"Bankrupt?"
Li Mochen's eyes narrowed. "Unless Ferguson's Culture and Media Company goes bankrupt."
"I'm not joking."
Nannet Drew was very serious. "Boss, do you know how much money Ferguson has spent on acquisitions in order to expand his media empire in the past two years? How much debt did he incur? Last year, it was 320 million gold duns. This year, it's 450 million gold duns. Apart from that, Ferguson's company has also received a commercial loan of 720 million gold duns. This has caused their debt ratio to reach an exaggerated 92%. "
"This is incredible for a media company with a meager profit margin, isn't it? And all of this is dependent on Mandivan Ferguson's income from the publishing industry. Especially teaching materials from primary to high school. This is the most profitable business in the publishing industry. Currently, 17.5% of the teaching materials in the City of Atlanta are contracted by Ferguson's Culture and Media Company, including Linden College, which you're studying in. The reason he's able to obtain such a large share is because the current chairman of the Atlanta Board of Education, Arnold, is his cousin. Apart from that, he has many close personal connections in the Ministry of Education. As a result, teaching materials have become a cash cow for Ferguson's Culture and Media Company, as well as a source of confidence for the bank to continue lending to him. "
"You mean, as long as we cut off this cash cow, we can make Ferguson's Culture and Media Company go bankrupt?"
Li Mochen muttered to himself, "However, the assets of Ferguson's company itself are as high as 5.2 billion gold duns. As for the loan, I'm guessing that won't be his fatal flaw. Also, if Mandivan Ferguson could be taken down so easily, he wouldn't have waited until now. "
"Others can't do it, but that doesn't mean I can't, Boss."
Madam Drew let out a clear laugh. "Ferguson has acquired two newspapers and a cable television station in the past two years, but they still haven't broken even yet. The latter, in particular, has a monthly loss of 42 million gold duns. His current business model is to use his influence in public opinion to obtain more teaching contracts from the political world. The income from the latter can further support his media empire. But right now, he's at his weakest. It's the eve of dawn. Boss, I have Arnold's weakness in my hands. With the help of Firefly Media, I'm confident that I can put him in jail within ten days. In addition, I also have a certain degree of confidence in taking over half of the textbook publishing business from Ferguson's company. "
"If this is the case —"
Li Mochen's eyes flashed. "Ms. Drew, you can do whatever you want. Whether it's money or force, I can be your solid support."
Since Nannet Drew had given him a guarantee, how could he back down?
If it really didn't work, then he would just have to use force. How could a force with a demigod be suppressed by a small media group with a market value of less than 1.5 billion?
He sighed inwardly. Not only was Nannet Drew well-informed, but his thoughts and intuition were also very sharp, and he was very skillful. It could be said that he was lucky to be able to recruit him under his banner.
"Understood! In that case, I'll go to Firefly Media tomorrow. As for Ferguson, I'll start my counterattack three days after I fully take over Firefly. "
At this time, Nannet Drew brought up another matter. "By the way, Boss, I have a plan that I'd like your approval for. I'm going to transfer manpower to build a new political channel outside of Southern Cable Television Station."
"Political channel?"
Li Mochen raised his eyebrows. "That seems to be a new word?"
"It's my original creation."
Nannet Drew smiled as she explained, "Twenty-four hours of political programs, including news, political commentary programs, politics-related talk shows, and so on. I strive for efficiency and professionalism. Such a television station is the first in the entire America. I plan to give it a try. I'll rely on Southern Cable Television Station for now and split it up when the ratings reach a certain scale. However, I expect it to be very costly at the beginning. "
Li Mochen couldn't help rubbing his forehead with his fingers. He knew that this twenty-four hour political channel contained Ms. Drew's wild ambitions.
"Give me a proposal first. Also, how much budget do we need? Ms. Drew, my financial resources are still very limited. You have to act within your means. "
…
After returning to the Unicorn Condominium, Li Mochen immediately threw the four Stones of Destiny he had obtained from Anthony into the Divine Firmament Purple Gold Pagoda of Spiritual Providence.
The latter didn't change much. Only a pearl condensed at the top of the pagoda. It was about the size of a thumb and felt metallic to the touch. There didn't seem to be anything special about it, but the efficiency of the Divine Firmament Purple Gold Pagoda of Spiritual Providence's conversion of outer realm merit had greatly increased. It had already reached the height of ten strands a day. In a day, he could accumulate 32 strands of merit qi.
In addition, Li Mochen guessed that the pagoda's "Wish Fulfillment" ability would also increase significantly. This was because the Divine Firmament Purple Gold Pagoda of Spiritual Providence had previously absorbed several Stones of Destiny that had strengthened it in this aspect. Otherwise, he might not have been able to injure the King of Void Night to such a degree with less than 200 strands of merit qi yesterday.
Of course, as to how much it had strengthened, Li Mochen still needed to do some experiments to verify it.
After the Stones of Destiny, Li Mochen took out the Tears of Amphitrite and used half a day to swallow three drops in one go!
This caused his physique to be strengthened a little, and his damaged soul had also partially healed.
If it was said that after Li Mochen absorbed the Divine Spring of Life, his soul had just reached the level of the Astral Projection Realm. But now, it was at least the early stage of the "Return to Void" Realm, which was around level 19 in this world. He had recovered about 45% of his strength.
One of the benefits that this brought to Li Mochen was that his control over his body had been strengthened once again. He was now able to control the new power in his body without much training.
To Li Mochen, this was like coal in the snow. After all, not long after this, he was going to merge with the strength talent of an Ironclaw Behemoth Lord, ushering in another explosive increase in strength and physique.
And before the NHSAA competition, he didn't have much time to train his control.
But after using the three Tears of Amphitrite, Li Mochen felt that his soul was full. This meant that before he completely refined the medicinal power of the three Divine Spring of Life, he couldn't absorb any more Tears of Amphitrite or other similar medicines.
In addition, it would be more and more difficult for him to recover from his injuries. From level 20 to Legendary, and from Legendary to Demigod, there was a huge gap between these two stages. It was the same for his God Soul.
Now, other than needing more medicine, his own magic cultivation and the fusion with the original owner's soul were indispensable.
Li Mochen thought that it was time for him to start investigating the truth behind the death of the original owner's parents. The original Li Mochen's pursuit of power, wealth, and status, he had already achieved more than half of it. Now, only the obsession with Li Chunchu and his wife was still the biggest obstacle between them.
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