money trouble

Chapter 298 What Should I Do If I Can't Act?

"NPS has added an additional 50 pounds of bidding funds."

Cui Zairen scolded Wu Qian in his heart, but it didn't prevent him from continuing to call the price. After calling the price, he didn't forget to look at Wu Qian, with a pitiful expression on his face, longing for sympathy.

What Cui Zairen thought in his heart was that if he could get tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of pounds from Wu Qian in exchange for giving up his flashy face, it would mean that he earned it all by his face. Face is a kind of profit he uses tool.

However, he misjudged the person. If it was Hammers from the Blackstone Group at this moment, it might have a positive effect, but Wu Qian saw Cui Zairen's expression, and he only felt disgusted and tired.

"You can act and I can act too... But what if I don't know how to act? Try it."

Wu Qian muttered in his heart, and also gave Cui Zairen a sad expression of shaking his head, which meant, I can't let it go.

I don't know if it's because of Wu Qian's poor acting skills, Hammerkar and Cui Zairen saw Wu Qian's appearance, they both thought he was going to give up.

The smile on Hammerkar's face was mixed with a little bit of disappointment, while the remaining sadness on Choi Jae-in's face was mixed with ecstasy.

Wu Qian didn't know the mental journey of Hammerkar and Cui Zairen. He didn't want to give up. Not only did he not give up, but he also decided not to accompany the other party to do foreign work.

He stood up with his hands on the conference table, looked at Hammerkar, and asked: "Mr. Hammerkar, if I buy Harrods, is there any problem with using this brand name for my other businesses?"

Wu Qian already has some business ideas in his mind, which may not be very mature, but it involves the use of the brand, so he needs to ask in advance.

The faint disappointment on Hammerkar's face turned into joy, and he said: "Mr. Wu, you don't need to worry too much about this matter, as long as you don't carry out business in banking, real estate and aviation, if other industries need to use Harlow There is no problem with the German brand, and an authorization can be added to the terms."

There are so many loopholes in things like trademark and brand property rights. Even if Wu Qian didn't inform in advance, he only needs to add a special mark on the trademark, and everything will be fine.

When Cui Zairen heard the conversation between Wu Qian and Hammerkar, his expression remained unchanged, and he became nervous again. If the other party's question was answered in the affirmative, then the price must be increased.

Cui Zairen decided to act first, he interrupted the conversation between Wu Qian and Hammerkar very impolitely, and said loudly: "Hammerkar, the NPS Fund invested 34 billion pounds to acquire Harrods Department Store!"

Hammerkar and Wu Qian frowned at Cui Zairen at the same time. Hammerkar was very happy with Cui Zairen's price increase, but such a rude and impolite approach was really out of etiquette.

Not to mention Wu Qian, when he saw the sad look on Cui Zairen's face was replaced by fortitude, he knew that the other party no longer planned to continue acting, and was about to start confrontational.

The price jumped directly from 33 billion pounds to 2650 billion pounds. Based on the previous price increase, the increase is really not small.Don't look at the look of Cui Zairen who is determined to win, but he is actually very empty in his heart, because this price is almost the limit of NPS funds.

It is not impossible to raise the price again, but that will disrupt some original arrangements and need to abandon some of the previously formulated development plans. For example, the expansion and renovation of Harrods may have to slow down, risking The index will inevitably rise accordingly.

"Mr. Wu, this price is already very high. Please consider it carefully. According to the profit index in 2018, the payback cycle has been extended to 2030, and various other risks have also increased by 20.00%!"

The business consultant of Weissman Law Firm came to Wu Qian's ear and said.

Wu Qian nodded slightly. This situation was within his expectation. He could roughly see the confrontation between Mr. Li in Hong Kong Island and the NPS Foundation at the moment.

"Mr. Hammercarl, the source of happiness investment company will increase the capital to 35 billion pounds." After speaking, Wu Qian sat back on the chair again, interlocking his fingers and anti-aircraft eyes, ready to meet Cui Zairen's "indiscriminate bombing" .

Cui Zairen looked very serious after hearing Wu Qian's quotation. This price has already exceeded the budget allowed by the foundation. If the budget is further increased, the expansion steps after buying Harold must be slowed down, and at the same time, a certain amount must be cut. labor expenses.

This bid for Harrods is no different than last time when he competed with Manager Wang for the copyright of a British drama. Cui Zairen’s position in the NPS is much higher than that of Manager Wang in Youkeyi. Cui Zairen can decide a lot of things. The permissions are correspondingly much higher.

At least Cui Zairen can make decisions about raising the budget without applying to the headquarters, and even when making some other decisions, he can make his own decisions and act first.

"Mr. Wu, the 'Source of Happiness Investment Company' behind you bids for Harrods department store so vigorously, do you mainly want to use the Harrods brand? If so, you give in now, and I can promise you for free The company behind it uses the Harrods brand."

Cui Zairen is very familiar with the affairs of the Celestial Dynasty, and listing things are commonplace. He said bluntly that he didn't care about Hammerkar's attitude at all. If the NPS Foundation bought Harrods, he did have the right to do so.

Wu Qian shook his head secretly. The other party is really shrewd and good at grasping all possible gaps to leverage himself. He shook his head and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the NPS Foundation. Sometimes it is more practical to use your own things."

The joint operation is just Wu Qian's vague idea of ​​the future, which is still immature. It is still Harrods at all. How could Wu Qian agree to the other party.

Wu Qian didn't know what Cui Zairen was thinking, if he knew, he would definitely be angry... Cui Zairen thought that Wu Qian was going to use the brand to create copycats.

Cui Zairen looked a little gloomy. He turned his head to look at Hammerkar, stretched out five fingers, and said, "Another 5000 million pounds, 35 billion pounds."

The NPS Foundation is investing in the global retail and luxury goods industry. Harrods is a very important part of the development of the European market. If Harrods cannot be taken down, the layout in the UK will be very difficult.

"Is it going to give up the bid for Harrods and settle for Selfridges or Harvey Nichols?"

Cui Zairen was a little anxious. The difficulty of bidding exceeded the expectations of the NPS Foundation, so a backup plan might have to be activated.

Selfridges and Harvey Nichols are also two luxury department stores in the UK. Although they are both century-old brands, they rank first and second in everything, and Harrods is the undisputed number one. As for Who is the second, but it touches hard to fight.

(End of this chapter)