Chapter 1411: The Future of Hanhua

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After making an appointment with Prince William to meet tomorrow, Liu Dong turned around and found Li Zekai, who was standing not far away and talking to others.

"Liu Dong, let me introduce you, this is ......!"

"No need. If I didn't even know Mr. Wilson, the first director of the Daito Telegraph Office, I would be a loner!"

Although the merger and acquisition of Mercury Communications was jointly completed by the leadership of GCA Telecom and Standard Chartered Bank, as the boss, Liu Dong must have known very well about the main directors of Dadong Telegraph, the parent company of Mercury Communications.

"Mr. Liu has won the award! In terms of fame, I can't compare to Mr. Liu's recognition in the world as the 'richest man in the world'!" After a pause, Pietro Wilson glanced at Liu Dong and smiled, "I didn't expect Mr. Liu to be very good friends with His Royal Highness Prince William?"

"Actually, we've just met, but we're like-minded, so it's a ...... of speculation!"

After a brief chat, Liu Dong said bluntly: "Mr. Wilson, as a director of Dadong Telegraph, I don't know what you think about Hanhua Telecom's acquisition of Mercury Telecom?"

"Hehe, Mr. Liu should understand that the biggest difficulty in whether Hanhua Telecom can successfully acquire Mercury Telecom is not in Dadong Telegraph, but in the British government!" Wilson said meaningfully.

"Of course I know that. However, if the Great Eastern Telegraph Office can help us convince the British government, I think this merger will go a lot smoother!"

"Mr. Liu, you know, it's not easy. I am not the only member of the board of directors of the Daito Telegraph Bureau, and even if I promise your help here today, I will not be able to represent the entire Daito Telegraph Bureau!"

Pietro Wilson shrugged apologetically.

"Of course!" Liu Dong nodded, he knew that these greedy capitalists were 'no rabbits and no eagles', and if they wanted to help, it was obviously impossible not to come up with enough benefits to make them tempted.

"I understand Mr. Wilson's difficulties. However, if GCA Telecom and Daito Telegraph can work together......!"

"Cooperation?" Wilson's sense of smell was very keen, and he noticed the difference in Liu Dong's words.

"That's right! Hanhua Telecom and Dadong Telegraph Co., Ltd. have cooperated to jointly operate the British 3G telecommunications market!"

"What about Mercury Telegraph?"

"Mercury Telecom can be merged into Hanhua Telecom and converted into shares of Hanhua Telecom according to its specific value, which will be controlled by Dadong Telegraph!"

"That's right!" Pietro Wilson had a thoughtful look on his face, and after a long time, "Mr. Liu, I am personally interested in your proposal. But you also know that this is not a trivial matter, and I need to communicate with the other directors of the Daito Telegraph Office before I can give you a specific answer!"

"Of course, I understand Mr. Wilson's concerns! I will stay in England for a while, but I hope that Mr. Wilson and the Great Eastern Telegraph Office can give me accurate information as soon as possible! We must enter the European 3G market before Vodafone and France Telecom!"

"I understand...... A week, a week at most, I will give Mr. Liu an accurate reply!"

"Then I'll wait for Mr. Wilson's good news!" Liu Dong raised the wine glass in his hand towards the other party.

"Of course...... Ding!"

As the red wine in the glass was drunk by the two of them, the two met and smiled.

In fact, Pietro Wilson still very much wants to cooperate with Liu Dong. In addition to the miraculous rise of Liu Dong and the strength of the Hanhua Group, the most important point is that Dadong Telegraph Office has been going downhill in recent years. By 2005, Europe's third-largest telecommunications giant had lost more than £5.1 billion. They are in great need of a new growth point to boost the company's performance and enhance shareholders' confidence in the company.

For the future of the 3G telecommunications market, Dadong Telegraph also has huge ambitions, and if it weren't for its own lack of strength, they would have joined it a long time ago.

Now, cooperating with the more powerful Liu Dong and Hanhua Group is undoubtedly a very good choice.

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"Do you really plan to cooperate with the Dadong Telegraph Bureau?" asked Li Zekai after leaving Buckingham Palace.

