Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Sorry, I didn't hear what you said clearly. Could you please repeat it?"

Richardson couldn't believe that Hodrikson actually offered such an incredible price, and for a while he thought he had heard wrongly.

"In addition to repaying the debt, an additional 1.5 billion is a more reasonable price. Do you hear me clearly this time?"

Hoddrison looked at Richardson with a smile and repeated what he had just said.

It was only at this moment that Richardson was sure that he had not missed anything or had an auditory hallucination, but that the other party really said this.

A few years ago, Murdoch spent 250 million to buy half of Fox's shares. In just the past few years, the price has soared sevenfold.

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

But even under such circumstances, Hoddrison still offered such an outrageous price. It seemed that they did it deliberately and did not want to have a good negotiation with themselves.

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

"Mr. Murdoch previously spent 250 million to buy half of Fox's shares, and Fox's performance has been tepid over the years. How could it soar to such an extent?"

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

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

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

"I think the price of 1.5 billion plus debt repayment can reflect the true price of this company."

Richardson shook his head as he listened, how could he agree with what Hodrikson said.

"Mr. Hoddrison, what we want to buy is just the Fox Film Company. As for Fox's other movies, including TV stations, we have no intention of acquiring them all."

"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 by then."

Richardson obviously thought too much. From the beginning, Hodrikson knew that the other party was coming to Fox Film Company, so he always talked about the film company's price.

"Do you think this offer is reasonable? I think there is almost no need to negotiate."

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

Even if the other party is willing to make big concessions, 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 never wanted to sell Fox's shares from the beginning. It was Mr. Lin who came to talk about the acquisition, so this was not our initiative."

Hoddrison looked like a god. After all, in this deal, either the other party would agree to their offer, or Richardson would go home.

After all, Murdoch did not set any hard targets to tell Hodrikson that he must complete this deal, or else he would do something to him.

"You're right. It seems like I came here in vain this time."

Richardson had already figured out the other party's attitude, and also knew that Murdoch really didn't want to sit down and have a serious discussion with them about the sale of shares.

In this case, Richardson had no reason to stay here. He felt that he must report this matter to Lin Daoqiu as soon as possible.

"Maybe, but maybe not. In any case, I sincerely welcome your visit. If you have the opportunity in the future, you are welcome to visit News Corporation."

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

The feeling of this kind of negotiation is really refreshing, at least for Hodrikson, he really hopes that the negotiations he will preside over in the future will be like this.

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

After knocking on the office door and entering, Hodrikson 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 people from MGM. Besides, it wasn't Lin Daoqiu who came, so there was no need for him to meet him in person.

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

"That's really a regrettable thing. Originally, I thought Lin Daoqiu's people would choose to continue the negotiation and then find ways to lower the price, but now it seems that I think a little too highly of him."

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

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

Some regrets.

"Richardson didn't counter-offer, which was a bit unexpected. 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 his shares in Fox. He will definitely find a way to buy the shares in my hand. It depends on how long he can hold on. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry."

After Murdoch finished speaking, he started laughing. The only thing to blame was 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 the whole story.

After hearing the price offered by Hodlison, Lin Daoqiu's expression looked very calm, and he did not seem to be in any way surprised by this outrageous asking price.

"In fact, this is not surprising. Murdoch didn't want to sell in the first place, so he offered a price that he could accept but was outrageous. If I can accept it, of course it would be best, but if I don't want to accept it, he

No loss either.”