The way the rich deal with things is really different from the poor, and what I see from this old man is a model. At the end of the movie, in order to justify the plot, the old man got a myocardial infarction and died.
But in fact, the whole film can be said that the old man dealt with the kidnapping and achieved great success. From the starting price of 17 million US dollars, it dropped to 4 million US dollars, people were rescued, and guardianship was also taken back, saving money. Taxes, basically without paying too much. It was very successful in business terms.
If it weren't for the emotional fluctuations of being a mother, I think the price could be lower, and the rhythm of the entire negotiation is under control. It can be said to be a textbook for successful business operations.
Li Ka-shing's son was also kidnapped many years ago. The details mentioned in the news are that Li Ka-shing used a very frank and candid way to negotiate with the kidnapper who came to ask for money. The kidnapper had admiration for Li Ka-shing and never touched him again. People who have passed the Li family,
Li Ka-shing said frankly that it would be difficult to get so much cash right away, but he would do his best. While waiting, he also taught the kidnappers how to manage money and become rich, and told him that if he was allowed to squander, the money would soon disappear. It will be spent, it is better to use the money to buy the stock of Cheung Kong Industrial. This money will gradually increase in value over time, making the kidnappers rich for life.
Although the kidnapper finally ran out of money, he admired Li Ka-shing very much. From these two things, you can actually see some similarities, that is, you can see a way that the extremely rich manage their wealth anytime, anywhere, constantly trying to increase their wealth, and even trying to pay the kidnappers. A portion of the ransom has also flowed back to Cheung Kong's shares.
A master, even in a disaster, can dig out opportunities and value as much as possible. Observing the behavior of this old man in the film is actually enlightening to the audience.
When the old guy received the news that his grandson was kidnapped, the first thing he did was hold a press conference. What was the purpose? Greatly combating the expectations of the kidnappers, shouting to the kidnappers through the media, that is to say, what I can give you is only 0. At the same time, through this conference, the possibility of other 14 grandchildren being kidnapped has been eliminated.
This step is actually the right thing to do, but you might find it impersonal.
Then the second step is to find the most capable people under him, send it to Rome, let the experts deal with this matter, and the order is to deal with this matter at the lowest cost. Send out this expert, and at the same time use him to control the emotionally agitated and possibly irrational mother.
Later, the experts made a mistake in judgment. They believed that when the third generation of wealthy planned a kidnapping by themselves, the old man did not let go. Instead, he asked the former agent to return to Rome and waited for the third generation of rich to come back. At the end, the old man is still very safe in doing things.
Later, police raids wiped out most of the first kidnappers. The old man has achieved great success so far. His success is because he has correctly estimated the risks and benefits. That is, the kidnappers will not kill his children in order to ask for money. So, in such a situation, he didn't pay a penny, delaying the time and letting the police and the agents he sent to solve it.
But things went beyond his expectations and the kid was sold to a professional gangster. At this stage, the old man didn't give the mother a penny. In fact, during the negotiation, he took the initiative to bring the negotiation into a deadlock. Deadlock is also one of the means of negotiation. I don't believe you see robbers taking hostages or hijacking planes, etc. In the event of an incident, the police negotiating experts will not give in easily. They always have very limited options for criminals. From time to time, the negotiation reaches a deadlock at a certain stage to buy more time.
So the old man created a deadlock and didn't give a penny, because he knew that if he approved a budget of even 1 million, this crazy mother would immediately spend the 1 million, if he approved a budget of 10 million, this kind of crazy The mother would immediately spend the 10 million budget. By creating a deadlock, it has just started at $17 million and has been bargaining to $4 million, which can be said to be a huge improvement.
Then, the mafia was also very professional, cutting off one of his grandson's ears. Breaking the old man's judgment on the situation, the old man immediately pushed the matter to the next step. Claim to be willing to pay.
But when doing this, the old man is doing every move like a game of chess. He has a sense of steps. When the old man's lawyer called the mother, the information provided by the lawyer was that the old man was willing to give money. In fact, he was using this information, lured the mother to the negotiating table,
Because if the lawyer told the truth directly and said that the old man provided some of the funds by borrowing money tax-free, the mother might have to talk about it on the phone. But the lawyer only provided very limited information, saying that the old man was willing to pay to attract his mother to the negotiating table in the most efficient way, and then spread out two contracts on the spot,
Using the method of borrowing, so that the old man can be exempted from tax, he has found a way to maximize his own interests from the crisis. The second is at the negotiating table, using the mother's anxious mentality to successfully obtain the custody of the grandson. It can be said that it is a big win at this point.
During this negotiation process, the old man did not provide complete information. In the end, the mother found out that the funds provided by the old man were only $1 million, not $4 million at all. So who is this $1 million for? It's not really for my mother.
It's like a chess move to test the Mafia's reaction to the offer. That is to say, after the Mafia lowered the price to 4 million, the old man also made an offer of 1 million, hoping to continue bargaining on this basis.
It's just that the old man didn't expect that his mother would not act as he expected at this time. The mother made a radical choice and lied that he already had $4 million, so he was anxious, and immediately called the agent back and questioned He said, you obviously don't have 4 million, why do you claim to have 4 million?
The crazy mother wanted to take an urgent adventure to advance the process of saving people, and the old man wanted to control the entire negotiation process in a rhythm, and then the agent said a lot of irrational things, everything is your safety. In my hands, this is just unreasonable bullshit in my opinion, the old man suddenly changed all his thoughts like a god, took out all the money, and gave up the guardianship,
All of these changes are done suddenly in a second. I think this should be the result of the forced processing of the film.
So in this movie, the hero's role is the mother, who plays all the touching elements, and the real master is the old man.
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