"Tuk Tuk!"

A quick knock on the door woke up George Berkeley, who was looking at the papers, and he frowned and looked out the door, only to see his subordinate holding a document and looking at him anxiously.

"Bickley, what's wrong?"

The subordinate who called Bickley walked in quickly and hurriedly said: "General manager, something happened, someone from Barclays Bank has come to our company, and now it is below, and I have asked someone to entertain them." ”

"As soon as I walked in the door, they gave me the takeover offer, and they didn't hide their intentions at all. ”

George Berkeley's eyes were fixed, and he immediately took the takeover offer from Bickley and looked at it carefully.

The further he looked, the more solemn his face became, his brows furrowed, and he did not hide his mood at all, and his mind was all focused on thinking about the purpose of Barclays.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, and still planned to follow the instructions of the boss Xia Yu, so that Barclays Bank would make the first move, and then deal with it according to their measures.

George Berkeley put the offer in a drawer and instructed Bickley: "Go and get Manager Elena first, and then someone from Barclays." ”

At this time, it is still necessary to move out the gods in the company, and it would be great if Elena could take the initiative to use the Howard family connections to help.

George Berkeley was clear about Elena's ambiguous relationship with his boss Xia Yu, but he pretended to turn a blind eye to it, and never commanded Elena with the attitude of treating his subordinates.

In George Berkeley's mind, even if the relationship with the boss is put aside, Elena is a golden sign of the company because of her family background, and many times as long as others know, complex things can often be simplified.

In the UK, the Howard family's signature is really good!

"Okay, I'll go!"

Bickley immediately replied and walked out quickly.

George Berkeley cleaned up his desk, closed his eyes and pondered, typing in his head to better deal with Barclays' uninvited guests.

After a while, the radiant Elena came to the office, George Berkeley quickly told her about the situation, Elena became serious, found a place to sit down, and waited for the Barclays people to come.

"It's him!"

A series of footsteps sounded, and when the big-headed man appeared in view, George Berkeley's pupils shrank, and the vigilance in his heart suddenly increased.

He knew Thomson Joyce, the executive vice president of Barclays, and the most powerful senior at Barclays.

Considering the strength of Barclays, Thomson Joyce's status and social influence are above him.

Generally, the normal acquisition of stocks is led by middle-level staff, and it is rare for the real power to come forward, and now Barclays Bank is unusual, and George Berkeley has to think more.

"Mr. Thomson, I didn't expect it to be you, please take a seat!"

"Hello, Mr. George, Ms. Elena!"

......

After the two parties exchanged pleasantries, they sat down on the sofa face to face, and Bickley and the others immediately made coffee.

Because of the sudden appearance of Barclays, the plan of Bright Fund to acquire the two banks could not be completed perfectly, and George Berkeley was embarrassed to call Xia Yu, so he did not have the slightest good impression of Barclays, even if Thomson Joyce came to the door, his attitude was very cold.

When the robber comes to the door, it will be good to give him coffee, and if he wants his good face, it is impossible!

Seeing George Berkeley's cold attitude, and looking at Elena's calm face again, Thomson Joyce had expected it, he didn't care, smiled and said directly: "Mr. George, I don't know the letter I just sent to your company staff, have you seen it." ”

George Berkeley's face was expressionless, and he bowed slightly: "I see." ”

After two words, there is no follow-up.

Thomson Joyce nodded and said again: "That's good, I also know that Manager George has a lot of things, so I just said it directly." ”

"I know that the Bright Fund has a significant stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland and I would like to buy some from your acquisition. ”

George Berkeley raised his eyebrows, and a deep doubt rose in his heart.

Buying some equity?

Thomson Joyce said this very strangely, and it was completely different from what he expected.

He thought that Barclays Bank wanted to acquire all the shares held by Bright Fund, but he didn't expect that it was only a part of the acquisition, what did Barclays Bank want to do?

Although he was suspicious, George Berkeley did not show it, and he resolutely refused: "I'm sorry, but our company has no intention of selling shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland, even if it is only one share, it will not be sold!"

Elena suddenly said at this time: "Mr. Thomson, in fact, our family is planning to visit Barclays, we heard that Barclays has the equity of Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland, I wonder if it can be sold to the Howard family?"

Elena's words made Thomson Joyce's face stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Elena to say this.

He frowned slightly, looked at Elena and asked, "Lady Elena, can I know if this is your meaning or your father's meaning?"

