Xia Yu helped the Rothschild family retain the name and ownership of Edmond Rothschild Bank, so as to regain a full class banking license.

The Rothschild family, on the other hand, sold Barclays' stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered to Xia Yu at a premium of 25 percent.

As for the equity of BP, Xia Yu did not get it.

Xia Yu guarded against the Rothier family's repentance, and the Rothier family was also worried that Xia Yu would deceive them.

However, because Xia Yu took the initiative, he proposed to obtain the equity of the Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank first.

But he is also willing to sign a secret agreement, which stipulates that there is a one-month security period for the purchase of the equity of the two banks, and if Xia Yu does not succeed, then the cooperation fails, and the equity of the two banks needs to be returned to Barclays, and Xia Yu also needs to pay a certain amount of liquidated damages.

After the negotiation, the atmosphere of the chat was much more harmonious, at least on the surface.

Just when Xia Yu was about to say goodbye, he saw David Rothschild just take out a red wine from the closet, and said to Xia Yu with a smile: "Mr. Xia, in order to celebrate our cooperation, do you want to drink some red wine?"

"From our family's Château Lafite, from 1787, it has been stored for almost 200 years, and it is an absolute pleasure!"

Xia Yu glanced at Guy Rothschild and Davis Rothschild.

In the West, to celebrate the cooperation, some people will use champagne, of course, there are also more elegant red wine, especially in France, which loves to drink red wine, so Xia Yu is not very surprised.

Now that the wine has been brought over, it is inconvenient for him to refuse.

He smiled and nodded, "I haven't tasted the 1787 Lafite yet, and I think it will be a good treat!"

Hearing Xia Yu's words, David Rothschild opened the red wine with a smile, and then poured it into the goblet with an elegant posture.

"Bang!"

"Good luck with our cooperation!"

"Of course, it's a pleasure to work with!"

The three wine glasses touched, Xia Yu moved a little slowly, and caught a glimpse of David Rothschild and Guy Rothschild really drank the wine, so he quietly drank it into his mouth and savored it carefully.

Nearly 200 years old Lafite red wine has a very soft taste, and there is a strong mellow aroma in the mouth, which is a mellow aroma that has been accumulated and fermented over time.

It tastes really good!

Xia Yu smiled and exclaimed: "The wine is rich in aroma and tastes very good!"

David Rothschild's praise was very useful, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Xia, if you like Lafite, there are not many in 1787, but there are still some that have been stored for more than 100 years, and I will ask you to send some to your home." ”

Xia Yu smiled and shook his head and declined: "Mr. David Rothschild, thank you for your generosity, but there is no need, LVMH Group also has thousands of acres of vineyards, although most of them make champagne and brandy, but there are still some high-quality red wines." ”

David Rothschild said with a little regret, "Okay then!"

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On the way back, Xia Yu remembered that when he was at Guy Rothschild's house, David Rothschild couldn't help but scoff at the pride and superiority he felt when he talked about Château Lafite.

However, it is precisely because of David Rothschild's performance that Xia Yu realized that as a wine giant behind the scenes in France, he does not have a top wine estate, which is inevitably not in line with his value.

And to be honest, in France, the country of wine, having a top wine estate will undoubtedly better expand his popularity and connections.

And considering the prosperity of the wine market in later generations, it is also a profitable business to buy one or two top wine estates now.

After making up his mind, Xia Yu immediately asked Leo Martin to collect information about France's top wineries to see which one was more suitable for acquisition.

At the same time, Xia Yu also called George Berkeley in London, informed the latter of the terms he had negotiated with the Rothschild family, and instructed him to arrange for the team to go to Barclays Bank to complete the acquisition as soon as possible.

On January 28, after receiving George Berkeley that he had completed the wholly-owned control of the Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank, Xia Yu was very happy that he finally had two large banks that could be used with complete confidence in addition to Jiuding Bank and Chiba Bank of the island country!

He then secretly called François Mitterrand, thanking him for his help and informing him of the relaxed conditions for the Rothschild family, which François Mitterrand easily agreed to and congratulated Xia Yu.

In the afternoon, Léo Martin was also very efficient in collecting information about the top wineries in France.

After walking into Xia Yu's office, Leo Martin reported to Xia Yu with the information: "Boss, Alain Chevalier is very familiar with the wine field, I asked him to assist me in collecting information together, this is the information after three repeated checks, it should be the most detailed!"

"Leo, thank you for your hard work, put down the materials first, and I'll let you know if there's anything!"

Xia Yu said with a satisfied smile and sent Leo Martin away.

