"Mr. Rothsier, in fact, for your family, I have long wanted to contact it, but I have never had the opportunity, the day before yesterday I received an invitation from your family, I was deeply surprised, but these days there is something very important in the city, so I can only give the location without authorization, I'm really sorry. ”

As soon as he sat down, Xia Yu said apologetically, his attitude seemed to be very sincere.

Of course, this is a scene, in fact, he has not had an easy time in the past two days.

Jacob Rothschild didn't care, and said with a smile: "I can understand, I have also heard of Mr. Xia's name for a long time, my cousin Charles told me about you, and you have worked together a few times, and he said that you are very atmospheric." ”

Xia Yu smiled: "Thanks to his high opinion, I have worked with Mr. Charles Rothschild a few times before, and the process is very pleasant." ”

Jacob Rothschild nodded and said meaningfully, "That's good, in fact, anyone who has worked with our Rothschild family knows that we are very reliable partners. ”

"Hehe! It's really reliable, can it be unreliable to tie people directly with a dog chain?"

Xia Yu sneered in his heart.

There was a look of deep disapproval on his face, and he bowed his head and said: "Yes, Mr. Rothschild, I also look forward to cooperating with you, of course, the premise is a win-win situation." ”

Now, Xia Yu has begun to dig a pit.

Jacob Rothschild heard what Xia Yu meant, he smiled, and said directly: "Mr. Xia seems to have something to say?"

Xia Yu looked surprised, shook his head and denied: "No, I have always been sincere in my words when I treat my friends." ”

Jacob Rothschild pondered for a moment, nodded and said softly: "Mr. Xia is right, only by being sincere with each other can friendship last. ”

"I think we should be able to be friends!"

Xia Yu smiled and said, "This is also what I hope." ”

"Mr. Rothschild, is there something you asked me to come here today, I hope you don't embarrass your new friends!"

Jacob Rothschild shook his head and said, "Of course not. ”

"Actually, the main purpose of asking Mr. Xia to come today is to get to know Mr. Xia, and now this purpose has been achieved. ”

"The secondary purpose is to cooperate with Mr. Xia, we want to acquire Mr. Xia's 5% stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, as a basis for cooperation, we will assist Mr. Xia to successfully acquire the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Barclays Bank will share a part of the resources to accelerate the rise of the Royal Bank of Scotland. ”

"Only five percent of the equity is needed, which is actually not much, what does Mr. Xia think?"

Xia Yu leaned back, looked at Jacob Rothschild for a few seconds, his smile gradually converged, and asked lightly: "Mr. Rothschild, before that, I want to ask a question." ”

Jacob Rothschild bowed his head and said, "Of course!"

Xia Yu looked into his eyes and asked, "I heard from my subordinates, Barclays Bank has been acquiring the shares of Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland in the past 20 days, I don't know how much you have acquired?"

Jacob Rothschild and Xia Yu looked at each other, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "The current shareholding ratios are 15.4 percent and 36.1 percent respectively. ”

Xia Yu suddenly smiled, he shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Rothschild, do you know? In order to harvest the fruit, I spent more than a year planting fruit trees, and I never leaked the news, just in the process of ripening and picking, Barclays Bank appeared, do you know what my mood is?"

"If it were you, how would you feel?"

Xia Yu's sudden ridicule, Jacob Rothschild could stand it, but the young man who came with him couldn't stand it.

Jacob Rothser, as the leader of the Rothschild family, is sought after everywhere, but now he is being ridiculed by a young man younger than him, which is simply insulting the Rothschild family!

"Mr. Xia, there are many banks that want to cooperate with Barclays, and even want to be acquired by Barclays, but we don't need it, Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland are two listed public banks, are you only allowed to buy them?"

Xia Yu shifted his gaze from this annoyed young man with just a glance, and looked at Jacob Rothschild with interest, as if he wanted to see how he reacted.

I saw Jacob Rothschild's face sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Philip, it seems that I shouldn't have brought you here." ”

The young man named Philip's face changed, he wanted to argue a few words, opened his mouth, but finally did not have the courage to speak, and lowered his head to sulk.

