Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 190 Las Vegas Channel Launches

The Global Times newspaper office was officially established, but Hardy did not become a legal person. He brought Andy and Mark Keen to Las Vegas.

In Hardy's hotel room, Hardy called Irina to meet alone.

Boss, the TV station's affairs are going smoothly. That Colin Firth is not bad, and he speaks humorously. He is very suitable to be the host of this kind of open-style program. He is leading people to record the program now.

Reported by Irina Hui.

That's right, I'll see the effect of the film later, I have something else to ask you this time. Hardy said and handed the two documents to Irina.

Share Agreement.

Corporate Agreement.

Irina was very surprised after reading it. Hardy wanted to start a newspaper, and the share agreement stated that she owns 2% of the shares of Global Times.

Then let yourself be the legal person of Global Times.

Boss, why did you let me become a legal person? Irina asked in surprise.

Hardy spread his hands and said helplessly: The law of the United States stipulates that one person cannot be the owner of a newspaper and a TV station at the same time. In order to avoid future troubles, Andy suggested that I find another legal person. Of course, the legal person does not need to hold shares.

Then why do you want to give me shares again?

Hardy just said that the Global Times is going to become a major newspaper like the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. The market value of each of those major newspapers is over 10 million. Although they only give him 2% of the shares, they are worth two Three hundred thousand.

This is not a small amount of money. Irina's current salary is 500 US dollars plus bonuses per month, which is already considered a very high salary, but even so, it will take 30 years to earn 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

In future generations, it is equivalent to the boss giving you 20 to 30 million US dollars in shares for nothing, and you are not happy.

Hardy reached out and touched Irina's face, and said softly: I remember your birthday in a few days, this is a birthday present for you.

Irina fainted again.

Bringing Irina to the office, Irina met Andy and Mark Keen, the French girl signed the agreement, and became the shareholder and legal person of the Global Times ever since.

As for the remaining shares of Global Times, Andy will hide them in the form of cross-shareholdings of multiple companies.

Immediately afterwards,

Hardy took Mark Keen to meet Donald Sutherland, the editor-in-chief of the Las Vegas newspaper. As the first newspaper to be acquired, the Las Vegas newspaper will be merged into the Global Times from today.

Hardy didn't care about the rest, and left it to Mark Keane to take care of himself.

What is the purpose of hiring people with money is to let them work hard for themselves. If you do everything yourself, no matter how energetic you are, you will be exhausted.

Hardy brought Irina and Andy to the Las Vegas TV station. The staff was busy building equipment, and the editing team edited the things shot a few days ago. It was a busy scene.

It is estimated that it will take ten days to build the radio station. This period of time is just used to produce programs. Irina estimates that 100 hours of programs can be produced, but many contents can be played repeatedly, and new programs will be produced at the same time, so there is no problem in satisfying the broadcast. .

Boss, what should you do with the betting you mentioned? Irina asked.

Hardy said before that the TV station broadcasts the casino lottery, and people from other places can accept calls to bet. To do this event, you need to prepare a lot of things.

Hardy explained:

I have already had someone set up a separate company. This company specializes in betting business. The legal person is a manager under Bill and does not own the company's shares. The company's interests belong to the Los Angeles company. Now they are already working on it and employ 200 operators. .”

People who want to bet must first transfer money to the account of the betting company. The account is set up at Wells Fargo Bank. Money can be transferred across the country, and it can also be transferred through other banks, so this is very convenient.

Each player has an account, and the betting company charges a 5% labor fee. When you want to bet, call the betting company and ask them to help you bet and cancel the money in the account.

There is no extra charge for gambling, only the rake of the casino and various income taxes stipulated by the law, but you must personally come to Las Vegas to collect it. Of course, you can also ask the betting company to help you, but as long as the funds enter the betting company account, a 5% labor service fee will be charged automatically.

The law of the United States does not allow the sale of lottery tickets. Doing so can be said to be helping betting companies in casinos, not buying lottery tickets.

Even if we track down this betting company in the end, it has nothing to do with the Hardy Hotel. We are only responsible for the casino lottery. As for who made the bets, we have no responsibility to verify. At worst, let them arrest the legal person.

Irina was a little dumbfounded.

It turns out that you can still play like this.

Almost all the details have been thought of, and the clauses of legal investigation are perfectly avoided.

Even if they are really held accountable, the Hardy Hotel will not take any responsibility. Let the gangsters take the blame, throw it out and go to jail alone, and the matter can be settled.