"This kind of thing can't be faked!"

"That's not your style!"

Based on Li Zekai's understanding of the Hanhua Group, its more than 20 large companies are basically absolute control, and the remaining shares are also dispersed to the company's senior management, and no other large investors have been introduced.

Therefore, on the whole, Liu Dong has always been a leader with a strong desire to control and dictatorial tendencies in the eyes of outsiders. But what happened before clearly didn't match his style.

"'The wise man changes with the times, and the wise man makes it according to the situation', although I don't dare to compare myself with Huan, but I still have this bit of brain!" Liu Dong said indifferently.

In fact, the reason for this is that Liu Dong also came up with another method after realizing that on the issue of merging and selling Mercury Communications, seeking the help of the royal family may not be very effective in a short period of time.

Since his own base in Britain is weak, bring in more collaborators and use the power of the group against the Rothschilds.

After operating in the UK for more than 130 years, the deep-rooted Dadong Telegraph Office was Liu Dong's first choice.

Moreover, after the predicament of Standard Chartered Bank a few years ago and the current blockage of the merger and acquisition of GCA Telecom, Liu Dong also understood a truth, "In this world, no matter how strong the power of the individual is, it is always weaker than the power of the group." ’

Alone is chic and free, but the difficulties faced in it will increase tenfold, if not hundredfold.

In addition, even if he still relies on his own ability this time, that is, secretly by force to solve the threat of the Rothschild family, then when he encounters the same problem in the future, will Liu Dong stand up on his own?

Obviously, this is impossible! Liu Dong can stand up once, twice, or even more times. But the future of the GCA Group will ultimately be in the hands of his children and grandchildren.

Moreover, a Hanhua Group that always solves problems by force rather than wisdom cannot be passed on for a long time.

Therefore, Liu Dong already wants to change.

Before he chose to return to his family, he laid a solid foundation for Hanhua.

Use commercial means to solve business problems.

"Brother Zekai, how about merging your PCCW into Hanhua Telecom?

"You can't be serious, right?" Li Zekai said in surprise.

"He's serious as long as you want to!"

After thinking about it, Li Zekai shook his head, "Forget it! Hanhua Telecom is too big, I don't have the confidence to manage it well!"

Of course, this is just an excuse for him to refuse, the real reason is that Li Zekai, who is proud in his heart, doesn't want to succumb to Liu Dong.

"That's a pity!" Liu Dong smiled and didn't say anything more.

He didn't take the proposal seriously.

After leaving Buckingham Palace and separating from Li Zekai, Liu Dong returned to his villa in the suburbs of London.

As soon as he returned here, Liu Dong took out his mobile phone and called Helen. But the long blind voice and the 'no answer' prompt made him frown.

Sure enough, things took a turn he didn't expect.

Putting down the phone, Liu Dong's mind also recalled that when he met Rudolf Wittgenstein in India, he once wanted to mention that he asked Liu Dong to go to the Wittgenstein family.

"It seems that this time I really have to go!" Liu Dong said with a slight headache.

These family trivialities, especially those related to his confidante, were the most headaches and unwilling for Liu Dong to face, but this time he knew that he couldn't avoid it!

"Go ahead, it's time for these things to be resolved!"

After making a decision, Liu Dong felt a lot more relaxed.

Sitting back on the couch, and after thinking about it, he took out his phone again and dialed it out.

"Liu Dong ......!"

"Jianhui, there's nothing going on with the group during this time, right?"

"Except for the matter of the GCA Group, everything else is going well!"

"What about Yahoo's merger, has there been any progress?"

"With Google's IPO and Yahoo's stock price falling, Yang Zhiyuan's attitude has begun to soften, but the $80 billion selling price is still more than we expected, so negotiations are still ongoing. Also, based on our previous discussions, mergers and acquisitions of other search engines and portals are already underway, and with good results!"

"Oh, yes? That's good! The company's business, you keep an eye on it!"

"Understood, I will!"

"Also, how's Cathay Pacific doing?"

