Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2406 I'm not in a hurry

"Sorry, I didn't hear what you said clearly just now, can you repeat it again."

Richardson couldn't believe that Hodrickson had offered such an unbelievable price. For a while, he thought he had heard it wrong.

"In addition to repaying debts, an additional 15 billion is a more reasonable price. Did you hear clearly this time?"

Hodrickson smiled as Richardson repeated what he had just said.

It wasn't until this moment that Richardson was sure that he didn't miss or hallucinate just now, but that the other party really said so.

A few years ago, Murdoch spent 5000 million to buy half of Fox's shares. In the past few years, the price has skyrocketed by as much as seven times.

And you must know that what Lin Daoqiu wants to buy this time is only Fox's film company. As for Fox's other businesses, Lin Daoqiu has no plans to buy.

But even under such circumstances, Hodrickson still offered such an outrageous price. It seems that they did it on purpose, and they didn't even want to have a good negotiation with him.

You must know that negotiating at such a price, even if you can successfully reduce the amount by half in the end, it is still higher than the bottom line given by Lin Daoqiu, which is obviously impossible to accept.

"Mr. Murdoch spent 5000 million to buy half of Fox's shares, and Fox's performance has been tepid over the years. How could it have skyrocketed to such an extent?"

Richardson couldn't understand why they dared to raise prices to such an extent.

Just because Lin Daoqiu wanted to buy it, they wanted to offer such an outrageous price. Are these people from "News Corporation" crazy?

"Since your Excellency is engaged in film work, you should be very clear that the global film market is at a stage of high development. As one of the largest film companies in the North American market, Fox's previous price was obviously underestimated..."

"I think the price of 15 billion plus debt repayment can reflect the true price of this company."

Richardson shook his head while listening, how could he possibly agree with what Hodrickson said.

"Mr. Hodlison, what we want to buy is Fox Films. As for Fox's other films, including TV stations, we don't plan to buy them at the same time."

"Of course I know this. If you want to acquire all the Fox shares held by Mr. Murdoch, then I believe there will be another offer at that time."

Richardson obviously thought too much. From the very beginning, Hodrickson knew that the other party was coming for the Fox Film Company, so all he said was the price of the film company from beginning to end.

"Do you think this offer is reasonable? I think there is almost no need for negotiation."

It is impossible for Richardson to negotiate with them on the price offered by the other party, because it is just a waste of time.

Even if the other party is willing to make a big concession, the extent of the concession will never meet their expectations, so this is indeed just a waste of time.

"I'm sorry, as far as I know, Mr. Murdoch did not intend to sell Fox's shares from the very beginning. It was Mr. Lin who came to talk about the acquisition, so this is not our initiative."

Hodrickson looked like an old god. After all, in this business, either the other party agreed to their offer, or Richardson went home.

After all, Murdoch didn't set any hard indicators to explain that Hodrickson must reach this deal, or else he will do something to him.

"You're right, it looks like I've come here for nothing this time."

Richardson has figured out the attitude of the other party, and knows that Murdoch really never thought about sitting down and talking with them about the sale of shares.

Since this is the case, Richardson has no reason to stay here. He feels that he must report this matter to Lin Daoqiu as soon as possible.

"Maybe it is, but it may not be. In any case, I would like to extend my sincere welcome to your visit. If there is an opportunity in the future, you are welcome to come to "News Corporation" as a guest."

Hodrickson looked at Richardson with a smile on his face. After all, this time he occupied the upper peak from the beginning to the end, and Richardson was suppressed by him and had no way to fight back.

This feeling of negotiating really makes people feel at ease, at least for Hodrickson, he really hopes that the negotiations he presides over in the future will be like this.

After Richardson left the "News Corp" headquarters, Hodrickson immediately went to Murdoch's office.

Knocking on the office door and entering, Hodrickson saw Murdoch playing golf in his office.

"What did the people at MGM say?"

Murdoch didn't have any important work at all just now, he just didn't want to meet with the people from MGM, and it wasn't Lin Daoqiu who came, so he didn't need to meet with them in person.

"As you expected before, when I offered that price, Richardson immediately showed a shocked expression, and then he naturally had no choice but to give up."

"That's really a regrettable thing. At first, I thought that Lin Daoqiu's people would choose to continue the negotiation and then find ways to lower the price, but now it seems that I have a little high opinion of him."

In fact, Murdoch certainly hopes that Lin Daoqiu can accept the price he offered. After all, he has no hostile attitude towards money. What he is doing now is just to make money.

But it's a pity that this outrageous offer scared Richardson away at once. Although Murdoch guessed this would be the result at the beginning, when the facts unfolded as he guessed, he felt Some regrets.

"Richardson didn't make a counter-offer, which was a bit unexpected to me. I thought he would find a way to lower the price."

"Don't worry, I have a hunch that Lin Daoqiu will never give up Fox's shares. He will definitely find ways to buy my shares. It depends on how long he can last. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry."

After Murdoch finished speaking, he began to laugh. To blame, he could only blame what Lin Daoqiu said to him on the golf course. This was Murdoch's counterattack to what Lin Daoqiu said at that time.

On the other side, Richardson, who returned to MGM, immediately told Lin Daoqiu about the matter from beginning to end.

After hearing the price offered by Hodrickson, Lin Daoqiu looked very calm, and he didn't seem to be surprised by this outrageous asking price.

"Actually, there's nothing surprising about it. Murdoch didn't want to sell it, so he offered a price that he could accept but was outrageous. Of course it would be best if I could accept it, but if I don't want to accept him Nothing to lose."

(End of this chapter)