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It was a wave of unrest. Just as the iPhone 1 became popular all over the world, there was suddenly news that Henry was going to buy the European media giant Bertelsmann Group, and the sky-high price of 100 billion U.S. dollars!

However, the acquisition of Bertelsmann is real, but the $100 billion is purely a random fabrication by the media, and Bertelsmann Group simply cannot be worth the price. Smith actually offered Bertelsmann a $30 billion purchase price! Although Bertelsmann Group is one of the world's top 500 companies with a history of more than 170 years, the ranking of the top 500 companies is at the back of the crane, and its revenue has not exceeded 20 billion US dollars. In recent years, due to Affected by the Internet, Bertelsmann Group’s performance has gradually declined. If it does not make changes, it will have to fall out of the top 500 companies in a few years.

This time, Henry suddenly sent someone to ask for the acquisition of Bertelsmann. This made Bertelsmann feel that it was an opportunity. Henry Williams is a recognized hegemon in the Internet field, and it is also Bertelsmann’s key breakthrough for the transformation of the digital industry. ! So the two sides hit it off, Bertelsmann immediately terminated the cooperation with Sony and began negotiations with Smith, the representative sent by Henry. Among them, Sony seemed very pitiful and sad. It took a lot of effort to actively "pursue" Bertelsmann, but when the two sides were only close to the last base, they were suddenly "green". Are you sad or not? !

Some time later, at 10 o'clock in the morning on November 1, 2003, Bertelsmann Group held a press conference at its headquarters to announce that Bertelsmann accepted the acquisition of Williams Royal Investment Company and was willing to sell 80% of its shares!

After the news, the global book and music market was shocked and panicked!

Amazon was originally the largest retail bookstore on the Internet. Now that Henry Williams has acquired Bertelsmann, then Bertelsmann’s Random Bookstore, the world’s largest popular book publishing group, and Gunayar, the largest publisher of periodicals and magazines in Europe, belong to Henry. Naturally, Amazon’s competitiveness in the book industry will be further strengthened in the future.

As for the music market, websites and Tiantian music software have already occupied about 55% of the market share of Internet music. The emergence of the iPhone has caused the iTunes store’s market share to skyrocket, and the entire Internet music sales channel has almost been lost to Henry. · Williams is monopolized by one person. However, this kind of dominance is definitely not what other record companies want to see. Therefore, they actively support other music playback software to fight against it. Many music has imposed copyright restrictions on websites, Tiantian Music and iTunes! Before the acquisition of Bertelsmann, the same was true for BMG Records. As a result, many users complained that some of the songs found are copyright restrictions and cannot be played, which is really uncomfortable!

BMG Records has now been acquired by Henry, and naturally a large number of songs can be lifted. On the one hand, it solved the problem of the source of songs; on the other hand, it caused a crack in the alliance of record companies. With BMG Records taking the lead, many record companies have followed suit. Of course, the other four major record companies must still insist on some song copyright restrictions. If they are all opened, then the music software under Henry's name will really become the dominant one. If the sales channels are controlled by one person, then the right to speak and bargaining power is not the judgment of others, and the four major record companies are not so stupid!

As one of the world's five largest record companies, BMG Records is naturally powerful, has signed many well-known singers, and owns a large number of song copyrights! Therefore, when the news that a large number of songs were lifted in iTunes, the sales of iPhone1 smartphones increased in vain, suddenly rising to 2 million units. Before that, sales had stabilized, with only 100,000 sales per day. station!

So far, more than 35 million iPhone1 smart phones have been sold, which has become a miracle in business history! Since Henry delisted Apple, the outside world has no idea about Apple's revenue and profits. An 8GB version of iPhone1 is priced at US$599, with a net profit of US$300; ​​a 16GB version of iPhone1 is priced at US$699, with a net profit of US$345; 32GB version of the supreme local tyrant iPhone1 is priced at US$1499, with a net profit of US$780! Together, they made a total of $11.5 billion. However, this is only the profit of mobile phone hardware...

