Blackstone Code

"I really shouldn't have done that in the first place!"

The pudgy gentleman slumped on the sofa, imageless.

There was only a small amount of wine left in the wine glass in his hand. It could be seen from the smell of wine that he exhaled when he spoke that he drank a lot.

When people gradually lose control of their emotions, they will show a weak side.

Regret for things you have done in the past is one of the signs of weakness.

To say regret, I really regret.

Obviously they didn't kill the people, but instead roasted them on the grill.

So much so that some people believed that the man who killed President Trueman was also sent by them.

It's funny, it's ridiculous, it's ridiculous.

In fact, it wasn't like this before.

Even if they were suspected of plotting to assassinate the president, in the final analysis, it was not carried out, right?

Even if the President of the Federation is a very special individual, he may commit a crime just by preparing to do it, but in the end he doesn't do it, right?

He didn't understand why the situation deteriorated so quickly.

While Lynch certainly played a role, he believes there were other factors that contributed to the change in the federal government's attitude.

He couldn't figure out who had done it or why, and it obviously had no real benefit to the mysterious man, Mr. Pumpy, or anyone else.

The split of Norinco is not necessarily a good thing. Many companies will declare bankruptcy, close down, and be liquidated during the split.

Those who work for these companies will lose their jobs, and if a politician is behind all this, he must be a lunatic!

Employment rate is very important to politicians. Whether they are voters who support a certain politician or not, they need to be taken seriously.

There were other people in the room, and everyone's mood was not too high. Bank loans were coming in one after another, and they began to buy back some stocks that might lose their position.

At the same time, it spends a lot of money on positive public relations in the media, and the current results are not bad.

Another director on the board of directors looked a little gloomy. The company's money was spent like water every day, but it was not very effective.

Being trapped by several lawsuits at the same time, he took a sip of the wine in his glass and said softly, "The antitrust case will also be reopened."

"I have said before, either don't do it, or do it without leaving any consequences. At that time, you thought I was thinking too much, but now you have seen it."

"It's not that I think too much. As long as we show our fatigue, they will pounce on us like mad dogs and bite us!"

"If they continue to link Trueman's death with antitrust, we will be even more passive by then!"

Now they are using the idea that young people hate the president for not helping the disabled soldiers for the sake of the country and acted impulsively to temporarily relieve the pressure on public opinion.

But once someone links the president's death to their actual monopoly, the motive for the murder changes.

If someone's dissatisfaction with the president and the first lady is a tragic and romantic personal horror-heroism, then killing the president because of anti-monopoly is absolutely pure evil!

Federal people, especially the middle and lower classes of society, hate monopoly behavior very much. In the past, monopoly capital groups controlled the market.

Ordinary people's lives have become very difficult because they have the final power to set prices. Except for the necessities of life that can be purchased from them, they cannot be purchased from anywhere else.

So people hate these monopolistic behaviors deeply!

Moreover, antitrust investigations will be very detailed. Even if you spend money or have connections to find people from Congress, it will be difficult to prevent the antitrust investigation from continuing.

What's even more frightening is that the company's ass is not clean at all.

The capital of the Federation always has nothing to worry about during the period of expansion. The bigger the company, the more dirty things it does.

Sometimes they will also encounter some opponents who have ideals or persistence. These people may be a certain threat to them, but they are unwilling to compromise.

Then they have to spend money to solve the problem, and not infrequently.

The person who just spoke once proposed that the guys who had become "enemies" with them disappear completely, but the pudgy gentleman rejected this decision.

The reason is simple. They had a dispute with the group company and filed a lawsuit, and then the person disappeared.

People will inevitably think of the consortium, which will cause a serious blow to the social image of the group company!

But looking at it now, if these people had really disappeared completely, there might not have been so much trouble now.

At least the antitrust issues don’t involve them!

Justice in the federal judicial process is very important. When a government agency investigates an individual or organization, it is completely different whether there is a plaintiff or not.

The former will be a little more troublesome because there is an advocate.

