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    In sunny Los Angeles, looking at the endless green lawns and the beautiful caddies swaying in the distance from time to time, to be honest, it is quite an enjoyable thing.  Li Mingbao was obviously not in the mood to enjoy it now, because he could see something different in John's cautious look.  "Mr. Li, my friend, if it were earlier, if you wanted to buy something like a TV station, as long as the price was right, it would not be a big problem at all to talk to our company, Twentieth Century Fox, and I would be happy to  Doing some business with you. After all, our company has quite a few TV stations. Trading with you is completely normal business behavior. But now, this problem is a bit difficult.  The company is not just what I say, especially when it comes to cooperation on such a big project, it is not a simple matter," John said to Li Mingbao with some embarrassment.  "Why is this? Is there any accident here? Or is it John that you have lost control of 20th Century Fox? This is completely impossible?" Li Mingbao said in a daze when he heard John's words.  You know, John is not only the chairman of Twentieth Century Fox, he is also the boss of Twentieth Century Fox, the real boss, not the senior wage earners appointed by the boss, although John is not in the company.  It's a one-word situation. After all, Twentieth Century Fox is a listed company. He is the company's major shareholder, but he is not the major shareholder who has absolute control. Normal things, such as buying and selling TV stations, are not difficult to deal with.  John's, after all, it's not like Li Mingbao doesn't want to pay, so missing a TV station is not a big deal to 20th Century Fox.  Therefore, at the beginning, Li Mingbao did not think that buying and selling TV stations would cause trouble for John. At most, it was a question of price and whether he could buy it. There would be no problem at all, unless the United States promulgated certain restrictions.  He didn't know about sexual regulations, and they were the ones that had been introduced recently.  Otherwise, other issues would make it difficult to explain what John is doing now.  Hearing Li Mingbao's words, John shook his head and said: "No, of course not. How could I lose control of Twentieth Century Fox? You know, I am still the company's major shareholder, although I do not hold absolute control.  Right, but ordinary things are not very troublesome, and buying and selling a small TV station is not a troublesome matter. It¡¯s just that there are some unexpected things. I¡¯m afraid Mr. Li, you don¡¯t know much about such things.  , I planned to explain it to you again at the appropriate time, but I didn¡¯t expect that Mr. Li, you would actually need a TV station now, so I have to tell you something unexpected, that is, I may not be able to use it for two years.  It¡¯s time to completely retire from Twentieth Century Fox. It¡¯s precisely because of things like this that it¡¯s difficult for our company to take on such a big business.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t it possible for you to retire now?¡±  Sixty years old? Why are you planning to retire? Besides, even if you retire, you are still the majority shareholder of 20th Century Fox. On these issues, will other people not consider your opinions? "Li Mingbao?  I was a little confused about what John said.  For a person who is in charge of the position of a major shareholder of a large company, even if he retreats behind the scenes and is not in charge of the company's operational issues, there is no reason why the new manager will not listen to his opinions, otherwise John will be replaced  Isn¡¯t it the same for those in control?  "I said, I am still the major shareholder of the company now, but it does not mean that I will still be the major shareholder of the company in a few years. Mr. Li, you have been away from the United States for a long time, so I am afraid that I  I don¡¯t know much about it. We, Twentieth Century Fox, have been planning to become a company for a long time, and we are negotiating with a group, and this group is interested in buying a stake in our company, and the price they offered is hard for me to refuse.  So I plan to sell my shares and retire early. Under such circumstances, Twentieth Century Fox is actually in the stage of asset accounting. If we trade the TV station, it will be a big deal for us at Twentieth Century.  This is a very troublesome matter for Fox Company," John shrugged and said simply to Li Mingbao.  Hearing John¡¯s explanation, Li Mingbao finally understood why John would introduce him to other people¡¯s TV stations, and he was unwilling to find a TV station in 20th Century Fox to sell to Li Mingbao.  To put it bluntly, this kind of business may not be bad in normal times, but now, it is not a big deal. After all, compared with the entire 20th Century Fox company being packaged and sold to others, such a small business is  , John was a little disdainful.  In addition, the relationship between him and Li MingbaoRelationship, such a transaction is at best a fair transaction, and there will be no more oil and water at all.  Instead of setting up a separate TV station to sell, and then asking the company to adjust its accounting plan, which is not only troublesome, but also prone to causing more accidents, it would be better to just use John's connections in Hollywood to build another TV station from somewhere else.  