At eleven o'clock in the morning, George Berkeley returned with a full load.

For 69 million pounds, he took a 23.7% stake in Sam Nelson.

In the past two days, Bright Fund has won another minority shareholder, acquiring a 1.5% stake in Sotheby's.

Together with the original equity, Bright Fund now holds a total of 83.9% of the equity, costing 202 million pounds.

There is no doubt about the outcome.

Looking at the equity certificate and equity transfer contract that George Berkeley got back, Xia Yu smiled.

"George, next I will invest in the transformation of Sotheby's auction house, the current market value is too low, delist Sotheby's auction house, and strive to complete it in ten days." ”

Xia Yu put down the contract, restrained his smile and instructed George Berkeley.

"Okay!"

George Berkeley nodded in response.

Xia Yu pondered for a moment, and then instructed him: "Force Eskenazi Co., Ltd. a few more times to create more trouble for them!"

He didn't want to spend any more time with the Eskenazi family, so he forced them out as soon as possible, and completed his plan to return to Xiangjiang as soon as possible.

George Berkeley took the order.

As soon as the London Stock Exchange opened in the afternoon, a piece of news caused an uproar among many people.

Bright Fund acquired all the shares held by Sam Nielsen, the largest shareholder, with a stake of up to 83.9%, and applied to the exchange for a suspension of trading for privatization, which has been formally approved.

Many investors who were expecting Sotheby's share price to skyrocket, like Eskenazi Ltd., were dumbfounded.

But looking at the already suspended Sotheby's auction house, they can only reluctantly accept this fact.

There is only one way out left for them, waiting for the Bright Fund to announce the price of privatization, and then sell the shares to them.

Afternoon.

After work, Xia Yu did not go to Huashang Bank, but to the Financial Times Group.

Because the financial index that he asked Clyde Albert to engage in before, after going through many tests and bugs, has finally taken shape and will be released soon!

Such an important historical moment, Xia Yu, as the creator in the real sense, will certainly not miss it.

Fifth Tier of Financial Times Group, FTSE Indexes Limited.

Clyde Albert confidently briefed Xia Yu on the company's situation and the results of the research FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indexes.

And he also asked the R&D team to test the advancement and representativeness of the two indices on site.

Compared with the previous life, it is no worse than the previous life, and even because Xia Yu knows the more mature FTSE index information, the index that has not yet been released is more advanced and scientific than the first release in the previous life.

After reading it, Xia Yu immediately instructed Clyde Albert to hold a press conference as soon as possible to build momentum for the FTSE index.

Although the Financial Times Group owns The Economist, the UK's No. 1 financial magazine, and the Financial Times, the No. 1 authoritative newspaper, these two platforms are enough to give the FTSE a very high starting point.

But Xia Yu knows what the FTSE index means to the British financial sector, and it is in his best interest to let the FTSE index spread as quickly as possible and establish influence and authority, even if it costs something.

Regarding the decision of the boss Xia Yu, Clyde Albert raised his hands in agreement and immediately implemented it.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the press conference officially began, and under the money offensive, various media flocked to the scene, filling the entire press conference site.

After the press conference, the first to report was the major TV stations, which reported the FTSE at noon.

Then came the evening newspaper and the evening news, and continued to report, and the FTSE index was directly hyped, causing heated discussions among the public.

More and more people are paying attention to this matter.

Early in the morning of the third day, both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 were published by the Financial Times and The Economist.

The first people to learn about it were people in the financial industry, who were very discerning, and immediately discovered the professionalism and representativeness of the FTSE index after a simple deduction, and then immediately organized the company's elites to conduct a comprehensive verification.

The results of the verification speak for themselves.

The FTSE index is the fastest way to reflect the movement of the London stock market!

The FTSE index can be a great help for investors to choose stocks!

Especially for those investors who don't understand half-understood, it is incomparably helpful.

Even the financial elites of major companies say yes, so do you still need to question it?

I was dizzy when I was picking stocks before, and I didn't necessarily choose the right stocks.

Now it doesn't matter, there is the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250.

After rigorous investigation and analysis, the FTSE index company has eliminated most of the mines for them, and now they can completely ignore their brains, just close their eyes and grab the 100 constituent stocks of the FTSE 100 index to buy, and then buy the 250 constituent stocks of the FTSE 250, how can it be higher than the probability of making money by oneself.

The FTSE index is on fire, and it's still on fire!

On the day of the launch, 12 financial institutions sent cooperation applications to FTSE Index Company.

Sales of The Economist and Financial Times newspapers have also reached a peak.

The FTSE index will be at the top as soon as it is released, and as long as it remains at the same level, the London stock market and the European stock market will be branded with the FTSE index, and the Financial Times Group will be invincible!

