"That's a tough bone." Nicholas sighed and said that the growth rate of the mobile communication business is very fast, and the future profit prospects are still very impressive. If you really want to complete this acquisition, it will be no less than a snake swallowing an elephant.

"I know it's hard to rely on the strength of Ant Search alone, but isn't the capital market always full of miracles?" Chen Bo swore and said, "You just help me do financial assistance, I have to take down the orange brand." ”

"Why? The telecommunications business is not the Internet, you are taking too big a step, be careful of pulling the egg. Don't drag down the whole ant search, think about the marriage between AOL and Time Warner, isn't it warning enough? ”

"That's different, mobile Internet is the future traffic entrance, and I need a telecom company to take the lead. The world is still very large, and developing countries also need more telecommunication services. ”

Chen Bo is interested in a project, and he must be determined to get his hands on him, and now the huge losses of France Telecom give him room to drill.

Snake swallowing elephant? Nothing is impossible.

"If you really want to get involved in the mobile communications business, then you might as well try Sprint, the third largest telecommunications company in the United States, which is not very bad."

"Are you stupid or am I stupid? Sprint just bought Nextel for $35 billion last year, and now it's worth over $60 billion, and I can't afford that anymore. And I'm more concerned about the future of emerging markets! ”

Where is the future? Rapid growth in developing countries will inevitably lead to a boom in mobile communications.

France's largest overseas colonies are in Africa, and Orange's largest operations are in the United Kingdom. Gathering the backgrounds of the two suzerains, isn't it left to him in the Third World? The European and American markets have their own patterns, and there is no need to fight to the end, it is better to occupy other territories in advance.

When smartphones come out, it's the real explosion, and it's all one link after another.

Otherwise, it is useless to buy a telecommunications company so deliberately, and it is not a domestic mobile and Unicom, and you can make money lying down, and the competition in foreign markets is still quite large.

Nicholas saw that he couldn't change his mind, so he could only choose to be a helper, after all, he was still very familiar with the operation of a set of capital for many years on Wall Street.

"It's not enough to have a few investment banks, you also need a financial advisor who has an impact in Europe."

"UBS? Barclays? Or Deutsche or Société Générale. Chen Bo told everything he knew about the big European banks.

As for the world-renowned HSBC and Standard Chartered, their business entities are actually in overseas regions, and there are very few in Europe. As for the Royal Bank of Scotland, it is just a rising star through mergers and acquisitions, and it has only just gained a little reputation in the past two years, and it cannot be compared with these long-established big banks.

"Neither, I'm going to introduce you to Rothschild Bank."

"Oh? I thought they only sold wine now. Chen Bo smacked his lips and said.

The Rothschild family is also an old bank, once perhaps brilliantly, and in China they have another Chinese name called the "Rothschilds". In fact, they were German Jews, and their pronunciation was German, which should be "Rothschild".

The official Chinese expression also uses the word Rothschild, and the name Rothschild is even made up.

Although the currency war has praised this family to the gods, just like boasting about Rockefeller, Morgan and other families, it is basically just speculation. If that's the, what about the Jews killed by the Nazis?

The Rothschild family has long since declined, not catching up with the rapid development of the United States, many assets were nationalized during World War II, and the Americans also came out in time to divide up some of them. And they did not seize the opportunity to continue to exert influence in the financial markets, in addition to banks, art collecting and wine.

The famous Lafite was bought by this family in the 19th century and has been in business ever since. Chen Bo also visited Fort Lafite in Bordeaux, and also bought a few bottles of good wine from the cellar, which is even better than the 82-year-old wine.

"Wine is just one of the businesses, and their wineries are all over the place. Although the business volume of this family investment bank is less than 1% of that of Goldman Sachs, their financial advisory services are indeed very professional and relatively independent. Nicholas patiently explained for him. The main thing is that they have a lot of connections in Europe, which will save them a lot of trouble. Rolls-Royce was also the buyer they were looking for when it was sold, and the means were still good. ”

The Rockefeller family name is not very useful in Europe, it is like a conservative place, and you can't buy a title of nobility no matter how rich you are. Americans have always been branded as nouveau riche in the face of a Europe with a strong literary atmosphere.

Despite this, the two places belong to the same vein after all, and there is still friendship.

In the midst of a lush old-fashioned building on London's Old Financial Street, Rothschild's family bank stands quietly.

Although it looks quaint, it is spotlessly clean, and it has a very historical sense of gravity, and it does not feel very old.

