Chapter 540： Personally build the ace department (1/2)
”George, what is the specific situation?”
As soon as I arrived at the Guangming Fund, I saw George Berkeley waiting in the office. Xia Yu went straight to the subject and walked to his seat.
”Boss, now I have entrusted a British public accountant company to estimate the Financial Times Company, and I have scheduled a second negotiation with Pearson Group tomorrow afternoon.”
George Berkeley said with a hint of excitement, and he still felt a little dazed now, just like a dream.
Xia Yu nodded slightly and asked again: ”Why is the change so big, 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 gave the quotation, the Pearson Group directly rejected it, claiming that the Financial Times was not for sale and refused to negotiate with us. It is useless for us to increase the price step by step in the future, and the Pearson Group will 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 equity, a senior executive of Pearson Group softened his attitude and sent a message to accept our tender offer. The specific price will be discussed separately. At that time, I went to the headquarters of Pearson Group 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 us all the shares in the Financial Times Company!”
Xia Yu frowned and told him instinctively that there must be something he didn't know about, otherwise Pearson Group would not change its attitude drastically.
And it doesn't set up barriers, but is entangled in price. When did the British guys talk so well?
Things were too abnormal, and Xia Yu was rather suspicious.
But what George Berkeley is saying now can't give him useful information, and he can't analyze it.
”George, think about it, is there any problem?”
Xia Yu asked.
George Berkeley closed his eyes and thought, while Xia Yu waited quietly, thinking about it in his mind.
About ten minutes later, George Berkeley shook his head at Xia Yu with a somewhat ugly expression: ”Boss, I sorted it out, but I didn't find anything wrong for the time being. The attitude of Pearson Group is more kind.”
Seeing this, Xia Yu could only give up his doubts for the time being, and decided to go ahead and take one step at a time. After all, although things were abnormal, the current situation was in his favor.
In any case, even if it is a poisonous cake, you must eat it first. Anyway, others don't know that he has money in his hands. Xia Yu is confident that he can survive even if something goes wrong.
After making up his mind, Xia Yu told George Berkeley, who was still frowning and thinking: ”George, don't think about it anymore. Then you can pay more attention to the acquisition. Since the Pearson Group is willing to sell, you should speed up the progress and make the financial The shares of the Times Company are taken down!”
”understand!”
George Berkeley looked loose and nodded seriously.
Xia Yu pondered for a moment and asked again: ”How is the progress of the Daily Telegraph and Rolls-Royce Motor Company?”
”The progress of the ”Daily Telegraph” acquisition is fairly smooth. Our people have already contacted Black. Although Black rejected our several offers, according to our analysis, we only dislike the low price.”
”Very good, continue to speed up the progress, it doesn't matter if the price is higher, 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 came out of the quagmire and the media industry broke out, Xia Yu still made a lot of money, so he didn’t care about paying more. , As long as you get it, you can play the political value earlier.