We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Chapter 170 Conditions
Just as the two looked at each other in silence, the door to the room was pushed open again, and Prince Charles and others walked in.

Everyone who was still smiling at first froze in place when they saw Sarah in the room, especially Spencer who put away his cheerful look and asked with a puzzled expression, "Sarah, why are you here? "

Sarah immediately stood up with a sudden move, holding her head down without saying a word.

Spencer's face flushed when he saw Sarah's appearance and the teasing looks from his old friends around him.

It would be okay if Prince Charles wasn't here, but why did you rush to find Luo Nianzhong as soon as the news of you rejecting Charles came out?

Although it won't affect anything, it will inevitably not leave a trace of unhappiness in Charles' heart.

"Get out of here, there's no etiquette at all." Spencer scolded.

Luo Nianzhong also knew at this time that this woman who seemed to him to be a bit crazy was the woman brought by John Spencer.

When she communicated with John before, because Sarah was wearing a hat and because she only glanced at her and focused on John and others, she didn't remember much.

Now I think of this woman through John Spencer's performance. I originally thought she was a female version, but now I see she is a daughter.

With a chuckle, Luo Nianzhong opened his mouth to help this beautiful woman and said, "John, don't be angry. I also want to thank Miss Sarah for accompanying me to relieve my boredom."

John Spencer smiled at Luo Nianzhong, "Sorry, Luo.

She is my eldest daughter Sarah, she has been very naughty since she was a child, I hope I didn’t disturb you.”

"John, you are so polite. Not only did Miss Sarah not disturb me, but I also want to thank her.

She just gave me a good idea, and I plan to invest in her project."

Luo Nianzhong's words surprised everyone. They didn't believe that Luo Nianzhong would specially make up this rhetoric for Sarah. They just didn't expect that Sarah would be recognized by the technology tycoon in front of them and want to invest in her.

Even John Spencer didn't think about it, and he didn't know what the two talked about specifically, but now is obviously not the time to talk about this.

"The child is blind, Mr. Luo, don't be offended."

After speaking, he growled "Get out", which was obviously meant for Sarah.

Sarah didn't say anything, just performed a lady's etiquette to everyone, opened the door and left.

The moment she opened the door, her obedient and obedient look disappeared.

What appeared in everyone's eyes was a look of confidence and ease, as if she should be in there.

This made Risa, who was sitting on the sofa and saw Charles and others walking in, looking anxious and worried for her best friend, with an expression of disbelief.

He quickly walked to Sarah's side, patted his chest and asked worriedly, "Are you okay? I was scared to death when I saw your father and the others go in just now."

"Be brave, who am I? London's proud daughter Sarah, what do you have to worry about?" Sarah glanced at Raisa with disdain and then looked arrogant.

The relieved Raisa didn't care whether Sarah was bragging or not, and asked excitedly, "How is it? What did you say?"

"What else can I say, it's just that little thing. We are attracted by each other's talents. We don't need too many words at all. We can understand each other's thoughts just by sitting there and looking at each other.

He also said that I have great ideas and wants to invest in my business."

"Really? Sarah, you are so powerful, you captured his heart so quickly?".

Embarrassment flashed across Sarah's face. "I don't know if I caught his heart or not, but just now he spoke for me in front of my father."

Seeing the adoring expression on Raisa's face, Sara ignored her silly sweet friend and went to order a cup of the same coffee as Luo Nianzhong.

Sarah felt that there was nothing wrong with what she said. She could indeed tell the other person's embarrassment without speaking just now. Luo Niazhong did want to invest in her and helped her speak in front of her father.

Many people outside were very suspicious of Sarah entering the house. Some envious girls regretted why they were not brave enough to go in and strike up a conversation with that capable man.

There are also people who doubt whether the Spencer family has any marriage plans, and they have various ideas, but the people in the room obviously don't know.

After hearing the companies proposed one after another, Luo Nianzhong felt that he had underestimated the appetite of these Londoners.

They want to get involved in almost all industries, even the two asset-heavy projects of Far East Real Estate and Far East Port.

They are very optimistic about the future development of these two companies. Even though they know that the shares they can get will not make much money in these two companies, they still want to participate. They just believe that these two companies can bring them huge profits. Return.

