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

Chapter 258 Liang Botao has a headache
Liang Botao feels very tired recently and basically plays the role of a trapeze artist, flying over England in Hong Kong Island three or four times a week at most.

Don't forget that the group's private jets are all used for travel, but the problem of jet lag cannot be changed at all.

After walking out of the cabin door and looking at the light rain falling outside, Liang Botao looked at the night sky outside with boredom and said, "I hate this city more and more now."

The assistant behind him smiled slightly and didn't know what to say. He understood Liang Botao's mood very well. Anyone who flew back and forth seven or eight times in half a month could understand.

Not to mention Liang Botao, if he couldn't complain he would scold his mother.

"You can have a good rest tonight, there will be a negotiation meeting with the other party at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

We are going to Belgium the day after tomorrow, and we have made an appointment with Artur and Pibfu Winery."

Liang Botao nodded after hearing what his assistant told him about the next process.

However, when he just walked to the car, Liang Botao held on to the already opened car door and did not get in. "Since we are going to Belgium, why don't we go to Switzerland?"

"You mean to give the other party a false impression in this way and force the other party to compromise?"

"Yes, we know that Luo Sheng must take down Barclays Bank, but the other party doesn't know how determined Luo Sheng is. Why not find a Swiss bank to create some illusions?"

The assistant considered the feasibility of Liang Botao's words and shook his head in denial.

"It's difficult. Luo Sheng asked Ying Lun to speed up things. We didn't have enough time, and the other party couldn't have been anxious since we first came into contact.

It will be at least a few months until we officially go through the process of launching an offer, and we don’t have that much time.”

This is not an acquisition of a bank in Hong Kong. To achieve the desired effect, it must at least be a top-ranked bank in Switzerland. The procedures of the Swiss government alone are not that simple to handle.

"As I said before, time is not on our side but the other side doesn't know it. But our advantages are clear at a glance. I don't believe they can let this big fat go."

"Okay then, I will contact the headquarters to arrange this matter."

……

The next morning, when Liang Botao walked into the hotel at the agreed location, she met a woman who gave her a headache.

"Where's Luo? At this stage of the negotiation, why doesn't he show up for such a big thing?".

"Miss Spencer, how do I know our boss's schedule? Besides, isn't there any progress yet?
If you want to know when he will come to London, you can call him directly and ask him, it’s not like you don’t have his phone number.”

The person coming was none other than Sarah. For some unknown reason, Sarah became the receptionist in England. He really didn't want to see this woman who had made Liang Botao uncomfortable from the first time he met her.

You said that one of your reception staff asked about his boss every time we met. The most ridiculous one was that he stopped him and asked questions for half an hour, causing him to be late.

But Liang Botao had no choice or anything. Who knew whether this woman would become one of his boss wives in the future.

Luo Nianzhong's romantic style is well known to everyone in Hong Kong, and the woman in front of him meets Luo Nianzhong's standards, so Liang Botao has a headache when he sees Sarah.

It was the same this time. Sarah raised her hand and glanced at her watch and said, "There are still twenty minutes until the agreed time. How about we have a cup of coffee and chat?"

"Well, I still need to prepare, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink coffee with Miss Spencer.

If Miss Spencer needs company, how about letting him chat with you? "

As he said this, Liang Botao betrayed the assistant behind him, and the assistant beside him could only smile bitterly in his heart.

I said in my heart, boss, you don’t want to be like this. Isn’t this pushing me into a pit of fire?

Sarah did not reply, but stood in front of Liang Botao and looked at him with an intriguing look.

"Okay, it seems I was too nervous yesterday and didn't get a good rest, so I said something I shouldn't have said." Liang Botao quickly apologized.

He just read some information from Sarah's eyes. Sarah's expression clearly meant that you are sure you want to hand over your boss's woman to your assistant?
"Huh," Sarah snorted, showing an expression that meant you knew someone was familiar with her. "That's pretty much it. Tell me, when will Luo come over?"

Liang Botao smiled bitterly. Rather than face Sarah, he would rather be a trapeze artist and fly around the world every day.

Even if he is tired, it is better than coaxing a woman here. The key is not his woman.

Liang Botao couldn't help but reflect on himself. He didn't have this kind of attitude towards his wife, right?
While sighing, he also admired his boss's loving nature.

As far as he knew, Luo Nianzhong seemed to have only met Sarah for a few days, so why did this woman become like this?
What is the difference between this and Wangfu Stone? John Spencer probably didn't even know that his daughter had become this possessed.

Could there be some unknown story that happened in those days? But based on his understanding of Luo Nianzhong, it's not like that.

If something really happened, unless Sarah didn't care, there was no way Luo Nianzhong could ignore his woman.

