Chapter 44 Rupert Murdoch

  The most cloudy and rainy, Song Tang looked at Monica after the spring feelings. If Jessica was still a bit green, then Monica was completely a mature woman, mature, charming, sexy. Song Tang carefully examined the naked body next to him for a while, lightly kissed Monica's face, hastily put on his pajamas, and went to Jessica's room. Perhaps Jessica was really exhausted and was still fast asleep. Song Tang did not disturb Jessica but quietly lay down beside her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and silently fell asleep.

  In the early morning, Song Tang suddenly felt an itch on his face while he was still asleep. He opened his eyes to find that Jessica, who was lying in his arms, was pinching a lock of his hair and scratching him. As he looked at her body on top of his, he carefully savored the softness of her skin. It was already morning, when men's desires are usually strongest. Seeing such an enticing body, Song Tang couldn't help himself. Under Jessica's unawareness, he flipped over and pinned her down beneath him. The two of them indulged in a passionate encounter, which doesn't need to be described in detail. When they finally emerged from the room, it was already late morning, but fortunately, everyone had already left for filming and didn't notice them.

  Song Tang stayed on the set of Jurassic Park in Oahu, Hawaii for two more days and left with Jessica, Angelina, and George after finding that the filming was going smoothly. They flew to Los Angeles from Honolulu, leaving behind Monica's complex and melancholic eyes.

  After Song Tang returned home, he saw his family members whom he had not seen for several months. Suddenly, he was scolded by his family again, but Song Tang did not feel annoyed at all, and instead somewhat enjoyed the feeling of being blamed by his family.

  Jessica returned to the Song family, soon became Song Tang's nanny, because at this time Song Tang's mother's affection for Song Tang was quickly taken away by Jessica's arrival, causing Song Tang to give Jessica and Liu Ying a cold shoulder, but things ended with Song Tang's opposition being ineffective.

  As it turns out, Angelina, the big light bulb, also moved in with Jessica to Song Tang's house. Originally, Song Tang thought that Angelina's arrival would bring a small storm, but who knew that things were ended by Jessica's one sentence: "Angelina is my good sister and also my classmate and roommate."

  The next day after Song Tang returned to Los Angeles, Song Tang drove with George leading the way to the headquarters of Fox Broadcasting Company in Los Angeles. The full name of Fox Broadcasting Company is Broadcastingpany, also known as "FOX". When mentioning Fox Broadcasting Company, we have to mention its founder Rupert Murdoch and 20th Century Fox, one of the eight Hollywood giants. This Australian-born media mogul was born on March 11, 1931, in Melbourne, Australia. His father, Keith Murdoch, was a pioneer in Australia and chairman of News Weekly. After his father's death in 1952, Rupert inherited the small newspaper "News" in Adelaide and developed it into a global media empire spanning Europe, America, Asia, and Australia, covering broadcasting, film, and publishing industries over the next three to four decades.

  What is particularly noteworthy is that in 1984, Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch acquired 20th Century Fox from Marc Rich and Marvin Davis. Although 20th Century Fox was the last of Hollywood's eight majors to be established and has had the most turbulent history, it still holds a unique position in Hollywood film production.

  In 1985, Murdoch bought out the remaining outstanding shares of 20th Century Fox film studio for $250 million. He then merged it with his own Fox Television Stations to form Fox Inc., and sold off his interests in the Metromedia television stations to finance the purchase.

  In 1986, News Corp acquired a 73% stake in the 20th Century Fox film studio and six television stations from Marvin Davis for $3.6 billion. In 1987, the network began to air its first official primetime schedule. By 1990, the network had reached 93% of American households.

  Shortly thereafter, Murdoch was forced to become a naturalized U.S. citizen to satisfy the Federal Communications Commission's legal requirement that a media company can only be owned by US citizens. One year later, 20th Century Fox became the fourth-largest television network in the United States, after ABC, CBS and NBC.

