Through the wealth life

Chapter 931 Thatcher's Favoritism
In the next few days, Li Guangyu took a good look at the scenery of Austria, while waiting for the results of negotiations between Zhang Ziyu and Zhao Qihui and the Austrian government.

On the British side, several major consortiums in the United States contacted some of the newly emerging rich men in England to jointly establish a Yingli investment company, including JCB Chairman Anthony Benderford, Graff Jewelry Company Chairman Lawrence Graff, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson et al.

Although these emerging rich men are not aristocrats, their financial resources are very rich, and they have extremely strong influence in the House of Commons.

Immediately after the establishment of this company, these forces began to launch a public opinion offensive, demanding that the sale of state-owned assets by the government must be fair and open, and it must not damage the interests of the country and enrich private pockets.

As the current British Prime Minister, Thatcher now has troubles of happiness. She was worried that no one would take over these industries, and her new round of reforms might end without a problem.

She didn't expect not only someone to take over, but also rushing to acquire it. She is not worried at all that these companies cannot be sold at a good price.

It's just that now my place has become a battleground between the Asian consortium and the American consortium. If you don't handle it well, it may cause some unnecessary troubles, especially after these British nobles and businessmen join in, things will become even worse. manage.

The Queen personally negotiated with her, hoping that the government could sell this major company to the Anglo-Asian Investment Company. At the same time, she also talked about the threat of many American consortiums controlling these companies to England.

She personally also hopes that these groups will be acquired by Yingya Investment Company, so that she can get more help, but now that these businessmen are involved, it may be difficult for her and the queen to realize their ideas.

Once their government is too partial to the Yingya Group, public opinion will definitely criticize the government, and even involve conflicts between civilians and nobles. Neither the royal family nor the government want to see such a thing.

For this reason, on the morning of April 4th, Thatcher specially held a special meeting in a small conference room, attended by the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Thatcher said: "This time we have produced some relatively high-quality assets and attracted many forces from all over the world. The success of this reform is just around the corner, but you all know the current situation. Whether it is Her Majesty the Queen or our government You don’t want the American consortium to control some of our companies that involve citizens’ needs and some priorities, and I wonder if you have any good ways to let the American consortium withdraw from this acquisition.”

This time it is mainly the battle between the Asian consortium and the American consortium. Both sides are not short of money, and the relationship between the two parties has continued to deteriorate in the past two years. They have been fighting in many markets around the world. This time, their British market has become the two sides. In the new battlefield, it is not easy to let one side retreat.

It is even more difficult for the American consortium to withdraw from this acquisition. Looking at the actions of the American consortium this time, it is clear that they have no intention of making concessions.

In order to allow themselves to compete with the Asian consortium on an equal footing, they also specially recruited British capital.

If their government favors them at this time, public opinion will be very unfavorable to them. You must know that the Labor Party is always watching them, waiting for them to make mistakes.

As long as they favor Asian consortiums, they are afraid of harming national interests, and the hat of embezzling national property will immediately be worn on their heads.

The Minister of Industry said: "Prime Minister, this time our government can only be impartial, take out the company and let two investment companies compete, and whoever gives the higher price will get it, so that we can sell at a better price, and we will not replace it. Get yourself into trouble."

Doing nothing is the best choice for them. Although American consortiums controlling these groups will have some impact on their economy and politics, it is better than their partiality to Asian consortiums and being attacked and resigned by the Labor Party.

As for how to reduce the influence of the American consortium in England in the future, that is a matter for the future. Besides, the Asian consortium may not necessarily fail in the acquisition. As long as the Anglo-Asian investment company has sufficient financial resources, the American consortium may also fail.

And when necessary, they can completely break such a monopoly operation. They can use capital to establish new water companies, natural gas companies, etc. to break the current monopoly operation. This will cause the industrial influence controlled by the American consortium to decline precipitously. .

As an ally of Li's consortium for many years, Thatcher most hoped that Yingya Investment Company could acquire these companies, which would be of great benefit to her in the future.

She said at the meeting: "In terms of the acquisition negotiations of major companies, we need to speed up with Yingya Investment Company. The quotation time for Yingli Investment Company should not exceed two days, preferably one day. As long as they do not continue to quote, we will directly contact Yingya Investment. The company signed the contract."

What is very troublesome for Yingli Investment Company is that the main decision-makers are in the United States. They must consult the headquarters for large-scale acquisitions, and they cannot make decisions by themselves.

And Thatcher deliberately restricted Yingli Investment Company in terms of time, which is likely to be the main reason for the failure of the American consortium.

You must know that Thatcher only restricted Yingli Investment Company, but Yingya Company did not. They will only transfer the company to Yingli Investment Company after Yingya Investment Company confirms to give up the acquisition.

This is very fatal to the American consortium. In one day, this side reports to the US headquarters, and the time may have passed before the core members of the consortium have had time to convene for discussion.

Even if it is two days, it is very short. These companies often spend tens of billions of dollars, and each price adjustment is not a small amount. Even if these consortiums have money, they still need enough time to think about it. Now Thatcher is obviously Don't want to give them time to think about it.

The Minister of Commerce said: "I'm afraid that if we treat it differently, the American consortium and domestic businessmen will have opinions, and they will also attack us in public opinion."

Thatcher is naturally aware of this problem, she said with a smile: "You don't need to worry, Yingya Investment Company also has the same response time, we will explain it before they compete, and later Yingli Company is slow to make decisions It’s not our fault if the acquisition fails.”

She had a discussion with Gu Zhengsheng yesterday, and at the same time communicated with Li Guangyu on the phone, and Li Guangyu agreed to this operation.

The Asian consortium is very determined to attack the American consortium this time. Li Guangyu has already decided to fly to Tokyo in the next two days.

At the same time, Earl Spencer, Hong Kong Consortium Lee Shau Kee, Li Ka-shing, and South Korean Li Jianxi and others will all be in Tokyo. As long as the price here changes, they will immediately make a decision, so as to surpass the American consortium in terms of time.

Thatcher can only help the Lee Consortium on this at the moment. The relationship between the four major consortiums in the United States is not very good. This time they are forced to join forces. Thatcher does not believe in the speed of their resolution. How fast can it be.

The two rivals of Morgan and Rockefeller, and California and First Citigroup are hostile to each other. It is a miracle that their core personnel can get together every day to discuss the acquisition of England peacefully.

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(End of this chapter)