Hardy continued:

The betting company stipulates that the minimum stored betting amount is 100 US dollars. Our TV station is open to the whole country. If 10,000 people participate in this game, the betting company can receive 1 million funds.

The handling fee for one million funds is 50,000 US dollars. If 100,000 people participate, it will be 10 million, and the handling fee is 500,000.

Will there be that many people? Irina asked.

Hardy smiled softly, Not to mention the whole of America, do you know how many people participate in underground gambling in Los Angeles every year, more than 100,000 people, do you know how many people participate in underground gambling in New York, this number is even more.

Los Angeles underground gambling is controlled by Hardy, and the Corleone family is a big dealer in New York underground gambling, so Hardy is very clear about these data.

Extended to the whole country, the number will be even larger.

The most important thing is not the handling fee. The lottery game is open to the whole country, which will play a great role in promoting Hardy Hotel. More and more tourists will come here to play in the future.

And more people bet, the bet amount will increase a lot, the larger the amount, the stronger the stimulation to people, the more people want to play.

If the average game is 20,000 US dollars, 10 games a day is 200,000, and the casino rake is 15% before tax after winning the lottery, then we can earn 30,000 US dollars, and this annual income alone can reach tens of millions of dollars.

Irina clicked her tongue when she heard that.

Tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

I really don't know how the boss's head grows. He always thinks of some wonderful ways to make money, and all of them are huge profits.

night,

Hardy, Irina, and Andy came to the manor, and Bill also came during dinner. Andy and Bill were very familiar, and they greeted each other with a smile.

Although Irina had heard of Bill, it was the first time she saw Bill. Hardy introduced Bill to Irina.

Irina looked at Bill, and said to herself that this is the biggest gangster in Los Angeles. However, in front of her boss, although Bill was joking, there was a sense of awe in his bones.

A few people were chatting in the living room after dinner, and Hardy asked Bill:

How is the betting company's arrangement?

I've been here for the past few days to focus on this matter. I bought a hotel next to the casino and transformed it into a company. Now I have recruited 200 wiring girls and are training them. They will work in two shifts by then. , working 10-hour shifts.

There are also more than a dozen dedicated statisticians and accountants who accept bets one and a half hours before each draw, and then make statistics for the next half hour, and then send them to the casino to bet and wait for the draw.

Hardy said:

This is a formal company, the accounts must be clear, the tax that should be paid should not be too small, and the tax bureau cannot find loopholes. As for others, if they are investigated for other reasons, they can find a lawyer to defend in court.

Bill nodded.

I know that the tax will not be less, and I have already found someone to take charge of this matter.

night.

Hardy lives in Irina's room.

yes,

It's Irina's room.

The last time the casino opened, the women came to Las Vegas, and they all stayed here, picking a room each.

And these rooms, no one else will live in them in the future, as long as they come over, this is their exclusive room, and even the furniture decoration can be remade.

If the women put any decorations here, such as favorite dolls, favorite pillows and mattresses, the housekeeper will always keep them and no one will move them.

In the past few days since Irina came to Las Vegas, she has been living in her own room in the manor. This feeling is very strange, and it makes her feel like she has become one of Hardy's wives.

one of the wives? !

Irina felt depraved.

Andy went back to Los Angeles the next day. There was a lot of work to do to establish the Hardy Group, and Andy was busier than anyone else now.

Hardy stayed and guided the establishment of the TV station. No matter if there was a shortage of people or supplies, he would be dispatched from Los Angeles with just one call.

finally,

Twenty days later, the establishment of Las Vegas TV station was completed. It had been in trial operation for a day before, and today is the day of official operation. After connecting to the national TV signal network, Hardy pressed the start button himself.

The Las Vegas TV station broadcast the logo for the first time, followed by a landscape photo of Las Vegas and the gorgeous night view of the casino.

The lights are bright and neon, and there are casino plaques everywhere.

The camera enters the Hardy Hotel, the resplendent casino, the bustling scenes, and the scenes of people smiling after winning money.

The voice-over sounded: Las Vegas, this is an entertainment capital, a city that never sleeps, welcome to Las Vegas.

Then the host Colin appeared, smiled and said to the camera, From now on, I will take you to understand Las Vegas in depth. What should we watch at the first stop?

Colin giggled.

How about taking you to a striptease show? If you are interested, come with me. He laughed and led the way in front, and the camera followed behind.

This is the first time this program has appeared on TV, and the audience feels very special, as if traveling with them.

