Chapter 909: Ultimatum Game
Rupert Murdoch breathed more and more white air from his mouth, the wrinkles on his face became more tangled, his eyes flashed unwillingly, and he stood still and looked at Andy Smith with a faint smile.
"A lot of people hate me and are afraid, mainly because I never show weakness, boy, do you want to start a war?"
"Haha... Don't get me wrong, Rupert, how could I want to have a conflict with you, you must know that my Ivana and your wife are good friends, and my think tank has evaluated my personality, of course, including many partners who may cooperate, they have done it, but I didn't expect that the two of us have a lot in common... ”
Murdoch opened his half-squinted eyelids and looked at Andy coldly, waiting for the young man's next words.
"They are all utilitarians who are extremely mercenary, and can see the wind and rudder for the sake of profit... ”
Hearing Andy's words, looking at the meaningful smile on his young and handsome face, Murdoch took a deep breath, the cold air entered his lungs, making him suppress his anger, take a step, and continue to walk forward, while saying in a cold voice: "Say, what do you want?"
"No, no, Rupert, don't get me wrong, I'm not the kind of mean and shameless villain, I like to get something for nothing, I like to win-win, do business, everyone is profitable in the long run, hello to me, hello everyone, isn't it?"
Looking at Andy Smith's face full of sunshine and bright smile, he couldn't help but think of his two sons who disappointed him, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, what a gap!
This kid can be so brazen to trade this kind of scandal with scandal, and bargain because of unequal value, it has really reached the point of extreme mercenary.
"Seriously, boy, even though I thought I was overestimating you, today I realized that I still underestimated your shamelessness! I don't want to know what you fancy about News Corp. now, I think it must be that I don't care much, but it's very valuable to you, am I right?"
Andy was not at all unhappy by Murdoch's taunts, the smile on his face was still bright, and he was very intimate when he walked through a snowdrift, reached out to help the old guy, and said with a chuckle.
"MySpace, the once very popular social website, News Corp has squeezed out its value, and now with Facebook, a younger, more thirsty, smarter opponent, it continues to stay in the hands, and it is nothing more than constantly laying off employees and losing money until you completely exit the market, besides, you are not looking for potential buyers?"
"Haha... Andy, are you kidding? My MySpace is expanding globally and is expected to generate $700 million this year, but you say it will be out of the market? Is it worth until now? $6 billion to $8 billion... ”
Andy rolled his eyes directly, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of mockery in reply: "Rupert, don't be kidding, do you really think that the valuation you shouted in the potential equity swap agreement with Yahoo is the real value? Not to mention others, even Yahoo will not sign this agreement."
From the time News Corp.'s parent company didn't even ask the opinions of MySpace's founding team, and signed the $900 million search and advertising contract with Google, MySpace began to go downhill, and last year you piled up a year's market, what, isn't it still a loss, the monthly number of visits is still 76 million, and Facebook, do you know how much it is now? 54 million!
Now I'm willing to bid $100 million to take over, and I can continue to fulfill your contract with Google, how about it?"
"Impossible!" Murdoch directly refused, although he didn't have time to care about this social website, but he also knew that last year was the peak, and the advertising profit was considerable, especially the effect of various movie promotions was very good, it was definitely a good platform for publicity, how could he sell it to Andy Smith for 100 million.
"Believe me, Rupert, you will regret this refusal today, let alone 100 million at that time, no one will take over even 50 million!"
Andy shook his head a little regretfully and sighed, he originally thought that he could get the MySpace website cheaply, if he did it properly, maybe he could rely on the advantage of the first mover to seize half of the social JIAO market, and it was on an equal footing with Facebook, but it seemed that there was no drama.
The MySpace website will continue to fall into infighting, management chaos, loss of fighting spirit, and slowly sink until Facebook fully compresses its market share and declines.
"Hehe, maybe there will be a day in the future, but it will never be now, will it? Say what you really ask, I'm a little tired!" Murdoch stood still with a cold expression, looked at Andy with a light smile and said directly,
"Well, since the first offer was rejected, then my second offer, I hope you don't reject me again. Andy said leisurely putting his hand in his coat pocket.
"I want 800 million dollars from 8 local TV stations in Cleveland, Denver, St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Birmingham, and Memphis!"
"FXXK! You're robbing!" Murdoch's face darkened directly, his eyelids jumped angrily, his expression became a little hideous, and he didn't care if he still maintained his demeanor or something, and directly swore words.
