Chapter 304 Bankruptcy and Poaching

According to Hamlin's feedback, Bahn Chemical could no longer survive, and the old Bahn was about to file for bankruptcy protection in two days. ?ranwe?n?????????a`

"It's a pity for such a good factory."

In the office building of Bahn Chemical's factory area, surrounded by a lot of managers of banks and insurance companies, the old Bahn signed the documents on the table. , Panting heavily, just sign, and look out of the window from time to time.

The towering chimneys are no longer working. Many large reaction tanks and equipment have been dismantled and stacked neatly in the open air. The main factory area is dead silent. Only some small chimneys at the corners are still emitting white smoke. Occasionally, you can see a few A silhouette of a busy worker in protective clothing.

The protesting workers in front of the office building in the past have all disappeared, and the boss is finished. No matter how much trouble there is, it will not help. Find a new job as soon as possible.

Old Barn still has enough willpower. When he saw Song Ya and Hamlin walking in, he feigned anger and cursed: "Damn it, it's too embarrassing to meet on this occasion, don't write it into the lyrics, aplus!"

"I didn't expect..." Song Ya really didn't know how to comfort people in this situation.

"It's nothing unexpected." Old Barn said, "It's been a tough year, don't you think so? Haha!" He still had the time to joke around with the financial people around him.

These people have ugly faces. This year, Sears, one of the pillars of the Chicago economy, suffered a huge loss of 3.9 billion. This giant, where every seven American families have a Sears credit card, has developed from retail to financial services. Stations, all kinds of electrical appliances, hardware, gemstones, and book stores, with almost all kinds of business categories, and the stalls are very large. After a period of rapid development, it suddenly hit a wall in recent years. Not only was it forced to sell the landmark building in Chicago, the tallest building in the world, the Sears Tower, but it also had to tighten up its business and retreat from all fronts.

The real economy is unlucky, and the life of these financial institutions is naturally not easy. They saw Song Ya's eyes shining, just like seeing a gold mine, "Meet aplus again." A familiar white man came over and introduced himself first .

"Hello." Song Ya couldn't remember where he had seen him for a moment.

"The Windy City Open."

He made a swinging motion, "I remembered." Song Ya vaguely remembered that he had played against him, yes, it was the first match of the amateur group of the Fengcheng Open.

"O'Grady, Northern Trust." The other shook his hand.

Other people in the room also came closer, most of them were financial institutions under the Chicago consortium that Song Ya had dealt with, such as Northern Trust, Harris Bank, A Insurance, etc.

"Where's Edward?" Song Ya asked, he didn't want to be misunderstood as someone who wanted to take over.

"It's next door, you can look for it." Old Barn said.

Song Ya apologized and withdrew, and found Edward in a meeting room next door.

This guy's concentration was much worse than that of Old Barn. He sat in the corner with his head bowed, his tie was untied around his neck, and his face was ashen.

Because of this merger, aw investment company became Edward investment company, his partner quit, after the old Barn filed for bankruptcy, all the mess was his, and his partner changed from old Barn to difficult The various financial institutions in the country are getting deeper and deeper into the quagmire.

"Hey, Edward, how are you? Are you okay?" Song Ya greeted him.

"Aplus?" He raised his head, and his expression became a little complicated when he saw Song Ya, "You are quite good at seizing opportunities, and now is indeed an excellent entry..."

"Uh, sorry, Edward, I just came to see Old Barn."

Song Ya quickly interrupted his delusions, "What are you going to do next?"

Edward rubbed his face, "Actually, the situation is not as bad as you imagined, the bank will not watch everything come to naught,

They have far more influence than we do, and things will turn around. "

"So the key lies in the next home of the equipment, right?" Song Ya asked.

"Well, it will probably be sold cheaply to Southeast Asia, and now there is only one option there." Edward said.

"But didn't you sign a contract with Huaguo Enterprise?" Song Ya asked again.

"No way, it's force majeure." Edward shrugged, "It's a good thing for both parties."

Song Ya and Hamlin looked at each other, and after a few words, they found an excuse to leave.

"What's wrong with you? Aplus?"

Song Ya was in a daze after getting in the car, and was noticed by Hamlin.

"It seems that things are not going well."

Song Yaben planned to get online with Wal-Mart executives by funding Gore’s campaign. He remembered that when he was recording a program, the guests representing Wal-Mart and his views were very close. up. But after being advised by Samuel, he dismissed the idea. Now that Old Barn is bankrupt, if the chemical equipment is resold to Southeast Asia, the plan he and John Liu will not be able to implement...

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Hamlin asked.

Song Ya hasn't revealed all these things yet, "Help me continue to keep an eye on them, wait..." He thought for a while, "I'll talk about it after I run the beautifulgirls promotion in August."

In the evening, he took people to the charity dinner organized by Claire, singing wherethelove is inevitable, and by the way, he made a sweet public appearance with Fergie, breaking the previous scandal with Halle.

The box office of Harley's Stealing St. Beimi is mediocre, with a production cost of 42 million. The industry estimates that Beimi's box office is only 70 million. Eddie Murphy's ambitious work has suffered a major blow, although the film sold overseas. Well done, over 100 million at the global box office is not a problem, but the share of overseas income is lower, and Paramount will not lose money, but their unlimited trust in Eddie Murphy may come to an end.

This is not good news for Harley, the main responsibility is definitely not hers, but the two consecutive blockbusters she participated in, Ultimate Vanguard and Secret Heart, both failed to varying degrees. In other words, Hollywood is very realistic.

"My mission is complete, let's talk."

Claire's brokerage ability is the most professional. He introduced Song Ya to the main target of this visit, Scott, the deputy manager of the Midwest, a community chain store under Sears Department Store.

Song Ya targeted him through a headhunting company. It may be difficult to organize Quanmi's distribution of goods by relying on Riise's personal ability. A+ clothing requires more professional talents. Sears' community chain stores are generally opened in relatively small communities. All kinds of groceries, such as lawn mowers that are indispensable to the people of the United States, hardware tools for repairing cars and houses, etc., of course, some food, clothing and daily necessities are also sold.

"The clothing industry?" Scout was a vigorous forty-year-old white man. He was not surprised that singers entered this field. "Where do you plan to open your store? Magnificent Mile?"

"No." Song Ya briefly introduced her idea.

"Affordable clothing?" Scout was very surprised, "Is it a sub-line with which brand?"

"No, I'll do it myself. I've found my own brand and factory. It's in China." Song Ya said.

"Wow..." Scout looked at Song Ya again, "Do you have the energy to do this?"

"So didn't I come to invite professionals?" Song Ya raised her wine glass and signaled to the other party.

"Me?" Scout laughed, "I thought Sears was going to die, but that was only a temporary problem. We can persist in the department store business for decades."

"But you have been laying off employees for several years, haven't you?" Song Ya laughed.

"So what, I'm not afraid of layoffs, community chain stores are profitable, and the profit margin is not low."

Scout shook his head.

"But I know that you once suggested that the executives of Sears learn more from Wal-Mart and speed up the introduction of OEM cheap products, right?" Song Ya continued to persuade: "I have been eyeing you through the headhunting company Scout , I have already prepared the position of general manager for you."

Scout was a little upset, "I suggested it, but no one in the upper echelon listened to me, they just want to follow the normal department store model..."