Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

As 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 the Australian newspaper industry.

Murdoch, who grew up in such a family, naturally had some understanding of the newspaper industry.

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

After liquidating his father's estate, Murdoch found that several of his father's newspapers were in losses, so he only retained two newspapers, the Mail on Sunday and the News.

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

At the same time, he raised enough money to acquire the loss-making Sunday Times in Pas.

The newspaper has been revitalized by relocating some reporters and editors from Adelaide to Perth.

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

Basically, Murdoch's main business focuses on the media, such as newspapers and later television stations.

For Murdoch, the role of the film company is to have a huge copyright library, which can provide enough programs and copyrights for his TV station. He has not thought about flexing his muscles in movies.

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

You must know that although Murdoch does not have much interest in making movies, if you want him to give up this huge resource library, there will definitely be a price to pay.

Just recently, the Morgan consortium spent US$13 billion to acquire 30% of the shares of Readers Times and New Oriental Pictures. Murdoch must be well aware of this matter.

If she went to him to discuss the acquisition of Fox Film Company at this time, Lin Daoqiu believed that Murdoch would definitely open his mouth.

At the beginning, he bought half of Fox's shares for only 250 million US dollars. If he wanted to buy these shares in his hands now, Lin Daoqiu would probably have to buy them at least several times.

But acquiring 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 open his mouth, Lin Daoqiu decided to contact the other party first and test the other party's attitude before talking.

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

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

As a newspaper tycoon, Murdoch could not be called over by Lin Daoqiu with just one phone call, so the best option was to meet outside.

On this day, Lin Daoqiu took 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 inside. 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 a few people from a distance.

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

In fact, Murdoch was a little confused as to why Lin Daoqiu suddenly asked him to meet. After all, the two of them had not had any communication before.

However, Murdoch is well aware of the recent news that Lin Daoqiu has entered the newspaper industry. Moreover, the speed of development of "Reader Times" is really staggering. In less than a few months, the sales volume of this newspaper has reached 200,000.

Well, 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 actually made Murdoch feel threatened.

Even if Lin Daoqiu didn't found Reader's Times just to compete with him, the saying that peers are enemies will never die.

The "News Corporation" founded by Murdoch wanted to become the most influential media group in the world. However, a strong opponent suddenly appeared at this time. 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 opponent's identity to Lin Daoqiu.

"Hello Mr. Murdoch, I am Lin Daoqiu. Thank you for taking the time to meet with me out of your busy schedule."

"Mr. Lin is too polite. Just call me Rupert. These two are my subordinates, Deputy General Manager of News Corp. Hodlisson and Publicity Manager Larsamy."

After Lin Daoqiu shook hands with the two, he also introduced Fang Jinsheng and Richardson to Murdoch.

"Speaking of which, although I have never met Mr. Lin, your deeds are very familiar to me. But after seeing you in person today, I know that there really are geniuses in this world."

Lin Daoqiu was not yet thirty years old at this time, so it could be said that he was a bit too young.

It is absolutely impossible for a person of his age to achieve the achievements that Lin Daoqiu achieved before, even if he holds a management position.

Lin Daoqiu, who had been appearing in rumors before, appeared in front of him at this time. Murdoch didn't know why he suddenly felt very uneasy.

Murdoch was about to turn sixty at this time, but Lin Daoqiu was almost half his age. If Lin Daoqiu inevitably became his opponent in the future, this would definitely be a very difficult matter.

"You are so flattering. In fact, I am just lucky. If it had been someone else, I might have done better than what I am doing now."

Lin Daoqiu's humble words were naturally impossible for Murdoch to take seriously. After all, Lin Daoqiu's deeds could no longer be viewed through ordinary people's eyes. It was no exaggeration to say that they were already legendary.

"I believe that Mr. Lin's ability is obvious to all. I believe that everyone can understand without further explanation. Since you are already here, why don't we chat slowly while playing ball."

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 was not good at playing ball at all. He didn't even learn much.

Murdoch could tell from the beginning that Lin Daoqiu was not good at golf, but he did not point it out. Instead, he pretended not to know anything and chatted with Lin Daoqiu while playing.

Murdock now 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 say it, so that he can take some initiative.