Among the five major business news networks in Japan, Asahi TV ranks fourth. SoftBank and Sony, Star TV bought 21.4% of Asahi TV's stock, becoming the largest shareholder of Asahi TV in one fell swoop.

Shocked the entire Japanese press!

The strong alliance between the three is an extremely rare business practice in Japan, a country that has always been closed.

Software Bank has just been listed and is in the limelight. Masayoshi Son took the lead in holding the press conference, which is also the fundamental reason why Sony and Star TV want to join the group.

Software Banking and Masayoshi Son must be considered an anomaly in Japanese business society. Compared with traditional aristocratic families, Masayoshi Son's rise is like the monkey popping out of the Sky Stone.

Pushing him and SoftBank to the front stage is undoubtedly an excellent target to share firepower.

The technology upstart has mastered traditional media, which is definitely a big news in the Japanese press, so that Sony and Star TV, both partners were ignored by some Japanese media intentionally or unintentionally.

They only regard these two parties as business partners who were brought to help the boxing by Masayoshi Son.

After the press conference, many people in the press expressed concerns about SoftBank's investment in Asahi TV, while Masayoshi Son repeatedly emphasized through the media that it would not affect the content of Asahi TV's program after becoming a major shareholder.

He is concerned about new communication technology and has no interest in the content of the program.

But even so, the turmoil in the Japanese press could not be calmed down.

On the second day of the press conference, the Yomiuri Shimbun, the largest circulation in Japan, published an article saying: "SoftBank controls Asahi TV to break the country's closeness to Japan's radio and television!"

After SoftBank held a press conference, Tao Yushu stayed in Japan for another week. The first purpose was to observe the social reaction of Japan's Skyline Broadcasting Corporation after it acquired a stake in Asahi TV.

It seems that Masayoshi Son is still easy to use, and Sony and Star TV have not received much attention in this wave of public opinion.

Her second self-employed person in Japan was to establish Star TV. Sony is now the second largest shareholder of Lin's Pictures, and Lin's Pictures is also the largest shareholder of Star TV.

With Sony, the "leader" helping, things have become much easier.

But Star TV is launched in Japan, which is definitely not like Southeast Asian countries, just to replace the original program with subtitles and voice, and then simply make some localized programs.

After all, this is the second largest single market in the world, so we should still give enough respect.

Skyline Broadcasting Corporation only used 41.75 billion yen, or approximately US$417.5 million in acquisition of Asahi TV.

With a business worth more than $400 million, Star TV, SoftBank and Sony jointly dispatched, it would be a bit of a waste of money.

In fact, becoming a major shareholder of Asahi TV is only the first step for the three companies to jointly enter the Japanese TV industry. The localization and localization of Star TV are what they value more.

To this end, the three companies will invest another US$420 million to help Star TV Japanese company land in Japan, and will launch TV channels including information channels, movie channels, music channels, sports channels, geographic channels and other TV channels, which is almost equivalent to replicating a Star TV Japanese branch.

The investment was 837.5 million yuan, and the three companies were evenly distributed, and Star TV would invest about US$280 million.

It is a bit difficult for Star TV today, but fortunately, a considerable number of these funds are left hand and right hand.

Although Star TV's implementation is mainly localized, several channels are released together, and a large number of external program resources and program copyrights are required. The copyright library of Star TV and Lin's Film is naturally an important source.

The landing of Starry Sky TV cannot be completed in a short period of time. After the general direction and plan are determined, the rest is what the subordinates need to be busy, so Tao Yushu is ready to fly back to Xiangjiang.

"Teacher Lin!" Before boarding the plane, Lai Wanqin handed Tao Yushu a newspaper.

There are international newspapers and magazines in Haneda Airport's bookstore. Lai Wanqin handed over a copy of the Boston Herald, which came only three days ago.

"Beware the Chinese CapitalTakeover of Hollywood".

The huge title is placed on the front page, which is extremely eye-catching.

Translated into Chinese is probably "Beware of Chinese capital invasion of Hollywood".

Tao Yushu's mouth showed a disdainful smile, "Is this so angry that he is embarrassed?"

The Boston Herald was once brilliant in the 1980s, setting a record high of 800,000 daily sales.

Unfortunately, it was later on the decline and was acquired by Murdoch's News Corporation.

After acquiring the Boston Herald, Murdoch made drastic reforms to the newspaper, which is the "lower three-way" strategy he is good at.

The sales of newspapers have improved after the reform, but they have also added the nickname "Juggling News".

At the same time, with the help of News Corp., the Boston Herald has also expanded its overseas distribution channels, which is why Tao Yushu was able to see this newspaper at Yuyou Airport.

"You intercepted Asahi TV and even Masayoshi Son came over. It was normal for him to be angry, but that's all." Lai Fangqin said in a compliment.

Tao Yushu put away the smile on his lips and said seriously: "News Corporation has a strong root in the United States, so how can it be so easy to deal with?"

Murdoch has been deeply engaged in the United States for many years and has mastered the St. Anthony Express and the Boston Herald.

Many newspapers and magazines such as "Chicago Sun", "New York", "Voice of the Country", and "Star".

The most important thing is that Fox TV now has a vague trend of running side by side with the three major American TV networks.

Once such a powerful public opinion matrix is ​​exerted, the pressure the Lin family in the United States will inevitably be huge.

"This has verified your foresight. To introduce Sony as a partner, CBS is equivalent to becoming our public opinion weapon."

