"Recently, I am negotiating with Taiwan UFO Records about the acquisition, according to my estimates, Taiwan's record market will be very good in the next few years, and UFO Records also has a singer with great development potential, especially the three young men who just debuted last year, are very popular."

He Chaoqiong chatted while eating breakfast: "The oldest of the three is 18 years old, and the youngest is only 15 years old, younger than when you first debuted, but now you are a well-known idol star in Taiwan, more popular than those who have been famous for more than ten years." ”

Gu Chen said lightly: "You're talking about the Little Tigers, their development potential is good, but they take the idol route, unlike ordinary stars, at most, Wu Qilong will serve in the military in two years, but the Little Tigers will have to be disbanded." ”

"The entertainment industry is a place that is changing with each passing day, and by the end of military service, the shape of the entertainment industry has long been different, and it is difficult to say whether they can continue to be popular. In the long run, among the three, Wu Qilong has the greatest development potential, and the other two are almost there. ”

He Chaoqiong still believes in Gu Chen's vision of people, and military service is also a hurdle that Taiwanese artists have to face, she was silent for a while, as if she was thinking about things, and only after a while did she speak: "There are still two years to go, and it's not too late to talk about things later." ”

"Besides, the acquisition has just begun, and we don't know what the outcome will be. By the way, how is the News Corp. takeover going? ”

"Huh." Gu Chen smiled and said, "It's quite smooth, I have signed a share transfer agreement with the two shareholders, and the remaining four people are still in a wait-and-see state." I think they are waiting for the price to sell, and now whether Murdoch can keep his position, these four people are the key. And whether we can complete the compulsory acquisition of News Corporation, these four people are also the key, and the fool will not want to take the opportunity to buy a good price. ”

"You're probably using the topic to play this time, you're coveting News Corp., but Murdoch isn't going to sit back and wait. Also, I'm worried that Murdoch will be the usual intervention of the U.S. political forces, even though you have a good relationship with the Bush family. But the president doesn't have the final say in the United States, and I've heard that Murdoch is Jewish, and he should know a lot of members of the U.S. Congress. ”

"I've thought about that for a long time. As long as Murdoch finds that the situation is not in his favor, he will definitely seek the intervention of political forces, and News Corp controls many media outlets in Western countries, and there are many people who do not want me, a Hong Kong person, to control News Corp. But I now own more than 42 percent of News Corp. They want me to give up, and I have to pay some price. ”

From the very beginning, Gu Chen never thought that he could buy News Corporation, you must know that News Corp controls more than half of Australia's newspapers, and Western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom also control a large number of media organizations.

"It seems that I was worried in vain, and now I wonder if you made that candid video yourself, hum, it's really romantic enough."

"Do I have the point where I can use my peachy news as a bargaining chip?" Seeing He Chaoqiong pulling a face. Gu Chen smiled and said, "Okay, it's always you who have the biggest opinion." Wasn't it romantic when I chased you? It took me a lot of thought at the time. ”

"Hmph, dare to say that you will step on two boats at that time, and I love you so much." He Chaoqiong glanced at Gu Chen angrily.

Gu Chen found that this kind of thing became more and more inexplicable, and he couldn't help but find guilt for himself, he wisely chose to shut up, at this time the voice of the eldest brother came from the bedroom, and the servant who was standing aside immediately walked into the bedroom and took out a big brother: "Young master, it's your eldest brother." ”

"Hello, I'm Gu Chen." Gu Chen's voice fell, and Bush's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Gu, it's me, George." ”

Gu Chen raised his eyebrows, and he already knew the purpose of Bush Jr.'s call at this time: "Hehe, why do you have time to call me today?" ”

"It's something." George W. Bush's voice was a little low: "I must apologize to you before I say it, because what I want to say may be unfair to you." ”

Gu Chen groaned in his heart, Bush Jr. said so, so naturally he couldn't pretend to be confused anymore: "Is it the news corp.'s business?" ”

"That's right, News Corp. controls numerous newspapers and Fox TV in the United States, and the principle of Congress is against foreigners suing American television, and yesterday Murdoch contacted several members of Congress, and these lawmakers joined forces to put pressure on my father to prohibit you from buying News Corp."

