For Limus and Antonio, they were actually suspicious when they heard that the heads of these banks were coming together, and it was a coincidence to say that one or two of them might be a coincidence, but the heads of ten banks came together in a team, which is difficult to explain by coincidence. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

First of all, it is very remarkable for any of these banks to come out alone, plus these people can sit in the position of the head of a country, they are also very capable and proud, and some even have titles and fiefs, for these nobles, they basically will not accept a meeting other than one-on-one, because it is disrespectful to their status.

Of course, unless there is a special intention, then obviously this time, they came together together, I'm afraid that's the case.

"Then why did you discuss coming over together today?" Zhou Ming asked.

Douglas smiled, he gently twisted his mustache: "I think the chairman, you asked this question very unlevel, and it can even be said to be redundant, why should we discuss and why do we come together, do we still need to answer this question?"

With Douglas's words, the other bankers smiled.

"You're for a loan project for National Telecom?" asked Antonio.

Under Antonio's questioning, the smiles of these people became even stronger, and Douglas spread his hands and said, "It seems that I need to applaud your wisdom." ”

Limus and Antonio had bad faces, and Douglas was a merciless mockery of them.

"Okay, I'm just joking to ease the tension, I hope you don't take it seriously. ”

Douglas was apologizing, but in fact his expression did not carry any apology, apparently he was just so casually polite, as he himself said, don't take it seriously.

"After the joke, what I'm going to say next is the point, and I hope you all hear it clearly. "We had a discussion about your investment request last evening, and we agreed that investment is not impossible, but it is not unconditional, and we want to hold a stake in the national telecommunications company in exchange for investment support for the project." ”

Although Limus and Antonio had already guessed what kind of conditions they would propose, now when he really said it, it still made them frown suddenly.

In fact, it is not news that banks require to hold shares of the company in exchange for investment and loan support for the company, both Limus and Antonio can often hear this kind of thing happening, after all, banks are profitable, and holding shares can intervene in the company's decision-making through their own shares after the company's operation is in trouble, and finally whether it is bankruptcy or whatever, they can maximize their own interests.

It can be said that this is the most important insurance for banks to invest in themselves!

But the problem is that this kind of shareholding is generally for small companies, and no large company will agree to this kind of request, and the bank will not put forward it so directly, but now he is so direct about it?

At this time, Douglas added: "I know that such a request is unreasonable, but we also need to be responsible for our investments, isn't it? After all, the situation of the national telecommunications company is very bad now, and the debt owed is almost equal to the size of its own assets, which is not a good sign, and now you are carrying on such a huge debt burden as carrying out such a big project as renovating the national line." ”

Douglas sighed heavily at this point: "With all due respect, the risk estimate of this investment is unacceptable to us, so we must have some guarantees, and now the guarantee that the national telecommunications company can give is your shares." ”

With Douglas's words, others also chimed in: "That's right, we have to collect guarantees, otherwise we can't account to our headquarters; your State Telecom has just made a big change in the company's management before, and you are not only burdened with huge debts, but you also do this kind of thing that endangers the stability of the company, which increases the risk of investing in the national telecom company, and we must get shares before we can invest......

Antonio slapped the table in annoyance in the face of these bankers' words: "You guys are taking advantage of the fire to rob, we won't agree, do you think we really need your investment? Even without you, we can still complete our project!"

Douglas shook his head regretfully: "This is Mr. Antonio, as a gentleman, are you lying to yourself?"

"If the State Telecom is still a state-owned enterprise of the central government, then I am very confident that you can complete these projects independently with the financial support of the government; similarly, if you still have the financial support of the government, we will also be very relieved to give you loans, but now you are no longer a state-owned enterprise, can you no longer get financial support?"

Douglas suddenly remembered something at this time: "Of course, you still have Mr. Zhou Ming, I know that he has a certain amount of wealth, but even if he has a huge amount of wealth, it is outside Mexico, and it can't be realized in Mexico immediately, right?"

Douglas's every word hit Antonio's heart, making his face more and more solemn.