As of April this year, the total number of passenger and cargo planes under Cathay Pacific has reached 218, and the performance is very good!" Although I don't understand why Liu Dong suddenly asked this, his professionalism still makes Feng Jianhui answer clearly and accurately.

"That's good...... Jianhui, what do you think of getting Cathay Pacific listed in Hong Kong?" Liu Dong said slowly after a deep sigh.

"Going public?"

"That's right!"

"It's good to go public!" But, chairman, why do you suddenly have the idea of going public?" Feng Jianhui said in surprise.

Generally speaking, the purpose of listing is to raise money, but during this period, there were no major investment projects in the operation of subsidiaries within the GCA Group.

Yahoo's merger and acquisition and the expansion of GCA Telecom, the funds have been ready for a long time.

"There's not much why! It's just that during this period of time, I found that the operation of the Hanhua Group is too scattered! We are involved in dozens of industries, but there are very few companies that have really reached the top in this industry! So I plan to list and raise funds from the non-core enterprises of the group, in exchange for some funds, and invest in the core enterprises, and build them into real world-class companies!" Liu Dong slowly threw out his intentions.

After the merger and acquisition of Mercury Communications was blocked, Liu Dong has been considering a solution.

At first, he thought that he would pay a certain price to enlist the help of the British royal family, but from Elizabeth II's words, Liu Dong understood that the difficulty of winning the support of the royal family was no easier than dealing with the Rothschilds.

Therefore, in the end, he could only come up with his backup plan, that is, to give up the absolute control of Hanhua Group in Hanhua Telecom, win more investors, and use the power of the group to fight against the powerful Rothschilds.

Moreover, in doing so, it can also avoid the deliberate difficulties from European governments under the pretext of information security after Hanhua Telecom becomes stronger.

However, after deciding on the future development plan of Hanhua Telecom, Liu Dong was given more to think about.

He found that under the seemingly powerful appearance of the Hanhua Group, there has been a lack of an indispensable core!

Just like the famous Morgan family, their core is the financial industry, the arms industry and the IT industry!

In the financial industry, they control more than 30 financial institutions at home and abroad, including ********, and have no less influence in the world than central banks of other countries.

In the arms industry, they control General Electric, one of the five major arms giants in the United States, as well as General Dynamics and Grumman Aircraft!

In the IT industry, they took control of the International Business Machines Corporation, the famous IBM!

The core of the Rockefeller family, in addition to the undoubted oil industry, is also involved in the arms industry, the aviation industry, and the indispensable financial industry!

ExxonMobil, the world's No. 1 private oil group, is involved in the exploration, extraction, processing, transportation and sale of a range of oil value chains.

In the arms industry, the Douglas MacDonald company is a supergiant in the manufacture of aircraft and missiles in the United States.

In the aviation industry, five of the largest U.S. airlines, including United Airlines, Pan Am Airways, American Airlines, Trans World Airlines, and Eastern Airlines, are controlled by the Rockefeller family.

In the financial industry, the Rockefeller family has Chase Manhattan Bank as the core, and more than 100 financial institutions such as the Chemical Bank of New York, MetLife Insurance Company and Fair Life Insurance Company.

The DuPont family, whose core has not changed since World War II, is chemistry and munitions! Later, in partnership with the Morgan family, they controlled the largest automobile company in the United States, General Motors!

The Mellon family, finance, arms and oil are at their core, Lockheed Martin, Gulf Oil, and the world's largest securities services company, Bank of New York Mellon!

The business model of these top family consortia in the United States and even in the world is to ensure absolute control of core enterprises, and then expand their influence to energy, shipbuilding, chemicals, textiles, entertainment and many other industries through the investment of financial institutions. The result is a powerful network of wealth that envelops the entire country and even the entire world.

This carefully constructed network of wealth constitutes the Rockefeller family, the Morgan family, the Mellon family, and the Dupont family, which control all aspects of the United States!

The more he came into contact with these big families, the more Liu Dong understood this consortium construction model. And in his heart, the consideration of building Hanhua into such a consortium has become more and more determined. (To be continued.) )