Wu Qian was very shocked, he only knew that Mr. Li was investing in British real estate, and he had made many moves last year, frequently participating in the bidding for large assets such as the UBS Building in London, the Goldman Sachs Building in London, the Shops in Bridge Cave in London, and the large land plot in Earls Court in West London, but in the end, for various reasons, he only competed for the UBS Building in London.

Mr. Lee lost to the South Korean pension fund NPS in the bid for the Goldman Sachs building in London, and to Blackstone in the bid for the shops in Bridge, London......

"This ...... Didn't Mr. Li only invest in infrastructure and real estate businesses, and the supply industry was also involved?" asked Wu Qian.

Barbara glanced at Wu Qian like a little brother, and said with a smile: "Wu, your news is too closed, Mr. Li's family's investment branch in the UK is very extensive, infrastructure and real estate are the most basic investment projects, as well as telecommunications, retail industry, power grid, water affairs, pipeline gas, ports, railway passenger transport and other fields. ”

Speaking of this, Barbara took a sip of black tea, pointed to the chandelier on the ceiling and said, "The electricity you are using now is supplied by an electric power company in Mr. Li's family business, and Mr. Li's business has covered all aspects of the British people." ”

Not only that, Mr. Li has a global footprint, especially in Europe, and the UK is where he invests the most, accounting for about 35% of the total investment in Europe. ”

Wu Qian gasped and sighed.

Although he has a little money, his vision is really not as ambitious as that of the top giants, good guys, who can live without boiling water, electricity, gas, communications and transportation in modern society, this kind of handwriting is simply breathtaking!

With so much investment, it only accounts for 35% of Mr. Li's share in Europe, and it is hard to imagine how huge the other party's capital is, and the news rumored by the outside world before is simply the tip of the iceberg!

"What is the attitude of the British side to invest in such an industry in the UK, and is the asset safe?" Wu Qian asked, if it is an innocuous industry, there is no need to worry too much, but water is a lifeblood, and the other party should also value it.

Barbara said: "The supervision of security is certain, and the other aspects are very tolerant. Wu, why do you think so many assets in the world are invested in the UK, of course, because of the sound law and the protection of investors, pity the low-level citizens like me......"

"London's water, electricity, gas, etc., are among the highest in the world, and they are all the tricks of you capital vampires...... If you take over the water business, can you lower the price of water a little bit?"

Barbara joked, and also gave a few examples, not only the top capital invested in the UK, but even some foreign small rich people refused to let the British people have a good time, 60% of the newly opened properties were bought by foreigners, and the people complained, complaining that they could not buy houses, and house prices rose.

"There are a lot of people in your Celestial Empire who have invested in the UK, and I have a copy of the information here, you can take a look. With that, Barbara called up a piece of information and pushed the computer in front of Wu Qian.

Wu Qian thought that he would not be able to understand it again, but when he saw those giant-level companies with the prefix "loyalty", he suddenly became enlightened.

People have nationality and national feelings, but capital has no nationality boundary, where to make money!

"Tell me about the water company you're talking about. "Wu Qiandao, don't think about it, follow the giants, you can definitely eat meat!

It's not easy to keep up with the pace of the giants, if you don't have absolute economic strength, it's simply impossible, let alone eating meat, you can't smell the broth!

The industry that the giants fancy is a billion pounds at random, and the price is even tens of billions of pounds.

Barbara did not mention the price of the water company for the first time, and he could see from Wu Qian's attitude towards buying Manchester United that the other party's capital strength should not be underestimated, and God knows which big family is the heir......

The water company that is going to sell its stake is called Thames Water, which is the largest water company in the UK. Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, the largest controlling shareholder of Thames Water, will sell 52% of its shares......"

Barbara looked at the information on the computer and gave a detailed introduction to Wu Qian, this list is bigger than Manchester United Club.

Wu Qian was surprised when he heard the word "maximum"!

Hydropower is the two resources that the people are most concerned about, and now the largest power transmission has been controlled by Mr. Li, if he buys water, and then the price rises, oh no, British friends will be sour.

Barbara didn't know what interesting things Wu Qian was thinking in her heart, and she dutifully introduced it.

Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company, serving more than 15 million people, almost a quarter of the UK's population, and is valued at nearly £10 billion in its latest estimate.

Macquarie Group, through a number of funds under its management, bought 100% of Thames Water from TÜV Rheinland in 2006 for a total of £8 billion. Macquarie Group then sold its stakes, with 11 companies eventually splitting 48% of the shares.

"Macquarie Group's equity is sold for 5.8 billion, a premium of 10%, which is a reasonable range, but as far as I know, none of the other minority shareholders have a 'preemptive right', Macquarie Group intends to make a large transaction in the stock market, and the price may be a little lower, but it should not be a problem. ”

After speaking, Barbara picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, for a capital of 5.8 billion pounds, a few million dollars cheaper is of little substance.

Wu Qianqian looked out the window with a slightly solemn face, touched his hand on his chin with short stubble, and asked, "With such a large amount of investment, the payback cycle must be very long, right?"

Barbara put down the teacup and said, "Wu, the payback period is not short, but it is not very long, and there is a lot of room for value-added, and it is a very high-quality investment industry." Tell you a set of data, and you'll understand. ”

"Mr. Li's family's ownership of the British Power Grid has generated a net profit of 800 million pounds in one year, and the British Power Grid provides electricity to a quarter of the population of the United Kingdom. ”

"Mr. Li spent 12 billion pounds on the acquisition of the British National Grid, and if the company's own value-added rate is calculated, the annual rate of return is about 13 percent, in other words, the eighth year of holding the company can achieve a return on investment and profit!

Barbara has undisguised envy on her face, if she has money, she also wants to invest in such an industry, who doesn't want to have a life where she sleeps and makes money, the threshold is too high, and it is billions of pounds to do it easily, and the people who participate in the competition are giants from all over the world, and even national capital makes a move.