The Great Castle of San Francisco

In a study room decorated with classical atmosphere, Zhang Lie sat an Arab man about fifty years old.

Because he was born in the Saudi royal family, he is also known as Prince Waleed.

However, compared to his Xuanhe's identity, the man has another identity, which is also famous. People respectfully call him "Buffett of Arabia", while in the Arab world, people call Buffett "Waleed of the United States". can imagine how awesome the person in front of him is.

Before Zhang Lie appeared, Buffett and Waleed were almost as famous, and they were simply gods in the field of capital. Don't talk about Warren Buffett, as long as you know a little bit about capital, you know "Warren Buffett". And Waleed is also very famous, and even the family histories of the two are strikingly similar. Over the years, Waleed has used his miraculous investment vision to rise step by step, and is respected as an investment tycoon in the world, and his total wealth is expected to be about 30 billion, ranking among the top 20 in the world all year round.

This time, he received Zhang Lie's invitation, and Waleed immediately accepted the invitation, and used his A38O, worth $1.7 billion, to fly directly from New York to San Francisco to go to Zhang Lie's appointment.

The A38O lands directly at the private airport of the Grand Castle, and fortunately, when the private airport was built, a large passenger aircraft like the A38O was considered. If the runway is only designed according to the standards of the Boeing 747, it will not be possible to take off and land this A38O at all.

Waleed can be said to have been friends with Zhang Lie for a long time, and before Zhang Lie became famous, he and Buffett could and became two heroes in the investment field. Among them, Warren Buffett is a relatively high-profile person. He is relatively famous. Waleed because of the peculiarities of his identity. It's not too high-profile.

Nowadays the god of investment is mentioned. God in the field of capital, people naturally think of Zhang Lie. He and Warren Buffett can only be regarded as old men, and many times they have been selectively forgotten by people. Especially in recent times, he and Warren Buffett have made some short-term investments with Zhang's Investment Fund, and they have received good results. And the media also knew their behavior, and even touted Zhang's investment fund, and even some media said that he and Buffett were old and no longer had the god predictions of the year.

For the disparagement of the media. Although Buffett is a little unhappy, after all, his company still makes money by pointing to his fame. Waleed, on the other hand, didn't feel that way, he never made private investments, and made several investments with Zhang's Investment Fund in a row, making some money and learning some more subtle skills. He felt that it was enough to have these gains, and as for fame or something, where could it compare to tangible benefits.

"Zhang, although I know that you are very young, I have seen you in person. It's just that you're really too young. When I was your age, I had already begun to get involved in the capital markets. But the instructions were petty fights, and there was even a loss of money. Unlike now, as you are now, your words and deeds have been able to influence the international capital market. I wanted to visit you a long time ago, and I talked to Warren Buffett about you and carefully analyzed your investment methods, but the answer I got was that there was no solution. Waleed really admired Zhang Lie, before that, he only had one person to respect. But he is only respectful, after all, Buffett is his predecessor, and in the early days of his success, he studied Buffett and learned from him. In the later stage, he thought that his ability was no worse than Buffett's. Similarly, the two also became friends because of investment and became friends who talked about everything. But for Zhang Lie, whether it is him or Buffett, they all deeply admire, Zhang Lie is like a high mountain in front of them, they want to climb, but now no matter how capable they are, they can't touch the peak of the mountain.

"It's over, in fact, I asked you to meet in my castle today, because I want His Excellency Walid to help!" Zhang Lie didn't want to talk to Waleed about financial investment anymore. He is a master in this area, and he knows very well what level he is. The more you talk, the easier it is to show your stuffing. So, let's get down to business.

"Oh? Not sure where I can help you? Waleed thought about Zhang Lie's purpose for finding himself, he knew that Zhang Lie would not find him for nothing, since he had asked him to meet in a private castle in San Francisco, there must be something important. Although he is a member of the Saudi royal family, because of the large number of royals, Walid is not at all at all except for a little influence in the field of capital. In the capital market, no matter how great his own influence is, it is not as great as Zhang Lie.

"I know you have some shares in News Corp., I don't know if Waleed can cut his love, I can buy this part of your shares at a 4% higher market price?" Zhang Lie went straight to the point, he was not good at being false and wrong, not to mention dealing with foreigners, you go around and around, not only are they dizzy, they don't know what they mean, even they may be dizzy.

