Chapter 437: The Acquisition War: Can the Barbarians Survive in Japan?

"Really? Kimura has so many fans in China?"

"No, according to Japanese propaganda, isn't it rare for China to even have television?"

"That's right, how can so many people know about Kimura in a country where television is not universal?"

"Japanese! Don't be brainwashed by Japan's evil television station! Let's face up to reality! China's economic development is very strong!"

"Well, in fact, Kimura is very popular all over Asia, isn't that a good thing?"

"That's right, all of Asia...... Wait a minute, it seems that the Asian Red Star Kimura is still not as good as the World Famous Supervisor!"

"That's why Kimura will call Brother Kusano, this is an all-round gap!"

Regarding the Internet war in Chinese mainland, of course, the Japanese side will react, although the number of people on the Internet is not large, but there is no wall.

It's just that the fans of Japan are more interesting, and of course everyone chases Kimura, but they also found this real problem, and it seems to be true.

Kimura is an Asian star, and Yuki Kusano is a world-class superintendent, which is a notch off.

Many fans think this is funny, after all, the two are brothers.

In this way, Japan has already had such a reaction, and Hong Kong and Taiwan, plus South Korea, of course, have also made a lot of movements.

There's no way, Yuki Kusano's name is really big enough now, plus Kimura and Hong Kong's big-name stars joined, this "Red Cliff" is a hit before it is released, and it is a certainty.

Of course, so far it is completely possible to do the pre-promotion of the film, and for now, it is definitely very successful.

However, this is a performance at the fan level, and there are aspects of Japan that these fans don't care much about, but definitely bigger news.

Takafumi Horie had previously announced that he was going to Sankei Shimbun, and anyone could see this move, which was to buy Fuji TV.

His move, according to the proper financial market parlance, should be called 'barbarian at the door'.

Yes, that's it, of course, it's also called a hostile takeover.

Interestingly, this so-called hostile takeover, which is actually the act of directly buying stocks in the stock market, is called hostile, and there is such an interesting term.

'Barbarians at the gates' What's going on?

In fact, it happened in the United States back then, and in the early financial market in the United States, it was really similar to a casino.

Of course, there are a lot of good stocks, like General Motors, and Dow Jones, which is actually a media conglomerate that owns the Wall Street Journal.

At that time, although the whole market was no different from a casino, it was also very, very active in trading, and many means of speculating in stocks were born.

Hostile takeovers are like that, and the interesting thing is that the reason why it's called 'barbarians at the door' is because I don't know when, maybe it was some guy outside the gate of the stock exchange, and the next day he became the owner of that company.

Barbarians, their methods are also very brutal, and in Japan this is called tyranny.

Takafumi Horie is now such a character, which is defined by the American financial market, he is a barbarian.

However, in Japan, it was upgraded!

"Takafumi Horie showed the Japanese the most impudent side of capitalism!"

"It's a totally unethical takeover war!"

"This is shameless!

That's right, it's really upgraded.

In the American financial circle, it is a barbarian who is scolded, and in Japan, Takafumi Horie is scolded for being incomplete.

What disgusting, rude, not to mention the words villain, bastard, red deer.

Is it so ruthless?

That's true, because this matter is here, the relationship structure between Sankei Shimbun and Fuji TV is very strange, a company with a relatively low market value holds a large number of shares in a company with a high market value, and then becomes the parent company, but one of the more powerful places of the parent company, that is, the performance growth point is Fuji TV to make money!

In fact, as long as you understand this relationship and the deeper things in it, it is easy to explain why so many people were laid off in the first place, and even the core departments had to go under the knife, not only for the sake of that building, but also for the declining old media such as the Sankei Shimbun.

The print media is now being hit very hard.

What's more, what's even more interesting is that although the scolding is very fierce, many people say that Takafumi Horie is all kinds of unbearable things.

However, the Nikkei is still in a downward trend, and U.S. high-tech stocks have indeed rebounded after a sharp decline, but the good times are short-lived, and many technology stocks are really not good.

Even the stocks of high-growth Chinese portal companies are constantly falling, and some have even reached about $1.

Because I burned too much money before.

Under such a trend, of course, it also affects the Nikkei, such a downward trend, so if someone will pay a high price to buy stocks, what will be the reaction of the market?

Takeovers and hostile takeovers will have a premium, which will be higher than the market price.

So, a massive sell-off of Sankei Shimbun stocks!

Everyone was scolding, but they encountered an opportunity to make money and run away, and they rushed to be the first.

During this period of time, the Vitality Gate achieved brilliant results, which made Horie Takafumi very happy.

No, I found Mr. Muranishi to drink again.

"Muranishi-san, come, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

It's still that bottle of Yamazaki for 25 years, and naturally I haven't finished drinking it, and the two of them are like brothers, talking about wine.

