Chapter 749: Negotiation Completed
Because of Kim Do-jun's previous instructions, he didn't reveal his identity too early, so he asked him to cover it up with his identity as an assistant.
No matter how you say it, you have been an actor, Kim Do-joon's acting skills are still a little, deliberately pretending not to understand anything, scratching his head, looking at the two ministers with some embarrassment, and getting a little closer to Joshua's sofa.
Seeing this, Joshua immediately confided in his heart.
"Sure enough, he is an artist, he is really born to act!"
As soon as Joshua finished speaking, he heard Minister Darling, who was sitting opposite, cross-legged, smoking a cigar and puffing heavily on the smoke ring.
"It turned out to be Mr. Joshua's assistant, but it's strange how I feel so familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere!"
Darling spoke a little yin and yang, and Jin Daojun, who listened to it, was very uncomfortable, but his face did not show it, since he wanted to talk about acquisitions, he had to be calm, what is this matter, not even a threshold.
In fact, Darin hadn't looked at Kim Do-joon at all, nor had he paid attention to him, just casually saying it, tempting and tempting.
But Kim Do-joon's performance was the same as his expression, looking at him a little stupidly, and he didn't seem to understand very much.
Joshua rolled his eyes and immediately took it.
"Maybe the last time I visited the car factory, I accidentally glanced at it, so I was a little impressed, okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about some business!"
Of course, Joshua knew that Darling's focus had shifted to Kim Do-joon's body just now, and he immediately took it back. And change the subject. This time. It is most effective to have the courage to make a decision and cut through the mess quickly.
What kind of person is the Minister of Finance, the poison of vision, is not something that ordinary people can serve, not only requires a very high level of knowledge, education, and understanding of finance. Understand tax law, understand economics, understand management, and also need a considerable level, long-term vision, and see people and things.
The moment Joshua sent out the invitation, he knew that there must be something to ask him or discuss with him, so he would take the initiative to come, so when he was at the door. When I met the Minister of Labor, Pound, I had already confirmed my guess just now. You can't go wrong.
I have also investigated the KDJ group, it seems that there is no problem, except for the reason of tax avoidance, and the company headquarters set up overseas, the rest seems to be normal, there is no tax evasion, there is no violation of laws and disciplines, after the acquisition of two car companies, has been operating steadily, the last time I heard Minister Pound said, Jaguar and Land Rover two car factories were acquired, not only spent a lot of money on production and research and development, but also on the skills training of employees, standardize the management process, also spent a lot of effort.
As you can tell from the fact that Philip Walan, the first executive officer of their car, is definitely a good turnaround.
Under his reform and governance, the two automobile companies have become more and more vibrant, and even in the face of such a dangerous economic crisis, they are still maintaining a high speed of investment growth, which is indeed admirable.
But after checking for a long time, there is no particularly important news, the only thing that can be known is that it seems that this company has some close relationship with the US government, if it is not for the US government, KDJ Group wants to acquire Jaguar and Land Rover, and it is from the hands of Ford, it will not be so easy.
Suddenly, a question came to Darling's mind, and he immediately asked.
"I heard that the relationship between KDJ Group and Google is very good, and even its own New York Port Authority building is leased to google, which is quite a considerable rent!"
Although I don't know what the specific number is, Darling can still deduce it by knocking on the side, at this time, it is the moment of battle of wits and courage, and it will leak out if you are not careful, so Joshua still looked at Darling in surprise after hearing it, and opened his mouth to respond.
"Regarding this matter, I don't think it's suitable to put it on the table, after all, this involves some company secrets, so I'm sorry!"
There is no way, the other party is the Minister of Finance, and the power in his hands is too great, if you really want to check, there are so many secret service organizations in the UK, and the famous 007 is not from the UK, and it is quite easy to find out the bottom of Kim Do-joon.
It's just that he doesn't bother to do this, Dahlin understands that the boss of this company likes to be low-key, and he is not very suitable for showing his face in front of outsiders, such people are not nothing, many entrepreneurs in Europe are like this, they have only heard of such a company, but who is the person behind the helm of this company, no one knows, and has never seen it at all.
Like the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany, many big entrepreneurs are quite low-key and focus on the business.
For such a person, he was only curious, and did not make any excessive moves.
"Then in that case, I said I'm sorry, Mr. Joshua, if I have the opportunity, I would like to meet your boss, see what kind of person he is, the timing of the shot is so decisive, at such a low price, you can buy Jaguar Land Rover two car companies, three factories, tens of thousands of people, as well as production and research and development centers, supporting centers, and invested tens of millions of pounds to acquire Arsenal's shares, becoming the second largest share of the team, if you are not interested, it is fake, I am really curious!"
Darling sighed, this is his sincere words, the smell of cigars hovers over the entire sofa, and Kim Do-jun also looked down at him, thinking secretly.
"There will be a chance, I promise! The waiter has a glass of whiskey! ”
Joshua smiled slightly, opened his mouth and responded, beckoned, and motioned for the waiter to come over, this kind of thing can't be hidden, but if you really want to investigate, it won't be particularly easy, it will take a while.
Joshua is not the owner of the KDJ Group, it is obvious that Darling can guess with a single guess.
The three of them chatted briefly, and the main topic was about tonight's charity dinner, for Joshua spent more than 2 million pounds to auction the Ferrari Enzo. Expressing admiration.
