This morning, Xia Yu was eating breakfast at home, and from time to time he looked at a resume on the table on the left-hand side.

This resume, which was faxed from London early this morning, is the resume of Peter Monroe, the 26th Governor of Hong Kong, who was appointed by the British government to succeed MacLehose yesterday.

Yes, the 26th Governor of Xiangjiang was not Youde in the history of his previous life, but another person appeared.

Xia Yu is sure that this is affected by his butterfly effect.

If nothing else, the new Governor of Hong Kong will arrive in Hong Kong on May 20 this year to replace MacLehose and officially assume his duties.

It's only 6 January 1982, and there are still more than five months to go.

On the resume, Peter Monroe's life work experience and basic information are clearly written.

Born in 1925, Peter Monroe is 57 years old this year, has 32 years of diplomatic experience, and is an experienced diplomat, spending the remaining 22 years in Asia, except for nearly a decade as a diplomat in North Africa.

One of the experiences that attracted Xia Yu's attention was that from 1958 to 1964, Peter Monroe served as an official of the Auxiliary Secretary when he was the Governor of Hong Kong at Bergie.

At the end of his resume, there is also an analysis of his personality traits, the most obvious one is that this person is not a nationalist, has no obvious pro-China stance, and has no anti-Chinese stance......

"Hehe, Margaret Thatcher still took into account the instability. ”

"It's not Youde, and then it's up to Argentina to give it or not. ”

"I'm making a big fuss in France, and maybe this old woman will have to be in a hurry......"

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After breakfast, Xia Yu took the car to the company.

After arriving at the company, he immediately convened the acquisition team for a meeting to first learn about the latest situation, and then assigned tasks to start the action.

After all, Louis Vuitton Group is a non-listed company, and although the board of directors has been re-elected, the Bright Fund only holds 58.8% of the shares and cannot fully control the board of directors.

Generally speaking, the board of directors only needs to approve the proposal of private placement and merger of non-listed companies, but this is only a general situation.

The Vuitton family has brought in investors in the past, and in order to maintain the family's control of the Louis Vuitton group, they have amended the company's articles of association, and major matters such as these require the consent of more than two-thirds of the voting rights to pass.

There is no requirement for non-listed companies to have one-third of independent directors, and Louis Vuitton does not, so the voting rights of the board of directors are basically equal to those of shareholders' meetings.

According to the articles of association of Louis Vuitton Group Company, the private placement requires the approval of two-thirds of the board of directors before it can be approved, so Xia Yu has no way to dilute the equity of the Vuitton family through private placement. Nor can it forcefully push for the merger of Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy.

Since formal business means can't be used, then take advantage of the weakness of human nature!

There were two final resolutions at the meeting, one was that Leo Martin was responsible for the private placement of Moët Hennessy Wine Group to dilute the equity of the Hennessy family.

Moreover, in order to retaliate against the Hennessy family, the private placement was not based on the high market value of nearly 6 billion francs before Moët Hennessy Wine Group, but according to the asset situation, the actual assets of 2.1 billion francs were used to raise 1 billion francs, and the only object of the additional issuance was designated - Bright Fund.

As long as the private placement is implemented, the shareholding ratio of the Hennessy family will be reduced from 17.5 percent to 11.85 percent, while the shareholding ratio of the Bright Fund will be increased to 88.15 percent.

The Hennessy family will be equivalent to a loss of more than 210 million francs!

The second decision was for Xia Yu to personally meet Henri Rijamil, president of the Louis Vuitton Group.

Everything is different from person to person.

With Alain Chevalier, you need to talk about your dreams, and with Henri Rigiamir, you need to use real benefits!

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, it was still the same restaurant near the Champs-Elysées where he had last met Alain Chevalier.

Xia Yu met Henry Rijamir, a Sven man with curly blond hair and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his face.

After a brief greeting, Xia Yu praised his achievements and dedication in the Louis Vuitton Group, but when he was in a happy mood, he suddenly talked about the shortcomings of the Louis Vuitton Group.

"Mr. Henri Rigimil, although the Louis Vuitton Group is famous all over the world, but due to limited funds, the current market share of bags is not particularly high. ”

"And compared to other companies, Louis Vuitton's business is limited to the luggage sector, and the boundaries of the fashion and boutique markets are very broad, how long will it take for Louis Vuitton to expand its business?"

Faced with the question suddenly thrown by Xia Yu, a major shareholder, Henry Rijamil was speechless.

Just when he was struggling to think about how to answer Xia Yu's question.

