Text Chapter 827 Acquisition of Nippon Television
The "Sharp Knife Project", a big plan that goes straight to the center of Indonesia's heart and can even change the world. It is precisely because of this that it is destined to be a long-term and outstanding task, and it cannot be accomplished overnight.
Besides, although Blackwater has been planning the "Sharp Knife Project" for a long time, and has begun to develop and cultivate local Chinese gangs and community organizations a long time ago, it has not yet been formed on a large scale. Therefore, in order to make the key part of the "Sharp Knife Project" go smoothly and smoothly, Blackwater will launch the pioneer plan of the "Sharp Knife Project" - "Hunting Operation".
You must know that Zhang Ziqiang, Ye Jihuan and others are the first batch of "executioners" of the "hunting operation", and Heishui is still continuing to "search" bandits from all over the world to join them.
Therefore, if you want to really see the results of the entire "Sharp Knife Project", you have to be in the 1998 Indonesian Platoon H. However, before that, it is believed that the "hunting operation" will allow those "thorns" who are emerging in Indonesia to taste the taste of "trial" first.
Although Su Chenyu knew everything about the entire "Sharp Knife Project", and even initiated it by him, he would never interfere in it - it was better for this kind of "dirty work" to be done by "black gloves".
Besides, Su Dashao's farts who are busy all day long are not on his stomach, how can he have time to care about these "little things"? Let's just say this time, if Li Jiacheng hadn't called him personally, Su Chenyu would never have come back at all, just leave this kind of thing to Cao Xuan and Heishui to deal with, even if he didn't overturn the whole of Hong Kong in an hour, Zhang Ziqiang and the others would not have a good time even if they got the money.
However, since Li Jiacheng, a world friend, has spoken, and it is such a thing as the kidnapping of his son, Su Chenyu has to come back in person - even if he has something big, he has to rush back.
Now that everything has been resolved, and the "Sharp Knife Plan" has been launched by the way, there is no need for Su Chenyu to stay in Hong Kong any longer, there are more important things to do in Japan.
This important thing is really not the hunt for Sumitomo Trading Company, but another very important thing - Nippon TV.
Yes, it is Nippon TV, one of the five major TV stations in Japan, and this time he gloriously became Su Chenyu's "meal on the plate". After MGM Group successfully entered SBS TV in South Korea, Su Chenyu wanted to extend MGM's tentacles into the Japanese archipelago this time.
As a consistent dumping ground for American culture, Japanese film companies really don't have a good climate, so they haven't been taken to heart by Su Chenyu at all. However, although Japanese movies are not good, well, their love action movies are the best in the world, but it does not mean that the Japanese TV media circle is not good - that is the mouthpiece of public opinion.
Therefore, in order to cooperate with the actions of SS Financial Holdings and X Fund in Japan in the future, Su Chenyu must let MGM control a TV station in Japan as his mouthpiece, so as to speak and shout for himself in the future.
If you don't blow it, you can't black, in fact, Su Chenyu didn't watch Japanese TV when he came up, although he is also one of the five major TV stations in Japan, and even uses "Japan" as his name, but it can't compare to the largest NHK TV station. Therefore, Su Chenyu was going to use NHK TV as a "snack" at the beginning, but unfortunately, NHK TV was a public TV station affiliated with the Japanese government, and it was impossible to give it to him.
As a result, Su Chenyu could only come and choose one of the five major private TV stations in Japan. Speaking of Japan's five major private TV stations, they are Nippon TV, TBS TV, TV Asahi, TV Fuji and TV Tokyo. Among them, TV Tokyo is the smallest and can be said to be the little brother of the last seat, while the other four TV stations are of the same size, and the gap is not very large.
As for why Su Chenyu chose Japanese television? There is no doubt that it is certainly not because his name has the word "Japan" in it, but because of another important reason.
That is because the major shareholder behind Nippon TV is the Yomiuri News Group, so from the very beginning, Su Chenyu's goal is not only a small Nippon TV station, but the entire Yomiuri News Group.
Compared with Nippon TV, the Yomiuri Shimbun Group is much more powerful, and it not only owns Nippon TV, a subsidiary, but also owns Yomiuri TV, Chuo Koronsha, Yomiuri Giants, and most importantly, the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Therefore, as long as the Yomiuri News Group is dealt with, the MGM Group can wipe out all the media industries in Japan at once - then, Nippon TV has become Su Chenyu's target without any surprise.
