Game within game: chess player

The luxury goods group owned by the Horst family is called Mayberry. It is an American brand born in the 60s, involving men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, accessories, fragrance, interior design and other fields. Mayberry is famous for its noble, elegant and classic aesthetic design style. It represents the essence of American high-end lifestyle. After just three to forty years of development, it can compete with the world's top luxury goods. It can be seen that in the United States, Popularity in high society.

Horst followed the political line, so the family's Mayberry Group was left to his younger brother Avery to run the business. However, as an important shareholder and director of the family business, Horst was like a talisman in the group. He was the family's A totem-like figure.

On this day, Horst was working in his office in Washington when he suddenly received a call from his brother Avery.

"Brother, something happened. Counterfeit products of the group's brands have been found in various places across the United States." Avery on the other end of the phone sounded anxious.

After hearing this, Horst's expression remained unchanged. While approving the document, he said, "Call the police, hand it over to the Intellectual Property Office, sue him in court until he goes bankrupt. What's all the fuss about? Doesn't something like this happen every year?"

"This time it's different. There are over 10,000 pieces of counterfeit clothing of our brand this time, all of which are worn by homeless people across the United States. It's impossible to find out who is selling them. The most important thing is the quality of the fakes and our genuine products. Almost exactly the same.”

"What?!" Horst threw the pen in his hand and stood up from his seat.

"Brother, Mayberry's brand is over. Now this matter has been reported by the media. Mayberry's brand has now been equated with homeless people. The sales of our products have plummeted, and many specialty stores are returning goods one after another. "

Horst almost cried when he heard his brother Avery on the other side of the phone.

"Wait for me at the New York headquarters, I'll be there soon!" Then Horst hung up the phone and flew as quickly as possible to the Mayberry Group headquarters conference room in New York on a private jet.

All members of the board of directors who entered the conference room stood up. After all, Horst was once the president of the IMF. It can be said that Horst was the most important driving force behind the development of Mayberry Group to this day.

Horst sat at the head of the conference table with a gloomy look, his sharp eyes swept over the faces of all board members, and said coldly, "Tell me about the situation."

Subsequently, the group's public relations department made a special trip to report the specific circumstances of the incident to the board of directors. The more Horst listened, the worse his face became. When the public relations manager finished the report, Horst's face was so cold that it was about to freeze.

In the past week or so, in cities across the United States where Mayberry brand stores are located, many imitations of the Mayberry brand have appeared inexplicably in places where homeless people gather, with a degree of imitation as high as 90.00%. This is a proper pick. The marked product is authentic.

There are more than [-] imitations available for homeless people across the United States to collect for free. Now homeless people all over the street are wearing Mayberry brand. Many old customers who have purchased Mayberry brand have called and asked for returns. Some even throw the Mayberry brand clothes they purchased directly into the trash.

Now the Mayberry brand has been equated with homeless people. This situation has caused Mayberry's stock to plummet by 50.00% after media reports, and it is still falling.

If Mayberry's stock continues to fall and the crisis remains unresolved, the group may go bankrupt at any time. This is the biggest crisis that Mayberry Group has faced since its establishment.

"This is someone deliberately targeting the Mayberry Group! Destroying the reputation of the Mayberry Group!" Horst slammed the table and shouted loudly.

"Brother, we all understand what you said. The question is what should we do now? Major banks and investment banks are asking us about our response strategy. If we cannot deal with this crisis in a short time, they will withdraw loans or sell stocks." Avery, the president of the group, asked anxiously.

"I know!" Horst snapped. At this time, Horst knew that this "rogue style of play" could really knock Mayberry to death with one blow, and it was the kind that would never come back. The most important thing for luxury brands is credibility. If the Mayberry brand becomes something that even homeless people can wear on the streets, the Mayberry brand will be finished.

If the Mayberry brand is finished, the Mayberry Group will be finished, and the achievements of the family's decades of operation will be wiped out.

At this time, all members of the board of directors were watching Horst. If Horst could not come up with a solution, Mayberry Group would really close down. There was no way to solve this difficulty.

No one understands who spent huge sums of money to come up with such a damaging method to rectify the May Bailey Group?

