Chapter 257

Ted Turner's eyebrows moved as he heard the words, and a light flashed in his eyes.

"Eight billion dollars, TBS Turner is yours!" Ted Turner said.

When Henry heard his offer, he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Mr. Ted Turner, you seem to be talking like a lion. Is TBS Turner worth 8 billion dollars? Hehe, you can go to Time Warner Group to see if they are willing to buy TBS company with 8 billion US dollars! "

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At this moment, an extremely important board meeting is being held in ABC building, Times Square, New York, the headquarters of ABC ABC. The content of the meeting is the acquisition request from Williams Film and television media group!

Christopher Grantham, chairman of ABC broadcasting company, announced in a deep voice: "Williams Film Media Group has proposed to wholly acquire ABC broadcasting company at the price of $50 per share, with a total capital of $17.5 billion!"

There was a lot of discussion among the major shareholders.

Dozens of minutes later, after voting, the majority agreed to sell the company!

Most of the shareholders of ABC broadcasting company are investment companies. They only invest in ABC company to make money. Now some people are willing to buy the company at a high price, so naturally they are willing to sell it!

But who doesn't want to make more money? Disney has always wanted to buy ABC broadcasting company, so let them fight!

So ABC broadcasting company held a news conference and deliberately disclosed the news: "ABC broadcasting company received the acquisition request from Williams Film and television media group today. After the serious consideration of the board of directors, ABC broadcasting company finally made a decision and was willing to accept the negotiation with Williams Film and television media group!"

As soon as the news came out, the industry was shocked!

ABC broadcasting company is one of the three major television networks in the United States. If Williams television media group acquires ABC broadcasting company, it can be promoted to a media giant immediately!

In fact, many companies have ambitions for ABC broadcasting company and want to buy it! However, the market value of ABC broadcasting company is too high, the heart is more than the strength is insufficient! Among them, Disney's desire to acquire ABC broadcasting company is the strongest!

But in the 1980s, Disney had been in a bad mood. It was only under the leadership of new CEO Michael Eisner that the company developed rapidly. But even so, Disney's accumulated strength is hard to swallow up ABC.

ABC broadcasting company has always been the biggest partner of Disney, and Disney has long regarded ABC broadcasting company as its own bag, so it has accumulated strength and tried every means to acquire ABC broadcasting company! But at this time, there are other companies want to buy ABC broadcasting company. How can Disney company not jump in the air?!

After receiving the news, Michael Eisner immediately yelled in the conference room. When he stood up in his chair, he accidentally touched the water cup on the table to the ground. The cup "banged" and made a harsh sound, listing countless small pieces.

The whole conference room was silent and silent!

Michael Eisner has been the dictator of Disneyland since he took office. He is grumpy and has absolute authority. No one dares to resist him!

"In any case, Disney must acquire ABC broadcasting company, immediately notify the major shareholders of Disney and hold a board meeting!"

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Eisner. I'm afraid it's too late?"

"Even if it's 12 o'clock in the evening, you'll invite them to the meeting!" Michael Eisner roared at his men and walked out the door of the conference room!

At 11 p.m., Disney's major shareholders arrived, followed by a board meeting. At the meeting, Michael Eisner gave a detailed account of the current situation of Disney, and then repeatedly stressed that Disney must acquire ABC broadcasting company in order to realize Disney's strategic layout and create the most complete and perfect ecological chain of entertainment media industry!

Michael Eisner's words convinced Disney's major shareholders and directors to unanimously decide to buy ABC broadcasting company!

The next morning, Michael Eisner had a nonstop press conference to announce that Disney was ready to take over ABC!

Coincidentally, a reporter filmed Ted Turner, the founder of TBS Turner Broadcasting Company, coming out from galaxy film company. Although the news has not been thoroughly spread, the next day, Time Warner Group launched an acquisition request for TBS Turner Broadcasting Company!

Ted Turner, as a media tycoon and the owner of TBS broadcasting company, is definitely not going to Galaxy film company as a guest!

All kinds of signs show that Henry Williams wants to enter the media industry, Ted Turner suddenly appears in Galaxy film company, and the next day time warner announced that it is ready to buy TBS broadcasting company, which is more patient to ponder!!!

"Williams wanted to buy ABC, and Disney joined in the fight," the New York Daily said! Ted Turner, the founder of TBS broadcasting company, appeared at Galaxy film company. As a result, Time Warner launched an acquisition of TBS broadcasting company the next day. It goes without saying that Henry Williams has a big appetite this time and is going to buy ABC broadcasting company and TBS broadcasting company at the same time! And he has to face Disney and Time Warner such a powerful opponent!!! We'll see if Henry Williams can beat them with one to two! "

"In terms of financial resources, Disney and time warner are less than half of Henry Williams. I'm afraid there's no doubt about this acquisition," the Wall Street Journal said

"The Los Angeles Times:" Henry Williams into the media industry, unstoppable

On the same day, the shares of NBC and CBS fell wildly.

A spokesman for NBC and CBS said: "once Henry Williams acquired ABC, it would mean a disaster for the U.S. television industry is imminent!"

