In the following week, Kim Do-joon was busy preparing for the acquisition, and at the same time, he was distracted to do a good job of recording Tamia and shooting the MV.

Fortunately, the other party is also a quite professional singer, and he doesn't need Kim Do-joon to worry about it at all, as long as he follows his instructions, he can naturally understand, plus the shooting of the MV is relatively simple, so Kim Do-jun can also have extra energy to care about other things.

Walker and Kim so Young are both involved, a management team responsible for finding a better and more suitable one for themselves, after all, there are too few people now, relying on Josua, Han Sung-ho, and Walker, there will be more and more stalls in the future, and there is no way to manage it.

For this part of the cost, Kim Dojun has not been stingy to the point that he doesn't give a penny, what should be spent, as long as it is just and appropriate, Kim Dojun does not frown, swings his pen, and immediately starts to act.

As for Kim so-young, he is responsible for the information transmitted back from the UK, although there may be a lot of work that cannot be done because of his ability, but it doesn't matter, Kim Do-joon understands this situation, these are all excessive.

Therefore, while patiently teaching Kim so young how to better find problems and how to read some of the documents inside, he continued to collect the latest online reports, which is also one of the channels for collecting information.

Now that the network is so developed, if there is any news, you can find it almost immediately on the Internet, as your own private agent, you still need to keep learning, otherwise how to keep up with Kim Dojun's rhythm.

On the British side, Joshua and Han Sung-ho also began to move, while keeping in touch with Kim Do-joon. We are also actively looking for the right time. I can cut in. What is missing for the KDJ Group now is an opportunity to make an acquisition.

When Kim Do-joon completed all his tasks in Canada, he rushed to the United Kingdom non-stop.

As soon as he got off the plane, Kim Do-jun was a little dissatisfied with the sky of London, the light rain was sparse and sparse, and it kept drifting down from the air, although London used to have the title of fog capital, but after so many years of environmental governance. It has become quite pleasant and suitable for living, but even this weather is unpredictable, and it will be sunny for a while, and it will already rain lightly.

Therefore, in TV or movies, the traditional English gentleman always likes to wear a hat and a long tweed coat, without exception. A black umbrella will be prepared.

As the busiest airport in Europe, London Heathrow is no exception. It was full of pedestrians, backpackers, students, business people.

The three of them walked outside in unison, Kim Do-jun was carrying a bag and wearing a hat, walking quietly in front, not like an artist at all, but not much different from a tourist who came to sightsee, just holding a camera to shoot everywhere.

"Brother Su Yong, have you contacted Brother Cheng Hao? Where are they? ”

Kim Do-jun slowed down and paused before asking, looking up at the lobby of Heathrow Airport, the tall and bright glass roof, and you can still see the raindrops of early summer, which keep dripping on the glass plane.

Kim Do-joon and Taeyeon are different, the little guy likes rainy weather, especially light rain, standing alone on the balcony, she can hold her chin and watch alone for an afternoon, which is a rare treat for her

But Kim Do-joon doesn't like rain very much, he is more suitable for the winter sun, snow, wearing a thick down jacket, hat and gloves, you can go on school trips together, go skiing together, go fishing together, and spend winter time hand in hand.

With a long sigh, it's been a week since I came out, and I haven't had much contact with Taeyeon, and it seems that the little guy is also busy, just occasionally sending a few text messages and greetings, and the rest is nothing.

Kim Do-joon misses her a little, and his biggest idea now is to hurry up and finish the acquisition, this kind of thing only needs to be signed by himself, and the rest will be handed over to Joshua and Han Sung-ho, Walker, and of course, the new team formed in the future.

Walker has consulted with the world's most famous executive search firms to help him find some professional talent, and if nothing else, the information will be transmitted in the next few days.

During this period of time, it has been hard work for Han Chenghao, Joshua and Walker.

"They were already outside the airport, and I was on the phone with him when I got off the plane!"

Kim so-young pulled the boxes of the two people and immediately walked up and replied.

"Alright, let's get out of here!"

Kim Do-jun nodded, didn't say a word, and walked straight outside.

Joshua and Han Chenghao were already standing at the door, and there were two tall white bodyguards standing beside them, both of whom were more than 1.90 meters tall, with serious faces and no smiles, except for wearing headphones, they basically couldn't see any expressions from them.