At this moment, a secretary knocked on the door and came in to tell Horst that someone outside wanted to see him.

"No!" Horst snorted in a very bad mood.

"The man said his name is Ye Fang, and he said you will definitely meet him when you hear this name." The secretary said.

"Ye Fang?!" Horst's pupils suddenly dilated and he said coldly, "Did he do it? Let him in!"

After a while, Ye Fang led the security team of Pang Hongfei, Lin Hao and Lu Jiuge, and the group walked into the boardroom with great aura, bringing the temperature of the entire room down several degrees.

Seeing Ye Fang come in, all the Mayberry executives led by Horst stood up. Horst looked at Ye Fang and said coldly, "Mr. Ye came uninvited, there must be no good things going on."

Ye Fang walked up to Horst and said with a smile, "If you hadn't been relentless and chased and beat you, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to you!" As he said that, Ye Fang tapped Horst's chest rudely, even if Horst didn't give in. Stern was once the president of the World Monetary Fund and a guest of heads of state. Now he is nothing in Ye Fang's eyes.

Ye Fang bypassed Horst and sat directly on his desk chair, and said to Horst, "Sit down, let's talk about the transfer of Mayberry Group!"

"Group transfer?!" Horst and Avery exclaimed almost at the same time.

Ye Fang looked at Horst and Avery with very surprised eyes and said, "Don't you think Mayberry can be saved now? Selling the shares of Mayberry Group is your only way out, otherwise I guarantee that Mayberry Group will go bankrupt in three days!"

Looking at Ye Fang's three raised fingers, Horst felt his heartbeat suddenly speed up. He looked at Ye Fang coldly and said, "Sure enough, you are the one behind this! It's you!"

"Yes, it's me! I'm the one who wants to kill you! Horst! I'm giving you face but you don't want it. I'm working behind my back to incite the Thomson family to deal with me! I'm telling you today that you and your family will be mine at any time. Meat on the side of your mouth, since you are seeking death, I will give you a ride!" Ye Fang said solemnly.

Behind Ye Fang, Lin Hao and Pang Hongfei looked at Horst, whose face turned red and white. They could still see the slightest bit of the former president of the IMF. At this time, Horst could only be pressed to the ground and rubbed by Ye Fang. share.

"I can tell you! I won't sell Mayberry Group! I can mobilize funds to save the market now!" Horst said forcefully.

Ye Fang sneered a few times and said, "I tell you there are still [-] original and genuine Mayberry items on the way. As long as I give the order, I guarantee that there will be Mayberry brand clothes in every corner of the United States."

"Mayberry's product line is not just about clothes!" Horst was still arguing.

"It's true that it's not just this one, but when May Bailey is beaten into dust, how many people will buy your belt watches?" Ye Fang said.

"You-" Horst pointed at Ye Fang and sat on the chair, covering his chest.

"Who are you?" Avery asked, pointing at Ye Fang.

"Your brother knows very well who I am!" Ye Fang turned his eyes and said to all the directors of Mayberry, "You should know very well what the market value of Mayberry is now. Today it is half, and tomorrow it will be half." It will be half and half, and the value of Mayberry will be worthless in three days. I can tell you clearly that in the face of absolute capital, you have no right to say no!"

"I can clearly tell you that the manufacturers of Mayberry's clothes and shoes are all in my hands. I want Mayberry to die, and I want him to live! Of course, you still have a choice, and that is to work together. Vote to kick the Horst family out of the board of directors. Of course, I want all the shares of the Horst family before that!" Ye Fang said solemnly.

"You have a beautiful idea! I won't sell it! I won't sell it!" Avery shouted loudly, and then Avery called the group security to drive Ye Fang out.

Upon seeing this, Lu Jiuge and his men knocked all the security guards to the ground. Ye Fang waved his hand and withdrew Lu Jiuge, then said to Horst, "Mr. Horst, you are from an international organization. You should understand." In the current situation, you can’t keep Mayberry! Today I can give you this price, but tomorrow I may not even have this price.”

