Unlike other countries in the world, South Africa has several cities that function as capitals in different ways.

Yang Yi: Cape Town in front of them is one of them.

It is home to a wide range of departments, including the National Assembly.

"Next, it's time for us to play."

Yang Yi, who finally arrived in Cape Town, said to Cheng Hanjie, who was wrapped in a bandage around his left arm.

"You guys take a break and take a good break."

The road here has not been easy.

It can even be said that there are many ups and downs.

They were attacked at least by different forces from all sides.

Even the well-equipped and highly qualified security team has had quite a few injuries.

Cheng Hanjie's arm was broken in a bomb attack.

No one expected that the other side would be able to launch a suicide bomber!

"Our injuries are fine."

Cheng Hanjie didn't look at his injured arm at all, but said firmly:

"Your safety is paramount."

After such a long period of contact, he has already understood what Galaxy Power means.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is almost the key to opening the door to the next era.

Seeing that the other party was resolute, Yang Yi didn't say anything anymore.

Instead, start checking the documents you've prepared again.

ESKOM is the lifeblood of the country.

It's not a simple thing to take.

Even the simplest of minds know that energy is the backbone of the nation.

It is difficult for countries that do not have an independent energy industry to develop their own industries.

And ESKOM's current liabilities are about $12 billion.

That's an incomparably large number.

You must know that their country's annual GDP is only about 100 billion US dollars.

"Mr. Yang, the negotiations will start at two o'clock in the afternoon."

The slightly cute-looking girl walked into the suite where Yang Yi was and said.

"They asked if we could get to the scene on time."

Yang Yi didn't raise his head, still buried in the pile of paper and said:

"Reply to the other party, we will definitely arrive at the scene on time."

"I see, Mr. Yang."

Yang Yi continued to be busy, but he didn't hear the sound of the other party closing the door.

So he looked up and looked.

I saw the other party standing at the door without saying anything.

"Anything else?"

"Mr. Yang, can we really eat each other?"

The girl standing at the door seemed to have been holding back in her heart for a long time.

As soon as Yang Yi asked, he couldn't help but say.

"Why do you feel like you can't eat it?"

Yang Yi raised his eyebrows and asked.

"The other side has a valuations that much higher than ours, and they have so many debts."

"And we don't seem to have that much money either."

The girl gave many, many reasons.

"Shanshan, what do you think is the most important thing about a business?"

Yang Yi calmly asked a question.

"Money?"

Zhang Shanshan said cautiously.

"You're wrong, it's actually strength."

Yang Yi was still calm, but his eyes revealed light:

"Strength can be many things, and money is just one of them."

"We have a lot more strength than you think."

After finishing speaking, Yang Yi began to drive people away.

"Don't think about it so much, we'll take each other's."

Zhang Shanshan left Yang Yi's suite with a stomach full of problems.

Cheng Hanjie, who was standing at the door, glanced at Zhang Shanshan when he went out.

He actually knows what the most important thing is for Galaxy Power.

It is the future he represents.

This future is enough to sweep all the so-called energy giants of today into the dustbin of history.

That's why they've been assassinated and attacked so many times.

The old antiques who are about to be swept into the dustbin of history cannot be defeated obediently.

In the process, they will use everything they can to resist.

Rebellion, theft, assassination, public opinion, etc.

It's all their means of protecting their position.

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Inside the pure white building, the fierce argument process has passed.

"Yang, you should bear all the joint and several debts of ESKOM."

"If you buy ESKOM."

A middle-aged white man with deep eye sockets and a hooked nose said in an unceremonious tone.

Yang Yi had no expression, neither angry nor excited.

In the eyes of others.

It was as if she was just watching a little kid with a tantrum.

"Everyone, you have to understand."

After Yang Yi finished speaking, he waited for a while, and everyone quieted down before he spoke.

"No company other than us will take over your ESKOM now."

"For anyone, the acquisition of ESKOM is a loss-making deal."

Yang Yi's statement is well-founded.

