When he arrived at the Kowloon Hotel, Xia Yu met with the heads of the two newspapers, Nanyang Siang Pao and Sin Chew Daily, and after getting to know them, he first welcomed them and calmed them down, after all, they were only the heads of their respective newspapers, and the sale of shares was the decision of their respective bosses.

Presumably they were also uneasy at this time, Xia Yu naturally had to appease him, lest they resign later, which would cause him trouble.

After that, Xia Yu let Yan Wenhan be responsible, and "Nanyang Siang Pao" and "Sin Chew Daily" will be the newspapers under Jiuding Newspaper Company from now on, and Yan Wenhan, the general manager, should be directly managed.

In the days that followed, HSBC received good news that it had acquired shares in nine other shareholders, totaling 31.9% of the shares, which was very efficient.

A total of 31.9% of the equity was also sold to Jiuding Newspaper Company for a total of 3.9 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to a premium of 20%.

As for how much HSBC bought and how much money it made, Xia Yu doesn't care.

On the other hand, Jiuding Securities Company also acted quite quickly, and in a few days, the shares scattered on the stock market were acquired to 21%.

Therefore, Jiuding Newspaper Company already has 84.9% of the equity in its hands, and Xia Yu does not plan to slowly acquire it from the stock market, because there are only 15.1% of the stocks left in the market.

Therefore, Xia Yu did not hesitate, and directly concentrated all the shares in the hands of Jiuding Newspaper Company, and then announced the completion of absolute control, and at the same time immediately applied to the exchange for delisting and privatization.

With such a high shareholding ratio, there was no surprise that the exchange directly agreed to Jiuding Newspaper's application, and the South China Morning Post was suspended on the same day.

Naturally, the news was spread, and all of a sudden, the press was in an uproar.

The South China Morning Post, the number one selling English-language newspaper, has been controlled by Jiuding Newspaper Company and is in the process of being privatized!

Other peers, whether it is "Ming Pao", "Cheng Pao", "Hong Kong Economic Daily", etc., have expressed their shock.

And the most uncomfortable is Hu Xian of Sing Tao News Group.

In the Chinese newspaper, they were overwhelmed by the Jiuding Newspaper Company, and had to take risks and spend huge sums of money to build the Sing Tao News Agency in order to make a breakthrough.

However, before the Sing Tao News Agency was built, Jiuding Newspaper Company took control of the South China Morning Post and was about to complete privatization, and its own "English Standard" was crushed by Jiuding Newspaper Company.

This news made Hu Xian's face ugly to death.

It's just that the worse is yet to come.

It seems that in order to join in the fun, I don't know who revealed to the media that Jiuding Newspaper Company has spent 12 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire the Malaysian newspaper "Nanyang Siang Pao", 11 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire "Sin Chew Daily", and 2.2 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire the local newspaper "Tian Tian Daily" in Hong Kong.

These news were broken out one after another, and the people who paid close attention to the matter were dizzy and even numb.

Pan Yuesheng, deputy editor-in-chief of Ming Pao, who is in charge of the management and operation of the newspaper, reported the matter to Jin Yong as soon as possible, and the two were speechless in the office at that time.

After a long time, Pan Yuesheng sighed weakly: "Tsk, the four newspapers have spent 25.2 million Hong Kong dollars now, and the South China Morning Post has acquired at least 11 million Hong Kong dollars, so the acquisition cost at least 36 million Hong Kong dollars." ”

"Jiuding Newspaper Company is invincible, Xia Yu is really generous, and he is the only one in the entire newspaper industry who has such a big stroke and ability. ”

Jin Yong also lifted his glasses, shook his head and sighed: "Indeed, 36 million Hong Kong dollars, the entire newspaper industry can also be taken out, Jiuding Newspaper Company was originally lonely and seeking defeat, and now it is estimated that it will be lonely as snow, and the future life is terrifying!"

"Yuesheng, compared with Xia Yu, we have lived to dogs at a lot of age. ”

Jin Yong said to Pan Yuesheng with a smile, and Pan Yuesheng shook his head with a wry smile after hearing this.

