Chu Huan originally wanted to have a good chat with John Qiao about Hehe International-Wheelock tomorrow.
Now that John Qiao has smoothed out Hehe International-Wheelock, it's time to take a closer look at the future development direction of this group company.
However, when Chu Huan returned to his villa at night, he received an unexpected phone call, which directly disrupted Chu Huan's plan.
In the end, Chu Huan decided to have a good meeting with the owner who made this call tomorrow.
"Inform other people in the company and discuss matters in their respective companies at this time."
Chu Huan preached to Wu Shuhan.
Xu Yi stayed in the hotel, and Wu Shuhan could only do this.
This time, the Jiaku Global Conference was not only a separate meeting between Chu Huan and Jiaku senior executives from each region, but it also gave them an opportunity to exchange knowledge with each other.
As far as the Wolf Smoke game is concerned, after their meeting with Chu Huan, the entire global Wolf Smoke will also hold a meeting under the chairmanship of Bao Tianming.
Discuss their respective development status, resource allocation and other matters.
Gu Chengxi asked Chu Huan curiously from the side: "Brother Huan, are you really planning to let Amao marry that Sumitomo Ryoko from the Sumitomo family?"
Chu Huan sat on the sofa and asked with a smile: "You already know?"
Gu Chengxi nodded and said: "When I asked Black and White Newspaper to report on Sister Yun Shang's global fashion show, I met Sister Yun Shang, and Sister Yun Shang told me!"
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said: "I do have an idea. The situation in Japan has this custom. Marriage will be more conducive to the company's development in Japan!"
Gu Chengxi looked at Wu Shuhan again and asked, "Shu Han, is that Sumitomo Ryoko good-looking?"
Wu Shuhan nodded seriously and said: "She looks like a beautiful embryo. She will definitely be very beautiful when she grows up!"
Gu Chengxi said with a smile: "I never thought that Amao would have a fiancée at such a young age!"
Chu Huan asked Gu Chengxi, "Does grandma know about this?"
What Chu Huan cares most about the whole thing is Mrs. Wu's attitude. If Mrs. Wu doesn't agree, she will have to spend some energy to persuade her.
Gu Chengxi shook his head and said: "I don't know yet. Sister Yun Shang said that you have to wait until you return to Xiangjiang to tell grandma about this matter in person, and we are not allowed to tell grandma!"
Chu Huan nodded with satisfaction.
Then Chu Huan and Gu Chengxi chatted about Xiangjiang for a while. After all, Chu Huan had left Xiangjiang for more than half a month, and he also wanted to see if anything happened there.
After Gu Chengxi learned that everything in Xiangjiang was as before, Chu Huan took Gu Chengxi and Wu Shuhan to rest with satisfaction!
The next day, Chu Huan was waiting in her manor for today's visiting guest, the 47-year-old CEO of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch!
"My friend, thank you very much for your previous generosity!"
Chu Huan opened his hands and hugged Murdoch with a smile on his face.
This is not the first time that Chu Huan and Murdoch have met. In fact, Chu Huan had already met Murdoch once in North America last year. The two of them definitely couldn't say they hit it off, but the relationship between them was
There are still many business contacts.
For example, when "Fantasy Comics" first appeared in Australia, the sales network actually used the sales network of Murdoch's "The Australian" to launch the early sales network of "Fantasy Comics".
Of course, Murdoch also made a lot of money in Australia by publishing "Fantasy Comics", and both parties got what they needed.
The generous move that Chu Huan was talking about at this time was not referring to this incident, but to the previous battle between Chu Huan and Mitsui Takacho.
During that battle, Chu Huan found the Australian iron ore company and Ma Jizu's connections in Australia, which caused a lot of trouble for Mitsui & Co.
However, there was also Murdoch's help in the process, so Chu Huan stopped meeting Qiao John today and chose to meet with Murdoch.
Speaking of which, Murdoch is also a strange person. Murdoch was born in Australia. He joined the U.S. Army as an adult. After the war, he went to England and studied at Worcester College of Oxford University. In the autumn of 1952, Murdoch's father died of illness.
