Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

In fact, after reading the investigation report, combined with the memory of the previous life, Xia Yu already had the best acquisition target in his heart.

However, Gavin Peter worked hard, and Xia Yu still wanted to hear his thoughts, so as not to damage his motivation.

Gavin Peter regained his energy, sat up straight, cleared his throat, and said the prepared belly draft: "Chairman, I think the publishing market is still in a low period, whether it is to acquire any large publishing company. The society is worth it, so my opinion is that it is undoubtedly the best to acquire one of the top three publishing houses in the country, if it can acquire the largest publishing house.”

"West Germany, I'm going to buy the Bertelsmann Publishing Group."

"In France, I intend to acquire European Publishing Exchange."

"In Spain, I'm going to buy Salvatre Publishing."

"And I heard that Fritz, the chairman of the Ithaca Distribution Group, which integrates publishing and wholesale, died of illness. The heir, Fritz Jr., did not want to run the book business, but wanted to make a difference in the mining field, and their family's equity wanted Sell ​​it, so I want to buy it too.”

Xia Yu was not surprised by the first few words of Gavin Peter, but the words he added at the end caught Xia Yu's attention.

He opened the investigation report again and found the information of Ithaca Distribution Group.

According to the information, Ithaca is the largest book wholesaler in Spain. It not only controls Spain's largest book club, the Reader's Club, but is also a shareholder of Crystal Bookstore, the second largest chain bookstore in Spain.

Generally speaking, the distribution channels of books and periodicals are: publisher-wholesaler-bookseller-reader, or publisher-bookseller-reader.

Ithaca is undoubtedly the most powerful intermediary in Spain, and it also runs some publishing businesses. Although it is not particularly strong, it relies on the most powerful distribution strength and is also one of more than ten in Spain. Level.

The Fritz mentioned by Gavin Peter is the original chairman of Ithaca, and the Fritz family holds 35.8% of the shares.

As long as the equity in the hands of Little Fritz is acquired, it will be invincible innately, and if the most powerful Salwart Publishing Company is acquired, it will instantly become the overlord of the Spanish publishing field.

And books from publishers acquired in France and West Germany can easily enter the Spanish market.

It can be said that if Gavin Peter's plan can be successful, the benefits are very great.

But it's all just hypothetical.

Xia Yu thought for a while and said, "Gavin, if your plan can be successful, it will undoubtedly be the best situation."

"But if you want to acquire the largest publishing house in the three countries, you should understand the difficulty. It is too conspicuous, and it is easy to cause obstruction from the government of that country."

Gavin Peter looked solemn, nodded and said, "Chairman, you are right, but I think I have a certain degree of certainty, and I want to try it."

"Try it?" Xia Yu murmured softly.

Looking at Gavin Peter with a serious face, Xia Yu didn't want to hurt his self-confidence. Anyway, he was right in what he said before. Now is the low period of the European publishing industry. No matter which one is acquired, it will not lose money in the future. The difference is only The question is which one has the biggest growth rate in value.

Obviously, Gavin Peter thinks that it is the largest publishing house in the country with the greatest value potential, and Xia Yu didn't argue with him, he nodded slightly and said, "Yes, if you want to try it, try hard, I will give you the greatest amount of money. support."

Gavin Peter was instantly overjoyed, nodded heavily and thanked: "Thank you, Chairman!"

Xia Yu smiled and said, "After reading your investigation report, I also have some ideas. It happens that I have sufficient funds now, so in addition to your plan, you can acquire more publishing companies."

Gavin Peter was surprised, but for this kind of thing, he wished it would happen more, and he concentrated on waiting for the next words of Chairman Xia Yu.

Xia Yu flipped through the investigation report, then took out a pen,

Circled it once, then turned a few pages and circled it twice.

After finishing the circle, he handed the investigation report to Gavin Peter and said, "Look first, these three companies are also listed as acquisition targets, and they will be acquired with all their strength."

Gavin Peter was amazed and found the place where Xia Yu circled.

Each of the three countries has a publishing company circled.

They are the third-ranked Springer Publishing House in West Germany, the fifth-ranked Hachette Publishing Group in France, and the third-ranked Planetary Publishing House in Spain.

Gavin Peter frowned and carefully looked at the investigation materials of these three companies. He found that it was not surprising. The only thing that was a little special was Hachette Publishing Group, which also owned six magazines, and its parent company Pull Gardère is chasing a stake in France's Airbus.

There is nothing special about these publishing houses. Gavin Peter can't see what is worth being remembered by the chairman. He is still a little confused when he searches his memory.

Looking at Gavin Peter's puzzled expression, Xia Yu smiled and said, "Gavin, these companies all have certain characteristics, you just need to buy them, and you should be able to find out if you learn more about them later. "

Xia Yu did not explain, because it was selected by him based on the memory of his previous life, and nothing had happened yet, so there was no way to explain it.

Can he say that Spain's Planetary Publishing House will become the largest book publisher in Spain in the future?

Can he say that the largest Salvatre publishing company in Spain was later acquired by Planetary Press?

Not only that, the Planetary Group, which evolved behind Planetary Press, is also involved in the fields of culture, education and training, information services and entertainment. It has a lot of influence in the original Spanish colonies in South America, and the awards established are also the main literary awards in Spain.

As for Springer Publishing House, the third largest publishing house in West Germany at this time, it has obvious characteristics and is very prominent in scientific and technological and academic publishing. Later generations have become one of the largest scientific and technological publishing houses in the world, and have a huge influence among senior elites. .

The most valuable of the three publishing houses that Xia Yu selected was the Hachette Publishing Group, which ranked fifth in France at this time and was valued at 10 million francs (about 6 million pounds).

Now Hachette Publishing Group, the publishing business is not prominent, the subsidiary Hachette-Philippe Chi Newspapers and Magazines Publishing Group's six magazines, there are also four losses.

But what Gavin Peter could not have imagined was that Hachette Publishing Group later counterattacked magnificently. As soon as the French economy improved, Hachette Publishing Group's revenue automatically rose sharply.

Among them, the most prominent one is its subsidiary Hachette-Filippoche Newspapers and Magazines Publishing Group. At this time, the two magazines "elle" and "" were losing money. After entering the 1990s, the sales volume of each issue was 100%. It has exceeded 10 million copies and has a huge influence in the fashion industry. At this time, the most powerful magazine in the French fashion industry, "Boundary", has been dumped and I don't know where it is going.

In addition, Hachette-Filippoche Newspapers and Magazines Publishing Group has become the world's largest newspapers and magazines publishing group that publishes more than 260 periodicals and newspapers, relying on lucrative profits and mergers and acquisitions.

In the 1990s, the Hachette Group ranked first in the world publishing industry with an annual turnover of $7.37 billion.

In 2006, Hachette Group acquired Time Warner Publishing Group, which was the fifth largest publishing group in the United States at the time, at a price of US$537 million, making it one of the three largest publishing groups in the world.

This potential large gold mine was worth only ten million francs at this time, and only about six million pounds.

This kind of big leak was seen by Xia Yu, and if he didn't pick it up, it would be unbearable.

After winning it, Xia Yu will have a huge influence in the French fashion industry in the future. At that time, he will be able to enter the French fashion industry, and the lucrative luxury goods industry can easily enter.

Moreover, its parent company Lagardère Group is chasing the equity of Airbus. It is also very possible to sell the Hachette Group accumulated at this time to raise itself, and the acquisition will not be too difficult.