Chapter 193: The First Purchase (Part 1)
If others don’t like Hong Kong Island Daily, it doesn’t mean that Huo Wenjun doesn’t like it. In his opinion, Hong Kong Island Daily is still very valuable and helps his follow-up actions.
First of all, the Hong Kong Island Daily has a very old qualification. It can be said to be a veteran newspaper in the Hong Kong Island newspaper industry. No matter how it changes in the future, this qualification will be recorded in the history of the newspaper's development, which is considered to be a bit profound.
Secondly, it is also because Hong Kong Island Daily has a long experience. Although it has declined and its previous channels have disappeared a lot, it is undeniable that Hong Kong Island Daily still has some channels, which are still very helpful for distribution. At least it is much easier than it takes time and effort to start from scratch.
Furthermore, Hong Kong Island Daily has another advantage, which is that the newspaper itself has a printing factory, and does not need to hand over the newspaper to other printing factories for printing, which can reduce costs and speed up efficiency.
Although Huo Wenjun has cooperation with the printing factory in Malacca, it is just a small and medium-sized printing factory with limited daily printing volume. Just three magazines including "Fengqing" have already occupied most of them. If you want to take into account the newspaper, you will inevitably be a little stretched.
Moreover, Huo Wenjun is ambitious. For him, he either doesn't do it or does it, or he has to do it as much as the first-class newspaper of the Sing Tao Daily. In this way, hundreds of thousands of copies of the printing volume will inevitably require a large printing factory to meet it.
Secondly, the printing factory did not belong to Huo Wenjun after all. As the magazine grew bigger and bigger, and with the newspapers in the future, in order to avoid possible troubles, Huo Wenjun must prepare for the future and put the control of a completely own printing factory on the agenda. Besides, he now has enough funds to support this goal.
Although many machines in the Hong Kong Island Daily have been discontinued, they can be used again. A little maintenance cost is no more than a drop in the bucket for Huo Wenjun today. Moreover, there is enough land near the printing factory, which is completely enough for later expansion.
Finally, it is also the point that Huo Wenjun values the most, that is people! In his eyes, the employees in Hong Kong Island Daily are very valuable!
The sales of Hong Kong Island Daily are not good, and the employees are not responsible at all, but in Huo Wenjun's view, the main reason is still due to the helmsman of the newspaper. Without a good leader, the upper limit of the development of a newspaper is destined to be unlucky.
This is true for the Hong Kong Island Daily. Huo Wenjun carefully analyzed and found that a large part of the reason why this newspaper could not rise is that it is not good at the helm and has little to do with its employees.
On the contrary, as a veteran newspaper, the employees in it are considered veterans in the industry and generally have considerable experience and abilities, which is very rare.
Since that's the case, it's easy to deal with. Huo Wenjun is full of confidence and he will definitely be able to do better than the previous operators of the Hong Kong Island Daily.
Moreover, the magazine's business has now been on track, so Huang Zhan can serve as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, and he is capable enough to do it.
Once this problem is solved, the value of employees can be exerted. No matter in any industry, a group of veterans who have been in the industry for many years is a rare asset.
Having rich experience and being able to execute his orders without fail is what Huo Wenjun values the most, and the others are not that important. He doesn't need them to be the editor-in-chief or the boss's work. As long as he can perform his own duties, it will be OK for Huo Wenjun.
In addition to the connections accumulated by these veteran qualifications, when the newspaper expands in the future, their value can be exerted, and they can quickly help the newspaper poach people, keep up with the expansion speed of newspapers, and minimize the risk of expansion leading to the unstable foundation of the newspaper.
So in Huo Wenjun's view, there are many benefits to acquire Hong Kong Island Daily!
Of course, he doesn't believe that no one has seen the advantages of Hong Kong Island Daily for so many years, but why did no one buy it?
It’s nothing more than that no one has the confidence to buy Hong Kong Island Daily and can guarantee its rise!