Horst was breathing heavily, and it took him a long time to return to normal. He waved to everyone with difficulty and said, "You all go out first, and I will have a good talk with Mr. Ye."

"Brother, Mayberry can't be sold!" Avery shouted.

"I know, you go out first!" Horst waved his hand, and everyone walked out of the conference room one after another.

Ye Fang asked Lu Jiuge and others to guard outside the door, while he stayed in the conference room with Lin Hao and Pang Hongfei.

Horst raised his head with difficulty, gave Ye Fang a thumbs up, and said with a smile, "Mr. Ye, this move is so sinister! It's damaging! It's also clever!"

"Mr. Horst punched, I had no choice but to fight back! I had no choice!" Ye Fang said directly.

Horst's body seemed to feel more comfortable. He slowly sat upright and leaned on his seat, looking at Ye Fang and saying, "Actually, Mr. Ye is just trying to vent his anger on me this time. The value of a mere May Bailey is in Ye Fang's eyes." The value in your eyes is dispensable, am I right?"

Ye Fang smiled uncertainly, but did not answer.

"My relationship with Mr. Ye originated from Turkey. I should not be anxious because of you. Who knew Mr. Ye would come to the United States? Of course I will not give up the advantage of my home court. Naturally, I will try my best to kill you." . In fact, in the final analysis, I hate you for making me lose my position as the president of the World Monetary Fund. Although I am now an assistant to the president, in terms of power, I am simply not on the same level as the president of the International Monetary Fund. This position is just It’s just a comfort the president gave me.”

At this time, Horst talked about his political experiences in the past few years in a calm tone. Ye Fang didn't know if Horst wanted to do something bad to him to gain sympathy so that he would give up the acquisition of Mayberry. However, Ye Fang's intuition told him that this was not the case. Horst's description of his mental journey over the past few years was more like a report to Ye Fang. In short, Ye Fang could not figure out what Horst wanted to express.

After talking for a while, Ye Fang directly interrupted Horst's ramblings and said directly, "Mr. Horst, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. I like to speak directly, so there is no need to go around so much." bend."

Horst took a deep breath, as if he had made some important decision, and said slowly, "I want to use the rest of my life to ask you to let the Mayberry Group go."

Hearing Horst's words, Lin Hao and Pang Hongfei behind Ye Fang couldn't help but look at each other. A dignified former president of the World Monetary Fund wants to surrender to Ye Fang. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of surrender. The question is, can Ye Fang accept this kind of verbal surrender? What if this old boy does one thing to his face and another behind his back, and wants to trade time for space in order to gain a chance for the Mayberry Group to untie it?

Ye Fang was also a little surprised that Horst would make such a decision. It was obvious that this decision was made in those few minutes. In Ye Fang's imagination, this acquisition has two outcomes. One is Horst's decision. Te fish was dead and the net was broken, and he resolutely refused to take over. The two sides fought to the end. As a result, Mei Baili naturally faced bankruptcy, but Ye Fang got nothing except venting his anger.

Another result is that the Horst family is willing to sell their shares, and they can easily gain control of the Mayberry Group and completely drive the Horst family out. The worst result of this is nothing more than forming a relationship with Horst. A deadly feud. It would be best if he retreated when faced with difficulties, but if he continued to cause harm behind the scenes, Ye Fang would have no choice but to kill Horst.

The only thing Ye Fang didn't expect was that Horst actually proposed a third plan, which was to accept Ye Fang's recruitment and become Ye Fang's man. Although Ye Fang believes that this should be the least costly way for Horst to pay, the question is, is Horst really sincere?

"I hope that Mr. Ye can use another way to invest in or control Mayberry, at least openly without letting the outside world have any guesses. It would be best if he could implicitly control Mayberry. Of course, Mr. Ye needs to follow the market After all, you are not short of money. In exchange, I can guarantee that the Horst family will be fully loyal to you. If you have any requirements in the United States in the future, I can use the resources I can mobilize to help you achieve them. "

After finishing speaking, Horst looked at Ye Fang quietly, expecting Ye Fang to give him the answer he wanted.

"Why do I feel like I'm being plotted by this old fox?!" Ye Fang thought to himself.