, Murdoch, who was only 21 years old, returned to Australia alone and began to take on the important responsibility of the family business.
Although the Murdoch family made their fortune on the farm, Murdoch's father, Gene Murdoch, was a successful newspaperman.
Gene Murdoch started out as a correspondent and reporter and later owned two major newspapers in Adelaide, Australia - The News and The Mail on Sunday.
After inheriting his father's inheritance, Murdoch started his own business in the remote countryside of the Australian outback.
After several years of operation, Murdoch acquired the "Pass Sunday Weekly" in 1956, and four years later purchased the "Sydney Daily Mirror" and "Sydney Daily News".
In 1964, Murdoch founded the national newspaper The Australian.
In 1969, Murdoch left Australia and landed in England.
That year, he successfully acquired "Weekly World News" and "The Sun".
These were two rubbish newspapers that had declined, but after Murdoch took over the operation, they miraculously became popular with their sensational headlines, all kinds of celebrity privacy, and all kinds of anecdotes. It didn’t take long for the readers to increase to 4 million.
, became the ultimate idol and target of imitation by street tabloids around the world.
In 1973, Murdoch crossed the Atlantic again. In this year, he acquired the "St. Anthony News" and "The Star" in North America.
In February 1976, he successively acquired the "New York Post" and the New York Magazine Company, which owns "New York", "Village Voice", "New Western" and other weekly magazines.
After entering the 1980s, Murdoch successively bought The Times, which symbolized British decency and dignity, and Twentieth Century Fox in North America.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the 1990s, he entered the Asian market and bought the Hong Kong Satellite TV Network, which is also known as Phoenix TV. During this period
He met Wendi Deng...
This is a global media giant.
Murdoch had already decided on North America at this time. He laughed and hugged Chu Huan: "My friend, that's just a small matter. There is no need for you and me to say anything more about this kind of thing!"
Hearing what Murdoch said, Chu Huan not only did not feel any joy, but instead became more vigilant. Someone who could leave a name in the history of world business and reach the top of the pyramid in the media industry would never be so generous, especially
It's in the process of talking to yourself.
After leading Murdoch to the courtyard on the east side of the manor, after the two sat down, Chu Huan said straight to the point: "Mr. Murdoch, let's talk about your purpose of coming here this time. I don't think you came here specifically.
Tell me about old times!"
Murdoch laughed and said: "Director Chu, you are still so direct, but since you have already said it, I will get straight to the point. I know that you, Director Chu, are very good friends with Miss Kelly from Apex Pictures.
I think you also know the current situation at Disney. I came here this time hoping to know from you, Mr. Chu, what Ms. Kelly thinks about the current Disney!"
Murdoch's current News Corporation has made a name for itself around the world, but compared to North America, Murdoch has always lagged behind. Although many North American newspapers have been acquired by Murdoch, this does not mean that
Murdoch cannot be satisfied.
At this time, he had already keenly realized that the television network would become a very important means of communication in the future media, and Disney had an inconspicuous television network. Coupled with Disney's own status in Hollywood, this made Murdo
Grams has a very strong interest in entering Hollywood.
If I can acquire a large Hollywood production company, then my media network in Europe and the United States will be perfect.
Chu Huan didn't expect that Murdoch came here for Disney, which gave Chu Huan some different ideas.
Before this, Chu Huan had been thinking about whether he was cheating Disney or fighting against the Jews in Hollywood. But now that Murdoch has arrived, Chu Huan has a different idea.
"Murdoch, I think you know about Disney's current situation in Hollywood, right?"
Murdoch nodded and smiled: "Of course I know, aren't it the Jews in Hollywood who are deliberately obstructing Apex Pictures' control of Disney!"
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said, "Since you know this, do you still want to acquire Disney?"
Murdoch laughed and said: "Dr. Chu, you have forgotten that I am a devout Christian, and my great-great-grandmother is also a Jew, so I have one-eighth Jewish blood!"
This can prove why Murdoch could easily acquire 20th Century Fox in another time and space.
That’s the problem!
"This can indeed help Murdoch solve Disney's problems, but Disney is not cheap. Can you buy it?"
