After watching the game, Zhou Shi went to London, where negotiations with British Telecom were underway. British Telecom itself is not very resistant to the matter of shareholding, and some shareholders also want to cash out, and the huge personnel cost has a huge pressure on British Telecom. Of the 160,000 employees, only half of what is really needed may be enough, which means that nearly 80,000 people are eating leisure. However, British Telecom's salary and insurance expenses are indispensable. Therefore, increasing layoffs is also one of the requirements of United Communications (a joint venture between Galaxy Capital and Mubadala). At the same time, their involvement has hampered the merger process of orange and T-mobile (the new name of the two companies is EE Communications), and both companies are somewhat hesitant to join British Telecom. But Tianhe Securities, Mubadala's people are trying to convince them.

"Is there a high probability that our investment will succeed this time?" Zhou Shi

"I don't know yet, investing in British Telecom is not a big problem, and there are still many problems that have not been solved when investing in EE Communications. "Lu He

"In fact, with British Telecom, it's almost the same, if the resistance is too great, forget it, avoid the extreme, we have been in the limelight in Britain for a long time" Zhou Shi thought, although Britain is one of the places with the best business reputation, advocating liberal economic thought, but after all, the economy is made up of people. In white society, many of the actions of the Chinese will be interpreted in a special way.

"What I know is that this matter is mainly driven by Mubadala, and it is good for both British Telecom and EE Telecom, although there is resistance but it is not very intense. "Lu He

"That's good, pay attention to safety at ordinary times, Tianhe Securities ......" Zhou Shi

"Worry about what I'm going to do, or worry about yourself, your problem is the biggest problem. "Lu He

Galaxy Capital's acquisition of Lehman's European and Asian businesses, after a year of integration, found that even if there were some losses last year, this piece of assets is very scary. Moreover, Galaxy Capital and Tianhe Securities have made continuous large-scale actions to stop the company's decline, including the confidence of employees. On the contrary, taking this opportunity, the company while laying off employees, while recruiting new employees, the scale has expanded a lot, and the comprehensive quality of talents has improved a lot, but the main positions are still Lehman employees, and many who want to change jobs have stayed to form the largest force within Tianhe Securities. As a boss, you must find a way to break up their organization, promote new employees to positions, and recruit rebels. Such a struggle is not obvious, but it is fierce. So much so that Galaxy Capital is an outsider in the eyes of many people in Tianhe Securities, which should have been a Lehman company.

The main reason for this is that this year's Tianhe Securities will definitely be profitable, and the level of profit may exceed last year's loss, and it will be much more. As for Barclays' acquisition of Lehman's US business, not to mention, the proceeds are at least billions of dollars. Many of them think that this is Lehman's money and has nothing to do with Galaxy Capital. In this way, Zhou Shi and Lu He could not bear it and were determined to rectify the company. The process was fraught with danger, and it was not surprising that Lu He received death threats.

"By the way, how is Liverpool going to operate, what direction is there?" Lu He

"Liverpool, the three cellars of the cunning rabbit, this may be our last base" Zhou Shi

The football culture in the UK has made football a kind of belief for them, and a president who is loved by the fans always gets a lot of preferential treatment. If it can last for decades, perhaps Lu He Zhoushi will also become a part of their culture. In the fierce competition between China and the United States, it is difficult for Zhou Shi to guarantee that he can stay out of the situation, and if things are not in harmony, he still has a place to struggle to survive. But what is Li Bancheng, he doesn't have any industry in the United States, is he afraid of the sanctions of the United States?

"So how do we promote Liverpool, or maintain the status quo?"

"We can benchmark Real Madrid, they are the giants of the aristocratic clubs, we are the giants of the civilian clubs, they buy the most expensive players, we always buy the best players. They are fighting for money, and we are fighting for spiritual will?" Zhou Shi said in a true way.

Lu He looked Zhou Shi up and down, he still underestimated Zhou Shi's shamelessness, Liverpool is also a commoner? How much do you have to invest to be considered a nobleman?

"Who is the aristocrat in the Premier League?" Lu He asked again

"Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, why don't you include Manchester United?"

"Manchester United, are you sure?"

"Well, I'll admit, Manchester United is a little out of place" Zhou Shi was a little disappointed, he really wanted to push all his opponents into his opposite. Now it's the commoner world (the world of dicks), and the nobility doesn't need too much for anything. Manchester is an industrial city, and Beckham and the like come from working-class families. Even if they want to pretend to be nobles, someone must believe it.

"By the way, in two days, East West Bank will sign a contract with the Royal Bank of Scotland, and we can expand our business into the Asia-Pacific region. "Lu He

"Has it already been negotiated?" said Zhou Shi, the sale of the Royal Bank of Scotland's retail and SME finance business in Asia this time attracted few buyers. The big banks haven't struggled yet, and some medium-sized banks are interested. Huamei's main competitor is ANZ, Australia's fourth-largest bank.

"Yes, the businesses we purchased are mainly retail banking, personal finance and commercial finance businesses in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, involving 63 branches, US$4.8 billion in loans and US$8.5 billion in deposits, as well as 2.8 million wealthy customers, for a purchase price of US$720 million," said Lu He

"Is Gregory's work in the United States still enjoyable?" Zhou Shi, the two of them teamed up to weaken Gregory's influence in the company, and actually asked each other if they were happy!

"With banks, we are more regulated, but we also have more room to grow, and he is in talks with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to buy Union Bank. "Lu He

"Union Bank of America, isn't this the largest commercial bank in the Chinese community in the United States, who else is more suitable than Huamei. "Zhou Shi

"Because we bought overseas assets, the FDIC thought that our risk had increased, so there was a change, but it wasn't a big problem. "Lu He

"That's good, take advantage of the opportunity now, buy more banks, is there a suitable target in New York?"

"Gregory is in charge of things over there, and we can't go too far," Lu He

Okay, Zhou Shi is a little greedy, but East West Bank's total assets should be more than $30 billion. It is good to find a way to exceed $50 billion in total assets in the past two years, otherwise there will not be so many opportunities in the future, and I don't know when it will have to wait for explosive growth again.

"Actually, there is another target that has already been acquired, but we still have a chance in the future, and that is the IndyMac Bank, which Goldman Sachs Stephen Mnuchin acquired, which is now called Oneest. Our best goal now is the No. 1 Federal Bank of California with $6 billion in assets. Lu He said lightly

Looks like neither of them is paying attention!

(End of chapter)