v3 Chapter 939： Grab the prey of News Corp

While Xia Yu was reviewing the start-up plans of various companies, something happened in London, thousands of miles away.

London, the headquarters of the Bright Fund Company.

After Mirror Group President Lewis Barry got out of the car, he quickly stepped into the elevator and rushed to George Berkeley's office.

"Tuk tuk!"

"President Berkeley, good afternoon!"

"Lewis, why are you here, come in!"

George Berkeley, who was issuing the document, heard the knock on the door, and after recognizing the person, he said with some surprise.

Lewis Barry walked in, sat down in front of George Berkeley, and said solemnly: "President Berkeley, this time I am disturbing you suddenly, because I have received a secret message, and it has reached a very urgent point."

The attitude of Lewis Barry was infected by George Berkeley, who narrowed his smile, put down the pen in his hand, looked straight at Lewis Barry, and asked, "What is so urgent?"

Lewis Barry replied: "The Thomson Group's "The Times" has suffered a serious loss. Now News Corporation is in secret negotiations with the Thomson Group to prepare for the acquisition of the "Times" owning company Times News Holdings Limited!"

"The Times" is a national daily newspaper in the UK, and its readers are generally high-end people in society, such as politicians and social elites, so the influence of this newspaper is extremely amazing.

It has always been regarded as the largest mainstream newspaper in the UK, known as the "faithful recorder of British society", and has an influence in the world!

Suddenly hearing that the Thomson Group was going to sell to the outside world, George Berkeley was also shocked.

He frowned, pondered for a moment and asked: "Is it the news company that owns The Sun?"

Lewis Barry nodded outrageously and said: "Yes, and Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of News Corporation, negotiated in person."

"Negotiations have been going on for a while, and News Corp. tried to keep it secret. According to the news I know, News Corp. discovered that after the death of the old Thomson, due to economic pressure, Jr. Thomson had lost patience with Times News Holdings Ltd. So take the initiative to seek acquisitions, this is the main reason why the news can be hidden."

"Rupert Murdoch is an elite proficient in media, and he has the ultimate pursuit of profit, even without compromise. The Sun was originally poorly managed, but after his acquisition, it has now expanded several times in scale. The power is amazing."

"Although the "Times" is currently suffering a serious loss, I am worried that the "Times" will regain its vitality after it reaches his hands, and it will pose a huge threat to the Mirror Group at that time!"

George Berkeley nodded in approval, thought for a moment and asked again: "Then what do you think about this time?"

Lewis Barry said immediately: "Of course I hope that the Mirror Group will be able to acquire Times News Holdings Ltd."

As soon as he finished speaking, George Berkeley shook his head and patted his thoughts out: "This is impossible. The report you showed me last time shows that now the national daily newspapers under the Mirror Group account for 30% of the total. The market, 8% of the market for local newspapers."

"If it's a local newspaper, it's better to say."

"But in the national daily newspaper market, the Mirror Group is about to touch 40% of the invisible policy line. If it acquires The Times, it will be easy to exceed the line, and other newspaper companies will definitely not make you feel better. "

Lewis Barry shrugged and said regretfully, "I know, so I just thought about it."

"I think the president, you can find a way to acquire Times News Holdings Ltd. If it doesn't work, at least you will destroy News Corp's acquisition."

George Berkeley nodded slightly, then frowned and thought.

Bright Fund is absolutely not allowed to come forward to buy, because Bright Fund is the wholly-owned holding parent company of Mirror Group and Financial Times Group, and it has a higher degree of control over the media.

And let the Financial Times Group come forward, because it will be counted in the Bright Fund in the end.

After thinking for a moment, he thought of the boss Xia Yu and a newspaper company, and his brows stretched.

Lewis Barry has been observing George Berkeley’s expression, and when he saw his brows stretched out, he immediately asked, “President Berkeley, do you have any ideas?”

George Berkeley nodded slightly, but only revealed some thoughts to him, saying: "I will let the friendly company come forward to buy, Lewis, you have to work hard to collect relevant intelligence and information."

Lewis Barry nodded without hesitation and said: "No problem, I have arranged for someone to dig into the inside story. I think the Thomson Group is definitely happy to see new competitors appear."

...

The next morning, after reading the first batch of information, George Berkeley calculated the time difference and dialed the international long distance to Xiangjiang.

It happened that Xia Yu was in the chairman's office and immediately connected after hearing the phone rang.

"Hello, who?"

"Boss, this is George..."

After hearing the voice in the microphone, Xia Yu paid more attention and said with a smile: "George, long time no see, is there anything important?"

"..."

As George Berkeley on the microphone continued to speak, Xia Yu's eyes became deeper.

