"I see!"

"Have you gathered all the information about the French banking industry?"

Xia Yu bowed slightly, and then asked again.

George Berkeley was immediate: "Yes, the Financial Times Group's Banker magazine is the most professional information gathering and analysis platform for the global banking industry, and last month I asked them to compile information on the French banking industry. ”

"But now more than a month later, there may be some changes, give me a few days, and I'll ask the FT Group to adjust the data to the latest situation. ”

"Well, yes, you can collect it and give it to me!"

Xia Yu showed a smile and nodded.

George Berkeley was silent for a moment, and seeing that Xia Yu didn't speak again, he took the initiative to ask: "Boss, what about the second telecommunications company?

Xia Yu thought for a while and said: "This matter mainly depends on the attitude of the government, I'll try it, you are ready to negotiate and wait for my instructions at any time." ”

"Okay!"

George Berkeley immediately complied.

Referring to the telecommunications company, Xia Yu thought of the British Great Eastern Telecom Company, which had been privatized before, and he asked about the company's current situation.

"George, what is the situation now after the partial privatization of Dadong Telecom?"

George Berkeley's eyes flashed with memories, he pondered for a long time, sorted out his thoughts, and said from a suitable angle: "Boss, although the largest shareholder is still the government, the government does not interfere in the company's operation, but only plays a supervisory role. ”

"In the past five months, the company has had a massive management change, completed 30% layoffs, and has not seen a decline in revenue and profit in the third quarter, everything is going well. ”

"Although Dadong Telecom still has 12% of the shares distributed in the hands of others, the development of the company mainly depends on the will of us and the Howard family, and we occupy a more dominant position, Prince Philip basically does not care about this matter, and other families cannot interfere......

As George Berkeley spoke, the corners of Xia Yu's mouth slowly hooked.

It seems that Dadong Telecom Company mainly implements the will of the Guangming Fund.

But think about it.

The second largest shareholder of Dadong Telecommunications is Bank of Bahrain, with a 20% stake.

Then the third largest shareholder is Standard Chartered Bank, which holds 12 percent of the shares.

The fourth largest shareholder is Bright Fund, which holds 7% of the shares.

In addition to the 49 percent held by the government, there is still 12 percent of the shares, which are scattered among other families and companies, which is very dispersed.

Among the four major shareholders of the Bank of Bahrain, although the largest shareholder is the Howard family's Rock Fund, holding 35% of the shares.

However, the second largest shareholder is Jiuding Bank, which holds 25 percent of the shares.

The remaining Bright Fund and Prince Philip's Black Rose Capital are twenty percent each.

In fact, Xia Yu's side holds 45% of the shares.

Although it is now the Howard family that mainly runs the Bank of Bahrain, he can still lead the Dadong Telecom Company.

But after all, Dadong Telecom Company is not absolutely controlled by him, and the remaining 49% of the government's shares, he will not dare to grab 100% of the package tickets in the next privatization, so the ownership of Dadong Telecom Company is not clear.

Therefore, the best way is to use the existing rights to complete the strategic deployment as much as possible, and to stabilize first!

Thinking about this, Xia Yu said to George Berkeley: "George, Dadong Telecom Company still holds 45.7% of the equity of the Xiangjiang branch, and now my company in Xiangjiang has only acquired 31.3% of the equity, which is still 35.4% short of absolute control. ”

"I give you a task, as soon as possible let Dadong Telecom transfer the equity of the Xiangjiang branch, there is no need to transfer all of it, you can leave a small part as a link of cooperation, but at least 35.4% of the equity must be transferred, I need to absolutely control the branch of Xiangjiang, which involves strategic planning. ”

"Can it be done?"

George Berkeley frowned slightly, thought about it and nodded heavily and said, "Boss, this matter is difficult, but I will do my best!"

"Well, that's good!"

"That's what I said about these two things in telecommunications. ”

"Do you have any other questions?"

Xia Yu asked with a light smile.

"Boss, I have something to report to you......"

Next, George Berkeley said some work matters, and Xia Yu could answer or promise to solve them on the spot......

In the afternoon, Xia Yu made a special call to Duke Carter Howard and made an appointment to visit him at his house at noon the next day.

