Zhou Hexuan walked over and sat down with Mike, and asked like a home, "Do you have a wife and children?" ”

At the mention of his family, Mike's expression became even more painful, and he put down his pistol and said, "I have a beautiful and gentle wife, two sons and a daughter. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What are they going to do when you die?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"I've written a suicide note for Mary to remarry with the children, and maybe she'll find a better husband than me," Mike said. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "What if your wife is unlucky and finds a villain?" He may beat your children and even send them to factories for child labor. ”

"No, it won't." Mike shook his head.

"But is there such a possibility? Even if it's only a 1 in 10,000 chance. Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile.

Mike was silent, his heart throbbing at the thought of his wife going to be embraced by other men in the future, and the thought that his children might be abused by his stepfather.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "How much do you owe?" ”

Mike said: "The company's funds were misappropriated by Raul and me, and now they are all lost. As for me personally, I owe $240,000 to banks and securities companies. ”

"You don't think you can make $240,000 for the rest of your life?" Zhou Hexuan said.

Mike shook his head and said, "The publishing company's capital chain is broken, and now it can't even afford to pay for the transportation of books." And I've been looking around for buyers these days, but now that the economic situation is not good, and the book market is fiercely competitive, no one in a medium-sized publishing house like ours wants to take over, and bankruptcy has become inevitable. If I file for personal bankruptcy again, it will be very difficult to make a comeback, I will have to be in huge debt for the rest of my life, and I don't want my wife and children to suffer with me. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "What if I am willing to take a stake in your book company?" ”

"Really?" Mike was pleasantly surprised.

Zhou Hexuan asked, "How much are you going to ask?" ”

After a moment's thought, Mike said, "I founded the company in partnership with Raul, who is the majority shareholder, owning 55 percent of the shares, and I only have 45 percent. Raul has already committed suicide, and if you choose to buy it all, you will have to discuss it with his family, and I think they will be willing to say yes. As for the company's valuation, it was worth at least $200,000 before the crash. Now......"

"For $50,000, I buy 95% of the shares of the publishing house, and leave the remaining 5% to you." Zhou Hexuan quoted a black-hearted price.

Mike was in no mood to bargain and asked in a pleading tone, "Can you have more?" ”

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "Then 60,000, it can't be more." In addition, I can privately lend you $150,000 to pay off some of your personal debts. ”

Mike had no choice at all, gritted his teeth and said, "Deal!" ”

There are roughly 5 scenarios for filing for bankruptcy in the United States.

Among them, if the individual is bankrupt and the total amount of debts is less than 100,000 US dollars (adjusted to 250,000 yuan in later generations), he can submit a repayment plan to the court, and submit a certain amount of money to the court, and then repay it slowly in installments.

Mike owes $240,000 to banks and securities firms, far more than he filed for personal bankruptcy. To put it bluntly, he is not even qualified to apply for personal bankruptcy, and now Zhou Hexuan has lent him 150,000 yuan, which can be regarded as really saving his life.

Mike can use $140,000 of them to pay off his debts, and he has $100,000 in debt, just enough to file for personal bankruptcy. He paid a few thousand more deposits to the court, and he could barely get by, but in the future, he had to take out part of his monthly income to pay off his debts.

Zhou Hexuan made a good calculation, leaving 5% of the publishing house shares to Mike, so that this guy could have a head start and do his best to manage the company. Lend him another $150,000 and become Mike's biggest creditor, unless this guy automatically gives up his future, he will have to work for Zhou Hexuan for the rest of his life.

Knowing that he was cheated, but Mike still had to be grateful, he asked, "Why help me?" ”

Zhou Hexuan shrugged: "In the whole United States, you are the only one who helps me publish a book." And the royalties are settled every three months, even if I am far away in China, you have never been in arrears. I just want to find some investment in the United States, and you have a good personality and are a very ideal partner. ”

"Thanks," Mike said, getting up, "I'll go out and make an announcement before the employees leave." ”

"Please." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Mike walked out of the office quickly, clapped his hands to get everyone's attention, and said loudly, "Guys, don't rush to pack your things just yet. Someone is willing to provide funds to invest in the company, the difficulties have been solved, and the Mike Lauer Books Company will continue to operate! ”

Employees were amazed and looked towards the office.

Just now, the boss was on the verge of suicide, and the Asian solved the problem as soon as he entered, apparently buying the company at his own expense.

Zhou Hexuan walked out with a smile and said to everyone: "In the future, everything will be the same as before, even the name of the company will not change, I hope everyone will work hard." ”

Of course, you have to work hard, and in a few months, the American people will know that the job is valuable, and even senior engineers can only find jobs as cleaners.

Mike moved quickly, called in a lawyer that day, found the wife of the partner who had committed suicide, and officially signed the equity transfer contract the next day. Immediately afterwards, Mike successfully filed for personal bankruptcy, and although he was burdened with bad debts, he seemed much more relaxed.

Zhang Mouzhi was a little puzzled, and he asked: "Virtuous son-in-law, since the United States is about to break out into an economic crisis, I'm afraid the publishing business will not be good." ”

"It's hard to do, but I have my way." Zhou Hexuan said confidently.

The year 1929 was the last glory of the European and American book market, and it would take at least 10 years to slowly recover, and hundreds of publishing companies announced their closure.

Zhou Hexuan invested in an American publishing house at this time, and he mainly had two big killers: one is "Gone with the Wind" (also translated as "Gone with the Wind"), as long as he wins the agency publishing rights of this book, no matter how bad the publishing house is, it can be resurrected; The second is the Pocket Book Project, a special way of binding books that will be popular even decades later.

Historically, the American book market, which was dying in the 30s, was successfully sustained because of the emergence of pocket books. In an environment where it is difficult to sell 100,000 sales, pocket books have sold dozens of millions once they came out.

Of course, these two killer features, Zhou Hexuan doesn't want to say it for the time being.

Under normal development, the McLaul Company, as well as the entire American book market, will be in a slump. At the most difficult time, Zhou Hexuan proposed the pocket book plan again, which was enough to convince Mike and surprise him!

Don't think that this is an extra move, if you don't let Mike taste the failure of the business, the company will grow bigger in the future, this partner may have more ideas in his heart, thinking that he is the biggest hero, and he is unwilling to take only 5% of the shares.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Dad, I suddenly thought of a good business that is making money every day, you see if you are willing to do it." ”

"What business?" Zhang Mouzhi asked.

"Open a *** factory in the United States." Zhou Hexuan said.

"Avoid ......***?" Zhang Mouzhi was dumbfounded, and then couldn't cry or laugh.

This son-in-law, not to mention selling underwear in China, actually has to come to the United States to sell ***.

Nowadays there is no concept of birth control at all, and only prostitutes use *** in China. If it is known that they are doing this kind of business in the United States, I am afraid that people will laugh off their big teeth.

Zhou Hexuan clearly knows that in the United States during the Great Depression, there were only two types of business that were the most prosperous: one was to make movies, and the other was to sell ***.