The exposure of the video of Gu Chen's dining with a woman made the ratings of the current issue of "Morse Decrypted" rise by 27.2%, and then the world's major media also broke out with great enthusiasm for reporting, but after all, this is just a relatively ordinary candid video, because Gu Chen's reputation for women is not very good, and the men and women involved did not make any response, so the media gradually calmed down after a few days, but at this time, the New York Times exposed a blockbuster news:

The candid video was secretly filmed by a waiter in the restaurant, and later the waiter sold the candid video to Sky TV for 500,000 pounds, and Sky TV reported the situation to the parent company News Corporation after obtaining the video, because it involved the majority shareholder of News Corporation, and finally the matter was remitted to Murdoch, chairman and president of the group, and Murdoch gave the approval to let Sky TV handle it itself, and then the whole world knew that the candid video was exposed by Sky TV in the program.

According to the news from within News Corp., on the day the video was exposed, Murdoch and Gu Chen had a quarrel on the phone, and then Gu Chen's Tang Dynasty Investment Company began to launch a crazy blockade of News Corp's stocks, and the violent turbulence of News Corp.'s stock price was clear in the stock market, but before outsiders didn't know who was deliberately targeting News Corp., and now the "New York Times" reported, the outside world knew that the person who blocked the attack was Gu Chen, and the report speculated that Gu Chen's final purpose was to buy News Corp.

No one knows why Murdoch let Sky expose the candid video, but everyone knows that Gu Chen's actions against News Corp. are revenge on Murdoch. Originally, the outside world saw that Gu Chen had no reaction to being secretly photographed, and the candid video was exposed by the media, thinking that Gu Chen wanted to deal with it in a low-key manner. didn't want Gu Chen to directly find the mastermind, and immediately launched a retaliatory action.

Now the whole world is paying attention to whether Murdoch can withstand Gu Chen's offensive, you must know that News Corp is one of the largest media groups in the world, if it changes hands, the impact will be very far-reaching, after all, public opinion is the most powerful weapon in the world.

On the third day after the candid video was exposed, Tang Dynasty Holdings officially issued an announcement: "Tang Dynasty Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tang Dynasty Holdings, will be open until April 10. News Corp. has acquired a 31.5% stake in News Corporation, and will officially launch a compulsory acquisition of News Corp. ”

The announcement immediately caused a stir, and Murdoch owns 44.7% of News Corp. is the largest shareholder, and News Corp. was founded by Murdoch, and its control over the group is not strong, but now Tang Dynasty Investment has acquired 31.5% of the shares. That means that as long as it can acquire 14% of News Corp.'s shareholders. Becoming the group's largest shareholder would pose a huge challenge for Murdoch, who would have to cede News Corp. if he could acquire more than 19% of the shares.

But will Murdoch sit still? This is obviously impossible, if it weren't for the suddenness of Tang Dynasty Investment, Murdoch would never have watched Tang Dynasty Investment acquire so many shares from the stock market, and now there are only two ways left for Murdoch, the first one. Acquire more than 5.3% of the shares from a shareholder and take a controlling stake in the shares.

Article 2. With his influence on the group and his control over the board of directors, the shareholders of the board of directors support him, as long as he has more than 50% of the voting rights, he can still control News Corp., but this is not a long-term solution after all, and Gu Chen's survival is always a huge threat to him. And he can't guarantee that the shareholders of the board of directors will remain loyal to him under Gu Chen's money stick.

Countless eyes are watching Murdoch to see which method he will adopt to overcome this difficult situation in front of him, but no matter which method he uses, he will lose absolute control of News Corp. from now on, and Gu Chen is not a good character......

Gu Chen raised his head from the text and called Monica, who brought in coffee? Bellucci asked, "Did John come back with any news?" ”

Monica shook her head and said, "No, but Sister Yunxi called to inquire before, and Mr. Baroman said that he is still negotiating with the shareholders of the board of directors, and there is no progress yet." That Murdoch seems to be worried about the backlash of shareholders, and also intends to make an offer to some shareholders. ”

Gu Chen said clearly: "This situation is normal, News Corp. was founded by Murdoch himself, and his control over the entire group is naturally unparalleled, and at present, News Corp. is performing well, and it is normal for shareholders to have little interest in selling their shares." ”

"Inform John that it is important to take News Corp down, and if necessary, the purchase price can be appropriately increased, and the extra money spent will be earned back in the future."

