Reborn Tycoon Rise

Chapter 230 RCA contamination incident (3)

Time has quickly entered April. For Brian, the chairman of RCA, the past two months have been the greatest torture in life. If he could, he would rather go to jail to spend this time.

With the outbreak of the RCA Taoyuan factory pollution incident, media and environmental protection agencies from all over the world have joined in, criticizing the RCA company for its unscrupulous pollution discharge behavior. Even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been affected, and it has just been criticized for itself. The country's companies said a few words and were criticized by the global media.

No matter how it is explained, RCA's malicious discharge of sewage has polluted hundreds of square kilometers of land and threatened the lives of hundreds of thousands of people above the land.

The British BBC TV station even sent a team to Taoyuan to interview many cancer patients and conduct comprehensive interviews about the local land, water quality, and plants, and made a one-hour video.

Several little girls under ten years old were skin and bones because of cancer.

A 3-year-old boy was forced to undergo puncture treatment for cancer and cried out "Mom" in pain.

The husband and wife were both terminally ill and had to give up treatment for the sake of their children. The grandfather of the family used crutches to find a job, just so that he could be able to raise his grandson into adulthood in the future.

There are too many heartbreaking scenes. According to the original nature of the American media, they don't care about people outside their own country. If they have this time, they might as well watch the Knicks game.

However, due to some special reasons, CBS and ABC TV stations repeatedly broadcast the pollution situation in Taoyuan, and newspapers and media from various parties also joined in, criticizing RCA for its unwillingness to pay for the treatment of these patients.

Some environmental groups have repeatedly gone to the door of the White House in Washington, D.C., demanding that the government intervene in this matter and severely punish the company responsible.

The most serious thing is that the World Health Organization has sent a commissioner to investigate, and is preparing to designate this pollution as one of the largest environmental disasters in human history. Once it enters the annals of history, the RCA company will be infamy for thousands of years.

Affected by this, RCA's stock price continued to plummet. At the same time, because several of its major factories were closed, the TV, radio, and picture tube business collapsed. Many dealers and customers picked up the contracts in their hands and filed lawsuits in court. .

The secretary came in and said, "Sir, I just received a call from General Electric Vice President Welch. He asked you to meet at the Empire State Building's revolving restaurant at noon tomorrow."

"Welch?" Brad was stunned for a moment. At this time, RCA had become notorious and was beaten by everyone. He didn't understand why the vice president of General Electric came to see him at this time.

However, etiquette is still needed. General Electric is one of the top ten super giants in the world, and RCA is only a fraction of other companies.

Brad nodded and said, "Reply him immediately and I will go to the appointment on time."

General Electric and RCA are both top-tier companies in the United States. They cooperate and compete in business. Although Brad and Welch are not friends, they have attended various business or political gatherings over the years. I’ve met them all a few times.

The Empire State Building was built in 1931. At that time, it was the tallest building in the world. The revolving restaurant is located on the highest floor and rotates every 5 minutes. From here, you can see almost all the beautiful scenery in New York, including Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, The Hudson River and more.

However, Brad was not in the mood to look at the beautiful scenery outside. Under the guidance of the waiter, Brad took a look around and found that there was nothing wrong, so he knocked on the door and walked in.

"What's going on?" Welch arrived in the private room early and was chatting with Xu Zhi and others when a man wrapped up in his body suddenly came in. When the man opened his hat, took off his sunglasses and mask, he discovered that it was Bryce. Virtue.

Welch asked: "Brad, why are you dressed like this?"

Brad shook his head and smiled bitterly: "During this period, I have become more popular than a Hollywood star. I am often surrounded by reporters at home, in front of the company, and on the road. Even my family members are affected. Now I can only come out. It’s so sneaky.”

"That's it!" Welch also understood. It is indeed not easy for a CEO of a top American company to be forced to do this. Normally, there would be a large number of bodyguards to protect you, but this time when we meet here, it is obviously better to keep a low profile.

Welch introduced: "Brad, this is Currie, the vice president of Goldman Sachs."

"Hello!" Brad first shook hands with Corey.

"Welch, why did you invite me here today?" He didn't believe that the other party just came to invite him out for tea, and he also brought a super rich man and someone from Goldman Sachs.

Welch smiled and said: "Brad, I know that the current pollution period has hit RCA very hard. I am here to help you solve this problem?"

"Oh, I don't know what price I have to pay?" Brad directly hit the point of the problem. The top executives of General Electric and Goldman Sachs suddenly appeared. It was impossible just to help him. They must have some agenda, but these two companies The company's influence in the United States and even the world far exceeds that of RCA. If they are willing to help, they might be able to solve this matter.

"I just like people like you who are direct." Welch smiled and said, "I wonder, Brad, if you are interested in joining us at General Electric?"

"Should I join General Electric?" Brad was stunned for a moment, but soon understood that the other party was obviously not doing it for him, so he said, "Do you want to acquire RCA? For NBC TV station?"

Welch said: "NBC TV station is indeed our focus, but this time we are proposing a comprehensive acquisition, including all other RCA businesses!"

"Do you also want the TV business? Once you take over RCA, you will also take over the pollution incident in Asia." Brad said.

Welch smiled and said: "Of course, the biggest trouble in this matter is actually RCA's responsibility to know. This is something that Bayan officials insist on, leading to several failed negotiations. But as long as RCA is acquired, then all All the original positions will be transferred to General Electric departments, and we will also arrange a new negotiation team to take charge of this matter. The new team has not been involved in the pollution incident, so the negotiations will not be too passive!

And as long as the acquisition is successful, our company and Goldman Sachs will lobby Congress together to intervene in this matter with a more active attitude. This incident is no longer a commercial issue, but a political incident. Only with the involvement of the US government can this matter be resolved as soon as possible! "

"I understand!" Brad nodded. He had always suspected that someone was behind this incident, but he didn't know who it was. Now, he knew.

However, he did not show it, but asked: "What should we do with the hundreds of Americans trapped in the bay?"

With the continuous reports by many media around the world, the nature of the pollution incident in Bay Bay has changed!

At this moment, an American company discharged a large amount of sewage in the Bay Area, causing a huge environmental disaster. The Bay Area Administration seized this opportunity and won a lot of sympathy points internationally.

In the past two months, after interrogations and investigations, the Wanwan police have successively approved the arrest of more than 30 American and more than 100 Chinese employees. In the future, they will be charged with many crimes such as environmental damage.

On the other hand, the U.S. government also has a huge headache. They don’t care about pollution, but hundreds of Americans are being detained. Domestic media and relatives of detained employees come to the gate of the White House to protest every few days. After several diplomatic interventions, , and did not make much progress.

In the past 1979, the Iranian hostage incident had caused the US government to lose too much face. Although the nature of this time is different, there must be innocent people among the people detained in the Gulf. If they are not rescued, it will only become worse. This will further reduce President Carter's popularity, and this year is also crucial because a new round of campaign is about to begin.

The intervention of multiple political forces left RCA completely helpless. After several negotiations, the Gulf government also discovered that RCA was obviously unwilling to take responsibility and only cared about the hundreds of American employees who had been detained.

The Wanwan authorities are certainly not stupid, these people have the biggest trump card.

Welch said: "This matter has caused such a big fuss, and someone has to stand up and pay the price. What I can guarantee is that those who were not involved in the sewage discharge incident can return home safely."

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