Chapter 438: The Winston Consortium

The Spring Festival is coming, but unlike previous years, Wang Batian spent this Spring Festival in Switzerland, and Yu Ying is still by his side. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Yunsheng had already left Switzerland, and he didn't stay too long in Wang Batian's Swiss castle that day, and he came to Switzerland mainly to discuss cooperation, and introducing his godson to Wang Batian was just incidental, of course, this little guy named Wan Zhenghao left a very good impression on Wang Batian.

Zhu Yunsheng was in Switzerland for three days, and during these three days, Wan Zhenghao stayed in Wang Batian's Swiss castle, in exchange, Wan Zhenghao familiarized Wang Batian with the Internet, and Wang Batian taught Wan Zhenghao how to hunt.

When he left, Wan Zhenghao was still a little reluctant, not only reluctant to Wang Batian, but also reluctant to this snow-capped mountain and this ancient castle, thinking of the scene at that time, Wang Batian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, I haven't met such a fun little guy for a long time.

2007 has passed, 2008 is just around the corner, although Hengtian Group and Bac Giang Heavy Industries to fully launch the international strategy at the end of 2007, but in the last two months, the market value of the two groups jumped faster than the previous ten months.

Because of Yang Qian, the second chancellor of the exchequer in the United Kingdom, and the influence of the nascent Winston consortium, there is no obstacle for major companies of Beijiang Heavy Industries and Hengtian Group to go public in the UK.

Before the listing, the market value of Hengtian Group had reached 15.8 billion US dollars, and after the listing, it directly doubled to 32.2 billion US dollars, ranking 227th in the world's top 500, ahead of Norwegian Telekom, with a market value of 32.238 billion US dollars, only less than 20 million US dollars higher than Hengtian Group.

The market value is calculated according to the stock price, and in fact, the stock price of Hengtian Group is not stable now, after all, it has just been listed, and it is normal for it to suddenly increase by a few percentage points or fall by a few percentage points tomorrow.

Beijiang Heavy Industries is not as fierce as Hengtian Group, after all, the potential of Beijiang Heavy Industries has been squeezed relatively clean before, and the listing of several companies in the UK has only pushed the market value of Beijiang Heavy Industries to 20 billion US dollars, but it can be regarded as catching a tail, barely squeezing into the world's top 500, ranking 473.

The listing has weakened Wang Batian's control over several groups slightly, but after all, he is the largest shareholder, and the only thing that is more troublesome is that the board of directors is no longer just the Wang family.

With the increase in the influence of Beijiang Heavy Industry and Hengtian Group, the international status of both Yang Qian and Wang Batian is getting higher and higher, and Wang Batian's personal wealth has also improved by leaps and bounds.

If the big thing in Europe in 2008 is that the number of countries using the euro has been raised to 15, and the position of the United Kingdom is becoming more and more embarrassing, which can be felt by Wang Batian in Switzerland, because many media in Switzerland have criticized the British for insisting on the pound sterling.

It doesn't matter if it's like this for other small countries, but Britain is one of the most powerful countries in Europe, and such insistence is naturally an outlier in the eyes of other countries, of course, in the final analysis, it is a matter of interest.

Another important thing for Winston Bank is that in 2007, a Société Générale futures trader used bank funds to illegally trade illegally over the course of a year, resulting in losses of up to 5 billion euros for Société Générale.

Although Société Générale is the 27th largest bank in the world, the loss of up to 5 billion euros is also unbearable for Société Générale, and the real fatal blow is the credibility problem.

A small futures trader is able to mobilize funds without authorization, so how can big customers continue to trust IB? The main thing is that part of the losses of last year will be borne by customers, and the CEO of Société Générale is facing a crisis of resignation.

The crisis at Société Générale was an opportunity for Winston Bank, which was supposed to open its savings function later, but with the Round Table Council, it could have been opened a little earlier, especially since the Société Générale was in front of it.

Because of this matter, the Duke of York, the second knight of the round table, came to Switzerland to negotiate with Wang Batian, and his purpose was very simple, that is, to move Wang Batian to buy the British property of Société Générale.

The Duke of York will help Winston Bank complete the merger and acquisition in all aspects, but they are not without requirements, once the acquisition is successful, then Winston Bank will no longer be Wang Batian's own Winston Bank, they want to build a giant consortium with a value of trillions of industries.

It is naturally impossible for Wang Batian to agree to such a big thing immediately, in fact, the Duke of York also understands that Wang Batian needs to think about it for a while, so he gives half a month. There are definitely a lot of people staring at the affairs of Société Générale, and the opportunity will not always be left to Winston Bank, if it has not been decided for half a month, this matter will naturally be stopped!

