The first thousand two hundred and eighty-two chapters dark tide
Chapter 1,282 The Undercurrent is Rising
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"Of course it does matter, and it does matter a lot!" After a pause, Martin Bouygues stared at Liu Dong's eyes and said in a serious tone, "As long as Mr. Liu agrees to Bouygues Group's participation in Yanjiao New City
underground pipeline construction, wastewater treatment projects, and civil housing construction, then I am willing to sell you 21% of the shares of Abiy National Bank held by the Bouygues Group for US$2.5 billion in accordance with Mr. Liu’s request!”
After staring at Martin Bouygues for a long time, Liu Dongcai said slowly: "Mr. Bouygues, he is truly well-deserved. His ability to take advantage of me is really admirable!"
Yanjiao New City is a satellite city attached to Beijing. In the planning, it will be a new city integrating tourism, education, high-tech and commercial CBD.
The funds involved in the construction of such a new city exceed 100 billion US dollars, or even more. Such a big piece of fat is naturally much more attractive than the Abbey National Bank.
And compared to the unfamiliar banking and financial industries, it is easier to earn a lot of wealth in the public service management, roads and real estate industries where the Bouygues Group is better.
Therefore, using concessions of hundreds of millions of dollars to obtain a super project that may generate billions or even tens of billions of dollars in profits in the future.
Martin Bouygues’ shrewdness is evident!
"Mr. Liu, thank you! I wonder if Mr. Liu agrees to the request just now?"
"The construction of Yanjiao New City is a national plan. I can't give guarantees to Mr. Bouygues. I can only recommend Bouygues Group for specific project bidding, and that's it!" Liu Dong said calmly.
"Haha, Mr. Liu! There is a word in your country's business creed that I like very much. It's called 'integrity-based', right?"
"It seems that Mr. Bouygues understands our Chinese culture very well!"
"Of course! I am very interested in the great and ancient Chinese civilization. There is also a large collection of Chinese antiques in the collection room of this old castle. If Mr. Liu is willing to invest nearly 50% of the Yanjiao New City developed by Hanhua Group
If part of the land is transferred to the Bouygues Group, I am willing to donate all my collection of Chinese art, as well as more than 3,000 pieces of ancient Egyptian, ancient Greek, and Near Eastern art to Mr. Liu's Old Summer Palace for free.
Museum! Ah, speaking of this. I really look forward to the success of Mr. Liu's restoration of the Old Summer Palace. As a Frenchman, I deeply apologize for the mistakes my ancestors made. Moreover, I will try my best to collect Chinese cultural relics in France.
Return it to China and donate it to the future Old Summer Palace Museum!"
After listening to Martin Bouygues' words, Helen, who was sitting next to Liu Dong, glanced at her lover with concern. During this period of following Liu Dong, she also learned about her lover's hobby of collecting art.
This hobby is even on top of his interest in many of his own businesses. Martin Bouygues discovered Liu Dong's weakness, which was not a weakness, and exploited it very accurately.
"Mr. Bouygues' conditions are indeed exciting. However, I have several conditions before signing the contract!" Liu Dong said slowly after thinking for a while.
"Please tell me!" Bouygues said with a happy face.
"First. After the contract is signed, the 21% of Abiy National Bank shares held by Bouygues Group must be immediately transferred to Standard Chartered Bank. The US$2.5 billion in funds will be repaid by Standard Chartered Bank in 5 years, and every year
The interest rate shall not be higher than 2%! Second, the number of donated Chinese cultural relics must be no less than 5,000 pieces, and they must be second-class or above works of art. Also, one of the first-class works of art must account for 2o of all works of art.
%! Third, on approximately one-fifth of the nearly 5 million square meters of land in Yanjing New City acquired by Hanhua Group, the proportion of commercial buildings and residential buildings. Bouygues Group will not exceed 20%. However,
, all sewage treatment projects can be handed over to the Bouygues Group!"
"This is my condition!"
After thinking for a while, Martin Bouygues said directly: "The second and third items are no problem. But the first one is not. The US$2.5 billion must be paid in full when we sign the contract."
"Pay it all? Why, is Bouygues Group in financial difficulty now?"
"No, we are acquiring Vivendi Environment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Group, and we need a lot of cash!" Martin Bouygues said bluntly.`
"Vivendi Group!"
Liu Dong nodded clearly.
Liu Dong is no stranger to this French corporate giant. In the middle of 2002, Vivendi Group reported a net loss of 12.3 billion euros and a debt of up to 35 billion euros. In the next two years, it will be forced to sell its assets to cash out.
At that time, Liu Dong also coveted this corporate giant.