Luo Nianzhong is also happy to see it. After all, whether it is ports, commercial real estate, or the newly proposed metropolitan area projects of Far East Real Estate, they all require large sums of funds. There is nothing objectionable if someone is willing to come in and bear the pressure.

Far East Land's metropolitan area project was an idea based on the construction of Lantau Island. When Luo Nianzhong listened to Niubijian's report, he thought to himself, isn't this a super-enhanced version of the Wanda model?

Draw a piece of land, and jointly build residences, office buildings, shopping malls, hospitals, schools and other living facilities on it, so that people who work here do not need to step outside this area every day, just like a small city.

This may not be very unusual forty years later, but it is very avant-garde in this era.

If nothing else, none of the newly opened communities on Hong Kong Island in the past two years will care whether there are schools, hospitals and other living facilities nearby.

In the words of the developer, the place is so small and the transportation is so convenient. What is the use of considering these?

This metropolitan area project is expected to be popular in the future, and Luo Nianzhong also approved Niubijian’s plan.

However, Lantau Island is now a big money-hungry company. Although most of them are loans, it does not mean that they do not need funds, so Luo Nianzhong is happy to invest in the two companies they chose.

After listening to their conditions, Luo Nianzhong knew it was time to make his own offer. Luo Nianzhong's conditions were very simple.

“At least 30% of Barclays Bank Garrid International’s shares, that’s my requirement.

It doesn't matter whether it's a stock exchange or a cash acquisition."

Luo Nianzhong's request was unexpected by everyone present. They thought that Luo Nianzhong would take advantage of the privatization reform of British state-owned enterprises.

Unexpectedly, he didn't even mention it, which invalidated all the countermeasures they had discussed before.

Does Luo Nianzhong know what they are thinking? In this reform, it is inevitable to give tickets to Luo Nianzhong.

Without the help of foreign capital, it would be difficult for Britain to digest its own problems, and it would not be able to play its greatest role in driving the economy.

But no matter how hard Luo Nianzhong worked, he could not get the control and management rights of some state-owned enterprises that he wanted.

For example, BP, such as Luo Luo. As for those things that could be given to him, he really looked down on them as insignificant.

So he really doesn't care how much he can take away from this reform, because the results will be the same.

So it is better to concentrate on attacking one or two points. With the help of these big families, there is a chance to gain control.

Barclays Bank and Reed International were Luo Nianzhong's choices.

Barclays will be one of the top ten banks and the top ten investment banks in the world in the future.

Even now its development in the West is what Luo Nianzhong needs.

The second largest bank in the UK, one of the largest banks in South Africa and India, and the largest foreign bank in North America.

With Barclays Bank, Luo Nianzhong can complete the overall layout of the world's financial industry, and it will be more convenient for future asset sinking.

There is Barclays Bank in the West and Far Eastern Bank in the East. With the addition of regional banks acquired in some countries, a global financial system is basically complete.

In the future, like the Rothschild, Morgan and other families, they can completely hide their wealth and become a family that specializes in investing in art in the eyes of the outside world.

Are they investing in art? That's too much money to spend, and it's also a kind of hype.

Bank of America, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Chase Manhattan, and Wells Fargo are all controlled by these people. These banks control oil giants and oil-related industries. The situation is similar in other industries.

Later, ****'s lawyers questioned the National Assurance Commission in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act regarding the equity issues of the top 25 banks in the United States, but were rejected by the United States on the grounds of national security.

This is still one of the top twenty-five largest banks in the United States, and no specific shareholder dares to announce it. You can imagine what happened here.

Simply speaking, the free economy in Europe and the United States has just begun, and the concept of globalization has not yet been taken seriously. Luo Nianzhong still has the opportunity to form the Luo family's system, which is mainly high-tech, semiconductors, and the Internet, supplemented by other industries.

To achieve this goal, finance cannot be avoided in any case. You must know that these are very costly, and of course the benefits are unmatched by traditional industries.

At present, European banks, especially those with currency issuance rights, have not yet been penetrated by Wall Street. Luo Nianzhong intends to see if he can get a position in advance.

Where did Barclays come from? It was a history of mergers and acquisitions, with hundreds of banks joining over two hundred years to become what is now Barclays.

