Legend of Xiangjiang Tycoon Chapter 71

Hawke was silent for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "In terms of newspapers, the Times, The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Sun, and the Daily Mirror are not suitable for acquisition. , It's extremely difficult."

　　 "Oh, why?" Li Zhiwen asked. In his opinion, the first four are indeed extremely difficult. Why is "Daily Mirror" not suitable.

　　 "boos, Roy Thompson of The Times has ambitious ambitions. With him, the Times will not be sold. He is the core of the newspaper group built by the Thompson family, even if the Times has been losing money."

After talking, Hawke looked up at Li Zhiwen, saw Li Zhiwen nod slightly, agreed, and continued: "But his son Bella Thompson did not agree with Roy's ideas. He thought the Times was a Thompson newspaper group. The cumbersomeness of the Thompson family would be better without The Times. Also, although Roy is old and in poor health, he is still in charge of the Thompson family. We only have to wait until Roy's death. Then he initiated an acquisition from his son Bella Thompson. It is currently impossible to acquire The Times."

　　 Li Zhiwen only understood that the previous life Murdoch acquired the "Times" for this reason. It seems that he can only wait until next year. Li Zhiwen motioned to Holland to continue.

Seeing the boss's affirmation, Holland's thoughts became more and more, and his speech became more and more fluent. He continued: “As for the Guardian, the investigation report also stated that it was abandoned by JR Scott in 1936. The right of inheritance was established and the Scott Trust was established, which is supervised by the Scott Trust. It is not allowed to sell newspapers to any individual or consortium."

"As for the "Financial Times", it belongs to Pearson Education Group. It is the overlord of the national cultural media and education industry. Although the overall economic environment of the UK and Pearson Education Group's business conditions are not good, currently Pearson Education Group does not The "Financial Times" is one of the core of the sale plan."

　　 "Smash it with money?" Li Zhiwen asked.

Hawke smiled bitterly: "Boos, this is not a question of money. Although Pearson Education Group is in a bad business situation, it is supported by many families behind it. It is not bad for money. If you want to buy the Financial Times, you must start from politics. ."

　　 "I won't say much about "The Sun". Boos, you know, I have met Murdoch. He has great ambitions. He will not sell "The Sun"."

　　 Li Zhiwen said: "I understand the situation of the "Sun", why can't the "Daily Mirror" be allowed?"

"The "Daily Mirror" is the core of the Mirror Group under the Cecil family. If the "Daily Mirror" is sold, the so-called Mirror Group will fall apart, and at this time the patriarch of the Cecil family It's Cecil King. He grew up watching the "Daily Mirror" and has feelings for it and will not sell it."

　　 Li Zhiwen nodded, was silent for a while, and said, "Hollank, where do you think we should start?"

　　 "Boos, I think we should focus on the "Daily Telegraph" and "Daily Mail", as well as the "Observer", "Daily Express" can inquire." Hollander said.

　　 "Tell me about your reasons." Li Zhiwen said, he is more and more satisfied with Holland Kramer, it seems that he has found a qualified general manager.

"The daily circulation of the "Daily Telegraph" is about 1.5 million copies. The political stance of the newspaper is biased towards the Conservative Party. It is very suitable for people like you, the boss, who have just arrived in the UK. The original "Daily Telegraph" is also There is no chance. The Canadian Black bought it five years ago, just like your boss thought, just to gain a foothold in the UK. Of course, he did succeed, but as far as I know, Black lost 15 million in the stock market. The pound cannot be repaid. He had to mortgage the newspaper to Lloyds Bank himself. I happened to work at Lloyds Bank before. Knowing this, as long as we make up for his shortcomings, the Daily Telegraph is very good. Easy." Hollander said.

　　 "Oh, there are other things, how many people know about this?" Li Zhiwen felt more and more that he had chosen Holland Kramer as the general manager. This kind of network is not comparable to him.

　　 "It shouldn't be much, I also learned about it by chatting with a former colleague." Hawke said.

　　 "That's good, you continue." Li Zhiwen said.

"The "Daily Mail" was founded by Lord North Rock. It was a big newspaper group at the time. However, after Lord North Rock's death, the North Rock newspaper group collapsed and the "Times" was sold. The "Daily Mirror" "Independent, "The Observer" was also sold to the American Richfield Atlantic Company. Although the newspaper group at this time is no longer called the North Rock Newspaper Group, but the United Newspaper Company, the company has the habit of selling newspapers, so you want to come for as long as the price. Appropriately, the United Newspaper Company will sell the "Daily Mail."

"The Observer is a Sunday newspaper, a comprehensive newspaper with political writing. UU Read www.uukanshu.com has a close relationship with the Labor Party, and the current Prime Minister Margaret is a Conservative Party, so as long as Margaret is in office, There will be no good days for the Observer. Even if the acquisition is over, I will let you run Boos independently instead of merging into a newspaper group."

　　 "And the "Daily Express" is the Brooke family's property, Marseille Brooke has a strong sense of hierarchy, so it is unlikely that we can succeed in the acquisition." Hollander said.

"Hollank, your analysis is very reasonable, then as you said, set up a newspaper acquisition team, mainly focusing on the "Daily Telegraph" and "Daily Mail", followed by the "Observer" as a supplement, "Financial "The Times" and "Daily Express" can make inquiries, in case they have an idea to sell." Li Zhiwen said.

　　 "Understood, boos, I'll go down and make arrangements right away." After that, Hawke walked out the door.

　　 "Well, for newspapers and automobiles, the current main focus is on the newspaper industry. The automobile industry can first make a contact. When there is any change in the automobile industry, we can grasp the dynamics in time and will not be caught off guard." Li Zhiwen said. "For the newspaper industry, even if you pay twice the price, you have to take it down. The more you take, the better. You don't have to worry about funding. We have supporters behind. Within ten days, I will give the company 100 million pounds as the starting capital. , Hollander, let go of it."

"Okay, boss, I will go down to set up a team." After he finished speaking, Hawke left the office without asking who the supporters behind the company were. After all, Li Zhiwen has grown up too young. It makes sense.

　　 And Li Zhiwen stayed at Mars Capital Company for a while, and when he had dealt with some of the things he had on hand, he left Mars Capital Company and returned to the manor. After all, he promised Zhong Chuhong to feed her.

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