"Lao Cha, this Xia Yu is amazing, it's not us who are most affected, but the queen of the newspaper industry, it is estimated that she is absolutely dumbfounded now, and she has worked hard to build the Sing Tao News Agency, and wants to fight against Jiuding Newspaper Company, but now it has not been built, and she will face the encirclement and suppression of Jiuding Newspaper Company. ”

"In Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, business and economic news have been suppressed by Jiuding Daily, and the political, economic, and people's livelihood news fields are facing the impact of Fengyun Daily. ”

"In Southeast Asia, "Sing Tao Daily" has to face pressure from "Jiuding Daily" and "Fengyun Daily", and now "Nanyang Siang Pao" and "Sin Chew Daily" are pursuing together. ”

"Finally, in the field of English-language newspapers, the South China Morning Post is a financial newspaper, which is already the first to overpower the English Standard, and now which of the commercial and financial news is doing better than the Jiuding Daily? After the integration of the resources of the Jiuding Newspaper Company, the sales volume will definitely explode. ”

"Presumably the queen of the newspaper was mad by this time. ”

After the analysis, Pan Yuesheng said with mixed feelings, he didn't know whether he should gloat or sympathize with Hu Xian, who should be crazy about this matter.

Pan Yuesheng really guessed Xia Yu's intentions, although a large part of the acquisition plan is to make Jiuding Newspaper Company strengthen and expand by leaps and bounds, but the other intention is indeed to encircle and suppress Sing Tao News Group.

Xia Yu will not keep his hand because Hu Xian is a woman, the shopping mall is like a battlefield, and it is extremely stupid to sympathize with the opponent.

Since Hu Xian made it clear that he wanted to build a news agency to compete with Jiuding Newspaper Company, Xia Yu must take countermeasures in time, of course, it is impossible to wait until the Sing Tao News Agency is built to deal with it, he must hold the initiative in his hands, launch an attack in advance, disrupt the plan and deployment of Sing Tao News Group, and then make a profit.

This time, Xia Yu's embattled hand is to bring down the Sing Tao News Group with a stick, cut off Hu Xian's ambitions, and stabilize the monopoly of Jiuding Newspaper Company.

It's a pity that the plan is still not perfect, and the four major newspapers have not yet been integrated and revised, and they have been exposed, otherwise when the four major newspapers digest it for a period of time, and when they all explode, then the exposure will be the time when Sing Tao News Group is desperate.

Now that it is exposed, it is only a huge momentum, but Sing Tao News Group has not been really impacted.

But there is no way to do this, there is no way to hide the news in any case for a privatization acquisition of a listed company.

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"That's right, Lao Cha, Hu Xian has been looking for us before, trying to pull us to her side of the Sing Tao News Agency that has not yet been built, and Jiuding News Agency has also been contacting us, before we have been vague and don't want to stand in line, but now it seems that it is time to stand in line. ”

Thinking of what he had been prevaricating before, Pan Yuesheng's heart moved, and he said to Jin Yong.

Jin Yong frowned, then slowly stretched out, and said with some emotion: "Indeed, now is the last chance to stand in line, Hu Xian has no chance of winning, otherwise it will be too late when the outcome is decided." ”

"Then agree to the cooperation of Jiuding News Agency. ”

"Okay, I'll contact them later. Pan Yuesheng nodded in response.

Big newspapers like "Ming Pao" and "Hong Kong Economic Journal" have always shirked their cooperation with Jiuding News Agency, and also shirked their cooperation with Sing Tao News Agency.

However, the current situation has awakened them, they have completely lost confidence in Sing Tao News Group, and they have also extinguished the only trace of desire to compete with Jiuding Newspaper Company, and completely recognized the hegemony of Jiuding Newspaper Company.

Sing Tao News Group is so powerful that it has been suppressed like this, and their "Ming Pao" has small arms and legs, in order to avoid being targeted by Jiuding Press Company like Sing Tao News Group, it is better to stand on the position of Jiuding News Agency while maintaining their independence.

At least standing in line now, it is the last chance, and you can also take the initiative to choose, if you wait until the victory or defeat has been divided, then you will be forced to stand in line, and the gap will be big.

Although they themselves will also be impacted, but the impact is very small after all, at most they may bear the impact of the local "Daily Daily" in the future, and in the absence of resistance, they can only choose to accept their fate and minimize the loss as much as possible.

This kind of ostrich mentality is not only possessed by "Ming Pao", but also by some other major newspapers.

This time, they are finally like Jin Yong and Pan Yuesheng, and they plan to bow their heads completely.

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