Bristol Wide Quay Hotel, penthouse apartment.

On the large terrace with a beautiful view of the port or the city, Arthur leaned on the sofa, enjoying the cool autumn breeze and the brilliant afternoon sun, and on the white round table in front of him, the white coffee cup with cute desserts was bubbling with a faint heat, accompanied by the smell of pure incense, making this afternoon full of sweetness and comfort.

Lazy and sophisticated is the innate unique temperament of English afternoon tea, and this cozy enjoyment makes people instantly understand the reason why British people love to drink afternoon tea from the bottom of their hearts.

“。。。 How do you put an elephant in the fridge?"

Faced with Angela, his investment and financial advisor, telling in detail about the contact process with several important managers of the coastal (gas) power station in Bristol, Arthur, who was more and more lazy by the sun, suddenly interrupted Angela's report with a smile and a question.

And his question directly made Angela, who was dressed in a white OL skirt, with a pair of cool and glamorous makeup and wise eyes, showing her unique mature temperament, was slightly stunned, looking at the young boss with the corners of her mouth raised and smiling suspiciously, and glanced at the assistant next to her with some uncertainty.

"Excuse me, boss, you're asking how to put an elephant in the freezer?"

"Hehe, that's good. Arthur smiled and nodded, looking at Angela, who was still a little confused.

“。。。。。。 Angela first frowned slightly and thought about it, then shook her head suspiciously, looked at Arthur and said with some uncertainty: "Sorry, boss, if it were me, I would take a picture, then open the refrigerator, put it inside, and close the refrigerator." ”

In the face of Angela's answer, Arthur's eyes couldn't help but light up, looking at her with admiration, although the correct answer was to open the refrigerator door, then put the elephant in it, and finally close the refrigerator door, but Angela's answer was very stable in terms of thinking ability and adaptability, and it also showed her talent.

"I like your answer, and the correct answer to this question is... Arthur smiled again and said the correct answer, and then, under Angela's thoughtful gaze, continued: " Sometimes success is as simple as that, after talking to you on the phone the day before yesterday, I have been thinking about this acquisition, since we are optimistic about the prospects of the power plant, why complicate things, why not be simpler, direct 100% acquisition, 200 million pounds and 400 million pounds, the difference is whether we can more easily convince Barclays, instead of spending time with the management and board of directors of the power plant, entangled in interests!"

Angela's eyes lit up slightly, but she quickly shook her head and said with doubts on her face: "The wholly-owned acquisition will make the asset-liability ratio of the power plant exceed 100%, and once there is turbulence in a certain link, it will directly affect the survival and development of the power plant." ”

"Hehe, which step of the future development plan you are preparing is not gambling? Betting on the future, betting that our pace of progress will not stop, betting that the capital chain will not break, since you want to gamble, then why not bet a little bigger?" Although Arthur smiled, his eyes became full of madness.

"Recently, I have read a lot of business books, and I have found that almost no company grows mainly by internal expansion, and mergers and acquisitions are important strategies for companies to seek their own development and industry leadership. It is those countless stories of mergers and acquisitions, large and small, that have written the business history we have today.

Although every entrepreneur wants to grow alone and achieve their own business, the reality is cruel, and it has to be said that mergers and acquisitions are a "good shortcut".

In fact, as long as you find the right in-law and find a good partner, you can also fly together and achieve your dreams. And if you meet the wrong person, then even if you are a wealthy family, you can't avoid the fate of losing your fragrance. ”

"It's just that the boss will make it very difficult for us to raise funds to complete the acquisition in the second step of our acquisition plan, because the bank may not have the courage to take a huge risk to lend us again. Angela said worriedly.

Arthur smiled confidently and calmly, "Hehe, what if my personal assets break through new heights during this period of time, and I have a large amount of liquidity in my hands, you say, will the bank still be afraid?"

I've been thinking about it for a long time, and before the London Olympics, we don't have to worry about the profitability of power plants, as you say in your report, according to the UK government's policy, all coal-fired power plants will be shut down by 2025. However, the new nuclear power plant project is still far away, and the closure of coal-fired power plants will definitely lead to a severe shortage of electricity supply in the UK.

Do you think that with the current fiscal deficit of the British government, there is enough manpower, money and time to build new gas-fired power plants?

I'm betting that there will be an energy shortage in the UK in the future, and that the demand for electricity in the UK will continue to rise in the future as the UK's population grows and the resulting demand for transport. Electricity prices will continue to rise.

In this way, the power plant has become a good business, drought and flood protection, as long as we can generate electricity, there is money to be made, and there is no pressure to repay!"

Hearing the boss's words, Angela, as an investment and financial consultant, fell into deep thought, and at the same time sighed at the confidence and courage of the young boss.

As for Arthur, it's not that he's a man who has changed into an eel, but he suddenly figured out one thing, with the economic recovery, the closure of coal-fired power plants, and the shortage of energy supply, it will definitely make the asset value of power plants higher and higher.

This kind of industry, which was classified as a monopoly in the Celestial Empire, is undoubtedly fatal to them, rather than having only half of the equity in their hands and being constrained by others, it is better to get all of them in their hands, and when the time comes, they can even sell 49% of the equity at a high price to plug the hole of the previous 400 million pounds!

Of course, he won't tell anyone else these ideas now, because that's the last way to do it, and the most ruthless way is what barbarians like to do the most, to go public and make money.

"If you really want to buy a wholly-owned company, then we should prepare for the IPO in advance now, so that we can not only get rid of high debt, but also have more capital and room for manoeuvre to carry out the second step of the acquisition plan!" Angela broke the silence after recovering from her deep thought, her eyes shining brightly.

"Haha, there is a proverb in the Celestial Empire, which is called that heroes see the same thing, let's be barbarians, and the best thing for us is that we don't even need any internal response, they will welcome our acquisition, after all, no one can stop the government from selling fifty percent of the shares. Arthur laughed happily.

Angela also showed a bright smile, although it would be riskier to do so, but she was no stranger to this kind of Wall Street barbarian takeover routine, and there was more admiration and approval in the eyes of the young boss.

She is basically sure that her young boss is really learning through various business cases, and of course, what she admires most is the young boss's courage to learn and practice.

"I will immediately gather people to evaluate the new acquisition plan, prepare the new acquisition agreement, and you only need to hold a press conference before executing the acquisition agreement... ”

"Haha, I know, this tactic is called 'gun on the head'. Arthur couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and laugh.

"Hehe, that's right, let's do everything first, and then go to the board, as long as the gun is pointed at the board, they don't have much choice. Angela's beautiful eyes flashed, and she nodded with a smile.

"Look, it's as easy as putting an elephant in the freezer, and I also want to tell you that before I came here, I had spoken to Bob Diamond of Barclays on the phone and revealed my new idea to him, and he didn't refuse, he said he would let his subordinates evaluate it as soon as possible, and I don't think it's a big problem. ”

"Hehe, boss, you're really fast. ”

“。。。 The corners of Arthur's mouth twitched, this was really speechless, of course, he knew that Angela didn't mean that he was fast, after all, she hadn't tried.

Ahem.

"Hehe, the right action needs to be guided by the right concept, only efficient acceleration, can be implemented efficiently, ahead of others. ”