AppStore and iTunes also have a lot of income. After sharing with third parties, Apple makes 2.5 billion US dollars.

In fact, this is only the revenue related to the iPhone1 mobile phone. The hot sale of the iPhone1 has also driven the sales of iPods, MacBooks, iMacs and other products. The total of all Apple products, together, should have earned nearly 16 billion U.S. dollars in October. The monthly net profit is so high, I am afraid no one will believe it! ! !

Based on the idea of ​​making a fortune in a muffled voice, Henry decided to keep a low profile. If he let users know that Apple has made so much money on them, he would definitely be upset.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about listing Apple?"

Willett sighed in a shocked tone, "Apple is so profitable, the market value will definitely be very high!!!"

"Yes!" Henry thought for a while, nodded, "Williams Empire does not have a stock exchange. When everything is on the right track in the Empire, I will ask someone to establish a'Digo Exchange' in Digo, and then let Apple The company was listed on the Digo Exchange, making this first shot!!!"

"Well, with Apple's current profitability, it will definitely get off to a good start!"

"Yes, there is no doubt about it, no matter where it is listed, it will be sought after by countless people! But..." Henry paused, staring into the distance, and said lightly, "I want the Digo Exchange to develop into For the second Nasdaq, just one Apple company is far from enough. At that time, I intend to let many companies under my name be listed on the Digo Exchange one by one. With the support of these companies, the Digo Exchange will definitely It can develop and grow to become one of the largest stock markets in the world, and at the same time make the city of Diego one of the international financial centers!"

"In addition, after the company goes public, the stock price will inevitably rise, and most of the people who buy the stock should be citizens of the Williams Empire, and it can be regarded as a welfare for them!" Henry said.

"Your Majesty, this is to hide wealth from the people!"

"Yes!" Henry nodded and smiled.

When Henry was talking with Willett, the British Pearson Education Group took the initiative to send a request to Bertelsmann Group, hoping to merge its Penguin Publishing Group and Random House!

The rise of the Internet has severely impacted the paper book market. Both Random House and Penguin Publishing Group are going downhill. Now that Random House has found a buyer, it will also use Henry's Internet resources to transform the digital industry. Pearson Education Group, also a world publishing giant, what will it do in the future?

After the launch of the iPhone1 smart phone, Pearson Education Group found that more and more people are reading e-books through iBooks. Once smart phones become popular in the future, it will greatly squeeze the survival market of paper books. Pearson Education Group discovered this. After that, I deeply felt the coming of the crisis! Ever since, Pearson Education Group finally came up with a merger between Penguin Publishing Group and Random House to resolve this crisis!

Smith called Henry immediately to reflect the situation.

"Your Majesty, Pearson Education Group offered to us to merge Penguin Publishing Group and Random House, do you think...?" Smith asked.

Henry heard the words, he couldn't help but was stunned. He still remembers that "Harry Potter" was published for him by Penguin Publishing Group!

"Forget the merger, the British Pearson Education Group seems to be the world's largest education and training group, you bought it directly for me!!!" Henry smiled in his heart after finishing saying it, it was really "sheep into the tiger's mouth", you don't mention Penguin The merger of the Publishing Group and Random House, I really didn't think of buying you!

Pearson Education Group is much better than New Oriental. It is the world's leading education group with a history of more than 150 years. It is committed to providing educators and students of all ages with high-quality educational content and educational information technology. , Testing and assessment, professional certification, and all education-related services. Pearson Education has spread to more than 60 countries around the world, ranking first in the world in many fields such as higher education, primary and secondary education, English education, professional publishing, examination and evaluation, and online education, helping more than 100 million people around the world receive education and training .

For the sake of the education of the Williams Empire, it seems imperative to acquire Pearson Education Group! The current scale of New Oriental is still small, and it cannot provide too many talents for the Williams Empire. Pearson Education Group is more mature, larger in scale, and more effective.