He then flipped through the information of France's top wine estates.

The world's most famous wines are in France, and the top ten French wine brands in the world are produced in the top ten French wineries!

The top 10 wineries are Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Mouton, Château Margaux, Château d'Obiano, Château Platus, Château Cheval Cheval and Château Ausson, Château Rippon and Château Romanée-Conti.

Among them, Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Mouton, Château Margaux and Château d'Obianau are also known as the "Five Famous Vineyards", because these five top wine estates are all produced on the left bank of Bordeaux.

In addition, on the right bank of Bordeaux there are three other wineries: Château Platus, Château Cheval Cheval and Château Auson.

Therefore, together with the "Five Famous Villages" on the Left Bank, it is also called the "Eight Famous Wineries of Bordeaux"!

It can be said that Bordeaux is the main production region of France's top red wines.

Of course, now the Lipeng winery is only the existence of the crane tail.

But this is not the case with Château Romanée Conti, which is located in the Burgundy region and is widely regarded as one of the world's finest red wine vineyards.

Located in the heart of the Burgundy appellation Cécole de l'Auger, this super vineyard alone is enough to elevate Burgundy to a position on a par with Bordeaux.

Château Romanée Conti is also one of the oldest wine estates in France, dating back to the Abbey of Saint-Viven de Vigi 11 centuries ago.

In the past few days, when Xia Yu is thinking about the acquisition target of the wine winery, his favorite is Romanée Conti Winery, and if you want to buy it, of course, you have to buy the best!

And after reading the information, his thoughts became more and more firm.

Compared with the annual production of about 210,000 wines of Château Lafite of the Rothschild family, the annual output of Château Romanée Conti is controlled at about 6,000 bottles, although one reason is that Château Romanée Conti is smaller than Château Lafite, but another important reason is that Romanée Conti pays great attention to quality, almost every three vines can produce a bottle of wine.

The estate, which was taken over in 1760 by Louis XV's cousin, Prince Conti, changed its name and changed hands several times over the past two hundred years, the last of which was in 1942 with 50 percent ownership by the Duvo Broschet family and the Henri Lérence family!

These two families are not the original owners of Romani Conti, and without the factor of family glory, Xia Yu can completely smash Romani Conti with money!

Fifty percent of the premium is double the premium, and if it doesn't, it will be twice the premium, and he does not believe that the Duvo Blochet family and the Henri Leverix family can withstand the attack of the franc.

Anyway, the value of Romanée Conti Winery has amazing potential in the future, and a 1945 Romanée Conti wine before Xia Yu's rebirth was auctioned for 3.86 million yuan, setting a world record for red wine!

And Romanée Conti's 1945 red wine has as many as 600 bottles, and just this batch of wine is hoarded for future generations, and if it is properly operated, it is enough to sell for hundreds of millions of dollars!

It's not too cost-effective to copy them all back now!

Then Xia Yu considered that the production of Romanée Conti was indeed too low, and the Rothschild family owned a Mouton winery in addition to Château Lafite, and he only owned one Château Romanée Conti, which would be a little pleasant.

After some deliberation, he chose Château Latour, which in 1855 was named the second of the "Four Great Estates" by Napoleon III.

Although in 1855, when the first rating was made, Château Latour was inferior to Château Lafite, but over the years, Château Latour and Château Lafite were not much closer, that is, the annual production was 10,000 fewer than Château Lafite, only 200,000 wines.

However, considering that the Château Mouton of the Rothschild family was only rated as one of the five great vineyards of Bordeaux on the left bank in 1973, and in 1855 it was only one of the second-class châteaux.

If Xia Yu can own Château Latour and Château Romanée Conti, it is actually much better than the Rothschild family.

Château Latour was also very easy to acquire, and in 1963 the Ségur family sold the estate to an English earl.

Historically, Château Latour would have been repurchased by Kering in 1993 and the ownership would have been brought back to France.

Of course, the previous life is the previous life after all, and in this life, Château Latour was targeted by Xia Yu, so naturally there is nothing to do with Kering Group!

After trapping the prey, Xia Yu called Leo Martin and asked him to take charge of the acquisition of Château Romanée Conti, and then he called George Berkeley in London and asked him to arrange for someone to find the English earl and buy Château Latour.

After these two wineries are in hand, Xia Yu believes that his quality of life can improve to a certain extent.

Time flies like a white horse, two days pass in a flash!

When the sun rises in the east, it signals the beginning of February.

And this day is also the day of the global blockbuster release of "Economic Weekly"!

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