The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 849
"Brother-in-law, there's something wrong with this situation!" Leng Zhimeng had been the CEO for several years anyway, and her vision was constantly improving, so she quickly noticed something was wrong.

"Oh, what's wrong?" Huang He asked back.

"First of all, the United States is the most popular and most economically developed area. It makes no sense that it has not surpassed Fusang's offer. This price is too low. Also, the price increase of these people is also very strange. According to the normal bidding logic... just Take the bidding in the Fusang area just now as an example. The price soared at the beginning. The second person called the price directly from 400 million US dollars to 1200 million US dollars. The guys are driven away to prevent many guys from raising the price because of their superiors."

"However, the quotations in the US area are too harmonious. Every call is an increase of 100 million, and there is no intention to use the price to overwhelm the crowd. You say that these companies are not interested in participating in the auction, but the five major TV networks have already bid Now, and everyone is constantly on the phone, listening to the network to communicate, it looks like it is inevitable!"

"This is really unreasonable!" Leng Zhimeng pouted.

"Indeed!" Boss Huang touched his nose. At this moment, someone approached Boss Huang and whispered a few words in his ear, and Boss Huang's face suddenly revealed a tinge of coldness.

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"Little John, what do you want to do by bringing all five of our families together this time?" Let's push back the time for two days. Arrived at the invitation, and gathered together.

It was John Jr., a representative from CNN, who summoned them here.These representatives are usually in the same circle, and they are naturally very familiar with Little John. Many of them are also friends, so naturally they all accepted the invitation and came here.

It's just that they don't know what kind of medicine this little John is selling in his bones, and what they are called together for.

So after drinking for three rounds, one of them asked directly.

"Tony, don't be in such a hurry. I called everyone over. Naturally, I have a great thing to share with you. I just don't know if everyone is willing to do this good thing that everyone can benefit from!" Little John smiled. Said.

"You tell the story first!" Tony said, and Little John smiled slightly, "Okay, then I'll just say it straight. Since you all come here, you are determined to get the TV series version of Misty Journey. So I'm very curious. Let me ask you, what is the reserve price given to you by your board of directors?"

As soon as this question was uttered, all the representatives at the scene changed face at the same time, and one of them snorted coldly and said, "Little John, do you think we are fools, or have you become a fool yourself? Who will answer you for such a question?"

That's right, the so-called reserve price is the highest price that the board of directors of each TV station network can authorize the representatives to offer.Below this price, representatives can directly take pictures on the spot.But if it is higher than this price, you must directly ask the board of directors for instructions... Since the bigger the company, the more complicated it will be, and the longer it will take to get an approval, so it is basically impossible to get the board of directors at the auction site. answer.

Unless the entire board of directors does nothing, they stay in a conference room and wait to communicate with representatives remotely, which is obviously impossible.

Therefore, the reserve price authorized by the board of directors at this time is basically the highest price each representative can quote on the spot, and if one can know the bottom line of the other party, it will undoubtedly have a great advantage in the entire auction. No matter how you can't disclose the news.

And even if someone wants to disclose it, it is impossible to disclose it to Little John on the occasion where representatives of the five companies gather. As long as this news gets out, the end of betraying the company will definitely be terrible.

"Forget it, if you don't say it, then I will say it myself. Our CEO board of directors gave me a base price of 1.4 million US dollars. As long as it does not exceed this price, I can quote it freely. And if it exceeds this price, the board of directors still has room for consideration."

"When the official auction is held, there are three directors who will get together to evaluate, and if necessary, they can charge me a higher price!" I never thought that although Little John blew himself up one step ahead, and the price was so terrifying, Straight to $1.4 million.

This is probably the most expensive quotation for a single-season TV series in the history of American TV dramas. If you want to exceed this price, you have to wait for the birth of the future Song of Ice and Fire.

"What, Little John, do you want to scare us all away with this price?" Tony squinted his eyes and said, everyone was a little puzzled by Little John's behavior, and really didn't understand what this guy wanted to do.

"Hey, actually, I don't think my price is too high. Let me guess, the reserve price you got in your hands should have exceeded [-] million US dollars! There are even a few companies who have offered a higher price than me. Am I right?" Little John asked back, but no one else refuted anything.