The rest of the time, Xia Yu went to Huashang Bank and met Wu Hongyi, who was pleasantly surprised, and held a banquet in the evening to wash the dust for Xia Yu.

Early the next morning, Henry went back to school, and Xia Yu took Elena to the Howard family's castle.

At about eleven o'clock, Xia Yu arrived at his destination, and happened to see Duke Carter Howard leisurely watering the flowers, without a shelf at all.

Seeing Xia Yu and his daughter Elena and others coming, Duke Carter Howard immediately put down the watering can, a doting smile appeared on his face, and said happily: "Oh God, my dear Elena is back, what a happy day!"

"Dad, long time no see, I miss you so much!"

Looking at the warm scene of the father and daughter, Xia Yu did not rush over to disturb, and stopped to watch with a smile on the side.

After a long time, Duke Carter Howard finally looked at Xia Yu, walked towards Xia Yu with a smile, and stretched out his hand.

"Mr. Xia, long time no see!"

"Sir Carter, long time no see!"

......

After a brief greeting, Xia Yu walked into the castle and came to the palatial living room under the greeting of Duke Carter Howard.

The maid made tea for Xia Yu and Elena, and also made coffee for Duke Carter Howard.

Looking at the cup of tea in front of Elena, Duke Carter Howard asked his daughter in surprise: "Elena, when will you drink green tea?"

Elena smiled gently, blinked her eyes and whispered, "Dad, I have been fond of drinking green tea for more than half a year, and I feel that green tea tastes better than coffee." ”

Duke Carter Howard was a little stunned: "More than half a year?"

"Then why didn't you tell your dad when you came home before, every time you drink coffee like me, I don't know your hobbies, hey......"

In the end, Duke Carter Howard glanced at the tea in Xia Yu's cup, and a sense of crisis and depression suddenly rose in his heart.

He suddenly looked at Xia Yu unpleasantly.

Seeing Duke Carter Howard's somewhat sharp gaze and feeling that he seemed to be a little hostile, Xia Yu was a little inexplicable at first.

But he reacted immediately, embarrassed in his heart, but on the surface he looked at the teacup in the cup without squinting, as if he could see the flowers, as if he did not notice the hostility of Duke Carter Howard.

Elena, who was delicate, noticed that her father seemed to have emotions like a child, and she was a little angry and funny, but of course there was a little shyness in her heart.

What does the father seem to have discovered and what to do?

She thought about it, and immediately said with a soft smile: "Dad, because when I came back before, I didn't drink coffee and no one drank coffee with you, of course I don't drink tea!"

"Today is different, Xia Yu came to our house, he is my boss and a guest of our family, I am the same as him and green tea, which is on behalf of our family's welcome to him. ”

When Elena said this, she not only surprised Xia Yu, but also made her father, Sir Carter, a little stunned.

After a while, Duke Carter Howard said with some surprise: "Elena, there is nothing wrong with welcoming Mr. Xia. ”

"However, it seems like the first time I've seen you say anything like that......"

After speaking, Duke Carter Howard glanced at his daughter meaningfully, and Elena's pretty face couldn't help but blush, and her eyes kept flickering.

This confirmed the conjecture in Duke Carter Howard's heart, and his gaze at Xia Yu became sharper and sharper.

No father likes outsiders to raise cabbage in his own family, and Duke Carter Howard thinks so, which is the common denominator of every father, and has nothing to do with reason.

The mentality changed, and even the tone was a little impatient, and he directly asked Xia Yu's intention.

"Mr. Xia, did you come to the UK this time for something?"

"Is it the new telco?"

In fact, it was someone else's cabbage, so in the face of Duke Carter Howard's impatience, Xia Yu was full of patience.

Whatever you do, I will deal with it with Tai Chi.

Ignoring Sir Carter's emotions, he smiled and nodded, "This is one of the reasons, and the most urgent thing at the moment. ”

"I heard George tell me the details of this yesterday, so I have come to visit you today to see if I can find a suitable and effective solution. ”

"After all, although the new telecom company has to be built from scratch, the future of the telecom market is very bright, which is a very tempting cake. ”

PS: I'm sorry, there is no holiday at all this weekend, and the census will officially start next week