Pass through the pink corridor and come to a hall. At this moment, there are dozens of spectators sitting on both sides of the stage. As the music plays, a beautiful-looking dancer with scantily clad clothes walks onto the stage, showing off her perfect female body to her heart's content.

certainly,

This woman was wearing clothes, but it was a little revealing, but it was definitely within the range allowed by the TV station.

Colin took down a color-printed promotional color from the shelf next to it, and said with a smile: Have you read this brochure? There are photos of all the dancers on it, as well as three-dimensional height and weight, and their names. Now they are on stage marked with this bit, known as Las Vegas 'Jenny of the Night'.

As he spoke, the camera turned to the stage again.

Colin looked at the time and said anxiously, Ah, the time for the lottery draw is coming. I have to hurry up and make a bet. If I win, I will get rich.

The camera follows Colin hurriedly to the casino lobby, where there is a betting point, where two dollars or a chip representing $2 can be exchanged for a lottery ticket.

Colin stuffed the lottery ticket in his hand into a large transparent glass box.

Then introduce it to the camera.

Are you wondering what this game is about? I'll let you know about it during the time before the lottery draw.

Then Colin began to introduce the rules of the casino lottery to the audience, buy numbers to bet, draw a prize every two hours, and the winner will monopolize all the prize money of this period.

About ten minutes later, the lottery draw started, and the lottery tickets rolled in the big glass box, and finally a few were sucked up, and the lottery tickets entered the next round, and finally one was selected. Waiting for the draw.

The host looked at the number and shouted into the microphone: Congratulations to this lucky customer, the winning prize is $9,880, and the number is....

Suddenly there was a rushing sound of a snare drum.

It's also fucking good at creating atmosphere.

The prize winner is number 579~!

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in sloppy clothes suddenly jumped up in the crowd, and shouted excitedly: Ahh~~ I won the lottery, buy Gada, I won the lottery!

Shouting and running to the stage.

Are you number 579?

It's me, it's me. He said lower than the lottery ticket in his hand.

After checking, the host smiled and congratulated: Sir, congratulations on winning the grand prize, and handing over a few wads of money to the middle-aged man.

The bonus here is the bonus after taxes and fees have been paid for you, and now the money is at your disposal. The host smiled.

Holding the money in his hand, the middle-aged man suddenly burst into tears.

I lost my original job, and I haven't found a new job after looking for two months. I have no wife and no home. I only have twenty dollars left on me. I am poor. I saw an advertisement in Las Vegas, saying that this is a The place where miracles are created, I got on the bus to come here.

At first, I thought that if I lost all my money, I would find a place to commit suicide, but I didn't expect it.

Speaking of this, he looked at the stacks of banknotes in his hand, sobbed and said: The goddess of luck finally took care of me once, and I want to thank this place for giving me a chance to be reborn.

The people around were very moved. The host took the microphone and asked, What are you going to do after winning this money?

My dream is to be a farmer. I plan to use this money to buy a small farm to grow food, vegetables, and raise cattle and sheep. That is the life I yearn for.

The host smiled and patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder, Congratulations, the money in your hand is enough to buy a 200-acre farm.

Hardy looked at the picture on the player, glanced at Irina and said, Is the acting a bit overdone, seems a bit exaggerated?

Irina chuckled, Boss, this is not an actor, but a real customer, and we have already left his name and contact information. We plan to make a return visit in a few days, and when he buys a farm, we will go to his Go to the farm and have a look, the effect should be very good.

Hardy didn't expect it to be true, and he was also surprised.

However, in the return visit Irina mentioned, Hardy felt that the idea was very good. Changing fate and realizing dreams is an excellent publicity for the casino.

Hardy looked at Irina with admiration.

The lottery is over,

Colin continued to introduce to the camera, This is the lottery game activity of the Hardy Hotel, isn't it very interesting, everyone is welcome to play at the Hardy Hotel, and you can also be that lucky person.

Go, take you to other places to play, there are many interesting places here.

The program continues.

Hardy nodded and thought it was very good. This Colin Firth is indeed a talent, very suitable for this kind of relaxing TV show.

These are all programs recorded a few days ago, boss, when we record the program next time, we can add the contents of the betting company. Irina said.

Hardy waved his hand,

No, we don't introduce it on TV. If our TV station introduces it directly, it will become our industry. This is the evidence. I have already ordered Bill to let them advertise in the tabloids. Even if there is a problem, it will not involve the casino. .”

Irina looked at Hardy and found that the boss was very cunning.