On the evening of April 9th, in the banquet hall of the Regal Hotel, there were only six tables tonight, which was quite empty compared to the entire banquet hall.
At Li Guangyu's table, there were the Duke of Westminster, the Duke of Argyll, Sumitomo Qiying, Fujiwara Shanjian, Zheng Yutong, Zheng Zhouyong, and Li Jianxi.
These are the representatives who Li Guangyu needs to form an alliance to fight against the American consortium. Regarding the cooperation with Li's consortium to acquire some British industries, whether it is the Xiangjiang consortium or the Japanese and Korean consortium, they are very happy. They have cooperated with the Li consortium several times.
They have tasted the sweetness, especially the cooperation in the two iron mines in the Pilbara region, which has given them good profits.
It is expected that by the end of next year, the Oriental Port and Pidong Railway in Western Australia will be put into operation. By then, both Japan and South Korea will have greater initiative in iron ore import prices.
What attracts them most this time is the British National Petroleum Company and the British Steel Company. Of course, these few are also very interested in Rolls-Royce. The engine technology here is what they hope to get the most, especially
It is a Korean consortium. Both Zheng Juyong and his opponent Kim Woo-joong hope to obtain some automotive technology to improve the strength of their own automotive group.
Li Guangyu said: "Thank you very much for coming to today's party. The American consortium is currently aggressive, manipulating the U.S. market, the government suppressing our industry, and attacking our development around the world. It can be said that the American consortium is
The existence of China has seriously affected the global development of our industry.
At present, the strength of all our parties is still far from suppressing the American consortium. Now only by working together can we win room for development of our industry."
Sumitomo Qiying, Zheng Zhouyong, Zheng Yutong and others already knew why Li Guangyu invited them here this time, so they were not surprised by Li Guangyu's words.
Especially for the Japanese consortium, they used to be under great pressure to deal with the American consortium alone. Now with the cooperation of the Lee Consortium, the Heung Kong Consortium, and the Korean consortium, they are under much less pressure.
Especially in the past two years, the energy of the American consortium has been distracted by the Li Group, and they cannot focus on suppressing their companies. This time Li Guangyu invited them to compete with the American consortium in the British market, and they agreed without any hesitation.
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The U.S. market is still very anxious at present, and the Japanese consortium also hopes to let the U.S. consortium focus more on the British market, which may also allow their companies to gain an advantage in the U.S. market.
The only people who are not sure here today are the British nobles. They came here to attend the dinner today and found out that Li Guangyu actually invited so many powerful leaders, especially the leaders of the Japanese consortium, who came here in person. They didn't know that Li Guangyu
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Even though they are all noble families that have been in the family for hundreds of years, their wealth is really incomparable to those of the people here today.
Among them, the Duke of Westminster is calmer. At least he can compare with some families in terms of financial resources.
Sumitomo Qiying echoed: "The American consortium relies on the U.S. government and considers itself to be a super overlord in the economic world. It does not tolerate the rise of any force. Anyone who makes them feel threatened will be suppressed. This is true for our Japanese companies, Mr. Li
The same is true for its industries.
Those who can be friends with the American consortium can only be docile younger brothers, and some industries will even be controlled by them. Otherwise, as long as they still have the idea of rising, they will be suppressed by the American consortium."
Everyone present hopes to become the overlord of one party. No one wants to be a docile dog, and the actions of the American consortium have become a thorn in everyone's side.
Whether it is the Japanese consortium or other forces, they all hope to suppress the American consortium. As long as they do not have strong economic strength, no matter how large the consortium is, it will decline.
Li Guangyu said: "This time, in order to attack the expansion of our industry, the American consortium, including Morgan, Rockefeller, First Citigroup and the investment companies of the four major California consortiums, have been investing in and acquiring our target companies. This time I am ready to join forces with everyone.
I wonder what the two Dukes think of jointly launching a counter-sniper attack on the American consortium?"
They have already received reports about the acquisition of natural gas, electricity and water companies by American consortiums.
Therefore, the joint venture company negotiated with the Lee Consortium has been put on hold for the time being. They must renegotiate the cooperation plan. Otherwise, it is impossible to defeat the American consortium and obtain the shares of these companies with this joint venture company alone.
Now it seems that in order to deal with the American consortium, the Lee Consortium has attracted all its powerful allies. It is preparing to compete with the American consortium in the British market.
The Duke of Westminster knew that if he was not prepared to cooperate this time, the Li Consortium would definitely not consider them again. The strength of his own people was far from comparable to that of the Japanese consortium.
And if they join this cooperation, I'm afraid they won't be able to take the initiative. This time Li Guangyu launches such a discovery battle, the investment will definitely not be small. They don't have much funds to enter this.
As for cooperating with the American consortium, the Duke of Westminster and the others will not consider it at all. If possible, they hope that these Eastern capitals can give the descendants of criminals and homeless people a lesson here and let them know that this is not the United States.
The market is not a place for them to do whatever they want.
The Duke of Westminster said: "Mr. Li, if this happens, the investment will be quite large. I wonder what your plan is?"
"Mr. Duke, this time I plan to set up a joint venture company with you, Mr. Sumitomo, Mr. Zheng Zhouyong, and all four of us to acquire these companies. As for the shares, we will choose them based on the strength of each party. I plan to have this investment company invest five
Tens of billions of dollars were used to acquire properties, and banks such as Sumitomo, Sakura, Tianyu, and Daiichi Quanye provided loans for later acquisitions.”
Listening to the US$50 billion figure mentioned by Li Guangyu, they felt relieved. In this case, they would not occupy a small share.
There is no problem with bank loans in the later period, and they know that these banks are top banks in Asia and are very strong, so providing funds to acquire these companies will not be a problem.
The Duke of Westminster smiled and said: "Mr. Li, gentlemen, we are very willing to cooperate with you. The American consortium has stretched its hands too far. I hope that this time they can defeat them in our domestic market.
I wonder how the shares will be divided this time?”
This is not only a problem for the Duke of Westminster, but also a concern for Sumitomo Qiying, Zheng Juyong and others.
Li Guangyu said: "I personally think that Mr. Sumitomo and his colleagues hold 35% of the shares, our Xiangjiang side holds 30%, the Duke of Westminster, you hold 20% of the shares, and Mr. Zheng Zhouyong holds 15% of the shares.
, I believe this is a very reasonable allocation."
Sumitomo Qiying didn't have any objections. He thought that the Li Group would take the majority this time, but he didn't expect that it would be their side. The six major Japanese consortiums plus the Ito and Fujiwara families were already satisfied with 35% of the shares.
Although South Korea has the smallest shares, Zheng Zhouyong and Li Jianxi have no problem with it. The strength of their Korean families is not too strong, and their wealth is not comparable to that of the families in Xiangjiang. They are very satisfied with being able to occupy 15% of the shares.
As for the Duke of Westminster, such a share is beyond their expectation. If you ask which party here has the lowest strength, it must be them. Needless to say, the Japanese Consortium and the Lee Consortium, they can only look up to them.
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The South Korean consortium is far stronger than them, even the Xiangjiang consortium from Xiangjiang is also strong.
And that's it, Li Guangyu let them occupy 20% of the shares, which is much higher than the Korean consortium. The Xiangjiang Consortium and the Li Family Consortium only occupy 30% of the shares, which is enough to see how much concessions Li Guangyu made for this cooperation.