There was no reason why it was necessary to convene a meeting of all the CEOs of the Winston consortium, but this time the meeting was not in the UK but in Switzerland.

Xu Jianyi of Beijiang Heavy Industries, Zhu Yunsheng of Hengtian Group, Yu Ying of Kaitian International Cinemas, Zhang Yu of Kaitian International Film and Television, Li Guangqi of Winston Bank, and Fu Jie of Winston Automobile Company, these six are the largest executives of the Winston Consortium, but once they agree, some of them will inevitably need to leave their current positions.

The sudden convening of the meeting surprised these people, especially when they knew that there were only six of them in the meeting, because they knew that Wang Batian must have made a big move, and it was the kind that needed to be kept secret.

Only Lee Kwang Kai guessed some of this, because the Duke of York had briefly met with him three days before, and inexplicably asked about Winston Bank.

At this time, all of Wang Batian's shares were held by Winston Bank, and he owned all the shares of Winston Bank, although Winston Bank President Li Guangqi ranked first among the six, but in fact he was the real core.

Here are all his own descendants, Wang Batian also directly said the Duke of York's proposal, Winston Bank as the core to create a real Winston consortium, but because of the Duke of York and their joining, the entire consortium will not be controlled by Wang Batian's sole proprietorship.

In other words, once the Duke of York's proposal is agreed, half of the people present will leave their current positions, because the board of directors will not say any feelings, and the qualified ones will leave the unqualified.

There may not be a big change in understanding in a short period of time, but it is only in a short period of time, and the longest will not exceed half a year, and several groups will definitely have to make major personnel changes.

Xu Jianyi They didn't expect to receive such a bombshell news just after coming to Switzerland, everyone knows who can stay and who needs to leave, Yu Ying, Zhu Yunsheng, and Fu Jie are definitely leaving, because compared to their abilities, they are still some distance away from where they are sitting now.

Zhu Yunsheng is at most the ability of the general manager of Hengtian Group, and Fu Jie is about the same, there is no problem for you to let him lay a dozen foundations for Beijiang Iron and Steel, and put him in the position of CEO of Winston Motors, if it were not for those two vice presidents, I believe that Winston Motors Company would be very bad at this time.

Yu Ying has always performed well because theaters are a very easy to control industry, if you use the game, it is Xu Jianyi, they are in hard mode, and Yu Ying is in simple mode, her ability can only follow the rules to let Kaitian International Cinema line slowly develop little by little.

Such results are already good in the eyes of Wang Batian, but in the eyes of those real elites, Yu Ying can only be barely qualified, and if it is replaced by others, Kaitian International Cinemas may have become a real cinema empire at this time, just like Murdoch in the media industry, implementing a monopoly in the cinema industry.

A group not only wants to develop itself but also suppresses opponents from time to time, and Yu Ying has always been like playing a single-player game, and I don't care about the small companies around me that are developing rapidly.

There is naturally no problem in a short period of time, Kaitian International Cinema has strong capital, but if one day there is a stronger enemy appears, then how should Kaitian International Cinema deal with itself?

When Wang Batian finished speaking the Duke of York's proposal, he stopped talking, he closed his eyes and quietly waited for Xu Jianyi and their answer, and Xu Jianyi and they were also silent at this time.

"If they joined, the Winston consortium at that time would be the real Winston consortium, and the capital we directly and indirectly controlled is likely to reach trillions of dollars."

Trillions of dollars! This is an unimaginable number, but now this number is in front of us, and it is not a dream, just now that the Winston consortium has reached 100 billion US dollars, the capital in the hands of the 23 British super-rich people will not be inferior to Wang Batian, and trillion capital is a normal thing.

What was the concept of the Winston consortium at that time? The Rockefeller Consortium, the Morgan Consortium, the DuPont Consortium, the First Citibank Consortium and the Mellon Consortium in the United States, the Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Fuji Consortiums in Japan, and the Siemens, Krupp, Deutsche Bank, and Rothschild Consortium in Europe.

This is a path that can really reach the top, although he is silent, but in fact, the answer is in front of him, and Wang Batian also knows that although he gives up, he will get more.

Not to mention Yu Ying and Zhu Yunsheng, if the restructuring of the consortium is really completed, then Xu Jianyi and those who should be able to stay in their original positions will no longer be as smooth as before, after all, in the future, Beijiang Heavy Industry and Hengtian Group will no longer be a group based on the interests of Wang Batian, and they need to be responsible for the entire board of directors. (To be continued.) )