"President, something bad has happened. Our New York store has been blocked by an angry crowd!" When he went to work the next day, Medea, who had dark circles under his eyes, heard the report from his subordinates.
"I got it!" After seeing the report last night, Medea knew that this kind of thing was inevitable. It was actually not bad that the store was blocked. At most, he could close the store and wait for a few days.
But then, more news made Medea's face turn uglier and uglier.
"President, when we went to the Detroit branch this morning, we found that it had been smashed. All the goods inside had been snatched away!"
"It's good that everyone is fine!" Medea comforted himself.
"President, our store in Los Angeles has been broken into by an angry crowd. Our employees couldn't stop them. Everything inside was stolen. All the counters were smashed. Three employees were injured and bleeding!"
"These guys!" Medea said angrily, "They are robbers!"
In fact, this was an old tradition in the United States. Whenever something happened in the United States, all kinds of protests were inevitable. After the protests, it was very normal for people to vent their anger and violence. At the same time, they could also get some benefits. There was nothing wrong with that.
Anyway, people in the United States were used to it. Moreover, the situation in the United States was considered good. For example, the United States had a traditional burning competition to see who could burn more cars. Therefore, the people in the United States were actually quite restrained.
This was probably a symbol of freedom. They could burn and destroy whatever they wanted. It was very free.
Anyway, in the morning, Medea received alerts from hundreds of stores across the country. Half of the stores were closed directly, and all the goods inside were sent to the warehouse.
This was still considered good. More than 20 stores were forcibly broken into. Everything inside was smashed and more than 20 employees were injured. Anyway, the entire Hasbro was in a state of panic. It was as if they had become the public enemy of the whole country.
At the same time, the entrance of Hasbro's headquarters was full of cameras. All the cameras were aimed at Hasbro. The media wanted to get the first information of Hasbro as soon as possible and make the headlines.
Under such circumstances, even if Hasbro's shareholders were on vacation, they would have to urgently gather in a high-end club for a board meeting the next night.
Well, the reason why this meeting was held in a high-end club instead of Hasbro's headquarters was because Hasbro was completely surrounded by an angry crowd.
Although there were security guards on standby, these nobles did not want to risk their lives, so they all ran to a high-end country club that no one knew about for a meeting.
It was just a meeting anyway. It didn't matter where it was held.
At the meeting, Medea first made a report to all the directors, then made a request. He hoped that Hasbro would spend about 30 million USD on public relations to completely resolve this dispute.
"Why 30 million? Last year's PR fee was only 5 million! "A director thought about the 30 million fee a day and immediately said with a heartache.
One must know that Hasbro's stock price had fallen by about 20%, which was already very bad. Now, they had to spend 30 million USD on public relations. One must know that 30 million USD was used for dividends this year. Their dividends today would be reduced by at least half.
"Because the situation is completely out of control now. There are too many media outlets that need our PR. 30 million is just the lowest estimate!" Medea did not say one thing, and that was, according to the PR department's estimate, it would now take at least 50 million USD to settle this matter.
But Medea knew the nature of all the directors. Asking them to spend 50 million USD on public relations was better than asking them to kill them.
So Medea only said 30 million USD. Anyway, he would pay to settle this matter first. As for the rest, he would slowly negotiate with the board.
But what Medea did not expect was that the board of directors did not even want to spend 30 million USD. They discussed for a long time and finally decided to pay 10 million USD to settle this incident.
"Impossible, 10 million USD can't do anything!" Medea shouted loudly, "Dear directors, if you are only willing to spend 10 million USD, then you might as well not spend it because it won't have any effect. It's better to save the 10 million USD!"
Medea originally only wanted to mock these directors, but he did not expect that these directors would be like hearing the voice of nature. They nodded in unison and said, "Well, then let's do it this way! We don't do anything and don't spend any money. Let's just wait like this! "
Hearing the directors' final answer, Medea was about to go crazy. What the hell was this? The meeting was held for an entire night, and the final conclusion was to do nothing?
Are these directors all idiots?
In fact, these directors were not stupid at all. Instead, they were extremely smart. They knew very well that things had already reached this point. Not to mention spending 30 million USD, even 50 million USD might not be able to solve the problem.
In the end, all of Hasbro's funds would be spent in vain.
Instead of that, it was better to be a coward. Anyway, time was the best trump card. They just had to wait for time to pass slowly. There was no need to waste money at all.
So, the board of directors finally decided that all of Hasbro's franchised stores in the country would be closed for half a month.
After half a month, the turbulent public opinion would have calmed down, and the anger in people's hearts would have been vented. At that time, Hasbro would be a hero again.
She had to admit that Hasbro's board of directors was very smart. In the end, Medea could only watch the board of directors enjoy themselves in the high-end club after the board meeting. They even invited a group of models and beauties to accompany them. Their days couldn't be more comfortable.
It was as if nothing had happened outside.
"It's over! Hasbro is done for! "Medea lamented. He suddenly felt that he might have made the biggest mistake of his life.
Hasbro had indeed begun to be a coward. All of their business activities were reduced, and all of their employees were on holiday for half a month. For a while, the angry crowd could not find anyone to beat Hasbro's head. They could only go home resentfully. For a while, Hasbro's strategy of being a coward seemed to have worked. After all, their fists could not land on thin air.
After that, the relevant media wanted to interview Hasbro's headquarters, but they were all shut out. Hasbro did not make any announcements or say a word. All of the employees at the headquarters went home on holiday. Only the security guards were left holding machine guns and guarding the entrance of the headquarters, not allowing anyone to enter. This made these uncrowned reporters feel quite helpless.
When Jia Yapeng received the news, he was shocked. The senior management of Hasbro was really a genius. This kind of inaction was the essence of Hua Xia's Taoist culture. He really wanted to applaud and celebrate.
"However, if you want to pretend to be a coward, why don't you do it more thoroughly? Why leave a tail of a coward outside?" Boss Jia showed a trace of a sneer. "Fine, I was wronged. You shopping malls and stores are also accomplices. Besides, you are all capital of the United States and United States citizens. I don't feel guilty even if you suffer losses. So, don't blame me for being vicious!"
That night, a series of orders were delivered to the hands of some people.
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