Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

"George, what's the specific situation?"

As soon as he arrived at the Bright Fund, he saw George Berkeley waiting in the office. Xia Yu went straight to the topic and walked to his chair as he spoke.

"Boss, now I have commissioned a British public accountant firm to estimate the Financial Times Company, and I have made an appointment for a second negotiation with Pearson Group tomorrow afternoon."

George Berkeley said with a hint of excitement in his tone, and he still feels a little dazed, like a dream.

Xia Yu nodded slightly and asked again: "Why is there such a big change, do you know that you are willing?"

Hearing Xia Yu's inquiry, George Berkeley suppressed his mood, sorted out his thoughts, and said in detail: "In the beginning, after we made an offer, Pearson Group directly rejected it, claiming that the Financial Times is not for sale, and refused to negotiate with us. , it is useless for us to increase the price step by step, and the Pearson Group does not even talk about it.”

"But early this morning, we raised our offer again. When we offered 12 million to acquire 71% of Pearson Group's shares, a senior executive of Pearson Group softened his attitude and sent a message to accept our acquisition invitation. The specific price will be discussed separately. I immediately went to Pearson's headquarters to meet him."

"Pearson Group is not satisfied with the price of 12 million pounds, but I can be sure that Pearson Group is willing to sell all the equity in the Financial Times Company to us!"

Xia Yu frowned slightly, and intuitively told him that there must be something he didn't know, otherwise the Pearson Group would not change its attitude.

And there are no obstacles, just entanglement on the price, when did the British talk so easily?

Things were so abnormal, Xia Yu was a little suspicious.

But what George Berkeley is saying now doesn't give him useful information at all, and he can't analyze it.

"George, think about it, is there something wrong?"

Xia Yu asked.

George Berkeley immediately closed his eyes and thought, while Xia Yu waited quietly, pondering in his mind.

About ten minutes later, George Berkeley shook his head at Xia Yu with an ugly face: "Boss, I've combed through it, and I haven't found anything wrong for the time being. The attitude of Pearson Group is relatively benign."

Seeing this, Xia Yu could only give up his doubts temporarily and decided to continue first.

Take one step at a time, after all, although things are abnormal, the current situation is in his favor.

In any case, even if it is a poisonous cake, he has to eat it first, anyway, no one knows that he has money in his hands, Xia Yu is confident that even if something goes wrong, he can survive.

After making up his mind, Xia Yu instructed George Berkeley, who was still frowning and thinking, "George, don't think about it anymore, you just need to pay more attention when you acquire it. Since Pearson Group is willing to sell, you can speed up the progress and transfer the financial services as soon as possible. The Times Company's equity is taken down!"

"clear!"

George Berkeley looked relieved and nodded earnestly.

Xia Yu pondered for a moment and asked again: "How is the progress of the Daily Telegraph and Rolls-Royce Motor Company?"

"The acquisition of The Daily Telegraph is going smoothly. Our people have already contacted Black. Although Black rejected our several offers, according to our analysis, he just disliked the low price."

"Very good, continue to speed up the progress, it doesn't matter if the price is high, I just want the result!"

Xia Yu said with satisfaction, once again clarifying his attitude.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the entire European media industry had not yet exploded, so even if the current purchase price doubled, when Europe got out of the quagmire and the media industry exploded, Xia Yu still made a lot of money, so he didn't care about making more money. , as long as it is available, it can also exert its political value earlier.

"Where's the Rolls-Royce Motor Company?"

"Now we are still collecting information and entrusting a British public accountant company to assist us in the acquisition. The company's specialized acquisition team has built the skeleton and is still filling up the manpower."

George Berkeley reports truthfully.

The acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motors was too difficult, so he sought the assistance of a British public accountant company, and the next step was to find a bank with strength and a higher success rate. What the company can do now is to form a strong Powerful elite acquisition team to improve acquisition success rate.

It's a pity that the Bright Fund is a new company after all. Even if he has fully mobilized his contacts, there are not many elites recruited.

Especially now that three projects are being carried out at the same time, and the sudden increase in the progress of the Financial Times Company has caused him to put his strength here, so the progress of the acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motors has slowed down.

After learning about the situation, Xia Yu thought about it, it seemed that the leisurely days had to end, and he could only speed up the progress by checking himself.

Thinking of this, he instructed George Berkeley: "George, I will take over the construction of the acquisition team of Rolls-Royce Motor Company, and you will do your best to acquire two newspapers!"

George Berkeley was shocked. Although he had some doubts in his heart, he still obeyed the order. He secretly encouraged himself, and he must go all out to deal with it and produce results as soon as possible.

"Yes, you will never be disappointed, boss!"

"Well, come on!"

After Xia Yu's encouragement, George Berkeley left the office in high spirits, and Xia Yu also stood up and went to build the acquisition team.

Soon, Bright Fund Co., Ltd. recruited again on a large scale, but the threshold was set very high, and the remuneration was also very high.

At the same time, Xia Yu was no longer limited to Korn Ferry International, but issued Liepin tasks to the four major headhunting companies at the same time, all of whom were financial elites who were proficient in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reconstruction and restructuring consulting.

He intends to forge the M\u0026A department of Bright Fund himself and make it the face of Bright Fund, which is exactly what he needs.

In the next few decades, Europe will be turbulent, and various opportunities will emerge one after another. Of course, Xia Yu, who has capital, will join the gluttonous feast that has not yet happened.

But many companies are not so easy to acquire, especially the higher the value, the more important the company is to the people's livelihood and security of a country, the more difficult it is to acquire.

If you want to eat more potential companies, and still buy as much as possible, you need Xia Yu to have a good mouth.

Therefore, business such as mergers and acquisitions and restructuring is a top priority.

As for other common business of fund raising consulting, asset management and other fund companies, Xia Yu plans to put it aside first.

Anyway, there is no shortage of funds for him for the time being, and he is also greedy. He intends to eat good things into his stomach and does not want to share it with others easily. The most important thing is safety and control over the company.

Therefore, we do not plan to raise funds externally for the time being.

The positioning of the Bright Fund is a cormorant, trying to eat a delicious fish, and then spit it out for Xia Yu to distribute to other places.

Xia Yu has the memory of many later financial bigwigs, especially the memory of one of the kings of Wall Street, Steve Schwartzman, the co-founder of Blackstone Group.

The M\u0026A business is the trump card of the Blackstone Group. Since its establishment in 1985, it has accumulated a business volume of nearly 400 billion US dollars.

Therefore, Xia Yu is another Steve Schwarzman, or a complete body. Xia Yu has full confidence in building an M\u0026A department.