When Waleed heard this, he did not directly refuse, nor did he agree. But thinking deeply, he actually has his own plans to invest in the media field. After all, if you control the media, you can say that you control public opinion. As the world's number one power, the trend of public opinion in the United States has almost influenced the entire world. Although he does not control a media company, he has a stake in many companies. The most influential of these is undoubtedly News Corporation, and if he loses his stake in News Corporation, his influence will be greatly reduced!

But Zhang Lie made the whole request, and it was impossible for him to refuse it directly, after all, this was a good opportunity to get closer to Zhang Lie.

Waleed thought for a moment and asked, "Zhang, as far as I know, you already have a large number of shares in the Viacom Group in your hands, and even Lei Shidong intends to hand over all the Viacom Group to you. Viacom is no worse than News Corp. in terms of influence, can I know why you need my shares? Do you want to keep News Corp in your hands too? ”

Zhang Lie saw him speaking slowly, and by the way, he said his guess, although the acquisition of News Corporation, it was very beneficial to himself. But this is not the main purpose at all, with his current influence, there is actually no need to do anything, no one dares to offend him to death.

Seeing that Zhang Lie didn't speak, Waleed said his situation: "Zhang, it's not that I don't want to hand over the shares of News Corp. to you. But there is one thing I think I must tell you, although I do not participate in the day-to-day management of News Corporation, as long as I have a stake in News Corporation, my influence will be there, and there will be no unfavorable voices in the area of public opinion. ”

"If that's the case, we'll swap some of the shares, you take out the News Corp shares, and I'll take out some of the Viacom shares, and I'll make up the difference with cash for the shortfall."

After Zhang Lie said this, he looked at Walid. He undoubtedly put forward this condition, which is very tempting. If he takes another stake in Viacom, no matter how much he shares, with Zhang Lie's support, his influence in the media field will become second only to Zhang Lie.

And he knows his position, after all, he is a foreigner like Zhang Lie. Only by controlling the handle of the knife can you not let the knife of public opinion hurt you.

"If that's the case, I can agree, but the details still need to be discussed. In addition, I can know what you are doing when you become a shareholder of News Corporation, and I am also friends with Mr. Murdoch, although he is not in a very good situation now, but he himself has a lot of influence in News Corporation. Moreover, the Murdoch family also controls 4o% of the shares of News Corporation, and even if I get this 19% stake, it will be difficult to bring down the Murdoch family. Waleed actually has a general relationship with Murdoch, but last time the Murdoch family was collectively troubled by more than 100 shareholders of News Corporation, and the Murdoch family was almost kicked out of News Corporation, and finally Murdoch himself found him and promised him some benefits, and he agreed to support Murdoch to stay in office.

Zhang Lie smiled, he knew that as long as he got Waleed's shares, he would have an excuse to meddle in News Corp. What's more, there is Wendi Deng himself, who is Murdoch's main office, and he also has about 4% of News Corp. shares in his hands. As for the other shareholders, it is actually easy to do, as long as Waleed is resolved, the other small shareholders are easy to say.

Waleed didn't understand why Zhang Lie was laughing, and at this time, Zhang Lie spoke.

"Actually, it's nothing to tell you, I heard that Mr. Murdoch's wife has not been in a very good situation lately, and I myself and Ms. Deng are compatriots, and we have met several times and want to talk very happily, and Ms. Deng wants me to help her. I think this can be done, so I'm going to ask you to come and talk. ”

Waleed then understood that there was Wendi Deng among them. At this moment, he had a deep jealousy of this woman, he always knew that this woman was not simple, otherwise he would not be able to become Murdoch's official wife by virtue of his own ability. But Waleed also believes that Wendi Deng is not ruthless enough at times, otherwise she would not be bullied like this by Murdoch's children in her capacity. He also knows that Murdoch's children persecute and threaten Wendi Deng is very ordinary, and it is also very effective. is nothing more than evidence of Deng Wendi's cheating, as long as there is this evidence, Deng Wendi will not only not get a penny, but will also be notorious. Although the whole world understands why Wendi Deng cheated, guarding an old man who will die at any time, how can she endure loneliness at her wolf-like age.

Although Wendi Deng was not ruthless enough, she found a powerful person. With Zhang Lie's support, even if Zhang Lie does not take a stake in News Corporation, the Murdoch family does not dare to touch Wendi Deng. But looking at the current situation, Wendi Deng wants to kick the Murdoch family out of News Corp. completely. (To be continued!)

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