......

Victorio Eskenazi, the founder of Eskenazi Ltd., a family estate in England, came from Milan, Italy.

He was the founder of the company, and at the age of seventy-five, he was no longer energetic, so he returned to his home in Milan to spend his old age, handing over the business to his nephew, Giuseppe Eskenazi.

It's just that this time there was such a big trouble, he couldn't sit still, so he flew from Milan to London.

Giuseppe Eskenazi was very surprised to see his own uncle arrive, and hurriedly helped him to sit down on the sofa in the living room.

As soon as he sat down, old Victorio spoke: "Giuseppe, I heard that you are in trouble?"

Giuseppe Eskenazi bowed her head in some shame and replied: "Yes uncle, I'm sorry!"

"I don't need to apologize, shouldn't you tell me what happened now?"

Old Victoria shook his head slightly.

Giuseppe Eskenazi was silent for a moment, and then told the story of the matter.

After hearing this, Old Victoria immediately said: "Obviously, you shouldn't provoke that old Chinese man named Hua Shengshi, the Bright Fund also has a Chinese shareholder, and he should be the one who targets us." ”

Giuseppe Eskenazi nodded in agreement: "I think it's him, too, but we don't have any evidence to prove it." ”

"What do we need evidence for? As long as we assume that it is him, as for whether it is or not, wouldn't it be clear when asked in person?"

"Sotheby's has been acquired by the Bright Fund, and if we were boycotted by Sotheby's, the company would be in a worse position. ”

"You should understand that we are not the only company that can provide top auction items!"

"And the field of Chinese cultural relics you plan to set foot in has lost its vitality, and we have no bargaining chips!"

Old Victoria's words left Giuseppe Eskenazi speechless, but after he was silent, he said with some reluctance.

"Uncle, I'm just unwilling, I've investigated, Chinese cultural relics will have great prospects in the future, just like the current island cultural relics, twenty years ago the island economy was as underdeveloped, we laid out in advance, and now we have reaped delicious results. ”

"The Chinese in the world are more than ten times that of the island people, and the market for Chinese cultural relics will only be larger than the cultural relics of the island countries!"

Old Victoria strikes him mercilessly, which is also a way of enlightenment.

"Giuseppe, that's just the previous possibility, now that the Chinese cultural relics market has been hit hard, and the other party also has Sotheby's auction house, as long as they want, the price of Chinese cultural relics is difficult to be speculated, and there is no need to gamble on the ethereal future with limited funds. ”

"Give up, didn't you just say that the equity of the Bright Fund has risen to 34.7%? They are already fighting for power on the board of directors, although they can't take away the company, they can make the company stagnate, or even go backwards!"

There was silence again in the living room.

After a long time, Giuseppe Eskenazi sighed, and finally made up his mind, he nodded and said: "Uncle, I know what to do, and I'm sorry that my choice has caused the family a huge loss. ”

Old Victoria was in a good mood, smiled and shook his head and said: "No, you don't have to blame yourself, your business and plan have never been wrong, the fault is only that Lady Luck didn't take care of you this time." ”

"On the road of business operation, there will be all kinds of stone blocks, if you can clean it up, try to clean it up, if you can't clean it up, change the road, all roads lead to Rome, and success will eventually belong to you!"

"Thank you for your enlightenment, I'll go to them for a showdown now!"

"Go ahead, I'll wait for your news at home, and if you encounter something that you can't decide, come back and tell me!"

"I will!"

With that, Giuseppe Eskenazi got up, grabbed a suit from the hanger, draped it over his body, and set off for the company.

An hour later, Eskenazi Ltd.

Giuseppe Eskenazi and George Berkeley sit facing each other.

"Mr. Berkeley, let's not waste time, please tell the person behind you, I want to talk to him!"

Giuseppe Eskenazi said with a gloomy face.

George Berkeley was stunned for a moment, and then showed an inexplicable smile, he was waiting for this sentence.

"I can't call the shots, but I'll take your words back. ”

George Berkeley said ambiguously.

Giuseppe Eskenazi was undeniable and said lightly: "I'm waiting for your news!"

With that, he made a gesture of please.

George Berkeley smiled faintly, and he felt the anger hidden in Giuseppe Eskenazi's heart.

But he didn't care, it was expected.

If Giuseppe Eskenazi hadn't ignited his anger, it wouldn't be normal!

Since the other party doesn't welcome him, he doesn't want to stay longer, anyway, the initiative is on their side, and the boss will naturally clean him up when the time comes.

Giuseppe Eskenazi will never be able to fight the boss, he firmly believes this!

Looking at George Berkeley's departing back, Giuseppe Eskenazi clenched his fists, and finally released them weakly.