America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 256 Malicious Competition

[Daily Intelligence: After discussion, the board of directors of Huasen Petroleum Company, considering the current oil market, anticipates offering $200 million for a 8500 million barrel oil field, $300 million for a 1.3 million barrel oil field, and $3.25 million for a 500 million barrel oil field. The total value of the three oil fields sold to the other party is approximately $5.4 million.]

[After discussion, the board of directors of Merlin Oil Company will visit you to discuss acquisition offers of $8000 million, $1.45 million, and $3.2 million respectively. The total value of the three oil fields sold to them is approximately $5.45 million.]

[After discussion, the board of directors of WM Oil Company has decided to acquire the three oil fields from you for $9500 million, $1.29 million, and $3.1 million respectively. The total value of the three oil fields sold to you is approximately $5.35 million.]

Looking at the quotes in the intelligence report, Zhang Ailun thought for a moment and realized that selling all three oil fields to the same company at once would be too unfair. Since their individual quotes varied, he decided to simply choose the highest quote and sell them to the three oil companies separately.

[Daily Intelligence: After discussion, the Lightning Oil Company board of directors has decided to hire someone to threaten you into a zero-dollar purchase. They will acquire your oil fields for 120 million, 150 million, and 360 million respectively. Let you experience the heavy blows of capitalism and the pirate nature of Onsa. Details: They have planned three proven schemes. First, they hired street gangs to harass your neighborhood and ranch. Second, they hired private investigators to follow and film your movements and daily life. Finally, they dispatched professional gunmen to kidnap you by shooting you in the back. —Long press to learn more about the above members' personal information.]

Zhang Ailun: ?

You bastards, are you tired of living?

Damn it. I want to see if your arms are harder or my thighs are thicker.

You better not have any dirt on you!!

He had no wife, no son, and no daughter.

In a fit of rage, the leader decided to have someone draw lots to determine who would die and who would then transform into a self-destructing truck to ambush and kill them.

But in the end, he managed to restrain his murderous intent.

Because killing them would be too easy; they must be ruthlessly tormented and tortured! Drive them bankrupt.

[Daily Intelligence: Dr. Jerry's former cellmates, after being bailed out, are currently working as surgeons in a shady underground clinic in the suburbs, conducting chemical research in a leaf greenhouse in White Dove Motorbike, and begging on the streets of Little Rock. You can take action against them between 8:30 PM and 22:00 PM.]

Zhang Ailun: ...

The others were all doing their jobs, so why is someone begging?

Zhang Ailun put away his phone, got up, put on his clothes, and washed up in the bathroom.

Dominic had already prepared the meal, and the group sat together and ate a hearty breakfast. Zhang Ailun then took out the downloaded photos and sent them to Dominic.

"If anyone is planning to join our team today, remember to be strict during the vetting process."

Dominic looked at the people in the photo, somewhat puzzled. "These people look like homeless scavengers, right? What happened? Did they do something wrong? Were they freeloaders? Or are they wanted criminals?"

"What they did was huge. They caused a lot of trouble, almost bankrupting a company with annual revenue of over 100 million. Now, many people on the street want to find them, but for them, finding them is not very useful except for making some money. But for us, it is of great significance."

Zhang Ailun gave a concise explanation of the Parker Resource Recycling Company.

"No wonder when I called them these past two days to ask them to come and collect the cans, they said they had to wait two more days because they had internal company matters to attend to." Dominic suddenly realized that something had happened to Parker Corporation.

He then asked, "Are you planning to help the owner of Parker Industries solve this problem?"

"In a sense, I am indeed helping Parker out of its predicament, but more accurately, I am helping ourselves. Because I intend to acquire Parker, but I don't want to pay too high a price," Zhang Ailun said with a smile.

Dominic understood what he meant.

However, he wasn't particularly interested in business competition, but being able to buy things at a more affordable price was certainly the best option.

So-called business competition is nothing more than the proverb "two monks have water to drink, three monks have no water to drink."

If you eat a little more, I'll eat a little less. If I want to eat more, I'll have to beat you up and kick you out of the game.

"Those scavengers all joined us with bad intentions. If anyone in the team encounters them, they can message Bailey and the others to buy some time to arrange some work for them. I will handle this matter then," Zhang Ailun said.

"OK".

Dominic nodded, finished his breakfast, tidied the table, and then got up to wash the dishes.

