NOVPUBChapter 949: Chapter 949: They Consider That Small Amount of Money as Nothing_1 Chapter 949: Chapter 949: They Consider That Small Amount of Money as Nothing_1 These are all kitchenwares with an extremely high usage rate.
Not to mention some of the billboards that made it into the shot, they didn’t sponsor any products, but they did pay for advertising.
Even these, Lucas looked at and found that as many as seventy percent had been withdrawn.
As for the cookware and stoves, they are all foreign brands.
But what’s the use of just these two?
“What is going on with these brands?” Lucas asked in shock, “All withdrawn at the same time?”
This is also news that has just been received, there was absolutely nothing amiss as of yesterday.
The Secretary General said, “Almost at the same time we received notices from them.
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Just this morning.”
After all, there are simply too many advertisers and sponsors.
Even if they sent messages at the same time, they wouldn’t have time to look at them all at once.
“As for why they withdrew, the personnel in charge are already contacting them to find out.
We’ve just compiled a list, and I’ve brought it to show you right away,” said the Secretary General.
“Go check!” Lucas said.
The Secretary General nodded, “We’re already checking.”
He saw that Lucas was already somewhat flustered.
The Secretary General was silent for a few seconds, then asked, “Do you think it might be Adrian Zhekova…”
“Adrian Zhekova?” Lucas looked up at the Secretary General in surprise.
“He did subtly threaten us before, implying that if we didn’t do things his way, he’d oppose us,” Lucas said.
Lucas then shook his head, “But what does Adrian Zhekova have to do with these brands?”
Lucas paused, then said, “Have you checked whether these brands have any connections with Pingla?”
“No,” said the Secretary General, “Although we’re still investigating why all these brands suddenly pulled out and haven’t found any clues in that regard yet.
But we checked the relationships among these brands first, and found that some of them might belong to the same group, but not all of them.
Most of them are scattered under different group flags, or they are themselves a large group with several sub-brands.”
“There is no common link between these different brands,” the Secretary General said.
“That’s very strange,” Lucas frowned.
“Go and investigate first and find out as quickly as possible,” Lucas said, “If we can retain them, do so, and we can appropriately lower the price.”
“During our initial recruitment, they won the bid at a very high price, so we have a lot of room to lower our price.
We’ll use the price of the runner-up at that time as our bottom line.”
After all, the auction price of the runner-up at that time had already reached its limit, and these brands wouldn’t be able to up their bids even if they switched over to them.
“Also, if it really doesn’t work out, switch to another brand.
Get in touch with the brands that lost out before,” Lucas said.
The Secretary General nodded and went to handle it.
By the afternoon, the Secretary General finally returned with the results of the investigation.
“Lucas, we’ve figured it out,” the Secretary General said solemnly, “I’m afraid it really has something to do with Adrian Zhekova.”
“Don’t these brands have no connections with Pingla?” Lucas’s face changed.
“There’s no connection, but we inquired and found that these brands either belong to families that have particularly good relations with Adrian Zhekova, or they are groups created secretly by those families.
On the surface, they don’t seem to belong to them, but in fact, they’re still their family industries.”
“In Hearth Nation, there are the very famous Big Eight families.
It’s said that their relationship is very good, good enough to support each other unconditionally like they’re doing now, as if the Big Eight families could merge into one big family.”
“The strength of each of their families is very strong, just imagine, it’s like eight Pinglas are fighting against us,” said the Secretary General.
Lucas took a deep breath, practically slumping in his chair.
He felt that a single Pingla could fight against their entire Mokleys Family.
But now eight Pinglas were coming…
Is this real or fake!
It’s got to be a joke!
Lucas looked at the Secretary General in shock.
“It’s no joke,” Lucas said gravely.
“How can you be sure that it’s because of Adrian Zhekova?
Wait a minute, how did you find out that it’s connected to the other seven families?
Didn’t you say that some of the brands weren’t created in the name of their families?” Lucas asked.
“We were originally just investigating the backgrounds of those brands and weren’t considering those families.
But at noon, we received new news,” the Secretary General said.
“What?” Lucas said through gritted teeth.
He really didn’t want to hear any more news right now.
“The live broadcast of our International Culinary Competition in Hearth Nation has been halted,” said the Secretary General.
“Elaborate!” Lucas said gravely.
“Hearth Nation’s TV stations won’t be broadcasting our Culinary Competition.
And because of the language barrier, the common language of the International Culinary Competition is English.
If it’s to be broadcast, it needs to be translated simultaneously.
This is a very strict requirement for live broadcasts.
And Hearth Nation’s TV stations all have their own plans.
Our International Culinary Competition doesn’t have a large enough audience for the TV stations to buy our broadcasting rights and air it on their channels,” said the Secretary General.
“So, the one who bought our broadcasting rights is an online streaming platform in Hearth Nation, and they bought the exclusive broadcasting rights.
And that online streaming platform belongs to Benjamin Hamilton.”
Benjamin Hamilton, Lucas knew all too well.
It’s hard to believe anyone wouldn’t know.
He holds considerable standing in Hollywood, having produced many blockbuster movies in recent years.
“The family to which Benjamin Hamilton belongs has a very good relationship with Adrian Zhekova, being one of the Big Eight families,” said the Secretary General.
“What about the other online streaming platforms?” said Lucas, “They can’t all belong to Benjamin Hamilton!”
“Benjamin Hamilton holds our exclusive broadcasting rights, and the contract is already in effect,” said the Secretary General, “They’ve already paid us.”
“So, they paid and won’t broadcast?” Lucas asked incredulously.
“That’s right,” the Secretary General nodded.
Once Benjamin Hamilton has the exclusive rights, if he doesn’t broadcast, no one else can.
“Are they really willing to lose money, lose that much money, and not broadcast?” Lucas’s voice rose.
“If I remember correctly, Benjamin Hamilton paid a hefty price for our broadcasting rights!” Lucas said
“Yes, we asked immediately.
They said that little bit of money, they can afford to throw it away,” the Secretary General said gravely. 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝘤𝑜𝘮
It was simply like they didn’t care about the money at all.
“And the reason why Benjamin Hamilton paid such a high price for our broadcasting rights, they said, was not because they wanted to broadcast our competition so much, but for Hearth Nation’s chefs.
They hoped that Hearth Nation’s netizens would be able to see the wonderful performances of their chefs.”
