usatvline Chapter 303 The talks collapsed
Chapter 303 The talks collapsed
Facing Lu Chen's temptation, although Genandi was a little nervous, his voice was unusually calm.
"Mr. Lu Chen, please don't hesitate, just tell me the price you want. Please don't be a sissy. As long as the price you offer is reasonable, I will agree to it without hesitation."
However, Lu Chen did not notice the subtle changes in Gnandi's voice, which made him feel quite embarrassed. He really couldn't figure out how much Gnandi valued the intelligence he had. At this moment, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel regretful that he had not communicated with the paparazzi Sanchez in advance. After all, as a senior paparazzi, Sanchez must have known the value of this intelligence. If he could consult him in advance, perhaps he could now more accurately assess the true value of this intelligence.
But it was too late to regret now. If he didn't settle this matter with Gnandi today, he would never give up! Thinking of this, Lu Chen took a deep breath, calmed himself, then looked at Gnandi and slowly said:
"Mr. Gnandi, I know you are very busy, but this matter is very important to me. So, I don't want to waste everyone's time, let's be frank. I am not the kind of greedy person, I only want you to pay 3 million for keeping quiet, what do you think?"
As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, Gnandi felt a surge of anger in his heart. He couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Damn it, this Lu Chen is simply a lunatic. Three million? He really dares to ask for a price! The money I have embezzled over the years is not even three million! There is absolutely no way I can accept this price!" He suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Lu Chen unhappily:
"Lu Chen, I don't think you have any sincerity in talking to me. If that's the case, then there's no need for us to continue. Let's end this conversation right here!"
Lu Chen frowned slightly, thinking to himself, "It's only three million, this price is not outrageous! I didn't expect Gnandi's reaction to be so big." He waited quietly, but after a long time, he found that Gnandi still didn't hang up the phone. Lu Chen couldn't help but smile, thinking, "This guy is really bluffing. Since the information I have has no effect on him, why doesn't he just hang up the phone? Since he is reluctant to hang up, it means that there is still room for negotiation."
Since three million was considered too high, Lu Chen decisively decided to lower the price. So, he said:
"Since you think the price of three million is too high, Mr. Gnandi, I will make a concession and reduce the price to two million and nine hundred thousand. Mr. Gnandi, what do you think? I will directly reduce the price by one hundred thousand for you."
Gnandi thought to himself, feeling somewhat helpless. Reduce the price by 100,000? Even if he could come up with the money, he would never accept this price. However, Lu Chen's initiative to reduce the price gave Gnandi a glimmer of hope. This meant that Lu Chen did not actually understand the true value of this information.
Thinking of this, Gnandi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he must not let Lu Chen realize that he attached great importance to this information, otherwise Lu Chen might think that this information posed a huge threat to him.
Genandi tried to stay calm and said in an unusually calm tone: "Lu Chen, I might as well tell you the truth. Three hundred thousand is my bottom line. I will never consider a cent more." His tone was firm and decisive, as if he had already made up his mind.
Lu Chen wanted to kill someone. You are using this little money to pay off a beggar. So Lu Chen hung up the phone. He thought it was pointless to talk about this. For this little money, I might as well spread the news. I'll see how much money it will cost to settle these things.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen began to think about how to spread these things about Genandi. If he wanted to spread a person's scandal, the first thing Lu Chen thought of was the media, such as newspapers and radio.
So Lu Chen began to contact various newspapers and radio stations in Washington.
"Hello, is this the XX newspaper? I have a piece of news that I'd like you to report."
"It's a report on the private life of a famous person."
"This man is Gnandi, the Gnandi of the Washington family."
“Hey…! Hey…! Hey…!”
Lu Chen contacted several newspapers in succession, but when they heard that the report was about members of the Washington family, they immediately hung up on Lu Chen, which made Lu Chen very angry.
Don’t these newspapers claim to be the kings? Aren’t they afraid of anyone? Now they are shocked when they hear that they are going to report on the Washington family.
Since no newspaper dared to expose the matter of Gnandi, Lu Chen had to consider whether to open a newspaper to report these things. But thinking that after opening a new newspaper, he would have to slowly accumulate his own customers and audiences, which made Lu Chen a little impatient. It would be more convenient to directly acquire a newspaper. In this way, he would not have to worry about the accumulation of audiences in the early stage.
So Lu Chen began to inquire whether there were any newspapers for sale in Washington.
After much inquiry, Lu Chen finally found a newspaper that was having trouble operating. The newspaper was called The Washington Post. Lu Chen asked someone to investigate the situation of the newspaper. The result was very good.
First of all, the Post has a large audience in Washington. More than 100,000 residents in Washington are readers of the Post. Lu Chen attaches great importance to this point. The more people read the newspaper, the faster the news will spread. If Lu Chen wants to make Gnandi not even have time to respond, he has to find a media with a large number of readers.
Since it has so many readers, why is the "Post" facing bankruptcy? The person who conducted the investigation explained this to Lu Chen.
It is said that the owner of the Post was very fond of real estate investment and even borrowed a lot of money to buy real estate. However, due to the impact of the economic crisis, the real estate in Washington suffered a serious depreciation. The owner could no longer repay the bank loan, so he had no choice but to sell the Post.
After receiving this information, Lu Chen immediately asked someone to contact the owner of the "Post" and expressed his desire to purchase the "Post".
During Lu Chen's contact with the owner of the Post, he found that there were other people who also wanted to buy the Post. And the price offered by this owner was not low. He actually wanted 7 million US dollars to sell the Post. And his attitude was very firm. This made Lu Chen very dissatisfied. But fortunately, Lu Chen got news from other channels, saying that the owner of the Post had received a notice from the court. If he did not repay the loan, the court would auction off his shares of The Washington Post.
Lu Chen was very excited when he got the news. He decided to go and talk to the boss in person. After all, if the "Post" was auctioned off in court, there was no telling what price it would fetch.