When Henry saw this, he felt his nose. How about them? Are you so terrible?

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Ted Turner didn't negotiate with Henry that day. After leaving galaxy, he deliberately disclosed the news to Time Warner, who had long wanted to take TBS broadcasting company as his own. As a result, they hastened to launch a request for acquisition.

However, Time Warner is only willing to pay US $5.5 billion for TBS broadcasting company, which is obviously not in line with Ted Turner's ideal price. Ted Turner negotiated with time warner for some time, and Time Warner finally made a decision to increase the purchase price to $6 billion.

For this price, Ted Turner is still not satisfied.

Ted Turner had to talk to Henry again. Now, Ted Turner has read the news and learned that Henry is not only buying TBS broadcasting company, but also ABC broadcasting company! So he was shocked. At the same time, it is clear that its own TBS Broadcasting Company may not be the main target of Henry Williams' acquisition, but ABC broadcasting company is

As a result, Ted Turner no longer has the mentality of being a rare commodity. He is willing to reduce the price.

After much deliberation, Ted Turner finally called Henry and said, "Mr. Williams, I'll sell it to you for $7 billion!"

Henry is not surprised that time warner has owned HBO and other TV stations, and its desire for TBS broadcasting company is not as strong as that of Disney Company. At present, the market value of TBS broadcasting company is only more than 5 billion US dollars, and Time Warner has made great determination to pay 6 billion US dollars. If you want him to raise the price to buy TBS broadcasting company, you will feel that the gain is not worth the loss.

"Mr. Turner, I'm willing to pay up to $6.5 billion! You should know that if I buy ABC broadcasting company, TBS broadcasting company is just icing on the cake for me! I can buy it or not. Besides, I'm afraid Time Warner's offer is much lower than mine! " Henry said with a faint smile.

"This..." Ted Turner hesitated.

Henry said with a smile: "Mr. Turner, you'd better make a decision early. Once I buy ABC broadcasting company, maybe I'll lower the offer for TBS broadcasting company!"

Ted Turner's face changed when he heard this!

At this time, Henry said: "Mr. Turner, you continue to think, I am waiting for your call!" As soon as Henry's voice dropped, he hung up without waiting for Ted Turner to speak.

Ted Turner really felt the impact of the Internet on TBS broadcasting company. In addition to what Henry said, he had made a decision in his heart, that is, to sell the company as soon as possible!

Ted Turner did not put down the phone, he listened to the "beep beep" busy tone in the microphone, already lost in thought. He is thinking about whether or not to agree to Henry Williams' terms, but for now, he is the highest bidder!

ABC's competition is much fiercer than TBS's. Michael Eisner is determined to buy ABC, and Disney even makes a bid of $18 billion. Many Disney executives are in frequent contact with Citigroup, U.S. banks and so on!

Disney's major shareholders also publicly issued a statement that they are willing to invest to help Disney win ABC broadcasting company!

In other words, Henry is not only facing a Disney Company, but also the major shareholders behind Disney and its strategic partners!

Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney, appeared in the news interview of ABC TV station with high profile and threatened: "Disney's acquisition of ABC broadcasting company is imperative! Citibank, Bank of America and Wells Fargo have agreed to lend to Disney! "

The major media can not help but shocked, Disney company seems to be really determined! You know, the loan interest alone is close to one billion dollars a year, which is a great pressure. If after the acquisition of ABC broadcasting company, one year's profit is no more than one billion US dollars than before, it will be a big loss!

Maybe it will bring down the company because of the loan and fall into the financial crisis!

It's very common for companies to go bankrupt because of the high debt ratio

The team Henry sent to negotiate immediately reflected the situation to Henry. After listening to this, Henry said lightly, "we'll add 2 billion yuan to the amount they'll pay. What do you mean?"

Add 2 billion US dollars, is also "meaning"?

The other end of the phone was stunned and speechless. It took quite a while to respond.

"Boss, I'll make a new offer to ABC now!"

"Well, go!"

For ABC, Henry is also a must. ABC, as one of the three major television networks, covers the United States and has great influence. If we don't have a TV network covering the whole country, how can we call it a media giant?

The significance of Henry's decision to buy ABC broadcasting company is far more important than to use it for profit.

ABC broadcasting company in Henry's view, is a powerful propaganda weapon, Henry can use it to arm himself, can also be used to attack others! In terms of making money, the total profit of the whole American TV network is less than that of Nintendo, and Nintendo is nothing in front of Henry!

Soon, the negotiation team held a new round of negotiations with ABC broadcasting company. After the negotiation, out of ABC building, a group of reporters swarmed in and asked, "excuse me, how much is Henry Williams going to pay for ABC broadcasting this time?"

"Our boss said, add 2 billion dollars to mean it!" The leader of the negotiation team showed indifference and said to the reporter.

When the reporter heard this, he was stunned. Henry Williams spent money like dirt. He can't describe it any more!!!

