America's Big Hero

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Greeting each other, flattering each other, after going through the process, Sean brought up the topic: "Every company is preparing to start credit card business now, I don't know how it is going!"

There was a burst of laughter, and the CEOs of several companies looked at each other in embarrassment, but no one spoke.

After all, this business was created by Sean, and they turned around and started to follow suit. Now facing the right owner, it would be fine if they were ordinary people. Faced with Sean, they somewhat lacked confidence.

"What's the matter? It seems that everyone is a little embarrassed?" Sean teased with a smile on his face: "Or, if you find out with your conscience, cancel this business?"

There was another burst of laughter, but no one spoke.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but it's impossible to give up the business, businessmen, the shame is here.

Sean reached out and nodded one by one, shook his head, and then said: "Every company owes me a favor. One day, when I come to ask for it, don't refuse me."

"Of course, if there is something that needs cooperation, just speak up!" The CEOs said in a hurry.

"I'll take it as if you all agreed." Sean didn't care about their little trick of changing the favor to cooperation, and forcibly settled the favor.

You can't be polite with these shameless people, besides, he is not easy to mess with.

"I am here today because of a problem that has troubled all of us. People are accustomed to using cash for transactions. This has caused great trouble to the promotion of credit cards and card machines. I believe you have also felt it."

Speaking of this, everyone immediately became serious.

"Since Mr. Xiao En has brought us all here and brought up this matter again, there must be some way!" Max Lowry, CEO of Chase Manhattan, immediately answered the question.

Everyone also looked at Sean.

……

Half a month later, Capitol Hill.

A donkey party member stood on the podium, a document was placed on the podium, and he started his speech.

"Before I came here today, I suddenly wanted to eat an ice cream, so I stopped the car and went to the side of the road to buy it."

"Fortunately, I bought ice cream, which was delicious. Unfortunately, I didn't have any change with me. I gave him $20 and got back a lot of change." As he spoke, the congressman picked up his wallet and gestured , By the way, he bowed his head and counted.

The congressman frowned, "Damn it, one dollar is missing...it must have fallen there!"

In the United States, any politician must be proficient in acting and learn to perform without objects.

"Well, I believe everyone has this kind of experience. I bought a few things and got back a lot of change. It's easy to lose these change on my body, and it wasted a lot of time to find the change."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, everyone has this experience, it is really annoying, especially coins, it is so easy to lose.

"I don't like change, and I believe businesses don't like it either. It's easy to make mistakes. You need to prepare a lot of change every day before opening, and you have to count it when you close the door. It's too troublesome!"

"I commissioned a survey organization to conduct a survey before. They conducted statistics on 1000 people. Every day they waste as much as 20 minutes in making change, and waste 121 hours a year, which is 5 days. Based on the average life expectancy 70 calculations, we waste as much as 1 year in our life on making change!!"

"It's scary, isn't it, gentlemen."

“I find it very unsafe to carry cash, especially large amounts of cash, as we all know the crime rate in the US is high, especially in those middle and lower class neighborhoods, and you can be robbed at any time, especially if you expose a large amount of cash when."

"It doesn't matter if the money is robbed, the most fear is that your own life will be harmed, right, gentlemen."

"So, can we avoid that?"

"Obviously, the times are advancing, technology is developing, and the emergence of credit cards and credit card machines has solved this big trouble for people. It not only improves the efficiency of shopping, but also facilitates merchants, and protects people's health by reducing the need to carry cash. People's funds and property safety issues."

"The above is just my opinion. It has nothing to do with today's proposal. Now let's get to the point!" the donkey party member said with a smile.

The crowd listening to the report also laughed, but none of them believed his nonsense.

"Today, the proposal I am going to put forward is called "How to Suppress the Increasingly Rampant Drugs and Other Crimes". The conduct of the transaction."

"Thinking that the drug problem has spawned too many crimes, this is something that none of us here want to see."

"And obviously it's not realistic to try to get drugs off the streets, the fact is we don't have that many police officers."

