game trailblazer

Chapter 337 Futile Resistance
At 09:30 a.m. local time in New York, on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange...

Fred Hart was sitting in his seat, and the latest transaction data had already appeared on several open monitors. He cut a window at random, entered Hasbro's stock code HAS, and opened a special monitoring window When he comes out, sometimes he will receive a job like this to monitor the transaction situation. In fact, he just takes advantage of his spare time to take a look around and pay attention to the places they are interested in for some listed companies or investors, but after all, this belongs to First-hand data, and the fastest timeliness, so things like this are not uncommon.

Fred Hart entered a few more stock codes, and opened independent monitoring pages on the three monitors, and the remaining monitors were used to pay attention to the market conditions or provide work data.Taking a closer look at the data bouncing on the three monitoring pages, at least for now everything looks normal, Fred Hart heaved a sigh of relief, and turned his gaze to the other monitors.

Just as Fred Hart left Hasbro's stock monitoring page, the flashing speed of the transaction data on it suddenly accelerated...

Fifteen minutes later, at 15:45 a.m. local time in Rhode Island, Newport Avenue in Pawtucket...

On the sixth floor of the headquarters building of Hasbro Corporation, Alan Hassenfeld is sitting in his office, with a haggard face, he is drinking a cup of coffee absent-mindedly, but he is still thinking about Hasbro Corporation The question of where to go in the future.He had been thinking about this question all night yesterday, except that it made his mind confused like a pot of oatmeal, but he got nothing at all.

Alan Hasenfeld has thought of many ways, including developing new products, new marketing, etc., but there is an unavoidable crux, that is Money, any new action requires a lot of money as a backing, but What Hasbro lacks the most right now is funds. It’s not that it can’t even get a dime in cash, but it’s less than 1 million US dollars including bank deposits. There are not enough banknotes for him to try, unless he If they can come up with a way to make money without losing money, or else there will be another fire pit like Star Wars toys, then Hasbro will really be over.

After taking a sip of coffee, Alan Hasenfeld picked up a pen and drew randomly on the back of a piece of used document paper. The twisted and meaningless lines quickly filled the paper, but what was in his mind The messy situation has not improved.At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Alan Hasenfeld looked up, and the CEO Al Verikachal was standing by the open door, his face was very pale, and he looked like Did not sleep well.

"Al, what's the matter?" Alan Hasenfeld raised the cup in his hand and asked, "Would you like a drink?"

"Thank you." CEO Al Vilicchar shook his head, walked to his desk, sat on a chair and said, "Alan, the NYSE has discovered something."

Alan Hasenfeld shook his hand, quickly put down the coffee cup in his hand, and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

"Hasbro's stock has fallen by 3% since the opening of the market today, and there are rumors that our company will suffer huge losses. We suspect that someone is planning to attack our stock." Someone has been arranged to follow up, but if it's true, we're in trouble."

Alan Hasenfeld understands what CEO Al said. If someone really deliberately attacks Hasbro's stock, then they must find a way to save the declining stock. Otherwise, once investors lose confidence, the consequences will be disastrous , but he doesn't know how much effect it can play with the little cash in his hand, but this matter cannot be ignored.

"Al, do you think someone will take advantage of the chaos to buy Hasbro?" Alan Hasenfeld suddenly thought of another possibility, a situation that was even more terrifying to him.

CEO Al Vilicchar frowned and said: "This situation cannot be ruled out, but we have already taken precautions and designed a poison pill plan to give company shareholders $100 to buy $200 worth of company stock. Option, when 20% of the company's shares or 30% of the shares are acquired, this option will be provided to shareholders. If the acquirer purchases 51% of the company's shares, the option can be implemented, so that it can effectively dilute the acquisition in the hands of the acquirer. shares... Our board members have staggered terms to prevent acquirers from taking control of the board... With so many preventive measures in place, I believe that even if someone hits our company's attention, it will be carefully considered."