But now Sarah behaves like she doesn't care, but Luo Nianzhong is more like a person who always gives up.

Liang Botao, who had a headache, looked at the other party sincerely.

"Miss Sarah, I really don't know when my boss will come to London.

But one thing is certain, he will definitely come after the specific cooperation details are confirmed."

Sarah squinted at Liang Botao and asked, "Do you want me to reveal our bottom line to you to speed up the negotiation process? Is it his intention or yours?"

Liang Botao felt that he had been wronged. If Mr. Bao were still alive, Liang Botao would have shouted, "Master Bao, you have been wronged."

Although I would definitely accept it if you did this, I swear to God I didn't think so.

What would Luo Nianzhong think if he found out about this in the future? What, you just rely on betraying your boss’s appearance when you go out to negotiate?

Although this can prove that he is very attractive, he is not willing to do it. Is there any essential difference between this and a pretty boy?

"Miss Sarah, I didn't mean that."

Now in Liang Botao's eyes, the Sarah in front of him is the devil, just like the overbearing and unreasonable young lady in the movie.

Just when Liang Botao was about to find a reason to leave and get rid of the woman in front of him, the voice coming from behind was like the sound of nature to him.

"Mr. Liang, what a coincidence. I didn't expect us to arrive together."

Liang Botao looked back and saw that John Spencer and others had also come over and were walking towards him with his signature smile.

Liang Botao quickly took two steps forward and said, "Mr. Spencer, what a coincidence. Let's go in together."

"OK".

As John Spencer spoke, he walked side by side with Liang Botao. As he walked, he said, "Sarah didn't cause any inconvenience to Mr. Liang, right? If so, please tell me and I will apologize to you on her behalf."

There was nothing wrong with what John Spencer said, but it sounded distorted in Liang Botao's ears.

It always gave him the feeling that the other party knew everything and that the current situation was deliberately arranged by him.

But Liang Botao's suspicion cannot be said.

"No, it's amazing that Miss Sarah can arrange things so thoughtfully at this age."

"Haha, Mr. Liang is really amazing.

You are in such an important position before you are thirty years old. I have learned a lot about your talent. I can only say that Mr. Luo is really lucky. Everyone under his command is an elite soldier."

Liang Botao modestly said, "There are many talents in our group. I am just lucky to be able to climb up."

"Sometimes luck is also a kind of strength, isn't it?" That's what he said, but John Spencer obviously had something to say.

On the negotiating table, the pace was really full from the first minute.

"Mr. Spencer, I think you have violated the original agreement between us.

Although we at Far East only proposed that our stake in Barclays Bank should not be less than 30%, what you are doing now is obviously purposeful and damaging to our interests."

"I don't think so. Judging from the results, Far East Bank is indeed the largest shareholder of Barclays Bank, and its shares are more than 20% higher than the second largest shareholder. No party can threaten you."

The two of them were so friendly when they came in, but now they are so tense.

According to the plan proposed by Spencer and others, Far East Bank indeed firmly holds the initiative in Barclays Bank, accounting for 30% of the shares. The second largest shareholder, the Howard family, only holds 7.3% of the shares.

But that's not how the accounts were calculated. The total shares held by these old British aristocrats actually reached 24%. Even the reorganized board of directors was evenly divided and evenly divided.

Once these old aristocrats turn their backs and disown them, Far East Bank will obviously be at a disadvantage in the London market where Barclays is listed.

The other party is likely to eat you at any time and take back the initiative.

This situation is the same as the Far East Group's acquisition of companies in island countries. The difference is that the companies in the island countries have more shares than the Far East, while the British side has less shares than the Far East Bank.

However, Luo Nianzhong, an island company, is the one who takes advantage, and what he pays is a bet and a commitment to better development of the company.

Unlike Barclays Bank, Luo Nianzhong paid for the shares of the company below.

Therefore, it is impossible for Far East Bank to let an unstable factor lie underneath.

To be honest, Luo Nianzhong didn't expect that these century-old aristocrats could take down all the shareholders of Barclays Bank at once.

Now, except for those circulating in the stock market, most of them are in the hands of these guys. It can only be said that these families have a strong foundation.

At first, he was pretending to be embarrassed, but Luo Nianzhong didn't expect that he would also be pecked by an eagle.

"It is impossible for us to accept such conditions. According to the number of shares in your hand, Far East Bank must hold at least 40% of the shares."

"Then let us take a stake in Far East Bank, and we will give you all the shares so that you can have absolute control."

Spencer had a whimsical idea and planned to break into Luo Nianzhong's base camp.

"Mr. Spencer, you know we don't have to rely on Barclays.

And starting from next year, companies under the Far East Group will be listed one after another. We can afford to wait. If we want to cooperate by then, the price will not be the same as now."