"What, the other side offered 20 billion dollars?" Michael Eisner almost wanted to vomit blood, especially when the other side said that "two billion dollars is just for a moment", which made Michael Eisner very angry. He couldn't help thinking that he had worked hard and borrowed money from all over the world, and finally added 500 million to Henry's previous offer of 17.5 billion dollars. He was kicked down by the other side before his offer was hot, He even added $2 billion directly to his offer! Two billion dollars. Think it's toilet paper for cleaning your ass? How can you add so much?!!

"Eisner, I think we'd better give up. Henry Williams is not as rich as we can be! According to reliable sources, he made a lot of money during the collapse of the Soviet Union. "

"Yes, he is so rich that we have to give up..."

"Eisner, if we give up ABC broadcasting company, we can also look for other targets. Among the three major TV networks, the controlling party of NBC broadcasting company is general electric. I'm afraid it's impossible for us to buy NBC broadcasting company from it. So there's only one goal left - CBS CBS!! "

Michael Eisner was silent for a while, and finally sighed, "I can't help it. It's the only way..."

The next day, Disney announced its withdrawal from ABC's acquisition battle!

Disney's exit also means that Henry's acquisition of ABC broadcasting company will not be hindered. In the following week, the two sides soon signed an acquisition agreement. Williams television media group completed its acquisition plan for ABC broadcasting company. As for the acquisition fund, it paid US $3 billion in advance, and the rest will be paid off next month!

As soon as Ted Turner heard that Disney was withdrawing from the acquisition, he immediately picked up the phone and contacted Henry, saying that he was willing to sell TBS broadcasting company even for $6.5 billion!

Henry laughed, agreed, and signed a contract with him.

After signing the contract, Ted Turner shook his head and complained: "when you bought ABC, you spent money like dirt; But when it comes to the acquisition of TBS broadcasting company, we have to haggle over every detail, and the treatment is too big! "

"Ha ha, if TBS broadcasting company can have the same influence as ABC broadcasting company, I am also willing to spend money on it!" Henry laughed.

Ted Turner shook his head and sighed, "come on, TBS broadcasting company wants to grow to that level. I don't know how many years it will take..."

Ted Turner said that and left.

At this moment, newspapers, television and the Internet have become a sensation. The headlines are all about Henry's acquisition of two broadcasting companies.

"The birth of a new media giant in the United States -- Williams Film Media Group!"

"Henry Williams retreated from Time Warner and Disney, and acquired ABC and TBS successfully!"

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There's a lot of hot talk all over the world. Henry doesn't have time to see it. He's busy integrating the two companies!

These two companies, one belongs to the public station, the other belongs to the cable station, both have, just right. ABC broadcasting company has always been a short board in news, while CNN TV station of TBS broadcasting company is one of the most famous news channels in the United States. Even the president of the United States says that watching CNN news is faster and more accurate than the national intelligence agencies!

CNN has reporters all over the world. It is one of the TV stations with the most reporters in the world!

Another well-known cable TV station of TBS broadcasting company is t ~ n ~ t TV station, which plays all kinds of sports events around the clock and replays the plays of other TV stations! It can be said that t ~ n ~ t is a good sports station!

However, ESPN of ABC is the largest and most influential sports TV station in the world. Obviously, the functions of ESPN and T ~ n ~ t are overlapped.

Therefore, Henry changed the name of TV station t ~ n ~ t to movietv, which will play movies, TV movies, TV dramas and so on all the time. In the past, he could only replay the plays of other TV stations, but now he has a rich owner, who naturally wants to invest in original movies and TV dramas! From then on, movietv will become a "trench station" from a poor station!!!

Henry then divided ABC broadcasting company into ABC TV business department and ABC Radio business department. All the TV stations under TBS Broadcasting Company were incorporated into ABC TV business department for unified management. As for TBS broadcasting company, it was an empty shell.

The restructured ABC TV Division has about 300 TV channels, mainly including ABC TV (public station), ESPN (cable sports station), CNN (cable news station) and movietv (cable movie television station), and these stations can also have sub channels, such as abc-2, espn-2, cnn-2, movietv-2, etc.

ABC Radio Division has 4600 FM radio stations, covering more than 50% of the U.S. region and 80% of the population! If Henry wants Americans to listen to his speech, at least more than 10 million Americans can hear it!

Although radio station has declined with the development of the times, it still has great power!

After Henry's successful acquisition of ABC and TBS broadcasting company, Clinton called soon to express his congratulations. When he spoke, his tone was more cordial, as if Henry and he were close friends... Henry knew that Clinton was flattering himself again!

"Williams, come to my house and have dinner some day. I'll let my wife Hillary cook for you."

Shit, can Hillary cook? Henry expressed serious doubt!

"Well, I'll try Mrs. Clinton's cooking one day when I find time!"

"Ha ha, good, good, welcome!"

Then Clinton talked about Henry for a long time.

"If I were elected president of the United States, I would strongly advocate the development of Internet information superhighway!"

"Now that the economy of the United States is in recession, if I am elected..."

"If I..."

When Henry listened to his words, his ears began to cocoon, and he said, "Governor Clinton, I agree with you very much. Don't worry, the TV station under my name will do its best to help you canvass!"

At this time, Henry vaguely heard Clinton's excited and shortness of breath. Then, Clinton stopped bothering Henry and soon ended the dialogue.