"In order to continue to expand," Claude gave the answer without hesitation. "Although you always said that we should focus on new media, in fact we did gain a lot in new media, but Does n’t mean that the traditional media is completely gone, even if they are about to fade away-what do you think of the New York Times acquisition? ”

"Acquisition of the New York Times? Is this necessary?" Adrian, with his hands folded together, was unconvinced.

"I just give an example," Claude waved his hand. "However, we cannot rely entirely on others in the traditional media channels. We must have our own, and may be useful at all times. It happens that they also want to enter the new media, so we need to use the listing to attract more and more weighty investors, attract more people, and the media has a lot of room for growth. Shareholders will be happy to see these. . "

Then, he handed a document in his hand to Adrian: "I have talked to the people at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. They have reached the intention of cooperation, and they have started to prepare."

"Did you talk?" Adrian finally couldn't sit still, took it a little impatiently and turned over a few pages, then raised it up, and frowned, "Why don't I know?"

Claude blinked and seemed a bit unclear: "I told you before, just a few weeks ago, I wanted to talk to you about something, but because it was only a preliminary idea, I pushed it back for the time being. Now. "

"This is not like a preliminary idea." Adrian held up the documents in his hands.

"Yes, but then I sent you all the information one after another. You signed it too." Crowder spread his hands and looked at him with a strange look, as if he noticed something different.

Adrian opened his mouth but didn't speak, and his face became a little unsightly. During this time, it was another Oscar and a new movie, and then he visited the mainland. Many things were handed over to Ivan. Card processing.

"I don't agree, Crow," Adrian finally said.

"Why?" Claude looked surprised.

"Because ..." Adrian pursed his lips, and then took a deep breath. "Did you notice? Crow, the situation in the two bedrooms is not very stable. Since last year, someone has been unable to afford the mortgage. , The bank auctioned off the mortgage house and still lost money. "

"Really?" Claude glanced at him suspiciously, and then recalled it carefully, "Well, I remember that this happened, but it wasn't common. Is it?"

"If it is already common, then the entire investment environment will deteriorate." Adrian immediately said, "I remember talking to Ini about some of these topics before, and it is said that the situation is not very optimistic."

"Really?" Crowder narrowed his eyes. "I and Donald also talked about this. He didn't say that. He admits that there are some problems, but they will get better soon."

"But I heard ... New Century Financial Corporation has declared bankruptcy," Adrian said, looking more ugly.

"That loan company that was established in 1995? That's normal," Claude waved. "It's all about loans. And it's a subprime loan as its main business. It's hard to withstand big storms, especially in the financial sector. It should be understood. I admit that financial markets are more volatile this year than before, but this will not affect us. "

Adrian couldn't help covering his forehead, and then silenced for a moment before saying firmly: "I still hold my opinion."

"Why?" Crowd finally frowned. "We are just splitting and listing, and our core businesses are all retained. The impact on equity is not great, so you don't need to worry."

"I'm not worried about this." Adrian's voice couldn't help but be a little louder. "You know me, Crow, if I really need it, I'm not against the listing of the group at all. I'm just worried that this fluctuation will expand Will it become more and more intense! I have a bad feeling that this fluctuation will not end so easily. "

"Really? When did you become a financial expert?" Crowd originally wanted to say in a semi-joking tone, but his eyebrows were so high that it seemed more ironic.

"You don't believe me?" Adrian took a deep breath, a flash of annoyance flashed in his eyes, "Why? You admit, my predictions have always been accurate."

"Yes, but that's based on facts," Crowder's tone also became a little unpleasant. "You now tell that the subprime volatility may expand. Well, I admit that there is a certain chance, but that Very small, or in other words you don't have slightly strong evidence that this could happen. "

After a pause and hesitation, he said again, "Ade, you are excellent, we all know, but why not continue?"

Although he was very euphemistic, Adrian still heard what he said, and then slowly stood up, resting his hands on the desk and looking down at Claude: "Can't you see, you really can't see Or, you do n’t want to see it, Crowe? If we need funds, there are many ways to raise funds, and we do n’t necessarily need to go public! Doing this at this time is risky. If it was ten years ago, I would not hesitate to respond, as long as That's good for the group, but now we don't need to take any more risks! "

"It ’s risky to wait for things that do n’t meet reality! I know what I ’m doing. Nothing can be done without risk. As long as you can afford it, as long as the gain is higher than the effort, it is worth doing!” Lauder also stood up, looking intently at Adrian.