Disney's market value has not changed at all and remains at around US$1.24 billion. It is now wholly owned by Apex Pictures. If Murdoch wants to acquire it, US$1.24 billion will definitely not be enough, but if he wants to reach the original level of Apex Pictures
It is definitely impossible for the industry to spend the money to acquire Disney.
But no matter how you put it, Murdoch will need about US$1.3 billion if he wants to acquire Disney.
Although the market value of Murdoch's News Corporation now exceeds this amount, it is impossible for News Corporation to spend so much cash!
Murdoch smiled and talked to Chu Huan: "This is the second reason why I came to visit Chairman Chu today. I want to get a loan from Alder Commercial Bank to acquire Apex Pictures' shares in Disney.
!”
Chu Huan sat there and did not answer Murdoch's question immediately, but was seriously thinking about the feasibility of this matter.
It is true that selling Disney to News Corporation can not only solve Disney's problems, but also avoid Apex Pictures from suffering too many losses.
But if that's the case, the original acquisition of Disney was still a failed acquisition.
What if this is not the case?
"Murdoch, I have an idea that can achieve a win-win situation for your News Corporation, my North American library, and Apex Pictures!"
After Chu Huan pondered for a long time, he preached to Murdoch.
Murdoch took a deep look at Chu Huan. He was a very smart man. Otherwise, he would not have led his News Corporation in Adelaide, Australia, step by step, to become one of the largest media groups in the world.
So after Chu Huan said it, Murdoch immediately guessed what Chu Huan meant.
"Does Director Chu want to use a sum of money to buy shares in News Corporation, and then use the money to acquire Apex Pictures' shares in Disney?"
Chu Huan made the first comment slightly: "Yes, we can definitely cooperate and jointly acquire Disney, but instead of using the funds from Alder Commercial Bank, we will use the funds from the North American Bank of America to invest in News Corporation with HBO. News Corporation will also
You don’t need to buy out all of Apex Pictures’ shares in Disney, you just need to hold a controlling stake.”
Murdoch is seriously thinking about Chu Huan's problem and has no objection to cooperating with Chu Huan.
He is different from Chu Huan. Chu Huan relies on the advantage of foresight and rebirth and has no shortage of cash in his hands. But Murdoch and the others are different. No matter how smart they are, they still need to follow the laws of business, that is, on his way to expansion.
Most of them use the funds from financing to develop their own groups.
This shows that as long as the partner has resources in this area and sufficient funds, it can choose to cooperate with the other party.
But the only requirement is that you must ensure your right to speak in News Corporation.
No entrepreneur is willing to give up the world he has worked so hard to build to others.
Of course, there are also some ruthless people among these people, such as Dadongzi in later generations: If one day I lose the right to speak in JD, then I will sell my shares in JD and stop playing with those people.
What Dadongzi did later also had this trend.
"The North American studio wants to build HBO into a pay TV station that integrates movies, TV series, and sports. If Murdoch can acquire Disney's shares from Apex Pictures, then HBO will have more
If we put all our resources into Disney-produced movies, it will definitely be a win-win situation for both of us!"
Murdoch naturally knew this truth and pondered: "What if we, News Corporation, want to invest in HBO?"
As expected, he is not an easy person to get along with. As soon as he proposed to invest in News Corporation, Murdoch wanted to invest in HBO.
But regarding Murdoch's proposal, Chu Huan did not cover HBO as tightly as Hong Kong and Japan's industries, but held an open attitude and said: "As long as Murdoch can come up with cash or News Corporation's
Once the shares are released, I won’t have any problems.”
Business in North America is different from that in Hong Kong and Japan.
In Xiangjiang, Chu Huan can fully control his own company as much as he wants, because in Xiangjiang, no one can pose a threat to him.
In Japan, Chu Huan needs to use the shares of the Japanese branch of Alder Commercial Bank to win over Japanese super families such as the Mitsui family and the Sumitomo family, and at the same time adopt the traditional Japanese marriage policy to consolidate his business in Japan.
Nowadays, in North America, there is more emphasis on business cooperation, so as long as Chu Huan wants to expand his business in North America, he must pay some shares in certain companies.
