v3 Chapter 794： We came with friendship (1/2)
”Tuk tuk!”
The quick knock on the door awakened George Berkeley, who was immersed in the documents. He frowned and looked out the door. He saw his subordinates were holding a document and looked at him anxiously.
”Bickley, what's the matter?”
Bickley’s subordinate walked in quickly and said hurriedly: ”General Manager, something has happened. People from Barclays Bank have come to our company. They are now below. I have asked them to entertain them.”
”As soon as they entered the door, they gave me the offer and didn't hide their intentions at all.”
George Berkeley's eyes condensed, and he immediately took the takeover offer in Bickley's hand and looked at it carefully.
The more he looked down, his face became more solemn, his brows furrowed, and he did not hide his feelings at all. His mind was focused on thinking about the purpose of Barclays Bank.
After a long time, he took a deep breath, still planning to follow the instructions of his boss Xia Yu, and let Barclays Bank move first, and then respond according to their actions. If you can’t handle it later, it’s up to the boss Xia Yu to decide.
George Berkeley put the tender offer into a drawer, and Bikley ordered: ”Go and ask Manager Elena to come, and then ask the people from Barclays Bank to come up.”
At this time, you still have to move out the great gods in the company, and even if it can play a little role, it would be great if Elena can take the initiative to use the relationship of the Howard family to help.
George Berkeley knew everything about Elena's ambiguous relationship with her boss, Xia Yu, but he pretended to ignore it, and never directed Elena with the attitude of treating her subordinates.
In George Berkeley's mind, even setting aside the relationship with the boss, Elena is a golden sign of the company because of her family background. In many cases, as long as others know, complex things can often be simplified.
In the UK, the Howard family's signature is really good!
”Okay, I will go now!”
Bickley responded immediately and walked out quickly.
George Berkeley cleared his desk, closed his eyes and pondered, typing in his mind to better deal with the unexpected guests of Barclays Bank.
Soon, the glorious Elena came to the office. George Berkeley quickly told her about the situation. Elena's expression became serious and she found a place to sit down and waited for the people from Barclays Bank to come.
”It turned out to be him!”
A series of footsteps sounded, and when the big-headed man appeared in the field of vision, George Berkeley's pupils shrank, and his vigilance rose sharply.
The person he knew was Thomson Joyce, the executive vice president of Barclays Bank, and the senior executive of Barclays Bank.
Considering the strength of Barclays Bank, Thomson Joyce's status and social influence are above him.
Generally, the normal acquisition of stocks is led by middle-level staff, and seldom will be brought forward by senior executives with real power. Now Barclays Bank is uncharacteristically, George Berkeley has to think more.
”Mr. Thomson, I didn't expect it to be you, please sit down!”
”Mr. George, Ms. Elena, hello!”
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After greeting each other, the two parties sat down on the sofa face to face, and Bikley and others immediately made coffee.
Because of the sudden appearance of Barclays Bank, Bright Fund’s plan to acquire the two banks could not be completed perfectly. George Berkeley was embarrassed to call Xia Yu, so he did not have the slightest impression of Barclays Bank, even though Thomson Joyce came to the door , His attitude is also very cold.
If the robber comes home, he can drink coffee. It is impossible to want his good face!
Seeing George Berkeley’s indifferent attitude and looking at Elena’s calm face again, Thomson Joyce had expected it, he didn’t care, smiled and said directly: ”Mr. George, I don’t know what I just gave Have you seen the letter from your company employee.”
George Berkeley was expressionless and nodded slightly: ”I saw it.”
After two words, there is no more text.
Thomson Joyce nodded and said again: ”That's good, I also know that Manager George has a lot of things, so I just said it directly.”
”I know that Bright Fund owns a large share of Royal Bank of Scotland, and I hope to buy some from you.”
George Berkeley raised his brow, and a deep doubt rose in his heart.
Buy some equity?
What Thomson Joyce said was too weird and completely different from what he expected.
He thought that Barclays Bank wanted to acquire all the shares held by Bright Fund. He didn't expect that it would only acquire part of it. What did Barclays Bank want to do?
Although he was puzzled, George Berkeley did not show it. He resolutely refused: ”I'm sorry, our company has no plans to sell Royal Bank of Scotland stock, even if it is just one share, it will not be sold!”
Elena suddenly said: ”Mr. Thomson, in fact, our family is planning to visit Barclays Bank. We heard that Barclays Bank has shares in Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. I wonder if it can be sold to the Howard family? ”
Elena's words gave Thomson Joyce's face a moment of astonishment. He didn't expect Elena to say that.
He frowned slightly, looked at Elena and asked, ”Ms. Elena, do I know if this is yours or your father's?”
Just as George Berkeley raised his heart slightly, Elena didn't change her face and said without hesitation: ”Of course my father meant it.”
George Berkeley's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look at Elena with admiration, and he was also emotional.