In a semi-open private room in the restaurant on the second floor of the Connaught Hotel, Gu Chen saw Margaret Thatcher, known as the "Iron Lady", who was the only female prime minister in British history and the second longest term in his memory. During his tenure, Britain became one of the world's most famous statesmen, as the economic, social and cultural landscape of Britain changed deeply and widely.

Regardless of whether the positions are opposite or the same, Gu Chen still has a respect for Mrs. Thatcher: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Thatcher." ”

"I'm glad to meet you, please take a seat." Their hands parted with a slight shake, and then Margaret Thatcher gestured to the chair across from her, a slightly older face with a faint smile that looked more like a kind old man than a tough politician.

The two sat opposite each other across a table more than two meters long, and in less than two minutes, two exquisite Western dishes were served by the waiter, and when the waiter left, Margaret Thatcher smiled and said: "Mr. Gu is much younger than I imagined, and he is a little unimaginably young." ”

"Being young is not necessarily a good thing sometimes, the precipitation of time can often make a person more wise, maybe time will also leave traces of time on the body, but the personality charm given by the vicissitudes of evolution is also not something that young people can have."

Gu Chen's philosophical words made the smile on Margaret Thatcher's face even stronger: "Success is really no accident, you are the most powerful young man I have ever seen in my life, maybe your precipitation is not enough, but sometimes the talent given by God is more terrible than time." ”

Gu Chen wanted to say that I don't believe in God. Fortunately, he was not stupid enough to be so stupid, it was a private ordinary banquet, but the person sitting in front of him was the famous 'Iron Lady' Thatcher. Known for being tough, it's better to deal with it carefully.

After chatting off topic, Margaret Thatcher finally got to the point of today: "Rolls-Royce Engine Company is now the largest manufacturer of aero engines and gas turbines in the UK, what does it mean to the UK, I believe Mr. Gu knows very well, I can sell it to you, but there are conditions, this is just a very normal exchange of interests." If Mr. Gu is willing, it will be necessary for us to continue the conversation. ”

There are only two people here, Gu Chen and Margaret Thatcher, who are not hypocritical and polite when talking about specific things, but have a kind of usual toughness.

Gu Chen didn't answer right away, willing or unwilling. Rather, he said: "Since my wife came to power, she has vigorously promoted the privatization of state-owned assets, requiring all walks of life to be open to private enterprises and achieving free competition. Of course. If Madame insists on creating obstacles in this ordinary business transaction. I'm willing to listen to your conditions. ”

The sharp rhetorical question made it difficult for Margaret Thatcher to answer, her decree must have applied to all British businesses, but it depended on who was involved, and if it was British, everything would be fine; If you are from other European and American countries, it is not a big problem. But if it is a person from a country other than Europe and the United States, it needs to be carefully reviewed, not to mention that this person is still from Hong Kong.

As Gu Chen once cursed - the British say that Hong Kong people are also people of the British Empire, and Her Majesty the Queen of England treats them equally, but in fact they still treat Hong Kong people as outsiders. Especially now that it is certain that Hong Kong will return to the Chinese National Congress and the mainland, the British are naturally more wary of Hong Kong people.

Obviously. These can't be declared, so Margaret Thatcher automatically filtered out the first half of Gu Chen's sentences. He said: "You know, now the British government needs funds, so the government plans to issue a new treasury bond in the near future, which is about 20 billion pounds, but because of the stock market crash, the purchasing power of the UK and internationally has dropped significantly, and I hope Mr. Gu can buy this batch of government bonds." ”

There is another reason for the lack of confidence in the British economy, some people will worry about the British government's ability to repay the national debt when it matures, of course, such people are still in the minority, after all, the credibility of the British government is still affirmed by professional institutions. In the final analysis, the amount of national debt is too high, and it is difficult to digest it in a short period of time when the purse of ordinary people, capital predators, and even governments has shrunk sharply due to the stock market crash.