When dealing with Li Mingbao, the most likely thing is to charge an intermediary fee, so that you can give an explanation to Li Mingbao without having to trouble the company.  This situation is what John is most happy to see.  After understanding what John meant, Li Mingbao suddenly remembered an issue that he had ignored before, that is, the group that made the deal with John was probably the News Corporation that would later take over Twentieth Century Fox.  Although there are still a few years until News Corporation acquires Twentieth Century Fox, that is when the dust has settled, which does not mean that News Corporation really started to take a fancy to Twentieth Century Fox from that time.  ¡°After all, this is related to a transaction contract worth tens of billions of dollars. It was only negotiated two or three years earlier. In fact, News Corporation can already be regarded as moving very quickly.  After all, News Corporation is not as tycoon as Sony was later. It just spent money on two giant companies without even asking about the price. With Murdoch's shrewdness and financial resources, he negotiated slowly to meet his needs.  Benefit.  Since Twentieth Century Fox is already negotiating mergers and acquisitions with News Corporation, it's no wonder that John has shied away from the issue of selling TV stations.  Perhaps for News Corporation, the most valuable aspect of Twentieth Century Fox is not its achievements in movies. In this aspect, even for Murdoch, he only  Being able to maintain the company's status quo as a semi-amateur is already a very good thing for Murdoch.  What he really cares about is definitely the television industry.  After all, as someone who started out as a journalist, and will continue to dig deeper in this industry in the future, the importance of television stations, in Murdoch's eyes, must be more important than the film industry, and it can be regarded as a must-get asset, no matter whether it is a good one  He needs to pack up and take away the TV station, whether it is a rubbish TV station or not. It is simply impossible for Li Mingbao to grab something from Murdoch at this time.  After understanding the cause and effect, Li Mingbao couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. In fact, when he first cooperated with 20th Century Fox, he had the ambition to swallow up this behemoth. After all, with his ability, as long as he could quickly take over  With his own capital increased, John, who is happy to cooperate with him, and also has the desire to sell, may not necessarily have no possibility of trading with him.  But Li Mingbao did not expect that Murdoch would be interested in 20th Century Fox so early. It was not even 1984, and the two sides had already started negotiations, and they must have made breakthrough progress.  , In this way, it is completely impossible for Li Mingbao to take advantage of Twentieth Century Fox.  After all, whether in terms of strength or connections, Li Mingbao and Murdoch are not on the same level at all now.  If he wanted to stop this deal now, there would be no other possibility except severing the friendship with John.  In fact, Li Mingbao is also very strange at this time. You must know that in the past year or two, 20th Century Fox can be regarded as the most powerful company among Hollywood giants, and also the most popular company.  In terms of 20th Century Fox's main business in movies, they are now basically at the pinnacle of the industry. The top three movies in the North American box office are all produced by their company. With such strength, they can almost be regarded as  It is 20th Century Fox at its peak.  For their company themselves, such a peak state is something they can be very proud of.  But for a person who is new to this industry, acquiring a giant company that is currently at the top of Hollywood is not a particularly good idea. Peak means that the acquisition price of this company will be the most valuable in history.  At that time, it is actually difficult to maintain the peak status achieved by relying on film production. As long as within a very short period of time after the acquisition is completed, another film produced by another company that ranks among the top three in the North American box office list will be lost.  The value of Century Fox will plummet a lot.  A truly normal businessman, or a savvy businessman, hates acquiring a company at its peak when it comes to acquiring other companies. Unless there is absolutely no other way, otherwise, acquiring such a company would be a waste.  This means that in terms of premium, your company is losing money.  Li Mingbao does not think that Murdoch is a person who only values ??some external false interests. As a person who has developed News Corporation all over the world and has considerable influence in the media industry around the world, his shrewdness is definitely  Unadulterated.  But just because he knew Murdoch¡¯s ability, Li Mingbao was so talented.?Why would Murdoch make such a deal that is obviously very detrimental to him?  If it were Li Mingbao, with the same financial resources, he would rather acquire undervalued film giants than overvalued film giants like 20th Century Fox.
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