way to reduce his own risk. When the business is not good, he distributes the equity to the vice president and all his colleagues.

Distributing equity as bonuses and even wages to employees has indeed saved him a lot of expenses when the situation is not good.

But now, all he could think of was how to bite Lynch.

At the beginning, the other people in the magazine had very simple ideas. Since they had the trademark of "Pioneer", they would sell this trademark to Lynch.

Everyone still remembers what the vice president said at that time!
"We can ask him for... 300 million!"

He originally wanted to say 100 million, but after thinking about it, he said that the pattern of 100 million was too small, so he increased the stake to 300 million.

Everyone gasped. With 300 million, their good days are coming.

However, the president put forward a different opinion, "Even if he gave us 300 million, do you think this money can play any role?"

At that time, his words cooled everyone's blood, "I am the major shareholder, and the shares in your hands are scattered and scarce, and some people may only get a few thousand out of the 300 million!"

Yes, not everyone holds a few percent, ten percent or tens of percent of the shares, and most people's shares may be only one percent or a few tenths of a percent.

This allowed them to take a few thousand or ten thousand or twenty thousand at most, but what they had in front of them was three million!
Human greed and stupidity hugged each other tightly at this moment, and they decided to follow the president's plan.

If anything, this plan is... parasitic!
They bought shares in Lynch's magazine with the trademark "Pioneer", and then they took a certain share, and then they could work in Lynch's magazine.

"In this way, we can get equity dividends from Lynch's magazine every year. For a large company of that size, we will not get less than our direct dividends."

"What's more important is that we can still get a job. On the basis of being able to pay once a year, there is still a good job. Is there a better choice than this?"

His words convinced everyone in the magazine, even the cleaners who swept the floor, agreed with the president's idea, after all, he also has [-]% of the shares in his hand——

That was the most difficult month for the publishing house. The president paid the wages of the unavoidable people, and the rest were all shares, and they were overpaid.

After doing a series of operations, now is the harvest season.

The president waved his hand to disperse the bad smell of cigarettes in front of him. He walked to the window and opened it to let the cold but fresh air blow in.

He stood by the window, and within a short while, the tip of his nose was red from the cold.

He sniffed, "No, how could they agree?"

"I am very aware of the habits of these capitalists. They will definitely think about whether they can solve it through other methods, and then they find that there is no way to solve it. In the end, they can only sit down and talk with us."

"So now you don't have to worry, what you have to do is to spread the news through your channels."

"We have the trademark that Mr. Lynch wants, but we haven't reached an agreement yet, and someone will contact us soon."

"At that point we'll be able to use those inquirers to put pressure on Mr. Lynch."

"Of course we can also make appropriate concessions. If he does not agree to our request, then we will sell the trademark to others."

"And Mr. Lynch may become a joke among others. If you pay attention to Lynch, you will find that he almost never fails, at least I haven't noticed."

"Whether it's a coincidence or he maintained it on purpose, he will definitely continue the conversation with us, so you can rest assured."

"This money, this condition, is just a small amount of money to him..."

Everyone praised the president's brains and believed that his method could work. After all, after careful consideration, they didn't find anything that didn't make sense.

That's fine, everyone gets to work at hand.

The law firm that Lynch worked with acted quickly, and the magazine received a subpoena from the court the next day, and someone sued them.

And, more than one.

The president was a little confused about what happened, but he still invited his own legal counsel to consult.

Most federal people will have their own legal advisers or lawyers, because most federal people may encounter legal problems and need the help of lawyers.

After reading the subpoena, the lawyer made a few phone calls, and then there were many smiles on his face.

The president was relieved by those smiles, at least it doesn't look too bad, doesn't it?
"Mr. President, don't worry too much, I've already figured it out."

"Did your magazine publish an article called "Who Is Taking My Homeland" last year?"

The president nodded. He personally approved this article, because the article was full of racism and discrimination against immigrants.

Not all magazines dare to publish this kind of controversial and troublesome article, and if you are not careful, you will get into trouble.

But for them, their days are barely maintained, and everyone apologizes for being so great.

On the contrary, such radical articles can bring them some exposure, attention, and even advertisers.

The article was filled with a lot of content that smeared immigrants and minorities. Once it was published, it was severely criticized by society, but they also got what they wanted.

attention, and donations and advertisements from some.

He also didn't hide what had happened, "Yes, what happened to it?"

"Some people are accusing you and the magazine of discriminating against them. These are small cases that can be easily resolved."

The president breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll leave it to you..."

He didn't take it seriously, neither did the lawyers, and even the local courts and judges didn't take it seriously.

Until... when court starts on Thursday.

Immigrants and minorities from all over the world crowded outside the courtroom, and they surrounded the courtroom angrily holding up the slogan "No Racial Discrimination".

A large number of journalists appeared here to shoot, and some affirmative action pioneers also appeared here.

What made the president even more unresponsive was that those who sued him did not ask for much compensation, but they all applied for punitive damages.

Punitive damages and punitive fines are often the means of punishment for some major wrongs that exist in small cases. The promotion of the passage of this bill is actually related to immigration.

In short, as long as this application is passed, the case itself may only seek compensation of 100 yuan, but the judge can issue a fine of 100 million yuan!

(End of this chapter)