v3 Chapter 660： 3 aces (2 (1/2)
Xia Yu gave an order, and the shell companies secretly controlled by Bright Fund and Galaxy Fund in the UK began to act, shorting Sotheby's Auction House and Eskenazi Limited.
Sotheby's auction house is the top ten auction house, surpassing Christie's auction house by a narrow margin.
Among the top ten auction houses, only two auction houses are currently listed, namely the first Sotheby's auction house and the second Christie's auction house.
The former was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1971. I still remember that it was privatized in 1986 in order to open up the American market and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1988.
The latter was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1973.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the annual turnover of Sotheby's auction house was only more than 6 million British capital. The financial report disclosed in 1978 last year showed that the total transaction volume in 1978 reached 230 million pounds, and the annual revenue has reached The annual net profit reached 72 million pounds and the annual net profit reached 25 million pounds.
Today Sotheby's auction house has a market capitalization of 292 million pounds and a price-earnings ratio of 11.68 times.
Xia Yu still remembers that in 1980, Sotheby's auction house became the world's first auction house to exceed 100 million pounds in revenue.
The world's No. 1 throne will sit until 2012, before being surpassed by Christie's auction house due to various problems.
Xia Yu’s other target, Eskenazi Limited, was listed on the London Stock Exchange last year, and its market value is now floating around 78 million pounds.
Fortunately, these two companies are listed, Xia Yu can deal with them better, otherwise there is really no way to talk.
The global summer auction held by Sotheby's Auction House is scheduled to be held on August 10th in the Gregorian calendar, not only in London, but also in New York, the island nation of Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, France and other places on the same day.
There are basically two channels for obtaining qualifications to participate in the auction house. One is that Sotheby's Auction House directly sent invitation letters to invite the rich to participate, and Xiang Xia Yu undoubtedly received the invitation.
Another channel is to be able to prove their strength. For example, sellers who provide a certain level of value, or buyers who have passed asset verification, will receive an invitation letter.
Xia Yu can go to the Sotheby’s Hong Kong and London auctions. It happened that Elena called to tell him a few days ago that Rolls-Royce Motors had designed two new cars based on the drawings. sample car.
In order to better grasp the actions of packing up the two companies, Xia Yu came to the UK again.
At the Rolls-Royce Motor Co., Ltd. factory, Xia Yu took Li Qian, and Elena, who was dressed in a glamorous dress, to a separate automotive design laboratory under the leadership of General Manager Rudolph Brooke.
The first one I saw was Rolls-Royce's new car, the new version of the Phantom, and the classic Phantom series, which originally took ten years to come out, but Xia Yu has made it out in advance.
”This car looks so beautiful! And without losing its luxurious atmosphere! It feels better than the cars I bought before at home.”
Women undoubtedly like beautiful things, and always like to look at the appearance at first glance. When looking at the black shiny car in front of them, Li Qian, who is holding Xia Yu, brightened her eyes and exclaimed.
Elena's eyes were full of appreciation: ”Although I have watched it several times, but once again, I still feel amazing, giving me an excellent visual impact and enjoyment.”
”If this car is launched, I believe that not many nobles can refuse.”
Elena is the daughter of the duke, and her views undoubtedly represent the young aristocracy to a certain extent.
Rudolph Brooke had a smile on his face, and his eyes on this car were full of fascination and longing. He seemed to have seen the shock and admiration of the world after it came out.
People who can appreciate cars do not necessarily build cars, but people who can build cars must know how to appreciate cars.
Perhaps due to ability or inspiration factors, car designers could not design a classic car, but all the designers of Rolls-Royce Motor Company after manufacturing this car based on the design drawings, all agreed that this car is The second most perfect car of this era.
As for the second of the most perfect cars, of course, Bentley's new model.
Xia Yu stepped forward, stroked the cold and smooth body, opened the door and looked at the exquisite workmanship inside, with a satisfied smile on his face.
Regardless of the car's parts matching and adjustment issues, just the appearance of the car, this car can definitely surprise the world.
Perhaps in the eyes of him, who has experienced countless classic models in later generations, this car is just so-so, but in this era, it is definitely out of the ordinary.
You know, this Rolls-Royce Phantom, even after ten years of classic models, can still stand out from the crowd, let alone now.
”Rudolph, when will this car be put into mass production?”
After reading it, Xia Yu asked the key question.
Rudolf Brooke confidently said: ”Back to the chairman, this car is now the first version and can be used on the road, but the design team believes that there is room for optimization. The company initially plans to launch this car on January 1, 1980.”
It is now August 1979, and there are still more than three months left until January 1, 1980. Considering that it will be put into mass production, the time is actually very tight.
Doing the math, if it is launched on schedule, the R&D and production cycle of this Rolls-Royce Phantom is only about half a year. Compared with some cars, the R&D cycle is as short as one year or as long as two to three years.
However, Xia Yu was not surprised. If he opened the hook for Rolls-Royce Motor Company and the normal procedure was the same, he would not be able to lose this person.
The appearance design of a car is actually very time-consuming during the development process, and this problem was directly solved by Xia Yu.
As for the hardware configuration and adjustment procedures, it depends on the actual situation.
As a luxury car manufacturer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Co., Ltd. has a top-notch automotive laboratory and has amazing technical reserves. Many of these technologies can be directly used.
This inherent advantage cannot be made up by ordinary car companies and new companies, and it is also one of the main reasons why Xia Yu acquired Rolls-Royce Motor Company.
After all, to build a car, technology is the fundamental.
But a car that wants to sell is hot, and the model is a powerful booster.
In this world, after all, there are only a few technical controls who understand cars, and Yan control has occupied the mainstream of the world from beginning to end.
This is true in most industries!