America started its counterattack from the bum

Chapter 336 The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but in reality many roads are curved
When he came, he was a little nervous at best, and when he left, Gru was heartbroken.

Achilles was completely different from what he thought, completely different. Just as Daniel had said to Mr. Cheng, people like Achilles Karamachris, who controlled the world behind the scenes, were inaccessible to ordinary people.

Just like when Cheng first met Achilles, Gru even had new thoughts about the differences between people after meeting Achilles.

A man, two meters tall, strong, intelligent, and fierce, this is Achilles, which makes Gru wonder if he is of the same species as himself.

Gru's ridiculous threat was just like a dog's barking in Achilles' eyes, and Achilles didn't even show any emotion.

You threatened me, oh - that's all.

Sheriff Gru's suspicion was correct. The genes of the Karamacris family had been continuously screened in the long-term inheritance, and even Mi'er's height was far beyond that of ordinary people.

The excellent innate physique combined with top-level education, unlimited resources, and insightful knowledge, all these factors combined made Achilles extraordinary and also made the rebellious girl Mi'er become one of the richest women in the world.

Anthony has so many children, many of whom are elites, but Anthony knows clearly that the only truly capable ones are Achilles and Temir. The former is a dragon among men that can only be produced once in several generations of a family, and the latter is a good girl who was taught by Anthony's father himself.

Whether it is Temir or Achilles, their starting points are much higher than Gru's. Gru even develops a sense of inferiority and even self-abandonment.

Sitting in the car, his mind was full of thoughts.

It turns out that I have been climbing for so long, but I still can’t be taken seriously by others?
His self-abandonment did not last long. After all, the top black policeman was a grassroots strongman who had truly fought his way up from the bottom. His heart was very tough, perhaps even tougher than that of President Cheng.

Niu Sen is very cruel, Achilles is very arrogant, Cheng Daiqi is very cunning, and they were cheated badly, but this world is so fair.

Sheriff Gru's deaf driver saw in the rearview mirror that his boss was actually laughing.

He was kicked away by Cheng Daiqi, received a humiliating reception by Achilles, and might even have been sold out by Niu Sen, but at this moment, at least at this moment, Gru could actually still laugh.

Maybe he thought of something happy?

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"Ta! Ta! Ta! Ta!"

The khaki high heels hit the ground, making a crisp sound, and Lisa walked to Mr. Cheng's desk with a stack of documents.

"You should budget more for floor mats in your office, Chan, but you'd rather throw money into a bottomless pit than spend a few hundred dollars more."

The blonde girl was full of complaints. She would not give up any opportunity to find fault with Mr. Cheng. It was not that Lisa was ignorant, but that Mr. Cheng was too capitalist.

Let's put it this way, she has been stretched to the point of 997 in recent times.

"Are you satisfied with the bodyguard assigned to you?"

"I am satisfied, but I am not satisfied with the cost control of the content department, Chan. I feel that MAS's video production model may be doomed. We have tried many different ways to reduce production costs, but after the total size of the team has expanded, the average cost has still increased."

Labor in America is expensive, or rather, very expensive. Even though Mr. Cheng is mentally prepared, he still feels a little annoyed after seeing the specific data.

"Ha, it's a bit high, how about we raise the signing threshold?"

President Cheng put down the report and subconsciously glanced at Lisa's beautiful legs. It was already deep winter, but the girl was still dressed as usual, looking exceptionally beautiful and freezing.

"Just sign fewer brainless bitches. Their advertising conversion rates are ridiculously poor. They don't want to do beauty products, and their videos have nothing special except flirting!"

"Also, our support costs for video creation are too high. Our previous estimate was that the rate of reaching 100,000 fans was one in twelve, meaning that on average, one in twelve newly signed people would reach 100,000 fans within two weeks. But now, this rate has become one in twenty-one."

"Also, some maverick content producers always nitpick. They think they are making a Hollywood blockbuster. Ha, our photographers only have a guaranteed salary of $3,000, and they actually want to make a Hollywood blockbuster!"

The blonde and white girl sprayed a lot of juice like a machine gun, and Cheng Zong comforted her.

“There is no problem with the recruitment direction. The number of fans of the sweet girls and green tea girls has increased significantly. Well, you need to look at the cost issue from a higher perspective. They may not bring us profits, but they can greatly beautify the company's overall data.

