The position of honorary director of the British Chinese Entrepreneurs Association was of great help to Xia Yu, and with the help of this identity, he quickly integrated into the Chinese business community.

The membership was introduced by Wu Chengde, not to mention the cooperative relationship between Xia Yu and the Wu family, just because Xia Yu exceeded the strength of the Wu family, if it was just given to an ordinary member, Wu Chengde himself could not afford to lose this face, so he gave Xia Yu the title of honorary director after internal discussion, and the other directors had no opinion.

Because he promised Gerard Pat to call on Chinese Americans to vote for him, Xia Yu directly found Wu Chengde and asked him to come forward and convene the senior management of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

At the meeting, Xia Yu stated the stakes, as well as the odds and benefits of the Conservative Party, and finally Xia Yu's proposal was passed, and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce took the lead in calling on Chinese Americans to support the Conservative Party and Gerald Pat.

Of course, this proposal will be passed, and it is not without reason to give Xia Yu face.

The influence of the British Chinese Entrepreneurs Association on the Chinese Americans is very great, and after the Chinese Entrepreneurs Association started, the Chinese Americans who have the right to vote immediately voted for the Conservative Party and Gerard Pat.

And Xia Yu's actions were not slow, and the Daily Telegraph tilted its stance towards the Conservative Party, and the propaganda page for the Conservative Party and Gerard Pat was greatly increased.

Although the daily circulation has fallen a bit as a result, and some extreme people who support the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats no longer subscribe to the Daily Telegraph, Xia Yu does not care at all, compared to the huge political interests, a small number of newspaper sales are nothing.

If he can get a huge benefit, he will not frown even if he sacrifices the Daily Telegraph.

As for Gerard Pat himself, after receiving Xia Yu's financial support, many of the originally formulated political activity plans were immediately activated, and he frequently appeared in various places in London, and his popularity increased greatly.

Although it has only been a long time since the beginning, polls in mid-February showed that Gerald Pat's vote rate soared to 49%, a direct increase of 10% compared to 39% last month, and this is just the beginning!

As for Labour's candidate, Nick Keison, the poll score fell to 33% from 40% last month, causing him to panic and the Party had to make an urgent adjustment.

But the Conservative Party is not a vegetarian, and seeing the party's rising political star Gerard Pat exert his own strength, he was pleasantly surprised and at the same time invested more resources in order to consolidate and expand its advantage.

London is the capital of the United Kingdom, and the position of mayor is very important, regardless of whether the Conservative Party can regain power, it must be won as much as possible.

If he succeeds in government, then the mayor of London is his own person, and in many cases the policy can be strongly supported and implemented, without worrying about being held back.

If he fails to govern, winning the position of mayor of London can also add to the opponent's blockage and prepare for the next general election.

In terms of politics, Xia Yu has already started, and in terms of career, Xia Yu has not slackened.

After the intervention of Duke Carter Howard, the core of the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars acquisition team shifted to Elena, and George Berkeley had no problem with this.

And the acquisition has finally seen the light of day and has begun to enter the normal track, although the process is not fast, but Xia Yu is not in a hurry.

He knew that the takeover of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars would not be completed in a short period of time, and that the decisive time should be after May, and as long as the Conservatives succeeded in taking power, then the resistance to the takeover would be greatly reduced.

Good things are grinding, take your time!

In the formation of the Chinese business consortium, Xia Yu put a lot of thought into it.

The first step in the privatization of China Commercial Bank has begun, and several shareholders have opted out after Mr. Wu has done his job.

The Wu family's shareholding in Huashang Bank has increased a lot, and Xia Yu's Bright Fund has not looked at it, and its shareholding has increased from 15% to 18.6%.

As long as the internal equity is resolved, China Commercial Bank will formally and publicly submit an application for delisting and privatization to the London Securities and Futures Commission, and I believe that Xia Yu will be able to eat a bite of meat again, and it will be easy to increase his shareholding to more than 20 percent.

The civil unrest in Iran continued, and the price of gold in London continued to rise, until March 4, when the situation changed significantly.

Under the strong pressure of Europe and the United States, Iran has restarted oil exports, and the soaring international oil price trend has finally been curbed to a certain extent.

However, it is a pity that the consequences of the sharp rise in international oil prices for several months have appeared, the inflation in the United States has intensified, and the dollar has continued to depreciate, which has led to international capital still relying on the gold market and not wanting to come out, and the international gold price has continued to rise.

It's just that the rise is no longer as fast as it used to be.

Under Xia Yu's instructions, Liu Zhen and others began to take action, doing the work of turning their left hand into their right hand, taking out the funds in batches, leaving a small part of the funds to use 100 times the financial leverage to accept the fund's gold futures sell orders.

To put it simply, it is to use the money obtained from the bank to leverage to buy gold futures in your own account, and the futures are changed to your account, and the bank's money goes into your pocket.

There are also advantages to this, not to mention relative secrecy, but also more convenient and fast.

After all, after a few months, international capital has been entrenched in the London gold market, and the momentum of the US dollar has become clear, so it has become very difficult to buy gold in the market, even if there is money, it is difficult to buy, and it has to be at a premium.

At this moment, Xia Yu quietly boarded the plane back to Xiangjiang.

After internal discussions between Hong Kong businessmen and communication with the mainland, the time to go north was set for March 8, Xia Yu had to go back, everything in Britain was managed by capable subordinates, and Xia Yu was able to leave with peace of mind.

Traveling with Xia Yu, there is also the old man Huashengshi, and there are a large number of antiques on the plane.

After going back this time, the antiques will be stored in Xia Yu's mansion first, and the specific arrangement will be in charge of Hua Shengshi.

At the same time, Hua Shengshi also had to go to his friends to discuss the establishment of a private museum face-to-face.

Building a large private museum is not an overnight thing, it will take a few years to say the least, Hua Shengshi is already old, so he is very concerned about this matter, for fear that he will not see the establishment of a private museum in his lifetime.

After leaving Xiangjiang for several months, as soon as Xia Yu came back, he didn't take care of his work, and he also turned down the invitation of the Xiangjiang bigwigs to take over the wind and wash the dust, and went straight back to his home to accompany his family.

After eating a warm dinner, Xia Yu chatted with his parents in the living room, telling them many interesting things about what he had seen and heard in the UK, and at the same time learning about what had happened at home in the past few months, and caring about the study status of his younger siblings.

This night was joyful and warm, and Xia Yu's heart was completely relaxed.

The next day, because the time to go north was approaching, many things had not yet been understood, so early in the morning, Xia Yu made an appointment with Huo Yingdong to meet at Bao Yugang's house to learn about the situation from them.