Chapter 1412 English Football

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After integrating the business models of Morgan, Rockefeller and other consortia, Liu Dong has more and more detailed plans for the future of Hanhua Group. Basically, there are 3~5 core enterprises, 7~9 sub-core enterprises constitute the main pole of the Hanhua consortium, and the group's funds and energy will be more concentrated in these dozen companies, and the remaining part will be directly listed, as long as part of the shareholding guarantees the existence of the group in these companies!

To put it bluntly, it's just about making money. When these holdings go downhill, they can always sell their shares and exit to invest in more promising companies.

However, a dozen core and non-core companies must occupy an important position, even leadership, in the industry around the world!

After listening to Liu Dong's words, Feng Jianhui on the other side of the phone thought silently and said, "Liu Dong plans to list those companies for financing?" ”

"PwC Red Star Auction House, K. Wah Group, Lejia Group, Huayang Group, Fengrui Agriculture, Hanhua Telecom, Cathay Pacific Airways, GCA Technology, Global Trade!" Liu Dong threw out the result that he had already considered.

"Dong Liu, have you really decided?" Feng Jianhui said in a cautious tone.

These nine companies have reached one-third of the important enterprises of the GCA Group!

"Yes, I've decided! In the future, the core of Hanhua will be concentrated in the financial industry, petrochemical industry, machinery and heavy industry and Internet industry! ”

"Mechanical Heavy Industries?" The other three industries Feng Jianhui is not surprised, Standard Chartered Bank is the world's top 10 banking supergiants, and there is no reason not to choose. And finance is at the heart of controlling all businesses.

It is understandable that the petrochemical industry and the Internet industry were chosen by Liu Dong, and after gradually intervening in the oil production of Mongolia and Russia, Pacific Petroleum Industries has become a world oil giant with assets of more than $30 billion, and the future is bright.

The Internet industry is also very understandable, because even if it has not acquired Yahoo, the current Paper Communication is well-deserved No.1 in the Internet industry, and the Internet also represents the future.

However, the machinery heavy industry industry is obviously beyond Feng Jianhui's expectations, and now Daewoo Heavy Industries, a subsidiary of Hanhua Group, is not well-known in the heavy industry industry around the world, although it is developing well. Originally, he thought that Liu Dong would choose the steel industry or the energy industry.

"That's right, it's mechanical heavy industry! I consider integrating Daewoo Marine Shipbuilding into Daewoo Heavy Industries, and Daewoo Heavy Industries has been renamed Hanhua Heavy Industries, which consists of four heavy industry divisions: shipbuilding division, engine division, construction machinery division and automatic machine tool division! ”

Originally, there should have been a fifth business division, the 'Industrial Robot Division', but when he acquired Daewoo Heavy Industries, in order to make the final acquisition successful, he sold the well-developed robot division of Daewoo Heavy Industries to South Korea's Doosan Group.

In addition, after the division of Daewoo Heavy Industries related to the military industry is stripped off, the scale of Daewoo Heavy Industries will inevitably appear thinner, so Liu Dong directly integrated Daewoo Marine Shipbuilding into it.

In addition, the reason why the mechanical heavy industry is regarded as the core is also because it is impossible to allow the existence of a private arms industry in China. The Hanhua Group could not have a lucrative arms company like the consortium of the United States, Japan and South Korea, so Liu Dong could only concentrate his energy on machinery and heavy industry.

Moreover, heavy industry, especially machinery heavy industry, is an important basis for representing the strength of a country. Its influence far exceeds that of other industries.

In fact, Liu Dong was also very interested in the aircraft manufacturing industry, and he was not afraid of high investment and starting from scratch, but considering the business environment in China, he finally gave up!

After understanding Liu Dong's plan, Feng Jianhui didn't say anything more.