To be honest, Su Chenyu really has no pressure at all for the acquisition of Nippon TV and Yomiuri News Group, very simple, because the current economic situation in Japan is indeed too poor, and many companies are closing down one after another. As the media industry that is most dependent on the economy, Japan Television and Yomiuri Shimbun Japan are quite unhappy, after all, people can't even meet the basic living conditions, how can they have time to read newspapers and television, and of course, no business community is willing to advertise on TV and newspapers.
As a result, the situation of Nippon TV is quite difficult right now, and the Yomiuri News Group has had the idea of selling Nippon TV since the economic collapse a few years ago. You know, there is another TV station under the Yomiuri News Group, Yomiuri TV, so Nippon TV is not so necessary for them.
As a result, when Ted Turner launched a takeover offer to Yomiuri News on behalf of MGM Group, hoping to buy Nippon TV, the other party did not refuse at all, but instead looked like he was "sent to the door".
Seeing that this is the case, how can Ted Turner, a "media genius", not understand the meaning of this, there is no doubt that this matter is basically settled, and it doesn't take much effort at all.
As it turned out, Ted Turner had a really good eye, and after a few contacts with the Yomiuri News Group, they seemed to be a little more eager to sell Nippon TV than MGM Group had bought it. In this way, Ted Turner, as the "old fox", naturally wants to take this opportunity to kill the price, after all, now the identities of the two sides seem to be somewhat inexplicably reversed.
However, Ted Turner didn't go too far, and it wouldn't be fun if he accidentally scared the other person away. So, after several rounds of negotiations, Ted Turner and Yomiuri News formally reached an acquisition agreement, and obtained a controlling stake in Nippon TV at a fairly low price - 67% of the shares, only tens of millions of dollars, as if the other party still felt that it was a big advantage.
After eating the 67% shares, MGM officially took control of Nippon TV, but according to Su Chenyu and MGM's consistent style, this must be dissatisfied - full ownership is king.
And now that MGM has an absolute controlling stake in Nippon TV, the rest of the matter is much simpler - just eat the other 33% of the shares scattered outside, and everything is OK.
33% of the shares may seem like a lot, but it is important to know that the management of Nippon TV has about 13.5% of the shares. Therefore, the first thing MGM Group did after taking control of Nippon TV was to forcibly buy the 13.5% stake from Nippon TV's management.
Not to mention, the management of Nippon TV is quite good, and it didn't make it difficult for Ted Turner and MGM, and directly sold them all at a relatively high price. As a result, MGM's stake in Nippon TV suddenly skyrocketed to 80.5%, leaving less than 20% of the shares, which is quite easy to manage.
The 20 percent stake is indeed a very good deal for MGM, as they are in the hands of two subsidiaries invested by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Industrial Bank. Therefore, after receiving MGM's request for help, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Industrial Bank immediately sent a notice letter to the two subsidiaries, asking them to sell all the shares of Nippon TV to MGM Group.
Although I don't know why the two financial bigwigs, Mitsui Sumitomi Bank and Industrial Bank, suddenly issued this order, but since the bigwigs have spoken, let's do it. Besides, the offer given by MGM is really very good, and the losses of Japanese TV in recent years have really made these two companies scratch their heads, so now that someone is coming to take over, it is better to hurry up and push the boat.
After winning the last piece of the puzzle for Nippon TV, MGM officially completed its wholly-owned control of Nippon TV, turning it into a subsidiary of its own. Soon, after reporting to Peter Chenin, Ted Turner sent a takeover team from ABC TV to reorganize the newly acquired Nippon TV.
Today, Nippon TV is already heavily in debt, so in order to make a profit, MGM must carry out drastic reforms. However, after all, it has just taken over Nippon TV, and MGM's reform will not be so drastic, so it is still necessary to take into account the emotions of the original old employees.
However, Su Chenyu didn't care about these things, he believed that Peter Chening and Ted Turner, the two "logistics ministers", would do all the aftermath work.
As for himself, he still has one more serious thing to do, you know, don't forget, all along, Su Chenyu's target is not just Nippon TV, but - Yomiuri News Group.
Even the acquisition of Nippon TV is because Nippon TV, as a former subsidiary of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group, holds about 5.3% of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group's shares!
This 5.3% stake is a fulcrum for him to leverage the entire Yomiuri Shimbun Group!