"So, is there any other way? My answer is yes!" The donkey party member raised the report document in his hand and said: "I propose to give the police a right to confiscate those who cannot be proved to be legal. Income cash!"

After the proposal is finished, we will enter the question-and-answer session.

"Why is the cash confiscated?" asked the congressman who thought the donkey party raised his hand.

"Because illegal and criminal transactions including drugs cannot be transferred in banks, evidence will be left, so this type of criminal transactions all use cash, a lot of cash."

"Is it a violation of human rights in the process of law enforcement by giving the police the freedom to confiscate cash?"

"It can be controlled through regulations."

"What if the legal income proof of this cash cannot be provided on the spot?"

"The police must issue a receipt when confiscating the money. If they can prove it afterwards, they can naturally get the money back. We are a society ruled by law."

"It's impossible to prove all the cash..."

……

Xiao En smiled and pointed at the screen on the TV and said, "Good guy, it's just like the real thing. If I didn't know that a big consortium had already done public relations, I would have believed it!"

Half a month ago, Sean asked everyone to talk about this matter.

What should capitalists do if they encounter resistance when they want to promote a new industry or business model?

Find the government!

What does the government do?

Of course it is to solve the trouble for the capitalists!

Otherwise, is it still for the ass?

What is a capitalist government!

A government that doesn't solve problems for capitalists is not a good government.

A bad government will definitely be overthrown!

Of course, this matter must be covered with a reasonable and legal cloak, such as the "Civil Forfeiture Act", the purpose of which is to combat drug and other criminal transactions that must be carried out in cash.

The law states that commercial transactions must go through banks!

It's not a commercial transaction. If you go out and carry a large amount of cash with unclear sources, no one will believe that it's not a criminal activity!

Aboveboard and impeccable!

As for how to shop without carrying a large amount of cash, isn't it very clear before?

Credit card consumption can avoid change, is convenient to carry, prevents loss, ensures safety, and ensures that no counterfeit money will be received... It is convenient for you, me, and him, and there is no harm.

If you firmly disagree and still carry a large amount of cash with you, no one will believe that you are not planning to carry out illegal and criminal activities!

In this case, the police confiscated your cash, and it is very lenient to give you proof of legal income afterwards!

Fighting crime is everyone's responsibility!

"Snap" Sean picked up the remote control to turn off the TV, turned to look at Monroe, "It's all right now, the government is starting to push, and the police will cooperate to confiscate those who dare to carry cash for shopping."

"If you don't go to Uncle Xiao En's bank to apply for a card, you'll be thinking about using cash all day long, and you won't have the spirit of dedication to capitalists at all!"

"It forced me to formulate a bill, really..."

"Okay, dear Monroe, now I have removed all obstacles for you!"

What is the master of the country!

Tactical back!

Chapter 436: Spend money, or spend money!

You think I'm promoting credit cards?

No, I am creating a new life and bringing convenience to more people!

You think I'm fighting crime?

Wrong, I was promoting a credit card...

True and false, two seemingly irrelevant things are often the real positive and negative sides!

……

Sean thought that it would be over after solving the major difficulties Sean Bank was currently encountering, but in fact, just when Sean was about to run away, Pete Chernin came to the door.

Too much business is not good, even if it is a hands-off shopkeeper, the actual workload is also huge.

"New Century's 24-hour news station has started operation, so far, it's pretty stable." Pete Chernin came up with good news first.

For this 24-hour news station, Sean didn't have much hope. Not to mention the first-mover advantage of Fox's 24-hour news station, News Corporation's global media network allows them to be far ahead in news professionalism and timeliness. Others left behind.

The new century still needs to catch up slowly.

"So..." Sean raised his brows, Cheerning would not talk nonsense.

"So, what is the focus of our news station?" Pete Cherning said after deliberation: "Any TV station has its own focus, such as youth, such as serious news, such as entertainment, etc. The news station , Fox focuses on 24-hour international news, emphasizing timeliness, seriousness, and neutrality, so what about us?"

