Chapter 1390

In order to calm down the turmoil caused by a certain idiot, Wang's richest man had to promise a lot of things against his will. For example, he promised not to take the initiative to lay off employees within a certain number of years, promised to keep the number of United States employees, and he also promised to increase salary.

For a capitalist, this is definitely not something they are willing to take the initiative to do, but in order to appease the emotions of the employees, for the most important plan of oneself, he can only make compromises.

Of course, the compromise is only for ordinary employees. Like the management who planned these, especially the idiot. Even if he ignores the disgust in his heart and simply considers the stability of the company, he absolutely cannot let these guys stay here.

Getting out is an inevitable thing, but such a thing is not worthy of the richest man Wang personally. Rather than wasting time on this kind of things, he needs to put more effort into oneself's most important plan at the moment.

Time Warner, the second goal he and Tony planned. But for this goal, the richest man Wang was actually not so satisfied. The reason is simple. Although Time Warner is huge, it can be regarded as a giant in Hollywood. However, the entire Time Warner industry is not what he needs most.

What he needs is the TV station industry, even if it is Fox TV in Fox, what he really needs is what he can do to occupy the top spot in the entire United States TV network system. On this issue, it is obviously not enough that Time Warner has only part of the equity of Turner Television Network and CW Television Network. He needs a bigger goal, and this goal he has already thought of, that is Viacom Group, a media giant holding such an important thing as CBS Television Network.

Of course, acquiring Viacom is not as simple as acquiring 21st Century Fox. After all, Fox in the 21st century is an industry spun off by News Corporation, and its size is impossible. A considerable part of News Corporation's industry is located in the United Kingdom. With the destruction of United Kingdom, the Murdoch family of the former media tycoons has almost inevitably been severely affected.

40% of the paper media in the United Kingdom is controlled by him. This was a glorious rule in the past, but today, it is a nightmare for the entire Murdoch family. Although they can still maintain a glamorous appearance based on the resources they have at hand, in fact, they are already stretched out in many places.

The impact of the stock market coupled with internal divisions, the Murdoch family has almost impossible to control the industry under the name of oneself. After all, they themselves are only the largest shareholders. If they can unite other shareholders, he can certainly be called the master of this group. But as their own strength weakens, and all shareholders are in danger, of course they are impossible to continue to unite.

This is also the reason why Wang Shoufu can successfully acquire 21st Century Fox. People's hearts are scattered, so it is better to take some practical benefits to fill such a vacancy. Moreover, being able to take advantage of such an opportunity to cling to the richest man Wang who has huge resources and connections in the mainland will naturally be a good choice for the Murdoch family, who urgently needs to open up new markets and restore oneself's decline.

However, Viacom Group has no need to do so. Although their market has inevitably been affected by the turmoil in the United States, this problem is not so obvious for this media empire that has reached out to the world. So of course, if the richest man Wang wants to do something with him, it is impossible as it is now.

The only thing he can borrow is the storm in the stock market, and although this can be considered to have a certain impact, it can play a key role in the final two. This is after all external factors, and it is never these external factors that really determine the final outcome of the problem. After all, everything depends on strength.

Whether the funds in the hands of the richest man Wang can satisfy the shareholders of Viacom Group is the real key. The problem now is that he, who has already borrowed 200,000,000,000, and spent soaring prices on the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, may not be able to come up with a satisfactory figure.

Be aware that Viacom’s acquisition of CBS cost almost 461 billion USD. In addition to CBS under his name, but also such huge monsters as Paramount. Want to take it, not 80,000,000,000 is almost impossible.

This kind of cross-border acquisition is better to do it quickly. If you cannot use a sufficient price to directly break the bottom line in the hearts of those shareholders, then things will inevitably become night dreams. Tony also had requirements on this point. What he wanted from Wang's richest man was to solve these problems as soon as possible. And as soon as possible, it is impossible to have no money.