The latter would be simpler. In the absence of a claimant, the investigation can be ended before it begins by using the influence of Congress.

The short and fat gentleman also fell silent. The decision was made by him. Obviously this decision was wrong for the current group company.

He didn't speak, but remained silent.

After a while, someone asked again, "Have the other people and things... been dealt with?"

The pudgy gentleman nodded, "I've already asked people to stroke it, but I'll have them check it again when I get back. Don't worry about this."

What they are talking about refers to whether the people and things that were dealt with in the past were made safe by their decision.

The Minister of Security is not the only knife they have, they have other knives, more secretive knives.

Now that group companies have begun to be put under a magnifying glass, observed by the federal government and even federal society, they must handle these details.

The pudgy gentleman sighed, but he did not express his bad feelings.

It seemed like everything was getting better, but he always felt that this matter would not end so easily.

He, and people like them, will definitely have to pay some price!

It is very likely to be a heavy price!

After sighing, he said casually, "Lynch wants some of our core patents, and he is willing to pay."

This statement caught the attention of others, and one asked, "How much is he willing to give?"

The pudgy gentleman shook his head slightly, "About several hundred million."

Everyone knows how much a company's patents are worth.

They continue to use these patent barriers to force everyone who wants to enter this industry to either tie them up or conduct independent research on their own.

Although these patents are valuable, they are actually not that valuable because the patented technology is public and the specific patent drawings can be found in the archives of the Social Services Bureau.

But to say it isn't valuable would be wrong.

Because the licensing fee alone can bring more than tens of millions of revenue to the group company every year.

The room fell into a brief silence again, as everyone weighed the pros and cons.

There is no doubt that the patent is very simple to Lynch, just need to sign a transfer agreement.

But what about after signing?

Many of their production workshops and assembly lines are built around these patented technologies.

Many of their products may still use those patented technologies!

If these patented technologies are transferred to Lynch, does it mean that they will start to consider applying for authorization from Lynch?

“These are all things to talk about, and cash is important to us right now!”

The money in the group company's accounts is not easy to move. If it were left at other times, it would not matter if it was touched. Just add it in time.

Now is a very special time. If these funds are used, it will be difficult for many companies to maintain their daily operations.

Once a company becomes unsustainable, such as being unable to pay wages, it will soon affect the entire group company!

People would say, look, they can't even pay their wages!

This will cause investors' confidence in the group company and other subsidiaries to plummet, and more stocks will be sold at reduced prices. If they want to recover, they must spend more funds!

Therefore, they must leave funds to maintain the daily operations of the group company and reduce expenses in the next period of time.

But now we are in urgent need of money, so we have to find some money from other places.

In fact, everyone here has a lot of money. If the members of the board of directors and shareholders all pool their money together, they can definitely pool their wealth to tide over the crisis!

But the question is, who would be stupid enough to do that?

For capitalists, they will make a clear distinction: what belongs to the company belongs to the company, and what belongs to them belongs to them.

The speed at which they make money depends on the company's advantages, but they will never agree to asking them to spend their own money for the company's advantages.

"Then talk to him again. If it doesn't work... there is nothing we can do."

"Don't disclose this matter to the outside world for the time being. We will wait until the results come out."

Everyone's ideas were quickly unified.

Although it is a pity for them to do so, the loss is not their own interests.

To be very realistic, even if most people here resign immediately and sell their stocks, they will still be members of the federal upper class.

They will not be dragged into bankruptcy themselves just because the group company collapses.

It is not an easy task to inspire them and the company to be more determined to survive.

The loan that Norinco obtained from the bank quickly became a battle for public opinion, and the social group seemed to be divided into two parts, each thinking that the other was a bitch.

The whole world is watching the Federation people’s joke, only the Federation people themselves don’t think so.

Lynch had been busy outside all day, and when he got out of the car, he was pushed back.

A bodyguard who ran over from a distance lowered his voice, "Mr. Lynch, someone may have sneaked into the villa. It is no longer safe here. I suggest moving immediately..."