This is Far East Bank’s biggest trump card and reliance. Once cooperation is not reached before Far East companies go public, these people will undoubtedly suffer heavy losses.

Think Honor Games, think Home Depot.

How old are these Far Eastern companies? Which market value has not doubled several times?

Moreover, the companies that will be listed next in the Far East Group have great potential, and their revenue is obvious to all. It is not impossible to double their revenue in a year.

Of course Spencer knew this. Why did he let Thatcher set up the bureau to discuss the current cooperation? Isn’t it just money and advance card slots?
The family has a more profitable business, and it can also use it to enter the Internet and semiconductors, which they are not very familiar with. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

As for why it is like this now, it starts with Luo Nianzhong taking Deyi.

The market for analog chips is obvious to all, but who would have thought that Luo Nianzhong would find new growth points after acquiring TI. The mobile phones that are now popular in the business world are the best proof.

Every mobile phone shipped during the Han and Tang dynasties was backed by multiples of TI's analog chips.

Now the valuation of the post-split TI acquired by Luo Nianzhong has exceeded the market value of TI before the split. It relies on the analog chip industry, which they work overtime and are in short supply.

Wall Street has already made an analysis. No matter what happens to the mobile phones in the Han and Tang Dynasties, TI will become the biggest winner in the mobile phone market.

Because TI is so far ahead of other companies in the field of analog chips used in mobile phones that it is impossible to catch up.

So no matter what brand of mobile phone, as long as you ship it, you can't do without TI's chips, which are the most stable in making money in the entire supply chain.

Many newspapers commented that the acquisition of Deyi was a genius-like and outstanding vision, and they were talking about Luo Nianzhong.

This was a win-win acquisition. Far East Chip acquired TI, and TI's original shareholders took this opportunity to invest in Far East Chip.

The British consortium is optimistic that Barclays Bank can do better under the leadership of Luo Nianzhong, and they also want to win future dividends in a win-win situation.

But unlike Far East Bank, it was impossible for Luo Nianzhong to let them take shares, so the current impasse was the result.

Acquiring almost all the non-tradable shares of Barclays cost these British nobles a lot. Now they are in a difficult position and it is impossible to hand over all the shares they paid for to the Far East Bank.

"I know Far East Bank does not have to be Barclays, but Far East Group doesn't have many opportunities to invest in the country's core industries like England does, right?"

What Spencer said is correct. Germany and France have already privatized once. Even if there is another wave of privatization to stimulate the economy, most of the cake will basically be divided up by the established domestic families.

Italy privatized earlier, and there were not many pillar companies. It was fast and smooth.

These words obviously carry some threat, but they are not meant to be threatening.

If you don't cooperate, this round of privatization in Britain will have nothing to do with your Far East, and it will be impossible to use Britain as a springboard to enter Europe.

However, Liang Botao didn't care about his threats. Liang Botao believed that these old nobles could prevent the Far East Group from getting involved, but would they dare if they came in to support the situation?
If they dared to place a bet, Thatcher would not ask Luo Nianzhong to drag him down.

It wasn't because all parties in the country had no confidence in the economy, and Thatcher didn't want to procrastinate, so she approached Luo Nienzhong to invest.

As for Wall Street capital in beautiful countries, the current economic situation is still unclear, and they dare not speak in many industries.

Otherwise, with the relationship between the two countries and the power of the big capitalists in the country, these greedy guys can let outsiders come in to grab food?

Historically, these capitalists only began to fully intervene in the third round of privatization in England when they saw profits and economic recovery.

Among them, Goldman Sachs has gained the most, helping Goldman Sachs complete its capital transformation.

"Mr. Spencer, what you say may be useful to others, but it is different for our Far East Group.

I still say the same thing, Barclays is not our only choice, and neither is the UK.

There are many places where our funds can be invested, and now Britain is far more urgent and in need than we are.

And there's one thing I'm afraid Mr. Spencer doesn't know yet, right? We have already started contacting Swiss banks."

"Really? Congratulations to you, and I hope you can find a better goal."

John Spencer was still smiling, showing no signs of nervousness or anxiety.

Liang Botao also knew that this news would not have any effect, and the purpose of telling it was to give the other party an idea.

When the time comes, you can achieve the purpose of implanting a double consciousness in the other party from subjective to objective by walking around Switzerland. This is also the most commonly used tactic in negotiations.

The two sides talked until noon without making any progress, so they could only pause for a while.

The current result is that both parties want to reach cooperation as soon as possible but cannot show it. They are unwilling to give in until the end and want to take the initiative.

This is a bit like a quarrel between two lovers who want to save face and love each other deeply. They obviously love each other deeply and want to reconcile, but neither one wants to open this mouth first and give the other a step down.

(End of this chapter)