The news of the failure of Xiangjiang's acquisition of Taikoo Co., Ltd. reached Du Yuemei, and she felt the pressure increase greatly. She understood very well that the task of Li Group's desire to establish its own airline fell on her.
To this end, Du Yuemei not only contacted Mrs. Thatcher, but also contacted officials and congressmen who had good relations with the Bentley Group to speak for the Lee Group, hoping that the government would approve the Lee Group to establish its own airline.
Regarding the acquisition of British Telecom Group, Du Yuemei once again listened to the report from Qin Yu and the technical team he brought over.
Du Yuemei asked Qin Yu: "Qin Sheng, you have inspected the British Telecom Group in detail for so many days. Now the acquisition price has reached a deadlock. What do you think the actual value of this group is?"
Du Yuemei now wants to continue to raise the price in this negotiation to repel the British local consortium and their competition, but she still needs to know the actual value before she can report it to Li Guangyu and obtain Li Guangyu's consent.
Qin Yu said: "Ms. Du, the British Telecom Group has a monopoly in the telephone business here. After we have considered all aspects, its market value is more appropriate at 2.5 billion US dollars. Now we and the British local consortium will acquire this group."
Its value has already reached US$3.2 billion, which is much higher than the market value of this group.”
Du Yuemei became even more depressed after hearing this. Originally, it was just the Li Group that came to acquire it. They certainly couldn't offer such a high price at that time. But by doing this, the Swire Group not only increased the pressure to acquire the telecommunications group, but also didn't know that the Li Group wanted to acquire it.
The question of establishing an airline was whether the Thatcher government would approve it.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Du Yuemei came to Thatcher's office again. This was her fifth time here in this period.
Thatcher is very happy these days. Originally she only thought that the Lee Group would come to take over the business. Nowadays, the British Telecom Group is not doing very well. Their government still needs to subsidize some funds every year. She also hopes that through this
Get rid of this baggage.
Unexpectedly, this not only brought in the Lee Group, but because of the Lee Group, the Swire Group also joined forces with a local consortium. Although Thatcher knew that this consortium and the Swire Group just wanted to be a troublemaker.
Shit stick, sabotaging the Li Group's actions, but she is still happy, so that she can sell the telecommunications group at a higher price.
After Du Yuemei arrived, Thatcher said: "Ms. Du, welcome to your arrival."
Du Yuemei said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, thank you for meeting me. I am still here to ask about our establishment of an airline in Hong Kong, and I hope you can give me a positive answer."
Thatcher did not answer Du Yuemei's question, but asked: "Ms. Du, I wonder how your negotiations with the telecommunications group are going?"
Du Yuemei was a little speechless. Don't you know the progress on your side? You really thought that our Li Group was destined to be defeated. If you want the Li Group to be taken advantage of, Du Yuemei will never do it. The worst is not to build an airline.
, anyway, the Li Group’s influence in Xiangjiang does not rely on such a company.
Du Yuemei said: "The current asking price of the telecommunications group is too high, and our Li Group's financial resources are really unaffordable. I think it is better for your local consortium to acquire it this time, so as to avoid some congressmen talking about local information security."
When Thatcher heard that Du Yuemei didn't want to acquire the telecommunications group, he suddenly felt a little anxious. He didn't believe that the local consortium would spend so much money to acquire the telecommunications group. They joined in this time to make it clear that they just didn't want the Li Group to have an easy time.
Just acquired a telecommunications group.
If the Lee Group is unwilling to take over, the privatization of the telecommunications group will probably be difficult to produce. Thatcher absolutely did not want to see this happen.
Thatcher knew that if it continued like this, the Lee Group would probably have no time to worry about it. Once the telecommunications group was privatized, the trouble would be bigger. Even local groups under British jurisdiction would not come to the mainland to acquire it.
It's a problem, how to attract companies from other Western European countries to invest in the UK.
Thatcher said: "Ms. Du, our British government treats both Xiangjiang Capital and our British Capital equally, and has absolutely no intention of treating them differently. Regarding the negotiations with the telecommunications group, it is also a fair competition between you and them. Our British government
I won't interfere."
Du Yuemei would not believe that everyone was treated equally. If that were true, the construction of the Li Group's airline would have started long ago, and it would be so troublesome. The Li Group had no interest in the British telecommunications group before.
Du Yuemei said: "Your Excellency, if it is true as you said, I hope you will ask the Xiangjiang government to approve our application to form an airline as soon as possible. As for the telecommunications group, the bid of some families united by the Swire Group has reached US$3.2 billion.
, our Li Group is powerless, and we hope they can develop the telecommunications group better."
This time, Du Yuemei did not expect Thatcher to quickly conclude a deal with the telecommunications group as she did before. This time she was directly prepared to flip the table and leave. Since the British consortium did not care about money, then let them acquire it.
If the price of 32 US dollars can capture the telecom group, it will not be a loss. Last year, Li Guangyu and Bao Yugang doubled the premium to snap up shares to achieve their acquisition goals. Although the telecom group has not been listed, the premium of several hundred million is still normal.
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But Du Yuemei doesn't want to spend money like this. God knows how high the price will go up. Besides, the British economy is also very unsatisfactory and is still in an economic crisis. She doesn't want to use the money to benefit the British government.
Thatcher said: "Ms. Du, I need to discuss with you about your Lee Group's establishment of an airline. I will give you an answer tomorrow. What do you think?"
"Thank you very much, then I won't disturb your work." Du Yuemei said.
After Du Yuemei left, Thatcher immediately contacted the head of the Telecom Group and the heads of several major families in the Swire Group and his alliance. She needed to determine whether these groups wanted to take over the Telecom Group. This is how she will reply tomorrow.
Du Yuemei’s basis.
After Du Yuemei left the Prime Minister's Office, she was thinking about how she would respond if Thatcher rejected the Lee Group's establishment of an airline. It can be said that everything was not going well for the Lee Group during this period, whether it was Xiangjiang or the other side.
, or even I couldn’t get any good news from my side, which was a big blow to the Li Group’s confidence.
Although Du Yuemei knew that Li Guangyu must have made some preparations, she still expected to receive good news tomorrow. She didn't want to delay it like this this time.
Especially now that the Lee Group has to face both British and Singaporean consortiums in Hong Kong, and sometimes the government will step in to interfere, which is quite detrimental to the Lee Group.
Delaying some plans here will only affect Li Sheng. It is better to end it as soon as possible, and Li Sheng's funds can be used elsewhere to expand the development of Li Group in other industries.