The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Zhou Hexuan walked over and sat down facing Mike, and asked in a familiar way: "Do you have a wife and children?"

Speaking of his family, Mike's expression became even more painful. He put down his pistol and said, "I have a beautiful and gentle wife, two sons, and a daughter."

"What will they do if you die?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Mike said: "I have written a suicide note and asked Mary to remarry with the children. Maybe she can find a better husband than me."

Zhou Hexuan said: "If your wife is unlucky and finds a villain? He may beat your children severely, and even send them to the factory as child labor."

"No." Mike shook his head.

"But is there such a possibility? Even if it's only a 1 in 10,000 chance." Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile.

Mike remained silent, his heart throbbed when he thought of his wife's embrace of other men in the future, and the possibility of his child being abused by his stepfather.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "How much do you owe?"

Mike said: "The company's funds were embezzled by me and Raul, and now all of them are lost. As for me personally, I still owe 240,000 US dollars to banks and securities companies."

"Do you think you won't be able to earn $240,000 in the rest of your life?" Zhou Hexuan said.

Mike shook his head and said: "The publishing company's capital chain is broken, and now they can't even pay for the shipping fee of the books. And I have been looking for buyers everywhere these days, but the economic situation is not good now, and the book market is highly competitive. No one is willing to take over a small publishing house like ours, and bankruptcy has become inevitable. If I file for personal bankruptcy again, it will be very difficult to make a comeback, and I will have to bear huge debts for the rest of my life. I don’t want my wife and children to suffer with me.”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "What if I'm willing to become a shareholder of your book company?"

"Really?" Mike asked in surprise.

Zhou Hexuan asked, "How much are you going to ask for?"

After thinking for a while, Mike said: "The company was founded by me and Raul. He is the major shareholder and owns 55% of the shares. I only have 45% of the shares. Raul has committed suicide. If you choose to buy it all, you must buy it." Discuss with his family, I think the other party will definitely agree. As for the valuation of the company, before the stock market crash, it was worth at least 300,000 US dollars. Now..."

"For US$50,000, I will buy 95% of the publishing house's shares, and leave the remaining 5% to you." Zhou Hexuan reported the black-hearted price.

Mike was not in the mood to bargain, and asked in a begging tone: "Can I have more?"

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "Then 60,000, no more. In addition, I can personally lend you 150,000 US dollars to repay part of your personal debts."

Mike had no choice at all, he gritted his teeth and said, "Deal!"

There are roughly 5 situations for filing for bankruptcy in the United States.

Among them, if the individual is bankrupt and the total debt owed is less than 100,000 US dollars (adjusted to 250,000 in later generations), he can submit a repayment plan to the court, submit a certain amount of money to the court, and then slowly repay it in installments.

Mike owed 240,000 to banks and securities companies, far exceeding the amount he applied for personal bankruptcy. To put it bluntly, he didn't even have the qualifications to apply for personal bankruptcy, and now Zhou Hexuan lent him 150,000 yuan, which really saved his life.

Mike can use 140,000 of it to pay off the debt, and there is still a debt of 100,000 US dollars, just enough to file for personal bankruptcy. He paid several thousand more as a deposit to the court, and he could barely live on, but in the future, part of his monthly income would be used to repay the debt.

Zhou Hexuan made a good plan and left 5% of the publishing company's shares to Mike, so that this guy can have a head start, so that he can manage the company with all his heart. Lend him another 150,000 US dollars and become Mike's biggest creditor. Unless this guy voluntarily gives up his future, he will have to work for Zhou Hexuan for the rest of his life.

Knowing that he was cheated, but Mike still had to be grateful, he asked: "Why help me?"

Zhou Hexuan shrugged: "In the whole of the United States, you are the only one who helps me publish books. And the royalties are settled every three months. Even if I am far away in China, you have never been in arrears. I just want to find some investment in the United States, and you have a good personality." , is an ideal partner."

"Thank you," Mike got up and said, "I'll go out and announce the news before the employees leave."

"Please." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Mike walked out of the office quickly, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and said loudly: "Guys, don't be busy packing things for now. Someone is willing to provide capital to invest in the company. The difficulty has been resolved, and Mike Lauer Book Company will continue to operate. !"

The employees were amazed by this and looked towards the office one after another.

The boss was on the verge of committing suicide just now, and the Asian man solved the problem as soon as he entered, obviously buying the company with money.

Zhou Hexuan walked out with a smile, and said to everyone: "From now on, the company will continue as usual, even the company name will not be changed. I hope everyone will work hard."

Of course you have to work hard. In a few months, ordinary people in the United States will know that jobs are precious, and even senior engineers can only find jobs as cleaners.

Mike acted quickly. He invited a lawyer on the same day, found the wife of the partner who had committed suicide, and formally signed the equity transfer contract the next day. Immediately afterwards, Mike successfully applied for personal bankruptcy. Although he was burdened with bad debts, he seemed much more relaxed.

But Zhang Mouzhi couldn't understand it. He questioned: "Son-in-law, since the US is going to have an economic crisis, I'm afraid the publishing business will be difficult."

"It's really hard to do, but I have my own method." Zhou Hexuan said confidently.

1929 was the last glory of the European and American book markets, and it would take at least 10 years to slowly recover, and hundreds of publishing companies declared bankruptcy.

Zhou Hexuan invested in American Publishing House at this time. He has two main killers: one is "Gone with the Wind" (also translated as "Gone with the Wind"). As long as he wins the agency publishing rights of this book, even the worst publishing house can The second is the Pocket Book Project. Books with this special binding method will be popular even decades later.

Historically, the American book market that was dying in the 1930s was able to survive because of the emergence of pocket books. In an environment where it is difficult to sell 100,000 copies, once the pocket book came out, it sold tens of millions.

Of course, Zhou Hexuan didn't want to mention these two trump cards for the time being.

According to normal development, Mike Lauer Company, as well as the entire American book market, will fall into a slump. At the most difficult time, Zhou Hexuan proposed the pocket book plan again, which was enough to convince Mike and shocked him to heaven!

Don’t think this is superfluous. If Mike is not allowed to taste the failure of the business, and the company grows bigger in the future, the partner may have more thoughts in his heart, thinking that he is the biggest contributor, and he is unwilling to take only 5% of the shares .

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Dad, I suddenly thought of a good business that is making a lot of money every day. See if you want to do it."

"What business?" Zhang Mouzhi asked.

"Open a contraceptive (harmonious) condom factory in the United States." Zhou Hexuan said.

"Avoid...avoid (harmonious) condoms?" Zhang Mouzhi was dumbfounded, and then he couldn't laugh or cry.

This son-in-law, not to mention selling underwear in China, actually came to the United States to sell avoidance (harmony) condoms.

Nowadays, there is no concept of birth control at all, and only prostitutes in China use contraceptive (harmonious) condoms. If it is known that they are doing this kind of business in the United States, they will probably be laughed out of their teeth.

However, Zhou Hexuan clearly knew that in the United States during the Great Depression, only two businesses flourished: one was making movies, and the other was selling contraceptive (harmonious) condoms.