After thinking about it, Alan Hasenfeld also felt that he seemed to be too sensitive. With so many anti-takeover precautions, it stands to reason that no one would touch Hasbro lightly. In business, why both sides suffer.

Alan Hasenfeld smiled slightly awkwardly, and ordered: "Al, then let people keep an eye on the stock market, and make a plan to protect the market. If necessary, choose a suitable time to go to the stock market." implement."

"Well, I've already arranged for someone to do it." CEO Al Verikchar nodded and agreed.

"Al," Alan Hassenfeld recalled the question that had caused him a lot of headaches: "Do you have any good ideas for Hasbro's next development strategy?"

CEO Al Vilicchar's face darkened, and he shook his head gently. He didn't sleep well last night, so he finally came up with a solution. After thinking about it again in the morning, he found that it was still not appropriate.He originally planned to hold a seminar after returning to the company, but something happened in the stock market, so it was delayed.He decided to open the seminar as soon as possible. After all, this is about the future of Hasbro. They must carefully formulate a feasible plan, and must ensure that there will be no more similar Star Wars toys. Only when Zhibao gets out of the current predicament will he have the opportunity to continue to catch up with Mattel, otherwise the consequences will be worrisome.

An hour later, at 45:[-] a.m. local time in New York, on the fifteenth floor of the Pennsylvania Hotel...

Soft music floats in the luxury suite, and there will be the sound of keyboard tapping or mouse clicking from time to time, and occasionally one or two phones will emit short ringtones.Mai Jiajun was sitting on the sofa, enthusiastically rinsing the tea set with freshly boiled water. Thomas Kalinske’s mood suddenly became tense. phone to see if there are any missed calls.

"Tom, don't keep dangling around like this." Mai Jiajun, who was sitting on the sofa, greeted: "Would you like to come over for a cup of tea, Anxi Tieguanyin in Fujian, China."

"Oh." Tomas Kalinske absent-mindedly agreed, and continued to sway.

Mai Jiajun turned over the two cups, poured the freshly brewed tea in the teapot into it, then raised his voice, and greeted again: "Tom, come have a cup of tea."

"Ah!" Thomas Kalinske finally heard it now, he smiled embarrassedly, went to the sofa to finish, picked up a cup, and drank it in one gulp, followed by his miserable "wow" With a cry, he dropped the teacup and ran to the bathroom quickly.

Mai Jiajun looked at Thomas Kalinske's windy figure, dumbfounded, and shook his head helplessly.

At the same time, in Philadelphia, about 140 kilometers away from New York, Bridge Street...

Terry Gilliam pushed open the door of his store on the commercial street, and was about to go to the software store next door to buy two sets of time-killing games. As soon as he walked down the steps, he heard someone call him: "Mr. Gilliam, you OK!"

The voice sounded a little familiar, Terry Gilliam turned around and looked, a smart-looking man in a black suit and carrying a briefcase was standing there smiling at him.

"You are?" Terry Gilliam felt very puzzled. He didn't seem to have seen this man before, so why did he feel that his voice sounded familiar.

Seeing the confusion on Terry Gilliam's face, the man in the black suit reminded him: "Mr. Gilliam, I called you yesterday. My name is Dean Acheson."

"Oh~" Terry Gilliam suddenly realized. He remembered that he had answered a phone call last night, saying that he wanted to discuss with him about shareholders' proxy rights. In fact, he didn't quite understand what the person said, but he wanted to Thinking that anyway, I don't have much to do on weekdays, so I agreed to meet today, but I didn't expect that the other party really came, no wonder the voice I raised just now felt a little familiar.

Dean Acheson took two steps forward, reached out to shake hands with Terry Gilliam, and then invited: "Mr. Gilliam, why don't we find a place to have a cup of coffee."

Terry Gilliam thought about it. When he came out to buy games just now, he had told John, who was in charge of the store, that he had to go out to do some errands. of.Since this Dean Acheson was going to buy him coffee, it didn't matter if he went, since he would have nothing to lose anyway.

