Chapter 411: British Action
When the news of the failure of Xiangjiang's acquisition of Swire Pacific reached Du Yuemei, she felt a lot of pressure, and she knew very well that the Li Group wanted to build its own airline was all on her own.
To this end, Du Yuemei is not only contacting Margaret Thatcher, but also contacting officials and parliamentarians who have a good relationship with the Bentley Group to speak for the Lee Group, hoping that the government will approve the Lee Group to establish its own airline.
In terms of the acquisition of British Telecom Group, Du Yuemei once again listened to the report of Qin Yu and the technical team he brought over.
Du Yuemei asked Qin Yu: "Qin Sheng, you have also inspected the British Telecom Group in detail for so many days, and now the price of the acquisition has reached an impasse, how much do you think the actual value of this group is worth?"
Du Yuemei now wants to continue to raise the price in this negotiation to repel the competition between the British local consortium and them, but she still needs to know the actual value before she can report to Li Guangyu and obtain Li Guangyu's consent.
Qin Yu said: "Ms. Du, the British Telecom Group has a monopoly position in the telephone business here, and after considering all aspects, its market value of 2.5 billion US dollars is more appropriate, and now the value of this group has been debut with the British local consortium of 3.2 billion US dollars, which is much higher than the market value of this group." ”
Du Yuemei was even more depressed when she heard this, it was originally only acquired by their Li Group, and at that time it would definitely not be possible to come up with such a high price, but the Swire Group did this, not only did the pressure on the acquisition of the Telecom Group increase, but I also don't know if the Thatcher government would approve the issue of the Li Group to establish an airline.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Du Yuemei came to Thatcher's office again, which was her fifth time in this time.
Thatcher is very happy these days, originally only thought that the Li Group would come to take over, but now the development of the British Telecom Group is not very good, and their government still needs to subsidize part of the funds every year, and she also hopes to get rid of this burden through this time.
Unexpectedly, this not only pulled the Li Group in, because of the Li Group, the Swire Group actually joined a local consortium to join in, although Thatcher knew that this consortium and the Swire Group just wanted to be a stirring stick and sabotage the actions of the Li Group, but she was still happy, so that she could sell the price of the Telecom Group higher.
Thatcher said after Du Yuemei's arrival: "Ms. Du, welcome to you. ”
Du Yuemei said: "Your Excellency, thank you for being able to meet me. I have come here to ask about the establishment of an airline in Hong Kong, and I would like you to give me an affirmative answer. ”
Thatcher did not answer Du Yuemei's question, but asked: "Ms. Du, I don't know how your negotiations with the telecom group are going?"
Du Yuemei was a little speechless, don't you know the progress of your own side, you really think that you have decided on our Li Group, and if you want the Li Group to be the big boss, Du Yuemei will never do it, it's a big deal not to build an airline, anyway, the influence of the Li Group in Xiangjiang does not depend on such a company.
Du Yuemei said: "The current asking price of the telecom group is too high, and the financial resources of our Li Group are really unbearable. ”
When Thatcher heard that Du Yuemei didn't want to buy the telecom group, he suddenly felt a little anxious, he didn't believe that the local consortium would come up with so much money to buy the telecom group, they joined in this time to make it clear that they just didn't want the Li group to easily acquire the telecom group.
Once the Li Group is unwilling to take over, it is estimated that the privatization of the telecommunications group will be difficult to deliver, and Thatcher absolutely does not want to see this happen.
Thatcher knew that if it dragged on like this, it was estimated that the Lee Group would not have much of the heart to spend on his side, and once the telecom group was privatized, it would be difficult to deliver. At that time, the trouble will be relatively big, and even the local groups under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom will become a problem to acquire in the country, and how to attract enterprises from other Western European countries to invest in the United Kingdom.
Thatcher said: "Ms. Du, our British government treats both Hong Kong Capital and our British Capital equally, and there is absolutely no intention of discriminating against them. As for the negotiations on the side of the telecommunications group, it is also a fair competition between you and them, and our British government will not interfere. ”
Du Yuemei will not believe that there is no discrimination, if this is really the case, the Li Group's airline is afraid that the construction has already begun, then it will be so troublesome, the Li Group has no interest in the British Telecom Group before.
Du Yuemei said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, if it is really as you said, I also hope that you will ask the Xiangjiang government to approve our application for the establishment of an airline as soon as possible, as for the telecom group, this time the bid of some families of the Swire group has reached 3.2 billion US dollars, and our Li Group is powerless, and I hope that they can develop the telecom group better." ”
Du Yuemei did not expect to reach a deal with the telecom group as quickly as she did in Thatcher this time, this time she was directly ready to leave the table, since the British local consortium didn't care about money, then let them buy it.
At the price of $32, if you can eat the telecom group, it will not be a loss, and last year, Li Guangyu and Bao Yugang both doubled the premium and snapped up shares to achieve the purpose of acquisition. Although this telecom group is not listed, it is normal if the premium is several hundred million.
But Du Yuemei doesn't want to spend it like this, God knows how much the price will go up if it goes on like this, and besides, the British economy is also very unsatisfactory, and it is still in an economic crisis, she doesn't want to cheapen the British government for nothing.
Thatcher said: "Ms. Du, I need to discuss with you about the establishment of an airline by your Li Group, and I will give you an answer tomorrow, what do you think?"
"Thank you very much, then I won't disturb your work. Du Yuemei said.
After Du Yuemei left, Thatcher immediately asked people to contact the head of the telecom group and the heads of several major families of the Swire group and his alliance, she needed to determine whether these groups wanted to eat the telecom group, which was also the basis for how she would reply to Du Yuemei tomorrow.
After Du Yuemei left the Prime Minister's Office, she was thinking about how to deal with it once Thatcher rejected the Li Group to establish an airline.
Although Du Yuemei knew that Li Guangyu must have made some preparations, she still hoped to receive good news tomorrow. This time she didn't want to drag on like this anymore.
Especially now, the Lee Group has to face both the British consortium and the Singapore consortium on the Xiangjiang side, and sometimes the government will jump out to pull the shelf, which is quite unfavorable to the Lee Group.
The delay here will only affect some of Li Sheng's plans, so it is better to end it early, and Li Sheng's funds can be used elsewhere to expand the development of Li Group in other industries.
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