Jennifer packed her things and went out with Sig to the armed nation to handle the cargo and shipping issues, transport all the weapons and ammunition to the port, and rent the Mason Clipper.

After resting for a while, Zhang Ailun went out to run errands, calling Zorro, who had just gotten up. He started the Wrangler, sent a message to Reina, and told her that he needed Cooper's help with something.

Reina: He hasn't come to work yet. Perhaps you could call him directly?

Zhang Ailun got Cooper's phone number from Reina and sent it to him. The call was answered quickly.

"Hello? Who are you looking for?" The voice sounded like the person was still a little sleepy.

"It's me," Zhang Ailun said.

"Mr. Kim? Is there something you need?" Cooper asked, instantly regaining his senses.

Zhang Ailun immediately explained his purpose and asked if he was familiar with the chairman of the whale auction.

He added, "I met the owner of Parker Company at the auction. I learned that he's running into some trouble and is selling his assets, planning to consign his company for auction. However, the eligibility process hasn't been completed yet. I'm quite interested in this company. Could you find someone to expedite the procedures?"

Cooper paused for a few seconds upon hearing this. Being a shrewd person, he knew that many people were eyeing Parker Corporation, wanting to buy his company at a low price. He immediately probed, "Mr. Kim, are you perhaps planning to acquire that company?"

"I do have this idea," Zhang Ailun said.

Cooper thought for a moment and said, "Although Parker has sold off a lot of assets, it still owns three factories in the suburbs, a considerable number of employees, and filtration and sorting machines. The precious metals sorted from each factory are sold to metal companies, and the monthly revenue and profit should be around $150 million to $200 million. It also has a series of legal licenses and qualifications. Currently, the company's shares are concentrated in the hands of Parker's owner, a few core executives, and other individual investors. If you want to acquire this company through formal channels at an auction, it will cost at least $2000 million to $3500 million."

"This company still owes the bank $2000 million. The shareholders have all run away, leaving only three factories and equipment. It shouldn't be that expensive, right?" Zhang Ailun asked doubtfully.

Parker's main assets now lie in its site construction and equipment, with each complete set of sorting machines costing several million dollars.

The job doesn't require highly educated or technically skilled professionals, as it's all assembly line work; most of the workers hired are high school graduates.

Parker's credit and finances are now in dire straits, and the company is about to shut down. It's feared that they won't be able to pay their employees' wages. They're basically just making empty promises, and the owner is even selling off assets and trying to abscond.

Although the contracts with the outsourced trucking fleets were valid, they stopped providing pickup services for the cans because the project had run out of funds. Parker essentially didn't have its own fleet of vehicles because outsourcing was cheaper.

Buying garbage trucks and other heavy equipment would require at least a dozen vehicles, amounting to millions of dollars in initial expenditure. Then there's the cost of hiring drivers, and the company would have to provide workers' compensation in case of accidents. Outsourcing eliminates these concerns; if something goes wrong, the other party profits directly, with the worst-case scenario being the loss of electronic waste.

Jin Ruiqiu was dealing in electronic waste in the suburbs, and her outsourced driver caused an accident and fled the scene.

If it's a company car, and the driver knows some lawyer friends from the union, they will definitely turn around and demand workers' compensation from the company, making the company sue the victim. They won't be able to escape the consequences.

After all, the legal regulations on the West Coast regarding the relationship between employees and bosses have always been at odds.

"I've included the bank debts and compensation payments in the calculation. This company has now been classified as a high-risk company and is facing a serious credit crisis. If you acquire this company, you will have to repay and inherit the debt disputes, as well as assume market responsibilities. You may also have trouble recruiting. The company's actual value is now only $1500 million."

Cooper said, "Spending $1500 million to buy this company, taking on $2000 million in debt, and having to appease employees and provide benefits makes it a completely unprofitable deal in terms of initial investment. But if managed properly, it should be able to break even in six months."

"If Parker has really paid off its bank debts and settled all debt disputes, it probably won't consider selling the company."

Zhang Ailun doesn't care about the debt disputes. To be honest, he was originally after the debt disputes.

What's the point if he can't sue the victims' families and Blue Ocean Recycling Company? He's not happy about that.

We'll provide witnesses and physical evidence to the court, accuse the other party of malicious competition, and recover all the money paid to the victims' families and the losses from Blue Ocean Company to make up for our losses!

If Azure Company becomes too weak and collapses, he might be able to buy some assets from them at a low price.

It's a deal that's guaranteed to make a killing, and their market share and influence skyrocketed!

