Jacob Rothschild's face became more gloomy the more he listened, but his mind kept deducing.

After a long time, he shook his head and said, "We missed the best opportunity to control him, unless he made a big mistake behind him, or artificially created a trap to lure him in." ”

"He is the strongest at self-preservation until his funds are exhausted. ”

Evelyn Jacob nodded in agreement: "That's right, so we're going to continue to look for opportunities?"

Jacob Rothschild nodded without thinking about it: "Of course, it is rare to find such a person, and you can't give up easily." ”

Isn't his Polaris Capital company in the United States on a buying spree? It seems that he is also eyeing Abbott, which has a market value of $2.8 billion, and if he wants to buy it, at least $3 billion. ”

"We don't know his funds now, but a conservative estimate of six billion dollars, according to his habit, does not like leveraged buyout companies, if all the money is paid out by him, the acquisition of Abbott alone can take out half of his funds!"

"If there are more of them, then his funds will be depleted and his threat will be reduced. ”

Evelyn Rothschild smiled and said: "According to his trend, it will definitely attract the attention of those conglomerates in the United States, and a yellow person dares to grab a cake on a large scale in the United States, I believe those two traitors will not tolerate it." ”

"Those two traitors can instruct the European consortium families to jointly encircle and suppress us, of course we can also let him go and make trouble for them, if he can win the best, there will be chaos in the United States, of course the probability of him winning is almost zero, at that time we will lend a hand to him, I believe he should not refuse. ”

The two of them thought very well, but they didn't know that Xia Yu was not eating dry food, just the Tiger Fund and the Bridgewater Fund were very hidden, and Xia Yu tried not to go, even if he went, he was very careful, so the Rothschild family did not find out about the relationship with Xia Yu.

As for Xia Yu's amount of funds, they are far underestimated.

Not to mention them, even anyone in the world would not believe that Xia Yu could have more than 20 billion US dollars in liquidity, which is simply a fantasy.

Jacob Rothschild smiled and said, "Evelyn, this plan is more complicated, we will refine it when the time comes, before that, we have to disrupt his layout first, we can't wait any longer, even if it arouses his disgust, it doesn't matter." ”

"The capital pyramid of the United States has taken shape, and as long as he wants to gain a foothold in the United States, the higher he goes, the more noticeable it will become, and a conflict with the old American conglomerates is inevitable. ”

"He is a smart person, smart people naturally know the choice between emotions and interests, when he is about to fall into the abyss, even if he hates us, he will hide his emotions and beg us to save him!"

Evelyn Rothschild nodded in agreement, thought for a while and asked, "If we disrupt his layout, we have three places in the UK that we can do it, namely the Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered Bank and Jaguar Motor Company, which one do we move?

Jacob Rothschild thought about it and directly excluded Jaguar Motor Company: "Don't stop Jaguar Motor Company, we can't stop it, now that Leland Automobile Group has been acquired, Sir William Lyons has also been persuaded by Duke Howard, and our chances of blocking it are too small." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then said, "And this acquisition was approved by Madam Margaret, the council has passed it, and Duke Howard is also a shareholder of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, so we cannot offend any of them." ”

Don't look at the Rothesschild family at the top of the British capital, but in reality they are also under a lot of pressure.

Although the Rothier family is also a nobleman, it only has a baronial title at the bottom, and is not a member of the ancient noble alliance, coupled with what the Rotheschild family did at its peak, the ancient family in Britain is very wary of the Rothchild family.

Although the Rothesschild family cooperates with some big families, it is only limited to business, and it is more of competition and confrontation.

In the modern business environment, cooperation and competition coexist, and the confrontation in the secret has never stopped.

The Howard family is one of the top few British dukes, powerful, and the top of the ancient aristocratic alliance, although the Rothschild family is not afraid of the Howard family, but there is really no need to offend them for no reason.

Evelyn Rothschild nodded and said with a smile: "He is really powerful, he gained the friendship of Lady Margaret during the election campaign, and he also won the approval of Duke Howard." ”

Jacob Rothschild bowed slightly, and said with emotion: "So he has an unreasonable maturity, even if he is an elite cultivated by the big family, he can't do it to this level at this age." ”

After the emotion, Jacob Rothschild continued to get down to business: "Okay, let's get down to business first. ”

"The Bright Fund is registered in the United Kingdom, and the banking bill introduced last year could not prevent it from buying the Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank, but both banks have the right to issue notes, and the Bank of England has the right to intervene, they have dredged up the relationship, and secretly made a large-scale acquisition of equity, if we want to succeed at one time, we must stop it!"

The banking bill mentioned by Jacob Rothschild is called the British Banking Act 1979, and the enactment of this law can be said to be an important turning point in the history of British financial regulation, and it is the first complete banking law in the history of the United Kingdom.

The reason for the enactment of such a banking law is that between 1973 and 1975, the financial crisis broke out, which hit the British financial industry hard, and foreign banks bought British banks on a large scale, so Britain had to take action to protect its own banks and strengthen the supervision of the banking industry.

Fortunately, this is only the first complete banking law, and if the United Kingdom passed the Banking Act 1987 in 1987, it states that "any investor who intends to acquire more than 15% of a British bank must obtain the approval of the Bank of England".

At that time, the Bright Fund will not be able to buy banks as recklessly as it does now.

Having said that, the banks acquired by the Bright Fund are also special, and the standard Standard Chartered Bank is better, that is, it has the right to issue notes in Hong Kong dollars, which is less important.

However, the Royal Bank of Scotland has the right to issue notes for the pound, and the Bank of England can intervene justifiably, and whether it is willing to intervene depends on the strength and connections of the acquirer.

George Berkeley had already taken action to dredge up the relationship, and Elena had also used the relationship of the Howard family, so there was no risk.

But now it would be easy for the Rothier family to interfere with it.

However, Evelyn Rothschild did not agree with Jacob Rothschild's idea of stopping it.

He shook his head and questioned, "Jacob, I don't think we need to stop it in the first place, this is a good opportunity to infiltrate his career, if he can accept it, then we can move on to the next test." ”

Jacob Rothschild was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood the plan of his cousin Evelyn Rothschild, and said: "Your idea is better, now he has the fatal handle of the two banks, but we are not afraid of this risk, we can rush to acquire a part of the equity and become his partner." ”

"But we also have to show our strength. ”

"Now the equity of Standard Chartered Bank has been almost acquired by Bright Fund, and it must have exceeded the absolute holding line, and we can buy as much as we can, and I believe that as long as he is wise, he will not fight with us for capital injection. ”

"If the Royal Bank of Scotland is to get at least 40% of the equity, see how he chooses, try his attitude!"

"If he doesn't know how to share it with us, then let his acquisition go to waste!"

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On this day, Jacob Rothschild and Evelyn Rothschild deliberated for several hours to refine the plan down to the point of detail.

That afternoon, the Rothschild family was in motion.

Barclays, the UK's largest bank, approached the shareholders of Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank.

In the choice between Bright Fund and Barclays, there is no doubt that the shareholders who did not sell their shares all chose Barclays.

George Berkeley, who was originally going well, immediately realized that something must have gone wrong after hitting a wall a few times.

When he inquired carefully, the news he got made his face change greatly, and he didn't dare to have the slightest luck, so he called Xia Yu on the other side of the ocean as soon as possible.

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