Even Han Chenghao, like Joshua, put on a formal suit, a straight suit, bright and luxurious, at a glance, you can tell that it must be made of high-end fabrics, purely handmade.

Collar, cuffs, trouser hems, there is nothing that is not perfect, Han Chenghao fiddled with his cuffs, and was opening his head and poking inside.

Even his hair was styled in the beauty salon in advance, and there were few flowers on his chest, otherwise he really thought that today was his big day.

"Joshua, they're out!"

Han Chenghao stretched out his finger, pointed to the front, and immediately spoke, seeing Jin Daojun's figure from afar, he suddenly muttered in his heart.

"How old are you, you're still an artist, and you always wear some casual clothes, which is really not particular at all!"

Han Chenghao used to be the same, it didn't matter if he wore clothes, but when he came to the UK, he found that although there were people wearing jackets and jeans on the street, there were more business elites who still wore regular suits or tweed coats, and the British gentleman's style was vividly and exquisitely reflected here.

Horse racing, golf, cricket, bowling, these aristocratic sports are more suitable for Han Chenghao's taste, so after coming often, Han Chenghao also began to try to change his dressing style to make himself more tasteful.

Joshua also followed Han Sung-ho's gaze and noticed Kim Do-joon. Several people looked at each other. Only then did he nod. waved his hand.

When they got closer, they said hello in unison.

Kim Do-jun noticed the white bodyguard beside him, looked at Han Sung-ho and Joshua's dress, and immediately stretched out his hand, stroked the collars of the two people, and said with a smile.

"Yo! I'm dressed very handsome today, the material of this dress is good, it should be very expensive! and the bodyguard next to him also looks quite tall and mighty. I feel like I can beat better than mine! ”

Han Chenghao took the initiative to open the car door for Kim Do-jun to let him in, and specially transferred two cars from the company to facilitate Kim Do-jun's travel, and after hearing his ridicule, he immediately responded.

"Of course, no matter how you say it, it's all privately customized, of course the price is not cheap, as for the bodyguard, this is arranged by Joshua, what do you have to ask him directly!"

Kim Do-joon nodded. Didn't say anything, this is not the place to talk. hugged Joshua and Han Chenghao respectively, and then lowered his head and entered the car.

All of a sudden, everyone got on the bus and prepared to drive to today's destination, the KDJ Group office in central London.

Since it does not have its own building, so far, only a few floors of office space have been leased as temporary office space.

It stands to reason that Jaguar and Land Rover have three factories in the UK, each of which is large enough to set up a location there.

But Joshua thought about it and gave up on the idea.

Jaguar and Land Rover Motors, although they belong to the KDJ Group, are still an independent accounting department, self-financing, once together, when the financial design, the cost of this piece, is not clear, and it also adds trouble.

Rather than this, it is better to go it alone and rent a few floors of office space in central London, which is more practical, and conveniently located to make it easier for employees to commute to work.

Sitting in the car, Kim Dao Jun asked.

"Is there any event today, otherwise why are you wearing such a formal outfit?"

If it's just to greet, it's definitely not necessary, simple casual clothes are fine, Kim Do-jun is not such a particular person, and he is very low-key and introverted by nature, so wouldn't it be easier to be discovered.

Han Chenghao and Joshua looked at each other and smiled, they were amazed by Kim Do-joon's ingenuity, a small move can arouse his suspicion, I have to say, there is such a boss here, I don't know if he is lucky or unlucky, in his eyes, he can't rub a grain of sand at all, let alone his business!

Joshua sat next to him, and Han Chenghao sat between them, and after listening, he immediately responded.

"Or Daojun is smart, this time to the UK, some of the itinerary has been set in advance, and it is necessary to go, for the acquisition, sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice personal time, I think you should understand!"

Han Chenghao secretly looked at Kim Daojun, he hadn't seen him for a while, and he even changed his hairstyle, what kind of stimulation was this, the moment he took off his hat just now, he thought he had recognized the wrong person, rubbed his eyes, and looked at it carefully.

"Nonsense, how important is the acquisition, don't I understand, otherwise what am I flying to London for, I will go back to Seoul directly, let's say, what itinerary has been arranged!"