At present, the advertising potential of the short video market has not been fully developed. The extra money spent on them temporarily can not only help us increase our valuation, but also provide opportunities to recover our investment in the future. "

"You always come up with a bunch of crooked ideas. What about the achievement rate of 100,000 fans? This data is too bad."

"The current algorithm of Tiktok is more inclined to reduce the traffic of top influencers and increase the number of mid-level influencers, thereby stimulating more creators to join. This is caused by the platform strategy, not our MAS problem. Perhaps we can increase the signing efforts and use more signings to cultivate a large number of influencers with tens of thousands of fans. This is easy to achieve."

"Okay, this is another case of blaming the platform. You are a business genius, so how do you deal with those nitpicking people who take up resources?"

“Well, this is a problem. I think about it. The main thing is that we have to consider the experience of the creators. I think about it.

How about this, set a basic time limit for supporting creation, and for those who exceed the time limit, the next queue time and data requirements will be appropriately increased. This will not hurt their creative enthusiasm, but also control the overall cost well. Ha, I am a genius."

"Mr. Genius, I'm still worried that you've invested too much money in the West Coast Media Institute. The creative center in Paris burned through nearly two million dollars in the first month, which is one-third more than we expected.

Chan, I need to remind you that if the expansion speed remains unchanged and the money-burning model remains unchanged, our cash flow will dry up within three months.

A few months of cash flow is already dangerous for a startup, you need to find money first.”

"Hahaha, so how is your FT online travel company doing? Do you have money to invest in our MAS?"

"I don't understand what those MAS clients think. FT spent $400,000 on advertising in MAS, but we attracted more than 800 clients, and those who wanted to advertise thought that MAS's advertising costs were too expensive."

"Five hundred dollars a customer, can you make a profit?"

"Of course, our average order value is good. We can earn more than $1,000 per order. If you take into account the business commission, the average profit per order is $3,000."

The blonde white girl felt that it was too easy to make money from cross-border travel, so easy that it was a little hard for her to believe.

“The effect of digging for incremental revenue is like this, but you need to pay attention to changes in advertising traffic conversion and make appropriate adjustments…”

"I know. I'm the general manager of MAS. I know everything you said. So how do you think we should develop the advertising business?"

"Don't worry, take your time. Once we finish this order in Hawaii, the rest will be easier. My idea is to sign as many big orders as possible, like small ones, maybe 20,000. There's no point in doing anything less than that."

The blonde girl thought that Mr. Cheng would ask for a very high price, but it turned out to be only $20,000. She was a little speechless.

"We can set up a new production company in the central region, such as Missouri. The cost there is low, so we can specialize in small orders and not let go of even the smallest profits. After all, we are short of money right now."

Lisa was so thoughtful that Mr. Cheng was somewhat touched. MAS's advertising production business was partially self-made. Of course, if Party A had special requirements or introduced a professional company, MAS would not refuse.

Low-budget advertising requires low-budget production, and starting a new company in a low-cost state is indeed a good way to pick up a small business.

She has to take business below 20,000 dollars, which shows how much pressure Lisa is under as the housekeeper of MAS.

"Your suggestion is very good, we can start to implement it, but the company's financing is actually easy to solve. It's just that I have more requirements for the investors of the next round of financing. Lisa, you don't have to be so stressed." "My main source of stress is you. You have too many ideas, and MAS has too few people for you to toss.

So, keep expanding, and hiring more people will make my life easier."

"I have a suggestion. MAS can help you beautify your FT financial statements, expand the FT faster in the next six months, and try to sell it in the second half of 19."

Mr. Cheng and Lisa are in close contact with each other. After all, the changes in the market environment and force majeure factors are there, and FT's small and beautiful model is very suitable for acquisition - listed companies like small companies with simple models and good cash flow the most.

"Ah? Beautify the report, isn't this inappropriate?"

The blonde girl knew what Mr. Cheng meant, and she felt a little embarrassed. She could accept selling the company, after all, she didn't plan to be stuck in the quagmire of making money for the rest of her life, but financial magic was a bit confusing, and Lisa found it hard to accept.

"You are an executive and shareholder of MAS. Whether it is beautified or not, future acquirers will always look at it with tinted glasses. This is America, you know."

Seeing that Lisa was interested, Mr. Cheng decided to strike while the iron was hot.

"The marginal effect of the new volume will gradually become apparent over time. We will use half a year to boost our performance and strive to achieve a monthly turnover of more than 20 million in May and June. By then, FT's profit will be able to reach tens of millions a year, and valuation will be easy to talk about. What do you think?"

