American Fortune Life

“Good evening, Robert. Am I interrupting your rest? ”

Andy lay on his boss's chair, his feet on the desk in the study, his cell phone, and smiled.

“ Hello, Andy. It's almost noon over there. Call me this time. ”

To be honest, Robert Murdoch really didn't like dealing with the little fox who had pitted him, Andy Smith. Murdoch, while acknowledging Andy's genius and abilities, didn't like him at all, but, as it turns out, he was a man in a river and lake, Murdoch as an old fox clearly knew that business competition was business competition, and that he lived in the same class, no matter how much he didn't like each other, at least in his face.

And Murdoch didn't want Andy Smith to be hostile. After all, Andy was too young, especially with his family background, his personal abilities, and his established media empire, so long as Andy Smith didn't die himself, I'm afraid, in a few years, a generation of newcomers would really, as the media put it, replace an old man who was his age and crown the media.

Thinking of his own children, Murdoch was really a little worried about the future of his own news group, the battleship, especially now that there was a greedy, bloodthirsty little wolf, he didn't believe that the only hungry wolf that had grown slowly would keep his side, after all, the market was so big.

Over the past period, NBC TV has begun to rebound, squeezing the market share of several other TV stations. By April, News Group's operating revenue over the past six months had been $30.4 billion, with a net loss of $3.3 billion, a decrease of $8.7 billion year-on-year. Although News Group's loss was mainly due to asset impairment, some $4.6 billion of this was the impairment of intangible assets in the television business, and the market was so large that, combined with the financial crisis, advertising revenue could not support the growing cost of producing or purchasing programmes, and the audience's attention had been fragmented, and they would not have been loyal to one channel at all. They were loyal to only one brand of the show, while NBC's skimming money had been thrown into the production of television dramas, forcing other TV stations to compete with NBC.

It's the wolf!

“Ha ha, nothing really, it's just that I heard you were interested in selling a private island, which I'm ready to buy as a birthday gift for Ivana and a birthday gift for the baby... ”

“Selling islands? Which one?” Murdoch had a bit of an unexpected fox question on his phone.

“Lanai, Hawaii.” Andy was lying with his eyes open.

“Oh, Andy, this joke is not funny, it's not for sale.” Sitting in a nightgown on a chair in the study, Murdoch smiled lightly with a cigar, squinting his eyes, as if they were mint-green and clear waters, white and sparkling white sand beaches in the sun, warm grass skirts and high and low volcanoes. He remembered the fantastic scenery of the Gulf of Horop, often with dolphins flying out in the water, joining hands with Wendy to admire the spectacular sunset scene and indulge in memories.

Lanai lives on its own in the “Garden of God”. As the smallest island in the Hawaiian Islands, Lanai is a quiet tropical paradise that preserves a great deal of indigenous culture. Covering an area of 365 square kilometres, Lanai was owned and developed in 1985 by a multimillionaire Murdoch company.

Famous for its pineapple grounds, Lanai now has two four-season hotel resorts, a golf course and luxury homes with its own wind farm. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, booked all hotel rooms on the island when he got married in 1994 because the island was secluded enough.

If there really is such a place in the world, then crowning the island of Lanai with this reputation is absolutely no less!

“Half a billion dollars! ”

Instead of caring about Murdoch's rejection, Andy smiled faintly and directly exposed a price that made Murdoch hesitate.

“I went to Lanai once before, and Ivana loved the tranquil surroundings and the relaxing pace of life there, which was unparalleled at home. ”

“ ”

Andy still had a smile on his face and waited quietly for Murdoch on the other side of the phone to respond. He did not interrupt the old fox's thought and balance. He knew that even if he exposed the price, the old fox would not immediately agree to it. A businessman, even if he had a relationship, would maximize his interests, let alone have no relationship between them, but rather be in a competitive relationship.

“Andy, you know you're not the only one interested in Lanai, Bill and his wife are very interested in Lanai. After all, there are their most precious memories, and I've been asked more than once, and Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. is even more interested in Lanai, and almost every time he meets, he asks... ”

“Oh, Robert, maybe Bill Gates really wanted to buy Lanai, but he didn't necessarily pay that price. As for that Mr. Ellison, I'm afraid he didn't intend to buy Lanai, but just to clog Bill Gates, whether Bill treats Lanai as a blessing or Ellison's contention, how much sincerity he has in buying Lanai, I'm sure you know better than I do.

Robert, the price I'm offering is definitely a very good deal, and I'm going to continue to develop Lanai, and you can keep a piece of Lanai land, and besides, only 98% of the ownership of Lanai belongs to you, and 2% to the government, right? ”

Murdoch has been shaken by Andy's words at this moment, mainly because the price is really moving, with only 98% ownership of the $500 million seat, and 3,000 Native islands, and undoubtedly only a wealthy, discretionary guy like Andy Smith would want it.

It inevitably reminds him of a story he had seen some time ago about Andy's massive purchase of real estate land around the world, a little fox whose interest in land and real estate was not general and ambitious, to say the least.

According to reports, Andy purchased nearly a third of 70 Malibu mansions at once!

Not only did he quietly buy 24 millionaires, 12 of which were more situated on the carbon beach known as "Billionaire Beach”, valued at $120 million, but it was astonishing because the 12 mansions were situated next to each other on a beach, that is, he not only bought the mansion, but also came with an entire beach, making the entire Malibu Carbon Beach his private beach.

In the words of a real estate manager in Malibu, “That's the only number of seats in the front row. If you choose the best quality property in the best location, it is essentially a good investment. This is the opportunity Andy Smith sees. A talented investment perspective... ”

That doesn't include Andy's massive sweep houses in major international cities around the world, cities like London, Kyocho, HK, and so on, just as the dollar in his hand is a wastepaper, insane sweep.

That's why Andy Smith was described by The Wall Street Journal as "America's Most Fantastic Buyer of Luxury Homes”!

“Well, Andy, your love for Ivana is touching and enviable, and as a friend, I'm willing to make this beautiful, but I need to think about it, you know, Lanai is just a development tourism project under my real estate company, and I need more information, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can, okay? ”

“Of course, Robert, I would like to state that $500 million is the only and final offer. ”

“Huh. I know, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. ”

“Oh, well, I'll wait for your good news, I'll take good care of Lanai and preserve her primitive beauty, rich natural landscape and landscape to the fullest, and still open my arms at all times, waiting for you to explore its different beauty and enjoy the purest travel time.” Andy smiled and twisted.

“We'll talk about it later, then, good night. ”

“Good night. ”

Phone hangs up.

“Old fox! Little fox! ”