Since it is impossible to guarantee that the Hong Kong Island Daily can rise, the above potential advantages cannot be utilized at all. Thinking about it is a waste of thought. You can only watch it, and there is only a treasure mountain in front of you and you can do nothing.
but!
Others have no confidence, but Huo Wenjun has complete confidence!
Whether it is his unique golden finger or his vision and insight beyond the times, he can give him trump cards that others cannot match, and these trump cards are his confidence, which is enough to fully tap the potential value of Hong Kong Island Daily.
Moreover, according to Huo Wenjun's calculations, including the land and machinery of the printing factory, the overall value of the Hong Kong Island Daily is about 3 million yuan. Considering that the boss is eager to sell it, there is no need for a premium, Huo Wenjun is confident that he can buy it at a value of 2.5 million yuan.
The value of the same thing is completely different in the eyes of people with different resources, and this is the case with the Hong Kong Island Daily.
As the saying goes, his arsenic, my honey!
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Liu Botao is the third boss of Hong Kong Island Daily, and he only has elementary school education and has come out to work hard early.
With his courage to fight and hard work and a little luck, he made a little money in business, so he thought about climbing to a higher level. After being guided by someone, he acquired the Hong Kong Island Daily, hoping to improve his level through newspapers.
This is exactly the same as Huo Wenjun's idea, but unfortunately he is not the protagonist. What's sad is that he has the illusion that he is the protagonist.
The result can naturally be imagined.
Liu Botao was very confident at first, fantasizing that the Hong Kong Island Daily could rise again in his hands, and then he became famous, achieved his goals, successfully entered the upper class of society, expanded his network of contacts, and then his business grew bigger and bigger, becoming a tycoon.
It’s a pity that ideals are full, but reality is too skinny!
After struggling for several years, he found that the development of the facts was very different from what he thought, and in the end he could only slowly accept the reality. The Hong Kong Island Daily could not help him achieve his life goals in his hands.
But because of face reasons, and although the Hong Kong Island Daily did not make a big profit, it could at least continue to operate, so the newspaper was allowed to survive in his hands.
Unfortunately, the financial crisis two years ago had a huge impact on Hong Kong Island, causing violent fluctuations in Hong Kong stocks, and many companies went bankrupt one after another. His business inevitably was implicated and he suffered a big loss. He had to sell his assets to fill the hole. Since then, he has released the news that he wanted to sell the Hong Kong Island Daily.
At first, Liu Botao was stunned to raise money and hoped to slaughter fat sheep. The price was very high, scaring away several people who wanted to buy newspapers. Not only that, he also made his reputation smell bad.
After that, others forced their debts and had no choice but to lower the price. However, at this time, others had already understood the real situation of the Hong Kong Island Daily, so that no one wanted to sell it. After all, no one was a fool.
At this time, the Hong Kong Island Daily was a useless rib in the eyes of many people. It was tasteless to eat, but it was a pity to throw it away.
For this reason, Liu Botao felt helpless.
Fortunately, he suddenly received a call from a friend early this morning, telling him that someone wanted to discuss the acquisition of the Hong Kong Island Daily with him. Liu Botao was immediately very happy and agreed quickly.
At this moment, he was sitting in the office and waiting anxiously for the other party to come to the door. He drank three or four cups of tea, and his eyes couldn't help but glance outside the door, which was so tempting.
Dongdongdongdongdongdong!
Suddenly, the office door was knocked.
Liu Botao's face was happy, and then he quickly restrained his expression, coughed, and said calmly: "Come in!"
The next moment, the secretary came in, and behind him was a handsome boy with a unique temperament and tall figure.
"Liu Sheng, lucky to meet." The boy walked up to Liu Botao and smiled calmly. His voice was clear and gentle, which made people feel good.
Liu Botao couldn't help but be stunned when his eyes fell on the other party's slightly green and handsome face.
Chapter completed!