Kim Do-joon was not polite at all, pursed his lips, and said lightly, if you want to say that you are not in a hurry, it is fake, just when producing the single "Almost" for Tamia, Kim Do-jun has entrusted Walker to sell all his shares in another social networking site, and is currently looking for a buyer.

No way, in order to raise funds for the acquisition, even in the case of the economic crisis in 08, he had to endure the pain of cutting meat, if it is delayed for another year or two, the company's stock is likely to reach its peak, at the current speed of development, it is difficult to estimate at all, it is very likely that the stock in his hand is driving tens of billions of dollars, but now everything is empty talk, or can be sold on the premise of selling, try to sell it for a large price, otherwise Jin Daojun does not even have the funds to acquire these two banks.

Han Chenghao smiled slightly after hearing this, winked at Joshua, and signaled that his trick had succeeded, and his heart was dark for a while, sure enough, this guy was still quite obedient, but he didn't lie to him, this time the itinerary was also quite nervous, even after he finished the itinerary. I was also taken aback. It's been a few days. It's too much to see, isn't it too rushed.

There's no way Kim Do-joon has given so much time, the time spent in the UK is only a few days, if you don't make full use of it, when he returns to Seoul, it will be quite difficult to invite him over, but even so. Han Chenghao still arranged a small entertainment activity for him.

took out the manuscript that had been prepared from the briefcase, and read it seriously.

"Tonight, I attended a charity dinner hosted by the British Chamber of Commerce, and joshua was invited to attend as the CEO of KDJ Group, but since you are all here, you must go with you, and there are many heavyweight guests that night, such as the current Minister of Labor, the Minister of Finance, will come over. And it may be necessary to make the first contact with the issue of acquisition. Of course, there will be a charity auction at the end of the dinner, and all the money raised will be donated to the charity foundation, and Dojoon has the Ferrari Enzo limited edition sports car that you crave so much! Tomorrow morning at the company meeting, all the group and KDJ automotive industry executives must be present, in the afternoon to inspect the location of Land Rover cars, in Liverpool Harleywood factory, in the evening will attend a closed-door meeting organized by the British Labour Party, mainly to discuss the current financial problems faced by the Labour Party, also invited Joshua to participate, the day after tomorrow early will participate in the British financial industry forum, how to help Britain please economic crisis, in the afternoon with Joshua, to visit the Arsenal Club, And discuss with the chairman of the board of directors about the future sponsorship of Arsenal, go to box 2 in the evening, watch the match between Arsenal and Liverpool, well, the above is all your itinerary for the next three days, as for the rest, it will be adjusted separately! ”

Han Chenghao closed the manuscript with a relaxed face, and secretly glanced at Kim Dojun to see what the other party's face was.

Originally, I thought that Kim Dojun was a little angry, and when he got off the plane, he didn't even fall due to jet lag, and he didn't have a good rest, so he immediately threw himself into work, who knew that Kim Dojun had a calm look, and he didn't see any dissatisfaction at all, just nodded and responded lightly.

"Hmmm! I see, so let's do it! ”

In order to accomplish something, even if you don't want to, there is no way, the laborer governs people, and the hard-working person governs others.

If you want to make a career without paying several times the hard work of ordinary people, it is not too realistic at all.

Along the way, Kim Do-jun did not stay idle, and asked Joshua and Han Sung-ho in detail about the acquisition of these two banks, and asked them to help him re-report the current situation.

As for Kim so-young and Walker, because of the car, they can only sit in the back.

"Joshua, what do you think of the advice I gave you last time?"

"What is the suggestion, oh, is it to convert part of the bank's business into a car loan?"

Joshua recalled it for a while, and then blurted out that in the past week, he had been on the phone almost every day, and he had explained a lot of things, and he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Yes, or Walker reminded me, if this is the case, we can use the power of the bank in the future to sell our cars as soon as possible, return the funds, and at the same time reduce the pressure on the bank and the car, and it is also quite powerful for us to grab market share, the only thing to pay attention to is that when applying for a loan, how to ensure the safe issuance of the loan, this is the most important problem!"

When Kim Do-joon was in Canada, he would think about a lot of questions every night when he was in bed, and this was also an important factor that bothered him.

