America's Road to Fame

Chapter 20 Killing Cheng Yaojin Halfway
"I have another doubt now, Mr. William. I know that your mother's family is the Dray family, which is one of the important families of the Donkey Party. Therefore, if you acquire the "New York Observer", it will be difficult to avoid suspicion." , in the future this newspaper will become a propaganda tool for the Donkey Party, giving voice to it.”

Kaplan stared at William Chen with sharp eyes, pointing out his worries.

"I am William Chen, not Dray, so my own interests are the top priority. I will not use my newspaper as a propaganda tool for the donkey party. Frankly speaking, Mr. Kaplan, if the United States really has What absolutely objective and neutral media, would you believe it?"

"Even the most determined media outlets that profess their unbiased stance cannot be without emotion. You have to admit that absolute neutrality does not exist. It's like we draw a line on the paper that will It is divided into two halves, but there will always be a black area in the middle on the paper, that is the margin of neutrality, and in this margin, the position will be blurred. I can't promise you that we will be absolutely neutral, only that, Our neutral position will not go beyond that margin."

William Chen's words are already very clear. When describing some news, he may deviate from the emotional side of the donkey party a little, but he will not do things that have no bottom line to get closer to the other side, and will not destroy the objectiveness of the newspaper. Neutral purpose.

Indeed, as an old man who has worked in the media for more than 20 years, Kaplan understands that absolute neutrality does not exist. All American media tend to have a certain aspect, but they have different grasps of this aspect. That's all.

In fact, in Chen William's heart, he is very disapproving of the so-called objectivity and neutrality proclaimed by the American media.Just like in the previous life, looking at their reports on Huaguo, the so-called objectivity and neutrality is just a joke. You can tell where your butt is sitting.

"But if you really do what you say, the amount of money you need to invest will not be small, William."

Hearing Kaplan's words, William Chen knew that his goal had basically been achieved, and he said: "You can rest assured on this point, Mr. Kaplan, I am not a person who is eager for quick success, and I will not hope that the newspaper can be sold in the short term. From a loss to a profit, and I am not short of money at all, you may still have doubts when I say this, but I am afraid you will understand immediately that I am not lying to you."

William Chen raised one hand, stretched out five fingers, and said to Kaplan with a smile: "I can guarantee one thing, after the acquisition is successful, I will invest at least 500 million US dollars every year to complete my report to the "New York Observer". "The transformation plan will continue until the newspaper can use profits to continue its development. I hope you understand that I bought this newspaper not purely for profit, but as a part of my life. for a career.”

Seeing that Kaplan finally showed surprise for the first time after he said the number himself, William Chen continued:

"So I hope you, Mr. Kaplan, will return to the newspaper and continue to serve as editor-in-chief and help me take this paper to a higher place. My goal is to make the New York Observer a national and even a global newspaper. The media, not just hunkered down in one place in New York."

"I appreciate your frankness and goals. But everything will have to wait until you really become the new owner of the "New York Observer". I am also looking forward to that day." Kaplan finally said.

At this moment, William Chen knew that the other party had basically accepted him, and as long as he could succeed in the acquisition, he would probably agree to return to the newspaper, which also showed that his goal today had been achieved.

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After getting Kaplan's side settled, William Chen asked Nelson to speed up the acquisition process the next day.He also thought carefully, time is now more precious to him than the extra 200 million.

After all, in his opinion, Robert De Niro is completely messing around now, and he doesn't want the other party to get the "New York Observer" out of control. Readers are losing, and in the end, even if he can take over the newspaper, he may have to spend more energy to restore those readers.

Comparing the two, turning the acquisition into a tug-of-war, even if he can save the $200 million, is not worth the candle for him.

But next, William Chen got bad news from Nelson.According to him, other people have also been interested in the "New York Observer" and have reached out to Robert De Niro to make an offer.

"Can you find out who the other party is?" William Chen asked solemnly.

