In the next few days, Li Guangyu had a good taste of the scenery of Austria, and at the same time waited for Zhang Ziyu and Zhao Qihui to negotiate the results of their negotiations with the Austrian government.

On the British side, several major American consortia contacted some of the newly rising wealthy people in Britain to jointly establish a Yingli investment company, including Anthony Banderford, chairman of JCB, Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Jewelry, Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Group, and others.

Although these new rich people are not aristocrats, they are very wealthy, and they have a strong influence in the House of Commons.

Immediately after the establishment of this company, these forces began to launch a public opinion offensive, demanding that the sale of government state-owned assets must be fair and open, and that the interests of the state should not be harmed and private pockets should not be enriched.

As the current Prime Minister of England, Thatcher now has happy troubles, and she was worried that no one would take over these industries, and her new round of reforms might end in nothing.

Unexpectedly, now not only someone will take over, but also rush to buy, and she is not worried that these companies will not sell at a good price.

It's just that now that it has become a battlefield for Asian consortia and American conglomerates, if it is not handled well, it is likely to cause some unnecessary trouble, especially after these British nobles and businessmen have joined in, and things are even more difficult to handle.

The Queen personally consulted with her in the hope that the government would sell the major company to Anglo-Asian Investments, and talked about the threat to Britain posed to the control of many American consortia.

She personally also hopes that these groups will be acquired by Anglo-Asian Investment Company, so that she can get more help herself, but now that these businessmen are involved, she and the queen's idea is only afraid that it will be difficult to realize.

Once their government is too partial to the Anglo-Asian bloc, public opinion will definitely attack the government, and even involve the contradictions between the commoners and the aristocracy, which the royal family and the government do not want to see.

To this end, on the morning of April 15, Thatcher held a special meeting in a small conference room, attended by the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and other key officials.

Thatcher said: "This time we have come up with some relatively good assets, attracting many forces from all over the world, and the success of this reform is just around the corner, but you all know the current situation, neither Her Majesty nor our government wants to let the American consortium control some of our companies that involve the needs of the citizens and some key points, I don't know if you have any good way to get the American consortium out of this acquisition." ”

This time it is mainly a battle between the Asian consortium and the American consortium, both sides are not bad for money, and the relationship between the two parties has continued to deteriorate in the past two years, and they are fighting endlessly in many markets around the world.

It is even more difficult to get the US consortium to withdraw from this acquisition, and it is clear from the actions of the US consortium that they have no intention of making concessions.

In order to allow them to compete with Asian consortia on an equal footing, they also deliberately pulled in British Capital.

At this time, if their government is biased, public opinion will be very unfavorable to them, and you must know that the Labour Party is always watching them, waiting for them to make mistakes.

As long as they are biased towards Asian conglomerates, they are afraid of harming national interests, and the cap of embezzling state property will immediately be put on their heads.

The Minister of Industry said: "Prime Minister, this time our government has to be impartial and put the company out to be competed by two investment companies, and whoever gives the highest price will be the one who will be the one, so that we can sell at a better price and not cause trouble for ourselves." ”

Doing nothing is the best option for them, and although the control of these groups by the American consortium will have some economic and political impact on them, it is better than their favoritism towards the Asian consortium and being attacked and removed from power by the Labor Party.

As for how to reduce the influence of the American consortium in the UK in the future, that is a matter for later, and the Asian consortium does not necessarily fail in the acquisition, as long as the Anglo-Asian investment company has sufficient financial resources, the US consortium may also return with a feather.

And when necessary, they can completely break this monopoly operation, and they can let capital establish new water companies, natural gas companies, etc., to break the current monopoly operation, which will make the influence of the industry controlled by the American consortium fall off a cliff.

As an ally of the Lee consortium for many years, Thatcher hopes most that Anglo-Asian Investment will get these companies in hand, which will be of considerable benefit to her in the future.

She said at the meeting: "In the acquisition negotiations of major companies, we have to speed up with Yingya Investment Company, and the quotation time for Yingli Investment Company is no more than two days, preferably one day, as long as they do not continue to offer, and directly sign a contract with Yingya Investment Company." ”

What is very troublesome on the part of Yingli Investment Company is that the main ones in charge are in the United States, and they must consult the headquarters on the acquisition of large sums of money, and they themselves cannot call the shots.

And Thatcher deliberately imposed time restrictions on Yingli Investment Company, which is likely to be the main reason for the return of the American consortium.

You must know that Thatcher only made restrictions on Yingli Investment Company, but Yingya Company did not, and they will only transfer the company to Yingli Investment Company after Yingya Investment Company decides to abandon the acquisition.

This is very fatal for the American consortium, in one day, this side reported to the US headquarters, and the other side is afraid that before the core members of the consortium can be convened to discuss, the time has already passed.

Even if it's two days, it's very short, these companies often spend tens of billions of dollars, and each price adjustment is not a small amount, even if these consortia have money, they need enough time to think about it, and now Thatcher obviously doesn't want to give them time to think about it.

The Minister of Commerce said: "I am afraid that if we treat us differently, the American consortium and those businessmen in China will have opinions, and they will also attack us in public opinion." ”

Thatcher naturally knew this problem, she said with a smile: "You don't need to worry, Yingya Investment Company is also this reply time, we explained it before they competed, and then Yingli Company was slow to make decisions, so we are not to blame for the failure of the acquisition." ”

She had a discussion with Gu Zhengsheng yesterday, and at the same time communicated with Li Guangyu on the phone, and Li Guangyu agreed to this operation.

The Asian consortium is very resolute in sniping at the American consortium this time, and Lee Guangwoo has already decided to fly to Tokyo in the next two days.

At the same time, Earl Spencer, the Heung Kong consortium Lee Shau Kee, Li Ka-shing, and South Korea's Lee Jianxi and others will all be in Tokyo, as long as the price changes here, they will immediately make a decision, so as to surpass the American consortium in time.

Thatcher can only help the Lee consortium in this regard, the four major consortiums in the United States this time, the relationship between each other is not very good, this time it is also forced to unite, Thatcher does not believe how fast their resolution can be.

Morgan and Rockefeller, the two rivals, California and First Citi, are hostile to each other, and it is a miracle that these core personnel can get together every day to discuss the acquisition of the British side with Harmony.

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