Chapter 257: $15 billion
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At a time when the world is watching this acquisition!
The Gold Coin Alliance once again offered BHP Billiton a purchase price of $10 billion to acquire three iron ore mines in the Pilbara region, Newman, Yandi and Goldworth. ”
This acquisition once again shocked the world. Previously, it was only a 5 billion acquisition of a rich iron mine in Newman, but now 10 billion is to buy the entire Pilbara region. If BHP Billiton rejects the acquisition of the Gold Coin Alliance again, will the Gold Coin Alliance buy the entire iron ore division of BHP Billiton next time? Or even the whole BHP Billiton?
The first action of the Gold Coin Alliance shocked the world. Even the media has said that the world's largest iron ore market is in China, and in the future, the global iron ore will also belong to China.
Australia jumped up and down, hoping that the international community would put pressure on Zhang Lie to give up this naked ghast behavior. The United States shut up and did not talk about Zhang Lie, and the United Kingdom followed closely in the footsteps of the United States. Although France spoke in a subtle manner and explicitly criticized Zhang Lie's hegemony, in fact it was only thundering and not raining, and shouting nonsense.
Even the Australian government sent an urgent note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China to put pressure on China, hoping that China would take action to stop Zhang Lie's hegemonic behavior. However, although the Chinese government cannot explicitly support Zhang Lie, it will never fall into the ground. The pricing power of iron ore is definitely better in the hands of Huaguo's own businessmen than in the hands of outsiders. They were hoping that the acquisition would succeed, and even the presidents of several major banks privately told Zhang Lie or Lou Yue that if there was a problem with funds, the major banks could provide loans at the best prices.
The contact person on the side of the Lou Group is Lou Yuxi. As an old lover. The two didn't have to work hard, and naturally got in touch with each other.
Lou Yuxi also knows Zhang Lie's ability, and her wildness is great. I also hope that Lou's Group will one day become a large group company with these influences. Looking at the media clamoring about the probability of their overall acquisition of BHP, Lou Yuxi's heart was also excited by these people.
Holding Zhang Lie's strong arm, Lou Yuxi whispered: "How about you say we acquired BHP Billiton?" ”
After Zhang Lie heard this, he slapped her buttocks fiercely. Although he was looked at by Lou Yuxi, he still said: "The overall acquisition of BHP Billiton is simple, but doing so will completely offend the Australian government." We want to bring back that iron ore in the future. From time to time, the Australian government has made a stumbling block for us, and you say how to deal with it when the time comes. And at the moment the Gold Coin Alliance is too strong in the world. While the G8 countries will not openly stand up for Australia, they are also afraid that I will one day break my contract. They hate and fear me now. If it is the overall acquisition of BHP, it will also stimulate their nerves to an infinite extent. Other countries don't dare to say it, but the little devils will definitely do something, after all, their country's demand for iron ore is not much worse than ours. ”
Lou Yuxi let out a somewhat disappointed "um". It's obvious that I'm disappointed. Originally, I wanted to swallow the elephant and eat the BHP Billiton-level giant directly, but now it seems that it is not possible at all.
The first commercial action of the Gold Coin Alliance really made many people red-eyed. Especially those who missed out on the Gold Coin Alliance, seeing that the Gold Coin Alliance was established not long ago, there was such a big move. They are going crazy and want to join the Gold Coin Alliance.
At this time, Zhang Lie received a call from Quinn and had not been in contact with the other party for a long time. Call yourself so suddenly. There must be something to do with this acquisition. However, the Western Consortium does not seem to have any iron ore business. Could it be BHP's oil business?
Anyway, Zhang Lie answered Quinn's phone. After some politeness, Quinn said, "Zhang, you really shocked me, and my father and I believe that you will succeed in your acquisition of BHP Billiton. ”
"Thank you!" For the compliment, Zhang Lie accepted it unceremoniously. The leaders of the Western Consortium believe in themselves. Zhang Lie is also full of pride.
"It's like this, I don't know when you're free. My father wants to see you and has something he wants to talk to you about! Quinn knew that he and Zhang Lie were far less familiar than Howard. Howard doesn't seem to have any scheming, but he is not stupid, as Zhang Lie's status gets higher and higher, and his energy grows, Howard is also favored by many people within the Lockheed family.
"Oh, I wonder what Mr. Ledbitt is looking for me? It's been a long time since we've last met, and honestly, I'm grateful for the help Bank of the West helped me in the first place. Zhang Lie clearly remembered that when he dug up the pot of gold of the Becky Investment Fund, he used fourteen tons of gold as collateral. Then he lent a sum of money from the Western consortium, and then, under the cover of the Western Bank, completed his first acquisition.
