Chapter 371

"Starz TV station, I will exchange 2% of Starz's shares for the New York Observer newspaper!"

"Starz?" Yang Cheng moaned softly. He has an impression of this cable TV station but doesn't know much about it. It seems to be a paid cable channel headquartered in Colorado. There are not many masterpieces, and the most famous one is "Spartacus". The features are nothing worth emphasizing, anyway, American cable TV stations are very yellow and violent, otherwise, who would pay to watch it?

"Starz, the current market value is about 2.6 billion US dollars, and 2% of the shares are worth more than 50 million US dollars. I only want 30 million, which is equivalent to your offer to buy the "New York Observer". I think compared to regional newspapers with only tens of thousands of sales, A stake in a TV station that covers one-fifth of paying subscribers in the United States is more helpful to you, isn't it?" Jerry Kushler emphasized the value of Starz.

Apart from other things, Yang Cheng can understand why Jerry Kushler is holding on to the "New York Observer". At least half of his current status is due to the fact that he owns this newspaper that can influence Wall Street's public opinion, even if it is suffering from the Internet. The impact of the "New York Observer" has lost its former glory.

If there is no "New York Observer" by his side, with just a few steel coins in his pocket, he is not qualified to jump in front of Yang Cheng, a group of top second generations, and even his wife can't hold him back, Chuan~Pu no matter what Unreliable, there is still a net worth of more than 2 billion US dollars, and the family has been rooted in Manhattan for decades, and its background is much deeper than that of the Kushler family. By then, his Jewish blood may be worth some money .

However, these have nothing to do with Yang Cheng, the only thing he needs to consider is the shares of the TV station? Or the New York Observer.

The importance of TV stations to the media group does not need to be repeated too much. What about the "New York Observer"? Today's public opinion field in New York is divided between the "New York Times" and "The Wall Street Journal", with the big tree behind it - the "Wall Street Journal" of News Corporation has a slight upper hand, but it has an overstuffed organizational structure and outdated operations The model has caused the decline of the "Wall Street Journal". If you want to ensure financial health, the only way to go is layoffs.

The "New York Times" has just been incorporated into New Era Media. Although it has gone through initial turmoil, in the face of powerful capital, the hard-pressed old employees can only bow their heads and accept fresh Internet thinking brainwashing again, coupled with the help of Toutiao app , like the sun at 9 o'clock in the morning, full of vitality, and the future prospects are promising.

From this point of view, the "New York Observer" seems to be only the icing on the cake, and it is a few grades less important than the timely help of the TV station's shares.

Wait, something seems wrong, Yang Cheng suddenly realized that he seemed to be led astray by Jerry Kushler. The stocks in the company have no effect at all. They have neither board seats nor voting rights. After getting the shares, they can only wait for dividends, not to mention the amount of dividends is beyond their control.

Moreover, according to Yang Cheng's knowledge, the only cable TV stations in the United States that are currently profitable are HBO and Showtime. It's not clear what kind of loss Starz TV station will be. Maybe Jerry Kushler is still playing. Taking the opportunity to solve the abacus, it seems that this grandson has read "Sun Tzu's Art of War" a lot, and he has used the strategy of killing two birds with one stone.

Yang Cheng was furious all of a sudden. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise he would have been doomed.

Looking at Jerry Kushler again with extremely indifferent eyes, he said with a sinister smile, "Since the stake in the TV station is so important, I won't win people's love, and the New York Observer is more realistic for me. What do you say, Jerry?"

Yang Cheng really underestimated this cunning fox, but this incident also reminded him that the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, he can't underestimate the enemy, Rao Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, who is unparalleled in combat power, may have missed Jingzhou carelessly ? This is a bloody lesson learned from the past!

Jerry Kushler realized that Yang Cheng might have pierced his mind,

His dying struggle was a complete miscalculation, so he stopped talking nonsense, "Okay, give me a week, and then you can send someone to the company to take over."

Yang Cheng looked at the tall and tall figure of Jerry Kushler who was leaving quickly. For some reason, he inexplicably remembered the famous poem "It is better to chase the poor with the remaining courage, but not to become famous and learn to be the king". Yang Cheng just mentioned to himself After waking up, I will never make a second mistake again. This time, it was purely a coincidence to plot against Jerry Kushler, and it was also a fluke. At that time, I was thinking of retaliating against the Chuan~Pu family, and this result was unexpected. and.

But no matter what, there is no need to spit out the food after eating it in his mouth. Not only that, this Jerry Kushler has to be dealt with as soon as possible, at least destroy his ability to fight back. After suffering such a big grievance, Yang Cheng can't believe it This cunning fox will not wait for an opportunity to take revenge, he is very life-saving, for his own life, he can only be sorry to others!