"20 billion pounds, at the current exchange rate, is about 50 billion dollars, equivalent to one-tenth of France's GDP last year, how can I think I can afford to buy such a huge amount of national debt? Even if I could, I wouldn't be able to spend all my money on British government bonds. Speaking of this, Gu Chen saw that Mrs. Thatcher's face was a little calm, so he stopped, he didn't want to stiffen the atmosphere at the beginning of the negotiations, that would not do him any good, he pondered for a while, as if he was thinking about things, and then said again: "Okay, although I don't think I need to pay for the stock market crash in the UK, but as a gift to the British people on this trip, I can promise to buy 2 billion pounds of government bonds, and if it is more, it depends on your sincerity, Madame." ”

The dinner lasted for more than an hour, and when they walked out of the hotel, they both had smiles on their faces, and a large number of reporters who had been waiting at the door of the hotel immediately swarmed up, and Mrs. Thatcher stood on the steps in front of the door and said to the reporters who were blocked by the security personnel: "At the dinner just now, I had a very pleasant and fruitful conversation with Mr. Gu, and we must implement these results one by one in the next few days, and I will hold a press conference at the appropriate time, I hope you can be patient before then." ”

Mrs. Thatcher said so, Gu Chen naturally didn't say anything, and then got in the car and left with Mrs. Thatcher, and in the next two days, Zeng Nanxing, as Gu Chen's representative, and Mrs. Thatcher's representative conducted specific negotiations on the oral agreement reached at the dinner, and finally reached seven agreements: first, Gu Chen acquired Jaguar Automobile Company for 960 million US dollars, 72 million US dollars and 370 million US dollars respectively. Louvre's Land Rover Motors and Eaton's Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will form the new Jaguar Cars Group, together with Italian supercar manufacturer Lamborghini.

Second, Gu Chen acquired Rolls-Royce Engines from Eaton Group for $2.03 billion, and injected $1 billion into the company for the research and development of a new generation of engines.

Third, Gu Chen invested 4 billion US dollars to establish the British Infrastructure Group to participate in the investment and construction of infrastructure such as highways and tap water in the UK.

Fourth, Gu Chen acquired a 25% stake in British Telecom from the British government for $850 million, and reserved the right of first refusal to buy the remaining shares.

Fifth, Gu Chen wholly acquired the British Power Grid Corporation from the British government at a price of 724 million US dollars - Gu Chen originally wanted to buy the British Power Group, but was rejected by Margaret Thatcher, mainly because the British Power Group includes nuclear energy business, which is not yet in the privatization sequence, so Gu Chen can only retreat to the second acquisition of the British Power Group's British Power Grid.

Sixth, Gu Chen undertook the latest $40 billion treasury bond issued by the British government. Speaking of national debt, we have to mention the issue of payment. According to the British government's intentions, he naturally hoped that Gu Chen would buy treasury bonds in pounds, but Gu Chen knew that the exchange rate of the pound against the US dollar would continue to fall in the next few years, and he naturally did not want his money to evaporate in vain, so he insisted on paying in US dollars, and required that the British government must settle and pay the principal and interest in US dollars when the treasury bonds matured. After many fruitless negotiations, the British government had no choice but to agree, but in return, he still bought several billion more national bonds, making up an integer of 40 billion.

Seventh, Gu Chen will donate $100 million to the UK Department of Employment and Pensions to help alleviate the current severe employment environment in the UK.

This list was first published in the "Times", looking at the projects and numbers in hundreds of millions, countless people lamented that Gu Chen almost bought the entire United Kingdom, but also lamented that Gu Chen was really rich, especially the purchase of 40 billion US dollars of British government bonds in one go, and immediately aroused the interest of discussing how much money Gu Chen had, and at the back of the list, the editor of "The Times" made such a joke: "Maybe Gu Chen has disdained to be the richest man in the world, Her Majesty the Queen should crown him the crown of the richest man in the universe. ”

If the contents of this list are true, it will undoubtedly be the largest case of individual investment in the world, and the British economy will completely get rid of the decadence caused by the stock market crash. Countless reporters blocked the outside of Gu Chen's hotel, desperately hoping to get more and more accurate information from Gu Chen's mouth or from the mouths of the people around him.

And Thatcher's cabinet officials have also become the target of journalists, and as more and more information is revealed, the contents of the list are confirmed one by one.

On the front page of its latest issue, the French newspaper Le Monde published a large profile bust of Gu Chen, accompanied by the headline: "The Savior of Britain."

"The UK economy was hit hard by the 'Black Monday' crash, with businesses closing, workers losing their jobs, and benefits being reduced...... Bad luck seemed to envelop the whole of Britain in an instant, but at this time, God sent a savior to Britain, with more than $9 billion in direct cash investment; purchase of up to $40 billion in Treasury bonds; And, of course, the $100 million tip...... It is entirely conceivable that the British economy will be rejuvenated with the help of Gu Chen......" (To be continued......