In the past few days, Li Guangyu not only went to check the operation of Hengyu Supermarket Group, but also inspected the British Telecom Group, especially about the layout of the Telecom Group's mobile communications in the UK.

After several years of layout, most of the towns on this side of the UK have been covered by the signal, and mobile phones can talk normally in these areas.

He did not know that Merrill Lynch was investigating the joint venture they had established, which was composed of senior management by the British aristocracy, financial director by Li Guangyu, vice president by the Mitsui consortium, and an administrative director by Samsung Group.

These people are also members of the board of directors of the company, and the parties themselves will be able to know what is going on in the company as soon as possible.

Li Guangyu didn't care about how the company would acquire it next, and Gu Zhengsheng had to communicate with them if the company had any problems, and Li Guangyu didn't need to pay attention to the acquisition process at all times.

On the afternoon of April 13, Li Guangyu took a special plane to Vienna, the capital of Austria, with Gan Qin, Zhang Ziyu, and Zhao Qihui.

Known as the capital of music, it was once one of the cultural centers of Europe, once the capital of a vast empire, and now Austria is a neutral country caught between two polarities.

Due to geographical and historical reasons, Austria has become a buffer zone between the two major powers of the Warsaw Pact and NATO, and has remained neutral for decades, neither favoring NATO nor the Warsaw Pact.

At present, Austria is also dominated by state-owned enterprises, at least for the time being, this side is not suitable for Li Guangyu to develop a large number of industries, Li Guangyu came this time in the hope of developing supermarkets, as for other industries later.

Li Guangyu himself left London on a special plane, but the presidents of some investment companies in London were very irritable.

They thought they were in the right hands to make a purchase, but now they were facing such a powerful threat, which made them very uncomfortable, and they wanted to find out who was behind them.

At the same time, the Duke of Westminster, the Duke of Argai, the Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Spencer went to Buckingham Palace to meet with Her Majesty and persuade her to make the acquisition. It is hoped that the queen can summon Thatcher and put the American consortium on the list of this acquisition.

They have a good reason, the American consortium controls these companies in the United Kingdom, which is very detrimental to the future of the United Kingdom.

And although many of their shareholders are conglomerates in Asia, these countries and regions do not want to control their British politics.

Moreover, the strength and market value of the United Kingdom cannot be compared with these countries and regions, and they themselves are also shareholders of this company, so they will never do anything harmful to the interests of the United Kingdom.

The queen also does not want these industries of the country to be controlled by American conglomerates, and he knows very well that the threat of these companies being controlled by American conglomerates is much greater than that of forces such as the Lee consortium.

It's just that now it's no longer her queen who has the final say, this is the most she can mention to Thatcher, as for how Thatcher decides, she can't interfere, and she has no right to interfere in these affairs.

The queen said: "I know some of your thoughts, but these companies are indeed much better in your company than in the hands of American consortiums, and I believe Thatcher must have understood this truth, and I will mention it to Thatcher." ”

The Duke of Westminster replied: "Your Majesty, you also know the difficulties of the development of our family, I am a little better, now many dukes have to sell the fiefs and castles you have given them due to funds, and now our nobles are declining more and more.

This time, we also hope that with the help of Li Guangyu's magic, let us rise anew, so that we can continue to share the worries of the royal family, and we can't let our last glory be gone. ”

The queen listened to the words of the Duke of Westminster, and her heart was full of emotion, until after the implementation of the constitutional system, the rights of the royal family and the nobles are not as good as day by day, and now she herself is just a rubber stamp, the affairs of the country are the responsibility of the prime minister and the cabinet, and even the power of the House of Lords of the nobility has been reduced again and again, which is not caused by the weakening of the nobles.

This time, Westminster and others want to use Lee Guangyu to revive and ensure some rights in the House of Lords of the nobility, and the queen can understand.

If the nobles do not regain their strength, they are afraid that the future House of Lords will become history, which will also be a huge blow to their royal family.

The queen said: "Now it is not very useful to rely on a noble title alone, you still need to have strong capital, so that you can win the hearts of the people and the support of parliamentarians, and I also hope that you can restore the glory of your ancestors." But this time you want to buy these companies at a low price, it is impossible for you to negotiate with the government. ”

Spencer has never considered buying these properties at ultra-low prices, their company is not short of acquisition funds, and they have a number of top Asian banks behind them, so they don't need to worry about money at all.

The purpose of their visit this time is to get the government to kick out their competitors directly through the queen, and then they can negotiate a suitable purchase price with the government.

In this way, they can avoid the purchase price being infinitely inflated, and they don't want to spend too much money in vain, after all, if they can borrow a little less, the investment company will be able to make a profit one day earlier.

Spencer said: "Your Majesty, we will not let the government lose, our acquisition must be based on the actual value of the company, it is a listed company, we will buy according to the market value of the stock market, so that the government will not suffer any attacks, and at the same time, it will reduce a lot of financial burden on the government, and it will be able to increase the government's tax revenue, which is a lot of one stone." ”

After being a queen for so many years, how could she not understand the potential of these companies, that is, how could the government of Thatcher put these companies out when it was ready to be privatized in an ordinary country.

This time, she supports these nobles, and she also hopes that these companies can still be in the hands of their own British, once they fall into the hands of the American consortium, if the American consortium does something on it, it will cause a lot of trouble in the UK.

Although Westminster only holds 20% of the shares, Li Guangyu and the Xiangjiang Consortium occupy a total of 30%, which is enough to ensure that these companies are not manipulated by some forces to target the UK.

Li Guangyu's Lee consortium is different from the Heung Kong consortium in that they are less affected by government interference because they are located in the Heung Kong and are unlikely to target them in the UK.

Among these consortia, only the Lee Consortium and the Heung Kong Consortium are real business consortia, whether it is the American consortium or the Japanese and South Korean consortia, they all influence the government, and sometimes the government is their spokesperson, so this aspect will be more aggressive.

The Li Consortium and the Xiangjiang Consortium just hope that their own industries will develop better, and they generally will not offend the government of any country, let alone carry out political kidnapping against any country.

Over the years, the queen has been very supportive of the development of Lee Guangyu's industry in the UK, and she has also met with the two presidents of the Bentley Group under the Lee consortium many times, and now she and the royal family are all Bentley's Jaguar cars.

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