  According to the development of history, News Corp controlled by Rupert Murdoch would have become the largest news media in the world and the news media would be called "Murdoch's Media Empire". However, things seemed to have played a joke on it with the arrival of Song Tang. Last year, for some reason, Rupert suddenly invested in oil in the Middle East, but unfortunately, due to the outbreak of the Gulf War, not only did his investment fail, but he also lost over $10 billion. Because Rupert Murdoch had previously borrowed heavily to establish Fox Broadcasting Company, now he has no ability to pay off the huge debt and had no choice but to painfully sell off shares of Fox Broadcasting Company.

  Song Tang was on his way to the Fox Broadcasting Building in the United States when he learned about these things from George, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. Indeed, crossing over is the king's way, and the power of butterflies is enormous.

  As the car slowly drove into the Fox Broadcasting Building in America, Song Tang finally saw Rupert Murdoch, this legendary master. However, the 61-year-old Rupert Murdoch had already lost his former prestige and could only be described as a worn-out old man who had suffered a heavy blow.

  At the insistence of both parties, today's negotiations were conducted in complete secrecy, with no journalists present and only a handful of people accompanying Rupert Murdoch. The two individuals who accompanied him were Barry Diller, CEO of Fox Broadcasting Company, inventor of television series and TV movies, and also co-founder of Fox Broadcasting Company, while the other person was Anna Murdoch, wife of Rupert Murdoch.

  Today, the two people accompanying Song Tang are George and Song Tang's mother's newly found assistant, Susanna. Unfortunately, Charliez stopped being Song Tang's assistant after filming "The Shawshank Redemption" and started focusing on his own acting career. As for Susanna, she is a cold and beautiful blonde with a tall figure, who obtained her master's degree from Columbia University Business School at the age of 20. Now, at the age of 25, Susanna has become Song Tang's mother's assistant. Today, Liu Ying lent his trusted assistants to Song Tang in order for his own negotiations to go smoothly.

  After seeing the three people, Song Tang hurriedly greeted them: "Hello, Rupert. I am the boss of Datang Film and Television, Tang Song. You can call me Tang or Song. And these two people beside me are my general manager George Johnson and my assistant Susanna."

  Rupert nodded to a few people and then introduced the two people beside him to the three of them: "This is my partner, also the company's CEO Barry Diller, and this lady on my right is my wife Anna."

  After the introductions, they sat down at the negotiating table. Song Tang spoke directly: "Dear Rupert, I'm a person who doesn't like to beat around the bush. I believe my general manager George has already expressed my intentions to your company before. Now, I'd like to know your company's intentions."

  Rupert did not expect Song Tang to ask so directly, and he was obviously stunned for a moment. However, Rupert was not an ordinary person, and after a brief pause, he immediately spoke up: "Datang can invest in the company, but News Corp must guarantee its absolute control over Fox Broadcasting Company."

  "This is impossible." Before Rupert could finish stating his demands, Song Tang directly retorted. How could Song Tang possibly let the controlling stake of Fox Broadcasting Company fall into someone else's hands? Song Tang's demand was that he could spend a bit more money, but the company's controlling stake must be in his own hands.

  However, Song Tang obviously wasn't very good at negotiating, but fortunately, there were George and Susanna, the two sides went through a tough negotiation, and finally reached an agreement. This indeed made Song Tang realize how formidable Susanna was, and she was indeed worthy of being a top student from Columbia University. At the same time, he also praised his mother for having a good eye for people, to have taken in someone so skilled at negotiating.

  After a morning of negotiations, both parties signed a transfer agreement in the presence of lawyers. The content of the agreement is roughly as follows:

  Tencent acquired 51% of Fox Broadcasting Company's shares for $17.5 billion.

  2. The CEO and Deputy CEO of Fox Corporation are Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch, but the company's final decision-making power rests with the Murdoch family trust.

  After Da Tang Film acquired Fox Broadcasting Company, the American Fox Broadcasting Company was officially renamed to Da Tang Broadcasting Company. However, after the renaming, Da Tang Broadcasting Company is not allowed to arbitrarily dismiss employees of the company and is not allowed to arbitrarily reduce the welfare of the company's employees.

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  Song Tang looked at this contract that he had just signed his name on, and for a moment, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of effect it would have after its release.