The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 1177 Crazy Acquisition Mode
Hearing the other party's straightforward admission, Errol didn't know how to answer the conversation, because he didn't know whether the companies on this list could be sold.

Although Errol is indeed the president of Vivendi, he still has a chairman above him, and Vivendi's board of directors is very complicated, and there are still a lot of government funds.

The list provided by Errol before is actually a company acquired by Vidiwang to collect wool. I can make my own decisions and sell these companies.

But these companies on Liu Xiangjiang's list are different. They are basically the core business of Vidiwang, almost all the business of the entire news section of the four major sections of Vidiwang. If these companies are sold, then Vidiwang There are no four major plates, only three, which is not a decision that Errol can make at all.

Errol had no choice but to tell Liu Xiangjiang his embarrassment, and Liu Xiangjiang naturally anticipated this situation, and immediately said that Vidiwang can make a decision after full consideration, and they will return tomorrow I want to negotiate with other companies, and I will be in Europe in the next two to three months, and I can continue to carry out related negotiations at any time.

"Mr. Liu came here this time, isn't it just to negotiate with us?" Errol asked immediately after discovering the key points in Liu Xiangjiang's words.

"Of course it's specially here to negotiate with your company!" Liu Xiangjiang laughed and said, "However, we also need to negotiate with some other companies by the way."

"It's also about the media?" Errol asked.

"Almost!" Liu Xiangjiang nodded and said, "As I said just now, the company plans to form a complete media group this time, and then combine with the company's cultural industry to form an entire cultural group. So this time the company really I plan to acquire more companies, so that it will be easier for everyone to keep warm together!"

"You all plan to buy our entire media sector, isn't that enough?" Errol was even more surprised.

"Hey, there is a saying in China that the more the better. And to be honest, the number of Vidiwang media is still not enough, less than 6% of the whole of Europe, which is far from enough for our needs. According to According to the instructions of our chairman, we plan to acquire about 20% of the media in Europe this time, so that we can barely form a media group!" Liu Xiangjiang laughed.

"20%!" Errol gasped and said, "Maybe it's because you plan to influence the public opinion in Europe?"

"Thinking about it, 20% of the media can't influence the public opinion in Europe. We just want to promote our own cultural products. In addition, there are many rumors about our Jiangnan Group in the market. We also want to Take this opportunity to clarify, these rumors have made our recent days very sad!" Liu Xiangjiang said lightly, and Errol nodded, he really didn't know the plan of Jiangnan Group.

He felt that the Jiangnan Group originally wanted to use this to influence the public opinion in Europe, but as Liu Xiangjiang said, about 20% of the media did not seem to be able to influence public opinion.

At the same time, under the impact of online media, the entire traditional media industry is now generally in a state of decline. Jiangnan Group's entry at this time, no matter how you look at it, feels a bit like joining the national army in 49.

"I'm curious, if we are willing to sell these companies, how much money is your company willing to pay for the acquisition?" Errol asked, and added, "We really hope to know the answer to this question, after all, only the price There is room for bargaining, and I can persuade the board of directors to agree to sell these companies."

"100 billion euros!" Liu Xiangjiang said without hesitation, "I'll make up an integer for you. All the companies on this list will be packaged and sold to us for 100 billion euros."

"How is this possible?" Errol subconsciously said, "Not to mention anything else, the value of Universal Pictures on this list alone is not less than 100 billion euros. Then you want to buy all the media for 100 billion euros Enterprise, how is this possible?"

"First of all, this price is our quotation. We can still discuss the specific transaction price!" Liu Xiangjiang said with a smile, "Also, my dear Mr. Errol, now is not the peak time for Universal Pictures. Now is the subprime mortgage crisis, and I heard that the cash flow of Universal Pictures has long been broken, and it has to rely on selling the dividend rights of several films that have been filmed in exchange for funds."

"And making movies has never been a business that can make money without losing money. 70% of the world's movies lose money. Universal Pictures is really nothing."

"When we buy such a company, there is almost no other income except for the copyright of some old movies. If we buy Universal Pictures alone, then we are willing to pay up to 30 billion euros."

"..." Errol didn't know whether he was pissed off, or he was so stunned that he had nothing to say, so he stopped talking anyway.