Just when George Berkeley's heart was slightly mentioned, Elena's face did not change, and she said without hesitation: "Of course my father meant." ”

Hearing this, George Berkeley's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but look at Elena with admiration, and he was also emotional.

He didn't tell Elena just now, and now Elena's words are completely autonomous, which directly moves Duke Howard out, I don't know if Duke Howard will be helpless if he knows about it.

Thomson Joyce, who couldn't figure out whether it was true or not, frowned and thought about it, and directly refused: "Ms. Elena, I'm sorry, Barclays Bank does not plan to sell the shares of the two banks to the outside world. ”

Just when George Berkeley wanted to speak, Elena took the lead, and she directly retorted: "Mr. Thomson, our company is the same!

George Berkeley secretly cheered in his heart, giving Elena a thumbs up for her sharp counterattack.

He also said with a resolute face: "Mr. Thomson, I'm really sorry, our company is not short of money, not to the point of selling stocks to survive. ”

There's no going on here!

Thomson Joyce was choked so badly that his subordinates who came with him also looked at each other, just trying to speak out to save face for their boss.

Seeing Thomson Joyce's face straight, he said solemnly: "Lady Elena, Mr. George, don't be too vigilant, we are here with friendship. ”

"We just want to buy five percent of the Royal Bank of Scotland's equity, Bright Fund has no experience in running a bank, and Barclays Bank, as the largest bank in the UK, has the strength and experience to work with Bright Fund. ”

"We're not trying to snatch the Royal Bank of Scotland from you, all we want is cooperation!"

Five percent equity?

George Berkeley and Elena looked at each other, neither of them understanding what Thomson Joyce was trying to do.

George Berkeley absolutely did not believe Thomson Joyce's words.

The financial industry only has profits, how can there be friendship, Thomson Joyce really thinks he is a fool?

George Berkeley made it clear and said: "Mr. Thomson, you don't have to tell me these hypocritical words, I still say that we will not sell a single share of the shares of the Royal Bank of Scotland." ”

"Barclays is the largest bank in the UK, and the Royal Bank of Scotland is just a small bank in Scotland, which is of no use to you at all.

Thomson Joyce prevaricated: "There is no purpose, just to be optimistic about the future of the Royal Bank of Scotland, if you didn't do it in advance, maybe the entire bank would have been acquired by us." ”

"We're just going to buy five percent of the shares, and if you can't call the shots, we might as well tell your boss what we mean, and it would be great if he could come to London." ”

"It seems that today is not the right time for us to come, so let's do it next time, I hope you will think about it. ”

Before going out, Thomson Joyce stopped and solemnly left a meaningful sentence again: "We really came with friendship, I hope you don't misunderstand!"

After someone sent Thomson Joyce away, the atmosphere in the office was a little depressing.

After a long time, Elena got up and said to George Berkeley: "General manager, this matter is very strange, I don't think it's a simple business matter, let's talk to the boss, Barclays Bank seems to want the boss to come to London." ”

George Berkeley also sensed that something was wrong.

He took a deep breath, nodded and said, "This matter is beyond my authority, and I can only report it to the boss." ”

George Berkeley had been waiting at the company, and when it was almost daylight in the eastern United States, he dialed the phone number of Xia Yu's home in Seattle.

......

In Seattle, USA, at eight o'clock in the morning, Xia Yu received a call from George Berkeley.

After listening to his detailed report, Xia Yu thought about it for a long time and decided to go to London.

What Thomson Joyce said before leaving, George Berkeley told Xia Yu as it was.

Hearing that sentence, Xia Yu was already sure that it was the Rothschild family who was making trouble behind it.

As for the true purpose of the Rothschild family, although he had a guess, he was not absolutely sure.

But it's happened to such an extent that he can't go if he doesn't want to.

Only by figuring out the true purpose of the Rothschild family can he deal with it in a targeted manner.

"George, you have strengthened your vigilance these days, managed the company well, and everything will be said when I come, let's do this first!"

After speaking, Xia Yu hung up the phone.

After sitting in the living room and thinking for more than ten minutes, he made a few phone calls to Yan Shining, asking him to arrange his work and immediately fly to London with some capable forces.

At the same time, he also asked Yan Shining to contact Ma Qianjun and convey some of his instructions.

There are some things that he has to guard against, after all, the Rothschild family has no small black history.

After explaining the matter, Xia Yu returned to New York first and explained some things to Peter Lynch and Yan Wenhan.

Two days later, in the morning, Xia Yu boarded a plane to London at New York's JFK International Airport.

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