But if you let the shopping malls suffer these losses, the shopping malls will definitely not accept it. Moreover, they were very angry in their hearts. Everything was caused by Hasbro. In the beginning, it was Hasbro who wanted to ban them. It was Hasbro who beat up Blizzard's staff. Now, it was Hasbro who was being scolded as a coward.
But Hasbro hid his head in his turtle shell and did not care about anything. Instead, he caused the shopping malls to suffer heavy losses. Not to mention the refunds and the unlucky shopping malls that were smashed, just the direct sales losses of the shopping malls due to the chaos added up to hundreds of millions of US dollars. How could the shopping mall owners not be angry?
Well, now Hasbro is not compensating, ignoring the staff, and playing dead. Do you think the shopping malls are so angry that they want to kill someone?
Boss Jia did not need to do anything to guide what happened next. Everything will happen on its own.
In the midst of anger, the shopping malls in the city naturally sat together to drink. When they drank too much, they began to scold Hasbro.
"Damn, I read a book that said the channel is king. That means we, the channel merchants, are the real kings. We are the ones who control the fate of the suppliers. What the hell is going on? Now we are being tortured by the suppliers to this point!" One of the shopping malls said unhappily.
"That's right. I usually sell a lot of Hasbro toys. Now, my losses are the most serious. I have already lost 30,000 USD in two days!" Another shop owner said with a pained face.
"Everyone, I have thought a lot these days. In fact, it is our fault!" Another shop owner sighed. "Actually, let's calculate carefully. The total sales of the shopping malls in a year is more than 100 million USD. Among them, Hasbro's toys only sold a little more than 2 million USD. That is about 2% of my total sales!"
"As for the profits, it is not even 2%. That is only 200,000 to 300,000 USD!"
"Tell me, why are we being manipulated by Hasbro for 200,000 to 300,000 USD? If we can make 200,000 to 300,000 USD, Hasbro can probably make 500,000 to 600,000 USD. If we don't sell, Hasbro will lose more. But in the end, we are the ones licking their stinky feet. Aren't we cheap? "
"Sigh, you can't say that. After all, if your shopping mall doesn't sell, other shopping malls will. Those customers will go to other shopping malls to buy. In the end, the money will be earned by other shopping malls. Hasbro is also making money! "said one of the bosses.
"But what if all the shopping malls in our city don't sell Hasbro? Can he still earn that much money? "The boss asked loudly.
"..." The other bosses looked at each other. Then, they heard one of them continue, "Regardless of other cities, in Atlanta, the few of us together occupy 80% of the shopping malls in the city. If we all refuse to sell Hasbro's products, then Hasbro's sales will suffer a huge loss! "
"Although Hasbro has a store in Atlanta, it's only one. If we don't sell, I can guarantee that Hasbro's profits will drop by at least 80%. If we earn one or two million less, then they will earn three or four million less! "
"Do you think Hasbro will accept a refund and compensate us for our losses?"
"That's right!" The bosses finally understood. Then, they signed an alliance agreement on the spot. Then, they formed an Atlanta Business Super Association. Then, they sent a lawyer's letter to Hasbro in the name of the association, telling Hasbro that they must pay a refund immediately. Otherwise, all their shopping malls will refuse to sell Hasbro's products.
Of course, if they really waited for the lawyer's letter to be sent, it would take at least half a month with the United States's terrible postal system.
So, the bosses directly called Hasbro's local manager and told him their request.
Naturally, the manager was also very anxious, but the problem was that when they contacted the headquarters, because the headquarters had become a coward, many of the workers there were on vacation, so in fact, they could not contact the headquarters.
But the mall bosses did not care so much. They thought Hasbro was still playing with them. So, they decisively removed all their products from the shelves. At the same time, they imitated Grid Department Store and held a press conference.
At the press conference, they expressed that they hoped that all the bosses in the country would remove Hasbro's products from the shelves and force Hasbro to compensate them. Hasbro's products will never be sold in their shopping malls.
At the same time, these bosses also took the initiative to tell the Daqian that it was all Hasbro's fault. They now welcome Daqian products and Blizzard games to be sold in their shopping malls.
The Daqian naturally returned the favor. Soon, Pocket Electric Pets and Warcraft were sold in various shopping malls. At the same time, the two companies were very generous. Considering that the shopping malls were indeed damaged by this incident, they were willing to provide the products for free. They will settle the payment after the products are sold.
After the press conference was held, the malls in the United States immediately began to copy the work. They contacted each other and finally formed an association of malls in the United States. In the name of the association, they negotiated and pressured Hasbro.
It was not until this time that Hasbro's slow nerves reacted. They held another board meeting to discuss the crisis, but it was too late. The association of malls in the United States was already established. At the same time, a formal lawyer's letter was sent to Hasbro by the association.
This lawyer's letter stated that Hasbro must compensate all the losses suffered by its malls in this crisis. And it's not limited to refunds. It also includes the losses caused by some of the malls being smashed, the losses caused by some of the employees being injured, and the losses caused by the crisis. In any case, all the losses will be attributed to Hasbro.
In total, the compensation amount is as high as 2.6 billion US dollars.
If Hasbro does not bear the losses, Hasbro's products will be removed from the shelves of malls in the United States. At the same time, they will hire a professional team of lawyers to fight Hasbro until they win.
"Hehe … Hehe …" When he saw this lawyer's letter, Medea was dumbfounded. Medea, who had been issuing ban orders to various shopping malls all day, never thought that one day, he would actually receive a ban order from all the shopping malls in the United States.
Is there anything more ironic than this in the world?
— — —
That night, Hasbro's board of directors did not go out to play. Instead, they held an all-night meeting.
After the meeting, Hasbro's board of directors announced that they were terminating their employment contract with Medea. At the same time, all the incidents this time were done by Medea without the knowledge of the board of directors.
At the same time, the board of directors was willing to compensate the malls in the United States for a certain amount of losses, but only limited to the refund of the goods, a total of 210 million US dollars.
The Hasbro board of directors, who were reluctant to even pay 30 million US dollars, was undoubtedly bleeding in their hearts when they agreed to the 210 million US dollars compensation.
However, the American Association of Malls did not agree. They felt that the compensation was too low and insisted on 2.6 billion US dollars. Naturally, Hasbro could not really agree. After all, all of Hasbro's cash added up to less than 1 billion US dollars.
Both sides are destined to go to court, and according to the speed of the courts all over the world, it will take at least half a year for this case to be decided. And in this half a year, Hasbro will not be able to enter the malls in the United States. The board of directors of Hasbro will probably be bald in despair!
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