"Will those giants acquire us? Our model is too simple."

“Ha, don’t worry about that. Listed companies need to improve their financial statements or have favorable news. There are so many giants in the cultural and tourism industry in the world, and there will be people willing to pay.

Moreover, even if we cannot sell them, it will not affect our normal profits. At worst we can just earn the money slowly.

What I am thinking about is that after MAS stabilizes, I will have new big projects, and I will need your help then."

Mr. Cheng’s trust in Lisa is almost at the highest level, and this sister can be regarded as his best assistant in his career.

"What project?"

"Online office. You know I have to hold cross-ocean network meetings every day. My ideas about online office have become clearer and clearer recently. I want to make the best online office software."

This reason is very good and powerful. Lisa sees Mr. Cheng working like Superman every day, and she understands Mr. Cheng’s need for online office very well.

“But I don’t understand the Internet, and you don’t seem to understand it either.”

“People working in the Internet industry always come up with a lot of special terms to make themselves seem special, but in fact, they just make a good product and get enough people to use it, that’s all.

Don’t worry too much. I don’t think there will be any problem with funding when this business is launched. Money is the most important thing. Once you have money, technology and talent will be easy to come by.”

"I feel like I'll have to work for you forever..."

"Ha, you'll be busy for now, but things will get easier in the future. I'll give you two months of annual leave a year."

"Chan, you are still so good at drawing cakes."

“What I said was that I was sure that there was no problem with FT’s incremental mining model, but you were still not confident. Now you see that everything I said was correct.

So I am not just making empty promises, everything is achievable.”

Having said this, Lisa nodded and turned to leave. When she reached the door, she hesitated and turned back to ask.

"The LAPD came to me after the last attack. A man named Jax asked me a lot of questions, and I answered that I didn't know anything. Is there any problem here?"

Cheng Daiqi knew that she was not asking whether Jax had any problems. Lisa wanted to know the follow-up. Whether out of friendship or the shared experience of encountering an accident, she did have a lot of questions to ask.

However, this girl is very aware of social distance, so her question was very obscure.

"Don't worry, just work normally. This is pretty much the end of our attack."

"That's it?"

Looking at Lisa who was somewhat incredulous, Cheng Daiqi smiled.

"LPAD has mobilized all its forces to investigate, but there are no clues. That's probably it. Maybe this is life?"

The blonde and the white girl still didn't quite understand. Being attacked by gunmen at home, and in a purposeful and organized attack, shouldn't this be taken seriously and be a cause for concern?

"You said that it might be Mi'er's brother Achilles who sent people to attack you. Why don't you investigate him?"

Lisa was a little conflicted. She guessed what kind of answer Cheng Daiqi might give, but she was a kind-hearted person after all, otherwise she would not have helped Mr. Cheng who was in trouble.

She believed that the world shouldn't be so dark, right?
"America believes that everyone is equal, but some people are more equal than others, and this matter cannot be solved by the police or prosecution alone. I talked to you a lot that day, but I just hope you understand the situation that Mier and I are facing.

Lisa, we are friends, so these things may involve you, including the attack that day. In fact, I am still not sure what happened. Just continue your life normally, and at most keep a close eye on the two female bodyguards I found for you.

Don’t stress.”

The huge struggle for interests brought about a brutal and violent clash. President Cheng was actually helpless. He could fight to the death, but he wanted to move towards the top of the mountain step by step.

However, he still felt sorry for involving his friend.

Cheng Daiqi said something like "don't be stressed" several times today. Lisa noticed that he seemed to be under a lot of pressure. This man was almost suffocated by the pressure, so he seemed to be at a loss for words.

"Okay. You mean, there are other ways to solve this case?"

"Keep it a secret, go ahead and get to work."

Lisa was sent out by President Cheng in a daze. She couldn't even talk to him for a few more words. President Cheng felt that it was enough to inform her of the situation and there was no need to involve her.

An example of how he coped with the transformation was Xiao Zhao, who lost a friend because of his greed and fear.

Hey.

Moreover, Mr. Cheng is still not sure whether the two gunmen who attacked him were sent by Achilles, but he would rather put the blame on Achilles - Wolfe did not have sufficient conditions to do so, and Gru had no need to do so.

The possibility of other people is even smaller. Mr. Cheng is still willing to believe that it is a conflict caused by the entanglement of interests and that it is the work of his potential brother-in-law.

But it's time to meet Achilles.

Theoretically, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but in reality many roads are curved.

(End of this chapter)