Don't end up with the car being sold, the loan being issued, and the person gone, which is really a shame on the heavens and the earth.

Although Europe has a perfect credit system, but the car market in Europe and North America has been quite saturated, even if it is now entering in a big way, the competitors facing it are quite strong, you must know that Europe has been a strong player in the field of automobiles since World War II, and Germany, the United Kingdom, and France alone have the world's top automobile groups......

BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Citroen, logos, including traditional British cars Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce and many more.

Joshua understood what Kim Do-joon meant, walking on two legs, so he avoided putting a box of eggs in one basket, so that the risk is small, the return is also high, and the biggest benefit is that it can promote the sales of cars.

To put it bluntly, banks are still in a fairly insurance industry, which is different from investment institutions and futures companies, and many times changes with the changes in the overall economic pattern. If you are not careful, you can get rich. If you are not careful, you can lose your family.

But banks are much less at risk. At the very least, you can absorb the public's deposits and put them in your own bank, and then individuals or companies need loans, and then release them to earn the profit difference.

And Kim Do-jun himself has his own industry, and the huge automobile industry can provide him with considerable convenience and low cost. Low loan interest rates, high quality, and high service are all visible and tangible.

When people buy a car, they will also leisurely consider this aspect of things, of course, it is necessary to exclude a factor, that is, the local tyrant is not bad for money, and rich people buy cars in a one-time cash or card transfer, so this part has to be deducted.

"I think that's good. If the acquisition is successful, you can try to open up the business market in this area. I think it should be very effective, at least the people who used to like our cars, may not be able to afford because of the price, turn to other car manufacturers, maybe because of bank loans, re-choose our cars, that is also possible, and once the acquisition is successful, it is still necessary to carry out drastic reforms, otherwise it will not be able to reverse the loss situation at all! ”

Joshua is also quite impatient, judging from the information he has received so far, not only the Dojoon family has taken a fancy to the excellent assets of these two banks, excluding American competitors, but also the famous Spanish International Bank, also known as Santander.

As of July 26, 2004, Santander acquired all the shares of Abi National Bank, the sixth largest bank in the United Kingdom. The transaction value reached £8.9 billion, while Abi National Bank has an 11% share of the UK mortgage market and 18 million customers with 741 branches.

On October 14, 2007, a consortium of Santander, Fortis and Royal Bank of Scotland acquired ABN AMRO for $101 billion. Santander acquires ABN AMRO's Italian and Brazilian operations.

And now they are also eyeing the United Leicester and B&B Bank in the UK!

If you compete with such a strong opponent, without full preparation, it will definitely not work, from the current point of view, Joshua is not confident and sure, will be able to seize ahead of them, pick the fruits of victory.

The only way, or shortcut, is to win some goodwill and recognition from them through evening charity dinners and Labour fundraising meetings, while using the size, influence, connections and most importantly to contribute to the Labour election.

It is the same wherever the election is, whether it is the United Kingdom, the United States, or South Korea, money is the most important factor, and without money, no one can play it.

Therefore, one of the very heavy tasks between the parties every year is to raise funds, and the party fees alone, such as the Labour Party, which has no more than 150,000 members and no more than 25 pounds a year, can such money be used for.

Compared with the U.S. presidential election, each presidential candidate needs to spend tens or even tens of billions of dollars, and the cost of advertising, television publicity, and poster publicity alone is surprisingly high, so the U.S. presidential election is also called money.

The cost of elections in the United Kingdom is relatively small, but it also exceeds tens of millions of pounds, because of policies and laws and regulations, many individuals and collectives are not allowed to donate too large amounts of funds, but there are always loopholes in the law, there are always gaps, there are always various names for political parties to provide funds, so these large enterprises must take on some responsibilities and obligations.

Of course, these are complementary to each other, once the candidate you support comes to power, you will pay several times the windfall profits will be returned to the company, which is also a decision that the company has to make when facing the election situation.

Like Google, even high-tech global companies donate more than millions of dollars each year.

In this way, the three of them discussed in the car until they came to the office in central London, and then they got out of the car.

As soon as he walked into the building, Kim Do-joon discovered a rather interesting thing! (To be continued......)