Chapter 46: Shooting

  Midtown Manhattan, Rockefeller Center.

  Bruce gathered his things and let out a long sigh.

  "Hey Bruce, I heard you're really going to work for your daughter, is that true?" An old colleague chimed in.

  "No, no, I'm not a worker, I'm the CEO! Chief Executive Officer. I just don't want to let go of my daughter."

  Bruce was slightly embarrassed.

  "Hey, now you're also one of us, on an equal footing..."

  "Alright everyone, I'm off."

  Bruce almost ran out of the office, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

  The CEO is still relatively rare. The CEO (Chief Executive Officer), also known as the Chief Executive, was a product of corporate governance structure reform and innovation by Americans in the 1960s.

  In this world, hearing this word is still from Bruce's mouth. In fact, the company's CEO also appeared during Bruce's last promotion. Bruce's company was facing a major personnel change, and Bruce also rose to power because of it.

  The CEO system originated in the United States, a form of corporate governance and an important component of modern enterprise systems - roughly for the future. This system is prevalent in American companies due to the characteristics of the US equity structure.

  In the United States, the equity structure of companies is mainly composed of two types of shareholders: one type is very dispersed small shareholders. Because small shareholders are small and extremely dispersed, they do not care about and have no ability to interfere with the work of corporate executives; another type is institutional investors, such as pension fund companies, life insurance companies, trust investment companies - it is worth mentioning that Lawrence Rockefeller founded venture capital. They generally hold a large proportion of shares in the company, but they are not the real owners, but rather agents representing the owners of the fund to use the fund. Therefore, this type of shareholder is not very concerned about the good or bad operation of the enterprise, but more concerned about the market price of the stocks held. They mostly "vote with their feet", and once they find that the yield on the stocks held is not high, they quickly get rid of them. There are also independent directors who have no direct relationship with the company. This equity structure determines that the board of directors cannot and does not want to exert substantial and powerful constraints on the enterprise. Therefore, the characteristic of highly dispersed and extremely weak shareholder rights determines that shareholders generally do not directly intervene in the daily business activities of the company, but rather professional managers are fully responsible for the business operations of the company.

  Of course, the CEO of Catherine's company is different in some sense. This CEO now seems to have simply taken over Catherine's work, but in the future, such a company will become the core of corporate overall management.

  Catherine's business was never meant to be confined to just America; she wanted it to be a multinational corporation.

  Another context in which CEOs emerge is within multinational corporations.

  Bruce originally had a pretty good job.

  But now he has chosen to leave the company for his daughter's career.

  He also remembered the reason for his resignation being heard and the boss's face turning bright red.

  Is it really that bad for a father to work for his own daughter?

  Hey! My daughter is a genius! A genius! How could you people possibly understand what it means to be a genius?!

  However, Bruce was indeed talented, and after taking over the company, the first thing he did was to set up an office in New York, basically moving the business from far-off Georgia to New York, and then shipping directly from Georgia, which can be said to be quite convenient.

  As a result, the company's business has increased by 20%.

  Immediately following that, Bruce recruited many new employees, basically setting up the entire company's framework, no longer like Catherine was originally in charge alone.

  After all these were done, Bruce went to Georgia again and took a look at the production of the factory. In this regard, Catherine did a good job, and Bruce thought it was pretty good too, so he didn't change anything.

  The whole company is now on the rise and booming. Although it's not big in scale, its founder Catherine is a "little genius", so the company's reputation is quite good, plus Time Magazine's interview with Catherine, the current state of the entire company should be pretty good.

  After everything was settled, Bruce didn't idle around, in fact, Catherine wouldn't let him.

  The company is currently producing the "Magic Chess" series, with shipments reaching 300,000 units. Although this is not the sales volume, it is still a very good result. Each box of games sells for $10 and each set of molds costs $5, so the funds were quickly recovered.

  In the original era, what made DND series develop was "The Lord of the Rings", but now it has become Catherine's "Harry Potter", in other words, Catherine's "Harry Potter" has replaced "The Lord of the Rings" and started to radiate and influence across the United States.

  After getting the funds back, Catherine considered setting up a new subsidiary, which was Apple Inc. that she had been thinking about all along.

  Catherine's positioning for Apple is also entertainment and fashion, at the forefront of the times, which is her requirement for this company.

  After its establishment, the company's first product, GameTV is also ready for sale.

  According to plan, GameTV has started production but has not yet begun sales and is instead stockpiling.

  The reason for this is - Expo.

  Catherine is preparing to launch GameTV at the World's Fair before starting sales.

  But now someone has already inquired about it.

  After all, Catherine has revealed this thing through Time Magazine, but people can't understand what "electronic games" are from the text.

  If it were someone else, this matter would have passed, but Catherine's recent momentum is not small, and things that were originally ignored are now being mentioned.

  Although Catherine did not pay attention to it, the effect of "starving marketing" has also emerged.

  However, Catherine has been practicing shooting targets, but her best score so far is only 5 rings...

  This is a shooting club, or rather, this is a private shooting club.

  "Kate, you're amazing! You actually hit a bullseye!"

  Lily exclaimed beside him.

  "Maybe."

  Catherine shrugged.

  This is Grandpa Jenny's property, and this place is also closed. Otherwise, if other people see that the little girl actually ran to such a place, other members will probably be frightened.

  Catherine glanced at the M1911A1 pistol in her hand.

  The M1911A1 is the oldest gun among the world's top ten famous guns. However, this gun seems to have been modified and looks slightly "pocket-sized" with less recoil, but its power has also decreased, seemingly for use by women.

  To be honest, Jenny was taken aback when she first invited Catherine and her companions over.

  This place, to be exact, should have been Wyatt's birthday gift to Jenny, only it wasn't all ready until today.

  Jenny is now 15 years old too. Although you can only get a gun license at the age of 16 in the United States, it does not affect her practicing shooting here.

  In fact, after learning that they had been invited, Catherine's companions were excited beyond measure.

  Although this place in America allows guns, it is still prohibited if you are under age.

  Everyone was excited to have the opportunity to get close to such a weapon.

  But as for practicing shooting, they didn't have any either, it's just playing around.

  The only one who is practicing seriously is Catherine.

  She always thought she should have one or two ways to protect herself, especially after being stunned by Bitman.

  Having learned from experience, Catherine is now no longer lacking in vigilance, but what she lacks is the means to defend herself.

  After all, now is the time when the United States is in its most chaotic state of public security.

  "Maybe... I really should start a security company?"

  Catherine thought of her "Black Reef Plan", but she seemed to think that the name was not suitable for security, and it would be more suitable as a mercenary.

  It is now during America's Vietnam War era, and this is exactly when such companies are developing.

  And Jenny's grandfather is an arms dealer, maybe they can even cooperate!

  Katherine's eyes lit up.

  This is an opportunity!

  "Boom!"

  Another shot, Catherine smiled, 10 rings.

  But it's just a target next to him.

  She quietly changed her position, then smiled silently and stroked her own gun...