After Andy's words were finished, the office entered an eerie silence, and Arthur Carter looked at Andy who was looking down and tasting coffee with a stunned gaze, and was speechless for a long time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Taking a puff of his cigar, Arthur Carter calmed down the surprise in his heart, exhaled the smoke in his mouth, closed his eyes, and seriously thought about what Andy said.

He had met with Robert Judd two or three times over the takeover, and the communication had not been very smooth, and Alston was his personal lawyer, but he did not know very well about these situations.

It is simply incredible that the young man in front of him can speculate and analyze the attitudes and thoughts of the other two people about the acquisition of "The Observer" through only limited information.

Andy's analysis is very correct, Robert's Tribeca Group doesn't want to pay a penny, but repeatedly emphasizes that it will give the newspaper a good future and make the newspaper prosperous, Arthur Carter has basically excluded the Tribeca Group.

If there is no Andy's appearance, maybe he will really sell the newspaper to Judd KSN, he has some friendship with Judd's father, and he is also very optimistic about Judd's future, a young and promising talent, several real estate investments have obtained great returns, and his ability is very strong, but it also shows that Judd is a standard businessman, everything is for the purpose of making money, what Andy said, Arthur Carter is very sure that Judd will definitely carry out newspaper reform in order to make a profit, and it is not impossible to become an entertainment tabloid.

Now it seems that Judd is not a good choice, but Judd is willing to bid $7 million for the acquisition, which is one of the reasons why he is tempted. If Andy could offer a suitable price, he would not hesitate to agree to sell to him.

As if deciding something, Arthur Carter opened his eyes and said in a low voice, "Young man, you have succeeded in convincing me, then, Mr. Smith, at what price are you going to buy the New York Observer?"

Arthur Carter's words made both Smith and his son breathe a sigh of relief, Auston really admired his son a little, thinking about what he was doing when he was 21 years old?

Andy frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and quickly analyzed in his mind, the final price was 10 million US dollars, and the contact between Arthur and Judd had just begun, with Judd's net worth, his initial offer should be between 5 million and 7 million, after all, there was a buffer zone for negotiation, and no one wanted to be the wrongdoer.

"8 million, I'm willing to bid 8 million to buy the New York Observer!" Andy gritted his teeth secretly and decided to take a risk, he would definitely not spend more if he could spend less, and a number came out.

Arthur Carter's face did not change, but he was still thinking in his heart, his psychological price was 10 million US dollars, Judd bid 7 million, and now Andy bid 8 million, which is a bit different from the price in his heart, but it is not unacceptable, after all, there are dozens of employees of the newspaper who need to negotiate the question of staying or not.

"Young man, after all, I want to sell The Observer, I still need to hear what opinions and requests the management of the newspaper has, you wait here for a while. After saying that, he stood up, walked back to his desk and pressed the phone, "Annie, inform Pete that there will be a management meeting in the conference room in a moment. ”

"Auston, stay with Andy here for a while, I'll be back soon. Arthur Carter picked up the suit from the clothes rack and put it on, and said to Alston Smith.

"Okay, Mr. Carter. Alston nodded in agreement.

Watching Arthur Carter leave the office, Andy apologized to his dad a little tangled: "Dad, it didn't affect your relationship with Mr. Carter, right?"

"Hehe, what do you think, I am his personal lawyer, I am only responsible for himself, his newspaper is in charge of another lawyer, don't worry, there is no impact. Auston chuckled and explained, feeling extremely pleased and proud of his son's performance today.

"Well, I'm afraid Arthur Carter will misunderstand that you have violated the rules of confidentiality and reveal the news to me. Andy heard his father's explanation, and this time he let go of his worries.

"Hehe, I'm a lawyer, how can I make that kind of low-level mistake, I won't violate my professional ethics, I have been friends with Arthur for 7 or 8 years, he knows me, don't worry. Auston took a sip of his coffee, then asked, "Do you think Arthur will agree to the purchase price of eight million?"

"Perhaps, but this is not the final price, after all, I can't say what I think I think about as soon as I come up, so it won't do any good for the rest of the negotiations. Andy shrugged and spread his hands.

Alston nodded, not saying anything more.

The waiting time was a bit boring, Andy left Arthur Carter's office, and whispered with his negotiation team in the lounge area of the secretary's room, explaining in detail what he had just talked to Arthur Carter, so that the negotiation team knew what he had just said.

About half an hour later, Arthur Carter's secretary came back and asked Andy to come to the newspaper conference room.

Andy knew that the show was going on, and whispered a few words to his lawyer, Nelson, and financial David, and took the lead in following Anne to the conference room.

There were already six people sitting at one table in the conference room, and the other side was empty, and Arthur Carter stood at the doorway, seeing Andy and his party coming in, smiling and introducing Andy.

When it was the paper's editor-in-chief, Pete Kaplan, nodded slightly at Andy and said, "Nice to meet you." ”

The two sides sat down, and Arthur Carter basically agreed to Andy's acquisition, but there was still some disagreement on the price, and he also gave the details of the newspaper and financial statements to Andy's negotiating team to review.

Andy and Arthur Carter didn't interfere too much in the negotiations, after all, they are bosses, tell their subordinates the results they want, and let their subordinates fight for themselves to be a qualified boss.

Andy's side bit the problem of the newspaper's losses and refused to increase the acquisition funds, while Arthur Carter's side kept emphasizing the influence and credibility of the "Observer", and not only that, the newspaper side also wanted Andy's side to make a promise that it would not reform by laying off employees.

As soon as he heard this, Andy's negotiating team immediately exploded, and his face and neck began to shout, and the two groups of well-dressed gentlemen were foaming at the mouth and arguing.

There was a quarrel in the conference room, and the employees of the newspaper finally knew what the group of people who appeared this morning were doing, and everyone was in danger for a while, after all, with a new boss, everyone's future was also uncertain, and the newspaper lost money every year, and any boss would not like it, and the easiest way to avoid losses was to lay off employees and reduce capital expenditures.

The news soon spread throughout the newspaper office, and even the reporters who had gone out to collect and edit early this morning rushed back from outside, and gathered together to discuss with trepidation, and when they saw Arthur Carter's secretary Anne coming out of the conference room, they were immediately surrounded by some middle managers and questioned.

Annie, who returned to the conference room from outside, whispered something in Arthur Carter's ear with a disgraced face, and a trace of anger appeared on Arthur Carter's face, beckoned to Pete Kaplan, whispered a few words to Pete standing in front of him, and waved his hand impatiently.

Pete Kaplan walked out of the conference room with a dark face, and then his roar was heard, and then some jumbled sounds rang out, not really audible.

"Andy, I agree to sell you eight million, but you have to agree that you can't lay off a large number of employees because of losses within a year after you take over!" Arthur Carter listened to the noise outside, and couldn't help sighing, the newspaper he founded 20 years ago has come to this day, he is still very sad and disappointed, it's not that he has no money and can't support it, it's just that he no longer has the energy to open up, and his children can't look down on this loss-making newspaper, so they can only find a suitable new owner for it.

"Yes! I agree. Andy didn't hesitate at all, ignored the shaking of the head of the lawyer Nelson and the financial manager David, and happily agreed.

Now that Andy and Arthur Carter have reached an agreement, things are simple, the contract is quickly drawn up, and Andy writes a check.

Sign, exchange contract signature, hand over the check.

Arthur Carter put the check in his pocket, stretched out his hand and shook it with Andy, his voice was low and with a hint of sadness, "It's yours, I hope you treat it well!"

"I will!You'll see it get stronger!" Andy said confidently and firmly with a sunny smile on his face.