Thinking of this, Terry Gilliam nodded, accepting Dean Acheson's invitation.The two walked to a cafe diagonally across the street together. Dean Aitchison was very talkative and good at choosing topics. After just one street, he was already familiar with him like Terry Gilliam's old man. Like a friend, you can even call him "Terry" directly.

When they came to the cafe and sat down, the two ordered a cup of coffee each. Dean Acheson took a sip of the coffee and went straight to the topic: "Terry, as far as I know, you bought about 14000 shares of Hasbro The stock of the company..."

"Mr. Acheson, what do you mean?" Terry Gilliam suddenly became vigilant.

"Terry, don't be so nervous. I'm here to talk to you about Hasbro. I don't know if you've heard of a situation. Hasbro is likely to face huge losses this year." Dean Acheson smiled and said.

"What does this have to do with you? Mr. Acheson!" Terry Gilliam's vigilance still did not relax.

"Terry, the coffee here is really good." Dean Acheson took a sip of the coffee, deliberately changed the subject first to relieve Terry Gilliam's nervousness, and then explained : "My client also bought a lot of Hasbro shares. He was very worried after hearing that Hasbro might face huge losses this year. He asked someone to inquire. It is said that Hasbro last year The developed Star Wars toys are not selling well, and there is a backlog of products in more than ten warehouses that cannot be sold. My client is very worried, but he can't change anything by himself, so I want to invite enough shareholders to share with Hasbro The company puts pressure on them to change the current situation and recover the losses of investors."

Terry Gilliam didn't know much about stocks. The reason why he bought Hasbro's stock was entirely the result of his stockbroker Jim Toth's recommendation. At that time, he said that the company was listed The time is not long, and the development prospects are very good.It looked pretty good last year, but who would have thought that the stock suddenly fell in the first half of this year, and it hasn't risen yet. Terry Gilliam scolded the unlucky broker on the phone, But the stock situation has not improved. Now that he heard what Dean Acheson said, he understands why Hasbro's stock has fallen this year.

Seeing the change of expression on Terry Gilliam's face, Dean Acheson pretended to be casual, and said again: "By the way, I heard a piece of news when I came here. Po’s stock is down again.”

"Dean, is this true?" Terry Gilliam was so anxious that he even changed his address.

"It should be true. I heard from the client. He was in a hurry." Dean Acheson shrugged and said, "Terry, if you call your agent, it should be clear .”

Terry Gilliam nodded, turned sideways and waved, called the waiter over and asked, "Do you have a phone here?"

The waiter pointed with his finger and said, "There's a phone at the back door."

"Thank you!" After finishing speaking, Terry Gilliam hurried to the back door, picked up the phone and dialed the familiar number: "Jim, it's me, Terry. How are my stocks doing today?"

"Aha, Mr. Gilliam, that..." Jim Toth stammered on the phone.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's talk about the situation!" Terry Gilliam said dissatisfied.

"Mr. Gilliam, the stock market is always ups and downs. A temporary trough does not mean a permanent trough..." Jim Toth felt that his preparations were almost ready, so he told the truth: "Hasbro's current The price is $11, a drop of [-] per cent, but, Mr. Gilliam..."

Terry Gilliam didn't hear a word of what Jim Toth muttered behind him. He just remembered "down 11 percent" and "$30", and he remembered buying it himself. At that time, Hasbro’s stock was still more than 50 yuan. In less than a year, more than 15 yuan has become more than [-] yuan. This is a big change.

"You liar!" Terry Gilliam yelled at the phone, then hung up the phone angrily, and walked back to his seat full of anger.

Listening to the busy signal coming from the phone, Jim Toth snorted softly, muttered: "Hillbilly", put the phone back in its original place, then stood up, and greeted a seemingly successful man who had just walked in the door In front of the man who was in the market, he asked with a smile on his face, "Sir, what can I do for you? Do you want me to introduce you to some good stocks?"

(End of this chapter)