"Mr. Zhou, Fuxing Guo Guangchang wants to see you!" Chen Wen came to Zhou Shi's side

"He, let's make an appointment!" Zhou Shi thought about it and decided to meet

"Mr. Zhou......" Chen Wen wanted to say something

"You go and arrange it!" Zhou Shi said as he lay on the sofa with his eyes closed

"Okay!" Chen Wen saw this and retreated.

In March this year, Prudential Insurance in the United Kingdom suddenly announced the acquisition of AIA Insurance for $35 billion, and the Sixiang Fund, which is negotiating with AIA to buy part of its equity and AIA Huaxia shares, suffered a setback, and more importantly, I don't know how Fuxing hooked up with Prudential and wants to acquire AIA Huaxia's shares. Zhou Shi consulted with him several times to no avail, but he didn't expect to wait for him here. On this trip to the UK, the CEO of Prudential offered to sell the shares of AIA China to Sixiang Fund. However, Prudential's largest shareholder, Capital Research and Management, and the UK's regulator, the FSA, have a lot of opinions on this. According to Zhou Shi's memory, AIA was eventually listed independently, which shows that the cooperation between the two sides was not successful, as for how to seek benefits for him according to this result, Zhou Shi really didn't understand, and he didn't need to understand these anyway.

Prudential's sudden reversal made Guo Guangchang a little worried, maybe his worries were more than that, who knows! But it is difficult to reunite after breaking the mirror, and since he has made a choice, Zhou Shi will not be indifferent.

Such a meeting is destined to have little result, and it is difficult for this Huaxia Buffett to have cooperation with him in the financial field.

"Simon, we really haven't had a chance to work together lately?" said Guo Guangchang

"Yes, but it's a big project. "Zhou Shi

"What project?" Guo Guangchang was a little excited

"Acquire AIA!" Zhou Shi looked at him meaningfully

"Simon, I know what happened this time, I did something bad, but please believe in my sincerity!" Guo Guangchang

"I trust you, but...... (Do you believe me?) I want to buy AIA," Zhou Shi remained calm.

"This ......" Guo Guangchang was skeptical of Zhou Shi's words, the acquisition of AIA, what a matter of talking about it all night, not to mention that AIG has reached an agreement with Prudential Insurance, even if the agreement is invalid, according to Prudential Insurance's quotation, 35.5 billion US dollars, according to the exchange rate of about 6.9, it is 245 billion soft sister coins. Is it necessary to sell all the properties of the Sixiang Fund and Galaxy Capital and then buy AIA? He did not believe that Zhou Shi had this strength.

If the cooperation is not reached, the relationship between the two sides may end without a hitch.

"Look, why doesn't anyone believe me when I tell the truth!" Zhou Shi said with a smile on Hu Guniu.

"That's the difference between us, anyway, you feel that you dare to do this more than most entrepreneurs in China. "Hu Group Niu

"What do you mean by that I am not optimistic about this acquisition?" Zhou Shi

"I, the premise of all this is that Prudential's acquisition of AIA failed, but ......" Hu

"It's been so long, why are you still so naïve?" Zhou Shi looked at Hu Guniu, his ability is undoubtedly very strong, but most professionals analyze problems from data and rely heavily on known conditions. As everyone knows, Grandpa Mao's words are also very important in the business war: if there are no conditions to create conditions, you must do it.

"???" Hu Guniu looked confused

"Do you want to buy AIA, do you dare to do ......" Zhou Shi

"Why don't I dare, I also know that such an opportunity is rare in decades, but you can't always pin your hopes on others?

"Why don't you want to think about how to ruin the deal between them, do you have a moral fetish and haven't done anything like that? Zhou Shi asked curiously, if you can mix to a certain level in finance, it will not be very clean. Whether it is internal competition or external competition, it is difficult to stand out without sufficient means. It is also a half-baked boss like Zhou Shi, because of his prophet, who is rampaging in the financial market, and the rapid development speed is enough to cover up most problems, and the employees below have not had time to do evil, and there are not many opportunities to do evil. There are constantly elites joining, the company's employees in various positions are frequently moved, and the normal income is enough to be lucrative. Before the matter of the pit Zhou Shi has happened, it will encounter countless difficulties and obstacles. Of course, after a few years, when the company stabilizes, it may not be the same. But at that time, the company's supervision mechanism will gradually improve, and the most dangerous to him may only be professional managers.

"Saboteur their deal, but I don't have much to do with England," Hu said

"Don't you know that Prudential's major shareholder, Capital Research and Management, is opposed to the acquisition? "Zhou Shi

"But this matter is still uncertain!" said Hu Guniu

"When things are confirmed, is there any hope for us?" Zhou Shi

"In that case, we will speed up the process of raising funds. "Hu Group Niu

"Of course!" Zhou Shi said with a smile and a relaxed smile

"Removing the assets that are not listed, the market value of Sixiang Fund's own funds in China is now about 400~50 billion soft sister coins, Xiangjiang also has about 5 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Zhou's stock market value is about 15 billion soft sister coins, if all cash out should not be so much, but the funds we can call should not be less than 10 billion US dollars (from the financial crisis to the current stock market value doubled). However, there are also some stocks such as SAIC that cannot or are not suitable for cashing, so the amount of money we can use should be around $6 billion. Hu Guniu hugged the bill slightly.

"And so much more, not bad. "Zhou Shi

"If we buy AIG as a whole, we need at least $35 billion, and even if it's a leveraged buyout, it's very difficult for us to find bank support. "Hu Group Niu

"It's a problem, but it's better to be able to find the problem than not to know where the problem is, and there is hope. Don't forget, Galaxy Capital still has a stake in Friends to be transferred, which will not be less than $4.5 billion. "Zhou Shi

"Although there is hope for this, it is still not enough!" said Hu Guniu

"What if we push AIA to go public?" Zhou Shi

"Ah~~" Hu Guniu reacted suddenly, "Wonderful, really wonderful!" According to the law on the Xiangjiang side, you only need to hold 35% of the shares of a listed company. If Prudential can't buy AIA, then going public is his only option. As for agreeing to reduce prices, these are state-owned enterprises, and they are responsible to the US imperialist government and to the US taxpayers, and who wants to take this responsibility.

"We still have contact with Mr. Xie Shirong, right?" Zhou Shi

"Definitely, he's our advisor!"

"Well, our enlisting the support of the former management of AIA is the key to our success. "Zhou Shi

"Yes, with their assistance, both before and after the listing, we have a lot of hope. But Mr. Zhou, are you sure that Prudential's acquisition of AIA will fail?

"The probability of their failure is too high, the European debt crisis has just begun, and who knows if there is systemic risk for a company like Prudential. "Zhou Shi

"Yes, it's not up to them to decide whether there is a risk or not!" Moody's ...... "Hu Guniu."

"Maybe I didn't need Moody's, but I went to England and found that there were a lot of contradictions between the board of directors and the management, especially the CEO. You might as well keep in touch with their CEO in the name of partnering with AIA Huaxia or funding Prudential!"

MD, it's too arrogant, Hu Guniu looked at Zhou Shi who was smiling and smiling, and his heart was furious, this thing wouldn't really be done by him, right?

(End of chapter)