Of course, Xia Yu could not know about the calculations of the Rothschild family, and at this time he was wholeheartedly involved in the construction of the Chinese Business Consortium.

After more than a month, as Xia Yu expected, British Chinese-funded enterprises are scrambling to join the Chinese business consortium, and the threshold of the Wu family is about to be trampled on.

In this case, progress is very fast, and a new consortium core company can be added almost every two or three days.

At this critical period, Wu Hongyi was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and it happened that Xia Yu had acquired Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and had free time, so he couldn't stand Wu Hongyi's request, and the Chinese business consortium also had his own share, so Xia Yu participated in it.

With the addition of Xia Yu, the efficiency of the formation of the Chinese business consortium has been improved by a large level.

The flowers bloom in two, one on each branch.

After all, George Berkeley is an elite in the financial industry, good at financial investment, and not good at the elite of automobile companies, so after taking over Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, he asked its general manager to reform according to the plan, and he mainly focused on supervision.

However, he was not idle, he did not forget that his boss Xia Yu told him to acquire the equity of Hongkong Land Group as soon as possible.

It just so happened that just as he was gathering information, he learned that Bolton Keswick, the third line of the Xiangjiang Keswick family, was in London, so he invited him.

Bolton Keswick, 42 years old, is the cousin of John Keswick, the head of the Keswick family, and previously served as a department manager in Hongkong Land.

Having changed his position of neutrality and retreated, the cautious Bolton Keswick began to look for a way out, and the best way to retreat was Britain.

When he returned, he learned that a down-and-out Viscount family was going to sell an ancestral piece of land in Maidstoneshire, south of London, including castles, forests, fields, etc., and he intended to buy it as the foundation of his family's future.

Helplessly, the down-and-out viscount lion opened his mouth and asked for 40 million pounds, and he had to pay in full in cash, and did not accept installments.

40 million pounds, converted into Hong Kong dollars, is more than 350 million.

To be honest, after seeing that ancestral land, he was indeed very greedy, but the point was that he couldn't come up with 40 million pounds in cash.

However, he really wanted to buy this ancestral land, as long as he owned it, then his line would be able to gain a foothold in England.

Although the Keswick family had been in Hong Kong for hundreds of years, he knew very well that the symbolic significance of land and castles for a family, especially the inheritance of the original aristocracy, was of great significance, which would help him quickly integrate into British high society.

Now it is rare to have a loser viscount to sell, and he is reluctant to take the opportunity to slip away.

So after he stabilized the viscount, he made up his mind to return to Xiangjiang to sell his assets and raise money to return to England to buy a family business.

I didn't think that as soon as I was about to leave, I inexplicably received an invitation letter from the Bright Fund, and George Berkeley, the general manager of the Bright Fund, invited him to meet him.

In the country house he had purchased, Bolton Keswick looked at the invitation in his hand, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't figure out why the Bright Fund contacted him.

However, he didn't think about it, but through his friends, he inquired about the details of the Bright Fund.

When he inquired, he was shocked, and instantly paid attention to it.

Although the strength of the Bright Fund is unknown, it is currently very strong, not only owning the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph, two large newspapers, but also close to the Duke Howard family, jointly buying Rolls-Royce Motor Cars for 1.2 billion pounds in cash, and also heard that it has close ties with the Conservative Party.

This all shows the mystery and strength of the Bright Fund.

Although it is rumored that there is capital from Xiangjiang behind the Bright Fund, with his network, it is not certain whether the news is true or false.

But it doesn't matter, just having the strength to cooperate with the Duke Howard family and still occupy the initiative shows a lot of things.

He already plans to return to China for development, so naturally he doesn't want to offend the Bright Fund, whose strength and background are unknown, and he has a deep understanding of the trouble of offending the financial tycoon, and he still remembers it clearly.

So despite thinking about it and not understanding it, he decided to go to the appointment.

At the Sheraton Park Tower Hotel in London, Bolton Keswick was led by a waiter to the door of a luxury private room, knocked on the door and saw a handsome middle-aged man, and no one else.

"Mr. Burton, I'm George Berkeley, welcome to you, please be seated!"

"Hello Mr. George, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting!"

"No, you're not late!"

After greeting George Berkeley with a slight distant, Bolton Keswick sat directly across from him.

In the time when the two were chatting awkwardly, they finished ordering and serving.

Feeling that Bolton Keswick let down his guard a little, George Berkeley knew that the time had come, so he gently put down his knife and fork, and gently touched his mouth with a tissue, and Bolton Keswick's eyes flashed and made the same action.