"I know you're negotiating a deal with a private investment firm for nine TV stations, and it's currently around $1.2 billion, but I think the price I'm offering is more appropriate, and you're going to say yes, aren't you?
Anyway, whether it's 800 million or 1.1 billion, it will help you focus on the business opportunities opened up after the acquisition of Dow Jones & Company for $5.2 billion, and use the Wall Street Journal brand to attract TV ratings and Internet traffic, we win-win, Rupert, don't turn me down!"
"Don't think about it, you don't want to threaten me, you are blackmail, shameless blackmail, I refuse, if you want $1 billion is my biggest concession! I will not be blackmailed by you... ”
"Rupert, believe me, I'm very sincere, 800 million dollars, that's only that, no one wants things to go in an uncontrollable direction, I think my gift to you is enough to make up for the difference. ”
"Shet! No one can threaten me, no one! If you think this will make me throw in the towel, you're dreaming!"
Andy still looked at the back of the old guy who was smiling and gritting his teeth, his eyes were full of anger, and the old guy who cursed him turned away angrily, couldn't help but pout, stretched out his hand and waved it into the distance, and the car quickly stopped in front of him, bent down and sat in the car.
"The talk collapsed?"
Andy smiled and looked sideways at Li Xiaoying's puffy face and said, "It's almost successful, the old guy is angry enough, but he has no choice, he doesn't dare to bet on the lethality of the evidence in my hand and my lethality bonus!"
"What are you blackmailing?" Li Xiaoying was a little hairy by a pair of wolf eyes glowing with green light, and moved unnaturally to the other side, distracting the little bastard in front of her with a quick question.
"It's a fair deal, $800 million to buy him eight TV stations... Emily, what kind of chun paste do you use, can you let me taste it?"
"Get out, you think you're Jia Baoyu!"
Li Xiaoying stretched out her hand in disgust and directly pushed away the big face that came up, scolded coquettishly, and saw that Andy was no longer playing treasure, and then said: "With these eight TV stations, AMC's cable TV network can almost be formed, right?"
"Well, with the original 52 local TV stations, there are already 60, although it is impossible to establish a wireless TV network, there is no problem with the cable TV network, and AMC is finally no longer just a cable channel!"
Andy has great ambitions for establishing a TV network and increasing his influence and voice in the media industry, and just a channel that broadcasts old movies and a few classic TV series cannot satisfy Andy's ambitions.
Back in the hotel, someone soon sent Andy a document bag, and Andy didn't let the visitor go home empty-handed, he also found a document bag, threw a USB flash drive into it, and handed it to the other party.
Holding the file bag, Andy walked into the office area with a curious face, sat on the boss's chair, opened the file bag, and pulled out the photos and two documents inside.
"Cut!"
Before I started to see it, Andy thought there was something exciting, worried that several of his women had been exposed, and after seeing the photos, he couldn't help but cut out, it turned out to be the last time he and Ivana were messing around in the living room and were taken by a few photos with clearer angles.
"Tsk,I miss Ivana a little bit.。。。 ”
Andy looked at the photo of Ivana sitting on the carpet and bathing his little Andy on the sofa, and couldn't help but start to miss it.
Well, if these photos are posted, it will be really troublesome, in the Internet era, it will spread to the whole world at a rapid pace, and it will often be taken out to disgust himself and Ivana.
Thinking of this, Andy reached into the file bag and looked for it, and sure enough, he found a memory card, he was not afraid that Murdoch's old fox would play backup with him.
Picking up the two documents, Andy's pupils couldn't help shrinking, this is a copy of the contract for the two changes of ownership of the Australian manor, even if Andy bought the manor in the name of an offshore company, and finally transferred it to Charlize Theron, it still can't stand the investigation of those who have a heart.
Taking out the memory card, Andy found a card reader, turned on the laptop, plugged it in, and began to view the contents.
Two folders, one is for him and Ivana, and the other is open to see, all of them are blurry photos of the emperor taken by the high-powered lens TOU, but the pregnant body and bulging belly can indeed be seen very clearly.
Thankfully, there is no photo of him and the Emperor together, but the old fox handed the photo directly to him, telling him that the old fox affirmed that the child in the Emperor's belly belonged to him Andy Smith.
Andy looked at the two copies of the change of property rights of the manor and couldn't help but sneer.