Especially in the media industry.
Although whether you invest in News Corporation or Murdoch invests in HBO, it is impossible for the other party to become a major shareholder, such cooperation can give you a certain degree of influence in the other company.
News Corp. needs to go public, but HBO has no need to do so.
This is destined that in the future, Chu Huan's influence in News Corporation will definitely exceed Murdoch's influence in HBO.
Murdoch said: "Director Chu, I think we should invite Miss Kelly from Apex Pictures to discuss this matter together!"
Since it is a three-party cooperation, in Murdoch's view, there is still one less Kelly from Apex Pictures. Now Disney's shares are in the hands of Apex Pictures, and Chu Huan and Apex Pictures are more of a cooperation.
relationship and the unclear relationship between Chu Huan and Kelly.
In Murdoch's view, although Chu Huan's guarantee has a certain weight, it is still not as good as the parties' views on the matter.
"This is natural!" Chu Huan looked at Wu Shuhan sitting next to him and said directly to him: "Contact Miss Kelly from Apex Pictures and ask her if she has time. If she has time, ask her to come.
Come to our side!"
Wu Shuhan understood what Chu Huan meant, stood up and said, "I'm going to contact Miss Kelly now!"
In fact, Wu Shuhan did not go to call Kelly, but went to Apex Pictures to find Kelly in person. She sat here and listened to the discussion between Chu Huan and Mercado, and actually understood Chu Huan’s views on selling Disney.
He wanted to tell Kelly Chu Huan's attitude in advance, so that Kelly wouldn't know everything when she came here.
After Wu Shuhan left here, Mo Keduo smiled and said to Chu Huan: "Dr. Chu, there have been speculations about the relationship between Miss Kelly and you. Now I see that Chairman Chu can easily date Miss Kelly."
Coming to your place, it seems that the relationship between you two is indeed not simple!"
Chu Huan waved his hands and said with a smile: "This is just unwarranted speculation from the outside world. To be honest, Miss Kelly and I did have some stories at the beginning, but those were things that happened when we just met. I and Miss Kelly
Ms. Kelly now has a very good cooperative relationship, and coupled with our previous relationship, it naturally becomes closer!"
Murdoch nodded. As for what Chu Huan said, Murdoch didn't completely believe it in his heart.
Of course, he will not doubt too much about the relationship between Chu Huan and Kelly, but in Murdoch's view, there must be more cooperation between Chu Huan and Kelly in business.
But they haven't announced it yet, so everyone doesn't know the details.
No matter how smart Murdoch was, he would never have guessed that the Vertex Pictures that Kelly was in charge of was actually Chu Huan's own property.
At most, Kelly received a lot of financial support from Chu Huan in the process of development.
"I got news that Director Chu is holding a global meeting of Jiaku in Los Angeles recently. I think after this meeting, Director Chu's Jiaku will definitely have more development directions, right?"
Chu Huan said modestly: "Jiaku is different from other companies around the world. It was established in a short time. Although everything seems to be developing well now, in fact it still needs more accumulation, so development is also difficult.
It’s nothing. From now on, the key is to focus on how to consolidate your own business!”
Murdoch nodded slightly. This is almost an inevitable process in the development process of a large consortium. Blind expansion is not necessarily a benefit. If the foundation is unstable, the higher the building is built, the more likely it is that problems will arise.
"It's really rare for someone of your age, Mr. Chu, to be able to maintain such a clear head. Now I also know why Mr. Chu was able to create such a huge business empire in just a few years!"
Chu Huan smiled and said: "Murdoch, why do I feel that you are praising yourself? News Corporation is in your hands and now has a strong influence in Europe and North America, and you have come step by step!
"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Murdoch laughed and said: "Director Chu is really my good friend of Murdoch!"
The two complimented each other for a while, and then brought the topic to the possibility of three-way cooperation.
Although Kelly hasn't come over yet, the bargaining chips of the three parties have basically been put on the table. Disney in the hands of Apex Pictures, HBO in the hands of Chu Huan, and News Corporation in the hands of Murdoch!