ESKOM's stock price is now only $10 billion.

But the debt is a whopping $12 billion.

This means that even if the ESKOM is packaged and sold.

It can't pay off all its debts.

Unless otherwise intended.

Otherwise, no one would have done the same thing as a charity to buy an insolvent company.

Sitting opposite Yang Yi, the originally aggressive white middle-aged man was also low in arrogance at this time.

Yes.

No matter how much they brag about it.

Stock prices and debt don't deceive.

ESKOM has indeed reached the point of exhaustion.

There was silence in the conference room for a moment.

"We bought ESKOM at such a price for the sake of opening up the market."

Yang Yi's tone was calm, and it could even be said that he was indifferent.

"If you don't agree to such a price, then our cooperation opportunity may end here."

"It's a pity that ESKOM, a company with a long history, is going to disappear."

Yang Yi's words further stimulated the other party's weakness.

They also understood that the sale of ESKOM to Galaxy Power seemed to be their best option now.

It's just a matter of trying to bargain.

Just when the other party was about to bow his head and agree to Yang Yi's cooperation conditions.

A black man hurried into the conference room.

Then he walked into the ear of the white middle-aged man and whispered.

Yang Yi looked at the other party's gradually vivid expression, and realized that there might be some unexpected changes in the negotiation.

Sure enough, after the black man finished speaking.

The white man was a little excited, but he still wanted to hide it: "I'm sorry, since you are not very willing to make the acquisition, then I think our negotiations can be suspended for a while." ”

Yang Yi's brows were furrowed enough to kill a crab, but he quickly stretched out:

"We are coming to the acquisition of ESKOM with great sincerity, which is good for both of us."

The situation in the negotiation arena changed drastically after the black man finished speaking.

"Sorry, we have a better audience."

The white man didn't hide too much, but directly said the news he had just gotten.

This has a lot of benefits for him.

The biggest benefit is that both sides are competitive.

We will definitely offer more favorable acquisition conditions.

"So, I wish you all the best of luck with the new acquirer."

Yang Yi didn't say anything, and after finishing speaking, he was ready to leave.

After leaving the Negotiation Hotel building.

Yang Yi sat in the car and said to Cheng Hanjie in the driver's seat:

"Help find out who the new negotiator of the other side is, I think the other side must be inseparable from the person who assassinated us."

It is easy to draw such an inference.

The people who assassinated them must have had enough conflicts of interest.

And the people who prevented them from buying ESKOM must have had enough conflicts of interest.

There must be a relationship between the two.

Maybe it's the same group at all.

Back in the hotel where they were temporarily staying, Cheng Hanjie left for a short time.

When he came back, he had already got the answer Yang Yi wanted.

"Our intelligence has found that the person who just contacted the other party today is an energy company from the alliance."

"It's called AC Energy Group."

Yang Yi looked at the information introduction in his hand and checked it carefully.

AC Energy's main business area is a number of countries in the southern part of the Union.

It is a multinational energy giant.

It even controls the power industry in many countries in the southern part of the Union.

"Is it possible that they were behind our assassination?"

Yang Yi put down the documents in his hand, looked at Cheng Hanjie's expressionless face and said.

"They're very suspicious."

Cheng Hanjie said and took out a few more documents.

The above is mainly about AC Energy Group's overseas investments.

"Several of their companies in Southeast Asia are currently being affected by us to varying degrees."

"There is a big business crisis."

"However, it has not yet had any impact on their position within the alliance."

Yang Yi seemed to remember something: "They are in the camel country, do they also have a part of the power industry?" ”

"Yes, AC Group is also trying to catch up in the field of new energy."

Cheng Hanjie took out another document and put it in front of Yang Yi: "They have invested in the construction of a lot of solar power stations and tidal power stations in the local area. ”

"But because the local area has already reached a cooperation with us, and their solar power plant is expensive."

"It's basically a loss of money."

Yang Yi was also a little surprised, he didn't expect such a coincidence.

