Chapter 875: 869. Cannot Let Zhang Ran Leave (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

This morning, Zhang Ran received a call from Leader Li.

"Zhang Ran, the matter has been settled. Come over, explain it to everyone in detail, and bring some documents while you're at it," Leader Li said.

This was to reach certain internal conditions first, and then come to talk with Zhang Ran, which would save a lot of time and trouble.

Zhang Ran also knew this was the best way to do it, so he didn't say another word and came directly to Beijing.

The people who came this time were all big-shot level figures; not only from SARFT, but also from the propaganda and even the diplomatic departments.

Zhang Ran recognized some of them and exchanged greetings. Once everyone had arrived, Zhang Ran stated his conditions directly.

"I have some channels and companies over in Europe and America that, to a certain extent, can cooperate with Huaxia. However, on the whole, it will still be based on private companies. Does everyone have any objections to this?" Zhang Ran said.

No matter what, one certainly cannot appear in an official capacity over there; wouldn't that just be causing trouble for them?

In fact, on many matters, these few companies are not in a good position to speak out; they can only speak on some cultural propaganda and matters that do not involve sensitive issues.

But this is already very good, because they need an influential propaganda channel, yet these propaganda channels are basically impossible for them to take over.

Now, Zhang Ran had brought such an opportunity.

"No problem. We also know the gravity of the situation, so if possible, we will take a stake of about twenty percent," Leader Li said directly.

These were things they had already discussed.

Zhang Ran didn't waste words either, saying directly: "That works. You can arrange a deputy general manager, but I will arrange the main person in charge."

"No problem."

It must be said that Zhang Ran has great face; in many matters, everyone is willing to trust him.

For instance, regarding this main person in charge, if it were someone else coming to negotiate, it would be very difficult to reach a consensus on this matter alone.

Because this person in charge is actually very important; even if they know that such a person is not suitable for an official appointment, they would still fight for it.

With Zhang Ran, it is not like that. Everyone trusts Zhang Ran, so they are willing to make concessions in this regard.

Of course, this is also because Zhang Ran's strength and the things he has done in the past are worthy of their trust.

"Then things will be easy to handle. I won't say any more unnecessary words; these are the documents, please take a look," Zhang Ran handed the documents to them.

Everyone began to read the documents seriously. Zhang Ran had asked Leader Li to bring back some documents before, but those were not very complete.

After all, this was a business deal when it came down to it, and Zhang Ran also needed to keep a few trump cards.

Now that the corresponding conditions had been reached here, everything could be laid out on the table.

However, looking at the complete documents provided by Zhang Ran, the expressions of some people were quite something.

Even Leader Li, who already had some guesses in his heart, could not help but feel surprised at this moment.

He really hadn't expected that Zhang Ran had hidden so many things.

"The Associated Press is actually yours?" Someone couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Ran smiled: "When I went to the United States in the past, I acquired it while I was at it. Over these many years, it has managed to barely hold on."

When Zhang Ran went to the United States before, it wasn't just to deal with the Rhode Family; it was also to take back some things from the past.

However, Zhang Ran had also left behind sufficient countermeasures, and some companies were not operating that well. Zhang Ran's appearance, coupled with those countermeasures, allowed him to take back some things quite smoothly.

Including this Associated Press.

"I knew you weren't a simple guy, but I didn't expect you to have done so many things quietly," someone said with a laugh and a curse.

He was somewhat familiar with Zhang Ran, so he spoke quite casually.

For so many years, the Associated Press's reporting on Huaxia had mostly leaned toward neutrality, and sometimes even favored Huaxia.

Especially at the turn of the new century, when Huaxia did not have many channels to voice its opinions externally, the factual reporting from the Associated Press was very important.

This also gave many people a good impression of the Associated Press.

Now it seems that these were all preparations Zhang Ran had made beforehand.

"Sigh, if only the Goddess of Destiny incident hadn't happened," someone couldn't help but sigh.

This sentence touched the hearts of many people. Indeed, if the Goddess of Destiny incident hadn't happened.

Then many things might have been much easier to handle with Zhang Ran's help.

Especially as the things Zhang Ran had hidden were gradually exposed, everyone realized just how large a game Zhang Ran had been playing back then.

Even now, with Zhang Ran having lost nearly thirty years of time, these things already made them feel shocked!

Leader Li was also a bit surprised at first, but he quickly reacted and smiled: "Fortune relies on misfortune, and misfortune hides within fortune."

This remark seemed aimless, yet it startled many people, and they all understood what he meant.

Indeed, sometimes being too powerful, being able to influence too many things, and not being under everyone's control, does not seem to be a good thing.

Although Zhang Ran is already very strong now and still has great influence, it is all within everyone's acceptable range.

If it were really.........

Next, everyone did not say much more about this and just began to continue the discussion.

At this time, everyone did not dwell on petty gains, and the matter was discussed very quickly.

For example, in terms of investment, everything followed the highest standards; they did not take advantage of Zhang Ran in this regard.

Zhang Ran had put in such great effort for the country; although it was called cooperation, in reality, everyone understood Zhang Ran's intentions.

This could also be considered a form of giving back.

Of course, there was another aspect, which was the matter of Zhang Ran's Yuanran Charity Foundation. After this incident, some people also needed to express their stance.

There was no help for it; everyone's thoughts were about the same now, which was that they could not really let Zhang Ran go.

That would be a huge loss.

Moreover, the things Zhang Ran proposed were not meant to make things difficult for everyone; there were simply no precedents.

This also required long-term discussion. Of course, some other methods could be used for a temporary transition for now.

And according to Zhang Ran's situation, he could completely wait until that time.

Many people had Zhang Ran's recent medical examination reports in their hands; this was also something that couldn't be helped, and Zhang Ran had not blocked it.

Therefore, everyone was very clear in their hearts about Zhang Ran's physical condition.

Zhang Ran had time to wait; they only needed to set a rough plan at this moment, and then they could slowly perfect it as time went on.