USD has depreciated sharply, but it has not reached the level of Renminbi. And the richest man Wang, who has spent almost half of his funds, already has insufficient funds. If he wants to continue, he has to put out more funds and rely on oneself, it's definitely impossible. So he made up his mind to do such a thing immediately, that is, to mortgage the Fox shares that he just acquired to the bank.

He borrowed 180 billion yuan directly from the central bank, and with this fund, directly made a premium purchase request to Viacom Group. Faced with this big move by the richest man Wang, the entire United States press circle that had already heard of it began to go crazy.

"Chinese is crazy, they want to use money to conquer the world?" This is a headline given by the media who are crazy and incredible about this news.

"Arrogant and conceited Chinese, they will definitely repeat the mistakes of Japanese." This is a headline that complains about this crazy thing, even full of resentment.

"The United States TV network has fallen into the hands of Chinese. Starting today, we will see the United States in the hands of Chinese?" This is an unsuspecting headline that wants to stir up people's emotions.

Almost in an instant, the media and the Internet in the entire United States were flooded with words of this kind, and these voices, without exception, were almost all accusing Chinese and accusing them of this behavior. terrifying. Such a thing, if no one is instigating it, it is absolutely impossible.

This point can be seen even by the richest man Wang who has just set foot on the land of United States. So immediately, he ordered oneself’s newly acquired United States media force to target public opinion. This share of malignant social trends launched an own counterattack.

"Fox changed hands and the stock price began to rise. The United States stock market turmoil is a shot in the heart!"

"A tolerant country and a tolerant society will create what it is today A diversified civilization. Welcome, Chinese to join the United States media family!"

"The King of China promises to open up more markets and promise more job opportunities. This is for the United States, where the employment situation is currently sluggish. , May be a turning point!"

"Where is the future of United States? Cooperation may be our only opportunity."

Although the criticism in the media is powerful, There are not many people who speak for him from the position of the richest man Wang. Especially after the media announced Wang's richest man's commitment to Fox employees, the general public opinion tended to deviate from him. Such a change is really unexpected, and for those who have brewed all of this secretly, it is even more intolerable.

Sumner Redstone, the major shareholder of Viacom’s board member, is now patting the table and screaming at these unscrupulous media.

"These bitch-bred media, do they know what they are talking about? Why do they want to speak for that Chinese? Don’t they know what will happen to our market if it is invaded by Chinese? Will it end?"

As the Sect Master of Viacom, he led the company to the top in one fell swoop. Lei Shidong's voice is unique in the entire group. He has the highest authority and the highest right to speak. Even other shareholders are often under his influence.

After all, for most shareholders, they only want benefits. As long as Redstone can always bring them huge benefits, then even if they tolerate him a little, there is nothing at worst.

As it is now, when Redstone flies into a rage for something, the shareholders of the overwhelming majority will silently endure it without a word. But unfortunately, this is something that only happened before. With Redstone put down his power and returned to the board member club, Viacom's interests were not as good as one day. Many shareholders are already dissatisfied with the status quo of the company and Redstone's violent temper.

So, when he yelled so loudly, shareholders said to him almost immediately.

"Mr. Redstone, calm down. We are holding a shareholder's meeting, not listening to you cursing others. If you want to curse, go back to your home and face you The walls and the dog, scold whatever you want!"

"You!" Hearing this, Redstone, who had always been violent, immediately turned his firepower. However, thinking carefully about the power represented by this shareholder, he immediately forcibly extinguished this idea. Although he has a bad temper, he is not a fool. Who can offend who can not offend, he is still clear.

So took a deep breath, he changed his tone and spoke loudly to all the shareholders present.

"Well, since it is a shareholder's meeting, then I will talk about something related to the shareholder's meeting. First of all, as a major shareholder of Viacom, I must express my attitude. I will never accept it. This Chinese offer is impossible no matter how high it is. Viacom will never sell to a Chinese, absolutely!"