Chapter 385: Rupert Murdoch
Wan Sheng and Anita hadn't seen each other for nearly three months.
The next morning, the two were dressed up, returned to New York International Airport, and boarded the plane to Los Angeles together.
New York to Los Angeles, almost across the entire United States.
Even if you take a plane, it will take more than five hours, but because there is a three-hour time difference between the two places, after arriving in Los Angeles, you have to subtract the 3-hour time difference, which is equivalent to only 3 hours of flying, but the very scientific 'calculation' is 3 hours, which is still a bit long.
By the time the two arrived in Los Angeles, it was already afternoon.
Wan Sheng and Anita went to the Murdoch family's estate in Los Angeles, which was also their main purpose in Los Angeles - to visit Anita's father, Rupert Murdoch, the legendary head of News Corporation, who is currently recuperating in the Los Angeles estate, where his wife Wendi Deng is also located.
Because of Dundivan, Anita didn't like to come here, she always felt that the woman was greedy for her father's money.
But this time she discussed with Wansheng and wanted to visit Rupert Murdoch, and Rupert Murdoch already knew that she was dating Wansheng and wanted to see this 'prospective son-in-law' together, so the two came according to the plan.
The Murdoch family's estate in Los Angeles is very luxurious and covers a very large area, nearly 500 meters from the entrance to the villa. When he was about to get closer, he ran into Dundivan, who was waiting there.
Dundiwen is less than 40 years old, and he is very young in beautiful clothes.
Wan Sheng looked at Deng Diwen carefully.
The woman also looked only a little older than Anita. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is her sister, but she is Anita's stepmother, and in addition, Rupert Murdoch divorced his ex-wife Anna, that is, Anita's mother, because of Dundevan, no wonder Anita doesn't like her.
After the meeting. Anita ignored Deng Diwen at all and walked straight to the door.
Dundiwen didn't care at all.
Anita is not alone in this family. This is true of her two older brothers, Lachlan and James, and their eldest daughter, Elizabeth, who do not admit that Dundevan is a member of their family.
Wan Sheng nodded politely to Deng Diwen, and said introductoryly, "My name is Wan Sheng." It's Anita's boyfriend. β
"Hello. Wan Sheng, I've heard of you, you're a celebrity in China. β
"Thank you."
Wan Sheng said politely, thinking that the woman in front of him was actually a real legend, because she was known as "a legendary Chinese woman".
Wan Sheng didn't know much about Dundiwen in his previous life, but he remembered one thing: the reason for her divorce from Rupert Murdoch involved British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In other words, this woman may be having an affair with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Of course. This is the speculation of some people on the Internet, what is the specific situation, except for the two parties, no one else knows,.
Wan Sheng just listened to it as a gossip.
He didn't bother to get involved in the Murdoch family's financial disputes, nor was he interested in the relationship between Dundevan and her husband, Rupert, who was 36 years her senior.
Now he's just coming along with Anita to see Rupert Murdoch.
Rupert Murdoch is a legend, but the key is that he is Anita's father, and Wan Sheng wants to marry Anita, preferably if he can get Rupert's blessing.
It can be seen that Rupert is in good spirits.
When he saw Wan Sheng and Anita walking in together, he saw Rupert walking slowly in the living room with the support of the servant, looking very energetic, and when he saw Anita walking in, he came over and smiled, "Annie, you are here." As he spoke, he saw Wan Sheng on the side, and looked at him, "You are Wan Sheng, Annie's boyfriend?" β
Wan Sheng nodded, "Yes, Mr. Murdoch." β
At this time, Dundiwen was also walking in, and saw that the servant was not supporting Rupert, so he hurriedly came over and grabbed his arm, and at the same time complained to the servant, "Why don't you know how to hold Ruper." β
"It's I who don't let them hold it, walk around by yourself, and your health will be better." Rupert explained.
Deng Diwen immediately said, "Then you should also pay attention!" How worried I am if something happens to you! β
"Okay, okay." Rupert smiled in response.
Anita pursed her lips disdainfully and whispered, "Show!" Wan Sheng smiled when he heard this, and didn't say anything.
Helping Rupert to sit on the sofa, Dundewan hurriedly instructed the servant to prepare a drink, and several people sat around the small table and chatted.
Rupert Murdoch is suffering from an illness that he doesn't even know how long he will live, and perhaps the latter's mental torture is the most crucial.
His life was brilliant, but people have old times, and whenever this happens, they think about a lot of things.
For example, his current wife Deng Diwen, Rupert didn't say it, in fact, he also thought in his heart, does this woman really love herself, or does she prefer her career and money?
