Blackstone Code Chapter 1298: Backhand… dig

Latest website: In a cramped office, the president hung up the phone in his hand, and a little light reflected into the window through the opposite wall.

It's a... very badly located office building, but they're more than satisfied with the publishing house.

The competition in the print media is too fierce, and this industry has gradually changed from having the opportunity to be missed in the past to being often overlooked now.

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

They used to do this a lot, and of course they wouldn't accept those bad books. The ones that were selected by them were all very good books.

But soon a lot of capital began to flow into the publishing industry, and publishing houses became increasingly difficult to operate.

Now instead of waiting for those authors to finish writing and then calling around to ask who can publish their book, those purely commercial publishing houses are waiting early outside the author's door, waiting to sign a contract with them!

The president has even seen a salesman from a publishing house serve an author like a nanny from morning to night every day, and the purpose is to sign a contract as soon as possible.

Not only can they be shameless, but they can also pay for it!

This also makes many publishing houses with not very strong capital gradually eliminated by the mainstream in the rapid development of the entire industry, and eventually even the shadow of Qianlang can no longer be seen.

That's what this publishing house does.

The sales of magazines are very bad. It can only be said that the cost of printing and distributing magazines is barely maintained, and wages may not be fully paid.

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

Accounting has calculated that if publishers cannot find new sources of funding in the second half of the year, publishers will have to make some tough choices.

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

The transportation cost of books is not low. Compared with printing books and transporting them to other places, it is better to find a printing factory that can cooperate with them.

This is a good way, at least in the current market, there is still business.

No one thought that the turning point would appear in their lives so quickly.

"What did the other party say?" The vice president put out half of the inferior cigarettes in the ashtray and couldn't help asking.

Ever since they heard from their peers about a recent launch of a serious magazine, they've seen good luck.

Generally speaking, there are heavyweight magazines that start publications. The idea of ​​these people is definitely not to regard the magazine as a competitor or something, but to consider whether there is a chance to change jobs.

Where do you go to work and not go to work?

And this time it's backed by Lynch's Blackstone Group, at least there won't be a shortage of wages.

A lot of people thought so, until someone asked, "Our magazine... is also called "Pioneer"?"

The president swallowed his saliva. 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 risk. When the business is not good, he spreads the equity to the vice president and all his colleagues.

Paying equity to employees as bonuses and even wages has indeed saved him a lot of money when the situation is bad.

And right now, all he could think about was figuring out how to bite Lynch.

At first the rest of the magazine had a simple idea that since they had the "Pioneer" logo, they would sell it to Lynch.

Everyone remembers what the vice president said at the time!

"We can ask him for... three million!"

He originally wanted to say one million, but then he thought about it and said that one million was too small, so he increased it to three million.

Everyone gasped, and with three million, their day was coming.

However, the president put forward a different opinion, "Even if he gave us three million, do you think this money will be able to do anything?"

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 of the three million. Thousands!"

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

This puts them in place with a few thousand or 20,000 at most, and they have 3 million in front of them!

The greed and stupidity of human beings hugged tightly at this moment, and they decided to follow the president's plan.

If I had to describe it in one word, it would be... parasitic!

They bought shares in Lynch's magazine under the "Pioneer" trademark, 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 share."

"More importantly, we can still get a job. On the basis of being able to share the money once a year, there is still a good job. Is there a better choice than this?"

His remarks persuaded everyone in the magazine, even the cleaners who swept the floor agreed with the president's idea. After all, he also owns 0.1% of the shares——

That was the most difficult month for the publishing house. The president paid the salaries of those who could not avoid it, and the rest were all shares, and they were overpaid.

After a series of operations, it's time to harvest.

The president waved his hand to dispel the smell of shoddy cigarettes in front of him. He walked over to the window and opened it, letting in the cold but fresh air outside.

He was standing by the window, and in just a short while, the tip of his nose was red from the cold.

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

"I know very well the habits of these capitalists. They will definitely think about whether it can be solved by other means, and then they find that there is no way to solve it, and finally they can only sit down with us and talk."

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

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

"At that time we will be able to use those inquirers to pressure Mr. Lynch."

"Of course we can make appropriate concessions. If he doesn't agree to our request, then we will sell the trademark to someone else."

"And Mr. Lynch may become a joke. If you pay attention to Lynch, you can see that he almost never fails, at least I didn't."

"Whether it's a coincidence or he's keeping it on purpose, he'll definitely talk to us, so don't worry."

"The money, this condition, is only small money for him..."

Everyone praised the president's brains and believed that his method could work. After all, after careful consideration, they did not find any incomprehensible logic.

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

Lynch's law firm acted quickly, and the next day the magazine received a subpoena from the court, and someone sued them.

And, there's more than one.

The president was somewhat confused about what was going on, but he invited his own legal counsel to consult.

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

After reading the subpoena, the lawyer made a few more phone calls, and then there was a lot of smiles on his face.

These smiles give the president a sigh of relief, at least it doesn't look too bad, doesn't it?

"Mr. President, don't worry too much, I've figured it out."

"Did your magazine produce an article last year called "Who's Taking My Home?"

The president nodded. He personally approved this article because it was full of racism and discrimination against foreigners.

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

But for them, their days are barely maintained, and they all apologize.

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

The article was full of smears of immigrants and minorities, and it was met with fierce social criticism as soon as it was published, but they also got what they wanted.

Following, as well as donations and advertisements from some.

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

"Some people are accusing you and the magazine of discriminating against them. It's actually a small case that's easy to solve."

The president breathed a sigh of relief, "Then it's all up to you..."

He didn't take it as a thing~IndoMTL.com~ The lawyer didn't take it as a thing, not even the local courts and judges. .

Until... Thursday's court session.

The courtroom was crowded with immigrants and minorities from all over the world, who angrily surrounded the courtroom with signs that read "Against Racial Discrimination."

A large number of journalists show up to film in the neighborhood, as are some of the pioneers of affirmative action.

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

Punitive damages and punitive fines are often punitive measures that exist in small cases. The impetus for this bill to pass is actually related to immigration.

In short, as long as this application is approved, the case itself may only ask for a hundred yuan for compensation, but the judge can issue a fine of one million yuan!

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