Xia Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Henry Regiamir, opening a business from scratch not only takes a long time, but also requires a huge amount of capital, if you can merge Louis Vuitton Group with a strong large company, then with the help of the resources of another company, the effect will be 1+1>2, what do you think?"

This time, if Henry Regiammir doesn't understand Xia Yu's purpose again, then he is not qualified to be president.

What's more, during this time, Bright Fund was in the limelight, and had just privatized the wine giant Moët Hennessy Wine Group.

Xia Yu is not planning to promote the merger of Moët Hennessy and Louis Vuitton?

With this guess, he squeezed out a somewhat stiff smile and asked, "Mr. Xia, which company do you want to merge with the Louis Vuitton Group?"

Xia Yu smiled lightly and spit out a name: "Moët Hennessy Wine Group." ”

Sure enough, it was!

After the conjecture was verified, the smile on Henri Rijamir's face disappeared completely, and he said in embarrassment: "Mr. Xia, the influence of Moët Hennessy Wine Group is in the wine market, while the Louis Vuitton Group is in the luggage market. ”

The reason is so, but in fact it is because Moët Hennessy is too large.

At the time of its listing, the Moët Hennessy Group had a market capitalization of more than 5.85 billion francs.

And what about the Louis Vuitton group?

None of the killings amounted to two billion francs.

If the two companies merged, the Vuitton family's shareholding would drop by three-quarters to about 10 percent.

Without a veto, the Vuitton family will lose the ability to protect itself.

And his position as president of the Louis Vuitton group is expected to be lost.

So whether it was for the benefit of the Vuitton family or for his personal benefit, he would not agree.

The company's long-term interests are not linked to his interests, and he has no need or reason to agree to Xia Yu's proposal.

Xia Yu shook his head slightly and retorted: "Mr. Henry Regiamir, although the main consumers of wine are men and the main consumers of bags are women, they are mainly aimed at middle and high-end customer groups, and some of them are the same. ”

However, Xia Yu didn't want to argue too much in this regard.

Without waiting for Henry Rigimil to speak, he suddenly asked a question that did not go along the boundary.

"Mr. Henry Regiamir, I know that you are the son-in-law of the Vuitton family, and you have served the Vuitton family for so many years, how are they treating you?"

Henry Rijamir's expression froze, then returned to normal, and said vaguely: "The treatment is not bad. ”

Xia Yu smiled faintly and said to himself: "I know that the salary is not bad, but although your wife is from the Vuitton family, the equity of this company has nothing to do with you, your wife and son. ”

"Don't you want to leave something for your children, like equity in the company?"

Henry Rigiamir's heart shook, his mouth squirmed, but he couldn't say anything to deny it.

Because Xia Yu's words spoke to his heart.

Although he is Henry Vuitton's son-in-law, he does not have any equity in the company, and because there are many members of the Vuitton family, his wife has five brothers, and the Vuitton family's assets are also passed on in a special way, so his children are not eligible to inherit part of the assets of the Louis Vuitton group.

But how could Xia Yu, who is now the major shareholder of the Louis Vuitton Group, suddenly tell him this? His heart began to stir.

The temptation is too great!

There is an essential difference between working for someone else and becoming a shareholder yourself!

Henry Rijamir was silent!

This means that he is really moved.

Xia Yu didn't waste the time, glanced around, and when he was sure that there was no one around, he actually said some high-sounding words to = Henri Rigimil, so that he could convince himself: "Mr. Henri Rijamir, the merger of Louis Vuitton Group and Moët Hennessy Wine Group is a strong alliance that will create greater value." ”

"Even if the shareholding ratio of the Vuitton family is reduced after the merger, in fact, the price potential will be higher in the future, where can the luggage market compare with the wine and luxury markets?"

"There is no need for the Vuitton family to waste their energy, they can also obtain greater benefits, the benefits of the merger far outweigh the disadvantages for them, the only disadvantage is the loss of the right to operate, but will they hand over the management rights to you soon?"

Then Xia Yu immediately threw out the most intuitive benefits: "If you can get the Vuitton family to agree to merge, then I will give you enough compensation." ”

"And the two companies are only resource integration, in fact, they are subsidiaries of the parent company, your ability has been proven, and I will also appoint you as the president of the Vuitton Group. ”

"What do you think?"

Henry Rigimil's heart was shaken, and Xia Yu's words were repeated in his mind.

For a long time, his personal interests prevailed over the interests of the Vuitton family.

And he is also sure of persuading the Vuitton family to agree to the merger, so he can still give it a try!

He took a deep breath, looked at Xia Yu with a smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Xia, how much can you give me?"

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