Walking into the lobby, it feels more like a museum, with portraits and photographs of past generations of the Rothschild family hanging on the walls, and some of the art collections and wine racks on display.

You can't see it at the bank counter, and this is not a commercial bank that absorbs savings, but an investment bank that does mergers and acquisitions, and securities business.

"Welcome to Rothschild Bank, I'm Special Assistant James Rothschild." In the lobby stood a young white man, who should be about the same age as Chen Bo, in a suit and leather shoes, meticulous, and standing in front of them with a polite smile.

"James, long time no see." Nicholas shook hands with the other party warmly, and then introduced to Chen Bo, "This is James Jr., the direct descendant of the eighth generation of the Rothschild family, and the old James is the British financier who was described by the Nazis as making a lot of money in the Battle of Waterloo." ”

"Nicholas, it's all a rumor, and even you believe these rumors?" James laughed playfully.

"Of course I don't believe it, but if I don't explain it that way, who knows that past." Nicholas shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, who made them all demonized families, it is naturally not difficult to see from the conversation between the two that they are familiar with each other.

"The Executive Director and Mr. President are waiting for the arrival of the two of them, please come with me." James stopped talking and invited the two to the top office.

The overall decoration style of the Rothschild Bank is full of the simple texture of the sense of age, which is the difference between the aristocracy and the nouveau riche, and there are not so many carved beams and paintings, full of gold and jade, but everyone knows that those ornaments are priceless.

The difference between a nouveau riche and an aristocracy is simple, the same painting, the former will say at what price he was photographed. The latter, on the other hand, will tell exactly where it came from and the story behind it, and how his family got the painting and passed it on.

Now in its eighth generation, the Rothschild family has a similar trajectory to Rockefeller, but different. Because their high-ranking people are knighthoods granted by the royal family, this is the complete aristocracy, which is recognized by the upper circles of Europe.

Executive Director Evelyn, a mellow old man, Baron of the British Empire. President Jacob, to be described as shriveled and emaciated, Lord of the British Empire.

"Nicholas, it's been a long time, David, how is he doing?" The two old men greeted warmly and smiled.

"My great-grandfather is still very strong at the moment, he has just taken over the position of patriarch, and he is a little busy. Originally, he also wanted to go to London in person to catch up with the two gentlemen. Nicholas replied respectfully.

"If I have the chance, I will definitely go to New York to meet this old friend." Both of them are elders, nodded with a smile, then looked at Chen Bo who was standing next to Nicholas, looked carefully, and Evelyn said, "This is the hottest young man in the world today, right?" Your abilities are truly impressive. ”

"It's just just in time, and there are not many people who can compare with the two knights in terms of shopping mall experience, so I took the liberty to come here this time to learn from you." Chen Bo responded politely with a compliment.

"Pretty modest lad, isn't it?" The shriveled Jacob gave his comment with a slick eye.

"It seems that the Oriental people are like this, but don't be deceived by appearances." Evelyn replied.

"Hah, that's right." Jacob nodded, and said, "The last young man who came to me was sharper than you, and maybe you still know him." ”

"Oh? I don't know who it is. ”

"Ali's Ma Yun, he has great ambitions and ideas." Jacob replied.

"Then he must have come for the listing, right?"

"It seems that you should be familiar with it, but he is my customer, so I should keep business information for him." Jacob responded with a smile on his face.

Old fox, what are you pretending to be! Chen Boxin said that after Ma Yun got the financing of 1 billion US dollars, he was like a wild horse on the loose. There is Taobao in China and Ali abroad, which can be said to be developing hand in hand, which is not the same as a few years ago.

Although Ali has sufficient cash flow, it is not yet profitable. The revenue is contributed to traffic providers, and Ant Search earns traffic fees from it, and there are close to one million yuan of income every day, so you know how big a customer this is.

No matter how much $1 billion is, it can't withstand such a burning method, and listing and financing is a necessary process, which is also what SoftBank and Yahoo are looking forward to.

The greater pressure comes from within, and employees who hold equity certainly want to exchange waste paper for real money and live the life of a millionaire as soon as possible.

This is not the same as Ant Search, the pressure on internal employees is not big for the time being, the key difference is that Ali's employees work overtime is normalized, Ant Search only appears occasionally, and the salary structure should be more reasonable.

PS: Sorry for a mistake in the previous chapter, the first British company acquired was supposed to be RAM, which has now been corrected.