Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 196 Presidential Assistant

When Tom came, the old godfather had explained that no matter what decision Hardy made, Tom had to support it, so Tom was the first to stand up and agree to Hardy's conditions.

The patriarch of the Lucchese family also stood up, Mr. Hardy, I am also willing to buy a 5% stake.

This guy thinks very clearly. He just wants to make money. He also has an economist by his side. His economist told him that all of Hardy’s operations are like a stroke of genius. He can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in just 2 years and master ABC at the same time. For a company like TV Station, which has a very important right to speak, he admires Hardy's investment talent very much.

He believed that Hardy would definitely make money with him, so he agreed in time.

Immediately afterwards, several family owners expressed their willingness to buy, and there were still a dozen or so families left. They decided to go back and think about it, and they still needed to determine how much they wanted to buy. After all, not every family has that much cash in their hands.

Hardy was not in a hurry, and took these people to the restaurant for dinner.

In the afternoon, several patriarchs found Hardy, and the rest were small families. Some people bought 4%, 3%, and even one family only bought 2%. It's not easy either.

There is another family that has never looked for Hardy. I don't know if it's because of money problems, or they are helping the Basini family to find out about the situation.

Hardy didn't care either.

At last count, the new casino sold a total of 56% of its shares.

This number of shares is very satisfactory to Hardy. If he sells too many shares, he will own too little shares, and he will earn less when the casino opens.

Hardy let the Los Angeles company hold 10% of the remaining shares, and he held 34% himself.

Holds 34% of the shares and has the so-called veto power.

However, Hardy has a management right agreement, but he is not afraid of shareholders' rebellion. With a management right agreement, even if he only has a few percent of the shares, he can completely control the company.

Things are finalized.

Hardy signed an agreement with the mafia chiefs at the hotel, and a project with an investment of hundreds of millions was officially hammered.

As for investing money.

Other families said that they would hand in the documents one after another after going back, and it would take one or two months before and after. Hardy said that the Venetian Hotel will set up a construction management team. Shareholders are responsible, and will report the construction status and fund use details every once in a while.

Hearing what Hardy said, these patriarchs were completely relieved. They were afraid that Hardy would also spend in pursuit of extreme overspending like Siegel, and their money might really be wasted.

Things settled, the patriarchs of the mafia family left one after another,

Hardy looked at the agreement and smiled softly. These people have already boarded the ship, and the mafia forces will not be a big threat to him from now on.

After sending these people away, Hardy also returned to Los Angeles.

The reason why he was anxious to come back was because there was a speech waiting for him here.

When he made the deal with Mayer, one of them was to be the chairman of the Screen Actors Union, and Mayer agreed.

Now that the union chairman election is approaching, several candidates have begun to promote, and Hardy is one of them, but there has been no movement.

Today's Screen Actors Union has about 40,000 registered members, including film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, singers, voice actors and other media practitioners.

They are mainly distributed in Hollywood and New York, but don't underestimate this number. Although most of them are ordinary actors and extras, those big stars are also included.

Their appeal is very strong. Sometimes in the presidential election, candidates will ask these big stars to stand for themselves, just to borrow the power of fans of the stars and increase their support.

Moreover, there are also reporters and famous radio speakers here, and their influence is not small. The pen can write about dead people, and famous people can talk about dead people.

This is also the biggest reason why Hardy wants to be the chairman of the actor union, because becoming the chairman of the union is equivalent to mastering a powerful force.

As soon as Hardy returned to Los Angeles, he received a call from Mayer, Hadi, I heard that you and others have formed a new casino with an investment of 100 million?!

That's right.

Didn't you say you were going to build a new casino with us? Meyer asked with a frown.

Hehe, this is not a conflict. Our new casino will also be built. I am waiting for your news. Hardy said.

Isn't there a conflict? A big casino with an investment of 100 million yuan. After the new casino is completed, everyone will fight for business together. Meyer said.

Mr. Meyer, I told you before that Las Vegas is a big gold mine that cannot be dug by one person. Moreover, the better we build this gold mine, the more tourists we will earn. And more.

Do you know the cluster effect? ​​If more casinos are built, tourists will think of Las Vegas instead of other places as soon as they think of playing in the future.

I can tell you that even if Las Vegas builds 10 casinos of this size, it will not be saturated. Tourists have something to do. We build the casino, and the rest is how to attract them, just like the movie. After the filming is completed, we still need to carry out large-scale publicity before the screening.

And there's another reason why I had to build this new casino. Hardy's voice became a little more serious.

Why? Meyer asked curiously.

My partners this time are all big mafia families. There are 15 families in total, accounting for more than half of the mafia committee. They originally had casinos in Las Vegas, but the scale is relatively small, about the same size as the underground casinos in Los Angeles.

Because the Hardy Hotel opened, it attracted most of the tourists, and their business plummeted. These mafia families all felt hatred. To be honest, I was in Las Vegas, and they didn't dare to do anything to the Hardy Hotel. Hands and feet, if there is another new casino built, do you think they will tolerate this happening?

Meyer immediately realized that this was indeed the case.

They just have money, but they can do nothing against the Mafia.

