We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

After finishing the tour of the World Wide Web, Luo Nianzhong brought his group to the headquarters of Reed International.

"Newport, I haven't congratulated you yet, but you have become a big star in the past two days. Tell us what it feels like to be a star?"

As the CEO of the Mirror Group, a subsidiary of Reed International, Newport naturally became the object of Fleet Street's pursuit because of the joint press conference of World Wide Web and Daily Mirror. It is no problem to say that he is one of the most popular people in Britain these days.

Looking at the CEOs of various companies laughing in the conference room, Newport smiled bitterly and said, "I can only say that I am happy and painful."

The laughter in the conference room grew louder again because of Newport's words.

I am happy because the sales of Daily Mirror have increased significantly in the past two days. It is a national newspaper and one of the newspapers with the largest circulation in Britain. This incident not only made the sales of Daily Mirror top the list, but also directly left the second place behind.

Old customers, curious people, supportive people, those who have computers and want to compare, a large number of users directly pushed up the Mirror’s share price.

Although the Mirror Group is a subsidiary of Reed International, it was listed as early as the 41.7s. As the major shareholder, Reed International holds % of the shares of the Mirror Group, which is already very safe.

The biggest beneficiary of the share price rise is definitely Newport, the CEO of the Mirror Group, as this represents a large amount of bonuses, dividends and equity rewards at the end of the year.

Of course it’s not all happiness, there is also pain, but this pain is somewhat speechless.

Newport was now a guarantee of newspaper sales, and various reports digging up his news followed.

The key is to dig up news, even private life is not spared. It has to be said that the puppies on Fleet Street are unconventional and treat Newport as an entertainment sports star.

A gossip tabloid even photographed Newport's wife's lingerie show for the sake of sales. The key point is that this newspaper is owned by the Mirror Group, which pushed Newport's popularity to a new level.

This incident happened yesterday morning and it was hot on the news. Everyone present knew about it and that’s why they couldn’t stop laughing.

“How are sales?”

Newport spread his hands, made a helpless expression, and started to make fun of himself.

“Not bad, I feel I have the potential to develop into the entertainment industry.

If I had known this earlier, I would have just provided the Daily Mirror with a piece of news material, which would have maximized my profits."

The destructive power of these words can be imagined. The meeting room became cheerful again, with all kinds of suggestions being given.

"It's not too late now. You and your wife can have a passionate life show tonight, and when you see the reporters, you can pull the curtains tight."

"No, no, that would be too boring. Newport, I think you should walk your bird at home and take pictures."

"Bob, I think you should be careful. One day a photo of you walking your bird might appear in the newspaper."

The Daily Mirror also focuses on entertainment, sports, gossip and people's livelihood. If we take this opportunity to let the Daily Mirror publish more eye-catching news, we can indeed maximize the profits.

Luo Nianzhong was considering whether to ask Disney to throw out the two stars and then let the Daily Mirror report it.

"Well, gentlemen, the happy time is over, and now we are going to face the real battlefield."

After the joke, Luo Nianzhong livened up the atmosphere and started talking about business.

“The launch of the World Wide Web is bound to accelerate the development of the Internet. Through the Daily Mirror website, we have seen the development and importance of this online platform that can update news in real time.

It breaks the problems of lag and content richness. We can update major news happening around the world at any time and no longer have to worry about space.

All news can be published on the website, so the construction of the news website will be our next top priority.

In addition to the construction of online news, the Mirror Group can fully rely on this popularity to expand and seize the market.

There are vast territories out there, in Europe and North America, waiting for us to conquer. Let Britain conquer the world once again, starting with our media industry."

For those who are still immersed in the glory of the British Empire and cannot get out of it, it is useless to say anything else. Giving them chicken soup for the soul is the most effective thing. Making Britain great again is the best motivation.

"We and Beihai Investment have prepared a total of US$12 billion in funds for Reed International and Mirror Group for the subsequent mergers and acquisitions and expansion, so we have no problems with funding."