After all, at this time, I feel that whatever I say will reveal my reserve price.

"Gentlemen, don't you think this is a very outrageous thing? We gentlemen from the great Millennium fought fiercely over something made by a group of inferior yellow-skinned monkeys, and even paid more than The price of 1 million US dollars came out to compete."

"It gives me a feeling as if I have returned to the Roman era thousands of years ago. This is a Colosseum, and we are beasts and slave fighters biting and attacking each other in the Colosseum, while sitting in the surrounding stands Enjoy our fight, this is a group of hateful yellow-skinned monkeys, don’t you think this is the most ridiculous thing in the world, God will probably scold us for losing the dignity of a higher nation when he sees it!” Little John said impassionedly .

And these words also made everyone here understand something, so someone said, "Little John, do you want us to reach a price in advance to avoid competition among the five TV stations, which will lead to too high a price? You want to surround standard?"

"That's almost what it means!" Little John nodded.

The seller wants to obtain the maximum benefit through bidding, which is an open conspiracy.However, there are also some companies who are unwilling to be harvested by sellers in this way. Instead, they hope to take advantage of this opportunity to harvest sellers in reverse, so a practice called bid rigging was born.

Bidding rigging is a professional term for bidding, also known as collusion, which refers to several bidders agreeing with each other to raise or lower their bid prices in order to bid by restricting competition and crowding out other bidders, so that a certain The means and behaviors for stakeholders to obtain benefits by winning bids.

This kind of practice is also very common in the commercial society. For example, in a famous scene in a movie that everyone is very familiar with, Leung Ka Fai, the gangster brother, sat tall in his seat, and then said, "After I finish speaking, who agrees and who opposes?" !"

As a result, someone jumped out and shouted, and I objected.

Then he was slapped in the face immediately, and he was sent flying directly, with a 360-degree turn in the air.

Everyone is familiar with this famous scene, but many people may not know the story behind this famous scene.

To put it bluntly, Liang Jiahui, the big brother of the gangster, participated in a bidding and wanted to get the project.However, there are many companies in the industry that also want to participate in the bidding, so he handed over the leaders of these companies together.

I told them that everyone gave me a face, and they quoted a very exaggeratedly high price during the bidding. I used a relatively low price, but in fact, compared with the project cost, the price was several times the profit at the earliest to win the project. Then he exposed some oil and water from his nails and handed it over to these companies as a reward.

Then he asked who was in favor and who was against. This is almost the same story. This is a very typical bid rigging, and the business leaders he recruited are the bidders.

At this time, Little John took the initiative to call everyone over, and then said these words, obviously for the purpose of bidding.It's just that he wants the representatives of the other 4 TV stations to offer a low price, and then let him win the exclusive broadcasting right of the Misty Journey TV series at a relatively high, but actually extremely low price.

So is it possible for Little John's goal to be achieved?
"Then, with all due respect, you are still too young, Little John, and this consensus cannot be reached!" Tony said with a sneer on the side.

"We CNN is willing to give up a part of the benefits to you!" Little John said directly.

"No need!" Another person said directly, "Little John, we are all old people in this industry. You don't understand how popular this misty journey is. Whoever can win this TV series will win It can win huge ratings and a huge amount of advertising revenue. Our boards of directors have already issued a death order, and we must do our best to win this TV series. No one is interested in being a partner for you. From your fingers Crack it and eat the leftovers!"

Although the other people didn't speak, they basically showed an expression, obviously agreeing with the attitude of these two people, so it was impossible for Little John to bid.

After all, if a company wants to achieve bid rigging, there are only two possibilities.

Or use threats of violence like Liang Jiahui to intimidate other companies to give up bidding.But the five major TV stations and networks have been fighting each other for so many years, and everyone is very clear about each other, and they also understand very well what methods the other party can use, and they have no fear at all.

If he was afraid, he would have been killed by his opponent long ago.

The second possibility is to come up with enough benefits to share, but this time the Piao Miao Journey TV series is so popular that it is visible to the naked eye. If there is less profit sharing, no one can see it. If there is more profit sharing, then the bidding will also lose money. , so this is also impossible, so Little John's bid-rigging plan is basically impossible.

But at this time, there was still a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)