For the head of the Western Consortium, Ledbitt, Zhang Lie knows that he is a very shrewd person. What is he going to see himself this time for?
"Actually, my father is more interested in the Gold Coin Guild you founded, and I want to ask you, can the Ledbit family join your Gold Coin Guild?" Howard directly told Zhang Lie what they thought. After hearing this, Zhang Lie was also surprised, although he thought that his gold coin alliance would definitely grow in the future, but he never thought that the head of the Western Consortium would actually want to join the gold coin guild?
Is this God kidding him? He didn't rush to speak, thinking about what Quinn meant, the Western Consortium is a well-known consortium in the United States, they naturally have a lot of profit points, but Ledbit wants to join the Gold Coin Alliance, he takes a fancy to that, just the combat effectiveness of the Gold Coin Alliance?
I suddenly remembered that Quinn had just said that it was the Ledbit family who wanted to join the Gold Coin Alliance. In this way, it is easier to understand. The Western Consortium is made up of a number of families, the current head of which is the Ledbits. The reason why the Quinn family wants to join the Gold Coin Alliance is, on the one hand, to strengthen themselves and expand their voice in the Western Alliance, and even to think about merging the remaining families, and then the Western Consortium will become a simple family consortium similar to Morgan, Rockefeller, and DuPont. And their surname, Ledbit, will also accompany their consortium and become famous all over the world.
When he first established the Gold Coin Alliance, he didn't actually think about accepting only Chinese people, he wanted to establish a world-class commercial organization, and this organization had better be able to control most of the world's high-quality resources, and then their organization would be above all countries and become truly powerful.
He originally thought that this day would be a long time, only when he would show these members of Huaguo, so that the world could see their strength and their advantages. Only then will people from other countries choose to join. Unexpectedly, the first action of the Gold Coin Alliance had already attracted the attention of the Ledbit family. Again, this operation was not successful, and if it did, it would not have had a more obvious effect.
"Well, I await Mr. Ledbitt's arrival! I hope we can cooperate as soon as possible! Zhang Lie agreed to Quinn's request on the phone, and with the example of Ledbitt, there will definitely be more elite talents who choose to join in the future.
Although Lou Yuxi didn't hear what the person on the phone said, Zhang Lie's words were still very clear. However, he didn't know why, but deeply remembered the name Ledbit, and first believed that naturally Zhang Lie proposed this name more than once, so this must be an important person.
On the 21st, BHP Billiton's global president Kausol took an emergency flight to China, where he will negotiate with Zhang Lie face-to-face about what happened before. In just a few days, BHP's market capitalization has steamed by $10 billion as BHP rejects Zhang Lie's two offers. This is undoubtedly a huge disaster for BHP's shareholders. At the board meeting, almost all sensible people raised a proposal of no confidence in the current president, Cosoll. Although in the end, due to various reasons, this proposal had to be aborted, but after this incident, Kausol also recognized the current situation. The government has given up, and countries have limited support for Australia, and they are not willing to risk offending Zhang Lie and deliberately go against Zhang Lie.
The government gave up, and BHP Billiton was weak, but it could not be sustained. What's more, he has a large group of wolf-like shareholders behind him, and if one is not careful, he may be torn to shreds by angry shareholders
When Kausol arrived at Yuntai, it was already late at night, but he still saw Zhang Lie, who had been waiting for a long time. At this time, almost all the world's media gathered outside the Gold Coin Hall, and although it was late at night, everyone was waiting for the latest results. BHP Billiton's global president came to China, came to Yuntai non-stop, and lived in the gold coin hall, this is already shocking news around the world, if they know some of the content of the negotiations, the sales will definitely be even greater.
Inside the Gold Coin Hall, the tired Kosol was in a bad spirit, but he would not as well fall asleep before the negotiation was settled. Even if it is late at night, even if Zhang Lie is a little sleepy, this stubborn old man still asks to reach a preliminary intention with Zhang Lie before he goes to sleep.
"Zhang, you won, you should have thought of it from the beginning. BHP Billiton is unlikely to withstand your onslaught. Now BHP Billiton is alone, and even his internal collapse has collapsed. You won, but I want to say that if you want me to sell the Pilbara iron ore area at a low price because of this, it will never be possible. Zhang, as long as the price is reasonable, the Pilbara mine is yours. "Kausor is really broken, he only hopes that the Pilbara mine will sell for a good price, but he knows that the man in front of him is a big financier.
"I'm a very happy person, three mines are worth 15 billion US dollars, if you agree, pay in a lump sum!!" Zhang Lie didn't give him any room for bargaining, 15 billion, 5 billion for a mine, although it was not too expensive, it would definitely not let them lose too much. After all, even if you mine yourself, you may not be able to make enough $15 billion in various costs. (To be continued)
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