Chapter 1274: This Forced Pretend
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"Mr. Lin, Rothschild Commercial Bank is willing to help you convince O2, the largest telecom operator in the United Kingdom, to adopt your company's Linux system as the operating system for smartphones," said the most promising young man of the Rothschild family. Rothschild looked at Lin Zheng with confidence, he believed that Lin Zheng, who wanted to make a market in the European telecommunications market, would not be at ease with the UK, the most important market in Europe: "My father also hopes to deepen the business relationship with Lianchuang Technology, and on behalf of the family, he invited you to visit our family at the right time." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
James. As soon as Rothschild's voice fell, the old butler who followed behind him took out a beautiful gilded invitation and respectfully presented it to Lin Zheng.
The invitation is exquisite, with the wooden shell, gilded fancy font and the iconic Rothschild family coat of arms on it, all of which clearly show the importance that the Rothschild family attaches to Lin Zheng.
Lin Zheng replied seriously: "Thank you, I will visit at the right time." ”
For Lin Zheng's answer, James. Rothschild and his old butler didn't have any surprised expressions, as if it was supposed to be like this: Will anyone refuse the invitation of the Rothschild family?
Lin Zheng wanted to know more about this family that was rumored on the Internet to be almost a miracle, before he only knew that CNOOC's acquisition of Unocal, the merger of Nan&Beijing Automobile and Modu Automobile, and the acquisition of Volvo by Comrade Lao Li, all of these business actions were all involved in Rothschild, but in the past few days of intelligence collection, Lin Zheng has a lot more understanding of the Rothschild family than before.
On the surface, the Rothschild family not only does not have the courage of "hiding behind the scenes and controlling the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family", which is widely known in later generations, but can only be regarded as a second-rate family even in the world, and its so-so history is longer than those old families, and their main income comes from the Rothschild Commercial Bank, because their family banks choose not to go public, and they do not need to make public statements every year, so their real wealth cannot be estimated at will. According to public information, the Rothschild banking group has a turnover of less than $10 billion a year and a profit of less than $3 billion. It is estimated that its total capital will not exceed $30 billion, less than a fraction of the large European and American banks, and it is not even as large as the Asian American Bank controlled by Lin Zheng, let alone compared with a trillion-dollar behemoth like JPMorgan Chase Bank.
In addition, there are some art investments and expansion investments. The Grand Hotel Saint-Jacques and Chagery Lafite, where dignitaries from various countries must stay in France, also have shares in the Rothschild family, and the Rothschild family even has a good winery, which produces Rafat-Rothschild Bordeaux red wine, which is one of the best and most expensive wines in the world, about one or two thousand dollars per bottle.
But Lin Zheng still sees something "interesting": the Rothschild family can be seen behind this family and South Africa's De Beers, which owns 70% of the world's diamond production, Brazil's Vale, which accounts for 70% of the world's iron ore production, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, etc. In other words, although this family has indeed declined, it is impossible to control the wealth of 50 trillion dollars as stated in "Currency War", but the influence should not be underestimated, at least in Britain, the sentence "The Rothschilds are very good, very good, the good cannot be better, as long as Britain does not fall, the Rothschilds will not fall". To some extent it is true - it's just a pity that Britain is gradually falling.
With the three names of Vale, Rio Tinto, and BHP Billiton, Lin Zheng also knows more about this family.
James. Rothschild didn't know what Lin Zheng was thinking, he continued: "O2 has set up a mobile phone division to launch its own brand of high-end smartphones, and they are very interested in Lisheng's Linux smartphone operating system, and I think we have a broad world of cooperation in this regard. ”
O2 is the largest telecom operator in the UK, but unlike telecom operators in other countries, O2 is not only a telecom service provider. They also make their own brand of mobile phones, and with the help of O2 channels, their mobile phones sell well, if Lianchuang Technology can really sell the Linux mobile phone system to O2. Both economic and political significance are extraordinary, but in order to be able to get a loan for Lianchuang Technology to acquire Scania's shares, they are willing to convince O2 for Lianchuang Technology?
At least Lin Zheng didn't believe it.
Looking at James with a smile. Rothschild, Lin Zheng asked: "Mr. James, what else does Rothschild Bank want, let's say it together." ”
James. Rothschild: "The conditions of the Rothschild bank are simple. The funds needed for Lianchuang Technology's acquisition of Scania's shares are all provided by Rothschild Bank at an interest rate of 4%; In addition, if Lianchuang Technology successfully concludes a cooperation with O2, an additional $10 million will be paid to Rothschild Bank as a consultant fee. ”
$550 million, an interest rate of 4% per annum, this loan interest rate is not too high, but James . Rothschild's later conditions made Lin Zheng frown: not to mention that the Rothschild Bank's loan interest rate itself is almost 1.5 percentage points higher than that of other banks, just say that the $10 million consulting fee, Lin Zheng feels that he has been wronged.
