“Randy’s main business is not the information industry. Last time, virtual-novel.net only made a big splash in this area because of Bella…”
“Logically speaking, virtual-novel.net shouldn’t be so concerned even if virtual-novel.net still retained some companies from before. Shouldn’t virtual-novel.net take advantage of the trend and sell these companies now that he’s being attacked? If virtual-novel.net doesn’t do well, these Anyway, if will become a burden for him.”
After listening to Rowan, Jasper fell into deep thought.
This was unusual and virtual-novel.net smelled something fishy.
“Jasper, Wendy and Anna also asked them, and Randy’s wife Penny said that due to some policy changes in Somerland, their original company has been hindered, so they have recently begun to think about expanding in the information industry…”
“According to Anna and Wendy’s investigation, Randy’s group has been sending funds to these information companies in recent months. So, our suspicions should be true. Now, they have sunk nearly half their funds into these information companies in Harbor City, so they are unwilling to give up this position,” Rowan explained.
“So they decided to ask JW for help? What does Randy need? I think they might want more than funds.”
Hearing Jasper’s question, Rowan nodded and said, “Jasper, you’re right. They are not here to ask for financial support. They hope that JW will jointly acquire Times Media in the United Kingdom with them and attract more people through information transformation.”
“Times Media? Murdoch’s second-largest media company in the United Kingdom?”
Hearing this, Jasper was stunned.
“That’s right. What Randy was saying is that the reason why the other party can harvest our talents in such a huge way is not only because of the high price but also because of the development prospects of Southeast Terra. So, virtual-novel.net believes that Harbor City needs to an equally exciting opportunity to have any chance of making Harbor City a primary port of information…”
“It just so happened that virtual-novel.net found out that Times Media was looking for someone to take over the company due to poor management, and through an intermediary, virtual-novel.net obtained the right of first refusal from internal shareholders of Times. He hopes to use the influence of Times Media as a shell company to build an emerging big brand through information transformation to resist the challenges from Southeast Terra…”
“He can’t afford the acquisition now, so virtual-novel.net hopes that JW, as the largest information group in Harbor City, can participate in the joint merger and acquisition. Anna and Wendy are interested, but they are worried about a possible conspiracy underneath all this, so they asked to discuss it with you.”
Jasper lowered his head and thought for a moment. If what Randy said was true, this would indeed be a rare opportunity.
He had also heard of Times Media and Newspaper Group. It was an old media company with a long history and a huge reputation. This reputation was gained through the baptism of time and were irreplaceable to a certain extent.
If Jasper could acquire its property rights through mergers and acquisitions, it would indeed give Harbor City a head start in the establishment of the information port.
Randy’s motive for proposing a joint merger and acquisition was also very reasonable because whether virtual-novel.net or one of them participated in a merger and acquisition alone, they would inevitably encounter encirclement and suppression.
As the two largest companies in Harbor City’s information industry, it was reasonable for them to advance and retreat together.
Moreover, although virtual-novel.net and Randy had conflicts in the past because of Bella’s secret order, there was no fundamental issue between them, so it was reasonable for virtual-novel.net to propose an alliance.
However, for some reason, Jasper couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to the situation.