Had it not been for Hardy,

They don't even have a chance of getting involved in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas in later generations, until the 1960s and 1970s, the casinos here were firmly controlled by the mafia. Later, the mafia was cleaned up by Kennedy, and after several blows, the mafia showed a downward trend. Wall Street And some big capitals have the opportunity to enter Las Vegas and open more casinos and hotels.

Before the mafia fell, it was as strong as Wall Street and big capitalists, and it didn't have the ability to eat this piece of meat.

There are also people and things on Wall Street who are powerless.

From this it can be seen that

The Mafia is indeed a force to be feared.

Wall Street bosses are not invincible, thinking that rich people are more afraid of death, if you play dirty with the mafia, they will dare to play hard with you.

Maybe at any time your car will explode, your house will explode, your cigar may explode.

certainly,

Later, the Mafia declined, and there were many reasons for this. I won’t analyze them one by one here, because I knew that the Mafia would decline in the future, and Hardy knew the reasons, so he turned himself white from the very beginning.

On him alone, you can't find any problems.

Even if someone knows that he is the boss behind the gang, so what, you have no evidence, and talking about things without evidence will kill people.

As long as Hardy becomes strong enough in the future, as powerful as the eight major consortiums, politicians will not dare to touch him, who will care about your family history.

profitable business.

HD Security Armed Forces.

Media such as ABC TV station and Global Times.

These are the fortresses Hardy has built for himself.

With money, military power, and the right to speak in the media, with these three things in hand, even the president of the United States dare not touch him easily.

Far away.

When Hardy mentioned the powerful relationship in it, Mayer finally realized this. If these mafia families are pushed into a hurry and united with them, it is unknown whether his casino can be built, let alone make money.

When it was about to be built, there was an explosion and the building collapsed, and all his investment would be in vain.

I will build a new luxury casino with them and bring them together to make money. This will eliminate the crisis and expand the influence of Las Vegas. Do you think my decision is wrong? Hardy asked road.

That's right, I think you're doing the right thing, Hardy. Meyer said immediately.

Meyer is well aware of the means and power of these mafia families, and he feels that Hardy is doing the right thing.

So our investment continues? Mayer asked.

Of course continue, I have prepared the land. Hardy said.

Hardy bought a large amount of land in Las Vegas. After several months of acquisitions, he has more than 20,000 acres in his hands. After the business of the Hardy Hotel exploded, the land price began to soar, and the land he hoarded is now It has appreciated a lot.

He is going to buy the 100 acres of land for the construction of the Venice Grand Hotel from himself. The price will certainly not be cheap.

For the hotel that cooperates with Meyer, the land is naturally bought from his own company, because the land in his hands is the best in Las Vegas.

Before I found a few friends, everyone's opinion was to invest 20 million yuan, and now it seems that the investment may increase. Meyer said.

I think it can be set at 50 million. Hardy suggested.

50 million? I want to discuss it with my partners. Meyer said.

Then I'll wait for your news.

After hanging up the phone, Hardy picked up a speech script from the table. This is the speech script he will use on the show tomorrow night. He is going to participate in tomorrow's Eileen Tonight Show to canvass votes for himself to run for the chairman of the Screen Actors Union.

This is his first time on stage.

Standing in the spotlight, countless Americans will know him in the future.

And he.

Impossible to hide behind forever.

The next evening.

Hardy came to the big studio of ABC TV. This studio can accommodate more than 100 people, and the people who came today are almost all big Hollywood stars.

Hardy is now the owner of a major Hollywood film company and the largest broadcasting company in the country. Most Hollywood movie stars are registered with the Screen Actors Union. Hardy invited them here because he wanted them to vote for him.

When Hardy entered, many people stood at the door to greet him.

At a glance, they are all famous Hollywood stars, as well as some directors, screenwriters, and producers.

Hardy saw Li Gen's figure in the crowd, he was standing behind those big stars, now Li Gen has joined Hardy's agency and became a signed actor of Hardy's company.

The filming of Li Gen and Heidi Lamarr's Human and Ghost Love has been completed, and it has officially entered post-production.

Hardy exchanged pleasantries with these people. After all, he needed to win the votes from these people. When he walked in front of Li Gen, Li Gen stretched out his hands and shook hands with Hardy. ?”

It's nothing. Li Gen said quickly.

Are you interested in working in the Screen Actors Union? If I am elected as the chairman of the union, you will be my assistant. Hardy said.

Li Gen immediately showed surprise.

Of course I would, Mr. Hardy.

Hardy smiled, Then it's settled, from now on you will be my assistant in the 'Screen Actors Union Chairman Election' event.

Later generations Li Gen started from the Screen Actors Union. During his career as an actor, he first joined the labor union, later became the chairman of the Screen Actors Union, joined the Republican Party, then became a California congressman, senator, governor of California, and finally became president.

Being able to rise up step by step and do so well fully demonstrates Li Gen's ability, so Hardy thought of him and asked him to be his assistant. In the future, he will have a lot of things to do, and the daily affairs of the trade union just happen to be handed over to him.

It's a good feeling to find a future president as your assistant.