After acquiring Starbucks Coffee, Xia Yu appointed Howard Schultz, who had been hired from Xerox Corporation, as the general manager of Starbucks.

And it also took a day to draw the logo of the later Starbucks, and wrote an essential version of the development plan according to the development context of the later Starbucks.

After handing over all these things to Howard Schultz, Xia Yu became the shopkeeper.

With the real soul of Starbucks at the helm, as well as his high-level guidance and funds, who will succeed if Starbucks is not successful?

Originally, because of the acquisition of Starbucks, Xia Yu was in a good mood.

But after receiving a call from George Berkeley, Xia Yu's good mood was completely ruined.

“...... Hey, boss, are you still listening?"

Feeling that Xia Yu had not made a sound for a long time, George Berkeley on the other end of the phone asked.

Xia Yu, who was thinking, came back to his senses, with a touch of gloom on the corner of his eyebrows, and said slowly in a calm tone: "George, relax, you first tell me about the acquisition of the two banks." ”

George Berkeley's voice came from the microphone again: "Boss, before the acquisition of the two banks, I have already opened up the relationship, and the shareholders of the two banks have also helped us dredge up the relationship in order not to thunder, and the Bank of England has agreed." ”

"So far, Standard Chartered Bank is in the process of being privatised and we have acquired 83.2 percent of the shares. ”

"As for the Royal Bank of Scotland, because it involves the right to issue notes for the British pound, there are many obstacles, and it took a lot of time to dredge, and now it has only acquired 62.5% of the equity......"

Xia Yu had been listening quietly, and when he heard about the acquisition of the equity ratio of the Royal Bank of Scotland, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.

It would be nice if the shareholding ratio exceeded 66.7 percent!

But things have happened, and the smooth sailing during this period of time almost made him lose his vigilance, and now there is a sudden accident, but it seems real and normal.

Now that Barclays, the overlord of the Bank of England, has made a move, there is basically no need to think about it, and the equity of the Royal Bank of Scotland can only be acquired so much.

"Boss, what do we do now? We have an absolute controlling stake in Standard Chartered Bank, if Barclays doesn't sell their shares, should we inject capital to dilute their shares......?

Listening to George Berkeley's words in the microphone, Xia Yu thought more and deeper, he was different from George Berkeley, he knew very well who the real owner of Barclays Bank was.

Barclays bought the stakes in both banks at the same time, and he did not believe that it was an accident, most likely premeditated, and that it was the Rothschild family who were calculating him.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu became more and more calm, he thought about it, and instructed George Berkeley: "George, calm down, continue to acquire equity according to the plan, no need to dilute the equity, and no need to contact Barclays Bank to see what their reaction is, I will not go, as soon as there is news, you will notify me immediately." ”

"By the way, be careful not to leak the news of the losses of the two banks, Barclays Bank intervened, and the benefits of the collapse of the two banks will not fall on our heads, and there is no need to reduce the acquisition cost for Barclays. ”

......

After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu stood in front of the windowsill with his hands in his hands, looking at the blue sky, taking a deep breath, and various speculations appeared in his mind.

"Forget it, let's wait for them to make a move first, and see what kind of medicine they sell in their gourd!"

For a long time, Xia Yu muttered to himself.

Shaking his head, he cleared his messy thoughts, made a few phone calls back to Xiangjiang, and instructed his subordinates to be vigilant recently, and if there was anything abnormal, report to him immediately.

It is said that the house leak coincided with overnight rain.

Early the next morning, Peter Lynch also reported bad news to him.

Polaris Capital's plan to buy Abbott appears to have been leaked, and there are unknown institutions that are long Abbott, forcing Abbott's stock price to rise.

As a result, Polaris Capital's acquisition plan has been disrupted, and the likelihood of a wholly-owned acquisition is decreasing.

Merrill Lynch, the entrusted acquirer, told Peter Lynch that the acquisition plan must be adjusted and the cost needs to be increased.

Despite the troubles, Abbott is the most suitable company for the Jiuding consortium to build a foundation in the biopharmaceutical field, so the determination to acquire will not change.

It doesn't matter if the cost increases, I'm afraid that I won't be able to spend the money!

Therefore, Xia Yu instructed Peter Lynch to discuss with Merrill Lynch, even if the commission is raised, let Merrill Lynch help take down Abbott!

The successive accidents made Xia Yu realize that something was wrong.

Because of his understanding of the Rothschild family, he involuntarily unexpectedly put the acquisition of Abbott on the Rothschild family.

This connection may seem outrageous, but it's possible!

Next, what Xia Yu has to do is to stabilize his mentality and let the enemy jump out by himself first.

Of course, the necessary intelligence gathering still needs to be done.

......

London, House Rothschild.

Jacob Rothschild looked at the data that Evelyn Rothschild brought back and asked, "Evelyn, the Bright Fund now knows about our actions, and they haven't reacted?"

A hint of strangeness flashed in Evelyn Rothschild's eyes, and she shook her head and said: "No, the people in our bank have fought with them once, and the Bright Fund must know about us, but the strange thing is that they didn't make any moves, as if it didn't happen." ”

Jacob Rothschild frowned, the corners of his mouth hooked a touch of arc, and said with a smile: "Interesting, this can calm down, too calm, this is not good." ”

"Over there?"

Evelyn Rothschild said: "Someone has already arranged for someone to buy Abbott's shares, and if he wants to buy it, it's not so easy. ”

Jacob Rothschild smiled: "That's good, since he doesn't want to move, let's take the initiative, it's time to interview him." ”

"The shares of the Royal Bank of Scotland have been bought almost completely, and the retail investors will not have more than one percent of them, and the rest should be in the Bright Fund, according to the plan, send someone to launch a takeover offer to them. ”

Although the Royal Bank of Scotland is a publicly traded company, many times, bank stocks are different from ordinary stocks, and retail investors will not have much in their hands, because it is not the turn of retail investors to buy them.

Over the years, the stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland has undergone an unknown number of changes, and it is no longer in the hands of the founding family.

There will not be much public shareholding, and most of the stocks are concentrated in the hands of large and small institutions, and the shares held by these institutions are also tradable shares, depending on whether they are willing to sell them.

It is precisely because of this situation that the stakes in the Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank can be acquired so easily.

"OK, I'll arrange for Barclays to come over tomorrow morning. ”

PS: In the last three hours, if you don't vote, it's overdue!

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