"Can you bear it? The gain is more than the pay?" Adrian sneered before he couldn't help it. "I'm still the problem, Crow, did you not see it, or did you not want to see it ?!"

"I didn't see it? Didn't I see it, or do you think I didn't see it?" Crowder asked in a loud voice, "I don't understand, Ed, you have always trusted me, why is it now like a person? of."

"Of course I trust you, Crow. I trust you as always, but shouldn't you even ask me on the phone before doing this ?!"

"Ha, do you think your authority is offended? Just because I didn't notify you on the phone?"

Both people's voices were getting higher and higher, and their emotions were getting more and more excited. In the end, they stared at each other, like a bull with red eyes, and no one let anyone.

After such a moment, Claude said word by word: "You know, I could have done it before I told you!"

That's right. Adrian has been letting go like this, so President and Claude has great rights. If the board of directors has the support of such a thing, he cannot stop it. Maybe Claude wanted to show that he came to ask Adrian for his respect. But Claude forgets that at this time, this sentence has another meaning: even if you know, you can't stop me.

and so. Adrian's face turned hot, and the same word by word answer: "You can try!"

Crowder's face also turned blue. Immediately turned and left, then a loud bang came from the door.

"What happened ..." Ivanka hurried in, but said a word, and Adrian slammed a punch on the table with a loud "snap".

Then, bang, bang, he swept all the contents of a table to the ground fiercely, breathing with scarlet eyes and a big mouth.

Ivanka could not help taking a step back. But she quickly came forward and grabbed Adrian's arm. "Calm down, Ed."

Adrian turned his head, the expression on his face was so horrified that Ivanka was about to speak, but he thumped on the table and screamed in pain. Adrian didn't bother, raising her skirt rudely. Ripped open the stockings and panties, and ran into nothing without foreplay.

Ivanka called out in pain again, but she didn't resist or struggle, just bit her lip and let him violently abuse in the back.

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I don't know how long it has been. Ivanka finally woke up, and she found herself lying on the sofa with a coat on her. She reluctantly sat up, took a few breaths with hissing, pulled open her jacket, her coat was fine, her skirt was so tight that she could not see it, and her stockings had broken through a number of large holes. Feelings of pain immediately came to the limbs and inner thighs, and I was afraid there was a little bruising.

She smiled bitterly, then looked at the figure standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Adrian, wearing only a shirt, held his arms back to her, as if thinking about something.

Ivanka stood up and walked behind him, reaching out and hugging his waist from behind: "Are you better now?"

Adrian turned around, held her face, and stared down at her eyes: "I hurt you?"

"Okay ... okay ..." Ivanka smiled.

"I hurt you." The question turned into a statement, and he embraced her next second. "I'm sorry, Ini, I'm sorry, but I promise I won't have another time."

"It's okay," Ivanka hugged him tightly, and seemed to want to embed his whole body in it. "It's the first time I've seen you quarreling with Craw ... arguing with your best friend, it must be bad."

"Yeah, the last good friend, the best partner," Adrian sighed deeply, "so there has been a great crack in decades of friendship."

"Can I ... what can I do for you?" Ivanka's tone was incomprehensibly tender.

"No, don't," Adrian capped her blond hair. "You've done enough for me. I'll take care of it, believe me."

The quarrel came so abruptly, and after calming down, Adrian began to reflect, and he seemed to be ... allergic. However, he really did not expect that Claude actually wanted the group to go public, and he was still at this juncture.

What a hell! If it is another time, Adrian will not refuse even if he is reluctant. After all, no media group is not a listed company. It is not inconceivable to attract more important people. But why is it now, and has already reached preliminary intention cooperation with the two major investment banks, if it is listed now, three months later ...

He didn't realize it, why didn't he realize ... Every time I think of Adrian here, I feel very upset. Well, Crowder didn't realize that it was normal, and the uncertainty of financial volatility was not necessarily clear to even those who manipulated it behind. Like Soros in 1999, he thought the it bubble would burst at that time, so he invested a lot of money to go short, and lost a lot of money.