"With all due respect," Lin Zheng shook his head: "Mr. James, if this is Rothschild's condition, I suggest we go out for a drink." ”
This is a euphemistic refusal, of course Lin Zheng has to refuse, the 1.5 percentage points of interest that is higher means that Lianchuang Technology has to pay an extra $8.25 million a year, usually the repayment period of this kind of loan is more than 5 years, 5 years, which means that Lianchuang Technology has to pay an extra $41.25 million, plus the $10 million in consulting fees, this is $51.25 million, how much effort does Lianchuang Technology have to make $51.25 million from O2?
If Lin Zheng agreed to such a condition, he would immediately become a joke for everyone.
James. Rothschild didn't seem to be surprised by Lin Zheng's "suggestion" at all, but asked curiously: "Mr. Lin is not interested in Rothschild's conditions?" ”
"Hehe......" Lin Zheng shrugged his shoulders and laughed twice.
Although "Hehe ......" has not yet come out, when Lin Zheng made this move, "Hehe ......" still showed its powerful and incomparably lethal power: in Lin Zheng's thinking, James. Rothschild's face should be as thick as the corner of the city wall, and the large-caliber cannon with direct fire can't penetrate it, but after being "hehe......" by herself, this girl's face turned slightly red.
Compared with the conditions of other banks, the conditions of Rothschild Bank are simply robbing money, and Lin Zheng is willing to talk to them about that.
But fortunately, this is not a Rothschild bank's hole card......
"What if we could help you get an absolute controlling stake in Scania for $30 million per 1% of the shares?" Staring at Lin Zheng, James. Rothschild said suddenly.
Lin Zheng's brows suddenly furrowed: $30 million per 1% of the shares, to help him get an absolute controlling stake in Scania? That's a minimum of 51% of the shares? This means that you have to come up with at least $1.53 billion...... Of course, all this money needs to be borrowed from Rothschild Bank...... Even if the annual interest rate of 2.5% is implemented, it is a net interest income of $38.25 million per year, and I am afraid that this merger will be the largest merger and acquisition that Rothschild Bank has participated in this year, and it is no wonder that Rothschild is so interested.
"More than $60 million in interest expenses per year?" Lin Zheng looked at James with a smile. Rothschild: "Mr. James, do you think I'm going to do such a stupid thing?" How many large enterprises with a scale of tens of billions of dollars have not made so much net profit in a year? ”
Lin Zheng's example is somewhat inappropriate, a large group with a scale of tens of billions of dollars and normal business, of course, the annual net profit is not only more than 60 million US dollars, but through some financial means, it is possible to make the company's financial statements reflect this, but these are not important, the important thing is that Lin Zheng reported to James. What Rothschild meant: You guys are too dark!
"The issue of interest rates is certainly negotiable," said James Brown, chief executive of Rothschild Commercial Bank and one of the next generation of family patriarchs to be trained. Rothschild attaches great importance to this merger, and if he can facilitate the acquisition of Scania by Lianchuang Technology, it will become his most glorious resume this year. Rothschild, of course, would not sit idly by and watch the defeat happen, and he smiled, and the smile turned out to be sincere: "Everything is negotiable, isn't it?" ”
"That's right, everything is negotiable," Lin Zheng nodded, muttered for a while, and opened his mouth to James. Rothschild asked, "I need to be sure, can Rothschild really help me achieve a full control of Scania?" ”
"Oh God," James. Rothschild exclaimed: "Lin, you know, we are Rothschild, you shouldn't ask this question, you should just ask, 'When will I be able to take full control of Scania?'" For Rothschild, there is only one answer to this question: if we want to do it, we will succeed. ”
This answer is enough to pretend to be forced, but based on the fact that this family was able to do things such as CNOOC's acquisition of Unocal, the merger of Nanjing Automobile and Modu Automobile, and the acquisition of Volvo by Comrade Lao Li, Lin Zheng decided to temporarily believe that this was a pretense after the strength, so the question came......
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ps: I'm sorry, brothers, I went out with my son all day during the day, and the update was a little late, this is the first update, and the second update was sent out near 12 o'clock. (To be continued.) )