For the people in this room, they are the top people in the UK. It would be hard to believe that these families don't have banking industry in their hands.

Luo Nianzhong didn't know how many shares of Barclays Bank they held after hundreds of years of development, but the conditions he proposed were not difficult for them to achieve, which Luo Nianzhong firmly believed.

According to the information given to Luo Nianzhong by the intelligence department, British officials have a stake of no less than 10% in Barclays Bank, but the exact amount is unknown.

Sure enough, everyone present looked at each other, and finally Spencer said, "Luo, we thought about many possibilities, but now it seems that we all guessed wrong. You are really a person who can always bring surprises to people."

After speaking, Spencer paused for a moment, then looked around at everyone, as if he had some exchanges and answers silently, and then continued, "At Barclays Bank, we can help you collect this part of the shares, but we don't have Reed International." There aren’t that many shares”.

Just as Spencer finished speaking, Charles interrupted and said, "And once the transaction is completed, we will take back the currency issuance rights."

"I can't possibly agree," Luo Nianzhong said directly.

Originally, the currency issuance in the UK was mainly issued by the Bank of England. A few other banks only owned but rarely issued currency. However, not issuing means not issuing, and not issuing are completely different concepts.

The right to issue currency is one of the most advanced rights in the world.

It may not matter in peacetime, but in wartime, this thing is an important bargaining chip.

So Luo Nianzhong wanted to put a small tightening curse on Ying Lun. Although he knew that the hope of this tightening curse being recited in this life was slim, it must be there.

"I said, this is my request. Barclays Bank and Reed International maintain the status quo. This is not difficult for you, and your gains far outweigh your efforts, right?"

Seeing the firmness in Luo Nianzhong's eyes, Harry Howard of the Howard family first looked at Charles, followed by John Spencer, and then one after another looked at Charles.

Facing everyone's gaze, Charles smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that they had agreed to Luo Nianzhong's conditions for Reed International. Now it was up to him to see whether Charles agreed to Barclays Bank continuing to hold the currency issuance rights.

The reason why he smiles bitterly is because unlike Luo Nianzhong, he knows the trend of the next few decades. There is no sign of the red giant's decline now. If anything happens, something bad happens to Barclays Bank that causes problems in England. Don't talk about Charles then. , will the entire royal family become the sinner of England?

Compared with these issues that need to be considered, Reed International is nothing in Charles's mind.

Yes, Reed International is very important in the British media industry. Its newspapers account for nearly one-third of the British newspaper circulation, and its magazines account for half of the British circulation.

The Lancet, the medical journal we often hear about, is owned by it, and it is the world's largest printing and publishing organization.

Many people may be more impressed by Murdoch's News Corporation, but in Europe, News Corporation is still inferior to Reed International in the newspaper field.

Looking at everyone's eyes on him, Charles knew that these people were forcing him to express his stance.

Just like ancient China, there are no thousand-year dynasties, only thousand-year-old families.

No matter what happens in the future, their interests will not change, so they live in the present.

Charles nodded helplessly, and Luo Nianzhong smiled happily this time.

"I thought we should have a drink to celebrate this great moment."

Luo Nianzhong knew that through this cooperation, the door to Europe had been opened for him.

"Of course, it's a pity that there is no Patrus here. That is my favorite red wine. I don't know why there are fewer of this product on the market recently, and the price has also increased a lot."

Luo Nianzhong didn't expect Cavendish to be Pattus's supporter. What could he say? Could it be that he was told that it was his own attention to reduce sales and engage in hunger marketing?

"When you become a shareholder of YDD, I guarantee that you will be able to see Patus red wine in your wine cabinet every day."

Cavendish raised his eyebrows and his beard felt like it was standing up. "I'm looking forward to this day."

His excitement made Luo Nianzhong wonder whether his desire to invest in YDD might be because of this brand of red wine.

Luo Nianzhong was very satisfied with his first negotiation in England, which was a good start for this trip to London.

On the other side of the world, an acquisition also touched the hearts of many people.

However, compared with Luo Nianzhong's grand strategic layout, the acquisition case on the other side is obviously incomparable. It is of greater historical significance.

(End of this chapter)