"Okay, I understand, you can fax the documents, you continue to follow up the situation, I will let the manager of Jiuding Newspaper Company Yan Wenhan contact you later."

Not long after the lecture, Xia Yu began to receive fax signals, and then the documents were continuously printed out from the fax machine.

Because the font is small, the file is not long, only four pages, and the type is quickly completed.

Before watching, Xia Yu called Jiuding Newspaper Company and asked Yan Wenhan to go to his office immediately.

Because he was at the Jiuding Building and Yan Wenhan happened to not be out, Yan Wenhan came to Xia Yu's office within two minutes after receiving the call.

"Wenhan, come in, find a place to sit, I will finish reading the documents."

After speaking, Xia Yu looked at the file again.

After a few minutes, Xia Yu finally read all the materials and had a concrete understanding of the matter.

He took the file, got up from the desk, walked over to the sofa and sat down, handed the file to Yan Wenhan and said, "Wenhan, you look at the file first. This is a good thing."

Hearing that it was a good thing, Yan Wenhan raised a sense of expectation in his heart and quickly browsed the files.

After reading it, he smiled and asked Xia Yu: "Chairman, do you want Jiuding Newspaper Co., Ltd. to buy Times Newspaper Holdings Limited?"

Xia Yu smiled and nodded: "Well, Jiuding Newspaper has a huge influence in Asia and the United States, but there is still a big shortcoming in the British media market. Now this happens to be a rare opportunity."

"You have also read the information. In addition to the national comprehensive daily newspaper The Times, the Times News Holdings also has the influential Sunday Times, as well as the Times Literary Supplement and Times Education. Supplements, The Times Scotland Education Supplement, The Times Higher Education Supplement, and the Times Book Company. As long as this company is taken, Jiuding Newspaper Company can instantly occupy a first-class position in the UK."

"The only thing worth worrying about is that the Times Press Holdings has a big problem now, with serious losses. Do you have the confidence to restore its health?

Yan Wenhan said without hesitation: "There is still confidence. With such an opportunity, I won't be reconciled without trying."

Xia Yu smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, you can try it and fly to London as soon as possible. Funding shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Yan Wenhan smiled, shook his head and said: "It's not a problem. Now the company's working capital is more than 150 million Hong Kong dollars. I think it's enough to acquire the Times Press Holdings."

Just after speaking, Yan Wenhan showed a touch of worry and said: "Chairman, I am worried that our acquisition will invite other obstacles."

Xia Yu knew what Yan Wenhan was worried about. He smiled and comforted: "Don’t worry, the political stance of The Times is neutral to the right. It leans slightly towards the Conservative Party. I will solve the possible obstacles in the government. The task is to **** prey from News Corp."

"You should be no stranger to Rupert Murdoch after staying in the United States for so long. The Times Press Holdings will be in his hands and we will be in great trouble."

Yan Wenhan nodded and said with a solemn face: "Yes, Chairman, I have never underestimated him. I competed with him when I was in the United States, knowing that he is a media wizard with the ability to turn corruption into magic. Many newspapers that were about to go bankrupt soon came to life after being acquired by him and grew rapidly. He is a very strong opponent."

Yan Wenhan has an intuition that Rupert Murdoch and his News Corporation will be his biggest opponents in the future.

Although the chairman already has the Mirror Group and the Financial Times Group in the UK, he is behind the scenes of the British media industry, but this has nothing to do with him. The Jiuding newspaper company he manages has no foundation in the UK.

News Corporation has long been established in the UK. News Corporation’s flagship newspaper, The Sun, has developed into a major mainstream newspaper. Not only that, News Corporation also owns a number of newspapers in the UK to fill its territory.

Jiuding News Corporation is far behind News Corp. He must catch up to have a chance to catch up!

Now taking food from News Corp. can double the effect, he will never let go of this excellent opportunity!

At this time, he had already made up his mind ~ www.novelhall.com~ this time to smash to the end, no matter how high the price is, the Times News Holdings must be bought, even if it rots in his own hands, it is better than being bought by News Corp.

Seeing that Yan Wenhan was mentally prepared, Xia Yu was relieved: "You can know it in your heart, so hurry up and take action. After you go to the UK, you should meet with George Berkeley, the president of the Bright Fund. You can find him for anything you want."

"Ok!"

"Chairman, if nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Go!"

Seeing Yan Wenhan disappearing from sight, Xia Yu's gaze was a little lost, thinking of Rupert Murdoch and his News Corporation.

For a long time, Xia Yu shook his head and smiled, taking back his thoughts and continuing to deal with official duties.

PS: Working overtime and late, the update is late, sorry, I am re-making the outline now, changed to a more intuitive table format, before using the text version is too messy, now there are some results, as long as the outline and If the outline is done well, the codeword efficiency can be doubled.

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