Chapter 2714: Continue Digging

Not even Blair expected such a turn.

Murdoch was the first to react. He didn't say anything, and he didn't look very excited. He just gave his wife a wink while drinking, which meant, "You did a great job!"

He looked leisurely and detachedly at Feng Yiping, who was looking at the ceiling, and Sun Zhengyi, who was looking at Feng Yiping.

The main reason why Yahoo was ultimately able to be sold at such a high price was because the two companies competed to raise the price. It was also for this reason that News Corporation was so gorgeous that it was scared off by their arrogance.

But I didn't expect that feng shui would turn so quickly, and such a good thing would happen to me so quickly.

At this time, he couldn't help but look forward to Sun Zhengyi's next offer. Will it be US$250 million, or directly as high as US$300 million a year?

Haha, I am actually very easy to talk to. Whether it is 250 million or 300 million, I have no objection.

The most surprised person was of course Son Zhengyi. He did not expect that Feng Yiping would say such a thing.

Google only gives you US$75 million a year, but you actually say that my US$150 million is too low. Can we be logical?

But he didn't say the words the Murdochs expected.

Why does this scene before my eyes give me a very familiar feeling?

By the way, in the process of bidding for Yahoo, isn't it like this? They kept raising the price with bad intentions, so that they had to spend such a high price to complete the acquisition.

He felt that he had seen through Feng Yiping's tricks, but, do you dream that I will fall in the same pit twice? How can it be!

Didn't you see that my chassis is so low?

With such optimism, he also smiled and picked up the wine glass, "Feng, you have convinced me. I think it should be at least 200 million US dollars,"

"Rupert, I think we should drink to this? Congratulations on your company's new advertising cooperation agreement with Google,"

Murdoch unabashedly showed his displeasure at this time, you actually just... shrunk?

But Sun Zhengyi didn’t seem to notice the owner’s displeasure, “By the way, Feng, have you obtained the authorization from Google for your quotation?”

Murdoch also thought about this key issue, which is why he was so dissatisfied with Son for provoking this topic.

Masayoshi Son can now represent Yahoo, but Feng Yiping obviously cannot represent Google.

"I have never interfered with Google's business operations," Feng Yiping said heartily, you old bastard, you have made progress, but you are not stimulated?

Sun Zhengyi was angry, so wasn’t the offer you just made nonsense?

Can you please stop being so unreasonable?

Feng Yiping quickly clarified his doubts, "The US$200 million I mentioned was only from MySpace's perspective, and was an offer from a partner like Yahoo, not Google."

"I personally think that since the terms of cooperation with Google can be approved by both parties, including Rupert, the amount in the agreement must be very reasonable,"

He first blocked the somewhat dissatisfied Murdoch with words.

When MySpace was choosing an advertising partner, it also talked with Microsoft, but in the end it chose Google. This was naturally because Google had the best overall conditions.

This comprehensive condition, of course, includes not only the cash paid, but also the ability to better increase MySpace's popularity and bring them more users.

"But that doesn't mean it's reasonable for all search engines to offer the same margin,"

"In order to create greater benefits, those search engines with a small market share are likely to put more ads on their pages, which will seriously affect the user experience. In order to prevent this situation, I think, Yahoo, for example, should have paid at least US$200 million for the same agreement,"

Sun Zhengyi couldn't care about how Murdoch and the others felt at this time, because he wanted to vomit blood at this time. Do you have to target me like this?

I didn't want to target you like this, but since you've come to visit me, of course I can't live up to your ardent expectations.

"Rupert, I have to remind you that if you hope to negotiate a new cooperation agreement, you must take into account the future development of the new partner,"

"We all know that although the market is changing rapidly and we face many new challenges every day, at the same time, the conclusion that the strong will always be strong is being recognized by more and more people,"

"This is just like under the impact of the Internet, traditional news newspapers are facing survival problems, but so many newspapers under News Group can still create enviable benefits,"

Murdoch likes to hear this, "We are still acquiring those newspapers,"

Feng Yiping nodded, "That's why you are getting stronger and stronger."

