Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

"I see!"

"Have you collected all the information on the French banking industry?"

Xia Yu nodded slightly, and then asked again.

George Berkeley immediately said: "Yes, the "Banker" magazine under the Financial Times Group is the most professional information collection and analysis platform in the global banking industry. Last month, I asked them to specially organize the data of the French banking industry."

"However, more than a month later, there may be some changes. Give me a few days, and I will let the Financial Times Group adjust the various data to the latest situation."

"Well, yes, you can collect it and bring it to me!"

Xia Yu showed a smile and nodded.

George Berkeley was silent for a moment. Seeing that Xia Yu didn't speak any more, he took the initiative to ask: "Boss, what about the second telecom company? What should I do?"

Xia Yu thought for a while and said: "This matter mainly depends on the attitude of the government. I will try it. You are ready to negotiate and wait for my instructions at any time."

"OK!"

George Berkeley responded immediately.

Speaking of the telecommunications company, Xia Yu thought of the British Dadong Telecom Company, which had been privatized before, and asked about the company's current situation.

"George, after the partial privatization of Dadong Telecom, what is the situation now?"

A flash of memory flashed in George Berkeley's eyes, he pondered for a long time, sorted out his thoughts, and said from a suitable angle: "Boss, although the largest shareholder is the government, the government does not interfere with the company's operations, it is just starting a supervisory role.”

"In the past five months, the company has changed management on a large scale and completed 30% layoffs, and the revenue and profit in the third quarter have not declined. Everything is developing in a positive direction."

"Although Dadong Telecom still has 12% of the shares in the hands of others, the development of the company mainly depends on the will of us and the Howard family, and we occupy a more important position. Prince Philip basically doesn't care about this. Other families can't get involved..."

As George Berkeley spoke, the corners of Xia Yu's mouth slowly twitched.

It seems that Dadong Telecom mainly implements the will of the Bright Fund.

But think about it.

The second largest shareholder of Dadong Telecom is Barings Bank, which holds 20% of the shares.

Then the third largest shareholder is Standard Chartered Bank, holding 12% of the shares.

The fourth largest shareholder is Bright Fund, holding 7% of the shares.

In addition to the 49% held by the government, the remaining 12% of the shares are scattered in the hands of other families and companies, which are very scattered.

Among the four major shareholders of Barings Bank, although the largest shareholder is the Howard family's Locke Fund, which holds 35% of the shares.

But the second largest shareholder is Jiuding Bank holding 25% of the shares.

The remaining 20% ​​of the Bright Fund and Prince Philip's Black Rose Capital.

In fact, Xia Yu's party holds 45% of the shares.

Although the Howard family is now mainly operating Barings Bank, he can still dominate the Dadong Telecom Company.

But after all, Dadong Telecom is not absolutely controlled by him. The remaining 49% of the government's equity, he will not dare to buy 100% of the tickets in the next privatization, so the ownership of Dadong Telecom is Not so clear.

Therefore, the best way is to use the existing rights to complete the strategic deployment as much as possible, with stability as the top priority!

Thinking about this, Xia Yu said to George Berkeley: "George, Dadong Telecom also holds 45.7% of the shares of the Xiangjiang branch, and now my company in Xiangjiang has only acquired 30%. The equity of 1.3% is still 35.4% short of absolute control."

"I give you a task, let Dadong Telecom transfer the equity of Xiangjiang Branch as soon as possible, no need to transfer all, you can leave a small part as a cooperation link, but at least 35.4% of the equity must be transferred. , I need to absolutely control the branch of Hong Kong,

This involves strategic planning. "

"Can it be done?"

George Berkeley frowned slightly. After thinking about it, he nodded heavily and said, "Boss, this matter is difficult, but I will do my best!"

"Ah That's good!"

"On the telecommunications side, I said these two things."

"Do you have any other questions?"

Xia Yu asked with a light smile.

"Boss, I have something to report to you..."

Next, George Berkeley said some work-related matters, and what Xia Yu could answer or promise would be solved on the spot...

In the afternoon, Xia Yu made a special call to Duke Carter Howard and made an appointment to visit him at his house at noon the next day.