Another example is the inheritance of children, he will leave a lot of property, these properties must be inherited by several children, so how to distribute the property?
In addition, his two sons are a headache, Lachlan and James are not very capable people, they are not mature enough to control the entire News Corporation, which means that even if he chooses a son as his heir, News Corp. can change significantly.
Under these ideas, Rupert Murdoch is somewhat pessimistic.
These pessimistic thoughts also directly affected the mentality, so Wan Sheng found that Rupert Murdoch was not as strong as the outside world imagined, but like a kind father, he was very happy to see his daughter find a home, and kept asking about the relationship between the two.
During this period, Rupert Murdoch also asked about Wansheng's Tagorewan Group, and talked about it with some puzzlement. "I've always wanted to develop the Chinese market, and you're better at that than I do. But I don't understand why your company. Will you choose to give up your resources in the U.S. and move your headquarters to Hong Kong? And it seems that most of your money has also been transferred to China......"
Rupert Murdoch is puzzled, and it is also what many members of the Tagorewan Group, including Kevin Tagore, are puzzled about.
If someone had a question before, Wansheng would have only said something about strategy or something, but now it's not necessary. He laughed, "Mr. Murdoch, don't you know now?" β
Rupert Murdoch fell silent. Suddenly his eyes widened, and he said in surprise, "Did you already know that the U.S. economy would have problems?" β
When it comes to economic issues, Rupert Murdoch immediately refreshes himself.
The U.S. economy has always been good. But in September, something happened that seemed 'crisis' in the financial industry and top companies. That is, there was a run on the bank, and after that, because the bank could no longer borrow additional funds to repay the debt due in mid-September, and there was no continuous cash injection, its highly leveraged business could not be supported, and soon led to the takeover of the bank.
This is not an isolated case.
Up to now, as many financial people foresaw, the problems of Northern Rock Bank. It has spread to other banks and financial institutions, and some people are even starting to worry. Affected by the incident, will there be a major storm in the US finance?
Some people at the bottom may not have realized anything, but the people at the top already have a bad premonition, and in October, various experts have also begun to evaluate and analyze.
As the head of News Corp., Rupert Murdoch is naturally also very concerned with the economic problems of the United States, which directly affects the operation of News Corp.
Hearing Wan Sheng say this, he immediately realized something.
At the same time, many other ideas are also flooding my mind, such as how to manage the impact of the financial crisis on News Corp., or how to use the financial crisis to acquire some companies? This may also be a good time for News Corp to grow!
If Wan Sheng knew what this 'quasi-father-in-law' was thinking, he would definitely have some emotion, and he was indeed a legend in the world, when he encountered an economic crisis, the first time he didn't think about reducing losses, but thought of taking advantage of the economic crisis to merge other companies...... It's no wonder News Corp is expanding so quickly and has so many large companies under its umbrella.
After that, the two talked about what has happened in the United States recently, some economic problems in the United States and the strategy and direction of the Tagwain Group in China, these topics involve the Tagore Wan Group, but it is generally Rupert Murdoch who is saying, Wan Sheng only occasionally expresses his opinion, but his opinions are all ahead of the previous years, which still makes Rupert Murdoch's eyes shine.
During this period, even Anita just listened and couldn't interject at all, although she served as the CEO of Dow Jones, but in fact, most of it relied on family power, and it had little to do with her own ability.
Now she also supports just doing things.
Perhaps, Rupert Murdoch only regarded Wan Sheng as Anita's boyfriend, prospective fiancΓ©, a fairly successful football coach, after this discussion, he has recognized Wan Sheng's ability, and even considered whether to give up part of News Corp's TV industry in Asia to Tagorewan Group, or Wan Sheng, after Anita got married.
He is very optimistic about this prospective son-in-law.
At the same time, Rupert Murdoch was in a lot more energetic thinking of the economic challenges that the United States was about to face, and he suddenly felt that his energy was again high, and he was still the CEO who could single-handedly control News Corp., rather than an elderly man with a disease.
Rupert Murdoch is clearly quite happy with Wan Sheng.
After dinner, he sent the two to the door, and said to Wan Sheng very seriously, "Anne is my daughter, I believe that her ability is by no means weaker than her two brothers, she will take over some of my inheritance, I hope you can help her." In addition, I hope that you can bring her happiness, can you do it? β
Rupert's unquestionable tone gave people a lot of pressure, but Wan Sheng looked back at his eyes and said firmly, "Please rest assured, I will!" β
Rupert and Wan Sheng looked at each other for a moment and laughed together. (To be continued.) )