"Mr. Burton, I think you must be curious right now. ”

"Yes, I was very surprised to receive your company's invitation, I think we shouldn't have crossed paths before, can you give me some questions?"

"Of course. ”

"But before I do that, let me introduce you to our company. ”

"It's my pleasure, please!"

Bolton Keswick's heart moved, leaning forward slightly, and his eyes burned to look at George Berkeley.

George Berkeley smiled and said, "Bright Fund has not been established for a long time, but it has abundant capital, and our business is mainly two, one is to acquire enterprises for management transformation and realize their empowerment and value-added, and the other is corporate mergers and acquisitions and consulting. ”

"The investors behind the Bright Fund are all large consortia and families, and I won't go into detail for special reasons. ”

Hearing this, Bolton Keswick nodded slightly to show understanding, after all, he was born in a big family, and naturally knew that in order to hide his wealth, big consortia and big families would set up investment companies one after another to disperse their shares.

Now in his mind, the names of the top British families, the Bahrain family, the Campbell family, the Howard family, the Grosvenor family, the Cavendish family, the Stewart family......

Just as Bolton Keswick was imagining himself, George Berkeley continued.

"We asked you to come this time because we received a business to acquire a stake in a company on behalf of a client. ”

Hearing this, Bolton Keswick woke up in an instant, he sat up straight, his eyes became extremely sharp, and he asked in a deep voice, "Mr. George, can I know who entrusted your company?

George Berkeley looked apologetic and said, "We are obligated to keep our customers' information confidential, and I'm sorry for that." ”

"What we want to buy is your stake in Hongkong Land. ”

With that, George Berkeley looked at Bolton Keswick with a calm smile.

"Hongkong Land?"

Bolton Keswick frowned, he didn't expect to be the most valuable asset in his hand.

But this is exactly what he wants, in order to raise money, he has planned to sell the equity of the Landmark Group, and now the Bright Fund has come to the door, which is exactly what he wants, as long as the price is suitable, who is not selling it to?

As for the impact on the rest of the family, it was not in his consideration.

After the death of John Keswick and his son, and the huge wealth fell on their heads and they fought for it, they were doomed to have internal contradictions and strife, although they now seem to be united by outsiders, but it is only for self-preservation.

Since he plans to fly separately now, he can't control so much.

It is impossible to let himself suffer losses for the benefit of the rest of the family, in case the time drags on, and the viscount's inheritance is bought by others, where will he go to find such a good opportunity?

The wealth from heaven is too easy to obtain, so naturally I don't pay too much attention to it in my heart, and I won't feel distressed when I sell it.

Bolton Keswick pondered for a moment and refused, "Mr. George, I do have an equity stake in Hongkong Land Group 105, but this is a family business, and I can't sell it, I'm sorry." ”

Bolton Keswick is not stupid, although he is willing to sell, but he also knows that he has to raise the price for himself and strive for more profits, if George Berkeley says it, he will agree to it, isn't this handing a knife to George Berkeley to cut him?

George Berkeley saw through such a clumsy price raising technique at a glance, he smiled secretly in his heart, but said quietly on his face: "Mr. Burton, there is no such thing as a non-sale in the world, I heard that you are buying Viscount Bout's idyllic forest in Maidstoneshire, the castle and the pastoral forest are not for sale of the nobles, don't you think you are still selling them?"

Bolton Keswick frowned, looked sharply at George Berkeley, and said with some anger, "You're investigating me?"

George Berkeley smiled lightly and shook his head, "No, it's just a coincidence, I'm telling you this, I just want to tell you that we can serve you when it comes to acquiring Viscount Bout's ancestral property." ”

Bolton Keswick took a few deep breaths, calmed himself down, and no longer let himself dwell on this, he knew that his move to raise the price had been broken, so he simply singled out, "Mr. George, you are right, there is no such thing as a non-sale item in the world, and the equity in my hand of Hongkong Land Group can be sold, as long as the price offered by your company is right." ”

With that, Bolton Keswick picked up his knife and fork and cut the steak.

"Mr. Porter, we have learned that the current market value of Hongkong Land Group is 58.9 billion Hong Kong dollars, and according to the market value, the equity of 105 in your hands is worth 61.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. ”

"Based on the current market capitalization, we can buy all the shares in your hands at a premium of 10 and for 6.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. ”

George Berkeley calmly threw out his conditions.

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