Sean frowned. It seemed that a form of expression was not important, but in fact, this was the key to the life and death of a TV station.

There are many TV stations in the United States, including New Century, Fox, ABC, etc. The biggest advantage is in terms of coverage, and there are more small local TV stations, which have their own unique skills to survive.

Therefore, the opponents of the new century are not just Fox, ABC and other big TV stations, but also those local small stations that are as numerous as stars.

The first thing to do is to snatch the users from the small platform, or the scene where the boss fights with the second child and beats the third child to death...

"Our new century, as a whole, is youth-oriented. From the first day of our establishment, our publicity has been biased towards youth storms." Xiao En said after deliberation: "So, what I mean is that the news must also conform to our general character."

"It's too abrupt for a group of young people to come out of an entertaining program with a serious one."

"We also report the news, but we have to report from the perspective of ridicule. For example, the previous Malay government incident, Fox's reporting direction is racial discrimination, reversing history, backwardness, and ignorance, so can our reporting direction be to select a This year's top [-] worst governments in the world."

"What kind of situation is such a stupid policy made?"

"Did you have any childhood shadows?"

"When a profile picture appears on the news, you can zoom in on your head, it will make you look more stupid..."

"Do you understand what I mean?" Sean tilted his head and looked at Chernin.

Chernin looked at Sean with a look of enlightenment, "Entertaining the news, boss, I have to say, you are a fucking genius!"

"It's just that we have to work hard for our editor, and I think we will lose a lot of hair."

"Hahaha, add a chicken leg to them, or go to Hollywood to dig some editors who write comedy, whatever you want, I believe you can handle it!" Sean said with a smile: "Okay, now you can say you came to me real purpose."

"Haha, haha." Chernin touched his nose with a smile, "That's right, boss, New Century still needs an appropriation."

"Piu Liang!" Sean rolled his eyes, "I know the fuck, what's going on?"

"The sports channel and the TV and movie channels you mentioned, boss." Chernin said concisely.

"How much additional investment does the budget need?" Sean asked calmly.

Don't ask, ask is rich!

I just earned 20 billion half a year ago and haven't spent it all. This time Sean Bank is planning to use free funds for expansion, and now I still have 12 billion in cash.

Well, it is the 350 billion credit line brought by the credit card, financial tools and so on, Monroe and the others used it without ambiguity at all, and Sean was terrified when he saw it.

The investments in Microsoft, Oracle, and AOL this time all used Sean Bank's money.

Sean didn't understand, until now it's still a net investment, he didn't earn a penny back, the account is a loss, how can there be money for foreign investment?

Sean can't figure out how to do finances. Anyway, it's right if you don't make money, and you don't have to pay taxes...

Sean didn't have any psychological burden on not paying taxes. What's more, he didn't earn a penny from Sean's bank!

Why pay taxes!

The reason why Sean Bank was used for this investment is, in Shen Bi’s words: Since you are so optimistic about these companies, of course you should use Sean Bank as the shareholder’s bank, and ask them to replace the settlement bank with Sean Banks is all right?

Thinking about the capital flow of these companies in the future, Sean immediately agreed.

Now he more or less understands what a financial institution is!

What the bank earns is never a small fee, what the bank wants is a large amount of capital flow, as long as one yuan flows in the bank, the bank dares to spend it as ten yuan!

"The initial estimate is 15 billion." Chernin glanced at Sean secretly, and said softly.

"Fuck, so much?" Sean was taken aback, and bounced off the chair with a bang.

"It's mainly the broadcasting contracts of the four major leagues." Chernin quickly stood up and explained: "The result of the current negotiations is that each one has to sign every four years."

"The current contracts for the broadcasting of events in the four major leagues are signed every four years. The broadcasting contracts for baseball and rugby are around 1.2 million per year, while those for ice hockey and basketball are a little lower at 8000 million."

"In addition, there are college games, football, baseball, basketball, and the broadcast price of college games will not be lower than that of professional leagues."