Chapter 278: News Corporation of Australia
No Chinese-American has ever earned so much wealth in the United States.
The name hangs high on the rich list, and there is nowhere to hide.
Although some people admire Han Chudong's achievements and learn from him to start a business, there are more doubts, jealousy, and cynicism.
There are too many things that can be grabbed by others, such as only having a high school education, bullying classmates and fights in school, and now extravagance and waste, etc., are all hot topics that can often be seen in the newspaper, and they have been mentioned many times, and even the photos of chatting with girls when they went to bars recently can be seen in the newspapers.
To be honest, Han Chudong didn't care, and even became complacent because of his fame.
There are too many reports related to him, some of which are good and some of them are bad, which to a certain extent has improved the company's reputation and promoted the increase of product sales, whether people like it or not, they always know that there are those products and those stores, and the effect is equivalent to investing tens of millions of dollars in advertising.
At this height, there are some things that Han Chudong doesn't like, so he can easily ignore them.
You need to invest more time in socializing, you need to consider using better products and better marketing methods to seize the market that belongs to others while protecting yourself, and when facing unfavorable factors, you need to stand up and defend yourself, your partners and friends.
was named by the Wall Street Journal in a daze, and some newspapers on weekdays focused on Han Chudong himself, he never cared much, even if he said that he had bullied his classmates before, he didn't interfere, but when he said that his ex-boyfriend's mask would be "disfigured", this kind of behavior had to be managed, it had broken the rules and touched the core interests.
If you don't do something and be treated as a soft egg who is easy to bully, the next trouble will only increase.
Arthur's assistant helped to greet other newspapers and TV stations, and arranged for someone to submit the lawsuit as soon as possible.
More importantly, he personally visited the house, and according to Han Chudong's idea, he went to find the main shareholders of this newspaper, saying that his boss wanted to ask them to meet for a meal.
I was busy until the evening of the same day, and then I found Han Chudong, who was visiting the gallery, and whispered: "The two shareholders made it clear that they would come to meet you tomorrow night, and one of the secretaries told me that there was an arrangement tomorrow night, and I would find another time to talk in person if I had something." There is a company in Australia that owns 17.3% of the shares, and the time difference is different there, and I haven't contacted it yet. ”
During the conversation, he handed a piece of paper with brief information about the Wall Street Journal's shareholders, mostly the names of companies, and only two individual shareholders.
In the more than 80 years since the newspaper was founded, a company has a long history, which often means that the shareholding structure is more complex.
With a circulation of 1.6 million copies, the Wall Street Journal is now the largest paid circulation financial newspaper in the United States, and its content is enough to have a small impact on daily international economic activity. Most of the readers are political, economic, educational and medical figures, financial tycoons and managers, as well as investors in the stock market and executives of Fortune 500 companies.
Han Chudong stood in front of a painting painted by Henry Matisse, the founder of Fauvism, looked down at the contents of the paper, and asked, "Who else arranged to meet?"
"The fourth largest shareholder, the company is next to the World Trade Tower, if the boss wants to meet separately, he should be able to arrange a time tomorrow. ”
"No, Arthur, I'll ask the other shareholders to help him tell him. ”
His eyes stayed on the list of the second largest shareholder for a moment, and he pointed to the name of News Australia Ltd., Han Chudong said again: "Help me check whether there is an executive named Rupert Murdoch in its management, if there is such a person, collect the information of the entire company to me, and by the way, also check the largest news media companies in the United States, not limited to a single newspaper and magazine." ”
Without smartphones, PCs and the internet, it takes time and effort to find any news.
Fortunately, Han Chudong didn't have to solve it himself, just let the employees help find it, Assistant Arthur nodded and told: "Rupert Murdoch, right, I'll call back to the company now, you should be able to get detailed information when you have dinner." ”
"Thanks, Arthur, what do you think of the painter's work?"
“…… Boss, do you want to hear the truth or lie?"
"True, of course. ”
"I don't think it's as good as me painting it, it looks okay in the exhibition hall, and no one even picks it up when I put it on the side of the road. ”
Han Chudong smiled, his thoughts were actually similar to Arthur's assistant, this painter's painting style was not to his liking, but Henri Matisse had the title of "founder of Fauvism", and there were people who were working hard to hype up this exhibition commemorating the twentieth anniversary of his death.
From an investment point of view, I said: "It looks a little strange, but the painter's reputation is not small, I have already selected two paintings, and when the exhibition is over, remember to arrange someone to help me bring it back to Los Angeles." ”
"How much?"
"A total of 107,000 dollars. ”
"That's not expensive, I should have learned to draw in the first place, as long as I became famous in this business, it should be very easy to make money. ”
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Han Chudong will pay attention to some celebrity art exhibitions and auctions in the near future, and occasionally go shopping and buy a few things, which is a good pastime.
Due to a meeting with the shareholders of the Wall Street Journal, the return date to Los Angeles was postponed again, and the night tour of the Empire State Building that night stood on the observation deck to look out at the night view of Manhattan.
The scenery is good, but the Empire State Building is indeed a little old, and even the elevator has not been replaced in time.
Coupled with the lack of parking spaces in the vicinity and the high rent, it was difficult to attract companies to settle in, and some institutions even signed a 50-year lease, but now it only costs $2,500 a year to rent two floors.
He only knew about this because he had the idea of buying the Empire State Building in June, but later found that there were too many troubles, so he decisively gave up the idea of acquiring it, thinking that it would be better to buy a few small islands for vacation with this spare money.
Blowing the wind alone, I left after more than ten minutes and went back to the hotel to take a bath and rest.
At eight o'clock in the evening in New York, Los Angeles had not yet gotten off work, and when Assistant Arthur brought the information he wanted, Han Chudong saw Rupert Murdoch's name in a thick stack of documents.
The major shareholder, who holds part of the shares of News Australia Ltd., has successively bought the British "World News" and the British "Sun", and began to enter the American news industry a few years ago, successively buying the "San Antonio News and Express", "New York Post", "Boston Herald" and many other newspapers, and is also the second largest shareholder of the "Wall Street Journal".
After looking at the company's market capitalization, it was found that as of today, the total market value of News Australia Limited is about more than 680 million US dollars, and Han Chudong is quite interested.
After all, if you take a direct stake in this company, you can save a lot of things......