However, from another perspective, if even Claude did not anticipate the timing of subprime loans, then the possibility of someone pushing behind the scenes would be very low. As mentioned above, almost no one can perfectly predict the uncertainty of financial fluctuations. Even if the interest rate is cut from the start of the Fed, everyone knows that such a day will come sooner or later, but it is unknown when it will happen. know. Adrian had originally planned to take this opportunity to make another profit.

Therefore, it is no wonder that Adrian would have such a violent reaction after hearing that Claude intends to go public at this time-or this is just one reason. In addition, Adrian instinctively wants to maintain himself Authority is probably another reason.

Yes, it was said more than ten years ago that there are few dual-core companies that can develop into large groups. Basically, one person supplements one person. Although Adrian chose the latter, he also used various methods. For example, release some forward-looking information to add weight to yourself.

For a long time, he and Claude have worked closely together. Many things will be discussed and paid for in advance. As a result, the media industry has gradually grown to the scale it is today. But now, suddenly, when he was completely unprepared, Claude proposed to list the group, and everything was ready only to the east. Not to mention Adrian, any chairman of the board would be uncomfortable.

In addition, Adrian is accustomed to taking charge of the general direction, and all details are given to Claude. He suddenly faces the situation where the other party wants to jam the things he does not want, and it is instinct to protect himself.

So and so, again at this time, the eve of a disaster destined to come. Several factors are intertwined, and Adrian will not agree anyway, so the dispute cannot be avoided.

He just couldn't convince Claude, even after sitting in this position for so many years. He also has a good understanding of finance, but he is always inferior to Crowder. Although he had a good discussion with him before, and persuaded him to accept his opinions several times, but that was on the premise of doing his homework. Now, Adrian can only temporarily find some unconvincing materials, even if he has no idea The New Century Financial Corporation, which was thought of with all his brains, was quickly dismissed by Claude, and the dispute escalated.

In fact, the two have not had a dispute before, but they will end up with a limited compromise by one of them. But today I don't know why, even in the case of Adrian's strong opposition, Claude still refused to give up, and eventually led to the situation out of control.

Damn it ... well, I'm going to take a lot of responsibility. Adrian thought so after reflection. If he can be more careful, instead of focusing too much on other aspects, seeing Claude's documents in preparation for the listing in advance, and even reminding Ivanka that this will not be so passive today.

However, it's strange that he can't keep calm, why is Claude so impulsive? This is indeed a question. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get an answer now. After a big fight that day, both of them haven't answered the phone these days. Even if they met, they just nodded and frowned.

This is not a good thing. Anyway, the media can kill a way in the media industry and achieve the current scale. It has a lot to do with the close and complementary cooperation between Adrian and Claude, which is beyond the reach of others. Repeated. Now, there is a crack between the two, and the subprime crisis is just around the corner. If the relationship cannot be made up, it will inevitably have a serious impact on the media.

Besides, Adrian and Claude are not without feelings. Whether it is the source of another third of the soul, or the accumulation of hard work over the past ten years, Claude is indeed Adrian's most sincere friend, Brother and dead party, he definitely does not want to lose him.

So, a few days later, Adrian, who had completely calmed down, thought that Claude should think about it, and then went to his office.

"Hi Crow." Sitting behind his desk, Adrian greeted first.

"Hey, Ed." Claude stopped his business and nodded to him.

And then ... a long silence, both of them were sitting like this, looking at each other from time to time without talking.

Eventually, Adrian said, "I want to apologize to you, Crow. I was really impulsive that day. I should ... be more calm."

"Me too," Claude nodded again. "If I control my emotions a little ... maybe there will be no quarrels ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ but I will not give up my opinion," Adrie Ann then said, "I still think that this is not a good time to go public. I hope you wait at least three months."

Claude choked his lips and didn't speak, and then there was a long silence. Adrian could not speak again. Once he would not agree to let the group go public at this time, in the second place ... he could not take the initiative to speak. Saying "we can discuss in detail" because that means showing weakness. Regardless of whether or not Claude has to make progress, Adrian cannot speak at this time because of the chairman of the board.

After a long time, Claude finally said: "Let's go back. I don't want to go public, but I need to raise funds in the primary market."

Although this was not what Adrian wanted, it was at least a lot better than going public, and Claude was right. This requires concessions, so he did not refuse: "I think I can agree."

Then, the long silence came again, until Adrian got up and left, and neither of them said a word. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) To vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.