"In addition to the four industries just mentioned, others such as Oriental Iron and Steel, Oriental Resources, Daewoo Automobile, Matrix Media, Shangyuan Engineering Group, Huayang Real Estate, Jiahua Hotel Group and Rose Jewelry Group are the sub-core enterprises of Hanhua in the future! For sub-core companies, our strategy is to go public, but we must ensure that we have absolute control! As for the likes of K. Wah Group and Cathay Pacific, we can own 30% of the shares and be able to influence the company's operations and ensure our own interests! ”

Hearing this, Feng Jianhui also basically understood that Standard Chartered Bank, Hanhua Bank, Hanhua Heavy Industries, Paper Communication Group and Pacific Petroleum Industry Company, which are the core enterprises, will not be listed!

"I understand, Liu Dong!"

"Hmmm! What I just said is the future of GCA Group. However, the company's listing is not a trivial matter after all, you have to plan carefully and find the right time! ”

"Yes!"

Feng Jianhui agreed.

If all the more than a dozen large companies under Hanhua are listed according to Liu Dong's requirements, the time required will probably be calculated in years.

"Chairman Liu, how to use the funds raised after the company goes public?"

The assets of these companies under the Hanhua Group that intend to be listed are basically more than one billion US dollars, and once they are listed and funded, it is conceivable that it will allow the Hanhua Group to obtain tens of billions of dollars in liquidity.

"All invested in Hanhua Heavy Industries and Pacific Petroleum Industries! The two families are evenly divided! However, it is necessary to ensure that 40% of these funds are used for R&D, and the remaining 60% can be used for enterprise expansion and the construction of production and sales systems! ”

Since it is the core of the future of the Hanhua Group planned by Liu Dong, the market value of each of them, as the core enterprise, cannot be less than 100 billion US dollars!

But now only Standard Chartered Bank has achieved this goal, and after the successful acquisition of Yahoo by Paper Communication Group, it will also succeed with assets exceeding 100 billion yuan.

But Pacific Petroleum Industries and Hanhua Heavy Industries are not so easy. In addition to investing heavily in scientific research, it also needs to compete with the giants of the world.

However, no matter how difficult it is, Liu Dong must achieve the goal of 400 billion!

"I understand, Liu Dong!"

"Well, then you can do what we agreed! If you run into any problems, just give me a call! ”

"Yes!"

After hanging up Feng Jianhui's phone, Liu Dong sighed!

Dividing its subsidiaries into different levels and adopting different strategies is not only necessary for the future development of GCA as a consortium, but also to further save energy!

In the future, the number of companies that he needs to worry about has been reduced from more than 20 to 13 now, and he can also have more time to spend with his family in the future!

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To Liu Dong's surprise, Prince William, who had made an appointment with him yesterday, actually found the door early the next morning.

After the two had breakfast together and chatted briefly about the itinerary, William walked out of the house with Liu Dong.

"That's what you call Wembley Stadium?"

Getting out of the car and looking at the huge modern building in front of him, Liu Dong smiled.

"yes, how's it going, it's lively enough?"

Noticing a large number of British fans wearing the jerseys of the teams they support, shouting various slogans, and walking into the stadium with excitement not far away, Liu Dong nodded in a little surprise.

Although he has long known that football is the number one sport in Europe, Liu Dong has never watched a football game, whether it is in China or abroad, even when China entered the World Cup in 02, Liu Dong has never paid attention to this sport.

Wembley Stadium is home to the England national team and also hosts the finals of all competitions in England. It witnessed England's World Cup triumph in 1966 and is a paradise for all English fans, an irreplaceable mecca! ”

Looking at the pious expression on William's face, Liu Dong smiled: "I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Prince to be an authentic football fan!" ”

"Of course, there's nothing surprising about that! In the UK, or any country in Europe, 8 out of 10 people are football fans! ”

"Oh, so many!" Liu Dong was somewhat surprised.

Sports, especially football, really don't have much to do in China.

"Of course, we'll go in and feel it for ourselves later!"

After the words fell, William took Liu Dong into the VIP passage specially set aside after the renovation of the stadium. Of course, with identities like William and Liu Dong, the place where they watch the game is naturally the highest VIP box. From the inside, you can have a clear view of the entire stadium.

