v3 Chapter 894： Achievements and frustrations (1/2)
”Chairman!”
”Chairman!”
As soon as Xia Yu walked out of the elevator, he heard a slightly surprised voice. Following the reputation, Xia Yu saw Yan Wenhan walking towards him quickly.
Not only that, beside Yan Wenhan, there was another person who surprised him very much. He was Jiang Zhiqiang, the general manager of Global Cinemas.
”Xeon, when did you come to America?”
Xia Yu first smiled at Yan Wenhan and then asked Jiang Zhiqiang with a smile.
He knew Yan Wenhan came to San Francisco because he had reported to him some time ago.
But Jiang Zhiqiang came to the United States, he really did not know.
Jiang Zhiqiang explained embarrassingly: ”Chairman, I came to the United States because of the distribution of a film. I know you are in the United States, but you know everything, so I'm not embarrassed to disturb you.”
Xia Yu smiled and understood Jiang Zhiqiang's mentality, and asked casually: ”I haven't paid attention to the movie for a long time, what's the result?”
The smile on Jiang Zhiqiang's face froze, and his face appeared embarrassed.
Xia Yu's expression moved and realized that Jiang Zhiqiang might be in trouble. This is not a suitable place to talk about things. Moreover, it is not early. So before Jiang Zhiqiang said, ”It's not early, go to my place first. Let's talk about other things later.”
Jiang Zhiqiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded repeatedly and said, ”Okay.”
Then, the group walked out of the hall and drove to Xia Yu's home in San Francisco.
After more than ten minutes, I finally got home.
After getting off the bus, Yan Wenhan and Jiang Zhiqiang could not help but marvel after seeing Xia Yu's spacious mansion. Of course, it is not known how much flattering there is.
”Let's go, this is not a company. Feel free to treat it as your own home, and do whatever you want.”
”I'll go back to the room first.”
After speaking, Xia Yu left Yan Wenhan, Jiang Zhiqiang and Li Wuming behind and walked towards the stairs on his own.
After all, they are all colleagues, and the three of them are very familiar. Seeing that the chairman is not there, they are not so restrained. The three of them chatted in a low voice, and Jiang Xieqiang boiled water to make tea during the chat.
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At 1:13, the people who were full of wine and food came to the sofa again and sat down, drinking tea comfortably.
After taking a sip, Xia Yu put down the tea cup, looked at Yan Wenhan, and asked: ”Wenhan, has the San Francisco Chronicle taken it?”
Yan Wenhan suddenly smiled, nodded and replied: ”The acquisition has been completed. The agreement was signed yesterday morning, and he is now doing the takeover work.”
”But this morning I came directly from the ”San Francisco Chronicle” newspaper. The agreement was still in the hotel and was not brought over.”
Xia Yu nodded slightly, admiringly said: ”It doesn't matter, just buy it. With this newspaper, the newspaper company will be considered a banner in the western United States.”
Yan Wenhan said with a smile: “Yes, the San Francisco Chronicle is the second only newspaper on the West Coast of the United States after the Los Angeles Times. It ranks 12th in sales in the country. This newspaper is not controlled by a large consortium, so Only by being severely suppressed by the Los Angeles Times can we have the opportunity to be acquired.”
”The San Francisco Chronicle was formed by the merger of the original San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Observer in 1965. It is now the only daily newspaper in San Francisco. Owning it, Jiuding News will be able to stand firm in San Francisco. heel.”
“It’s just zoomed in to the entire West Coast. There is still a big gap between the big newspaper groups. Although USA Today has spread to the West Coast, there is still some way to go. So I plan to use San Francisco as the center and in the surrounding states. The city's acquisition of some newspapers has allowed Da Jiuding Newspaper to expand and consolidate its influence.”
Xia Yu commented: ”This idea is correct. Just follow your plan. As long as you don’t get involved, you should seize the opportunity to expand in the past few years. Don’t be limited to print media. Local TV and radio stations can be purchased. Funding is not a problem. .”
Xia Yu knew that before 1983, the media industry in the United States was still relatively scattered. Although there have been many major newspaper groups, their strength is not particularly strong.
After News Corp. took shape, under Murdoch’s stimulus, major newspaper groups were forced to develop by leaps and bounds, and consortia increased their control over the media. From TV stations to newspapers, as long as they are related to the media, they will gradually Gathering together, it was much more difficult to hunt at that time.