In the rest of the time, Xia Yu went to Huashang Bank and met Wu Hongyi, who was very pleasantly surprised, and held a banquet for Xia Yu to wash away the dust in the evening.

Early the next morning, Henry went back to school, and Xia Yu took Elena to the Howard family's castle.

At about eleven o'clock, Xia Yu arrived at the destination, just in time to see Duke Carter Howard watering the flowers leisurely, without any air.

Seeing Xia Yu and his daughter Elena and others coming over, Duke Carter Howard immediately put down the watering can, with a doting smile on his face, and said happily: "Oh God, my dear Elena is back, it's really happy day!"

"Dad, long time no see, I miss you so much!"

Seeing the warm scene between the father and daughter, Xia Yu did not rush over to disturb him, but stopped and smiled and watched.

After a long time, Duke Carter Howard finally looked at Xia Yu, walked towards Xia Yu with a smile on his face, and extended his hand.

"Mr. Xia, long time no see!"

"Sir Carter, long time no see!"

...

After a brief greeting, Xia Yu walked into the castle under the greeting of Duke Carter Howard and came to the splendid living room.

The servant made tea for Xia Yu and Elena, and also made coffee for Duke Carter Howard.

Looking at the tea in the cup in front of Elena, Duke Carter Howard asked his daughter in surprise: "Elena, when will you drink green tea?"

Elena smiled gently, blinked her eyes and said softly, "Dad, I have liked green tea for more than half a year. I think green tea is better than coffee."

Duke Carter Howard was a little stunned: "More than half a year?"

"Then why didn't you tell your father when you went home before, every time you drink coffee like me, I don't know your hobbies anymore, hey..."

Speaking of the end, Duke Carter Howard glanced at the tea in Xia Yu's cup, and suddenly a sense of crisis and depression rose in his heart.

He suddenly disliked Xia Yu.

Seeing Duke Carter Howard's sharp eyes and feeling that he seemed a little hostile, Xia Yu was a little puzzled at first.

But he reacted immediately, feeling embarrassed inside, but on the surface, he looked at the teacup in the cup without looking sideways, as if he could see the flowers, as if he didn't notice Duke Carter Howard's hostility.

The delicate Elena noticed that her father seemed to have emotions like a child. She was a little angry and funny, but of course she was still a little shy.

Father seems to have found something, what should I do?

She changed her mind and immediately smiled softly and said, "Dad, because when I came back, no one would drink coffee with you if I didn't drink coffee. Of course I don't drink tea!"

"Today is different. Xia Yu came to our house. He is my boss and a guest of our house. I am like him with green tea, which represents our family's welcome to him."

Elena's words surprised not only Xia Yu, but also her father, Sir Carter.

After a while, Duke Carter Howard said with some taste: "Elena, it's not wrong to welcome Mr. Xia."

"However, it seems that this is the first time I see you say such a thing..."

After speaking, Duke Carter Howard gave his daughter a meaningful look, Elena's pretty face couldn't help but blushed, and her eyes kept flickering.

This further confirmed the conjecture in Duke Carter Howard's heart, and his gaze towards Xia Yu became sharper.

No father likes the cabbage raised by outsiders in his own family. This is the case with Duke Carter Howard. This is the common ground of every father, and it has nothing to do with reason.

The mentality changed, and even the tone was a little impatient, and he directly asked Xia Yu's intention.

"Mr. Xia, what are you coming to the UK for this time?"

"Could it be the new telecom company?"

In fact, it was the cabbage of someone else's house, so in the face of Duke Carter Howard's impatience, Xia Yu was full of patience.

Whatever you target, I will deal with it from Tai Chi.

He ignored Sir Carter's emotions and nodded with a smile: "This is one of the reasons, and it is the most urgent thing at the moment."

"I heard the details of this incident from George yesterday, so I came to visit you today to see if there is a suitable and effective solution."

"After all, although new telecommunications companies have to be built from scratch, the prospects for the telecommunications market are very bright, and this is a very attractive cake."

PS: I’m sorry, I didn’t have a holiday at all this weekend. The census will officially start next week. The pre-preparation led to constant overtime work, and I couldn’t find any empty code words. It’s embarrassing.