The price of a supercar is so high. It was all out of their imagination. To tell the truth, they were also invited by the organizers of the Chamber of Commerce to suppress the venue, and with them present, the business owners and company owners who were present would spend a lot of money to buy the auction items one by one.
But it can reach more than 2 million, which is really quite surprising.
After a while, Joshua spoke solemnly.
"I invited the two ministers here this time because I want to discuss something with you. I don't know what you guys think? ”
Looking at the time, it's almost over, I drank some wine today, and I'm not drunk, and my mind is very clear.
"Oh, what's the matter, let's hear it!"
When Minister Pound heard this, he immediately glanced at Darling, knew that the topic had finally begun, and sat up straight from the sofa.
The faces of the three of them were slightly rosy. Of course, except for Kim Do-joon, he was standing there motionless. Fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of the assistant.
"I heard that the current situation of the United Leicester Bank and B&B Bank is not very good, and while there are large losses, there is also a risk of bankruptcy, I don't know if I am right?"
Joshu deliberately showed great confusion and was a little unpredictable, giving the two of them the illusion that they knew, or were they blindfolded!
Hearing this news, Darling squinted his eyes slightly, to be able to say such a thing from his mouth, it must have been quite well prepared in advance, even if he denied it, it would be useless, and his heart seemed to have understood what he was going to say.
I could only nod and open my mouth in response.
"Yes, these two banks have been hit hard by the financial crisis and are indeed on the verge of bankruptcy, but there is no clear answer from the government and the Ministry of Finance on how to do it, why are you KDJ Group interested?"
Darling's anti-guest is the main thing, anyway, the words have already been said, and he is not worried at all, and now all the questions are pushed to Joshua, and it depends on how he answers.
"Yes and what, no, this has to be the boss, I am just a front station, and if you want to acquire, this can cost a lot of money, now the financial crisis is so serious, many companies are shrinking, and some simply stop production, in order to be able to carry the past, our group is not a gold mine, even if there is an idea, it seems to be very difficult at present!"
Joshua pouted, seemingly a little aggrieved, and a little dissatisfied with the reality, after all, the general environment is there, many companies have enjoyed the policy of tax reduction, but Jaguar and Land Rover do not seem to have, it is estimated that it is because of the new owner, this time it is necessary to fight for their legitimate interests.
"It seems that your company's appetite is really not small, and you want to swallow two banks at once, I thought it was just one, I don't need to say, I believe you also know that the assets of banks have always been a high-quality resource in the world's financial industry, even if your company does not buy, there are other groups or banking institutions competing to buy first, so I am not worried about this, the second point, for a person who never even appears boss, I find it hard to believe that he is sincerely contributing to the British people, as a British bank, of course we hope that after the acquisition, Continuing to serve customers in the UK, while enjoying the service, but also getting out of the quagmire of the economic crisis, without relying on the government's blood transfusion, this is the most important thing, I can tell you clearly, these two banks, will sell! ”
In fact, he didn't say this, it was more a decision made by the bank board itself, and the British political system determined that the government's hand would never stretch very long.
The government only needs to maintain the market order, and the rest should be completely handed over to the market, what is a market economy, this is a typical case.
Now that it's sold, it's pretty simple, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Joshua's mouth, and although Darling said a lot, Joshua only listened to the last sentence.
As long as they are willing to sell, it means that they can contact them in advance, which can be regarded as a casual news revealed by Darling.
But in any case, the acquisition will not be completed without the approval of the government.
From more than 10 o'clock in the evening, we talked deeply until 12 o'clock in the evening, and then I finished talking to the two ministers about all the details of the acquisition.
The following terms were finalized.
1. KDJ Automobile Co., Ltd., although it belongs to the KDJ Group, will transfer its registered place back to the UK from overseas, continue to implement the localization strategy, and implement a separate accounting policy.
2. At the same time as the existing scale, in the next five years, a new factory will be built in the United Kingdom, the number of workers is unknown, the specific address and time, by the CEO of KDJ Motors and the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Land.
3. In the acquisition of the two banks, KDJ Group will take out a price of more than 2 billion pounds to acquire the two banks as a whole, while all senior executives and middle managers, including grassroots employees, will remain unchanged for the time being, and all branches and business outlets will remain unchanged, which will be re-integrated within 3 months and renamed KDJ Bank, and actively expand fund business and car loan business while focusing on deposit business in the future.
4. With the support of the government, priority will be given to local enterprises, and the acquisition of two banks in the future will not change the location, but will still take root in the British market and expand to the world.
5. The CEO of KDJ Group donated 2 million pounds to the Labour Party in his personal name, according to British election laws, all political parties are not allowed to accept political cash from overseas, so as not to trigger political factors, and Joshua grew up in Canada since he was a child, and when he was the vice chairman of Arsenal, he had dual citizenship, so there was no problem at all.
Before leaving, Darling quietly turned around and spoke to Joshua.
"I want to meet your boss when I have a chance, I'm really curious, what kind of person he is, there are talents everywhere under his hands!"
When the two ministers were finished, Kim Dojun sat on the sofa and picked up the whiskey that Joshua had just drunk, took a sip, picked up the glass, combed his index finger, and spoke.
"Remember, donate 2 million to the Labour Party at the same time, in your name, donate another 2 million to the Conservative Party, remember that eggs should never be put in one basket, and when they are all broken, it will be too late to regret it!" (To be continued......)