Universal Pictures, one of the seven major Hollywood companies owned by Vivendi; Havas Group, a world-renowned publishing, news and multimedia business; and Universal Music, the world's largest music group with a 22% share of the world music market, are all Liu Dong
Someone I once wanted to acquire.
However, Liu Dong, who had limited funds and was preparing to acquire the Daewoo Group, could only temporarily give up his attempt to acquire the Vivendi Group.
Now, even if he has abundant funds, Liu Dong, who is about to face a greater crisis, cannot allocate funds to acquire companies that he is optimistic about under the Vivendi Group.
"Okay! I agree to your request. The US$2.5 billion Hanhua Group will pay in full, but I hope the deal can be signed this week!"
After reaching an agreement on the general terms of cooperation, Liu Dong was unwilling to be verbose.
"no problem!"
After agreeing, Martin Bouygues extended his right hand towards Liu Dong with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Liu, happy cooperation!"
“A pleasure to work with!”
After being sent off by Martin Bouygues, Helen couldn't help but ask after driving out of the castle: "Dear, do we really want to cooperate with the Bouygues Group to develop the Yanjiao New City project?"
"Yeah!" Liu Dong nodded.
"But haven't we already agreed to the Trump Group? If we transfer another 20% of the land to the Bouygues Group, wouldn't our Hanhua's profits be even less!"
Listening to Helen's words, Liu Dong felt somewhat bitter in his heart.
Donald Trump, the chairman of the Donald Group, is his old father-in-law. He has taken possession of his daughter and is still having an affair. Feeling guilty about Ivanka, when his old father-in-law came to visit, Liu
Dong did not refuse to cooperate with the Donald Group!
"It doesn't matter! Even if we give up 20% to the Bouygues Group, we still have 65% of the land available for development!"
Although he said this, Liu Dong believed that after the expansion plan of Yanjiao New City spreads, there will definitely be more people knocking on the door with various names. If there is no guarantee, they will have to give up more profits.
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After seeing Liu Dong off, Martin Bouygues returned to his study, closed the door, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed a number.
"I have completed the matter according to your instructions! He promised to pay all 2.5 billion US dollars within a week!"
"Haha, thank you very much Mr. Bouygues!"
A young voice with a sinister tone came over from the other side.
"I don't want to listen to polite words without any meaning. I just want to see the results. Don't forget what you promised me!" Martin Bouygues said solemnly.
"Of course not! When the matter is completed, we are willing to provide an interest-free loan of US$8 billion to help Mr. Bouygues acquire Vivendi Environmental Group!"
"Just remember!"
"Snapped……!"
After hanging up the phone, Martin Bouygues heaved a sigh of relief and stood up and walked to the window, looked at the dazzling sun outside, and murmured to himself in a calm tone: "Liu Dong, don't blame me, it's your enemy too."
Stronger!"
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When Martin Bouygues was sighing, in a huge manor on the outskirts of New York on the other side of the ocean, a tall and tall young man frowned and put down the phone with a somewhat unswerving expression.
But when he came out of the study and went to the reception room next to him, he looked excited at the dozen companions in suits and ties sitting there.
"Everyone, Mr. Bouygues just called. The contract will be signed within a week, and our harvest time will be here soon!"
"Haha, great! After half a year of preparation, I finally got a belated Holy Communion!" A young man in his thirties, wearing a black suit, said excitedly.
And after hearing his words, the others around him had smiles on their faces and nodded in agreement.
"However, this Liu Dong is actually a direct descendant of the Liu family in China. If we deal with him so blatantly, I'm afraid our business development in China will be greatly hindered!"
Among all the fair-eyed foreigners, the only Asian with black hair and glasses showed a worried look on his face.
"This guy is really a bastard blessed by God. He is so lucky!" A middle-aged man with brown curls and a dark blue suit sitting next to him couldn't help but cursed after nodding in agreement.
"Gentlemen, we have been preparing for today for half a year. Do you want to give up when we are close to success? Moreover, even if Liu Dong has a very strong background in China, China's economy is only a part of the world economy.
.In addition, the methods we used this time are legitimate competition methods. Even the Chinese government cannot keep us out of the country because of these, otherwise they will lose important international credibility. Therefore, we may
Things have caused our respective companies to encounter some difficulties when developing in China. But the difficulties are only temporary. As long as we win over a few more Chinese allies, they will naturally share the pressure for us. Dear friends, the history of the past hundred years and more
It proves that China has never lacked opportunists! Moreover, are you willing to back down when it is about to divide an empire worth hundreds of billions of dollars?"
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