The smallest one among them is naturally HBO in Chu Huan's hands, but Chu Huan has other bargaining chips, which is cash, and in three-party transactions, cash is a very important factor.
If Murdoch wants to get a controlling stake in Disney without losing his controlling stake in News Corporation, he will need a large amount of cash to fill the difference in stock prices between the two parties.
And if Chu Huan wants to invest in News Corporation and at the same time ensure his right to speak in HBO, he also needs to come up with cash to make up for the market value gap between the two parties!
Murdoch's idea is not just a controlling stake in Disney, but also...
"Director Chu, I know that you still have 40% of the investment share of "Star Wars" in your hands. If Miss Kelly can really sell Disney's shares in the future, then I also want to buy a part of "Star Wars" from you, Director Chu.
Come get your investment share from Star Wars!”
The movie "Star Wars" has really made people across the United States and Europe see the power of this movie, and now the production of the next "Star Wars" has been put on the agenda. If it weren't for
Apex Pictures is now having problems with the Jews in Hollywood, so production has begun on a sequel to the film.
Since Murdoch has always coveted Hollywood film studios, he has naturally studied the things inside.
He doesn’t want to give up on Star Wars, a sure money-making project!
Chu Huan did not agree to Murdoch at the first time, nor did he oppose Murdoch at the first time. In fact, through this Disney incident, Chu Huan understood that here, it is basically impossible to fully control a project.
If it is impossible, then you have to find a way to make this project derive more benefits for yourself.
Since I have just said that in the North American business market, there are more rules for cooperation and common development, then Chu Huan is thinking that if he agrees to Murdoch's request, then he can be here with Murdoch.
What benefits are obtained.
After thinking about it, Chu Huan proposed: "Murdoch, since you are so optimistic about the "Star Wars" project, you must have done more research on the benefits derived from this movie, right?"
Murdoch nodded. He came here with full sincerity today, so naturally he couldn't pretend to be confused about this kind of thing.
"According to our calculations, as long as the sequel of this movie can continue to be successful, the profits derived from the "Star Wars" project will be absolutely terrifying!"
Chu Huan smiled and said: "If that's the case, then the next thing will be easy to handle!"
Murdoch also understood that Chu Huan would definitely not sell part of the rights to "Star Wars" to him for nothing, so he asked: "If Director Chu has any ideas, just mention it!"
Chu Huandao: "If Apex Pictures finally decides to sell Disney to News Corporation, then I hope News Corporation can continue to maintain the cooperation between Disney and Toys R Us!"
As mentioned before, Teen Toys R Us is no longer just selling fantasy comic peripherals. With Disney being acquired by Apex Pictures, Teen Toys R Us has already obtained the global sales of Disney peripherals.
Exclusive agency right.
Now that Chu Huan wants to sell Disney to News Corporation, there is no guarantee that the other party will not interfere with this matter after News Corporation acquires Disney.
Although Apex Pictures and HBO were shareholders of News Corporation at that time, it was still difficult to influence Murdoch's decisions at News Corporation.
Instead of worrying about this matter at that time, it is better to solve this possible matter now.
Murdoch didn't think too much about Chu Huan's proposal. Chu Huan needed Disney peripherals to bring benefits to Youth Toys R Us, but at the same time, Murdoch couldn't do without the channel of Youth Toys R Us.
Nowadays, the world's toy industry recognizes that the number one distributor of toys is Youth Toys "R" Us. No matter what kind of toy it is, as long as you want to have good sales, you can't do without Youth Toys "R" Us.
This is the same as the products of later generations, as long as they want to increase their impact, they cannot do without e-commerce!
In fact, Murdoch did think about this before this, but at that time, Murdoch thought that if he could really buy Disney, then Disney's peripherals would not only be from Toys "R" Us
marketing channels, and will also cooperate with more toy dealers.
This can prevent Disney's peripherals from being monopolized by Toys "R" Us, but now that Chu Huan has proposed exchanging part of the rights to "Star Wars", he can also choose to agree.
"It seems that now we only need to wait for Miss Kelly to arrive to know whether we can reach a cooperative relationship!"