Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2401 World newspaper tycoon
As a figure at the level of a world media tycoon, Murdoch can be said to be a very successful businessman.

Murdoch's father is the chairman of Australia's "Herald" and "Newsweek", and is quite influential in Australia's newspaper industry.

Murdoch, who grew up in such a family, naturally knows something about the newspaper industry under the influence of his ears and eyes.

After his father died, Murdoch, who was studying at Oxford University at the time, rushed home to deal with the funeral, and later inherited Adelaide's tabloid "The News".

After liquidating his father's estate, Murdoch found that several of his father's newspapers were at a loss, so he only kept two newspapers, the Mail on Sunday and The News.

In the face of the main competitor "Advertiser", Murdoch decisively merged with it, and worked hard to make "News" slowly turn from a loss-making state to a profit.

At the same time, he raised enough money to buy the loss-making "Sunday Times" in Perth.

The newspaper was revitalized by reshuffles and the transfer of some Adelaide reporters and editors to Perth.

It can be said that Murdoch was already full of business vision when he was young. If not, he would not be able to make accurate decisions one after another after taking over the industry left by his father.

Basically, Murdoch's main business is focused on the media, such as newspapers and then TV stations.

For Murdoch, the role of the film company is that it has a huge copyright library, which can provide enough programs and copyrights for his TV station. He has no idea of ​​making a big splash in the film industry.

But even so, this does not mean that Lin Daoqiu can easily buy the shares of Fox Films from Murdoch.

You must know that although Murdoch doesn't have much interest in making movies, if you want him to give up this huge resource library, you must pay a certain price.

It just so happened that the Morgan consortium recently spent 130 billion US dollars to acquire [-]% of the shares of "Readers Times" and New Oriental Pictures. Murdoch must be well aware of this matter.

At this time, if he went to talk to him about the acquisition of Fox Films, Lin Daoqiu believed that Murdoch would definitely open his mouth at that time.

At the beginning, he only spent 5000 million U.S. dollars to buy half of Fox's shares. Now, if he wants to buy these shares in his hands, Lin Daoqiu estimates that he will have to double them at least a few times.

But the acquisition of Fox is a crucial matter for Lin Daoqiu. As long as he can buy this film company, Lin Daoqiu's strength in Hollywood will increase dramatically.

So even though he knew that Murdoch wanted the lion to speak up, Lin Daoqiu decided to get in touch with the other party first, to test the other party's attitude before talking.

After some contact, Lin Daoqiu and Murdoch made an appointment to play a game on the golf course.

After all, with Lin Daoqiu's current status, it is naturally impossible for him to take the initiative to meet Murdoch at the headquarters of "News Corporation".

As a newspaper tycoon, it is impossible for Murdoch to be called by Lin Daoqiu with a single call, so the best choice is to meet outside.

On this day, Lin Daoqiu brought Fang Jinsheng and Richardson to the golf course.

As soon as he entered, Lin Daoqiu saw the person in charge of the stadium walking towards him.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, Mr. Murdoch is already waiting for your arrival, please follow me."

"Thank you."

Lin Daoqiu nodded, and then followed the person in charge towards the restaurant.

There were not many people dining in the restaurant at this time, and Lin Daoqiu saw Murdoch sitting and chatting with several people from a distance.

When Lin Daoqiu walked in from the outside, Murdoch actually noticed him too.

In fact, Murdoch couldn't understand why Lin Daoqiu suddenly asked him to meet. After all, the two of them had no communication before that.

However, Rupert Murdoch knew the news of Lin Daoqiu's entry into the newspaper industry recently, and the speed of the development of "Readers Times" is really staggering. In less than a few months, the sales volume of this newspaper reached 20 copies. , this is not something that can be done simply.

Not to mention that Lin Daoqiu received capital injection from the Morgan consortium, coupled with Lin Daoqiu's own strength, this has actually made Murdoch feel threatened.

Even if Lin Daoqiu founded "Reader Times" not to compete with him, the saying that peers are enemies will never pass away.

The "News Corporation" founded by Murdoch wanted to become the most influential media group in the world, but a strong opponent suddenly appeared at this time, so how could Murdoch not be worried.

"This is Mr. Murdoch."

After the person in charge of the stadium brought Lin Daoqiu and others to Murdoch, he immediately introduced the identity of the opponent to Lin Daoqiu.

"Hello, Mr. Murdoch, I'm Lin Daoqiu, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet me."

"Mr. Lin is too polite, just call me Rupert. These two are my subordinates, the deputy general manager of "News Corporation" Hodrison and the manager of the propaganda department Larsamy."

Lin Daoqiu also introduced Fang Jinsheng and Richardson to Murdoch after shaking hands with the two.

"Speaking of which, although I have never met Mr. Lin, I have heard about your deeds. But after seeing you with my own eyes today, I know that there are really geniuses in this world."

Lin Daoqiu is not yet 30 years old at this time, it can be said that he is a bit too young.

At his age, it is absolutely impossible for a person of his age to achieve Lin Daoqiu's previous achievements even if he is in a management position.

Lin Daoqiu, who had been in the rumors before, appeared in front of him at this time, and Murdoch suddenly felt very uneasy for some reason.

At this time, Murdoch was about to be 60 years old, but Lin Daoqiu was almost half younger than him. If Lin Daoqiu would inevitably become his opponent in the future, it would definitely be a very tricky thing.

"You are too generous. In fact, I was just lucky. If it were someone else, it might be better than what I am doing now."

It is naturally impossible for Murdoch to take Lin Daoqiu's humble words seriously. After all, Lin Daoqiu's deeds can no longer be viewed with the eyes of ordinary people. It is no exaggeration to say that he is already a legendary existence.

"I believe that Mr. Lin's ability is obvious to all. I believe that everyone can understand without saying too much. Now that you have arrived, why don't we talk slowly while playing."

Lin Daoqiu readily agreed to Murdoch's proposal, and then a group of people left the restaurant and went to the stadium.

In fact, Lin Daoqiu is not good at playing ball at all, he doesn't even learn much.

Murdoch saw from the very beginning that Lin Daoqiu was not good at golf, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he pretended to know nothing and chatted with Lin Daoqiu while playing.

Murdoch just wants to know why Lin Daoqiu asked him out. It depends on when the other party can't help but take the initiative to speak out, so that he can take the initiative to some extent.

(End of this chapter)