v3 Chapter 939： Grab the prey of News Corp (1/2)
While Xia Yu was reviewing the start-up plans of various companies, something happened in London, thousands of miles away.
London, the headquarters of the Bright Fund Company.
After Mirror Group President Lewis Barry got out of the car, he quickly stepped into the elevator and rushed to George Berkeley's office.
”Tuk tuk!”
”President Berkeley, good afternoon!”
”Lewis, why are you here, come in!”
George Berkeley, who was issuing the document, heard the knock on the door, and after recognizing the person, he said with some surprise.
Lewis Barry walked in, sat down in front of George Berkeley, and said solemnly: ”President Berkeley, this time I am disturbing you suddenly, because I have received a secret message, and it has reached a very urgent point.”
The attitude of Lewis Barry was infected by George Berkeley, who narrowed his smile, put down the pen in his hand, looked straight at Lewis Barry, and asked, ”What is so urgent?”
Lewis Barry replied: ”The Thomson Group's ”The Times” has suffered a serious loss. Now News Corporation is in secret negotiations with the Thomson Group to prepare for the acquisition of the ”Times” owning company Times News Holdings Limited!”
”The Times” is a national daily newspaper in the UK, and its readers are generally high-end people in society, such as politicians and social elites, so the influence of this newspaper is extremely amazing.
It has always been regarded as the largest mainstream newspaper in the UK, known as the ”faithful recorder of British society”, and has an influence in the world!
Suddenly hearing that the Thomson Group was going to sell to the outside world, George Berkeley was also shocked.
He frowned, pondered for a moment and asked: ”Is it the news company that owns The Sun?”
Lewis Barry nodded outrageously and said: ”Yes, and Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of News Corporation, negotiated in person.”
”Negotiations have been going on for a while, and News Corp. tried to keep it secret. According to the news I know, News Corp. discovered that after the death of the old Thomson, due to economic pressure, Jr. Thomson had lost patience with Times News Holdings Ltd. So take the initiative to seek acquisitions, this is the main reason why the news can be hidden.”
”Rupert Murdoch is an elite proficient in media, and he has the ultimate pursuit of profit, even without compromise. The Sun was originally poorly managed, but after his acquisition, it has now expanded several times in scale. The power is amazing.”
”Although the ”Times” is currently suffering a serious loss, I am worried that the ”Times” will regain its vitality after it reaches his hands, and it will pose a huge threat to the Mirror Group at that time!”
George Berkeley nodded in approval, thought for a moment and asked again: ”Then what do you think about this time?”
Lewis Barry said immediately: ”Of course I hope that the Mirror Group will be able to acquire Times News Holdings Ltd.”
As soon as he finished speaking, George Berkeley shook his head and patted his thoughts out: ”This is impossible. The report you showed me last time shows that now the national daily newspapers under the Mirror Group account for 30% of the total. The market, 8% of the market for local newspapers.”
”If it's a local newspaper, it's better to say.”
”But in the national daily newspaper market, the Mirror Group is about to touch 40% of the invisible policy line. If it acquires The Times, it will be easy to exceed the line, and other newspaper companies will definitely not make you feel better. ”
Lewis Barry shrugged and said regretfully, ”I know, so I just thought about it.”
”I think the president, you can find a way to acquire Times News Holdings Ltd. If it doesn't work, at least you will destroy News Corp's acquisition.”
George Berkeley nodded slightly, then frowned and thought.
Bright Fund is absolutely not allowed to come forward to buy, because Bright Fund is the wholly-owned holding parent company of Mirror Group and Financial Times Group, and it has a higher degree of control over the media.
And let the Financial Times Group come forward, because it will be counted in the Bright Fund in the end.
After thinking for a moment, he thought of the boss Xia Yu and a newspaper company, and his brows stretched.
Lewis Barry has been observing George Berkeley’s expression, and when he saw his brows stretched out, he immediately asked, “President Berkeley, do you have any ideas?”
George Berkeley nodded slightly, but only revealed some thoughts to him, saying: ”I will let the friendly company come forward to buy, Lewis, you have to work hard to collect relevant intelligence and information.”
Lewis Barry nodded without hesitation and said: ”No problem, I have arranged for someone to dig into the inside story. I think the Thomson Group is definitely happy to see new competitors appear.”
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The next morning, after reading the first batch of information, George Berkeley calculated the time difference and dialed the international long distance to Xiangjiang.
It happened that Xia Yu was in the chairman's office and immediately connected after hearing the phone rang.
”Hello, who?”
”Boss, this is George...”
After hearing the voice in the microphone, Xia Yu paid more attention and said with a smile: ”George, long time no see, is there anything important?”