In fact, what Douglas said is also the main reason why they must find these banks for loan investment, you must know that in this era, even the system of the same bank in China has not been able to achieve synchronous real-time access and withdrawal, let alone the transfer of large amounts of funds in the world, which requires skill and time, after all, no country is stupid, will casually put a share of unidentified hot money in to mess up their own economy.

Otherwise, in a certain Southeast Asian financial turmoil that shocked the world, Joros would not have started preparing five years ago, and when he said that there were economic problems in Southeast Asia, it was actually time for him to use the knife.

Even Zhou Ming is the same, he asked Joros to come to Mexico to short the peso, and those fortunes were also completed through the special channels of the British royal family and France, but even so, Zhou Ming still waited for a long time, so now on his own, and at the same time in Mexico's economic situation is very bad, the Mexican government and the Maroon church have wide eyes, and when they are staring at every fund, it is impossible to bring in the money again.

Besides, even if Zhou Ming has a way or the British royal family is willing to help and can bring the funds in, Zhou Ming can't use it.

Originally, Zhou Ming openly received so many shares at the shareholders' meeting that had attracted the attention of the central government, and now Zhou Ming is going to suddenly use a large amount of money to support the zero-yuan purchase project and replace the national line.

It is precisely because of this that they must negotiate with these banks for investment due to the funding gap faced by zero-yuan purchase and line transformation.

Obviously, Douglas understood this and dared to make such an overly demanding request, but it has to be said that they are worthy of those people from big bank families, and this vision is really vicious.

Antonio was silent, and Limus stood up and said: "Mr. Douglas has a very sharp eye, as you said, we have indeed encountered very serious problems in finance, so we have to resort to bank loans, but we really can't agree to your request for shares, Mr. Douglas. ”

"Why is that?" asked Douglas meaningfully.

"Because we don't have enough shares. "Although in the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, the State Telecom Company has become a complete joint-stock enterprise, the central government still controls 30 percent of the shares, which is the most, and the rest of the chairman, Mr. Zhou Ming, only holds 20 percent of the shares, which is also a prerequisite for being the chairman." ”

"To put it simply, if we agree to your request to let you hold shares, how much should we give you? from our shares, or from issuing additional shares to you? Either way, it will lead to a decrease in our shares, which will eventually lead to more dangerous consequences for the whole company. ”

Limus looked at all the bankers in front of him and finally said, "I guess this is not what you want to see, right?"

This rhetorical question made Antonio shout for him in the bottom of his heart, which was great!

Since he was taken by someone, then no matter how much he quibbled, it would be meaningless, and it would become a joke in the eyes of others, so he started from the most basic aspect of shares, and told them the importance of shares through analysis.

In the final analysis, Limus's words only convey one meaning: you can take the shares, but if you take the shares, it will lead to chaos in the national telecommunications company, and your investment will not be recovered, so will you still take it?

If Douglas's words were right in the heart of the National Telecom, now Limus's words are right in the heart of these bankers.

As one of Mexico's most successful businessmen, Limus is clearly aware that no matter what these bankers say, they can't avoid an interest, maybe they want to hold shares for insurance purposes, or maybe they see the potential of the national telecommunications company, but in either case, if doing so will directly damage their interests, then they will have to reconsider whether to do so.

Sure enough, when they heard Limus say this, some people over there frowned and felt a little difficult.

Douglas felt a slight stunned, but after only a moment he recovered his original state: "I have heard your name Mr. Limus before, and know that you are the best businessman in Mexico, and now it seems that you really live up to your reputation, at least what you just said almost convinced me." ”

This sentence of "almost" extinguished the flame of confidence that Limus and Antonio just had, after all, "almost" is nothing!

"But it's a pity that I watched the Mexican news before I came," said Douglas, "and if I'm not mistaken, didn't the national telecommunications company hold a shareholder meeting and you took back a lot of shares at the meeting?

Citibank's Mantis then said: "That's true, I also know that these shares are very dangerous in your hands, and will attract the attention of the central government, after all, they don't want to see a national telecommunications company with excessive concentration of shares, so it is better to hand it over to us, then in a Chinese phrase, this is called killing two birds with one stone, you get rid of the trouble and have financial support, and we also get the shares." ”