v3 Chapter 793： Static braking (1/2)

After acquiring Starbucks Coffee, Xia Yu appointed Howard Schultz, hired from Xerox, as the general manager of Starbucks.

It also took a day to draw the logo of later Starbucks, and wrote an elite version of the development plan based on the development context of later Starbucks.

After giving all these things to Howard Schultz, Xia Yu became the shopkeeper.

With the real soul of Starbucks at the helm, as well as the guidance and funds of his high-ranking house, who succeeds if Starbucks is unsuccessful?

Originally because of the acquisition of Starbucks, Xia Yu was in a good mood.

But after receiving a call from George Berkeley, Xia Yu's good mood was completely destroyed.

”...Hey, boss, are you still listening?”

Feeling Xia Yu's silence for a long time, George Berkeley on the other end of the phone asked.

Xia Yu, who was thinking, recovered, with a gloomy eyebrow, and said in a calm tone: ”George, relax, you first tell me about the acquisition of the two banks.”

George Berkeley's voice came from the microphone again: ”Boss, before the acquisition of the two banks, I have already opened up the relationship, and the shareholders of the two banks have also helped us to clear the relationship in order to prevent thunder. The Bank of England has agreed.”

”So far, Standard Chartered Bank has been privatized and we have acquired 83.2% of the equity.”

”As for the Royal Bank of Scotland, because it involves the right to issue British pounds, there are more obstacles, and it took a lot of time to clear it. It has only acquired 62.5% of the equity...”

Xia Yu had been listening quietly, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes when he heard about the acquisition of the proportion of shares in Royal Bank of Scotland.

What if the shareholding ratio exceeds 66.7%!

But things have already happened, and the smooth wind during this period of time almost made him lose his vigilance. Now suddenly there was an accident, but it seemed real and normal.

Now, Barclays Bank, the overlord of the Bank of England, basically doesn't need to think about it. The shares of Royal Bank of Scotland can only be acquired so much.

”Boss, what should we do now? We have an absolute controlling stake in Standard Chartered Bank. If Barclays Bank does not sell its equity, should we inject capital to dilute their equity? But I still don't know the purpose of Barclays Bank... …”

Listening to the words of George Berkeley in the microphone, Xia Yu thinks more and more deeply. He is different from George Berkeley. He knows who the real owner of Barclays Bank is.

Barclays Bank acquired the shares of two banks at the same time. He didn't believe that this was an accident. It was probably premeditated, and the Rohill family was calculating him.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu became more calm. He thought for a while and told George Berkeley: ”George, calm down and continue to acquire equity as planned. There is no need to dilute the equity or contact Barclays to see how they react. , I won’t go there, you will notify me as soon as there is news.”

”By the way, be careful not to leak the news of the losses of the two banks. Barclays Bank has intervened. The benefits of the two banks' thunderstorms will not fall on us. There is no need to reduce the acquisition cost for Barclays.”

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After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu stood in front of the window sill with his hands in his hands, looking at the blue sky, and taking a deep breath, all kinds of guesses appeared in his mind.

”Forget it, let's wait for them to make a move first to see what medicine they sell in the gourd!”

For a long time, Xia Yu muttered to himself.

Shaking his head, he cleared the messy thoughts, made a few calls back to Xiangjiang, and ordered his subordinates to be vigilant in the near future, and immediately report to him if there is anything abnormal.

It is said that the room leaks even at night rain.

Early the next morning, Peter Lynch also reported bad news to him.