And watching tens of thousands of people crowded together like ants, and singing the team songs of their respective support teams, excitedly waving flags and iconic ornaments representing the team, that kind of tsunami-like momentum, once again made Liu Dong more intuitive and more truly feel the influence of football among the British.

"How? Pretty impressive, right? William said.

"It makes my blood boil!" Liu Dong nodded.

"Hehe, I'm the same, every time I set foot on the football field, I am very excited! If it weren't for the identity restrictions, I think I would have been a footballer! ”

"Soccer players?"

"That's right, that's what I wanted since I was a kid! And in the UK, more than 80% of children want to be a great player like Bobby Charlton, Cantona and Roy Keane! ”

"Really? However, more than 80 percent of children in China dream of becoming scientists like Albert Einstein, Qian Xuesen and Chen Jingrun! Liu Dong said with a smile.

"So, that's the difference between British culture and Chinese culture. In the UK, the most dominant culture is football! If you accept it and fit in, then you fit into the UK! ”

Hearing this, after nodding thoughtfully, Liu Dong looked at the tsunami-like scene outside, "It seems that I should understand it well!" …… By the way, today is the match between those two teams? ”

"The best two teams in England, Arsenal and Manchester United, will compete for the FA Cup in 2004~2005!"

"Oh!" Liu Dong nodded knowingly.

"Look, the game is on!"

Seeing that he was excited, his hands had already put the binoculars in front of his eyes, staring at William on the court below, Liu Dong also temporarily put aside his extra thoughts and watched the game with him.

To be honest, Liu Dong really doesn't know anything about football games. In normal times, he would not devote a minute of his energy to football, but at this moment, in this environment, he has to be patient.

After watching it for a while, Liu Dong found that this kind of sport of more than 20 old men chasing a ball is quite interesting. But that's about it!

Compared with football, Liu Dong has a deeper understanding of what William said to himself just now about football and British culture.

Considering the fact that football is the number one sport in Europe, Liu Dong has more ideas in mind.

"This may be a good trick to promote the GCA Group!" Liu Dong said in his heart.

At the beginning, it was because of the New York Knicks basketball team that a large number of Americans learned about him Liu Dong, and then learned about Hanhua.

Indirectly, it has helped the development of GCA in the United States and saved a lot of advertising costs!

Now, Liu Dong is considering whether to buy a football team with enough influence throughout Europe to help the group expand in the European market.

While he was thinking about this, the two teams on the field were also fighting for their own honors. But after 45 minutes, the score was still 0-0, and no one scored!

"Looks like they're evenly matched!" Liu Dong said with a smile.

"Hmmm! Arsenal and Manchester United are two of the best in England. Since its establishment, Arsenal has won a total of 13 English top flight titles, 10 English FA Cup titles, and 3 English Premier League titles, making it the longest-staying club in the English top football league! Especially last season, they broke the record held by Nottingham Forest and created a new myth of 49 consecutive league games unbeaten in the English top flight! ”

“…… Manchester United are even stronger, having won 15 English top-flight titles, 10 FA Cups and three League Cups since their inception in 1878. In Europe, Manchester United have won two UEFA Champions Leagues, one European Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Super Cup. Moreover, Manchester United still has a lot of fans in China! ”

"Really?" Liu Dong nodded in surprise.

"Of course! This is what your Chinese media have investigated on their own! ”

"Oh, I see! …… By the way, Willian, do you allow foreign investment in football clubs in the UK? ”

"Yes! …… You want to buy a team in the Premier League! After reacting, William was surprised.

"Yes! Didn't you just say that a very important part of British culture is football culture, so I also want to buy a football team that has always been in the Premier League and experience the British football culture, I believe it will be more beneficial to the development of GCA in the UK! ”

"That's a surprising idea!"

"Maybe!"

"But, Liu Dong! You're not the first billionaire to buy a football club in the UK! (To be continued.) )