In the next few days, George Berkeley reported to Xia Yu every day on the progress of the acquisition.

It turns out that in the face of takeovers by absolute majority shareholders, scattered minority shareholders are generally wise not to resist.

So it didn't take five days at all, and on the afternoon of the fourth day, January 24, the last minority shareholder sold his 2.4% stake.

So far, 100% of the shares of the Financial Times Group have been acquired by Xia Yu's Bright Fund, which cost 22.84 million pounds before and after!

When Pearson Group negotiated with Bright Fund, the news was faintly revealed.

After the completion of the transaction with Pearson, the reputation of the Bright Fund gradually became louder, and some media focused on the Bright Fund.

After the completion of the wholly-owned holding, the reputation of Bright Fund suddenly spread throughout the financial market, not only in the media industry, but also in the financial industry.

Just because the Financial Times Group is so special, it is the No. 1 financial newspaper in the UK, and it also holds half of the shares of the No. 1 financial magazine in the UK, The Economist, and has a wide influence among the British elite.

It even has a deep influence in the financial markets of various European countries!

Now that this company has changed hands, they can't help but look sideways, and then they have investigated the sacredness of this unheard-of Bright Fund.

However, Xia Yu has already handled the company offshore, so on the bright side is the legal person George Berkeley, Xia Yu is just one of George Berkeley's partners.

Although for the sake of political demands, Xia Yu has to take the initiative to expose some information, but this information is only exposed to people who need to know, and he has to be skillfully half-concealed in order to remain mysterious and make others dare not make up their minds easily.

And now, before it is time to take the initiative to be exposed, it is natural to hide it well and push George Berkeley out.

Of course, if others can find out, it is also someone else's ability!

As a result, George Berkeley, who single-handedly led the acquisition of the Financial Times Group, became famous in London, and Xia Yu's popularity was not too high.

......

Clyde Albert is the president of the Financial Times Group, of course he is a professional manager, only 48 years old, in the prime of life, he was hired as the president of the Financial Times Group five years ago, and the company is developing very well in his hands.

Originally, Clyde Albert was conscientiously managing the company these days, but he never imagined that the news that the parent company, Pearson Group, was going to sell the company, caused panic in the company.

Clyde Albert had to go to the parent company to inquire about the situation, which left him dumbfounded, because he went just as the agreement had been signed and the dust had already settled.

But as a professional manager, he was very receptive, and at the request of his new boss, George Berkeley, Clyde Albert returned to the company to stabilize his mind, while waiting for George Berkeley's notice.

On the morning of January 25, he came to the door of the Bright Foundation.

Looking at the signboard, Clyde Albert straightened up, took a deep breath, and walked into the Bright Fund with a confident smile.

Then, under the guidance of the staff, he came to an office and saw the only two people in the room, one was George Berkeley, who had seen him, and the other was a young yellow man sitting in the main seat.

This unique situation surprised Clyde Albert a little, but he was mentally good and did not show it.

"Hi gentlemen, I'm Clyde Albert and I'm the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Times Group. ”

After Clyde Albert finished introducing, he stood in place with a smile and looked directly at Xia Yu.

Xia Yu made a gesture of please: "Mr. Clyde, please take a seat!"

"Thank you!"

Clyde Albert bowed slightly in thanks, then sat down on the stool and waited quietly.

"Let me introduce myself first, my name is Xia Yu, and Bright Fund is my company. ”

"Next to you, you should know, the president of the Bright Fund, George Berkeley. ”

When Xia Yu introduced himself, George Berkeley smiled kindly at Clyde Albert.

"Hello boss!"

"Hello Mr. George!"

Hearing Xia Yu's introduction, although Clyde Albert had some guesses, he was still shocked, he didn't expect that the identity of Xia Yu, who was one of the partners on the surface, turned out to be the boss of the Bright Fund.

"Okay, don't be so restrained, because I don't want the outside world to know my identity for the time being, so I just asked you to come here today, and I have something to talk to you about. ”

"Command!"

"Let's tell us about the details of the company first!"

"Okay!"

"The company currently has 351 employees, of which ......"

With Clyde Albert's narration, all the information of the Financial Times Group is open to Xia Yu, which is more comprehensive and truthful than the information in the investigation of the British public accounting firm.

Unconsciously, with Clyde Albert's narration, Xia Yu had a complete concept in his mind, and the corners of his mouth also hooked up a smile.

The Financial Times Group is indeed a very good company, that is, 90% of Pearson's business is in the education industry, and there is Duke Carter Howard to say hello, otherwise Pearson Group will not necessarily sell, even if the Financial Times Group is not very helpful to Pearson's education business.

But it doesn't matter what happened before, the important thing is that the company is in his hands now.

After Clyde Albert finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and quietly waited for Xia Yu's order.

"Clyde, the company remains the same, under your management, the company is developing well, continue to manage according to your ideas. ”

When Clyde Albert heard Xia Yu's words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a happy smile appeared on his face: "Thank you boss for your trust!"

"For some special reasons, I will not come forward, the company's employees must be a little fluctuating now, you have to stabilize the company as soon as possible and eliminate the unfavorable factors. ”

"Understood!"

"Next, let's talk about business, you may not know, I have a newspaper company in Xiangjiang, which has two newspapers with a daily circulation of more than 1 million copies, and two magazines with a weekly circulation of more than 1 million copies, and one each in the financial category!"

After Xia Yu finished speaking, he looked at Clyde Albert.

I saw him raise his head suddenly, and his eyes were incredible.

It's just that when he saw Xia Yu's indifferent expression, Clyde Albert suppressed the shock in his heart, and at the same time condensed his attention.

The boss seems to have a deep understanding of the media industry, so the next business discussion should not be a blind command, he must treat it seriously!

Seeing that Clyde Albert was suppressed, Xia Yu was satisfied with the effect, and then finally got to the point.

"Clyde, as the number one financial newspaper in the UK, have you ever thought about how to continue to improve the authority and influence of the newspaper in the financial industry?"