Chapter 712 Li Li becomes president
Phillips did not stay in San Francisco for long. He only had a quick meal at a nearby KFC and booked the nearest flight back to Chicago.
On the acquisition of Ashleypress Publishing House, Meng Dawen and Garcia started negotiations and called Fang Minghua every day to tell Fang Minghua the specific progress of the negotiations.
Fang Minghua had nothing to do, so he went to a Dell store near the community and bought a Dell laptop. He used it to code at night, so as not to compete with others for the computer when Li Li came back.
Unfortunately, the English version of W95 is installed and cannot be used to enter Chinese characters. In the Microsoft store, there is actually the just-released Chinese version of win95, as well as Office components.
The Chinese version of WIN95 is not required, but the Chinese version of Office is very necessary. Take a look at the price: $780!
Robbing money.
Fang Minghua cursed in his heart, but he had to buy it.
It’s really hard to find pirated software here.
Finally it’s time to code, don’t forget your own job.
The negotiation work on Meng Dawen's side was relatively smooth. One wanted to buy and the other wanted to sell. It only took a week to reach an agreement.
Fang Minghua acquired all the assets of Ashleypress for US$4.1 million, of which US$1.6 million was used to pay the debt owed by Ashleypress.
Meng Dawen told Fang Minghua this on the phone: "Mr. Fang, all the text materials are ready and waiting for you to come over and sign. In addition, Mr. Garcia also made an additional request."
< br>“What are the requirements?”
“He hopes that after your acquisition, the name of the publishing house will remain unchanged-Ashleypress has been used for 43 years.”
Fang Minghua was silent for a moment: "Okay."
Of course, signing by both parties is the first step. Later, you have to take the signed documents to the local government department to register changes in legal persons, taxation, industry and commerce, etc.
Fortunately, Fang Minghua only acquired a small publishing house and did not involve the provisions of the "U.S. Omnibus Trade Act of 1988". Otherwise, it would have to be reviewed and approved by the relevant federal government departments.
Of course, for all this, Fang Minghua only needs to take his passport and the tax documents proving that he was in the United States and follow Meng Dawen. He will be responsible for everything.
A week later, all acquisition and change procedures were completed, 2.5 million US dollars was transferred to the other party's account in accordance with the contract, and the remaining 1.6 million US dollars was directly paid to the debtor owed by the company.
The formal handover procedures will be completed tomorrow morning. In the evening, Fang Minghua stood at the door of the study, looked at Li Li who was concentrating on writing an academic paper in the room, and called: "Lili."
"Huh?"
Li Li turned her head and looked at him.
“Ashleypress will be managed by you.” Fang Minghua said.
"Huh? No, you know I can only translate and do knowledge, but I don't know anything about business. I'm not as capable as my cousin." Li Li immediately refused.
"But I have to return to China eventually, what will the publisher do?" Fang Minghua asked.
"It's simple. You hire someone who understands company management as the president. In the United States, there is a type of person called a professional manager who specializes in serving as CEOs of various companies. They can definitely do a better job than me." Li Li said Got an idea.
“I know that hiring a professional manager will specifically manage the company, but where can I find the right candidate now? Even if there is a suitable person to be the CEO in the future, I can’t completely trust him. , In the United States, you are the one I trust most.”
“But, I’m really worried that I can’t do it well.”
“It’s not that complicated.” Fang Minghua walked up to Li Li. , touched her shoulder very gently: "I position Ashleypress to mainly translate and publish our country's excellent literary works, as well as some things written by Chinese writers. Of course, we can also publish a small number of excellent literary works from other countries. This It’s his characteristic.”
"I don't want to be a large publishing company like Simon or Random House, and I don't require much profit. The publishing house can make a small profit or maintain capital."
Li Li understood. "Minghua, you are actually making Ashleypress a window to promote our country's literary works, right?"
"That's what you mean."
"Well this is This is also the original intention of engaging in translation. I also hope that more foreigners can see our country’s excellent literary works. I will do a good job! ”
"Okay, let's think about how to carry out the work of the publishing house." Fang Minghua said
After breakfast the next morning, Li Li drove the two of them to Ashleypress at No. 48 Baptismal Boulevard.
Nothing has changed outside, including the company sign, which is somewhat worn by the weather.
Fang Minghua took a second look and went upstairs to the original president's office.
Garcia is waiting for him.
Seeing Fang Minghua come in, Garcia had a complicated expression on his face.
However, the two parties still shook hands in a friendly manner, and then Garcia handed over a document containing the names, positions, ages, etc. of the company's current employees.
"Thank you."
"Mr. Fang, this publishing house no longer belongs to the Garcia family, which makes me regretful, but fortunately Ashleypress still exists."
Garcia looked at Fang Minghua and said in a sincere tone: "I hope that under Mr. Fang's management, Ashley can do better and better."
"I will."
Garcia left, taking only a photo frame on the bookshelf behind the boss's desk. After a while, his figure appeared on the road downstairs.
It was windy outside, and my back was a little stooped.
Fang Minghua looked at it for a while, then slowly withdrew his gaze and smiled slightly at Li Li, "Lili, President Li, it's your turn to take office now."
Li Li rolled his eyes at him very gently, Without saying much, she took the information left by Garcia and read it for a while before saying: "Minghua, this editor-in-chief, David, started working as an ordinary editor in a publishing house when he was young, and has been working as the editor-in-chief now. With rich experience, I plan to continue to let him be the editor-in-chief.”
"Okay, you are the president now, you have the final say." Fang Minghua said with a nonchalant attitude.
"You don't want to take care of things so quickly? No wonder my cousin said you like to be lazy."
Li Li muttered and continued: "The person in charge of the Finance Department needs to be re-recruited, and the Marketing Operations and Promotion Department I'm keeping Jack for the time being. I want to see how good he is. Will human resources and the office be merged into one in the future? 1. Why does a publishing house with only 40 people need so many departments? It needs to be streamlined. "
" We should expand the editorial staff appropriately and directly outsource the translation work. I will go to our school and focus on recruiting marketing personnel. This is the point! Minghua, am I right?"
Li Li looked at Fang Minghua after finishing speaking.
Seeing the other party giving her a thumbs up, Li Li smiled sweetly.
"Do we need to call together a few key persons in charge for a meeting? President Li?" Fang Minghua asked half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"Yes! Yes."
Fang Minghua immediately picked up the desk phone. He called Garcia's secretary Marilyn and asked her to notify the heads of various departments of the publishing house to come to the office for a meeting. .
These people entered the office one after another, and they found that the person sitting behind the boss's desk was not the Oriental man who bought the publishing house, but a beautiful and graceful Oriental woman.
(End of this chapter)