Through the wealth life

Chapter 933

On the morning of April 4, Li Guangyu's special plane took off from Vienna and officially embarked on the voyage back to Xiangjiang.

This trip to Europe is still far from the goal set by Li Guangyu. The funds he brought there are only US$100 billion invested in Yingya Investment Company, and US$20 billion invested in Bentley Group to purchase office buildings. and industry expansion.

Now he still has more than 140 billion US dollars in funds, and he has not yet figured out where to use them.

While Li Guangyu was on the plane for a long journey, there was a very sensational news from England. The British Asia Investment Company successfully acquired the British Gas Company at a price of 58 billion pounds, about 95 billion U.S. dollars.

In the past few days, the competition between Yingya Investment Company and Yingli Investment Company has become fierce, and they have made quotations for the main selling company of the British government.

This time, Li Guangyu was in the middle of coordinating, and all parties hoped to teach the American consortium a lesson, so the quotations from the companies mainly related to the lives of citizens were very fast.

I don’t know if it’s because the heads of the American consortium in England don’t have enough authority to deal with such a huge acquisition, or there are differences in cooperation between them, or it’s because these major consortiums themselves are not interested in natural gas companies, anyway. Offers are not positive.

The British government also moved very quickly. Yingli Investment Company just passed the stipulated time limit for quotation, and actively agreed to transfer the natural gas company to Yingya Investment Company at a price of 58 billion pounds.

While Yingya Investment Company and subsequent shareholders were celebrating the acquisition of Yinglun Gas Company, several shareholder representatives were discussing the company's acquisition plan in the meeting room of Yingli Investment Company.

Dampier Worthy, head of Western Europe at Merrill Lynch, said: "Our opponents are now celebrating their victories. I think we need to take some practical actions to counterattack to boost everyone's confidence. Once we A defeat in England this time would do great damage to our influence in Western Europe."

Once the forces in England and even Western Europe feel that the strength of their American consortium is no more than that, it will be even more difficult for the United States to control the economy of Western Europe.

They, Merrill Lynch, really don't want Yingya Investment Company to take over the natural gas company so easily, but it's a pity that Morgan, First Citigroup and Rockefeller are not very interested in these public service enterprises.

They all put their minds on oil, aerospace, Rolls-Royce and other companies, which caused Yingli to not actively quote prices for natural gas, tap water, electric power and other companies.

Today's natural gas company is just the beginning. If they don't change their current strategy, it is estimated that within a few days, the electricity and water supply companies will also be eaten by the Anglo-Asian investment company.

Cross Charles, head of Morgan Western Europe, said: "We mainly focus on companies such as British Petroleum and British Steel, and first let Yingya Investment Company spend a lot of money to acquire British public service companies, which can reduce our competitive pressure. "

Even if the Japanese consortium and Li's consortium have deep funds, after spending tens of billions of dollars, when they compete with them for these companies, they have to consider the financial pressure they will bear. It is impossible for this acquisition to affect the development of their industries.

Moreover, Morgan is mainly based on the financial industry, supplemented by the energy industry, and is really not very interested in these public service industries.

On the British side, Anthony Bamford and others were a little disappointed. They cooperated with the American consortium this time to expand their influence in England.

Fortunately, the American consortium is directly preparing to hand over the companies that have the greatest impact on the citizens of England to their opponents. As for the other huge companies, it is still unknown whether they can take over.

Anthony Bamford said: "Worthy, Charles, Smith, Dujac, I don't think we can let Yingya Investment Company eat all the companies he focuses on, it will only boost their morale, we want to acquire It will be more difficult for oil, steel, Rolls-Royce, aerospace, etc."

Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, also said: "This time we are not facing a single consortium, they are a collection of many consortiums in Asia, and even the governments of Japan and South Korea are on their side. There will be a lack of funds to buy these companies, and even if they are lacking, their banks and even the government will find ways to help them.

This time in Japan, the six major consortiums and many families all have shares in it, considering Japan's current economy.Charles, do you think they will lose these tens of billions of dollars? "

Not to mention these powerful consortiums in Japan, the market value of Li's consortium alone has exceeded 2000 billion US dollars. This is the valuation given by many institutions, including Morgan's own investment bank.

The combined market value of these major companies that they want to sell in England this time will not exceed 2000 billion U.S. dollars. It is hoped that through the acquisition of several companies by Yingya Investment Company to reduce the financial pressure, this is simply impossible.

These British shareholders know that the main reason for such problems is that American consortiums are not interested in acquiring companies such as electricity, gas and tap water, and their major consortiums are not fully prepared to deal with the challenges of Asian consortiums.

At present, although their company is established, they and the four major consortiums in the United States each hold 20% of the shares. It is difficult for everyone to have one who can take the lead. In the case of mutual dismantling, how can this compete with Yingya Investment Company.

There is a concerted effort over there, vowing to repel the American consortium. With the Li's consortium and the Japanese consortium as the main axis, Yingya Investment Company will never have a situation like them. It is difficult for everything to have a result.

Samboson Smith, head of First Citigroup, said: "Everyone, don't get excited. I know that everyone must have their own calculations. It is normal to have different opinions. This time we are sitting together, mainly facing the problems of many Asian consortiums. Attack, I believe everyone has the same original intention to repel the Asian consortium.

Although our company has been established these days, due to everyone's selfishness and grievances, we cannot cooperate sincerely. This has allowed Yingya Investment Company to easily eat British Natural Gas Company. favoritism.

So I hope everyone can let go of previous grievances and ideas. We have no strength to repel the Asian consortium, and we are still a huge consortium that is favored by the British government. "

Samboson Smith said so, but it is very difficult for several parties to fully cooperate. The grievances and grievances between their major consortiums are not a matter of a day or two. In the past, when dealing with external forces, their consortia It is enough by itself, and there is no big strength to compete with them, except for their consortia within the United States.

But now that Japan is rising strongly, several major consortia have jointly attacked their American market, making them start to suppress the Japanese consortium together with their allies, but that is also the action of the consortium that the major consortia have made good friends with themselves.

In addition, the Japanese consortia are very strong in various industries, so the major consortiums are suppressing them, but this is also their own way, and they will not discuss and cooperate with each other.

The same is true for the rise of the Lee consortium. For example, the California consortium, the Texas consortium, the Mellon consortium, the Cleveland consortium, and the Rockefeller consortium did not take action against the Li consortium in the US market.

But this time the British market is different. If they don't cooperate, I'm afraid a company won't be able to take it. However, the headquarters of several major consortiums have no intention of joining forces with other consortiums sincerely. An embarrassing situation.

(End of this chapter)