Wherever Galaxy Power goes, you can meet them.

Come to think of it, their luck is really not good enough.

Galaxy Power is actually able to fight a price war with them.

Their costs can even be reduced to a lower level than coal power generation.

But even at today's prices, they still can't beat Galaxy Power.

"So that's why they assassinated us?"

Yang Yi said after reading it.

"At least that's part of the reason."

Cheng Hanjie continued: "But this time the obstacle to our acquisition plan can indeed be one of their plans. ”

AC Energy Group, both financially and famously.

are much larger than Galaxy Power.

Unless Yang Yi directly borrows the name of the State Grid, he still can't overpower the other party.

You must know that the State Grid has always been able to rank among the top five of the world's top 500.

Even a lot of times, the ranking is in the top three or the top two.

But Yang Yi can't use their names.

"Unless we offer a price that the other party can't refuse, there is a high probability that this acquisition will not be successful."

Cheng Hanjie couldn't help but say in the end.

Before this, he almost never said anything about Yang Yi's business cooperation.

This time was an exception, and he didn't know what kind of psychology he was out of.

But if you say it, you say it.

"Thank you for the reminder."

Yang Yi nodded and said, "But I still want to try." ”

Since you dare to risk being killed, you come out and run this trip.

Yang Yi is certainly a rather bold person.

Normal people, after knowing that they are going to be assassinated, rarely dare to run around the world like her.

This kind of person is mostly crazy in the eyes of others.

"And we're not necessarily going to lose." Yang Yi looked at the newspaper in front of him and said.

It's a local newspaper.

The big page on it reports on the big events in the local area today.

Cape Town is an important city in South Africa and is home to the only nuclear power plant.

It's just that this nuclear power plant has been around for some years.

The construction of Unit 1 has been going on for 20 years.

Crucially, there are occasional earthquakes of varying sizes in the area of the Kubehe nuclear power plant.

And an earthquake can have a significant impact on nuclear power plants.

It may even produce a leak!

A week earlier, there had been an earthquake in the area.

After the earthquake, Unit 1 failed.

Although the Kubehe nuclear power plant announced that the failure of Unit 1 did not cause any nuclear leakage problems.

But the point is that the local population doesn't believe it.

Not too long has passed since the Chernobyl accident, which spread radioactive fallout across half the continent.

People's fear of nuclear power plants is still greater than their love.

Out of fear.

They began to exert their efforts in newspapers, television and other media.

Demand the dismantling of the only nuclear power plant in South Africa, and indeed on the African continent.

Even though the nuclear power plant has brought a lot of accolades to the local area.

And in Cape Town, where the nuclear power plant is located, there was also a huge demonstration.

If Yang Yi opened the window at this time, he could see the mighty procession that stretched for several miles.

"Do you want to" Cheng Hanjie saw the newspaper on the table and was a little clear.

"We can also use the card of public opinion to win this negotiation for us."

The corners of Yang Yi's mouth rose slightly.

Except for them, no one is likely to give up the gold mountain of nuclear power plants.

No matter what others say, in fact, anyone who knows a little knows it.

Nuclear power is really hard to buy and sell at a loss.

Moreover, the operating cost and operating risk are smaller than those of ordinary thermal power plants.

It is impossible for an ordinary operator to give up such a good hen.

Unless he has another hen that lays golden eggs.

Galaxy Power is a hen that lays golden eggs in her hand.

What Yang Yi cares about is not the equipment, technology and other fixed assets owned by ESKOM at all.

They can get all of this from home.

What I really care about is the huge market that ESKOM occupies.

As the only local power group.

ESKOM has a monopoly on at least ninety-five percent of the electricity market.

This is what Yang Yi really needs.

Actually, according to the pre-planned plan.

Following the acquisition of ESKOM, it will be split into two parts.

Some of them are companies that operate the electric power business, and some of them are companies that manage the equipment and technology that they originally owned.

And the management company will be sold.

Only the business company that operates the electricity business is left. (End of chapter)