Tao Yushu shook his head, "Natural!"

"CBS has limited help to us, and it is always easier to destroy than to build."

After saying this, Tao Yushu looked at the plane that was taxiing outside the window, "The ironwork must be strong himself!

It is almost midsummer in July when I return to Xiangjiang again.

When Tao Yushu arrived home, there was laughter and joy in the villa No. 75 Shenshuiwan Road. Du Feng and Chen Lan were visiting at home.

Chen Lan is now 7 months pregnant, and she has to stuff some food into her mouth with her big belly from time to time.

"It's really possible that he's a kid so much," she said with some worries.

After this summer vacation, Dongdong is about to enter the middle school stage. He is only 12 years old and has reached 165.

When I was a child, my round figure also lost weight. I inherited my mother's excellent genes and had a bit of a handsome guy's potential between my eyebrows.

However, although people grow up, their personality is becoming more and more rebellious. In Lin Chaoyang's words, they call cats and dogs all day long, and they can't stay idle like monkeys.

When I was a child, I could still use sticks to educate me. Now I am old and I am not afraid of being beaten a few times. I even dare to show off after eating the belt.

Especially compared with the well-behaved and cute Yan Yan, it is simply disgusting.

Looking at such a naughty child, Chen Lan is now extremely resistant to having a son.

It’s better for a daughter. Her daughter is a caring little cotton jacket. She knows cold and heat and will hurt people.

"It's the same for a boy or a girl!" Du Feng said happily.

Chen Lan gave him a blank look and felt that he was sure that his son would say that because he was sure that his belly was his son.

Du Feng has been in a good mood recently, on the one hand, because Chen Lan is pregnant, and on the other hand, because of the successful listing of Asia and Europe.

On March 15, Asia and Europe were officially listed on the Stock Exchange, with the listing set a stock price of 3.4 yuan per share, and 212 million shares were allocated to the public, raising a total of HK$720.8 million.

On the day of listing, as a rare joint venture private enterprise in Hong Kong stocks in Hong Kong, Asia and Europe stocks were enthusiastically sought after by the market. The stock price once broke through 6 yuan and finally closed at 5.2 yuan per share, with a market value of HK$5.5 billion.

In just one day, the value of the stocks in Du Feng's hands soared from 1.8 billion to 2.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, which was faster than robbing the bank, which naturally made him feel overjoyed.

Fortunately, the company's stock price has risen and fallen in the past few months, and he has gradually woken up from the initial excitement and satisfaction and devoted his energy to the main business.

During this period, he has been in contact with supermarkets and enterprises in Xiangjiang.

He wants to build a shopping mall like Walmart, but he has neither experience nor management team nor supply chain.

The best way is to find a master first.

It just so happens that Xiangjiang's supermarket industry has considerable advantages in this regard.

Nowadays, local supermarkets in Xiangjiang are led by Huikang and Baijia, which is a chain supermarket of Jardine Mahjong and Baijia, and Baijia is a chain supermarket of Watsons, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa.

Unfortunately, these two companies had already laid out the mainland market as early as the 1980s, one targeted the factory and the other targeted the self-market in Shanghai.

However, the development speed of both companies in the mainland is not fast, which can be regarded as giving Du Feng a chance.

"Huikang's attitude is not very positive and he looks down on my small workshop. Baijia has some ideas, but he always wants to make money by making money. He doesn't want to invest too much, and wants to take a share." Du Feng said with a headache.

"If you want to find a master, you always have to pay the tuition. Although I don't know much about the supermarket industry, supply chain management must be an extremely important thing. It is always a good thing to have their management experience to learn from," said Tao Yushu.

Du Fengshou said, "I understand the truth. I am afraid that the tuition will be in vain. Their business scope is limited to Xiangjiang, Wandao and Southeast Asia. They have no experience in a wide environment like the mainland. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart ignored me.

Du Feng wanted to find a master, and the first one to target was a world-class company like Walmart, the United States and Love in France. Unfortunately, multinational companies are proud of now and don’t even look at Du Feng at all.

Then he settled on the second best to lock his light on the supermarkets and enterprises in Xiangjiang.

He thought about it for a long time, just to ask Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu to give him an idea and who should cooperate with.

"You decide this kind of thing yourself, we can't help."

Tao Yushu's opinions made Du Feng a little disappointed. During this period, he had been talking about Tao Yushu's tiger skin, otherwise he would not have been able to get in touch with the Milk Company and Watsons.

"Then let's work with Baijia. They are now exploring the super square model, and I'll try it out in the mainland." Du Feng finally made the decision.

After dinner, Du Feng and Chen Lan left. Lin Chaoyang got into the study. Tao Yushu learned that he was going to write a new book, so he asked happily.

"What are you going to write about this book?"

"Writing about the events of the 20 years before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the war of warlords, the war of resistance against Japan, the war of liberation, and a group of people split up because of different beliefs, and the story of incompatibility of water and fire."

Lin Chaoyang briefly narrated the central idea of ​​the story, and Tao Yushu pondered and said, "The pattern is very big!"

"It's useless to just have a big pattern, so you still have to start from the details. I often call your uncle these days, and the material is still a bit lacking."

Tao Yushu teased and said, "It's not okay to make a phone call, you have to talk about this kind of thing in person. When you go back and invite him to have a meal, let him call all the old buddies in the army, so that they can have enough materials."

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "It's a headache to have too much material. Most of the things your uncle said to me cannot be written."
To be continued...