There's no need to worry about staff. Salaries and benefits will remain the same. Ordinary workers with a high school diploma will earn $2500-$4000 per month, while supervisors will earn $8-$10 per year. If they can do the job, they can do it; if they can't, they'll be paid and let go.

The leader of the sect has hundreds of people under his command and is worried about how to arrange their employment. He has no shortage of employees and trusts his own people. When the time comes, he will carry out a major overhaul and replace everyone with new people!

Seeing the Grand Master's strong desire to acquire the property, Cooper didn't try to dissuade him further. He said, "The chairman of the Whale Auction House is quite familiar with the congressman. I can inform Mr. Jackson."

"The owner of Parker Company is selling his assets. There's a fully furnished apartment in District 5 that Mr. Jackson might be interested in," Zhang Ailun said, offering his own bargaining chip.

"I'll go and inform the congressman right now." Cooper, hearing there was a reward in store, immediately went to do the deed.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ailun and Zorro waited by the roadside for a while. The other person got out of the car, bought breakfast at a convenience store, and chatted while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the West Coast. About half an hour later, Cooper sent another message.

Cooper: Mr. Jackson has informed the chairman of the Whale Auction. They have approved Parker's qualifications and issued a notice; an auction is expected to be held tomorrow.

Zhang Ailun: Okay, I'll contact Mr. Parker right now and have a chat with him.

A quick search on Opportunity Network revealed houses in District 5 listed for sale. Parker, the owner, was selling his house, car, and private yacht at an auction, but many of his assets failed to sell.

Fully furnished apartments in the eastern part of the city and sea-view villas in the new port area of ​​southern Los Angeles failed to sell at auction due to price issues.

The fully furnished apartments in the southern fifth district weren't even put up for auction because they lacked prestige. After all, those who can participate in auctions usually have at least two million in assets, and there are quite a few multi-millionaires. Surely no one would buy a house in the south, which is notoriously chaotic and poor.

Our councilor has a need, after all, District 5 is his hometown and stronghold, and he's about to go through a lawsuit, get a divorce, and end up homeless.

Although he owns fully furnished apartments in other districts and downtown with loans, how will the residents view him if even he doesn't buy a house in the five districts?

This is a betrayal of the citizens! You can forget about winning the next election.

Zhang Ailun contacted the other party directly and explained his purpose: Hello, Mr. Parker, I am Juan Jin from Alfred Recycling Station. I saw the two houses you are selling on Opportunity Network, one in a prime community in District 5 and the other a sea-view villa in Newport, South Los Angeles. Are you interested in chatting?

Parker: Hello, Mr. Kim, I didn't expect you to be interested in my house. I have time to show you the house now. Where are you? I can come to you directly.

Zhang Ailun: Let's meet in the apartment community in District 5.

Parker: OK.

After putting away his phone, Zhang Ailun asked Zorro to get in the car and drove to the apartment building.

I parked on the side of the road and waited outside for a while. Soon after, I saw a ride-hailing car parked at the intersection.

Mr. Parker got out of the car looking haggard, half happy and half worried, glancing left and right.

Zhang Ailun got out of the car and greeted him, "Over here! Mr. Parker."

"Hello, Mr. Kim." Boss Parker immediately walked over, warmly shook hands, greeted him, glanced at Zorro next to him, and then looked at the Wrangler with envy. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"No, we just arrived too." Zhang Ailun smiled. "I saw your apartment building on Opportunity Network. I think the location is great, so I want to buy it. There's also another sea-view villa that I'd consider buying if the price is right. I might have to trouble you to take us there again then."

"That's not a problem at all, but are you sure you want to buy this apartment building?"

The owner of Parker also knew the current net worth of the leader, which was at least several hundred million dollars in oil assets, and these were funds that could be readily converted into cash.

A villa would be more in line with his status, but buying this apartment building was something he hadn't expected. After all, it's located in Zone 5, and even in a prime location, the price would be at most four or five hundred thousand US dollars.

And the timing wasn't ideal either; it would have been better if we had arrived half an hour earlier.

"I'm giving it away as a gift." Zhang Ailun smiled. "A friend of mine has run into some trouble recently and needs a house to live in."

"It must be a blessing to have you as a friend," Mr. Parker remarked.

He led the two into the community and arrived at the apartment building. He took out his room card to scan the electromagnetic signal of the door lock, and then unlocked it with his fingerprint. The door lock was quite high-tech.

(End of this chapter)