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Just when everyone thought the situation was settled, the organizing committee was about to announce the result.

Michael stretched lazily and swung his elbow to wake up the finance department that was about to drool.

"We, Paramount Entertainment Group, offer $1 billion!"

Everyone's eyes turned to Michael.

"Is this guy crazy? Isn't this working for the Olympic Committee for free?"

They were all slightly shocked. Michael's offer was far beyond the highest threshold in their hearts.

The happiest one was of course the organizing committee. Their income was very simple. In addition to ticket revenue, the bulk of it was broadcasting fees.

Half of the income had to be given to the organizer, and the rest had to be distributed to all Olympic World branches.

The rest had to maintain the operation of the Olympic Committee.

The generous Paramount immediately became a cash cow in their eyes.

ABC and NBC must have been dissatisfied with the sudden rise of Paramount.

It was too shameful to lose to Paramount. It was hard to imagine how Paramount, as the winner, would ridicule them in the newspapers.

They picked up the phone and reported the situation on the scene to their masters.

They planned to take the money from the parent company and try again.

The main committee smiled at this scene.

No wonder these family capitals don't like Wang Group. They like to make trouble on other people's territory so much, and it is natural to be boycotted.

But in their eyes, of course, the more intense the competition, the better.

Michael's former boss looked at this scene in confusion and asked his president in surprise:

"Old president, Michael is so reckless, do the senior executives of Paramount really have no opinion at all?"

The old president of CBS had seen through everything long ago. He smiled and said:

"Of course you don't understand. Paramount has no intention of making much profit from the broadcasting rights. They want to use the influence of the Olympics to advertise once."

The other two companies are not fools either. They all have similar goals.

Only CBS and FOX are the most undemanding.

At this time, ABC and NBC also got the result.

The president of ABC, who had been the loudest at the beginning, shook his head in frustration.

Disney obviously didn't want to be a thankless sucker, and 990 million was the limit in their minds.

The president of NBC looked happy or disappointed. After the financial officer sent by General Electric hung up the phone, he nodded at him.

In full view of the public, he raised his hand again to make an offer:

"NBC TV offers 1.1 billion US dollars!"

The whole audience gasped, and Michael couldn't help but frowned.

This price was far beyond his expectations, although this number was still a long way from the authority given to him by Wang Lei.

Thinking of this, he picked up the phone for the first time after entering the venue.

The whole audience was silent, with only Michael's voice reporting in a low voice:

"Boss, NBC offers 1.1 billion US dollars."

Wang Lei on the other end of the phone narrowed his eyes, it seemed that the Morgan Consortium was out.

The purpose is self-evident. Wang Lei smiled contemptuously:

"The other party probably wants to slap us in the face, or they just want to raise the price so that we lose money.

So change the bidding strategy and have some fun with them."

Michael nodded, put down the phone, raised his hand and shouted:

"1.11 billion US dollars!"

Everyone was stunned. Did Paramount have no money? The bid was only increased by one million!

The president of NBC frowned, and even if he hid it well, he showed a tangled expression at this time.

Michael, who had been staring at his micro-expression, immediately understood.

The boss really guessed it right. The other party did not really want to continue the competition, but wanted Paramount to take over at a high price.

Just when the president of NBC tried to make another offer, Michael said first:

"Hey, this is our final offer from Paramount. If NBC wants it so much, add one million and we'll give it to you!"

The president of NBC had a guilty conscience. His authority was within $1 billion, and he had to pay for anything beyond that.

Now hearing what Michael said, he was afraid that NBC would eventually take over, so he wisely put his raised hand down again with a smirk on his face.

Seeing that the other party was so weak, the chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee asked listlessly:

"Are there any higher offers?"

The whole audience was silent. Everyone knew that the advertising profit left for Paramount was already very low, and with Paramount's business level, there was even a risk of loss.

They didn't have any regrets at the moment, and their faces were full of gloating.

Feeling the subtle expressions of the crowd, Michael didn't care much.

These people didn't know at allThe real intention of the big boss, Paramount is playing a monopoly!

Once the goal is really achieved, the first to panic will be the brand and advertisers.

So Paramount will win this bid at all costs, which is the basis for negotiations with the organizing committee.

Seeing that no one really jumped out, the chairman of the organizing committee was satisfied with the hammer.

"The exclusive broadcasting rights of the Atlanta Olympics are obtained by Paramount Entertainment Group!"

Except for the sparse applause of the organizing committee, there was no congratulations.

People from the four major TV stations left one after another, and I don’t know what kind of reports they will make to ridicule Paramount afterwards.

The old president of CBS patted Michael on the shoulder with a look of relief:

"Congratulations, Michael, don’t care about the evaluation of the outside world, the wise are always lonely."

Michael smiled politely.

Under the urging of the organizing committee, he was led to a small office.

The fat financial officer squeezed his body into the chair with difficulty.

"Sir, this is the contract for exclusive broadcasting rights. If there is no problem, please sign and pay the money as soon as possible."

The committee was afraid that the rich man would change his mind at the last minute.

Their worries were not without reason. Although such shameless things have not happened yet, no one can guarantee whether Paramount would rather bear the penalty than break the contract.

Because the transaction price this time was too high, twice as high as the transaction price of Barcelona in 1992.

So the chairman of the committee was worried at this time, fearing that Paramount would not admit it, or change the price at the last minute on the spot.

What they worried about really happened. Michael put his hands in his pockets and had no intention of signing the contract.

The fat financial officer was even more arrogant, and he looked like he was going to doze off again.

"Sir, do you have any questions?"

The chairman of the main committee saw that Michael did not respond immediately, and hurriedly said:

"The price can be negotiated, how about we make a deal at 1.05 billion?"

Michael thought there was such a good thing, he said slowly:

"Haha, we have no objection to the price of 1.05 billion.

We at Paramount have a longer-term cooperation to discuss with you."

Hearing this, the chairman of the main committee did not feel relieved. As long as the other party did not sign and did not pay, the matter would not be completely settled.