In the end, the two sides ended the negotiation fairly amicably, Liu Xiangjiang also left immediately to negotiate with other targets, and Errol naturally reported the progress of the entire negotiation to the board of directors who were also paying attention to this negotiation. process.

And the entire Vidiwang board of directors also began to erupt fierce debates around the other party's acquisition list.

First of all, the focus of the debate is whether the entire news sector business should be sold. Some shareholders firmly believe that the news media business is the mouthpiece of Vivendi and the foundation of Vivendi. This is a business that must not be sold.

However, this point of view was immediately refuted by another part of shareholders. They said that everyone in the world knows that Vivendi started its business by doing water services, and that collecting the water bills of the whole of France is the core business of Vivendi. The business is just the business that Vivendi has successively acquired and combined together, and it has never been the root of Vivendi.It is only because it is large enough that it is called the four major plates of Vivendi.

This statement was immediately refuted, saying that no matter whether it is fundamental or not, if Vivendi loses its media business, it will no longer be Vivendi.

Then it was immediately refuted. As long as Vivendi is still alive, it is Vivendi, but if Vivendi goes bankrupt because of a broken capital chain, it is not Vivendi.

And don’t forget, our company still has billions of dollars in loans stuck in the subprime mortgage crisis. If we try to find a way to get a large amount of money, then Vivendi will be faced with whether to sell it or not. The question is, but which part will be cut off by the bank and used to auction for money.

This faction was speechless, and finally could only helplessly express that they did not disagree, but the price offered by Jiangnan Group was too outrageous.

86 media companies, including Universal Pictures, The Times Daily, and a cable TV station all over Europe, so many businesses, they only plan to buy them for 100 billion euros. This price is too bad, and it will cost 200 billion euros anyway. Start with the euro.

Well, it can be seen from the change of the topic of this debate that Vivendi is probably going to sell these businesses.

Especially a few days later, after getting news from various sources, the delegation of Jiangnan Group was divided into 2 on the second day, and went directly to different European countries, starting a very crazy acquisition journey.

It is said that in just one day, more than 20 media outlets and newspapers in France that had broken their capital chains or were simply on the verge of bankruptcy were acquired, and the price was very cheap. Compared with the least cheap 1000 million euros, it is not equivalent to picking it up for nothing.

In the next few days, the same wave of acquisitions appeared in various European countries. The Jiangnan Group seemed to have countless banknotes in their hands, and there were a lot of acquisitions. Those media companies that could not survive, and soon there were more than a hundred. Media companies have been acquired one after another, and the total number is still increasing.

Among them, the most violent acquisition is Greece. Due to various crazy welfare expenditures and the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, this country has basically entered the brink of national bankruptcy. More than 40% of the enterprises are finished, especially Those media that do news... At this time, there is no company that has money to advertise, and after losing advertising, these media will naturally not be able to survive.

In the end, Vivendi even heard a rather outrageous news. After the Greek government conducted friendly negotiations, the Greek government even announced that it would sell the Greek national TV station to Jiangnan Group in exchange for 3 million euros in funds.

So this news was quickly denied by relevant parties. Greece would never be able to sell its own national TV station or something, but Vivendi still learned about it through its own channels.

Although the national TV station was not sold, but the assets of the national TV station were transferred to another media group, and this media group was quietly sold to the Jiangnan Group, so in the end, the Jiangnan Group still won almost the whole of Greece. media.

These news made Vivendi baffled, and at the same time, Vivendi received a very dangerous signal, that is, Jiangnan Group seems to have bought more than 20% of the media in Europe at this time, which has reached the level of Jiangnan Group. The expected target, they seem to have no need to acquire Vivendi.

After thinking of this, Vidiwang's board of directors didn't bother to hold any internal discussion meetings, and immediately instructed Errol to contact Liu Xiangjiang, hoping to continue negotiations on related matters.

As a result, Liu Xiangjiang was very sorry on the phone and said that he himself is currently handling important business in Greece, and that he may not be able to go through the next negotiation.

If Verdiwang doesn't mind, you can wait for more than a month until he returns to France.

Or, he is willing to accept one of his senior assistants to lead the team to negotiate with Vidiwang.

(End of this chapter)