Speaking of which, Bush Jr. will not say anything, and there are some things that do not need to be said clearly, just understand it yourself. Gu Chen was silent for a while, and said in a rather helpless tone: "Okay, in that case, I don't want your father to be embarrassed, you convey a word to Murdoch on my behalf, I can give up News Corporation, and I can sell all the shares I own, but he must exchange Sky TV for it." ”

The candid video was exposed by Sky TV, and in the absence of a full crackdown on Murdoch, Gu Chen asked Murdoch to exchange for Sky TV, which was completely reasonable in the eyes of Bush Jr.: "No problem, I will personally convey your words to Murdoch." ”

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Then Gu Chen and George W. Bush chatted a few more words before hanging up the phone, He Chaoqiong immediately said: "Say Cao Cao Cao will arrive, but if you can really get Sky TV, it will be a big gain. ”

"Hehe, with George coming forward in person, Murdoch should agree in order to keep control of News Corp., but I still have to communicate with Margaret Thatcher, after all, Sky TV is one of the largest TV stations in the UK, and if someone obstructs it, it will be in vain."

He Chaoqiong asked hesitantly: "Will Margaret Thatcher agree?" After all, it was a large TV station, not a small tabloid agency. ”

"If I wanted to buy the BBC, Margaret Thatcher would not have agreed, and if it were Sky, it wouldn't be a big problem, and there was still a big gap between the audience of pay TV and public TV. Besides, last time I wanted to take a stake in British Aerospace Margaret Thatcher refused on the grounds of national security, and I should not refuse again this time, unless she wants to completely destroy the relationship between the two sides. ”

"Hehe, your identity as a big creditor is sometimes very useful." He Chaoqiong said, picked up a napkin and wiped her lips, and then kissed Gu Chen on the face: "I'm going to work first, I'm going home in the evening, my dad has something to discuss with me, so he won't come back." ”

"How's your dad's partnership with Ericsson going?"

"I don't know the specifics, I'll tell you when I come back tomorrow."

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Since the exposure of Tang Dynasty Investment's malicious blocking of News Corp's stocks, the "New York Times" has continued to follow up on the incident, and reported on the 13th that Tang Dynasty Investment acquired 11.3% of the shares from two shareholders, and the outside world's attention to this 'News Corp. battle' has reached the highest level.

However, the continued failure has made the outside world less confident in Murdoch, and most people are inclined to Tang Dynasty Investment to use the absolute financial strength to successfully buy News Corporation, and then Murdoch will most likely be ousted from News Corp. leadership and lose News Corp. completely.

It was only a day or two before the situation became clear, but at this time, News Corp and Tang Dynasty Investment reached a settlement agreement, and the content of the agreement was also disclosed by the latest issue of the New York Times, including three specific contents: first, Murdoch acquired 10% of News Corp. shares in Tang Dynasty Investment at a price of 30% premium to the market price; Article 2: The remaining 32.8% of the shares held by Tang Dynasty Investment will be sold in the market within one month, and no individual or unit related to Gu Chen will be allowed to take over; Article 3: Tang Dynasty invested in the acquisition of 75 percent of the shares of Sky Television held by News Corporation, and obtained control of Sky Television.

As soon as the content of these three agreements was disclosed, everyone couldn't help but sigh that Murdoch had lost a lot this time, you must know that Sky TV has developed rapidly in recent years, and has become one of the largest pay TV stations in Europe, and the future prospects are even more immeasurable, although Murdoch has held his control over News Corporation, and also acquired 10% of the shares from Tang Dynasty Investment, achieving absolute control of News Corporation, but losing Sky TV, which is tantamount to cutting off an arm, which can definitely be called a nerve-wracking.

On the contrary, Gu Chen relied on his strong financial resources to support, and then made a decisive move with lightning speed, which caught Murdoch by surprise, although he did not win News Corp. in the end, but it was also a big victory for Sky TV. As for why Gu Chen wants Sky TV, the outside world speculates that in addition to economic factors, personal factors also account for a large proportion, as the New York Times said, Sky TV's top management will regret their stupid decision, because Gu Chen will let them all roll up and leave.

But this is not the case, after completing the acquisition of Sky TV, Gu Chen personally went to the UK to inspect the TV station, and then Sky TV held a press conference. Berclees said at a press conference that he would support Gu Chen's leadership of the company.

In this regard, the general view of the outside world is that Gu Chen wants to maintain the stability of the TV station, ensure that the development momentum is not interrupted by internal factors, and when the transition period is over, Gu Chen will inevitably gradually change the management of the TV station in the future. Whether this is the case or not will be known in the future. (To be continued......)