Beihai Investment is the main investment institution established by the Luo family in Europe, which was established based on this round of privatization in the UK.

It will form a bright and dark combination with Barclays Bank, and has already grabbed a big piece of the pie in this British privatization.

Barclays Bank, North Sea Investments and Goldman Sachs are the biggest supporters and participants in this British privatization.

In its previous life, Goldman Sachs reaped huge benefits from privatization in the UK, establishing its position as a world-class investment bank. This time, Luo Nianzhong does not intend to let it monopolize the market. Isn't it better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone?

"How's it going at United Ports?"

Luo Nianzhong didn't even dare to think about old traditional industries such as oil, natural gas, and railways. Although the privatization of each company had the shadow of Barclays Bank and North Sea Investments, they were all mainly investments.

The two largest companies, Brito Oil, only hold 11.3% of the shares, and most of the others are around 3% to 5%.

Although this share already gives a lot of say, it is a bit far-fetched to achieve the goal of controlling the company.

However, the United Ports are different. Although the British started out in the Age of Discovery, their old money people don’t really pay much attention to ports, mainly because there are so many ports in Britain.

United Ports, a company that controls a quarter of Britain's ports.

Ports such as Cardiff Port, the main transportation port for bulk liquids and timber in the UK, Southampton Port, the largest automobile import and export port, and Hull Port, which mainly handles bulk cargo, container cargo and roll-on/roll-off cargo, are all assets of the United Ports Company. These three ports are also among the top 20 most important ports in the UK.

Everyone knows that in the 90s, Li Bancheng spent a total of 1.4 million pounds twice to acquire Felixstowe Port, the largest container terminal port in the UK, but do you know how much the United Ports Company is valued at? A full 107 billion pounds, more than times the value of Felixstowe Port.

There are more than 71 ports in the UK, of which are owned by the United Ports Company.

It's not just the port, there are also large tracts of land and cruise companies, so this company is very large, and this is Luo Nianzhong's goal.

Luo Nianzhong is determined to win the communications industry, and the layout of the media industry has been basically completed. The next focus will be ports.

The US$30 billion of Yuanhang Asset Management Company is prepared for the privatization of Britain and Europe in the future.

"There are some troubles over at United Ports. The Grosvenor family has joined the game and they are very optimistic about United Ports."

Isn't this a family obsessed with land? Why would they spend so much money to change their career? They are still going for the land of the United Port Company, but there is no room for appreciation of that land in the short term.

But this is a problem, because the power of this largest landowner in England is very strong.

Luo Nianzhong was not particularly worried. Since he couldn't enjoy it alone, he might as well cooperate.

As for the Grovner family, Luo Nianzhong is an old acquaintance of them.

Whether it is the previous cooperation with Britain or the current Island Land, both parties have established a good relationship, and it is understandable that they cooperate again on the United Ports Company.

Moreover, with the participation of the Grosvenor family, the acquisition of United Ports Company will undoubtedly be smoother. Luo Nianzhong just happens to have a project to discuss with the other party.

"Let's make an appointment with the other party and we may be able to cooperate."

Regarding the cooperation, Du Huilian, who is in charge of the European side, expressed his agreement with the decision.

“Cooperation is a good idea. The Grovner family is a major shareholder of the European Cruise Company. Maybe the two companies can be merged at that time.

The European Cruise Company mainly operates cruise business, but it also has ports, and the Port of Felixstowe belongs to this company.

If the two sides can integrate, both the cruise business and the port business can reduce costs and better concentrate resources."

Felixstowe Port, this was something Luo Nianzhong had not expected.

As far as he could remember, Li Bancheng purchased the Port of Felixstowe from the China Railway Shipping Company, so how come it now belonged to European Cruise Lines?

In fact, the Port of Felixstowe originally belonged to European Cruise Lines. In 1987, China Railway Shipping Company acquired the European Cruise Company, and the Port of Felixstowe naturally changed hands. However, Luo Nianzhong didn't know this.