"Han Xin orders soldiers, the more the better." Henry is not stingy about his investment in education.

"Smith, what is the market value of Pearson Education Group?" Henry asked.

"Pearson Group is one of the world's leading publishing and media giants. Its subsidiaries include the world's largest education publishing group (Pearson Education), Penguin Publishing Group, the famous Financial Times Group and the famous Economist Group, with 65 companies worldwide. There are more than 30,000 employees in countries and regions. Pearson Group is world-renowned for having the richest intellectual property rights and high-quality publications. Annual sales of more than 7 billion US dollars, so we give a valuation of 15 billion US dollars ."

Smith added, "Your Majesty, the "Financial Times" ranked first in the November 2003 evaluation of the world's most influential media, and even the "Wall Street Journal" is not behind!"

Henry nodded. Wall Street has the "Wall Street Journal". If Diego has the "Financial Times", the future will play a very important role in the development of the Digo Exchange!

"Then fully acquire Pearson Education Group at a premium of US$2 billion!!!" Henry said lightly, but his tone was full of domineering.

"Yes!"

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Pearson Education Group was very depressed. It planned to merge its Penguin Publishing House with Random House, but unexpectedly it attracted Henry Williams' attention and sent someone to buy him!

Pearson Group urgently convened a board of directors.

At the meeting, a director said: “The Internet is a major trend. If the Pearson Group wants to maintain strong development, it must transform its core education publishing business to digital transformation and invest heavily in emerging markets! Obviously, Henry Williams Both are accounted for! With the help of Henry Williams, the digital transformation of Pearson Education will be very easy, and the Williams Empire and the backwardness of education in Africa are our emerging markets!!!"

"You are right, if it is a cooperation, we are naturally very willing, but Henry Williams wants to buy us wholly!" Another director frowned and said.

As soon as the words were finished, the audience suddenly became quiet.

"However, the price offered by the other party is fair, if you want to sell it!"

"Let's not talk about selling. After all, Pearson Group is a British group with a history of more than 150 years. How can it be sold so easily?!"

"That depends on who it is sold to! Although Henry Williams is the king of the Williams Empire, he is also an Englishman. He is the pride of our British people. Pearson Group sold him to him, or may become a historical The first company to enter the world's top 500 as the education industry, and benefit more people with education! Therefore, if everyone really does it for education and not for money, I think the Pearson Group should be sold to Henry. Williams!!!" A forty or fifty-year-old man with glasses stood up suddenly and said loudly to everyone.

After hearing this, everyone could not help but discuss in a low voice.

Half an hour later, an old man in his seventies who was sitting in the first suddenly said, "Krofts is right~lightnovelpub.net~ We do education, not for money, but for education! The purpose of the Pearson Group is to'help everyone to achieve their best potential', so to help more people, I am willing to sell the Pearson Group!!! What's more, the other party bought the Pearson Group at a premium and did not treat us badly. On the contrary, Pearson Group is facing the problem of declining performance..."

The old man is Lance Heschlett, chairman of the Pearson Group, holds 15% of the shares and is the largest shareholder of the group. Moreover, his prestige in the group was very high. As soon as he spoke, many people calmed down and could not help but rethink and change their decisions.

"Everyone, let's vote, and the party with more shares will decide the fate of the group!" Lance Heschlett said solemnly.

"Just as Mr. Heschlett said, vote for it!" Crofts stroked his glasses and said loudly, "I support it, sell it to Pearson Group!"

"I am opposed to selling Pearson Group..."

"..."

At this moment, Smith was sitting on the sand in the reception room of the Pearson Group headquarters to rest, with a cigarette in his mouth, swallowing clouds, and acting calmly. A few minutes later, the door of the reception room opened, and Lance Hurschlet walked in first, "Mr. Smith, after we voted, we are willing to sell the Pearson Group to His Majesty King Henry Williams..." Lance Hurschlet smiled, and said to Smith in full aura.

(To be continued.)

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