Jacob Rothschild said apologetically: "Mr. Xia, I'm really sorry, Philip is my nephew, his temper is a little short-tempered, please forgive him for being rude." ”

Xia Yu smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "It's okay, I can understand." ”

What does it mean to be understandable?

As soon as these words came out, Philip Rothschild was even more angry, but he didn't dare to vent, so he could only lower his head to hide his emotions.

Jacob Rothschild's attitude changed, and he no longer seemed to be kind, and he said lightly: "Mr. Xia, although Philip is short-tempered, he is right in one sentence, since Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland are listed companies, then anyone has the right to acquire, right?"

Xia Yu spread his hands and nodded: "Of course, this is true." ”

"So I'm not going to pursue what happened, so I'll leave it at that, but why should I sell my equity to you again?"

Jacob Rothschild shook his head slightly and said, "Mr. Xia, the Royal Bank of Scotland has the right to issue a part of the British pound, you don't think you can really buy this bank, do you?"

"Even if you get it by luck, you're going to get in a lot of trouble. ”

"But if Barclays becomes a significant shareholder in Royal Bank of Scotland, we can solve this problem. ”

"We just need to buy another 5 percent stake and increase our stake to more than 40 percent. ”

Xia Yu said: "Barclays Bank is very strong, but if it is Lloyds Bank, it can also solve this trouble, and Barclays Bank does not seem to be irreplaceable." ”

Just when the atmosphere was a little stiff, Xia Yu suddenly smiled again and said: "Of course, the equity is not impossible to sell to you, you said before that we are friends, if I buy the equity to you, then what can you give me?"

"Why don't you sell us a stake in Standard Chartered Bank?"

Xia Yu's request, how could Jacob Rothschild agree, he was just to hold part of the equity to penetrate Xia Yu's assets and understand Xia Yu's details.

If the equity is sold to Xia Yu, then Standard Chartered Bank will become Xia Yu's private property, and it is absolutely impossible for him to know the internal situation of Standard Chartered Bank, how can this work?

Therefore, Jacob Rothschild shook his head and refused: "I'm sorry Mr. Xia, we are also optimistic about the future of Standard Chartered Bank, so we will not sell this part of the equity." ”

Just when Xia Yu's face turned cold, Jacob Rothschild suddenly said: "But our Rothschild family can also help you elsewhere, our Rothschild Bank is very strong in mergers and acquisitions, I heard that you are acquiring Abbott Company, we should be able to help in this regard." ”

Xia Yu's eyes were cold, and he looked straight at Jacob Rothschild.

Jacob Rothschild looked at Xia Yu with a calm face.

After a long time, Xia Yu said with a slight mockery: "It seems that the Rothel family is very well-informed? I actually know that I am buying Abbott Company, so I don't know who is causing difficulties for me?"

"We don't know about this for the time being, if Mr. Xia wants to know, we can help you investigate. Jacob Rothschild pretended not to hear Xia Yu's words and said with a smile.

Xia Yu couldn't help but sneer in his heart, helping with the investigation? Isn't it just to take a scapegoat?

Didn't Jacob Rothschild say this to show him the muscles of the Rothesel family?

He shook his head and refused: "This is not necessary, we have entrusted Merrill Lynch to help with the acquisition, if there is any trouble, we will ask Morgan Stanley for help, I have worked with them a few times, and the results are very satisfactory." ”

"I've heard that the Rothschild family has a strong influence in England, but I haven't had a deep experience yet, and I wonder if Mr. Rothschild can let me see it?"

"Oh, by the way, that's the basis for cooperation, and if you can get what I want, then I'll be happy to sell five percent of the Royal Bank of Scotland to Barclays. ”

Although Xia Yu's deliberate mention of Morgan Stanley made Jacob Rothschild unhappy, Xia Yu's request attracted his attention.

Maybe it's a good opportunity.

Xia Yu is not unable to enter the oil and salt, it depends on what he asks!

I'm not afraid of him asking for anything, I'm afraid that he doesn't want anything!

Jacob Rothschild asked, "Mr. Xia, please tell me that there are very few things in England that we can't do. ”

Xia Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Then I'm relieved, in fact, I want to acquire a company." ”

"Mr. Rothschild should know that I am more interested in the media, and this company is the Mirror Group Newspaper Company!"