"It's Gared Kushner. The news was revealed by Robert De Niro. It is said that the other party offered him $600 million and assumed a debt of $300 million." Nelson immediately replied to William Chen.

It really was him, now it's interesting.And Chen William immediately realized that this news was released by Robert De Niro, so it is obvious that his little thoughts hope that he can sit on the Diaoyutai, watch the two bid, and finally sit on the fisherman's boat. profit.

"I'm checking the accuracy of this news now, and I don't rule out the possibility that the other party has released a fake news and wants us to raise the offer." Nelson continued.

"Well, but I think this news is likely to be true." After all, in the previous life, Garrett bought the newspaper from the founder of the "New York Observer", Arthur Carter. In the current world, I don't know why, but it's probably because Garrett's trajectory has changed, so he didn't participate in the acquisition of the "New York Observer" before. As a result, Robert De Niro, who was also one of the bidders for this newspaper in his previous life, For 800 million US dollars, the newspaper was included in the bag.

Now that the other party can release this news and directly say Garrett's name, the authenticity of this news is very strong. However, Nelson is willing to continue the investigation, and William Chen does not object. He said:
"Pay attention to Garrett, I want to know the degree of contact between the other party and Robert De Niro. Also, give Robert De Niro a new offer, $700 million plus accepting 300 million debts, tell him, this It's our last offer, let him not think about seeing us bid each other up."

Chen William estimated Garrett's psychological price. In his previous life, he knew that the other party bought the newspaper for 1000 million US dollars, but the difference was that the newspaper had no debts at that time, and although the annual loss $200 million, but still better than where it is.

So after Robert De Niro's toss, would he still be willing to buy the newspaper at a price of 700 million + 300 million?

In his previous life, Garrett used his own private funds to buy the "New York Observer", and don't forget that he is a Jew and a standard businessman, so he will definitely have the money to buy it. Whether the item is worth it, Chen Weilian does not believe that the other party will be willing to pay a higher price to be taken advantage of.

Thinking of this, William Chen suddenly realized a question: "Nelson, will Garrett know that I am planning to acquire the New York Observer?"

"I'm not sure about this. I only told Robert Denier about your identity. After all, it is impossible to continue the acquisition without telling him, so he won't take it seriously at all. However, he can reveal that Garrad Show us the information over there, and there is a high possibility that he will let the other party know your identity and offer." Nelson analyzed.

In this case, it would be interesting. I don't know how willing Garrett is to snatch the newspaper from him?

Although in the previous life, this newspaper was finally bought by Garrett, but in this world, I should be Robert Denier who started to contact him earlier, so this is what he wants to steal from himself, so he really has come. The possibility of bidding against yourself.

What if Nelson told Robert De Niro that his offer was final, and Garred gritted his teeth and raised the offer?

William Chen thought indifferently, of course he would continue to follow. It was Nelson who told you that this was the final offer, and it wasn't William Chen.At this time, who will be an honest person with you? Even if the final price exceeds the actual price of the newspaper and you want to withdraw, then it is still a good thing to raise the purchase price for Garrett.

Besides, William Chen has the confidence to not care about the extra millions.After all, with the rise of the stock market, the 5 million U.S. dollars I invested in before have already obtained more than 15% profit at this time, and the total market value of the stocks held has exceeded 5.8 million. The loan to the Bank of New York's No. 666 Building has been earned back, and there is no pressure to use the extra 2000 million to buy newspapers, and there is still 2520 million US dollars in cash in my account.

Of course, he will definitely not really spend 2000 million to acquire the "New York Observer". He has already planned, as long as the total amount exceeds 1200 million US dollars, he will stop.Even if he couldn't get this newspaper, it would be a joy to make Garrad spend 200 million dollars more than in his previous life to buy the even more miserable "New York Observer".

After Nelson made an agreement with William Chen, he began to make a final offer to Robert De Niro.Then once his price was reported to Robert De Niro, the pressure now came to Garrett's side. William Chen was looking forward to his response, and the game began to be interesting.

(End of this chapter)