After finishing lunch by herself, she was stopped by the waiter before leaving. It turned out that Jerry Kushler had not paid the bill. "It's really stingy!" Zero is considered a tip.

The restaurant is not far from the Olympic Tower, just a 2-3 minute walk away. Yang Cheng came out of the restaurant, wrapped in a windbreaker, and bowed his head against the cold wind, followed by 4 bodyguards who also wore black windbreakers. In the icy and snowy field, it was particularly permeable, and the passers-by unconsciously leaned to the two sides, so as not to accidentally run into trouble.

"jason~"

Yang Cheng kept his head down and didn't look ahead. Unknowingly, he had come to the downstairs of the Olympic Building. When he heard someone calling him, he raised his head subconsciously. Who else but Konrad Koch? Behind her was the seductive and sao female secretary.

"Hey, good day, am I late?" Yang Cheng stepped forward and asked.

Conrad Koch hugged the secretary's waist with a smile, "No, it was exactly on time, and I just arrived, why didn't I drive?"

Yang Cheng folded his hands behind his back, exhaled white mist and said, "I happened to have an appointment with someone nearby for dinner, so I took a walk to change the air."

Conrad nodded, "Let's go, our business is settled."

Yang Cheng and Conrad walked into the building side by side. While waiting for the elevator, Yang Cheng took off his windbreaker and handed it to Hansen, saying, "A few days ago I was on the phone with Adam Silver. Don't care."

Conrad sneered disdainfully, "What do you think? But this matter is beneficial to us, we don't need to pay a penny more, and we don't have to bear the pressure. Who cares how he operates."

Just when the elevator arrived, he went in and pressed the button on the 14th floor. Yang Cheng agreed, "You're right, this matter has nothing to do with us, as long as the goal is achieved, it's fine. Did you talk about it with Mikhail?"

Conrad looked at the constantly jumping floor numbers on the LCD screen, and hummed, "It's almost the same. The final price is set at 2.2 billion US dollars. Mikhail is still hesitating, but I think it's basically okay. He's too late now." Cash is needed."

Yang Cheng nodded thoughtfully, "$2.2 billion, the price is within the expected range, including the Barclays Center, right?"

Conrad said helplessly, "Without the Barclays Center, what would I do with a bad basketball team? Besides, I wouldn't buy the Nets even if I bought them. The Knicks are more valuable."

Yang Cheng smiled embarrassingly, "Okay, I didn't need to ask, so how do you calculate the proportion of our investment?"

Conrad replied without thinking, "I offer 1 billion, 45%."

"Okay, I'll take 1.1 billion, accounting for 50%, Yuanshan Capital will contribute 100 million, accounting for 5%, so it's okay to divide?" Yang Cheng turned to confirm with Conrad.

"It's okay, don't I say it? I'm not interested in management. This money is my pension. It's just a conservative financial management. Just don't let me lose money." Conrad half-jokingly, Said winkingly.

Yang Cheng laughed and joked, "That's hard to say. If the loss is gone, then I'll give you a pension. How about $1,000 a month?"

"Oh, jason, you're a stingy little guy, what's $1,000 for? It's not enough for me to smoke cigars for two days."

The two were chatting happily, but who would know that Yang Cheng and Conrad negotiated an investment worth 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in just a few minutes of taking the elevator?

"Ding Dong" as the elevator door slowly opened to both sides, at the entrance is the building block portrait of the current NBA star LeBron James, Adam Silver's conspicuous bald head, reflecting the warm light.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Koch, Mr. Yang Cheng, NBA headquarters welcomes you." Adam Silver turned around when he heard the sound of the elevator, and warmly welcomed Yang Cheng and the two.

Konrad Koch shook hands with Adam Silver, and motioned, "Don't be so polite, just call us by name, we will be working together in the future, and we must take care of you."

Yang Cheng followed suit and said politely, "Yes, we can be regarded as making a living under your hands."

"Don't say that, we are just serving and supervising, not caring." Adam Silver did not accept the olive branches thrown by Yang Cheng and Konrad Koch.

Giving up his place of origin, he changed the subject and said, "Let me show you around first? The league headquarters is quite mysterious in the eyes of fans!"

Following in the footsteps of Adam Silver, Yang Cheng and the others visited the office area, the league product area, the staff canteen, the meeting room, the studio and other departments in turn. Every corner was filled with elements of basketball, with Kobe's poster on the wall; The active star wall; various commemorative dolls, star signed basketballs; countless out-of-print photos, autographs, etc., all show that this is the temple of American professional basketball.

Yang Cheng was a little disapproving at first, but with the introduction of the professional commentator, he began to have a strong interest in this league that has lasted for decades. All let this sport surpass ordinary competitive sports, become flesh and blood, have history, and have a future!

In the end, after visiting the souvenir store, Yang Cheng and Conrad were invited by Adam Silver to his office to talk about business.