At this time, Guo Yunxi pushed open the door and walked in, and said happily: "Boss, John just came from the phone, he has negotiated with the two shareholders to acquire a total of 11.3% of the shares at a price of 50% above the market price, and the formal agreement will be signed tomorrow morning." ”

"In addition, Murdoch has also made a takeover request to the shareholders of the board, and most of the remaining shareholders on the board are currently on the sidelines."

"Huh." Gu Chen smiled and said, "Very good, you reply to John immediately, let him be sure to take down News Corporation, it doesn't matter if you spend more money." ”

Compared with the relationship, Gu Chen is naturally not as influential as Murdoch on the board of directors of News Corporation, but compared to financial resources, a hundred Murdoch is not his opponent, and now Murdoch has also submitted a share acquisition request to the shareholders of the group's board of directors, proving that Murdoch has lost confidence in his control of the board of directors, which is exactly what he wants to see, and maybe there will be good news in two days.

"Okay, I'll get back to him now." After speaking, Guo Yunxi was about to turn around and go out, seeing that Monica didn't look like she was going out, she immediately grabbed Monica's hand and pulled it out, and at the same time whispered in Monica's ear: "I haven't eaten enough in the car just now, I'm out." ”

"Hmph, it was my sister who ate it just now, and I didn't eat it." Monica glanced at Guo Yunxi coquettishly, but she had no objection to Guo Yunxi pulling her out.

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......In the office of the chairman of the board of directors and the president of the headquarters of the American News Corporation, Murdoch angrily swept the things on the table to the ground and roared: "These two dogs dare to betray me, they will go to hell, and they must be punished with the most vicious punishment." ”

"Your Excellency President, I don't think it's the time to get angry, Gu Chen's stake will soon reach 42.8%, and then you will be in danger." Speaking is the vice president of the group, Koryat? Blake, there didn't seem to be a sense of awe for Murdoch in his tone, but a trace of dissatisfaction, it was true, when he knew that Murdoch actually acquiesced to Sky TV's exposure of the candid video, he really didn't expect that Murdoch would be so stupid, and do such a stupid thing based on his personal likes and dislikes.

Since he is also a director of the group (not all directors are shareholders), he has had several contacts with Gu Chen, and with the information he got from newspapers and some other sources, he also knows Gu Chen a little, so Gu Chen's retaliation was expected by him.

It's just that Gu Chen's revenge came too violently, and with the support of strong financial resources, Murdoch had no power to resist at all, and watched Tang Dynasty investment sweep the stock market. It's just that all of this is because of his own stupidity, which he brought on himself, and he can't blame others.

It is precisely because of this that the shareholders of the board of directors will be very angry and dissatisfied, and today two shareholders will turn against the water and agree to sign an agreement with Tang Dynasty Investment to transfer shares, although the most important factor is that Tang Dynasty Investment has greatly increased the premium, but it has a lot to do with it.

"What do you mean by Kerry, Howard, Jace, Ilte?" Murdoch quickly calmed down, although he also regretted what he did on the spur of the moment, but the matter has come to this, and the most important thing now is to get over the hurdle in front of him, and the rest will be discussed later.

"They all said that they should think about it, Your Excellency President, now the shares in the hands of the four of them are the key to victory or defeat, you should go and talk to them in person, Tang Dynasty Investment has a financial advantage, you must exert your influence to recover the disadvantage, otherwise, ......"

"You're right, I really should have gone and talked to them myself." The decision was made, and Murdoch left the office immediately...... More than half an hour later, Murdoch walked out of a building, but his face was not good-looking. Hughes, this person holds 5.1% of News Corp.'s shares, the highest among the remaining four shareholders, but even if he came to the door in person, Howard still did not let go, or said that he would consider it, Murdoch knew that Howard was simply waiting for the price to sell.

At about eleven o'clock in the evening, Murdoch returned home exhausted, not only physically exhausted, but also mentally exhausted, as if it had been colluded in advance, the words of the four shareholders were almost the same, they did not agree, nor refused, even if he raised the price of the acquisition, the answer he got was the same, an extremely bad premonition gradually rose from the bottom of his heart, according to this development, the Howard four are very likely to sell their shares to Tang Dynasty Investment, by that time News Corp...... He couldn't imagine the consequences.

He sat on the sofa, supporting his forehead with his hands, rubbing his temples lightly with his thumb, his eyes slightly closed, not knowing what he was thinking, after a while, he raised his head, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Since the economic method does not work, then the only way to use political means is to use it." ”

I saw him pick up the microphone of the landline on the small table next to him and skillfully press a set of numbers...... (To be continued......)