"The same goes for Google. In the field of search, it will only become stronger and stronger. If Google and Microsoft join forces in search, it will inevitably seriously affect other third parties,"

Son Zhengyi couldn't sit still.

"Originally, it would be difficult for such a situation to occur, but for reasons that everyone knows, the cooperation between Google and Microsoft in related fields is gradually becoming a fact with the tacit understanding of both parties,"

It's now, and he's not afraid that Son Zhengyi will know about it.

He also believes that Son Zhengyi should be mentally prepared for this.

Murdoch nodded. He was a little dissatisfied at first, but now he agreed with Feng Yiping's statement.

As the most successful project of News Corporation in the Internet field, he attaches great importance to MySpace. He does not want to affect the development of MySpace because of excessive pursuit of benefits.

Frankly speaking, for News Corporation's annual revenue of more than 20 billion and close to 30 billion, whether MySpace earns an extra 100 million in advertising cooperation is not very important.

Whether MySpace can continue to develop at a high speed is the most critical.

He does not want the hard-won good situation in the Internet field, which will definitely make his old rival Comcast angry, just like those investments that were hot-headed during the Internet bubble, which eventually became a bubble.

"Sun, thank you very much for your proposal. I also hope that we can cooperate in more aspects in the future. I also believe that we can reach cooperation in many aspects, but in the advertising cooperation of MySpace, our agreement with Google has not expired, so there is no idea of ​​readjusting it for the time being,"

"But Feng," he looked at Feng Yiping, "I also think that according to our current development trend, the amount of our agreement next year should be more reasonable,"

"Of course, I suggest that you can let them talk to Schmidt about this issue now," Feng Yiping was very straightforward.

Because he knew very well that the future development of MySpace would not be much better than that of Yahoo, which was acquired by Softbank.

MySpace's current success does not mean that News Corporation has made great progress in the Internet field. The problems they had before still exist.

For example, in terms of management, the problem is not just the scandal between Chris DeWolfe, one of the founders of MySpace, and a notorious person like Paris Hilton. The internal fighting between the two founders, between the two founders and the head of the parent company Fox Interactive Media, and between the head of Fox Interactive Media and the top management of News Corporation... will not be much better than Twitter.

And because they followed Facebook's footsteps too much, they also downplayed the music characteristics on which they originally relied, which is tantamount to self-destruction.

Sandberg and others predict that this year should be a watershed in the development of MySpace. By next year, once the development speed slows down, many problems that were originally covered up will gradually appear one by one.

It is estimated that by then, it will be difficult for any institution to give a share price of 10 billion US dollars again.

So, just talk about it. No matter how high the amount is, if the relevant indicators are not met, you will not get a high income in the end.

But he still had some regrets. He originally wanted to follow Son's intention and trick him again, that is, let him represent Yahoo and reach an advertising agreement with MySpace with a higher deposit.

As a result, this old guy actually became a turtle.

He was a little unwilling, so he added, "Google will definitely pay enough attention to such an important customer. If there is a chance, I will also raise this issue with them."

Hearing his words, Son's eyes moved again.

He stood up, "Rupert, Yahoo will soon bring enough surprises to everyone in many aspects. I hope that we can have more in-depth cooperation in more aspects by then."

"Madam, thank you for your warm hospitality,"

It seems that Feng Yiping has no intention of easing relations with him at all, and the Murdoch couple, as the host, are obviously on Feng Yiping's side. He is also a very proud person. Since there is no point in staying any longer, why stay here?

It's better to go home.

This time, Feng Yiping had to stand up as well.

"Feng," Son turned to him, "Are we going to do this every time we meet in the future?"

Oh my gosh!

Feng Yiping wanted to rub the goose bumps on his arms. Who are you to say something so ambiguous?

"This is not a problem, because I think we won't have many opportunities to meet in the future, right!"