Chapter 301: The Man All British Girls Want to Marry the Most
Infrastructure construction in emerging markets has long been a piece of "big NAI cheese" in the hearts of investors. But in recent years, there have been many investment opportunities in countries like the UK that are in dire need of modernizing their aging infrastructure.
With the active participation of major sovereign wealth funds, UK infrastructure is becoming more and more attractive as a very sound investment.
Although the return on infrastructure investment is low, it can provide long-term and stable income, and it is not easy for competitors to enter, which is very attractive to institutional investors whose main purpose is to invest steadily.
The Bristol Coast Gas Power Plant has been in the news since it was acquired by young billionaire Arthur Bowling in October this year using a leveraged buyout.
What the valuation of 400 million pounds is completely underestimated, Arthur Boleyn picked up the cheap, what has been delayed for many years The third phase of the project, under the strong leadership of the new boss, is starting again, what is inviting an accounting firm to audit the financial situation and prepare for the listing, it is simply very lively.
And as Arthur Boleyn, the boss, became more and more famous and became the new favorite of the British media, the news related to him naturally attracted much attention and chase.
The popularity of a press conference is often highly consistent with the corresponding news scale of the organizer, and the elusive Arthur Boleyn has once again made a public appearance after disappearing from London, and it is a press conference that invites many media to participate, which naturally attracts many media.
Before 8 o'clock in the morning, many reporters came to the lobby of the office building of the coastal power plant to wait. At 9:15, the entire hall was full of media reporters who rushed in, carrying "long guns and short cannons" one by one, dragging camera shelves and waiting for the housekeepers.
At a glance, there are at least 100 journalists, many of whom are foreigners. There are also a number of Celestial Empire media and the media of Celestial Empire Herijiang, as the press conference time approached, reporters began to enter in an orderly manner with the staff's credentials.
"The attention is just different! Even the reporters of the gossip tabloids came... A reporter from the Celestial Empire newspaper sighed when he heard a reporter behind him queuing up to enter.
"No way, who made his photos sell well, didn't he just be elected the first man British girls want to marry the most a few days ago", ha, an economic news, so much entertainment, gossip media, it's enough to be okay. ”
As an expatriate correspondent of a well-known newspaper, he only received the assignment last night, and on the way here, he only took a general look at the news background, but he only knew that the overseas investment of the Celestial Empire's enterprises had made new progress, and he just regarded it as a normal news task, but now it seems that it is not so simple.
At that time, there were already a lot of cameras set up at the press conference, and the scene was very spectacular, which really surprised many media reporters.
The press conference was packed. Many were amazed by Arthur Boleyn's journalistic appeal.
With 10 minutes to go before the press conference, the spacious and bright hall was filled with reporters from the British and foreign media, greetings, greetings, greetings, Chinese, English... Interwoven into the most normal warm-up scene of the press conference.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the press conference officially began, with a high-end suit, the handsome and dashing Arthur with an elegant smile and Wu Qiang of Quanta Group, the eldest son of Feldspar Group appeared, walked on the stage that had been set up a long time ago, and quickly and quietly in the hall, replaced by the "click" sound of the camera, and the sound of the computer tapping on the keyboard resonated at the same frequency.
"Good morning and welcome to all of you... The host of the press conference smiled and stood on the left side of the stage to greet the reporters present, and then in the subdued London voice, the host introduced the identities of Arthur, Wu Qiang and Dagongzi respectively, which once again caused a flash of light and the shutter sound of Kaka.
Immediately afterwards, Arthur and Wu Qiang and the eldest son signed a formal transaction contract under the witness of media reporters, of course, this is all a formality, the contract has been signed in the previous conference room, and it is just a pretense to get to the press conference, shake hands, and let the media take pictures.
Arthur stood in the middle of the two, crossed his left and right hands, shook hands with Wu Qiang and the eldest prince respectively, and the three of them faced the press gallery with happy smiles, allowing the reporters to take pictures, and the flash flashed into a white expanse.
After taking the photo, Arthur smiled and motioned for Wu Qiang and the eldest prince to take a seat, and he took the lead in the middle of the two, with a calm and indifferent smile on his face, and said into the microphone.
"Good morning, thank you for coming to today's press conference, after the completion of the equity transaction of the coastal power plant, the assets will be held by me, Tianchao Quanta Group and Tianchao Herijiang Feldspar Group, I personally hold 70 percent, and Quanta Group and Feldspar Group each hold 15 percent of the shares... ”
In the face of hundreds of media reporters and flashing lights from time to time, Arthur did not have a trace of nervousness, and maintained a polite smile on his face from beginning to end, and spoke at a moderate speed, which made people listen very comfortably.
“。。。 As we all know, the UK is the second largest international foreign investment destination in the world and the largest in Europe. At the same time, the UK is the third most "business-friendly" country in Europe, and the service awareness and efficiency of the UK ZF are favored by many investors. This is one of the important factors why our coastal natural gas power plants can reach investors so quickly.
At the same time, the power generation business of our power plant is a very mature and promising business, and we believe that the sale of part of the equity will accelerate the expansion of the development space of our coastal power plant.
I would like to tell you a good news, because of financial problems, the third phase of the construction project, which has been delayed for several years, has been officially launched, the funds have been in place, and ground will be broken today...
Arthur's speech was very official, but the whole article was all boasting about the excellence of the coastal power plant, Arthur even revealed the financial report and profit amount of 09, so that the reporters of the entertainment and gossip tabloids in the press gallery couldn't help but laugh and cry, and those reporters of the financial version couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh, and sighed in their hearts about the young earl's marketing and propaganda methods.
“。。。 Investing in railways and investing in new energy power stations will have completely different risk-reward ratios, but in general, these infrastructure investments have a common characteristic: low risk and stable return on investment. And this type of investment also has an inflation-resistant effect.
Before choosing an investment target, we conducted detailed research and research, and concluded that the risk may be high during the construction phase of such an energy power plant project, but as the project is completed, the risk will also decrease. And once the project is operational, the risk is almost zero. The benefits are not reflected in the construction phase of the project, but they begin to increase once it is put into operation, and the income remains stable all year round.
That's why we're bullish on coastal power plants, and we're even more bullish on their future development and profits... “
As a representative of Quanta Group, Wu Qiang explained in Chinese the reasons, basis and outlook for investing in coastal power plants.
“。。。 The most important thing is the rate of return and robustness of the invested projects. With a steady rate of return on infrastructure assets, coastal gas-fired power plants are not worried about finding good buyers.
Historically, infrastructure funds, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds have been keen to invest in UK energy infrastructure assets, such as the aforementioned potential buyers Macquarie Group, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Desert Sovereign Fund.
This time, our Feldspar Group was able to successfully become a shareholder of the Coastal Power Plant in the competition of many rivals, I am personally very happy, in my opinion, the market value is nothing, only the real fixed assets are fundamental... “
The eldest son of the Muzi family, who was elegant and had a warm smile on his face, said calmly in the face of hundreds of reporters.
Listening to the words of the eldest prince, Arthur looked at the other party with a smile, and had to say that the Muzi family chose him as the heir, and he really chose the right one, and he was more than successful!
The business talents cultivated and cultivated by the richest man in Muzi are indeed moving forward cautiously in the steps of his heir step by step.
The market value is all imaginary, and the Muzi family came to the UK to "collect rent", which is indeed a certain foresight!
This is because, as long as any country opens up the fields of telecommunications, energy, and infrastructure, I believe that all capitalists will definitely earn "head to blood" for these big cakes. After all, "collecting rent" is the most stable way to make money!