With the Sankei Shimbun acquisition, it seems that victory is at hand.

So...

"Muranishi-san, for our success ......"

"Wait a minute, I think there's something wrong with the situation right now. ”

"What's the problem?"

"It's like ......"

Questions?

Horie Takafumi is also a halfway monk for such a thing as stocks, but he learns things very quickly, after all, he is smart enough, and when he hears it now, of course he looks like he wants to hear about it.

Mr. Muranishi frowned, "Sankei Shimbun is a media group, and now that there are so many voices scolding you, you should have been prepared." ”

"Of course. ”

That's right, it's a media group that is going to be hostile, and they don't broadcast with loudspeakers everywhere?

But what's wrong with that?

Takafumi Horie is full of confidence, but, Muranishi Toru said so.

"Japan, many people are good-looking, and the same is true of those high-level people, you know what those guys look like. Now, these people are scolding you, what if some people join forces and come together to deal with you?"

"How else can you deal with me, I operate according to the market, what else can they do to me?"

Muranishi whispered in his ear, "What if there is a minister who has enough to do something?"

What ministers?

Of course, this refers to such and such an official in general, but in Japan, it really ...... For a moment, Takafumi Horie sweated a little on his forehead.

However, now that he has entered the market, he can't stop if he wants to, so...

"Muranishi-san, we are still a law-abiding country in Japan, and I haven't broken the law, so there is nothing in Japan's financial regulations that can target my behavior. ”

It's a big grin, but there's nothing wrong with it, he can't invest a lot of money stupidly with such means and his status, and he has made sufficient preparations before.

Muranishi didn't say much after hearing this, "That's good." ”

However, there is one key thing.

"Mura Nishi-san, this is ...... in terms of funds"

"I'm going to work this, but as you know, that's 10 billion yen, and I can't take it all out at once, and it's hard for the bank to do it. ”

"I know, haha...... Don't talk about that, let's drink!"

"Yes!

The two of them drank again, as for the 10 billion, it is indeed true, it is difficult for anyone to take it all out at once, and the current Muranishi Tou actually took about 1 billion.

And this meal, Horie Takafumi is obviously to save money.

It's just, will the thing that Toru Muranishi said happen?

......

Fuji TV, people have been panicking lately.

But there is a strange phenomenon, which makes many people a little incomprehensible, but some people take the opportunity to make trouble.

"Xiao Ting, why are you still so leisurely!"

"What's wrong?

"My TV station is about to fall into the hands of people, but you are so unenterprising! What's wrong?!"

At the meeting, Dashan pointed directly at Xiao Ting, because Xiao Ting is a person from Sankei News, but in this situation, Xiao Ting doesn't take the change of ownership of the TV station as a thing at all.

Oyama's accusations are very reasonable.

So, why is Xiao Ting like this?

"Why are you in such a hurry, Takafumi Horie is really powerful, he learned the American set, but, don't forget, this is Japan. ”

Xiao Ting's answer still gave people a laid-back feeling, which made Dashan and everyone very strange.

Not to mention Kameyama and Mizoguchi, even Nagayama Kozo is a little unpredictable.

After all, Shochiku's control over Fuji TV is the worst, with the fewest shares.

What does this Xiao Ting rely on?

In fact, of course, the most concerned is the ice beauty.

It's just that the head of the deliberation room has been very busy lately, after all, there are many legal issues involved in the acquisition of TV stations, and there are too many things to consult her.

However, it is a pity that there is really no law that can stop the current Takafumi Horie.

Because they bought Sankei Shimbun, although they wanted to get Fuji TV, it had little to do with Fuji TV itself in the current situation.

Of course, you can still do whatever you want.

Daisen has a plan here, "Guys, I propose that you buy Sankei Shimbun stock in reverse!"

That's right, it's a good way, the other side buys, they Fuji TV also buys it, that's it.

Moreover, it is normal to hold shares in each other's shares.

But...

"There's no need to do that, just wait. Xiao Ting actually spoke out against it.

What the hell is going on?

Everyone glared at him, but this guy was very confident, and he also said a key.

"Reverse takeovers are okay, but where does the money come from? Do you want shareholders to dilute their shares?"

That's right, what about money.

Now what is being discussed is the acquisition of tens of billions, Fuji TV is indeed very powerful, and the revenue is indeed very high, but now it is difficult to produce hundreds of millions of dollars for a TV series, and tens of billions of dollars are taken out at once to help their old employer.

It's not easy at all.

So, what should we do?

In such a stalemate, news came out.

Japan's Minister of International Trade and Industry, Aruo Hirazao, suddenly announced something.

For the acquisition of large companies, further research and verification should be done!

What is this to do?

And, immediately after, news broke that Takafumi Horie was invited by the police, and it was rumored to be money laundering!

This...

Could it be that the acquisition of the barbarians ends here?